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#91

Installation / Re: [Strange I/O Error] Cannot...

Last post by duststuff - March 25, 2024, 01:17:18 AM

It looks like the I/O errors are for device 'sda', so you'll probably first want to confirm what device that is referring to. I'm assuming it's likely that it is the drive where you are attempting to do the dual-boot. Also, you didn't mention this, but I'm assuming the errors you're getting are during the process of trying to boot a live Sparky USB flash drive (UFD) so that you can install Sparky from there. I don't know a lot about Windows 10 and Bitlocker, but I'm assuming you're getting the errors because Bitlocker is enabled as you mentioned. If it is set up to encrypt your drive and require a password to get access to the drive, then it would make perfect sense to me that it's not going to allow anything / anyone else to access the drive, thus giving you the READ / I/O errors. If all of the above is true, then probably the next thing I would look at if I were you is how to disable Bitlocker and see if that helps. I'm not sure if it's possible to have a Linux / Windows dual-boot setup if someone wants to use Bitlocker with Windows, but I'm guessing one or more online searches on these topics would provide some helpful information. Hope some of these thoughts help and you'll figure out something that works for you.

#92

Installation / [SOLVED Strange I/O Error] Can...

Last post by ENTPRESTIGIOUS - March 24, 2024, 11:49:21 PM

I am trying to dual-boot Sparky with Windows 10. Win 10 has Bitlocker enabled for no reason. I created a partition. My USB drive was originally flashed with Zorin using BalenaEtcher which failed to format but I used Rufus to restore it into a non-bootable USB. Then, I flashed my drive using Rufus with MBR by mistake and did it again with GPT with no errors. Then, I restarted to BIOS. I disabled fast boot so I can boot from the USB drive. However, I keep having I/O errors. I don't think it's the hard drive or USB issue since Win 10 works and the USB drive can be read.

Yes, I've tried changing SATA options and disabling secure boot but neither of them works.

Error messages (I shared with a friend on Discord that's why it's a Discord link): https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/747559265694384250/1221581061171974264/20240324_150640.jpg?ex=66131904&is=6600a404&hm=8e31866d4e243485cd56a385b2a115a91ee2e8a0d2d94b5467d5be7e0a59acf6&;

[testing]

#93

Applications / k3b not installable

Last post by Splinx64 - March 24, 2024, 05:53:07 PM

Hello Sparky users,

I use Sparky Linux in a testing release.

k3b is my preferred software for cd burning.
Unfortunately I can't install or reinstall it for a lot of days. But I also can't say the exact date, since this happened.

Now I get following message, when I try to install it.

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No installable version of the k3b package was found, although an entry exists in the database.
This usually indicates that the package was mentioned as a dependency but was never uploaded, that it is out of date, or that the corresponding repository is missing from Settings → Repositories.
This is the content of my sources.list.

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deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security/updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security/updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb-multimedia.org/ trixie main non-free
What do you think, which repository is missing?
My desktop environment is MATE - ofcourse, I know, k3b needs QT-packages for running.

By the way, I have the same problem with VLC.

Can you help me?

Thank you in advance for help.

#94

Forum settings / Re: Hypnotix instalation on mi...

Last post by elish - March 19, 2024, 02:21:05 PM

It works.
Thank you! Miłego dnia

#95

Forum settings / Re: Hypnotix instalation on mi...

Last post by pavroo - March 18, 2024, 07:40:07 PM

Its installable on sisters, but there is one dependency missing on stable orion.
Fixed now, so refresh package list and try again.

#96

Forum settings / Re: Hypnotix instalation on mi...

Last post by elish - March 18, 2024, 06:11:48 PM

Hi

I also try installing Hypnotix, but get the following error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 hypnotix : Depends: libmpv1 but it is not installable
            Recommends: youtube-dl but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Thanks for your help :)

#97

Installation / Re: cannot install ANY .deb pa...

Last post by duststuff - March 18, 2024, 03:00:22 AM

Only have time for a general answer right now. I'm assuming that you're talking about something like double-clicking on a DEB file and expecting that gdebi would open and install it, and that this has worked for you in the past on this system.

I've had this problem with a DEB file in the past and it turned out to be a dependency issue, but yours could be some other issue.

First thing you want to do is try to install the DEB file via the terminal. In this case, I would first confirm that 'debi' is the CLI (command-line interface / terminal) version of 'gdebi' (I think it is), and then use that. (You can use 'man debi' or an online search to figure out the command you need if you don't know it.) The reason for doing this is because it should give you output in the terminal about problems / warnings / errors so that you know what's going on, which will then help you know how to solve it.

If it does seem like it's a dependency issue (missing dependencies, etc.), I would first try to 'fix' missing / broken packages (I think that's what it's called). Here's the Sparky wiki section on that: https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/fix_package .

Hope that helps and you're able to get it figured out.

#98

Sparky applications / weird anacron issue

Last post by joealuminium - March 17, 2024, 09:18:15 PM

Hi,

I've just installed SparkyLinux (SparkyLinux 7.3)on my main PC and I had a weird issue with anacron.
It didn't appear to do anything.

I had set up a couple of backup scripts one in /etc/cron.daily and one in /etc/cron.monthly they work fine and run as they should with run-parts /etc/cron.daily but not when invoked by anacron, nothing happens. No timestamp files were created in /var/spool/anacron.

When I ran anacron -u from the command line again no timestamp files were created. After a bit of digging and removing and installing anacron I discovered that /usr/sbin/anacron was a symbolic link to /bin/true and there was a file in /usr/sbin called anacron.orig.anacron. When I removed anacron from the system the file /usr/sbin/anacron.orig.anacron was removed. It reappeared when I installed anacron.

I removed the symbolic link from /usr/sbin/anacron to /bin/true and created a symbolic link to anacron.orig.anacron and now everything appears to work.

Is this intentional? A known issue? or an oversight.     

Cheers

#99

Introduction / Hello From Sunny Yorkshire

Last post by joealuminium - March 17, 2024, 08:59:32 PM

Hi I've just joined the Forum but I've been using SparkyLinux for a while now on my old kit. I've just done a parallel install on my main PC with the intention of switching from Lubuntu.

We'll see how I get on using it on a daily basis. 

#100

Installation / cannot install ANY .deb packag...

Last post by seadevil - March 17, 2024, 07:36:30 PM

there is NO SOFTWARE INSTALLER LISTED.

get NO RESPONSE from gdebi.

any one know how to fix ?