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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#41 Post by DebianUser042923 »

Here is the sources.list file I have now.

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12 _Bookworm_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20230428-08:11]/ bookworm main non-free-firmware

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main

# bookworm-updates, to get updates before a point release is made;
# see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi ... _backports

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main


deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware


deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware

# bookworm-updates, to get updates before a point release is made;
# see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi ... _backports

deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware

# This system was installed using small removable media
# (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"
# entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.
# For information about how to configure apt package sources,
# see the sources.list(5) manual.

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#42 Post by DebianUser042923 »

@CynicalDebian

I completely got rid of my sources.list file and created a new one that looks like this. Please tell me if this is working the way it should.

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#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12 _Bookworm_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20230428-08:11]/ bookworm main non-free-firmware

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware

# bookworm-updates, to get updates before a point release is made;
# see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware


# This system was installed using small removable media
# (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"
# entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.
# For information about how to configure apt package sources,
# see the sources.list(5) manual.

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sudo apt update
[sudo] password for gregory: 
Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Get:4 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main amd64 Packages [892 B]
Get:5 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main Translation-en [740 B]
Fetched 1,632 B in 0s (4,014 B/s)       
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
11 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#43 Post by CynicalDebian »

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Yes this looks correct. Can we see?

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$ apt policy raspi-firmware
Be seeing you...

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#44 Post by DebianUser042923 »

@CynicalDebian

It was late at night and I couldn't read this. Today I printed it and read it.
https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

apt policy raspi-firmware

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raspi-firmware:
  Installed: 1.20220830+ds-1
  Candidate: 1.20220830+ds-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.20220830+ds-1 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
aptitude why raspi-firmware

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Manually installed, current version 1.20220830+ds-1, priority optional
No dependencies require to install raspi-firmware
It says that it was installed manually but I do not remember looking it up to install it.

Information from Synaptic Package Manager

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raspi-firmware
Raspberry Pi family GPU firmware and bootloaders

/etc/kernel
/etc/kernel/postinst.d
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/z50-raspi-firmware
/etc/kernel/postrm.d
/etc/kernel/postrm.d/z50-raspi-firmware
/lib
/lib/firmware
/lib/firmware/brcm
/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt
/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt
/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.bin
/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.clm_blob
/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.txt
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/bootcode.bin
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/fixup.dat
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/fixup4.dat
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/fixup4cd.dat
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/fixup4db.dat
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/fixup4x.dat
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/fixup_cd.dat
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/fixup_db.dat
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/fixup_x.dat
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/start.elf
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/start4.elf
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/start4cd.elf
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/start4db.elf
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/start4x.elf
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/start_cd.elf
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/start_db.elf
/usr/lib/raspi-firmware/start_x.elf
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/raspi-firmware
/usr/share/doc/raspi-firmware/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/raspi-firmware/copyright
/usr/share/initramfs-tools
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/raspi-firmware-fsck
/usr/share/lintian
/usr/share/lintian/overrides
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/raspi-firmware

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#45 Post by DebianUser042923 »

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sudo apt purge raspi-firmware

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[sudo] password for gregory: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  raspi-firmware*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 22.8 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 265612 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing raspi-firmware (1.20220830+ds-1) ...
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 (6.1.27-1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.1.0-9-amd64.
dkms: autoinstall for kernel: 6.1.0-9-amd64.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-9-amd64
raspi-firmware: missing /boot/firmware, did you forget to mount it?
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//z50-raspi-firmware exited with return c
ode 1
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 (--configure):
 installed linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess
 returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64:
 linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 (= 6.1.27-1); however:
  Package linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64
 linux-image-amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
dpkg --remove-architecture arm64

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dpkg: warning: cannot remove non-foreign architecture 'arm64'
sudo dpkg --remove-architecture arm64

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dpkg: warning: cannot remove non-foreign architecture 'arm64'
sudo apt update

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Get:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease [48.0 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease [189 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [49.6 kB]
Fetched 287 kB in 1s (464 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see it.
@CynicalDebian

sudo apt reinstall linux-image-amd64

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
E: Internal Error, No file name for linux-image-amd64:amd64

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#46 Post by CynicalDebian »

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$ dpkg -l | grep arm64
To see what arm stuff is left.
Be seeing you...

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#47 Post by DebianUser042923 »

CynicalDebian wrote: 2023-05-21 21:18 @DebianUser042923

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$ dpkg -l | grep arm64
To see what arm stuff is left.

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dpkg -l | grep arm64

I found an article
https://phoenixnap.com/kb/fix-sub-proce ... ror-code-1

and removed the kernel manually. Like this.

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/package_name.* /tmp

Even after getting rid of the kernel, the system continues to complain. Now it no longer complains about the kernel but it started complaining about initramfs-tools. I think maybe we should nuke the system and start all over.

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#48 Post by DebianUser042923 »

Here is a new example of how it complains.

I just tried a dist-upgrade

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sudo apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-7-amd64
raspi-firmware: missing /boot/firmware, did you forget to mount it?
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//z50-raspi-firmware exited with return c
ode 1
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned 
error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
As far as I can tell no matter what we try it will be messed up.

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#49 Post by Random_Troll »

DebianUser042923 wrote: 2023-05-21 22:28removed the kernel manually
Why did you remove the kernel? Your system won't work very well without that :?

To uninstall the raspi-firmware package simply (re)move the troublesome "/etc/initramfs/post-update.d//z50-raspi-firmware" file manually then run 'apt purge raspi-firmware' again. Probably best to check out the /etc/initramfs/post-update.d/ directory though because I'm not sure why the output has a double forward-slash in the file location.
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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#50 Post by DebianUser042923 »

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I just removed the latest Kernel. The system still runs on the Kernel that came with it.

I will check this.
/etc/initramfs/post-update.d//z50-raspi-firmware

and this

/etc/initramfs/post-update.d/

But I don't think that is the problem.

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#51 Post by DebianUser042923 »

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ls /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//
z50-raspi-firmware

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ls /etc/initramfs/post-update.d/
z50-raspi-firmware

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sudo rm /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//z50-raspi-firmware
[sudo] password for gregory:

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sudo rm /etc/initramfs/post-update.d/z50-raspi-firmware
rm: cannot remove '/etc/initramfs/post-update.d/z50-raspi-firmware': No such file or directory

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$ ls /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//
$

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$ ls /etc/initramfs/post-update.d/
$

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sudo apt update
[sudo] password for gregory: 
Get:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease [48.0 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease [189 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [49.6 kB]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main Sources.diff/Index [63.6 kB]
Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages.diff/Index [63.6 kB]
Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main Sources T-2023-05-22-0203.06-F-2023-05-22-0203.06.pdiff [4,016 B]
Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main Sources T-2023-05-22-0203.06-F-2023-05-22-0203.06.pdiff [4,016 B]
Get:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages T-2023-05-22-0203.06-F-2023-05-22-0203.06.pdiff [13.1 kB]
Get:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages T-2023-05-22-0203.06-F-2023-05-22-0203.06.pdiff [13.1 kB]
Get:8 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [4,508 kB]
Fetched 4,939 kB in 7s (672 kB/s)                                                                                                                
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.

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sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

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sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-7-amd64

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uname -r
6.1.0-7-amd64
In Synaptic Package Manager I am installing

linux-image-6.1.0.9-amd64
linux-image-amd64

It says that linux-headers-6.1.0-9-amd64 is already installed.

Done.

Now it says.

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E: linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64: installed linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
E: linux-image-amd64: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

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Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64.
(Reading database ... 260972 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64_6.1.27-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 (6.1.27-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-amd64_6.1.27-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-amd64 (6.1.27-1) ...
Setting up linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 (6.1.27-1) ...
I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-9-amd64
I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-9-amd64
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.1.0-9-amd64.
dkms: autoinstall for kernel: 6.1.0-9-amd64.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-9-amd64
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/z50-raspi-firmware:
raspi-firmware: missing /boot/firmware, did you forget to mount it?
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/z50-raspi-firmware exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 (--configure):
 installed linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64:
 linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 (= 6.1.27-1); however:
  Package linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64
 linux-image-amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 (6.1.27-1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.1.0-9-amd64.
/usr/sbin/dkms: line 2497: echo: write error: Broken pipe
dkms: autoinstall for kernel: 6.1.0-9-amd64.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-9-amd64
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/z50-raspi-firmware:
raspi-firmware: missing /boot/firmware, did you forget to mount it?
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/z50-raspi-firmware exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 (--configure):
 installed linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64:
 linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 (= 6.1.27-1); however:
  Package linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-6.1.0-9-amd64
 linux-image-amd64
I think you guys are chasing after the wrong "problem".

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#52 Post by Random_Troll »

You also need to remove /etc/kernel/postinst.d/z50-raspi-firmware, apparently. Then remove raspi-firmware.
DebianUser042923 wrote:I think you guys are chasing after the wrong "problem".
I'm just here trying to get that mysterious arm64 package removed so your packaging system works again. That's all. I have no suggestions in respect of the OP because I haven't watched your YT video, sorry.
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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#53 Post by DebianUser042923 »

Random_Troll wrote: 2023-05-22 15:46 You also need to remove /etc/kernel/postinst.d/z50-raspi-firmware, apparently. Then remove raspi-firmware.
DebianUser042923 wrote:I think you guys are chasing after the wrong "problem".
I'm just here trying to get that mysterious arm64 package removed so your packaging system works again. That's all. I have no suggestions in respect of the OP because I haven't watched your YT video, sorry.
I agree that the package system is broken. But I don't think it has anything to do with that ARM package. We have removed that thing in multiple ways, and the package system still has problems. That is why I think it is time to reformat and try installing Debian 12 again. I first noticed this problem right after trying to update the system for the first time! All I did was go to synaptic package manager. Click Reload. Click Mark All Upgrade. Click Apply, and after it got done, I had these package errors in conjunction with the latest Kernel that it tried to install.

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DebianUser042923 wrote: 2023-05-22 16:02We have removed that thing in multiple ways
No, we haven't. It's still there and the kernel & initramfs scripts installed by that package have broken your package manager.
DebianUser042923 wrote: 2023-05-22 16:02I first noticed this problem right after trying to update the system for the first time! All I did was go to synaptic package manager. Click Reload. Click Mark All Upgrade. Click Apply, and after it got done, I had these package errors in conjunction with the latest Kernel that it tried to install.
The system broke when you installed the raspi-firmware package. It just wasn't apparent until you tried to use the package manager again.
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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#55 Post by DebianUser042923 »

Random_Troll wrote: 2023-05-22 16:14
DebianUser042923 wrote: 2023-05-22 16:02We have removed that thing in multiple ways
No, we haven't. It's still there and the kernel & initramfs scripts installed by that package have broken your package manager.
DebianUser042923 wrote: 2023-05-22 16:02I first noticed this problem right after trying to update the system for the first time! All I did was go to synaptic package manager. Click Reload. Click Mark All Upgrade. Click Apply, and after it got done, I had these package errors in conjunction with the latest Kernel that it tried to install.
The system broke when you installed the raspi-firmware package. It just wasn't apparent until you tried to use the package manager again.
I had the error message right after I updated the system for the first time. I do not remember trying to install an ARM package of any kind. Anyways I am wiping the Debian 12 system. You can help rebuild if you want. Or you can just leave this thread. Thanks.

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#56 Post by DebianUser042923 »

This is one of those things where it doesn't matter who is right or who is wrong. The bottom line is the package system got messed up, and it doesn't matter how it got messed up. It has become a waste of time trying to fix it. I just used gparted to wipe the drive. I don't have time now to reinstall it. But when I do I will report stuff.

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#57 Post by CynicalDebian »

DebianUser042923 wrote: 2023-05-22 17:29 This is one of those things where it doesn't matter who is right or who is wrong. The bottom line is the package system got messed up, and it doesn't matter how it got messed up. It has become a waste of time trying to fix it. I just used gparted to wipe the drive. I don't have time now to reinstall it. But when I do I will report stuff.
Yeah I probably would have reinstalled too. Based on what was happening it seems like raspi-firmware was installed when you originally installed Debian 12, this seems to be the case based on your Debian policy results you sent. It is very strange how such an arm64 package ended up on your system without you explicitly enabling it yourself.
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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#58 Post by DebianUser042923 »

CynicalDebian wrote: 2023-05-23 00:08
DebianUser042923 wrote: 2023-05-22 17:29 This is one of those things where it doesn't matter who is right or who is wrong. The bottom line is the package system got messed up, and it doesn't matter how it got messed up. It has become a waste of time trying to fix it. I just used gparted to wipe the drive. I don't have time now to reinstall it. But when I do I will report stuff.
Yeah I probably would have reinstalled too. Based on what was happening it seems like raspi-firmware was installed when you originally installed Debian 12, this seems to be the case based on your Debian policy results you sent. It is very strange how such an arm64 package ended up on your system without you explicitly enabling it yourself.
I have been honest about everything. I kept saying "I do not remember specifically installing it." That is an honest statement. Being that I am having GPU problems in Debian, and the fact that the words on my TV are very small, it is slightly possible that I might have saw something like GPU or something in the description and then mistook ARM for AMD. But at the end of the day it doesn't really matter. What does matter is it got us off track to the point and purpose of this thread! Doing a reinstall should put us back on track.

Not all is lost, we learned somethings along the way.

When I get this installed, I will check right away to make sure that raspi-firmware did not install out of the box. I will also check /etc/apt/sources.list and post it. Then when we update the system that will also be reported. That way IF it does any funny business we shall catch it in the act. I will try to install timeshift before doing the updates. That way we can always go back to the beginning.

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#59 Post by DebianUser042923 »

I just got done installing Debian 12, and I haven't updated anything yet. I opened up synaptic and searched for raspi-firmware.

Oh MY WORD! raspi-firmware is installed right out of the box!

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Re: Debian 11.6.0, HP Computer, and Video Problems

#60 Post by Random_Troll »

DebianUser042923 wrote: 2023-05-23 03:19Oh MY WORD! raspi-firmware is installed right out of the box!
Please provide the exact URL from which you downloaded that ISO image. Thanks.
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