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Hello again, All/Any!

I would like to draw your attention to something in this thread, but I would like to do that by way of an explanation.

You'll notice that in post #1 I said that my sysVinit became dysfunctional some time after I had tried to install a couple of desktop environments (viz ...

Is there a version of MX which is systemd only?


Yes, there is: https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=68318


Thanks for that, DukeComposed.

Yep. Haven't read it all yet, but it is clear there is something there for me. Clearly, Dolphin_Oracle has nailed it.

I'll read on for further ...

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Hello, All!

I'm looking for some MX-Pro, know-how guidance.

Recently I tried to fix my dual-init (ie sysVinit & systemd) MX23.0 but failed. The systemd init side booted to a fabulously functional systemd. However I must have pushed things too far because, while trying to resolve the sysVinit ...

Looks installed now.

But looks like did not do an update-grub maybe because of that timeout.

sudo update-grub


Nup, Dolphin_Oracle, it kinda worked. [Missed your post before I did reboot etc.] Anyway, from your work I got sysVinit back again, but it was the dysfunctional sysVinit. Being ...

the installation is not in your apt history, so whatever you did, it didn't complete.

the removal of those packages shows up on 8/27, with systemd-sysv being installed on 8/27 with dbus-broker. but there is no reinstallation of sysvinit-core and systemd-shim on between 8/27 and 8/31.

so try to ...

HERE IS THE 2ND HALF OF APT HISTORY OUTPUT


2024-03-07 07:25:06 install g++:amd64 <none> 4:12.2.0-3
2024-03-07 07:25:06 install build-essential:amd64 <none> 12.9
2024-03-07 07:25:05 install g++-12:amd64 <none> 12.2.0-14
2024-02-21 17:11:22 purge pipewire:amd64 1.0.0-1~mx23+1 <none>
2024-02-21 17 ...

Post the apt-history and the current quick-system-info please.

I’ve already told you the Mx way.

Also if your grub menu is
Controlled by some other install, you’ll need to run update-grub on it to see new menu entries.


As per your previous instruction, I ran
sudo apt install sysvinit-core ...

sudo apt install sysvinit-core systemd-shim


yeah looks ok. as long as you are ok with removing dbus-broker. I don't know what that is.





Hello, Dolphin_Oracle et al


Yes; done as shown. I did remove that dbus file, as persuaded by the system. Afterwards, I still could boot only to ...

@boombaby wrote:
I bought this "new" laptop as a cheap 2nd-hand job. Unfortunately if my left hand presses a little too hard on the case it auto-selects text and deletes heaps off the screen. (By that I mean there seems to be an electrical connection fault internally.) So I have to keep watch on ...

Sounds like something stopped working, like dbus or authentication daemon. not sure what or why.


Sorry, adding another 2 cents. (So? I like even numbers.)

I just notice something while responding to Dolphin_Oracle here
https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=79871&start=70
in post #71 ...