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Re: [Solved - sorta - part 2] Re: how to switch a Debian buster system from systemd to sys-v init

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Quoting Rick Thomas (2019-06-25 03:32:41)
> > On Jun 23, 2019, at 2:24 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 05:45:39PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
> >> 
> >> Purely out of curiosity, I'd like to see what's involved in
> >> switching a Debian buster system from systemd to sysv init.
> > 
> > The short version [1]:
> > 
> >  apt-get install -y sysvinit-core
> 
> So our goal is to start with a working Debian buster system with the 
> Mate desktop using the systemd init, and convert it to a working 
> buster system with no desktop gui, and using the sys-V init.
> 
> As Tomas points out, basically all you should have to do is “apt-get 
> install sysvinit-core”, and the rest should be fully automatic.  This 
> may have worked with Debian stretch, but it’s a bit more complicated 
> with buster.  In particular, there seems to be some parts of the old 
> dbus stuff left around that cause the long pauses I’ve mentioned 
> previously.  This may be a bug and should be reported, but I have no 
> idea what package to report it against, or what a suitable proposed 
> fix would be.
> 
> In any case, the solution I came up with is
> 
>     apt-get --purge install -y sysvinit-core dbus- glib-networking- libgtk-3-0-
>     apt-get --purge autoremove
> 
> Note the trailing minus-signs on dbus- glib-networking- libgtk-3-0- 
> These packages need to be deleted in the same pass as sysvinit-core is 
> added.

Seems this would work as well, with less collateral damage:

  apt install -y sysvinit-core elogind
  apt --purge autoremove

Would be helpful to know if those experiencing long pause in 
dbus-depending environments had _no_ dbus installed (and actively 
running) or had it running with elogind.


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how to switch a Debian buster system from systemd to sys-v init Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2019-06-23 03:20 +0200
  Re: how to switch a Debian buster system from systemd to sys-v init <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-23 11:50 +0200
    Re: how to switch a Debian buster system from systemd to sys-v init arne <sp113438@telfort.nl> - 2019-06-23 13:50 +0200
      Re: how to switch a Debian buster system from systemd to sys-v init <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-23 15:00 +0200
    [Solved - sorta - part 1] Re: how to switch a Debian buster system  from systemd to sys-v init Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2019-06-25 02:10 +0200
    [Solved - sorta - part 2] Re: how to switch a Debian buster system  from systemd to sys-v init Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2019-06-25 04:00 +0200
      Re: [Solved - sorta - part 2] Re: how to switch a Debian buster  system from systemd to sys-v init Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-06-25 15:50 +0200
      Re: [Solved - sorta - part 2] Re: how to switch a Debian buster system from systemd to sys-v init Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-26 08:40 +0200
        Re: [Solved - sorta - part 2] Re: how to switch a Debian buster  system from systemd to sys-v init Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2019-06-26 09:40 +0200
          Re: [Solved - sorta - part 2] Re: how to switch a Debian buster system from systemd to sys-v init Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-26 10:20 +0200
        Re: [Better Solution] how to switch a Debian buster system from  systemd to sys-v init Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2019-06-27 10:10 +0200
          Re: [Better Solution] how to switch a Debian buster system from  systemd to sys-v init Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2019-06-27 10:40 +0200

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