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| Started by | Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> |
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| First post | 2024-12-18 18:10 +0100 |
| Last post | 2024-12-18 22:30 +0100 |
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Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2024-12-18 18:10 +0100
Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2024-12-18 18:40 +0100
Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2024-12-18 19:00 +0100
Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-12-18 19:20 +0100
Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-12-18 19:10 +0100
Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-12-18 20:50 +0100
Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2024-12-18 22:30 +0100
| From | Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> |
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| Date | 2024-12-18 18:10 +0100 |
| Subject | Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom |
| Message-ID | <JV5IB-xZM-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the message: "Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive /media/cdrom" I do not have such a CD. I installed from a USB stick. I tried to continue and received the message "Failed to fetch cdrom Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official amd64 DVD Binary-1/pool/main/r/rsync/rsync-3.2.7-1-arm64.deb". Why does synaptic need firmware? Is synaptic supposed to be usable on a fresh installation? Roger
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| From | "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> |
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| Date | 2024-12-18 18:40 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom |
| Message-ID | <JV6bD-ydY-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #275881 |
On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 06:07:45PM +0100, Roger Price wrote: > I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After I > specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the message: > > "Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official > amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive /media/cdrom" > > I do not have such a CD. I installed from a USB stick. > > I tried to continue and received the message "Failed to fetch cdrom Debian > GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official amd64 DVD > Binary-1/pool/main/r/rsync/rsync-3.2.7-1-arm64.deb". > > Why does synaptic need firmware? Is synaptic supposed to be usable on a > fresh installation? > > Roger > Did you install from a DVD copied to the USB stick. If you weren't network connected at the time, check your /etc/apt/sources.list file. You may find that the DVD entry is uncommented and all other entries are commented out with a # sign. Edit the file to comment out the DVD entry and uncomment the network entries. Then apt-get update / aptitude update or whatever. And yes, this is by design: if you *only* have media and no network connection, you may still want to install packages and /etc/apt/sources.list is structured accordingly. Hope this helps - with every good wish, as ever, Andrew Cater (amacater@debian.org)
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| From | Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> |
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| Date | 2024-12-18 19:00 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom |
| Message-ID | <JV6uZ-yph-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #275884 |
On Wed, 18 Dec 2024, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 06:07:45PM +0100, Roger Price wrote: >> I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After I >> specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the message: >> >> "Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official >> amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive /media/cdrom" > > Did you install from a DVD copied to the USB stick. I downloaded debian-12.8.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso from https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ and "dd"ed it to a USB stick. > If you weren't network connected at the time, check your /etc/apt/sources.list > file. I was network connected when attempting to use synaptic and I can ping deb.debian.org . > You may find that the DVD entry is uncommented and all other entries are > commented out with a # sign. I checked /etc/apt/sources.list, and the top entry for the cdrom is uncommented, as are the http entries. > Edit the file to comment out the DVD entry and uncomment the network entries. > Then apt-get update / aptitude update or whatever. Will do, when I master whatever editor is included in the base distribution. > Hope this helps Yes it does, thanks, Roger
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| From | Joe <joe@jretrading.com> |
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| Date | 2024-12-18 19:20 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom |
| Message-ID | <JV6Ol-yM3-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #275886 |
On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:51:50 +0100 (CET) Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2024, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > Edit the file to comment out the DVD entry and uncomment the > > network entries. Then apt-get update / aptitude update or whatever. > > > > Will do, when I master whatever editor is included in the base > distribution. > Mousepad is, but you shouldn't run anything graphical as root. The built-in editors that I know of are vim and the similar nano, run from a terminal. I never grew up with this style of editor, and I don't like them, but they're OK for emergencies. There should be plenty of web tutorials, you only need to do a few things. Once you have installation working, there are other editors. I like the editor in Midnight Commander (package name mc) for quick tweaks and Geany for coding work. Many people favour emacs, but I've never been that serious. -- Joe
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| From | Joe <joe@jretrading.com> |
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| Date | 2024-12-18 19:10 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom |
| Message-ID | <JV6EG-yII-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #275881 |
On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:07:45 +0100 (CET) Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> wrote: > I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After > I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the > message: > > "Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ > Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive > /media/cdrom" > > I do not have such a CD. I installed from a USB stick. > > I tried to continue and received the message "Failed to fetch cdrom > Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official amd64 DVD > Binary-1/pool/main/r/rsync/rsync-3.2.7-1-arm64.deb". > > Why does synaptic need firmware? Is synaptic supposed to be usable > on a fresh installation? > There was a minor problem with the installation. The supply of software during installation came from the CD (installation images work with either CDs or USB sticks) and one of the last installation stages is to change the software supply from the installation media to an Internet source. It looks like at least part of that didn't happen. The file /etc/apt/source.list should look something like this, maybe with other commented lines (my installation was from a netinstall image, not a DVD): *************************************************************************** # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bookworm_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST 20211021-15:01]/ bookworm main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bookworm_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST 20211021-15:01]/ bookworm main deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free contrib # deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free # deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free # 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. **************************************************************************** Make sure any CD lines are commented and that you have an uncommented line showing deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free contrib maybe with a different URL. Now at a terminal, enter sudo apt update and see what happens. If there's an error, come back here with it. If it churns out many lines of text, you're probably good. There's nothing wrong with using Synaptic, and that should now run OK, it's just easier to see problems using apt. -- Joe
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| From | Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> |
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| Date | 2024-12-18 20:50 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom |
| Message-ID | <JV8dr-zL4-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #275888 |
Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:07:45 +0100 (CET) > Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> wrote: > > > I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After > > I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the > > message: > > > > "Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ > > Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive > > /media/cdrom" > > > > I do not have such a CD. I installed from a USB stick. > > > > I tried to continue and received the message "Failed to fetch cdrom > > Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official amd64 DVD > > Binary-1/pool/main/r/rsync/rsync-3.2.7-1-arm64.deb". > > > > Why does synaptic need firmware? Is synaptic supposed to be usable > > on a fresh installation? > > > There was a minor problem with the installation. The supply of software > during installation came from the CD (installation images work with > either CDs or USB sticks) and one of the last installation stages is to > change the software supply from the installation media to an Internet > source. It looks like at least part of that didn't happen. > This happened to me when I installed 12.7 on a couple of systems a few weeks ago. The installation completed without any errors or anything but, like the OP, when I tried to add/update any packages apt tried to do it from a non-existent CD/DVD. This was a new installation done from an ISO on a USB stick. Easy to fix if you know what the problem is (and if you like using vi, as I do). -- Chris Green ยท
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| From | Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> |
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| Date | 2024-12-18 22:30 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom |
| Message-ID | <JV9Md-B50-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #275888 |
On Wed, 18 Dec 2024, Joe wrote: > The file /etc/apt/source.list should look something like this, maybe > with other commented lines (my installation was from a netinstall > image, not a DVD): > > *************************************************************************** > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bookworm_ - Official Snapshot > amd64 NETINST 20211021-15:01]/ bookworm main > > **************************************************************************** > > Make sure any CD lines are commented and that you have an uncommented > line showing > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free contrib I used xedit as root to comment out the deb cdrom line, so sources.list now looks like your example. Package installation now works correctly with synaptic. Roger
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