Subj : Re: Setting a manual IP address To : Richard Kettlewell From : druck Date : Wed May 22 2024 21:36:59 On 22/05/2024 09:05, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > druck writes: >> There is a way around this. If you install the 64 bit version of >> Bullseye on a Pi 4, you can install the same set of packages copy your >> config files from the 32 bit version, making it work exactly the same. >> >> You then ignore the dire warnings and do an in place upgrade to >> Bookworm. That then retains retains the previous style dhcpcd5 >> networking, and doesn't install Wayland etc. > > ??? why not just install bookworm and then adjust it to taste. If you > want ifupdown-style network configuration (which I do) you can just > install it under bookworm, edit /etc/network/interfaces. No need to > take aroundabout routes like installing bullseye and upgrading. >The networking is annoyance but is fixable with too much pain, but the reason for the palather above, as I've explained before, is despite disabling Wayland I was unable to get it to recognise that I had installed an alternative Mate desktop, and I couldn't even get the Pixel desktop to change to the resolution of my 1440p monitor. When I went to look for answer in the logs, and found rsyslog wasn't even installed, and there was only the abhorrent journald, I nuked it from orbit, and upgraded from Bullseye instead. ---druck --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .