On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 13:03:17 -0000
"dev1fanboy" <devuanfanboy@???> wrote:

> I thought this might be an issue having run into something similar
> myself, thanks for confirming.
>
> I need to work out the right and simplest way to do it with wireless
> stations before writing in instructions.
>
> (...)
>
> On Sunday, November 8, 2015 2:30 PM, Patrice Remy <premy2u@???>
> wrote:
> > After the reboot (half way through the instructions), those with a
> > Wifi network card won't be able to continue (install xfce4, and so
> > on...) because they won't be in x-windows anymore, and the
> > network-manager app needs x-windows to work, ergo, no internet
> > connection :(

Hello Dev1fanboy,

do you see any serious reason to avoid installing the new desktop
environment /before/ rebooting? At least for now, when upgrading from
Debian Jessie to Devuan Jessie, the kernel version doesn't change and
consequently the modules remain compatible. So AFAIU a reboot would not
be necessary at all.

Even if the kernel version should change (e.g. when upgrading from
Debian Wheezy), the dist-upgrade will not trigger the loading of any
modules, so a hint to avoid doing any fancy stuff during the upgrade
process (and do a reboot afterwards) should be more than enough.

Regards,

Florian