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Debian Code of Conduct
A resolution instituting a Code of Conduct for Debian has been passed by the general membership.
Debian Code of Conduct
Be respectful
In a...
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2023-03-08 06:33
Package Installation - how do I find it?
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by
Dan_C »
2011-10-11 21:38
This is a general question about how I run programs/packages that I install with the Software Center GUI.
I used the Software Center to install the...
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Last post by dasein
2011-10-11 23:16
[SOLVED] Squeeze reboot from KDE
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by
malkavian »
2011-10-07 14:58
Hi folks
I've installed Squeeze a week ago. Almost everything works nice but trying to reboot from KDE menu leads to strange consequences. Actually...
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Last post by roseway
2011-10-11 15:18
tasksel mail-server what packages?
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by
sjukfan »
2011-10-10 13:21
I have a massive cold so that may be the reason, but I just can't find what packages are included in tasksel mail-server.
tasksel --task-packages...
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Last post by sidloki
2011-10-11 08:11
I need help with partitioning.
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by
RCStag »
2011-10-11 01:44
I'm new to debian but I've been using Ubuntu for several months. What I'm trying to do is divide my laptop (300gb hdd) into 3 partitions. one for...
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Last post by dasein
2011-10-11 03:03
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Last post by dilberts_left_nut
2011-10-11 00:23
[solved]emacs
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by
infernocy »
2011-10-05 02:45
i have the line emacs pot.cpp &
can anyone explain what does & stands for ?
thanks
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Last post by cthulhu
2011-10-10 07:19
[deleted]virtual box
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infernocy »
2011-10-09 20:13
if you run virtual box with debian on can you burn an iso image using the cd/dvd drive ? i am using windows xp
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2011-10-10 01:11
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2011-10-09 18:38
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2011-10-09 13:22
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Last post by rufong
2011-10-09 07:30
new installation, no output
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by
IGGt »
2011-10-02 14:27
Hi Guys,
I have just installed a copy of Debian onto my machine (i386 version, installer CD 1, version 6.0.2.1 - I hope that may help).
The installer...
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Last post by cannae
2011-10-09 06:28
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Last post by 4D696B65
2011-10-09 00:33
unknow code problem
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by
CHRISSSS »
2011-10-07 20:01
hi all
im new member and fist post
i have a problem on my lg phone i don`t know whats wrong, so i decide to post my problem here because i cant find...
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Last post by CHRISSSS
2011-10-08 20:15
[SOLVED] changing screen resolution
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hadian »
2011-10-08 07:43
i installed debian testting by upgrading from stable version. i did not installed the nvidia driver and i do not have with it since i do not need 3d...
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Last post by hadian
2011-10-08 08:46
[solved] building eglibc
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by
mspc »
2011-10-06 23:56
I can't find any documentation on how to do this. All I can find are guides to cross compiling, and I don't need that. I'm kind of illiterate when it...
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2011-10-08 00:21
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Last post by milomak
2011-10-07 22:47
[solved]significance of ..
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infernocy »
2011-10-07 12:48
Hallo
can some one explain to me why we use the .. dot dot as a file or directory name in Unix or linux
thanks
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Last post by roseway
2011-10-07 15:04
[Solved]apt-get update doesnt work
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by
Master004 »
2011-10-06 23:29
Hello everybody,
Last april I've set up a debian squeeze server. I started as a linux newbie, but with a background as CS student I quickly got...
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Last post by Master004
2011-10-07 12:35
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Last post by danielvulrich
2011-10-06 19:04
Laggy Flash Videos
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by
classix »
2011-10-05 22:46
Hi guys, I have finally installed Debian 6.0. Overall I love it but only a problem, the flash video playback is so lag in full screen mode even in...
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Last post by off220
2011-10-06 04:38
Removed Bin Folder permissions
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by
TomShaw »
2011-10-05 10:27
When trying to set permissions so users could only access their intended folders, I set the users with access to bin to none.
I then noticed I was...
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Last post by TomShaw
2011-10-05 16:07
How do I get/install GTK?
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by
theblackpig »
2011-10-02 21:31
I've tried to install a program using terminal and I get ;-
No protocol specified
(Setup:7557): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
Can...
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Last post by dtl131
2011-10-04 19:39
Where's the source code?
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by
Mcteague »
2011-09-29 04:46
Years ago when I first learned unix using Debian, we got all the source code for everything. There was'nt much choice. You had to complile...
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Last post by dtl131
2011-10-04 19:34
Sdl mixer not working?
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by
AnimatedJuzz »
2011-09-19 00:16
Okay, I've tried both compiling SDL (mixer and everything else) from source and just downloading the package.
I get:
Unable to init SDL_mixer: No...
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Last post by dtl131
2011-10-04 19:18
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infernocy »
2011-10-04 09:05
i just installed debian on virtualbox and i used dpkg -- list and i want to know how to install the rpm and emacs command and make them run cos they...
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Last post by roseway
2011-10-04 09:24
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Last post by Aris Veresie
2011-10-04 01:47
Use find and show size of folders ?
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by
jocke »
2011-10-03 15:21
If I use find to search for a directory:
find /usr -name directoryname
And if I write:
du -sh /sökväg/directoryname
then I get the size
But if I...
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Last post by nadir
2011-10-03 21:56
Sudden slow browsing in Debian Squeeze
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by
spandey »
2011-09-21 11:19
Hi,
I am newbie to Linux and Debian. Just installed Debian Squeeze. The internet browsing response has suddenly become sluggish. When request for a...
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2011-10-03 18:02
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Last post by dilberts_left_nut
2011-10-03 06:05
Mount Partition - How? -SORTED
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by
theblackpig »
2011-09-30 18:26
I've searched the forums and googled -no help.
I'm running the latest Debian/Gnome, My hard disk is partitioned as follows :-
sda1 205GB Ext 3...
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Last post by theblackpig
2011-10-01 17:31
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Last post by kedaha
2011-10-01 16:36
Text mode admin tools?
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by
kerke »
2011-10-01 12:42
We're installing a Debian 6 server without graphical desktop interface. Although we're installing Webmin, we'd still like to know if there are any...
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Last post by nadir
2011-10-01 14:09
Errors when make-installing IceWM?
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by
livin4jesus »
2011-09-30 16:45
I have successfully built IceWM, but for some reason, when I try sudo make install , it responds with tons of errors! Here's what shows up in the...
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Last post by craigevil
2011-09-30 20:43
/etc/apt/sources.list
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lindara »
2011-09-19 04:20
How do you know what to put in /etc/apt/sources.list?
It seems like for every update or install that I do, I end up Googling for what to put in...
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Last post by Mr James
2011-09-29 23:27
Changeing hostname on Debian 6.0.
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by
allower »
2011-09-27 18:31
I changed hostname in /etc/hostname as I followed a text from google. And when I rebooted the system I got this starting nfs common utilities statd...
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Last post by allower
2011-09-28 18:10
Where are the installed files stored?
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by
Annhol1 »
2011-08-12 15:04
I run debian squeeze.
I use apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk.
But I do not understand how I can figure out where the files are stored?
Can someone help...
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Last post by mslinux
2011-09-28 13:52
What do you extract a tar.gz file with..?!
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by
TroyR »
2011-09-09 20:57
I just downloaded Utorrent server for Linux but I don,t know what to use to extract a tar.gz file..?! Or where to extract it to... :oops: Any thought...
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Last post by cthulhu
2011-09-28 13:34
Changing default language
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by
aetbanan »
2011-09-26 22:05
Hi
I just installed Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.2 (squeeze) and in order to get the keyboard and clock right I chose Sweden as country. Now I can't find...
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Last post by mslinux
2011-09-28 13:21
How To Use Apt or Aptitude?
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by
Entrenchment »
2011-09-18 04:00
I've been using CentOS for a long time, and only just switched (yesterday) to Debian. However, I've been stumped on apt. I know there are guides out...
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Last post by carolinason
2011-09-28 13:01
Uninstalling unwanted software.
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by
Devio »
2011-09-26 15:36
Hello all, I'm just curious as to whether there's an easy way to uninstall certain software which comes with the standard Debian install which I'm...
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Last post by carolinason
2011-09-28 12:29
External HDD permissions
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by
theluli »
2011-09-12 11:33
Hi to all
l have mount an external hdd and l setup it with samba , but the problem is that l can not change permission and user to that external HDD...
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Last post by carolinason
2011-09-27 21:32
ATI driver issues (I think)
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by
Devio »
2011-09-23 19:32
Hi there, I've just installed Debian as I've been interested for a while.
Most things went alright, I've had to iron out a few bumps along the way...
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Last post by Gerowen
2011-09-27 05:20
[solved] Trying to understand permissions
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by
ds7 »
2011-09-23 18:20
To configure xampp for local web development, I'd like to make my regular user able to read, write, delete pages in /opt/lampp/htdocs. So I read a...
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Last post by ds7
2011-09-27 03:29
/etc/rc2.d script failure
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by
yoyomoony »
2011-09-05 20:40
Hello everyone.
I'm new to Debian 6.
I want to run a script at the end of the runlevel 2 stage.
I've got this :
root@openvpn:/etc/rc2.d# ls -l...
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Last post by kabars_edge
2011-09-26 17:38
Epiphany default search engine
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by
geoffkaniuk »
2010-07-13 16:24
I have been using Epiphany for about 10 days now. It seems that suddenly my search engine was changed from Google to VirginMedia.
I cannot find any...
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Last post by simen
2011-09-26 10:15
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Last post by dasein
2011-09-26 02:23
Iceape
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by
rosswmcgee »
2011-07-29 02:26
I have grown to like SeaMonkey on another distro. But did not see it in Debian synaptic. However searching the net I noticed Debian has Iceape,...
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Last post by stevepusser
2011-09-25 02:18
How to tag files in file browser
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by
skipperx »
2011-09-24 12:36
I am using Squeeze with Gnome. Is there a way to tag files so that I can list or filter with tags? I don't need special tags and will be happy to use...
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Last post by skipperx
2011-09-24 23:01
looks like my java doesnt work at all
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by
seal468 »
2011-09-23 10:54
Hi every one, im new on this forum, but thankfully i found it and i need your advice,
my comapny is using external software on linux machine, few...
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Last post by mslinux
2011-09-23 11:54
[Solved]changing to dhcp
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by
off220 »
2011-09-20 13:56
hello. I consider changing the provider. Now I have the following configuration:
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet...
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2011-09-22 06:25
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