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by wizard10000
2024-03-28 20:19
Forum: Hardware
Topic: best advice for installing nvidia
Replies: 7
Views: 192

Re: best advice for installing nvidia

You need to add non-free to the entries in your sources.list. Should look like this - deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free deb http://deb.debian.org/...
by wizard10000
2024-03-25 11:00
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Industry] How did you become a Linux Administrator?
Replies: 5
Views: 364

Re: [Industry] How did you become a Linux Administrator?

...Are you suggesting me to start again from scratch? I have experience linux-themed, rarely in production world. I've hired my share of sysadmins over the years. I think certifications are helpful and if all other things are equal I'd hire the person with the cert over someone who doesn't have one...
by wizard10000
2024-03-24 11:37
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Industry] How did you become a Linux Administrator?
Replies: 5
Views: 364

Re: [Industry] How did you become a Linux Administrator?

Currently retired but I started out by working helpdesk for a large web hosting company. Get your foot in the door and then work on improving your skills :)
by wizard10000
2024-03-22 13:56
Forum: Testing And Unstable
Topic: [SID - Unstable] [Software][solved] aptitude safe-upgrade
Replies: 5
Views: 333

Re: [SID - Unstable] [Software][solved] aptitude safe-upgrade

I've had some difficulty with aptitude during this transition. Suggest using apt and paying close attention during this transition - I've been able to upgrade daily but close attention to what your package manager wants to do will be required.
by wizard10000
2024-03-16 18:02
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Important Wayland related milestone on the horizon.
Replies: 2
Views: 315

Re: Important Wayland related milestone on the horizon.

On the other hand, I know now I won't be tinkering with Fedora... :mrgreen: I was using RedHat when Fedora became a thing; I stuck with it through Fedora Core 6 I think. No interest in revisiting that distribution :) I guess I'll switch to Wayland when openbox no longer works; I did play with labwc...
by wizard10000
2024-03-14 11:48
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Directory file size change
Replies: 12
Views: 480

Re: Directory file size change

I have seen it before and it is always Pictures directory. Not on my machine. wizard@server: 06:42 $ cd /media/internal wizard@server: 06:42 $ ls -l total 72 drwxr-xr-x 297 wizard wizard 12288 Mar 12 16:20 books drwxr-xr-x 6 wizard wizard 4096 Dec 29 16:04 desktop drwxr-xr-x 12 wizard wizard 4096 D...
by wizard10000
2024-03-12 21:30
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Directory file size change
Replies: 12
Views: 480

Re: Directory file size change

I did the same thing with my ebooks directory - moved them to an ebooks2 directory. ebooks2 was at 4096 bytes until I rebooted the machine and then it read 12288 bytes, same as my original ebooks directory. My understanding is that ext4 doesn't truncate directory metadata unless you force the issue.
by wizard10000
2024-03-08 15:52
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Directory file size change
Replies: 12
Views: 480

Re: Directory file size change

sunrat wrote: 2024-03-08 14:15My Music folder shows 110592 bytes. Do I win? :mrgreen:
Absolutely :mrgreen:
by wizard10000
2024-03-08 12:12
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Directory file size change
Replies: 12
Views: 480

Re: Directory file size change

I'm guessing you have a lot of pictures :) Your filesystem reserves 4096 bytes for a directory's metadata. For *most* directories that's just fine but if the metadata is > 4096 bytes the filesystem will allocate more space for metadata. My e-books directory is also 12288 bytes but it has a couple hu...
by wizard10000
2024-03-06 17:05
Forum: System and Network configuration
Topic: Failed to load iwlwifi
Replies: 6
Views: 378

Re: Failed to load iwlwifi

lindi wrote: 2024-03-06 16:49The file "iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-46.code" is not part of any package in Debian.
Yeah it is, it's included in Bookworm's firmware-iwlwifi.

OP, upgrading to Bookworm will resolve this.
by wizard10000
2024-03-06 12:20
Forum: General Debian
Topic: [Discussion] What do you wish you had known years ago?
Replies: 15
Views: 824

Re: [Discussion] What do you wish you had known years ago?

Let's see... * Fixing a broken machine is more difficult than not breaking it in the first place. * Understand what you're doing before you do it, especially if you're running Other People's Code. * Almost every issue you encounter on a computer can be resolved without reinstalling the OS. * If you ...
by wizard10000
2024-03-03 12:29
Forum: Testing And Unstable
Topic: [SID - Unstable] update stuck at resolving dependencies
Replies: 8
Views: 1220

Re: [SID - Unstable] update stuck at resolving dependencies

IMO this is one of the the main differences between Unstable and Testing. Sid is a staging area, Testing is not. During a large transition like this packages will trickle into Unstable and this is when Sid will enthusiastically break your toys if you're not paying attention during upgrades. Two reco...
by wizard10000
2024-03-01 18:03
Forum: Testing And Unstable
Topic: [SID - Unstable] update stuck at resolving dependencies
Replies: 8
Views: 1220

Re: [SID - Unstable] update stuck at resolving dependencies

Sid is in the middle of a big time_t transition. My own machines had > 40 packages held back this morning so I decided to skip upgrading until things calmed down a little bit.

If an upgrade doesn't look safe don't upgrade :)
by wizard10000
2024-03-01 16:44
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Fingerprint reader not working on T480s
Replies: 2
Views: 325

Re: Fingerprint reader not working on T480s

My understanding is this is a known issue with the T480S fingerprint reader. There's a git repository here that appears to have the solution. Direct link to the PPA is https://launchpad.net/~uunicorn/+archive/ubuntu/open-fprintd/+packages but I would *not* recommend adding the PPA to Debian. I would...
by wizard10000
2024-02-25 12:21
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: Wired connection stops working after a while
Replies: 37
Views: 1567

Re: Wired connection stops working after a while

I also use cmst and the toggle you're looking for is on the main screen under "Technologies". Does your Ethernet adapter show up there? If so, is "Powered" set to "on"?
by wizard10000
2024-02-24 19:27
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: Wired connection stops working after a while
Replies: 37
Views: 1567

Re: Wired connection stops working after a while

ouroboros wrote: 2024-02-24 18:53Should I make sure the Ethernet card is enabled in cmst
Yep :)
by wizard10000
2024-02-24 18:28
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: Wired connection stops working after a while
Replies: 37
Views: 1567

Re: Wired connection stops working after a while

ouroboros wrote: 2024-02-24 18:00...Maybe I need to somehow configure the connection specifically for Connman?
You shouldn't have to touch anything in /var for connman to work. Run connman settings (either connman-gtk or cmst, depending on what you have installe) and ensure the Ethernet card is enabled.
by wizard10000
2024-02-24 15:51
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Discussion] How do you name your devices?
Replies: 19
Views: 1050

Re: [Discussion] How do you name your devices?

For me that would depend on whether the device is accessible from the internet. Mine are not, so I use wizard-server, wizard-tablet, wizard-laptop and wizard-desktop (yes, I have one of each). If I had internet-facing machines I'd be naming them differently, as IMO best practice is for the hostname ...
by wizard10000
2024-02-24 15:13
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: Wired connection stops working after a while
Replies: 37
Views: 1567

Re: Wired connection stops working after a while

If you're running connman you should *not* have an entry for your network card in /etc/network/interfaces. Suggest commenting out the eno1 section of the file and then reboot the machine. Does this resolve the issue?