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The firefox-esr package of Debian includes a script /usr/bin/firefox that calls firefox.real if available and firefox-esr if not. Also it has a preinstall script that tells dpkg to rename /usr/bin/firefox from other packages to /usr/bin/firefox.real.
If firefox-esr is installed vom Debian sources ...

Hi
I'm having problem with android device connected to kde desktop on my laptop,

Error :
plasmashell[140118]: kf.kio.core: "Could not access device. Make sure it is unlocked, and tap \"Allow\" on the popup on its screen. If that does not work, make sure MTP is enabled in its USB connection ...

Hi
I have same problem after upgrade to 6.1.66-1, slow boot process and stuck in sddm kde desktop and nothing work at all, I had to switch to older kernel 6.1.64-1 from grub and its work perfectly .

sunrat wrote: 2023-10-24 09:30 Using Testing so moved to the appropriate subforum.

I have this problem on debian stable too .

Hi
when i turn on my laptop or when back from suspended state , the login screen on gdm3 is getting too much time to start and show login screen or lock screen when back from sleep mode .
when i turn on laptop , after loading kernel and modules , stuck in black scren with one _ sowing for some ...

@alirezaimi

What display configuration do you want? Do you believe your display port connected monitor should be to driven at 1080p? In your original post you said this was a "VGA" monitor, so now I am a bit confused.

Here is the commands you should run if you think it can run at 1080p 60 Hz ...

I managed to install nvidia driver from its site successfully , and this is output of xrandr:
Read about why that is a bad idea and why you should revert to the one Debian provides:
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_use_GPU_manufacturer_install_scripts


I think this problem come ...

I managed to install nvidia driver from its site successfully , and this is output of xrandr:
$ xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 2
Provider 0: id: 0x45 cap: 0xf, Source Output, Sink Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 4 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting
Provider ...

Hello,

You can verify in the computer's BIOS if is it possible to disable the intel integrated GPU leaving active only the nvidia discrete GPU.

If it is not possible and if both GPUs are connected to both video output (HDMI and VGA), you could disable the i915 kernel module creating a blacklist ...

Hi
I connect two monitor with hdmi cable and vga to my asus R542U laptop and there is problem in debian gnome desktop that the resolution of two monitor is not same and the vga connected one can't change after 1024, but the hdmi monitor have 1920 resolution !

I tested in windows 10 and everything ...

Hi
I have a little problem with apt in my debian testing installed on my laptop,
I config one preference and use it until now with this goal that testing is my base distribution and sid is when i want package that does not exist in testing repo like now :


# cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/imipreg ...

sunrat wrote: 2021-07-22 05:11 You can uninstall the unattended-upgrades package if you must, but then you need to be diligent to check regularly for upgrades manually.

I deleted it, but still after login to gnome desktop in background _apt running ...

Check the unattended-upgrades package and its associated systemd units and timers.


# systemctl status unattended-upgrades.service
● unattended-upgrades.service - Unattended Upgrades Shutdown
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/unattended-upgrades.service; disabled; vendor pre>
Active ...

debian testing...Well, now I know your desktop, every single package you have installed, and any customizations you may have made. /s

If you have some sort of update tool installed, it could be running to check if any updates are available. Those run in the background, and could be making up for ...

Hi
Who runs these commands in background and why ?!
How can i stop them from running in my background every time i turn on my laptop ??


_apt 5632 0.0 0.1 23380 10528 ? S 23:53 0:00 /usr/lib/apt/methods/http
_apt 5633 0.0 0.1 23380 10232 ? S 23:53 0:00 /usr/lib/apt/methods/http
_apt 5634 0.0 0.1 ...

The package manager will favour the newest versions by default so if you've added testing sources without some intelligent pinning then you're now running a development branch on your server. Good luck with that.

Check
cat /etc/{os-release,debian_version}

I pinning it, you and other worry guy ...

4D696B65 wrote:

alirezaimi wrote:I use debian stable on my server with testing repo active on it.

Why!?

I use debian stable on my server with testing repo active on it.

but in my laptop have only testing repo, and the download rate is not same !

Hi
I want to know is there any way to reduce "apt-get update" size of download ?
I want a debian on my vps server and when i do the update, always download smaller than 1 MB, But on my desktop when ever i do update get larger that 10 MB !!
Why ?

Solved with installing wl driver instead of brcmsmac .
https://wiki.debian.org/wl