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Hi forum, I have grub with a fixed resolution of 800x600 and there is no way to change it. I want to change it to 1024x768. I hope someone can help...

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I have a headless Debian server that's been offline since 2017 that I'd like to get updated and start using again. I'd love to get upgraded...

I recently installed Debian 11 Bullseye with Mate`
I have several other computers including W10, W11, and RPOS (raspberry pie Debian).
I can connect...

Is there a way to get an automatic login on Debian 10 (MATE)? I'm building a system for a person with limited mobility, and the only thing I've left...

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 running Bookworm. Kernel 6.1.0-6

I bought a lightning-HDMI adapter, HDMI cable, and and HDMI-USBc to plug into...

When I try to sudo from a user (non-root) to run an updateroot it does not work. If I su to root it works. Using Debian 11 kernel 5.10.0-20-686-pae...

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Newbie to the forum but not Debian. I figure this has to be a FAQ but didn't see it when looking around prior to creating this topic.

I have a...

I performed a full upgrade to Bookworm recently. I had been able to choose between LXQT or Sway via SDDM on Buster previously. I can use tty to get...

Each week here on the forum we highlight some threads which share Instruction, How-To, have lots of Information, or something that may be humorous....

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I'm naive to Debian/Linux, hope you can assist me here. I configured the proxy during the OS install ( FYI - Please see the attached...

I am using a Chromebook with a linux VM running Debian (Bullseye I think) and I am trying to manually install some audio plugins. According to my...

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Sorry for the silly question. I am new to the Debian ecosystem. I would like to download Debian Testing ISO file with non-free firmware. I think...

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Looking to migrate my work machine from Ubuntu 22.04.2 Gnome to Debian Testing (bookworm), KDE. I would like to practice the install on a KVM...

Hi :) , Unsure whether to post this as a beginners Question or here. No doubt someone will move the post if necessary.

I am trying to get mouse keys...

I've been using Debian for a few months now and noticed that there are some software, including some FOSS software, that are unavailable in Debian...

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I have a Chromebook that only has a backspace key, no delete key. I would like to tweak it to where either ALT+Backspace, CTRL+Backspace, or...

after I reinstalled debian from bullseye to bookworm, my second display stopped working. I actually use 2 displays on both windows and mac osx. the...

Hello, i have recently upgraded a bullseye installation to bookworm. It mostly went well, but under debian 12 the same system is using about twice...

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I have a Debian testing host with kde desktop and a kvm virtual machine with debian testing using kde or gnome sessions.

I have...

why at debian xscreensaver needed much more dependincies than at arch?
debian apt say that cant find needed list of dependincies
but i can find this...

There's a recent update to DXVK and VK3D which breaks a lot of games running under Wine. The error messages are not very informative (if you get one...

Hi, I recently bought a laptop and installed Debian 11.
Although everything is running smoothly, I can't help but notice these errors during...

I have been struggling with an issue for 2 months. After Debian resumes from sleeping, I immediately get a password prompt and the desktop appears as...

I have a friend who is an older man that has never gotten himself online. I'm trying to get him set up with a desktop.

I have an older HP TouchSmart...

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I am just about to spend my own money for the first time on a computer that I will put Debian on from the start. I have installed it quite...

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I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but i could nowhere find anything about this problem.
On my notebook I am using...

As the title suggests, a lot of cmake projects were failing. Upon inspection I found that running PGK_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/x86-64-linux-gnu cmake .....

Seems hddtemp is referenced, but does not exist?

On the assumption it's been replaced and somebody knows by what, could they show me their workings?...

I've used LXDE/Openbox in some form since about 2007, I haven't always been aware of what I was dealing with. At some point I discovered I could...

sound was previously working under bullseye but not since i upgraded to bookworm

perhaps this has to do with pipewire vs pulseaudio ?

here's what...

As per docs to solve screen tearing issue
I followed these steps

Add this line to the end of /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf:
options nvidia-drm...

I have a strange isssue with an old laptop.

Every second boot the ethernet device is not recognized/found.

Output of lspci when et0 is recognized:...

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I have asus X450LD ,NVIDIA GeForce 820M, debian sid.

I installed...

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I recently had a problem with my Linux Mint installation, and decided to migrate to Debian 11 using a stable distribution, with nonfree...

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The network card refuses to run faster than 100 Mbit even though it's designed to run at 1 Gigabit. Is there any way of making the Intel...

Anyone seen this error when running apt update?
Error: Repository ' experimental InRelease' changed its 'Codename' value from 'experimental' to...

It looks like I need a new 4g USB dongle, it is the only dongle I can find in the local market, will it work?

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I am using a new Lenovo X1 Carbon Extreme Gen 3. I am attaching a video of horrible screen tearing I just started experiencing after...

I started my Linux journey in the late 1990's Debian Hamm and ran it for several years moving through the updates to Etch. Life, carrier, kids all...

This happens almost every time I watch a video and go to a different window, with the video still playing: the screen goes completely blank. It takes...

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I got a new laptop with a fresh debian installation. When idle the screens should turn off after the screensaver was shown for a few minutes. It...

Hello everyone, this is the first time i need to ask a question at a forum since i switched to debian a lots of years ago, i have being googling a...

i have just turned on my laptop this morning and, when i reach the login page, i enter my user name and pin, the screen goes black and then it goes...

xorg (X11?) displays a slow transformation into a white screen with no mouse.

i have a TI-nspire cx and Debian 11 the cli works fine just not a...

i have a 1Gbps/1Gbps fibre package were the isp provided a router for the package. at the time i thought it was them tying to sell me the product,...

Occasionally my system hangs and when it does, after rebooting I see my /var/log/syslog has expanded to the point where it uses up the entire free...

It's here with a different name.

Couldn't have labeled it better myself.

Experimental is now 'rc-buggy'.

I know all of you will have to update...

I have installed the program Vara for running Winlink on the raspberry pi 4 but when I try to open the vara program I get the following error....