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Running Debian 12 XFCE here on my laptot hp255-g5 . I'm facing a little but very annoying issue: when i close the laptot's lid the system...

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I'm configuring Debian 12(Bookworm) on a physical server and I have a problem while setting up my network info.
I tried to set up a...

I've never seen this behaviour before, so I took careful note of files and timestamps. (famous last words)

In the past, I've had updates which...

I recently upgraded to firefox 128.3.0 esr. I have found that the url completion function that appends .com etc to the end of a url typed in the url...

I have recently discovered random text in my LibreOffice Writer. I have discovered it is pasting when I scroll. Many people find this great, but I...

I have problems installing some new packages. When comparing this system to a fully working system I discovered that my system does not appear to...

Hi
I would like
a. to reinstall all
b. from Iso,
c. env. incl. the boot sector, but
d.preserve my home (user names / passwords).
Is that possible?...

Hello,
I am a beginner and i would like to switch to debian from linux mint.

I know that since i am a beginner i should use other os, like windows...

Hi guys,

I am trying to install Firefox from mozilla repo, but it fails:

Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
E: Sub-process...

Hello everyone,

I could be called a relatively new Linux user, but fortunately I found Debian soon and have been really happy with the experience...

Error :
debootstrap --components=main,contrib,non-free,non-free-firmware --exclude=firmware-nvidia-graphics...

My computer
System:
Kernel: 5.10.0-32-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.10.0-32-amd64...

I updated the various qemu packages last weekend (2024.09.28). I have been running a Windows 10 guest quite successfully for several years but since...

I have recently been getting the following error when installing packages via aptitude:

Error retrieving bug reports from the server with the...

Cumlatively over the past year I have taken to note that the majority of online searches for information from the main cast of providers has gone...

$ cat file.txt
word4 word2
word4 word2
word3 word1
word1 word3
$

How can I please get this output from file.txt ?
word1
word2
word3
word4

Low priority, but for curiosity's sake, I occasionally want to know what has changed when I upgrade my system and would like to have a terse aliased...

I have a ProtonDrive cloud account. I am trying to make a first copy of my /home to the cloud and thereafter sync objects. For weeks I've been...

Symptoms:
Post-Installation Freezes:
After successfully installing the OS, the system freezes during boot or shortly after login.
The system becomes...

Hello,

Upon install Debian 12 (64-bit PC netinst iso) when selecting no desktop I cannot use local hostnames (ie ping somecomputer.local) it returns...

I have been told:
krunner? Just click anywhere on the desktop and start typing and it should appear

but on previous Debian 11 (from which I have...

I am a linux newbie trying to get a ps4 dual shock controller to work on debian 12.

It is detected and works on windows 11.

here is the output from...

Hi,I have installed clapper and it works fine,but when I close it stays in the background and I have to kill it in the system monitor.
If I launch it...

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I've seen that in the Debian Wikipedia it recommends the use of Podman instead of the ubiquitous Docker, running docker daemon as root seems a...

I just installed two Debian 12 servers. A month and a half ago I got a server up and running my standard lighttpd/php/php-fpm - it all installed with...

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When I boot up my wifi does not connect, but if I reboot it does. My network controller is an Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 (rev 3a) and...

Hello, I'm currently executing

ip l add veth type dummy
ip l dev veth address d4:d4:d4:d4:d4:d4

every time I start the machine.

How can I...

I have recently installed Bullseye and I have a network drive I would like it to mount on boot (an external drive attached to another machine running...

Just these past two days, every Debian install I have (ten) as it tried to upgrade to 6.1.0-26 has given me this warning
Warning: Falling back to...

Greetings,

I am fairly new to Linux. I just installed Debian Bookworm 12.7 on a Dell Inspiron 3793 (64-bit PC) laptop (which previously had Ubuntu...

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We will perform an update to the local server software on October 7, 2024.

This is considered a minor update which should introduce very...

I am tired of weird behavior in KDE so I want to write about it before switching to mate,gnome or cinnamon. I recently installed a new computer, and...

Which web-browsers can be controlled by python3-selenium?
Debian package recommends chromium-driver, I know, it works.
When I have installed PyPasser...

Hi, I am running Debian GNU/Linux Bookworm 12.7, running kernel 6.1.0-25-amd64 on a Victus Laptop with an AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS CPU. Is there any way to...

Running bookworm 6.1.0-10 on a dual booted system. Recently installed a megaRAID 9540-2M2 raid controller and while my win10 install recognizes the...

SOLVED: see post #5, installing aptitude and using it to install gnome-core solved the problem.

Hello,

I have just bought a second hand Lenovo...

Hello World. So I am a prior Windows user. I've been playing with different Linux distros on 4 different laptops, so you can imagine that I'm having...

Just backs out to the display manager after a few seconds. X11 KDE works without issues.

journalctl -xb shows:

Any suggestions?

After Debian Linux 11 upgrade to Debian 12, I have received some warnings:

$ sudo update-initramfs -u

update-initramfs: Generating...

Software Versions:
Debian GNU/Linux 10 (Buster)
Kernel 4.19.0-27-686-pae
GNOME Shell 3.30.2
alacarte/oldstable,now 3.11.91-4 all

Symptom:
I have...

Hi, I'm new to using Debian. I have a:
RCA 2-in-1 tablet
model W101SA23T1
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 processor
2 GB of RAM
30 GB of storage
Windows 10...

Has anyone connected these bluetooth earbud, if so how?

I want to get wine installed and am having a heck of a time.

I'm trying to go at this as an actual download then install like you would with windows...

Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 5.10.0-32-amd64...

Over the last few weeks, I've noticed a crackling sound from the speakers. It is not continuous and seems to mainly happen when I am browsing. It may...

Hello,

during Debian 11 (with IIRC latest 5.x kernel) to Debian 12 apt update/upgrade/dist-upgrade, I have noticed:

Setting up udev...

Need to run fsck to fix some pesky errors but since I cannot unmount sda1 I need to boot from some external media, I tried to use the netinst iso cd...