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YIKES! I have no idea what happened but all of a sudden the Synaptic Package Manager no longer shows up in the xfce menu, and I can not launch it...

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I am new to Debian (but have used Ubuntu). I had an old mid 2010 21.5 iMac at home on which I have installed Debian 11 via iso on the...

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sorry for this question which is at least similar to another one on this forum ( but with no clear solution provided.

I just installed Debian 11...

I have a problem on my debian system (Proxmox 7.2, Debian 11) , regarding smarterror

I have googled and read a lot about this problem and I can't...

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....

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I am using HP Prodesk 400 G4 SFF computer and a LG LED TV as a monitor. I am dual booting the system with Windows 10 and Debian 11. On Windows...

For MX Linux repos.

It's working great, according to users.

It was trivial for Bookworm, but I had to also backport wxwidgets3.2 and libmp3lame...

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i have a raspberry pi 3 B V1.2 and have had it for quite a while and got tired of using the raspberry os and had basically switched it over to...

Assistance determining the fail reason and resolution would be appreciated

Build fails on two different debian bullseye boxes
Build fails when...

EDIT - Usually I/O Errors on HDDs/SSDs are signs of the drive failing, but I have the case where it doesn't seem to be hardware related at all, (at...

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I have Raspberry Pi4 and trying make this serial console server so I can access console port of Cisco's router. My pi is install with GNU/Linux...

Hello, I am looking for assistance with the following issues: I need to enable some services to be sure, these services keep running in the...

This is really cool! Blanket generates background sounds to calm your day. Or noisy sounds if your day is too calm.

It's not in the Debian repo...

i have a Logitech G600 and i cant get it to configure properly. Piper is just not working. everything keeps getting lost on reboot and/or mouse...

Hi, I'm having this issue, I loaded two overlays following this guide:

And I end up with two entries:

What's happening? It's not that it bothers...

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I was wondering how I could stream the desktop audio in high quality and to be able to have control to muting applications for the input but not...

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6.0 Kernel (amd64 from Bullseye backports) has entered into EOL state (by kernel.org), so no longer supported. Is it worth to give a try and...

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I'm looking for tips about a problem I have been facing on my Debian 11 system.

Some context: I use an old laptop as a network router...

A simple how-to for set up of the profile-sync-daemon package which I found is an easy way to achieve moving browser profiles to RAM, and how-to move...

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I am trying to use ffmpeg with acceleration from an Nvidia T400 card.

The nvidia drivers are installed an are working.

$ nvidia-smi
Thu...

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...

Since the update to kernel 5.10.0-19 last year; and since then my computer is refusing to boot in the GUI.
The problem I have found is that the...

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I've spent a couple of hours trolling the net hoping to find a solution, but can't seem to find one.

I've been running Debian Buster (current...

Any suggestions on this are welcome, we are building a machine dedicated to yocto builds and would prefer to use Debian.
Hold up is the list of...

Hi All,
I know this is a dumb question however; when I run apt update or apt-get update I get a bunch of these warnings:
W: Target Packages...

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....

Here is a strange one. I had upgraded one of my drives to Bookworm about two weeks ago and the version of Firefox ESR installed was 102.8. I...

Hello I'm quite new to Linux.
I have a Chromebook with Linux Dev Env enabled.
I'm trying to install chaiNNer (github.com/chaiNNer-org/chaiNNer)

I...

Pipx..What a wonderful and necessary program! This program is found in debian 11 backports (also in Debian Bookworm and Debian Sid). This program...

I have an arm NAS with a kernel v4.
apt update && apt dist-upgrade does not upgrade my kernel.
But apt list show newer kernels v5.

Why apt does not...

I have previously upgrade two (2) drives from Bullseye to Bookworm with no issues. Today I tried to upgrade my main driver and the process would not...

I am using systemctl enable systemd-networkd

How do I find the ipv6 address of my router?
All I can find is this address fe80::3e7c:3fff:fe35:6db0...

Hi all! My PC supports legacy mode for BIOS. Is it better to install Debian in UEFI mode or Legacy mode? I've read somewhere about UEFI causing grub...

When can I post normally? I keep having my posts checked by someone before they post. Is this how it always is?

I'm trying to add another drive but when I try to run the command I get . How do I make a directory I need in /mnt ? I'm using KDE.

This will probably be a software solution to a hardware issue, if there is any solution.

I am currently on Bullseye and the audio runs through a...

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This how-to is written for those who would like to set up their first Debian server. It is written for Debian Bullseye, but the...

Friendly reminder that the LibrePlanet 2023 conference is happening this weekend on March 18th & 19th, 2023.
It will be a hybrid event with people...

Sorry for the bad title but I'm essentially looking for a way to disable stretching non-native resolutions, such as 1280x720, to cover the entire...

I tend to have a lot of tabs open, read a lot, or while researching something save and bookmark the tabs. It's near impossible to find anything in...

In recent times, it appears that many FOSS and GNU Linux distros have gone woke .
Firstly, I understand that woke could conceivably mean different...

I have a problem with linuxCNC accessing a USB joypad device.

I am unsure if the problem lies within linuxcnc or Debian - although experience...

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I wonder:

When i install a ejabberd server, i have two methods.
I can installed it using apt install ejabberd in the terminal, or i can...

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I'm having trouble finding documentation on which files need to be updated in the contrib/Debian directory when you update your .deb packaged...