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I have two output devices: my bluetooth headset and my computer speakers.

The bluetooth buttons on the headset function, thanks to playerctl....

I would like it to default to A2DP sink, not HSP/HFP.

How do I set this as the default?

Using pulseaudio + blueman-applet.

So I am newish to linux- Not a day one user or def not a pro. I am hoping for some help. I have moved my home server from my pi4 to a ryzen build...

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I'm a software engineer and I want to seek the possibility of running my system (web app, nginx, database) on debian 10, and I want to...

I found that it works fine if I first create a GPT partition and put btrfs inside. But if I use mkfs. btrfs to partition a blank drive, then mount...

Following the instructions in I get this error when trying to install wine in Debian 10:
apt-get install winehq-stable

Reading package lists......

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I have a Dell e5470 with Intel 8265 BT chipset. Kernel is 5.7 and it should support this chipset. I use KDE and its GUI to connect BT...

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Please can someone help, i'm not sure where to start either. My knowledge of Debian/Linux is very limited but i have a VM of Debian which i just...

The creator of a package included in Debian (zpaq) has (sadly) abandoned it.

It is, in very large lines, an archiver (similar to 7z and rar to...

I have a small server where I need to run some non standard services (e.g. Unifi ...so commercial) in order to keep my Debian install clean I plan to...

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I've had the following scenario happen several times already running debian 11:

1) computer restart or crash and then reboot
2) gnome...

Unfortunately I've installed the Desktop version, but later on In found out that I don't need the GUI at all, additionally I see many errors related...

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All selectioning expert mode :

I tried win32-loader.exe 0.10.4 stable release : The downloaded Released file cannot be trusted! Aborting .

I...

I hate color emojis almost as much as i hate emojis. I thought I was through with such nonsense in elementary school. Nevertheless I need to be able...

Total Memory: 27G
Used: 21G
Free: 2.0G
buff/cach 4.5G
available: 5.8G

Debian GNU/Linux 9.13

Why is the used so high?
It isn't slab, cache or...

Yesterday, i performed a kernel upgrade to version 5.16
on my Debian 11 desktop

Having made a following update (sudo apt update)
i got the this...

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This is my first post here, and I hope I'm in the right board.

I have set up Apache Guacamole on my server for remote access, and it...

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I have a debian bullseye server that's permanently on the public internet.
I would like to be able to xrdp into it from both Linux and Windows...

I'm using phone to get internet for my debian laptop. When I enabled usb tethering from phone, connection manager(xfce) made new wired connction,...

For the fun of the adventure I’m exploring iPXE OS Installation functionality across various Linux distributions and documenting my discoveries with...

First of all sorry for the beginner question, but nevertheless I try to give my best :-)

I have a fresh install of Debian 1.4 on my pretty old Mac...

Some may be familiar with my nightmare experience trying to get my HP Deskjet Laserjet Professional p1102w installed and the nightmare of conflicting...

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I've been searching quite hard for a solution to take a bit of a different approach to loading the initramfs for legacy systems. The...

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I foolishly deleted the desktop panel and cannot see how to restore it.
Advice please?

I have a CUPS print server setup on a Raspberry Pi that works with all my devices except my Debian 11 XFCE install. Well it worked until recently and...

Used this wiki and as I have a static ip address trying to get xen working. Every time I boot it goes to the cursor and tty5 (ctrl+alt+f5) will only...

Hello, good, it is that I want to forward many hotmail emails to a single recipient. All the best. Thanks.

Good day, all. We have a test environment that I manage and I am trying to get a DNS forwarder running.
Most of the systems that we use are in a...

So I am attempting an install of Debian Bullseye using the file provided on debian.org, debian-11.4.0-i386-DVD-1.iso . However, no matter how I burn...

On Debian Bullseye I try to install nvidia-tesla-470-kernel-dkms on a system on which nvidia-kernel-dkms (V470) is already installed.

This leads to...

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I have installed Debian Bullseye 11.4 KDE 64 bits version OS on my home desktop last week. As of now, it is working very well....

Had (and still have) computers running on Ubuntu and Mint. In the distant past I had a laptop given to me that had Debian 7 installed with programs...

Hello, does anyone here know what memory management technique used in Debian? Is it the same with the general Linux? I have tried to find in several...

I'm sharing a post of mine form another forum, figured I should come to the source instead.

The issue that I'm running into right now is that I...

Hello everybody. I'd appreciate any help you could give. :)

If I go to Settings > Sound > Test and test the speakers sometimes they work and...

Some have seen my failed attempts to get my HP Laserjet Professional p1102w working. God knows what kind of residual crap is left from the failed...

I suspect a lot of my problems trying to install my HP Laserjet Professional p1102w were conflicts between the hplip from the repos and the latest...

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During shutdown Debian Stretch display on console detail about stopping, very useful.

Example : PrtScr capture_26.png

On Debian Bullseye, I...

I've added fsck to the Linux line of /etc/default/grub , like so

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= quiet fsck.mode=force

Does this leave a trace...

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I've recently set up a 250TB storage system for a file server. I've done some speed testing a few weeks back and everything looked...

I updated from Stretch to Bullseye and have pretty much seemed to have fixed everything, except for a slow boot time. Systemd-analyze blame seems to...

I'm using the . and , keys in smplayer to step back or forwards one frame at a time to write frame accurate English subtitles.ass as translations...

hi there
could you help me crack the meaning of what my terminal says, please?

sehrguey@debian:~$ sudo apt install sudo
password for sehrguey:...

Dear All,
I would like to simply backup my gmail and be able to free some space because I am close to hitting the space limit of the free version.
In...