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I am running Debian 12 on a USB stick on an ASUS Chromebook C100P. Every so often, usually about 5 minutes after booting the computer, the keyboard...

Hi, I used to have Debian then I installed Windows in another partition and GRUB menu was lost.

I tried the default solution to reinstall grub etc...

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I need to have executable file on desktop.

Created file on desktop (from cmd is command working)
Xorg –query 172.28.87.189 –dpi 100 :199...

i have a problem with steam games (as of right now team fortress 2 is the only game i have tested) where team fortress 2 will close a few seconds...

I installed the live install app debian-12.1.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso SHA256:9168ff53d789537db4f5233e7dfa5e860519c44b68132b70805218f842b00041

The live...

Have downloaded and installed VM VirtualBox with Windows 11 Pro Environment, however VBox configuration will not run due to missing Linux Kernal...

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In SDDM، after shutdown، service shutdown process is displayed، but not in gdm.
How can I set gdm to show the services shutting down in...

I have two similar desktop pc, Dell i5. One installed with MS Windows(version?), the other with Debian 12. The Windows system can connect to my hdmi...

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I have chromium/stable-security,now 117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1 amd64
It should have fixed Bug#1051355 , but it still appears in my...

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Since few years, I'm facing more and more complexity with obtaining latest version of an application versus the security path to follow. I know...

Is it possbile to set a dark theme for the forum page?

I'm just after a sanity check on my plans before I start re-creating servers.

More than a decade ago I was introduced to ZFS and started using...

I would like to run a personal VPN server at home so I can remotely connect to my LAN at home and access shared drives.

I have never done this, so I...

As the title says, I much prefer the Linux Mint Cinnamon icons, such as lock, shut down, etc.. over the Debian Cinnamon icons.

Before I move files I...

In Debian Bookworm, with Mate Desktop Environment Pulseaudio is the audio server installed by default. I had some troubles when trying to connect my...

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Doing file transfers between host and guest is trivial with VirtualBox; but it is nothing but...

From it appears that the Debian appstream generation was last done on Sep 2 ( Last updated on: 2023-09-02 20:55 )

Any reason why it hasn't been...

In all graphic applications that I run and need root access, I can't access them. It appears the window, but not the gap to introduce the root...

I Only use my HP LaserJet PRO M426dfw printer about twice a year. I haven't had a need to do two-sided printing since switching to Debian about 18-20...

I bought a second-hand Lenovo, 8 years old, with an existing Windows 11. It also has a BIOS and an EFI partition, which I did not think was possible,...

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I don't know what happened, I didn't change anything on my old debian8 server (uptime around 1600 days) but suddenly vim stopped working...
when...

Is there any guidance how to provision an eSIM for the WWAN card under Debian (or any Linux for that matter)?

If I see correctly ModemManager does...

In the same vein as the Uptime Championships thread , and the How much storage do you have? threads; I humbly bring before you all the conquest for...

I've had a Dell Latitude for a while. I'd upgraded from bullseye to bookworm earlier this summer. I decided that since the system was rather old it...

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I'd like to know the proper way to install an up-to-date version of gajim with omemo support in Debian 12. The current package version in the...

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I tried the last weekly images at

but these images are from 4 September and seems that are not updated.

What is the correct link for the...

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I have set up a Debian 12 minimal Server for my environtment and I have installed ntpsec using apt install ntp, which got me ntp ntpsec...

Setting up nut-client on a RPi 3B+ and a RPi 4B. Both hardware version fail as follows:

admin@nut-clientns1080:~ $ upsc nut-clientns1080@localhost...

The print screen key is mapped to a different application that doesn't automatically store a png. How can I map it to shutter?

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As a result of some problems (exposed in another thread) this past weekend I performed a fresh install of Debian 12 Stable KDE.

Well, after...

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I'm member of the maintenance team of the Back In Time ( deb: backintime ). The team works voluntarily without payment and budget.

In the...

Due to some problems I have decided to try upgrading from Debian12 Stable to testing.
To do this I have followed the steps in the debian wiki where...

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I'm trying to process a bunch of text (email) files read one by one from a zip file into a pipe.

Assuming process is a script that reads stdin,...

Hello! I often notice that if i use NTFS flash/pen drive in Windows after using it in Linux, Windows asks for disk repair. Recently NTFS flash drive...

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I'm just wondering what motivated development of LVM and what the benefits of using it are?

For a 'home workshop' type setup, LVM seems less...

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Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a BIOS rescue cd, that is, a disk that can boot into, display the current settings of, and enable...

Operating System: Debian Bookworm
Desktop Environment: Xfce

I have Debian with all the latest updates installed. After installing software like...

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I'm trying to play back audio on a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB audio interface on Debian 12 but the sound is completely distorted all the...

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I have a question about root. I've been a debian user since potato and have always run things like apt as root. In the...

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I'm trying to use Debian 12 with AMDGPU on a Radeon R9 M370X. It's a niche laptop GPU, but I've successfully tested SI support on Ubuntu...

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During a sudo apt upgrade that tries to upgrade to kernel 6.5.0-1-amd64 , dkms fails due to a bug related to zfs .
I am now unable to upgrade...

I have installed (debian-live-12.1.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso) on two different machines and while attempting to configure the desktops (Cinnamon 5.6.8) so...

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I just have install Debian 11 on a VM. When i run systemctl restart networking the server become inoperative, i have to do hard reset from...

Hello , I am trying to build a Debian Server using this guide
I have SSH installed on both my old computer which I turned to SSH and my laptop.
My...

Debian is the second-oldest Linux distribution still in production - Debian 0.01 was released September 15, 1993. Slackware is the senior player...

Hello fellow members. I am brand new to this board and have been using Debian off and on for years, however, I still consider myself a newbie. I am...