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I have a c program to show the linux error codes
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I have an old Pavilion G6 that I want to restore. Its working well except for one thing, the screen lid hinges cannot be screwed anymore to the...

I did a complete reinstall. The backup was successful: all folders +bookmark files. After installing, I ran into many problems. I needed dolphin file...

Hi, I have installed debian 12 since about a month and I've had a lot of crashing, it occurs at random times without obvious inciting incident, it...

I built up a computer with a new DVD-RW drivre, I tried to listen to audio CD or rip audio CD as MP3. Unfortunately, even when error checking is set...

Hi, I still have problems opening synaptic from the menu so I go to start session and PolicyKit is unchecked again; and there is a little red cross...

Hello,

In Synaptic the section of repos are empty, and there is nothing in /etc/apt/sources.list either;

-- but the system updates without...

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I got this low end laptop (open box) for about $68.00 from Micro Center this morning. It came with Windows 10 and worked pretty good. I did a...

I recently decided to switch from Stable (Bookworm) to Testing (Trixie/Sid). Everything is working great *except* when I plug in an HDMI cord I no...

My Debian 12 Plasma desktop monitor goes blank with a No Signal message right after the GRUB screen. However, I can still access the system via SSH...

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I have Dell 5130 Pro. It has Dell 1538 wireless card. I recently installed Debian 12.8 on it. I managed to find Wi-fi driver for it (ath6k)....

I was very curious about whether my first time installing debian would be a success, but unfortunately it wasn't.
#1: As I learned in one of my...

My machine is:
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:...

Hello. I'd like to test Debian on older 32bit PC
And I'd like to increase security by using Opensnitch firewall but I realised that Opensnitch has no...

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I installed Debian 12 on a Dell Inc. Inspiron N5010 laptop with Intel® Core™ i3 M 370 × 4 processor, 3GB memory, AMD CEDAR graphics. While I...

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System : Debian Testing Trixie
cifs-utils installed

It's been sometimes, probably weeks now, I'm fighting with mount in my fstab in order to...

I am on stable $ uname -r
6.1.0-31-amd64 Is there a way to show DDR5 memory temperature by, says, lm-sensors command?

Web searches seem pointing to...

I have a Dell laptop with a eSATA Dell K01B enclosure. Inside the enclosure is a bluray drive from Matshita (Panasonic).

Everything works flawlessly...

I used fvwm as window manager, no other desktop environment installed on my PC.
But when I start Evince or other applications (shimo/wechat/terminus...

I have a fresh installations of Debian Bookworm running on a My PC and Laptop i have solved all but one problem except the one I'm Having with...

Hello y'all,

I recently installed Debian 12 on my Laptop. So far, most things work fine but two. After wandering through countless discussions and...

Super Bowl LIX is streamed live (and free) at tubi.com. (I think Fox News must have gotten at least 10 million new sign-ups--also free--for this...

What is the right way to use 'apt-listbugs' anyway? Simply avoid upgrading bugged packages?

Hi.
I am using LMDE, and since I could not solve my problem on Mint's forum , I thought I would try it here.

The problem that I have is that the...

Have Vbox 7.0.24 r167081 under Bookworm here and have amongst others a Debian testing as guest. But it is quite old and heavily used ....

So just...

I have two monitors: a big one and a smaller one. They're connected to a desktop
PC in which I have installed two operating systems in a dual boot...

I am preparing to upgrade from Debian 10 to Debian 12. My first thought was that I should do a complete install from scratch. But I came across an...

Hi All, can the 'Securing Debian Manual' 3.19 (2012) be considered a complete guide or is there subsequent advice?
Thanks - Alex.

Hi, I was trying to transfer a relatively large file of 3GB, but when I started the transfer it immediately spiked to 9 percent and slowed down and...

Debian (was) 12.8 Bookworm (now) 12.9 Bookworm, KDE Plasma, Wayland. Latest updates.

My Thinkpad was often not resuming from sleep properly, so I...

🧲🧲🧲🧲 I am looking for a version of Debian dedicated to editing. Is there an official version dedicated to editing with the KDE or GNOME interface?

Hi, I don't know what happened. Until I modified some files in /usr/lib/systemd/system/ I was able to use consoles 1-6 by pressing CTRL ALT Fn before...

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I'm running into a problem on testing that has me pretty confused. After an update, the plasma desktop will not start, and I've pinpointed...

Hello. I've got an Intel Arc A380 and OpenGL applications have got poor performance. I wonder if I have a driver missing or something. Vulkan...

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Local computer shop has one of these for sale, wondering if Debian 12 would have any issues with this hardware:

Or would the AMD Ryzen 5...

As in Title. I upgraded from debian jessie to debian buster. I can log into Gnome, but the top bar is missing. Pressing the Windows key the screen...

I just installed debian 12 kde in a virtual environment. During the install I choose the option with full encryption.

When I boot I first get the...

If I'm not mistaken, this is not a problem on Legacy + MBR disks (it might be?), but when using UEFI + GPT...
Scenario: Windows already installed on...

First: System Info
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) x86_64
Host: XPS 8940
Kernel: 6.1.0-31-amd64
Shell: bash 5.2.15
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE:...

Hi everyone .
Running deb 12 cinnamon.
How can i get info about what screensaver / screen locker that is installed and in use, cant figure it out....

Hello All,

For some time I'm having trouble printing to Kyocera printers via a Debian12 print server.
Actualy it's not just me but 220 users who use...

I made a Paragon back up, it is on a separate disk from my (C:) drive, this was done of Paragon's free software.
Following my Windows 11...

I can't see anything when use Screen Capture on OBS (pipewire)

Raspberry Pi OS (bookworm).

I want to try spectacle but apt doesn't know where is it at. (Note link.)

How do I install it ?

Okay, well been doing a bunch of these, that being running scripts oriented how-to's and time to cover yet more methods of running a script at system...

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I am recently experiencing an issue with Debian 12. The system occasionally freezes completely (nothing is responsive, audio stuck in a loop...

Hi all,
I installed Debian 12 a couple months ago on my Lenovo laptop with an Intel Core i5-7200U. I haven't done much other than some web browsing...

Hello there!
Today I tried to install Debian testing from actual DVD and netinstall images - they are broken.
There is an error that appears before...