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

Everything works flawlessly...

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

-- but the system updates without...

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

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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 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...

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 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?

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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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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...

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

For some reason I can no longer reach forums.debian.net from my home network; I have to use a VPN. It's been several months since I've last used it,...

I was looking into tasksel option and I noticed a last option called laptop , I have debian with gnome isntalled on a laptop which is not selected....

As a Windows user trying to migrate to Linux, I am far too used to double click as my primary navigational method. With that being said, is there a...

Raspberry Pi OS (bookworm). CUPS is running.
@raspberrypi:~ $ ps -ef | grep cups
root 769 1 0 11:15 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -l
root 1089 1 0...

[1mdpkg:[0m [1;31merror:[0m cannot access archive 'grub-pc*.deb': No such file or directory
grub-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/modinfo.sh...

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Could someone here provide the download URL for Debian-testing 13?. The one I found and I download gives me an error during the installation it...

Running debian trixie/sid, 6.12.11-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.11-1 (2025-01-25) x86_64 GNU/Linux

This is a Lenovo X1 laptop,...

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In a LAN exist 2 laptops HP and Toshiba having installed Ubuntu Desktop 24.04. Because they are accessed only by me through Remmina...

Hello my fellow Debian users! I am looking to setup automatic updates on my 2012 laptop that I recently installed Debian 12 KDE on. I am fully aware...