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Bulkley

Being able to cut/copy/paste by clicking mouse buttons is a handy tool. Recently Firefox won't let me do that. It will let me pull a drop down menu but that's a nuisance. I think the change came with an upgrade but I might have clicked something somewhere by mistake. I could solve this by renaming ....

Bulkley

This looks to me like an hardware problem. A cold solder connection in a power supply or video card can be terribly frustrating. So can dried up CPU adhesive. Have you blown the dust out of your computer? Make sure the fans work smoothly. Disconnect and re-seat all connections, including memory stic...

Bulkley

Wm. A. Weasel, Did you try $ locate firefox ? (You may have to install locate .) There are hits in strange places. Most are in /home/user/.cache/mozilla and /home/user/.config/.cache/mozilla . Do you have a directory called /home/user/.mozilla.new.unused ? Just a crazy thought, have you turned off a...

Bulkley

HOWEVER, I can boot into recovery mode, and when it asks for the root password there, it WORKS!

At that point I'd do

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# apt update && apt upgrade

Look for firmware (free and non-free) that is needed by your new machine.

Bulkley

For the life of me I can't understand what woke (by whatever definition) has to do with software.

Bulkley

Ruminator wrote: ↑2023-03-06 14:13 Looking to migrate my work machine from Ubuntu 22.04.2 Gnome to Debian Testing (bookworm), . . .

Why Testing? That is a development release, not an upgrade. Those new to Debian really should start out with Stable.

Bulkley

Do these work?

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$ systemctl poweroff

and/or

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$ systemctl reboot

I run these on my desktop.

I just tried $ systemctl suspend and it worked too.

I'm running Debian 10, Buster. Does Debian 11 do this differently?

Bulkley

For those who are interested Wikipedia has a chart showing Debian versions. Over here.

Bulkley

I don't have either a cell phone or tablet.

Bulkley

. . . Testing users were confused and tended to post all over other sections of the forum. I'm going to stick my neck out here. Testing and Sid are development releases; they are not for newbies looking for shiny new stuff. This forum regularly gets new members whose first question is about some ba...

Bulkley

Test your VPN connection with IP leak. Pay attention to the stuff on the bottom; your browser could be a problem.

Bulkley

Simply purrs along.... :lol: Fastest WM I've ever used, but it does keep the mind focused :mrgreen: It has runner, fittstool and herbe and the wm. I think I've become a speed junkie My computer runs as fast as I can type. :lol: IMO this thread should be not just about how pretty your desktop is but...

Bulkley

cds60601 wrote: ↑2023-01-28 18:42 For me the use of synaptic is when I wish peruse the packages that are available.

For a package browser try packagesearch.

Bulkley

I haven't used Synaptic (or any of its clones) for years. It's simply not necessary.

Bulkley

though i have firefox installed, i hardly use it. so that it to has problems makes me think it is not a profile issue. This is an easy test which can eliminate many possibilities either way. Chrome has a similar hidden directory; all browsers do. This being Debian you might have fewer problems with...

Bulkley

Whenever I have a browser misbehave I rename its hidden directory (such as .mozilla/firefox) and restart it. A new hidden directory will be created. If the browser then behaves I know that the cause is something I did, usually related to my efforts to block ads, etc.

Bulkley

kent_dorfman766 wrote: ↑2023-01-21 03:51
* for simple single nic/static installations use traditional /etc/network/interfaces

Exactly. The machine I'm typing on has not seen a GUI network tool since the previous owner of the MOBO was running Windows 97. A desktop machine has no need for the likes of Connman or Network-manager

Bulkley

I use spare HHDs for various projects including storage. When I get it I install an old Linux (any OS) on it and choose entire disc which pretty much wipes out whatever was there. After that it is used for whatever I want.

Bulkley

"Graphical Environments" covers all the DEs and WMs. "Multimedia" should be kept apart. They are very different subjects.

I rarely see posts here about problems with WMs. My suspicion is that WM users are mostly able to take care of their own issues.

Bulkley

Other than this log report, is your computer operating properly?

Drivers are in the kernel. The firmware blobs are non-free blobs needed for the drivers to work. Having excess blobs isn't a problem.

If this is a problem try another kernel, even an older one.

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