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Audio playback

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2023-03-30 10:28
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by ozgta » 2023-03-29 21:34

Hi,
Debian 10
An intermittent problem;
Audio playback is random whether it is from an online news video, Youtube or a sound file on my laptop....

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Last post by FreewheelinFrank
2023-03-30 10:28
Debian 11 on iMac mid 2010 invisible mouse

Last post by CwF « 2023-03-29 21:22
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by aytida » 2023-03-19 22:38

Hello there,

I am new to Debian (but have used Ubuntu). I had an old mid 2010 21.5 iMac at home on which I have installed Debian 11 via iso on the...

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Last post by CwF
2023-03-29 21:22
[Solved] Another Debian install, another Redshift problem

Last post by CynicalDebian « 2023-03-29 16:40
Replies: 7
by Lysander » 2023-03-29 09:20

I recently reinstalled Debian 11 with Xfce but cannot get Redshift or ANY nightlight program like gammastep or sct to work.

They always just say...

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Last post by CynicalDebian
2023-03-29 16:40
Sudo to root

Last post by BBQdave « 2023-03-29 14:39
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by compis3 » 2023-03-25 22:03

When I try to sudo from a user (non-root) to run an updateroot it does not work. If I su to root it works. Using Debian 11 kernel 5.10.0-20-686-pae...

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Last post by BBQdave
2023-03-29 14:39
[Software] Unable to change grub resolution

Last post by CynicalDebian « 2023-03-28 03:01
Replies: 6
by faktorqm » 2023-03-27 06:37

Hi forum, I have grub with a fixed resolution of 800x600 and there is no way to change it. I want to change it to 1024x768. I hope someone can help...

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Last post by CynicalDebian
2023-03-28 03:01
[Software] eth0 not always found

Last post by franke « 2023-03-25 12:05
Replies: 16
by franke » 2023-03-12 13:49

I have a strange isssue with an old laptop.

Every second boot the ethernet device is not recognized/found.

Output of lspci when et0 is recognized:...

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Last post by franke
2023-03-25 12:05
[Solved] 3G of almost exactly the same message.

Last post by rayandrews « 2023-03-23 20:37
Replies: 14
by rayandrews » 2023-03-21 22:50

Occasionally my system hangs and when it does, after rebooting I see my /var/log/syslog has expanded to the point where it uses up the entire free...

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Last post by rayandrews
2023-03-23 20:37
[Software] prof (old profiler) for Debian/bookworm/x86-64

Last post by bstarynk « 2023-03-23 09:30

by bstarynk » 2023-03-23 09:30

Hello all,

For the open source inference engine project (multi-threaded, in C++, and GPLv3+, to which I am contributing) we want to use the old -p...

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Last post by bstarynk
2023-03-23 09:30
[Software] How to avoid line feeds in output from remote machine over SSH

Last post by donald « 2023-03-23 03:45
Replies: 4
by Alan1901 » 2023-03-22 22:01

Hi All,

I am trying to get the output from a command issued over SSH to a remote machine all on one line.

This is what I am using (from my own...

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Last post by donald
2023-03-23 03:45
[Software] Ser2net unable to install with Bullseye

Last post by sunrat « 2023-03-22 05:40
Replies: 10
by anvu1 » 2023-03-18 22:51

Hi,
I have Raspberry Pi4 and trying make this serial console server so I can access console port of Cisco's router. My pi is install with GNU/Linux...

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Last post by sunrat
2023-03-22 05:40
[Software] How to install libGL.so.1 and libdrm.so.2

Last post by stevepusser « 2023-03-21 20:55
Replies: 2
by Thatsaltyboi » 2023-03-21 16:57

How do I install libGL.so.1 and also libdrm.so.2 if I don't have a nvidia card I looked over a lot of places but I could not find a solution if you...

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Last post by stevepusser
2023-03-21 20:55
[Solved] Kernel Console Resolution

Last post by Aki « 2023-03-20 14:07
Replies: 4
by giordano » 2023-03-19 17:24

Hi,
sorry for this question which is at least similar to another one on this forum ( but with no clear solution provided.

I just installed Debian 11...

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Last post by Aki
2023-03-20 14:07
Several missing dependencies are needed for Debian 11

Last post by foxsquirrel « 2023-03-19 03:27
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by foxsquirrel » 2023-03-17 12:37

Any suggestions on this are welcome, we are building a machine dedicated to yocto builds and would prefer to use Debian.
Hold up is the list of...

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Last post by foxsquirrel
2023-03-19 03:27
[Software] apt warnings about "Target is defined multiple times"

Last post by tmick « 2023-03-19 00:41
Replies: 9
by tmick » 2023-03-18 18:37

Hi All,
I know this is a dumb question however; when I run apt update or apt-get update I get a bunch of these warnings:
W: Target Packages...

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Last post by tmick
2023-03-19 00:41
[Software] Disabling stretching of non-native resolutions on a 1080p monitor?

Last post by Chaussettes « 2023-03-18 02:37

by Chaussettes » 2023-03-18 02:37

Sorry for the bad title but I'm essentially looking for a way to disable stretching non-native resolutions, such as 1280x720, to cover the entire...

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Last post by Chaussettes
2023-03-18 02:37
[Debian 11] grub-pc error when updating packages

Last post by wartisoc « 2023-03-17 18:34
Replies: 2
by wartisoc » 2023-03-17 17:10

So I selected 'Mark all upgrades' in Synaptic Package Manager and got the following error when installing/upgrading grub-pc :

Setting up grub-pc...

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Last post by wartisoc
2023-03-17 18:34
[Solved] Debian Bullseye: KDE does not shutdown nor reboot PC when using NIS

Last post by jlinkels « 2023-03-16 23:22
Replies: 7
by jlinkels » 2023-03-16 00:22

I started the topic in an old thread about a missing /etc/sddm.conf. My sddm.conf is missing.
The thread is here:

On recommendation of @sunrat I am...

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Last post by jlinkels
2023-03-16 23:22
Debian 11 set path at login ?

Last post by kent_dorfman766 « 2023-03-16 05:19
Replies: 34
by gh4rock » 2021-08-29 13:33
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I would like to have my user $PATH expanded once at login to include $HOME/bin.
The following 2 commands do this:
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export PATH...
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Last post by kent_dorfman766
2023-03-16 05:19
SDDM configuration file

Last post by jlinkels « 2023-03-16 00:23
Replies: 11
by mm3100 » 2021-08-08 15:23

Hello everyone
Reading in documentation for sddm in /usr/share/doc/sddm/README.debian, it says

There is an example configuration file in:...

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Last post by jlinkels
2023-03-16 00:23
[Software] [Solved] Gnome strange dim dark mode

Last post by MagicPoulp « 2023-03-14 09:10
Replies: 5
by MagicPoulp » 2023-03-13 17:02

On Debian 11.6, newly installed, I have put the Gnome settings in battery options to never put the screen idle.

Still from time to time,. even when...

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Last post by MagicPoulp
2023-03-14 09:10
[Solved] Editing su to read: sudo

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2023-03-13 19:32
Replies: 6
by JeSuisFlaneur » 2023-03-09 16:28

I want to change the text of this line to read sudo instead of su.

Yes I see the #.

su sudo=su|sudo # SU IS DEFAULT

I have a HP hplip* file with...

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Last post by FreewheelinFrank
2023-03-13 19:32
[Solved] Fully logout the user

Last post by LinuxOS « 2023-03-11 17:47
Replies: 6
by LinuxOS » 2023-03-09 16:45

Hello!
I have 2 users: main user with id 1000 and additional user with id 1001.
If I login with additional user into X session, then logout through...

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Last post by LinuxOS
2023-03-11 17:47
[Solved] What is the proper way to switch to a specific nvidia driver version?

Last post by sunrat « 2023-03-11 07:47
Replies: 3
by Chaussettes » 2023-03-11 01:56

Heyo. I was looking around the apt repository today and noticed there is a specific nvidia 470 driver package for my older GT 635 video card.

I have...

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Last post by sunrat
2023-03-11 07:47
Debian installer crashes on formatting eMMC drive

Last post by Zen997 « 2023-03-11 06:13
Replies: 11
by Zen997 » 2022-09-21 09:40

Unable to install Linux on Asus BR1100CKA laptop. This laptop has an eMMC drive shown as “Generic G1J38E”. The Windows 10 NTFS partition was resized...

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Last post by Zen997
2023-03-11 06:13
[Software] What Version(s) Debian mounted a 360K floppy properly?

Last post by lkraemer « 2023-03-10 14:54
Replies: 5
by lkraemer » 2023-03-09 19:51

I'm trying to locate a version of Debian that properly mounted a 360K Floppy as a Block Device. I have
tried Debian 8.11-I386 and it does not mount a...

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Last post by lkraemer
2023-03-10 14:54
[Solved] Running Bullseye from an external SSD

Last post by Aki « 2023-03-09 23:28
Replies: 7
by JeSuisFlaneur » 2023-03-06 22:00

I have an external ssd (USB3), and using Rufus and an .iso Bullseye netinstall image ( I tried to make an operating system that I could plug into a...

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Last post by Aki
2023-03-09 23:28
Root partition is full

Last post by devNull « 2023-03-09 17:36
Replies: 2
by devNull » 2023-03-09 15:05

I was running an rsync backup to an external drive, and added the --exclude-during option after I realized that old soruce files were still in the...

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Last post by devNull
2023-03-09 17:36
[Solved] DejaDup RESTORE problem.

Last post by JeSuisFlaneur « 2023-03-09 16:39
Replies: 5
by JeSuisFlaneur » 2023-03-08 18:01

I have reinstalled Bullseye today. don't ask! :)
I have a DejaDup backup from last week.
As I always do for this work: I plugged into the USB3 port...

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Last post by JeSuisFlaneur
2023-03-09 16:39
[software] how to upgrade to debian bookworm while on btrfs?

Last post by Aki « 2023-03-09 07:53
Replies: 1
by mathew2214 » 2023-03-08 17:39

I have a server that uses BTRFS as the root filesystem.
I am attempting to upgrade from Debian Bullseye to Bookworm.

I have a full system backup I...

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Last post by Aki
2023-03-09 07:53
[Solved] [Software] Disable screen saver in X server

Last post by Aki « 2023-03-08 11:34
Replies: 10
by franke » 2023-02-19 12:18

Is it possible to always send video signal to a HDMI device?

After some time (not measured how much), I need to move the mouse, otherwise I et from...

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Last post by Aki
2023-03-08 11:34
Root password creation

Last post by BBQdave « 2023-03-08 01:51
Replies: 10
by compis3 » 2023-03-02 05:40

I think adding a root password is the most secuee option but most use a single password for administrative task.
I think that by having only a root...

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Last post by BBQdave
2023-03-08 01:51
[Software] Registering to Debian Salsa

Last post by arochester « 2023-03-07 11:54
Replies: 1
by fch » 2023-03-07 10:54

Hello, I am trying to register myself into salsa, but it outputs a caaptcha error on the website, but there's no captcha on it. Maybe my adguard is...

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Last post by arochester
2023-03-07 11:54
[Software] Save CAT Output to txt file

Last post by Aki « 2023-03-07 07:35
Replies: 5
by Alpha-Inc. » 2023-03-01 18:23

Hello everybody,

I have a cron which starts a script in a detached screen session and creates a log file at the same time, which works fine:
10 19...

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Last post by Aki
2023-03-07 07:35
[Hardware] Drive temperature by serial number

Last post by CwF « 2023-03-07 07:14
Replies: 6
by sublime-cloud » 2023-03-05 14:35

I want to read the temperature of my drives by using their serial numbers (that is my initial start information). And it has to be non-root.

I can...

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Last post by CwF
2023-03-07 07:14
[Software] [软件] Will libhugetlbfs be supported in following version?

Last post by arochester « 2023-03-06 18:52
Replies: 1
by SakuraEcho » 2023-03-06 14:43

Libhugetlbfs hasn't update the version until 2020.09.08, and nobody handles the issues in the github. I notice that Debian 10/11 is still support...

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Last post by arochester
2023-03-06 18:52
[Software] Multiple distro failure

Last post by sunrat « 2023-03-06 04:51
Replies: 8
by skris88 » 2023-03-01 09:16

Thease past four months I've tried the very latest Linux Mint, kubuntu, MX Linux, PopOS! and multiple other debian based distros but never been able...

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Last post by sunrat
2023-03-06 04:51
Is there any progress for HDR support on Debian?

Last post by sunrat « 2023-03-05 21:50
Replies: 3
by Narodnaya Volya » 2023-03-05 10:56

Hello everyone, last weeks i read a lot of articles,posts etc about HDR support coming on Linux.Is there any project on progress on Debian?
Sorry if...

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Last post by sunrat
2023-03-05 21:50
[Software] apt-get update on 1st Gen Apple TV

Last post by fabien « 2023-03-05 15:55
Replies: 9
by mdm1 » 2023-02-26 00:10

Hello.

I'm running apt-get update on a 1st generation Apple TV running Linux via OSMC, and it gives a 404 error when trying to access the Debian...

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Last post by fabien
2023-03-05 15:55
[Software] Debian 10 cannot support r6i instance type in AWS

Last post by younis-zhang « 2023-03-05 14:35
Replies: 2
by younis-zhang » 2023-03-05 05:29

Hello,
Debian 10 cannot support r6i instance type in AWS, Debian 11 can support r6i instance type in AWS, is there any plan to update the instance...

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Last post by younis-zhang
2023-03-05 14:35
Debian X11 boot advise

Last post by Aki « 2023-03-04 15:35
Replies: 5
by gablea » 2023-02-25 00:15

Hi everyone,

I am using the following to boot into my X11 to run my software

Startx 1.sh >/dev/null 2>&1

This is the content of my 1.sh file...

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Last post by Aki
2023-03-04 15:35
[SOLVED] How to: easy updates on a PC ?

Last post by f.r3d « 2023-03-04 10:06
Replies: 12
by f.r3d » 2017-01-05 07:12

Hi everyone!

I installed Debian 8 Mate on two computers (my parents' computers). For the moment I update the computers through Teamviewer and I...

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2023-03-04 10:06
Dbus - do I need it - why isn't it on the other computer

Last post by CwF « 2023-03-02 18:57
Replies: 13
by urdrwho10 » 2023-02-27 22:39

My laptop has dbus but the computer next to it doesn't show dbus in system activity.

On the laptop there are two instances and one uses 832 kb and...

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Last post by CwF
2023-03-02 18:57
[Solved] EVOLUTION Refresh folder ... INBOX' failed..

Last post by Fossy « 2023-03-02 16:17
Replies: 10
by Fossy » 2023-02-22 15:50

EVOLUTION : Every time I delete mails I get the following error message:

Refresh folder ***************@skynet.be : INBOX' failed.
The reported...

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Last post by Fossy
2023-03-02 16:17
[Software] zfs on root licensing

Last post by jcizzo « 2023-03-01 14:17
Replies: 11
by jcizzo » 2023-02-28 15:23

hi all!

just signed up, huge fan of debian and all it stands for. i'm very VERY much a novice with linux so please be patient :D

i'm very confused...

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Last post by jcizzo
2023-03-01 14:17
Remote Des

Last post by Trihexagonal « 2023-03-01 08:22
Replies: 5
by flye » 2023-02-28 01:36

I am trying to learn how to set up a remote desktop, but having no previous experience, I am struggling, and I do not seem to be able to find any...

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Last post by Trihexagonal
2023-03-01 08:22
[Solved] Time and date sync with timezone?

Last post by revmacian « 2023-02-28 13:39
Replies: 11
by revmacian » 2023-02-25 04:18

After trying a few flavors of Debian 11, I installed Debian 11.6 Bullseye - Mate edition. It's beautiful and almost everything works. Believe it or...

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2023-02-28 13:39
[Software] Do I need fcitx ?

Last post by urdrwho10 « 2023-02-27 14:29
Replies: 2
by urdrwho10 » 2023-02-27 02:35

Not sure why it is installed but apparently it is for different languages. I removed fcitx and have no problems, do I need it? If it isn't needed...

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Last post by urdrwho10
2023-02-27 14:29
Does HDD need over-provisioning?

Last post by p.H « 2023-02-27 13:55
Replies: 40
by debbie0513 » 2022-03-23 13:24
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From my research, people recommend leaving some unallocated space when partitioning SDD.
I haven't found anyone mentioned doing the same for HDD.
Is...
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Last post by p.H
2023-02-27 13:55
[SOLVED][boot/grub] grub showing very small resoultion on startup and fullscreen when booted from bios

Last post by casper :) « 2023-02-25 21:13
Replies: 8
by casper :) » 2023-02-22 22:55

hi as the title states i get a real small resolution with grub when booting normally (going through the whole cycle/not entering bios). i was...

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2023-02-25 21:13
[Solved] About sources.list

Last post by bwg368 « 2023-02-25 15:57
Replies: 2
by bwg368 » 2023-02-25 15:30

Debian's having so many names for the repos are confusing me.

For example, these 2 lines are in my sources.list. I think I did this when I changed...

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2023-02-25 15:57

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