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[Best-Of] Threads for the week.

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Each week here on the forum we highlight some threads which share Instruction, How-To, have lots of Information, or something that may be humorous. Check back each week to see the highlights.
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[HOWTO] - Write TRS-80 Model 1 Boot Floppy's using Debian 11
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[Software] Play video games on a linux distribution such as Debian
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[O/S] Why does swap use steadily creep up until the machine is rebooted?
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[Software] Nginx RP, Nextcloud - Security
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Rescue and live systems don't work -- text mode only?
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[Networking] SSH keys
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Besides 'main, contrib and non-free' now 'non-free-firmware' in sources.list
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Week Starting: 2023-03-06

[Software] Running Bullseye from an external SSD
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[Software] I broke Terminal
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[SOLVED] disabling EEE on I225-V
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[Solved] Cannot boot .iso installation images from usb stick
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Week Starting: 2023-03-10

[Solved] nftables maps (with ChatGPT)
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[Solved] Editing su to read: sudo
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[Solved] crontab does not start script at reboot
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[Software] Sudo + Xfce = no shutdown or reboot (Debain 11/12)
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Week Starting: 2023-03-10 (part 2)

[HowTo] Move browser profile and cache to RAM
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[Installation] apt vs. .deb
viewtopic.php?p=769884

[SOLVED] RTL8188GU firmware
viewtopic.php?t=154124

[Solved] Debian Bullseye: KDE does not shutdown nor reboot PC when using NIS
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Re: [Best-Of] Threads for the week.

#7 Post by Fossy »

Best_Threads wrote: 2023-03-19 00:00 Week Starting: 2023-03-10 (part 2)

[HowTo] Move browser profile and cache to RAM
viewtopic.php?t=154253

[Installation] apt vs. .deb
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[SOLVED] RTL8188GU firmware
viewtopic.php?t=154124

[Solved] Debian Bullseye: KDE does not shutdown nor reboot PC when using NIS
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[Installation] apt vs. .deb
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Week Starting: 2023-03-15

[Solved] Weird I/O Errors: "Logical unit not ready, cause not reportable"
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[Software] How to avoid line feeds in output from remote machine over SSH
viewtopic.php?t=154328

[Software] Screen Resolution issues on-going
viewtopic.php?t=154252

[Hardware] [Solved] SMART error (CurrentPendingSector) detected on host (SSD disk)
viewtopic.php?t=154309

[Testing - Bookworm] [SOLVED] Synaptic no longer works
viewtopic.php?t=154310

Yay! Built Audacity 3.2.5 for Bookworm and even Bullseye
viewtopic.php?t=154237

Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux
viewtopic.php?t=154278

[Solved] crontab does not start script at reboot
viewtopic.php?t=154260

[Solved] nftables maps
viewtopic.php?t=154228

[Solved] Second monitor without signal (Acer Nitro AN515-51)
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Week of 2023-03-20

[Testing - Bookworm] using twice the memory bullseye needed
viewtopic.php?t=154345

Intel I219-LM only 100 Mbit out of its 1 Gigabit
viewtopic.php?t=154326

[Solved] How to merge Stereo into Mono
viewtopic.php?t=154279

[Hardware] [Solved] SMART error (CurrentPendingSector) detected on host (SSD disk)
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[Software] eth0 not always found
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[Solved] 3G of almost exactly the same message.
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Week of 2023-04-20

[HowTo] Debian Pastezone and using pastebinit to upload files to it
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[HowTo] Dealing with unresponsive applications or desktops
viewtopic.php?t=154471

[HowTo] Using apt from the command line interface
viewtopic.php?t=154448

The Debian "Lite" system I have created
viewtopic.php?t=151634

[solved]how to set the locale for a command in a terminal
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[HowTo] [SOLVED] Install Debian bookworm Testing with LUKS and custom partitions
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[Discussion] So ... how much storage do you have?
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[HowTo] Install and use Wine on Debian
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[HowTo] Dealing with unresponsive applications or desktops
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[HowTo] Using apt from the command line interface
viewtopic.php?t=154448

HP printers may not be so friendly anymore...
viewtopic.php?t=154630

[Testing - Bookworm] wifi (Broadcom) and graphic card problems (solved)
viewtopic.php?t=154591

[Off-Topic] My Personal file server with Ubuntu wracking it and about the Linux desktop and Windows.
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[Solved] gnome-terminal does not start after editing /etc/default/locale
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Bookworm repos [Solved]
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[Solved] Disable autostart of services post install
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[Solved] Black screen after log in
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Same fonts look different after upgrade from Bullseye to Bookworm
viewtopic.php?t=154903

how make sure not installing non free software? debian 12
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Half Installed ? [Solved]
viewtopic.php?t=154888

[Software] Why is Debian not automatically upgraded to the new version?
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[Solved] A question about sources.list file
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[HowTo] Installing AMOR from source on Debian 12 (bookworm)
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Staying with Debian 11
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[Discussion] A suggestion to help newcommers. Add WiFi.
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[Hardware] Bluetooth solved
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[Software] 90 second delay booting after upgrading to Bookworm
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So many fonts … but why, oh why ?
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[Sound] Sound stops working in Bookworm
“This topic is to collate links to topics where this issue has occurred, with a summary of symptoms, diagnosis and resolution”

[Software] ffmpeg nvidia hardware encoding
“ffmpeg with working hardware encoding. Problem solved.”

[Solved] Backports Kernel 6.5
“looking to take advantage of the amd-pstate driver”

Issue with openfortivpn after upgrading to Bookworm
“caused by servers running ciphers considered insecure by recent releases of openssl and/or openfortivpn clients”

Acer Aspire 3 nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=5500
Was “Acer Aspire 3 AMD 3250U requires boot arg that I dont understand”

[SID - Unstable] intel-media-va-driver-non-free breaks hardware acceleration?
“Can someone with a little more experience than me weigh in on this? Issue is easily reproducible.”

[Solved] xen DomU not being added to network bridge
“Seem like NetworkManager is trying to get involved”

[Solved] Fenvi Wireless USB Dual Band Adapter F-AC1300U
“Do you think its just better for me to return this one and get something that works right out of the box?” [spoiler: Yes]

[HowTo] Change system default fonts:linked:
“If you're unhappy with the system's default fonts, or want to try something else, or for any other reason, it's easy to do.”
(Thanks to @donald for pointing this one out)

[HowTo] Get Cisco ASDM Working in Bookworm :linked:
“One of the first things I do when trying a new distro is see if / how it is possible to access the ASDM interface on my Cisco Firewall.”

[Software] update-grub command does not work
“You have an invisible character at the start of your file”

Bookworm on steam deck, first boot: no keyboard
“The deck needs to be up and running until Christmas!” [spoiler: should be fine]

[Testing - Trixie] PulseAudio Using CPU When No Sound is Playing
“While PipeWire also appears to have this issue, they put a workaround in place to address the speech-dispatcher issue”

[Solved] Complex bond/bridge setup:linked:
“The objective here is the host machine having an IP on VLAN1, and be able to bridge the connection to VMs, some of which will be in a different VLAN”

[Software] [Solved] Crypt has stopped mounting veracrypt disk with keyfile
“I setup /etc/crypttab and /etc/fstab to automount it, and it was working but now it isn't. I can still mount it manually using Veracrypt.”

[News] End of i386 support is on its way
“we anticipate that the kernel, d-i and images teams will cease to support i386 in the near future.”
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Cannot use Cisco AnyConnect VPN with MFA after upgrade to bookworm
“I'm guessing this is a problem without a solution, but maybe someone will surprise me!”

so what is run-user-1000 ??:linked:
“Well that was a voyage of discovery ...”

[SOLVED] It switched from Wayland to X11 and I'd like to revert:linked:
“I'm running Debian Sid and at some point the windowing manager changed from Wayland to X11 in Gnome 44.5.”

Completed Migration to Debian 12
“So, today I have finished the migration to Debian 12 KDE from Windows 10. Below is my complete experience and difficulties faced.”
(Thanks to @donald for pointing this one out)

Question On Resetting Root Password :linked:
“can a non administrator user just reboot the computer and get access to root by resetting the password using the GRUB method. I hope I am wrong.”

[Solved] NM created hotspot not showing after upgrade
“all Windows and Linux devices still see the hotspot but our three Android phones, various carriers, does not see the hotspot”
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Debian 12 XFCE terminal font line height (line spacing).
“Is there a way to reduce line height without reducing font size?”

[Solved] No sound on the in-build speaker but headphones work
“Kernel 6.5 seems to have added some "quirks", and would seem to be a must for recent Asus laptops with this hardware.”

clamav-freshclam.service is disabled by default
“your post offers the opportunity to delve into many interesting topics”

ACPI Warning: Time parameter 255 us > 100 us violating ACPI spec :linked:
“the ACPI error messages can be ignored and perhaps just be regarded as sending messages to non-compliant manufacturers”

Apt-file search for multiple branches
“what would be best way to add testing/sid branch so I could query from there as well using apt-file” :linked:

[Solved] Cannot Find Sound Card on Dell Precision 5480 :linked:
“It could be that when you installed, alsa-ucm-conf was not present [...] Or it could be that alsa-ucm-conf in your original install did not include your hardware”

Design a parent controlled Debian pc for young children
“Might it be better to teach these children your values instead of locking them behind a wall? A wall only invites one to climb over it.”

[Solved] Strange output of "who" command :linked:
“Y2K38 comes early this year it seems.”
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[Solved] After upgrade: No link for wifi :linked:
“I suspect this has something to do with bug#1057260 iwlwifi: `N' invalid for parameter `enable_ini'.”

[Solved] It seems I can get a systemd service running right before I have to login, but not right before shutting down. :linked:
“You can actually have the script start before the shutdown process begins.”

[Solved] Execute script on resuming from sleep (laptop)
“Sooo, I did the following.”

Random order of disks
“every time I start the system, they appear in a different order.” :linked:

[Solved] Logitech K380 Keyboard Bluetooth Not Connecting
“moving it back and forth between two computers and this being a multi device keyboard it probably complicated things”

First-time trying Debian, and it's awesome!
“I figured Ubuntu was close to Debian and never really gave Debian a try”
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Sad news: Alan Rochester @arochester has passed away.
“let us celebrate and acknowledge the true movers of the community.”

[Solved] Installing Debian on NVMe disks connected to a PCIe NVMe adapter unsupported by the BIOS
“I have added a PCIe NVMe adapter with 2 x M.2 drives. The BIOS does not support booting from NVMe drives and needs to boot from a USB memory stick.” :linked:

Messy Plasma uninstall, best way to proceed? :linked:
“is there a logical reason for why autoremove-ing that metapackage does not also remove the metapackages it brought in with it as dependencies?”

[Testing - Trixie] Displays different messages at boot time
“just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed.”
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[Solved] zram: Can't change algorithm for initialized device (device or resource busy)
“may have accidentally installed both the zram-tools and systemd-zram-generator packages. I think this is the source of the conflict.” :linked:

[HowTo] Bookworm: Set up a headless torrentserver with Web/App control :linked:
“This HowTo is written for those who would like to set up their first Debian torrentserver.”

[Solved] Debian 12 - GRUB problem
“Debian 12 install fails at GRUB [...] Unable to install GRUB in dummy .. Executing 'grub-install dummy' failed.”

[Discussion] Why Debian still uses sudo instead of doas?
“doas has nearly the same (or it's already of same) functionality, is smaller and much easier to configure than sudo.”
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How to enable BTRFS compression after installing Debian
“is it just a simple matter of adding "compress=lzo" to the /etc/fstab mount options?”

[O/S] Why, God, why can I not upgrade my OS?
“We have an older computer that had Debian 9 installed on it [...] but I can not seem to get it to upgrade to Bookworm.” :linked:

[HowTo] Bookworm: Play Commodore 64 (C64) games with VICE
“VICE is a program that [...] executes programs intended for the old 8-bit computers.”

Is it possible to reconnect a disconnected live boot device without rebooting?
“the system appears to remain broadly functional [...] On the other hand, it looks like files on the root file system that have never been read cannot be accessed” :linked:

[Software] [Solved] EFI message on boot: EFI stub: Loaded initrd from LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device path
“if EFI handover protocol is depreciated, why did the kernel maintainers activate it after 6.1?”
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