LiveUSB fails to install to USB drive
Hello,I downloaded liveUSB for gnome Debian version 12.9 yesterday.For testing I am first installing to a portable USB thumbdrive.Automated configuration of target thumbdrive used.Target drive has ESP...
View Articlehow can shutdown hang in md_notify_reboot?
Hi.I have a (quite large) script that basically creates a fresh qemu VM, with fresh virtual disks etc, sets up things like a partition table (incl. a raid1 setup via mdadm) and debootstraps it. Beyond...
View ArticleInstall Debian in command mode, no window manager
OK, I admit up front, I am a command line admin. To me a window manager just unnecessarily takes up a lot of memory on a server and gets in the way of what I want to do.So, my question is: how do I...
View Article[CLOSED] Installing programs - Dropbox
Sony Vaio, Legacy Boot, originally with Windows 73G DRAM, 250G SSD.Windows 10 and Debian 12, XFCE new installation yesterday.I installed Gdebi from the repositories then tried to install MegSync and...
View ArticleHard freeze on Lenovo E585
Hi,I was using Debian Bookworm in a Virtualbox VM for quite some time on my Lenovo E585 (Ryzen 5 2500U). On heavy duty in the VM (compiling something, or copying files), applications on the host was...
View Article[Bash] How to decode Octal code on Debian
Hi everyone, Initially, thank you for responding.I searched a lot but didn't find how to decode Octal code to text form in Debian with command line, I will appreciate a lot if someone respond and give...
View ArticleKeyboard: US International with deadkeys no longer working properly
I am on Debian testing, and since a recent package update, the US International with deadkeys keymap no longer works as it should. It still composes special characters when typing an accent character...
View ArticleReportbugs - does it look operational?
Upon successful installation had a couple tries to send some bugs, but ended in couple of reportbugs crashes. Is it all worth it? Have seen extremely old repos in the common listStatistics: Posted by...
View ArticleDebian 12 after shut down freezes . . .
Received the following:Received target late shutdown servicesFinished System Power OffReached target System Power Offspi-nor spi0.0: Software reset failed: -524Controller not ready at resume -19PCI...
View ArticleCustomize labwc
Its been 20 years since I have touched UN*X (Yes, it was UN*X back then !), so I am rusty and there is a lot of new "concepts" I an trying to grock ! Wayland and labwc for sure.RPiOS (Debian 12...
View ArticleWill a smaller encrypted partition be accessed quicker than a larger one?
Hello. Usually I'm able to find answers to most of my questions online but today I'm not having any luck. So I'll open my forum account with a really straightforward question:Given a certain type of...
View Article[Testing - Trixie] No button icons in qt apps running in Gnome
I upgraded last week and got Gnome 48 for my troubles. All is well, but on the 2 qt-based apps I use, Kdenlive and DigiKam, icons are missing on all buttons.I resolved this by moving to the Kdenlive...
View ArticleGnome calculator broken after last updates
Hello, I notice that on all pc's in my company running debian the gnome calculator is broken, here're some logs:Code: $ gnome-calculator** (gnome-calculator:10724): WARNING **: 16:06:58.816:...
View ArticleFrozen gnome-calculator
The calculator is frozen, totally blocked, the forced close is the only possible action.Possibly due to recent updates?ps: we have the problem on all our laptops !Suggestions / advices ?Thank you...
View Articlephpmyadmin - not loading - error 500
Hi.I have been working at this for a bit. I am just not sure what I should try next. When in Chrome I try url: localhost/phpmyadminAll I get is:This page isn’t workinglocalhost is currently unable to...
View ArticleDo I need a swap partition/file?
I am new to Debian but have experience with Unix/Linux for a couple of decades.For the past almost a decade other distributions automatic disk configurations seem to no longer install swap partition.I...
View ArticleHow to safely compile kernel myself install and use it.
Hi I am Rupesh from India and I have brought a new system with AMD Ryzen zen3 5500GT and Asus prime b450 motherboard. I installed Linux Operating System five months back updating, and using it without...
View Article[Software] Debian won't shutdown
My system hangs on shut down.In Gnome, I go to the shut-down button, the system starts the shutdown process but it never finishes. The system must be then force shut down from the...
View Article[Software] Collabora repo in unattended-upgrades?
Hi everyone,I'm trying to add Collabora repository to the authorised sources in Code: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/52unattended-upgrades-local but the way it is written puzzles me.Code: Types: debURIs:...
View ArticleProblem in get inside sources.list
Hello, I have installed Trixie on another machine a Thinkpad Intel already some years old ... everything works correctly I have updated the system although the repos do not appear, neither in Synaptic...
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