General Questions • [Hardware] Weird new AMDGPU Issue After Fresh Install -...
HDMI can be very tricky. My wife bought a new monitor, booted more than 30 times, but screen remained black. She bought a new one, that has been worked. I asked her to give her previous monitor to me....
View ArticleOff-Topic • [Off-Topic] Help wanted: Writing a beginner's book to Debian
I struggled learning to use FreeBSD, becoming a beta tester for PC-BSD in 2005,thinking the FreeBSD Handbook was not applicable, and taught myself to use ports.After having moved to vanilla FreeBSD,...
View ArticleInstallation • installing Debian 12.6 on KVM with virt-manager, how to shut...
The underlying question is whether vm's need access to the host. Guest on a macvtap do not see the host and don't necessarily need to. All vm's on a common macvtap can see each other.With this VM...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] How Do I Install Zswap on Debian?
Install 'zram-tools' and reboot.It is that easy.The config defaults are in /etc/default/zramswap.Or you can go with systemd-zram-generator.Not both.There is lots of history here in the forums on the...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Upgrade from Buster to Bullseye now...
I can post the error but I need to redact some of the information. This is a private repo that I'm using. Again, it was setup for Buster and works fine with Buster. But with Bullseye, I now see the no...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • [Discussion] correspondence among deb repositories
I have used the OBS to build a few packages for various versions of Ubuntu and Debian.One of our other MX Linux developers has managed to get it to automatically build new versions when he updates his...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Unable to mount Apple Time Capsule
I did try to make some changes to the Terminal-command:Code: fred44nl@Debian:~$ sudo mount.cifs -v ver=1.0 //192.168.1.2/TimeCapsule /media/TimeCapsule -o...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • AMD Radeon 780M failure to load...
After getting back to my computer, I checked in on “single user mode” in advanced menu and couldn’t find it with only normal and recovery mode being an option, is there a different way to access text...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • transplat Linux Mint Cinnamon icons...
Just download the theme or icon packs you want from the Mint repo (http://packages.linuxmint.com/) and install them in debian using gdebi or dpkg. I've been doing this for years and never had a...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • connect to samba share in host for...
I tried it with a Debian 12 guest on a Debian 12 host, with the default settings in VirtManager (NAT network). Dolphin in the guest found the hosts Samba folder under Network, no manual IP address had...
View ArticleInstallation • Can't boot Debian 12. Security Policy Violation
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/0 ... nux-users/ is an article in EnglishStatistics: Posted by lindi — 2024-08-21 21:55 — Replies 9 — Views 1070
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [O/S] Encrypting OS questions
I have used the normal luks/lvm setup for over 10 years. Yes, it slows disk io in theory but otherwise it is quite stable, just make sure you use fully random passphrase to actually get any benefit...
View ArticleHardware • Sound from applications running within CHROOT
Run strace -o strace.txt -s4096 -f speaker-test inside and outside the chroot. Then compare the output.Statistics: Posted by lindi — 2024-08-21 22:01 — Replies 1 — Views 24
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Can't compile Kernel
Also, you can simply use "rm" to remove unnecessary modules, no need to recompile.Statistics: Posted by lindi — 2024-08-21 22:03 — Replies 2 — Views 30
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • GPU: is "possible missing firmware" a...
Please append the name of the graphic card to the subject of the first post of the discussion.---Moved to "Testing and unstable" sub-forum.Statistics: Posted by Aki — 2024-08-22 17:35 — Replies 1 —...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Could Someone Give me with Post-Installation...
So your next step is to identify the adapter. The computer can see it, just doesn't know what to do with it.Code: # lspciFind it in that list. Then google the number of it with debian included in your...
View ArticleOff-Topic • [Off-Topic] Help wanted: Writing a beginner's book to Debian
I have been using Debian since 2008 and I still struggle with tasks that I haven't done yet. Maybe I am not bright enough, but when I for example tried finding a guide that allows me to create my own...
View ArticleHardware • Thinkbook 14 G6 ABP: strange volume button behavior
install inxi, and run in terminalCode: inxi -FxPost the output here, remember to use code tags.Statistics: Posted by arzgi — 2024-08-22 18:54 — Replies 1 — Views 58
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Graphical Environments & Desktops • Laptop screen turns off when...
I was basically providing troubleshooting steps. I use neither Gnome nor Wayland, but now you know where to point your finger with a bug report or web search if no one else chimes in here with better...
View ArticleInstallation • installing Debian 12.6 on KVM with virt-manager, how to shut...
Just to note, it didn't like the enable command. Just Install, they will configure themselves. Reboot is a better tactic than bossing them around!I get the same message when trying to enable...
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