General Questions • [Software] Multiple Fonts and Locales being installed...
I found multiple, as in hundreds, of unwanted fonts, locales help files etc being install extremely tedious.Finally someone has addressed this to purge all unwanted things out in one quick bash script...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • After fresh install, can't boot with Secure Boot enabled
When running 'efibootmgr -v' there is no entry for Debian. How to I get Debian listed?Statistics: Posted by kcbagr — 2024-10-12 15:59 — Replies 1 — Views 39
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Graphical Environments & Desktops • "Firefox is already running, but...
QUESTION: what does this even do, it's black magic to me. Can someone guide me to docs?Read the fine manual of course DESCRIPTION dbus-daemon is the D-Bus message bus daemon. See...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Can't update using sudo apt update (debian 12)
There is nothing in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ file or the file just doesn't exist/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ is a directory.What givesCode: $> grep --color=auto -r "backports" /etc/apt/?Statistics:...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [solved] Removing i386 architecture
--force-remove-protected was right option. Now i368 architecture is gone and all works fine.Code: dpkg --purge --force-remove-protected {gcc-12-base,libc6,libcrypt1,libgcc-s1}:i386dpkg...
View ArticleInstallation • Complete set of steps for Debian installation with an NVidia...
1. Check the health of your hard-drive$ sudo apt install smartmontools$ sudo smartctl -t short -a /dev/sda$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdaLook for the "Wear_Leveling_Count", which starts at 100 (healthy)...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • Would you recommend Debian to a brand new Linux user?...
Not very amusing that it takes "a remasterized live usb from an experienced Gnome user" to make Gnome usable. Xfce and similar DEs (I personally don't know Mate and siblings, but I will assume) are...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [Testing - Trixie] systemd-tmpfiles doesn't seem to be...
Ah, right you are! Thanks for helping me with your first post nice penguin.tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfsI also checked /usr/lib/systemd/system/tmp.mount and it linked me to...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Hardware] Soundcore Liberty 4 NC | earbuds
I got it to connect; but no sound from either the laptop with debian 12 or the D30 workstation with Linux Mint and a tp=link adapter. Getting the earbud working is not that high priority I have a good...
View ArticleProgramming • C Language , What are these extra useless zeros ?
blackbirdI got it , the fwrite , writes numbers as big-endian ....... But size is ordered as rootnum ( the number of digits as root ) ....... Why it makes larger files and fill them with zeros...
View ArticleOff-Topic • What helped/encouraged you to increase your Linux understanding?
"What incentivized you to do so, and what resources did you use?"My chat ma8s could Sub7 my mighty Win98SE boxen at will every time I went to chat. If I was going to survive online I had to up my game...
View ArticleOff-Topic • DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
My attorney got both my Tutorials taken down from the FreeBSD forums, two years after the fact.However, to seek statutory damages in Court I would have to formally file for Copyright within a 3 month...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Installation] Which is best, bootable thumbdrive/or...
I would buy another HDD, put Debian on it, use it full-time and keep your old disk to swap back in should you decide to use it again.You have to use it to become fluent in it and will do so a lot more...
View ArticleDocs, HowTos, Tips & Tricks • [Best-Of] Threads for the week.
[Software] Core dump .zst files privacy, Filezilla core dump“In the end, it's your responsibility to check the contents of a bug report before sending it.”[Solved] Graphics issues after reinstalling...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Hardware] Can't wake up from sleep in KDE
Can we have some hardware information? Please post the output of this command:Code: $ inxi -Faz(You may need to install package inxi first.)Statistics: Posted by FreewheelinFrank — 2024-10-13 22:11 —...
View ArticleHardware • oem-wifi-qualcomm in Kernel 6.1.0-26-amd64 (Debian 12)
Please use code tags for code and terminal text. Fixed it for you this time.I'm guessing the file you are trying to install is either the wrong architecture or much too old to install on the current...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Software] Errors configuring qTox messenger download...
qTox is currently no longer being maintained.Statistics: Posted by Uptorn — 2024-10-14 00:56 — Replies 3 — Views 134
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Nvidia Optimus Problem
Please use code tags for code and terminal text. Fixed it for you this time.There have been a number of reports of Wayland/KDE not working properly with Nvidia graphics. I just use X11 on my KDE...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • Tmpfs disk savers, from ~/.profile
systemd-mount will create the mount point if it doesn't exist. Oh by the way, don't do that...Create the mount point directories as user. It seems while systemd-mount can create them for you, they...
View ArticleInstallation • I have a problem here with Debian 12
As Fabien found out, you have no gateway configured on your installation but oidend expects a gateway ip address. Did you install Debian with OpenVZ? Then you could change the name of the thread to...
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