System and Network configuration • Live Build: Custom dconf defaults +...
Hello all,I'm about to build a custom Debian with Budgie and some other stuff pre-installed.Now I'm facing one issue:After setting custom dconf defaults like described here booting the live system...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Vlc using a lot of CPU
Thanks.So far, I got some inspiration from https://wiki.debian.org/HardwareVideoAc ... re_SupportAfter enabling vdpau video decoder in vlc, the cpu consumption looks much better. I will close this...
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Graphical Environments & Desktops • [Solved] Trouble running second...
It's actually called "Fast Startup". I tested it once and it speeded up startup by 2 seconds but took 10 extra seconds to shut down. It should be called "Fast Startup/Slow Shutdown". Here's a good...
View ArticleInstallation • How do i copy over efi boot to multiple drives
I am building a raid 5. On the drive i make two partitions. One is 4095 FAT partition for efi boot, which stays outside of raid 5 on all 4 drives.Second is a raid partition which i later create lvm...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • How to avoid usr-is-merged reconfiguration
`command not found: ls`what can be else if /lib64 already removed at this point?Statistics: Posted by yvs222 — 2024-03-27 22:18 — Replies 3 — Views 249
View ArticleInstallation • sata5 crypt
Ok, that is what I suspected. Try the USB, then, the next step will be to get into BIOS to try a couple of things.Bring up your BIOS settings and make note of all the settings - so you can revert...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] getting an AttributeError when ading the non...
Don't use apt-add-repository, useCode: apt edit sourcesIt should open Nano with sources. Edit the line to read as I posted above. Then Ctrl-O to write, press Enter, then Ctrl-X to exit.Then do Code:...
View ArticleHardware • Keyboard problem, media keys not working
Hi! first time here and not sure if this is the right place, if so, let me know.so, for context: I installed Debian 12 with KDE Plasma and the volume and mute keys were working, but not the...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Dynamic swap file
On a modern system from the last decade, zram can provide all the 'dynamic' swap you need assuming a coherent use case and enough ram.Statistics: Posted by CwF — 2024-03-28 15:52 — Replies 4 — Views 198
View ArticleInstallation • upgrade method.
My personal experience is to just back up everything, and then do a fresh install.This gives a person a chance to reorganize their data and to move it to a drive that can be removed and kept out of...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • NAS hangs every now and then when booting
Hello everybody,I'm new to Debian, but not new to computers. I'm also to some extent familiar with Linux and I'm familiar with the command line / shell.I have an old Qnap NAS "TS-259 pro+" which is...
View ArticleInstallation • M.2 PCIe 3.0 or 4.0?
Just wondering, I'm running Debian 12 on a SSD and as part of a PC upgrade the LGA 1700 motherboard I've chosen has the ability to run M.2 PCIe 4.0 drives. Has anyone managed to run Debian from such a...
View ArticleOff-Topic • A "toy" server I could mess with?
A couple years ago I bought a machine on Craigslist for 80 bucks US. Code: CPU: quad core Intel Xeon E31225 (-MCP-) speed/min/max: 1598/1600/3400 MHzKernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 x86_64 Up: 14d 1h 41m Mem:...
View ArticleHardware • best advice for installing nvidia
Wiz:I got as far as that. 'non-free-firmware' and 'non-free'. All the software is found, it's just that somehow the install script latches on to the wrong kernel. Then it can't find any modules cuz...
View ArticleHardware • Keyboard Problem - Switching profiles
I have an HP Probook 455 G9. Newly set up with Trixie and Cinnamon 5.8.4 on a clean install having removed W11 on purchase. It works well except for one annoying issue.I have two keyboard layout...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Solved] Cups unable to detect printer
Hi everyone,I have recently reinstalled my Debian 12 Plasma system and I can't manage to set up my Canon Pixma TS6050. Before I reinstalled my system, it worked (almost) perfectly out of the box. I...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Can't install the drivers for my...
.....nvidia-driver depends on nvidia-kernel-dkms (= 525.147.05-4~deb12u1) | nvidia-kernel-525.147.05 | nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05 | nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05; ....Do you enabled the...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [SID - Unstable] backdoor in upstream xz affecting...
Updating is safe but we don't know what the obfuscated backdoor code did. It might persist even after you upgrade the package itself.Statistics: Posted by lindi — 2024-03-29 21:01 — Replies 2 — Views 64
View ArticleInstallation • No luck installing OS without external storage.
Seriously? It's a secret which ISO you're trying to boot? For what it's worth, I spent many hours trying to find a consistent, replicable way to do ISO boot. There isn't one. Frankly, a Ventoy drive...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Laptop won't wake from sleep...
My problem is still not fixed unfortunately! May have to look at a different kernel.Statistics: Posted by nickmdowson — 2024-03-29 21:37 — Replies 15 — Views 694
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