Beginners Questions • [Installation] New install, no gui
Just to finish off this thread, two different techs have told me that either the bios is hooped or some other motherboard defect is the problem. In either case it has to go back to Lenovo I guess...
View ArticleHardware • Webcam upside down, LD_PRELOAD no longer works.
Hello I have Asus Laptop (PRO36S) issued around 2011. I remember around June 2023 (I used sid) I got upside down webcam and still solveable by using :Code:...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Networking] wifi disapeered
I have an old Del 630. It has allways worked out of the box with Debian. However after installing bookworm it was able to connect to the wifi, but not getting internet. Determining it was a broadcom...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Change GDM3 Theme In Debian 12?
Easiest way is to download the appimage and run it:https://github.com/gdm-settings/gdm-settingsWe use this to add Juliette Taka's emerald theme (!) to gdm3 which should have been included in the first...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Help with Virt-Manager & QEMU-KVM
I usually create virtual machines on a usb stick. I have no problem with VirtualBox, but with virt-manager, the following error msg is received:Unable to complete install: 'Cannot access storage file...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Pulseaudio components
Your stating that pipewire is inferior to pulse audio? stating, no; reporting my experience.Debian 12 uses pipewire by default isn't that correct ?No, this is DE dependent. If default gnome, then...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Sound Keeps cutting out on Bluetooth earbuds
Do you have the packages libspa-0.2-bluetooth and firmware-realtek installed?Statistics: Posted by sunrat — 2024-04-24 03:29 — Replies 4 — Views 73
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • nftables script - configuration - errors
I'm running Debian and I've made the switch from iptables to nftables.Unfortunately, not everything is going smoothly. Some of the most important settings I had in my iptables script are not working...
View ArticleInstallation • Installation faulty on intel nuc
When you burned the .iso, how did you decide that removing the stick was safe to do, or, did you even remove it at all and just reboot when Rufus claimed it was finished? Just because an app says it...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • dist-upgrade fails due to unresolved conflict that is...
In all honesty, I do not get the problem itself. Why does apt complain about libqt5positioningquick5 and libqt5quick5, when they are both installed and up to date? What blocks exactly what? I'm not...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • How to obtain permission to use scanner
In summary (and this may only apply to my scanner, which is a multi-function (printer+scanner+copier+fax) Panasonic KX-MB1520, and for which the necessary drivers are here):In spite of needing to do...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [O/S] debian has been blocked by current security policy
If you're new to Linux, who has been playing mad scientist with your computer? Has had a couple of operating systems, still has a couple of EFI partitions, and the partitions seem to have been moved...
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Hardware • [Solved] Can print to but not scan from Panasonic KX-MB1520
Update for Debian 12.5 (Bookworm):No rule appears to need to be added anywhere in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d. On the other hand, it is necessary to add your userid to the lp group, as I have also reported...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [O/S] Not being prompted for LUKS password at boot but...
You sir are correct. And I'm a great big dummy. Can't believe I didn't try that but thanks for taking the time to point me in the right direction. Have a great day.Statistics: Posted by dingletron —...
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Forum information, requests, and feedback. • [Forum] Thank you sunrat! Thank...
Hi Everyone, The forums recently suffered a networking issue (DDoS if you must know) and in the background the admin team scrambled like eggs. Sunrat who was online at the time was instrumental in the...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • A NTP oddness on just one server
@AkiI give up. There are four VMs. Three are right and agree with the host. All four are configured the same way. All are using the same Debian code, The system board's virtualization option is...
View ArticleDebian Development Discussion • [Announcement] AI Generated Content
For the benefit of our members and readers, the administration team will be closely monitoring and removing any AI-generated posts which are inaccurate, too wordy, not self-identified as AI, or not...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] uninstall nouveau?
Nouveau is blacklisted automatically when you install nvidia driver. Worth keeping for if/when nvidia fails.Statistics: Posted by sunrat — 2024-04-25 23:04 — Replies 2 — Views 53
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Solved] How do you install xed text editor on Bookworm?
FWIW, there is a way to do this, to wit, import from LMDE (Mint's Debian respin). The fancy way, which gets updates, would be to add LMDE's repo to sources, taking the necessary steps to pull only...
View ArticleInstallation • Can not power on after installation
FWIW, an internet search for Sony Vaio won't boot turns up a bunch of hits. Several try-this-then-that articles, including a few by Sony itself.Statistics: Posted by pbear — 2024-04-26 01:27 — Replies...
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