Testing And Unstable • [SID - Unstable] APT incorrectly says package does not...
Hello! I'm a bit new to Debian so sorry if this is an obvious question.As part of another package, I need to install libqt6webengine6-data. I can see that it exists on the package site, and it's also...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Hardware] Swappiness on servers
I have some doubts of swappiness and how to better set it up on servers. I set it to zero on my servers as I have more RAM than needed and have been using around 20-30% of RAM on them. My idea of...
View ArticleHardware • Wireless not working
In my case, the USB dongle RTL8153 shows up in lshw but appears to be a Wired Connection with its network "Cable Unplugged". Here is the lshw output, note it seems to use driver=r8152 which is cool,...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • [Discussion] Things that were never explained to you
What Debian or Linux matters would you expect should be clearly communicated to newbies, but that you'd had to learn by trial and error?Statistics: Posted by Uptorn — 2024-11-16 05:19 — Replies 0 —...
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General Questions • [Software] problem with shell history usage since v12.8...
Hello folks ^^)I've got a strange problem since my servers are updated to 12.8 : when logged as ordinary user by ssh accessing the bash shell history with the arrow keys won't work !I get this with...
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Graphical Environments & Desktops • Issue with Renaming Custom Shortcuts...
Hi everyone,I'm encountering an issue when trying to rename a custom shortcut in the settings. After renaming the shortcut, the new name doesn't appear immediately - it only shows up after reopening...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [Testing - Trixie] rcs2atfs (atfs package) does not work
Hello I have a directory $HOME/bin containing shell scripts and a sub-directory in it, RCS, storing the versions handled by rcs.If I try to convert that RCS archive to AtFS format withrcs2atfs RCS/* I...
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General Questions • live-build: can't use third party repo due to missing...
Hello all,I'm trying to make a custom Debian live build.I want to include the Proton VPN client in the image, but they use their own package repo.When I include the required files under...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Cinnamon Shutdown Shortcut Not Working
Hello,In Debian 12 Cinnamon the keyboard shortcut for Shutdown as provided by default by:System Settings / Keyboard / Shortcuts / System / Shutdownis Ctrl+Alt+End.But instead of showing the shutdown...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Do you run Debian directly or under Windows 11 WSL, etc?
Would it be nice to have "flexiable control" by using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) to run multiple Debian?1. Do you run Debian directly on real hardware or under Debian under Windows 11 WSL or...
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Off-Topic • HP EliteBook 860 16 inch G9 Notebook
Hello Debians,My first post on this forum.As I could not find this exact HP EliteBook 860 16 inch G9 Notebook (6T1B3EA) in your Debian Web Page HP listings; I thought I would register so I could let...
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General Questions • Just pure Debian only for furum discussion?
Hello Guys,I'm new to this forum and would like to know if it's okay to discuss Debian based distros such as MX, AntiX & Loc-OS? Or is this forum just for pure Debian? I do not wish to cause any...
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General Debian • A Guide to Debian Community Discord
Hello everyone! If you're checking this thread, I am the server administrator (or owner) of the Debian Community Discord. You may have encountered a global sticky post earlier in the past concerning...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Getting Distrobox to Work At a Baseline Level
I've tried in a virtual machine and a simple "apt install distrobox ca-certificates" allows "distrobox enter" to download the default fedora image and enter it as a user, but when I try that on my...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Headset microphone is not working (Raptor Lake P/U/H...
Hello,I am experiencing some audio input issues on Debian Trixie (kernel 6.11.7-1 amd64) with the MATE Desktop on an Acer Nitro ANV15-5 laptop (Intel i5 13420H). The microphones of both the wired...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • CLAMAV
Code: sudo apt install clamavReturns:Code: Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree... DoneReading state information... DoneThe following package was automatically installed and is no...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • logcheck rule problem
Whenever any of my lan hosts connect or disconnect to or from any of the nfs exports provided by my 'server' it results in log messages like these below:Code: Nov 18 12:11:37 Poppa rpc.mountd[1506]:...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Software] Unknown TCP connection in nethogs?
I run Debian 12 as my desktop os, I saw 192.168.1.111:32996-192.0.73.2:443 once running with the root user id(I am not using the root account).After that I began to see Unknown TCP every time I run...
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Installation • Debian 12 LXDE on 2013 Dell Latitude E6420 i7
Debian 12 LXDE on 2013 Dell Latitude E6420 i7Everything works fine if a bet heavy on resources compared to other debian based distros.616MiB RAM vs 260MiB at idle.To my taste the Debian LXDE taskbar...
View ArticleHardware • Wheel Game Controller Paddles recognized as buttons
Hi Folks,I have a SpeekLink TrailBlazer game controller with 2 paddles. Recently I reinstalled debian 12. Before, the two paddles for break and gas, were recognized as two axes Z and Y. Now they are...
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