Off-Topic • [Discussion] rkhunter development hiatus
After six years of stalled development, it appears a new developer(s) will be picking up rkhunter.I had wondered why rkhunter hadn't been receiving any db updates either via its built in curl...
View ArticleInstallation • Debian 11 and 12 gives can't access USB 2 ports
Hello friends. I am very new to Linux.. only 3-4 months experience. So I know very very little but trying to learn. First, I should tell that I am not a programmer or a distro-hopper. I am a user. I...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Can't get wifi to work on fresh debian 11
Hi,Advanced debian noob here (got the basics right but not much more i think).I can't get the wifi to work on a fresh debian 11.Code: ip a showshows the wifi interface wlp1s0 as DOWN but still has an...
View ArticleInstallation • Cannot install Debian 12.8.0 i386 n on my Machine
Target System: Mainboard: MSI B550-A ProCPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900xRAM: 32GB PC 3200VGA: AMD Radeon RX 6600I copied the .iso to an USB stick. To boot the installer, I had to switch from UEFI to Legacy...
View ArticleHardware • usb port problems
so on sid, it has recently happened that the boot process stops on usb initialisationi see this when i boot in recovery mode. and it halts with usb discovery. i have a keyboard and mouse.i can boot...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [SID - Unstable] Boot hangs at autofs4 module insertion
I am still running kernel 6.10.12-amd64 (waiting for zfs version supporting 6.11). I have recently noted some hiccups with boot process. Basically it stops after module autofs4 is inserted:Code: ...[...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Cinnamon not detecting first...
I have a Dell Precision laptop and use a Logitech M705 with a Unifying receiver. I'm running Bookworm with Cinnamon manually installed (for the sake of learning). I encountered the known bug where...
View ArticleHardware • Epson 7100 Series Printer
I have worked with localhost:631 and sent a test page to my printer. Message indicated it was completed and the job appeared on the completed list. The printer did not print the test page. I have...
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General Questions • got synaptic running under wayland :)
Well, sort of working - you have to launch it from a terminal but I plagiarized and modified a short script - it looks like this:Code: #!/bin/bashxhost +si:localuser:rootsudo -H synapticxhost...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Stateful DHCPv6 with KEA and RADVD
Hi there,I am trying a little network setup at home (just for learning for now). DHVPv4 with KEA is working fine, but I am a bit confused with KEA-DHCPv6 (using ULA for internal DHCPv6 stateful...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Wacky, Weird Webcamoid 9.2.3
I had a request to backport it to Bullseye and Bookworm bases, but I had to change a load of Qt5 QML package dependencies to the Qt6 "qml6-" equivalents to get the GUI to start up....
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Old Laptop; Debian 12 kernel not installing on upgrade
HiI recently upgraded an unused laptop to Debian 12:Code: Setting up linux-headers-6.1.0-27-amd64 (6.1.115-1) .../etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:dkms: running auto installation service for kernel...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Hardware] What is the recommended way to automatically...
Hi allI have been experimenting a bit with mounting google drive as a network drive using rclone. I can mount and unmount manually in the CLI, but wanted to automate it such that it mounts drives when...
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General Questions • find: ‘/run/user/1000/doc’: Permission denied
Running the following script leads to the error "Check failed with unexpected exit code: 1".Script: https://github.com/ovh/debian-cis/blob/ ... _folder.shOutput of running the the script in debug mode...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Conky (under Wayland) segmentation fault
I have discovered that conky running on wayland (sway) does not function. Based on my readings this appears to be because conky on Sid is not compiled with the out_to-wayland flag set.Here's the error...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [Testing - Trixie] Issue installing Trelby on the...
Hello,Trelby https://www.trelby.org/, a screenwriting app, does offer a deb file for install, but it does not specify if it's suitable for an arm64 system. I just got a Pinenote with Debian Trixie a...
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Graphical Environments & Desktops • Debian 10 w/ Cinnamon stopped showing...
I have a Debian 10 system with a Cinnamon Desktop. I just noticed a problem: the menu icon in the menu bar seems to have disappeared. now I can't get to my apps or log out, switch users, or lock the...
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General Questions • Current best practice suggestions for data recovery after...
Hi there!A friend lost all his data after performing what he says was a regular system update, prompted by the update mechanism. He is currently running debian 11 "bullseye" (oldstable) with the...
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General Questions • Network Help
Recently my network has slowed down a lot, i mainly use ping to understand network and ping rates are very high and sometimes alot of packets have times of more than around 20000ms. I installed...
View ArticleInstallation • Installer trap: No root file system defined
Preferred:no LVMencryption for "/"no encryption for "/boot""/swap" is a concern for laterThis did not work with the Debian 12 installer. It does not seem possible to proceed with the installation...
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