General Questions • [Software] Need to use the word prepend for ufw
I'm trying to use "sudo prepend deny from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"When I do, I get sudo: prepend: command not found. So how do I add the command prepend so that I can use it?Statistics: Posted by timlab55 —...
View ArticleOff-Topic • No Files!
Since the update from last time, I noticed that in my boot folder under firmware that there are no files! My pi seems to be working fine, but this is bad news. If I click on config.txt under the boot...
View ArticleHardware • Overheating MB: CPU boost frequency throttle, disable ACPI...
I have notebook with AMD Ryzen 7 5825U.Code: $ sudo cpupower frequency-infoanalyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 CPUs which need to have their...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Latest linux upgrade 6.1.0-18-amd64 failed
Doing the latest round of updates the kernel update failed... These are the reeors from the make log. I'm way past my comfort / knowledge zone on this one. Any and all help appreciated.Code: ERROR:...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Need A Little Help Please
I was going through my apache2/access.log and saw an IP address I wanted to block. So I "sudo ufw deny from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX". Then I followed this up with "sudo sudo cat /etc/ufw/user.rules". Upon...
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Debian User Projects - Software • SbK Talking Mate 224 release
I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Talking Mate 2/24. The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not present in the installed OS. Talking Mate is one of the few SbK releases to use a panel. It is...
View ArticleHardware • Disk locks during ongoing heavy filesystem usage
I have an i9 13900k w/ 128gb of DDR4 and 2x980 Pro NVME in software RAID w/ ext4. When I initially build this system in April 2023, I deployed Ubuntu Desktop and subsequently moved to Debian 12 around...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Software] Can't install private internet access
Hello,I just installed Debian 12 on our desktop. We live out of the US and use PIA to watch stuff on PBS. We had PIA installed on Debian 9 but I can't get it back. Per their instructions...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Problem with qbittorrent after autostart
Hi everyone,I have a nas debian vm with qbt/plex/samba(nothing complicated). When I set up the vm first time, I installed qbt native installation(latest stable version 4.5.2) and set it to...
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Hardware • Understanding libinput wrt Mouse ButtonRebinds
I can't get button binding to work on a basic tilt-wheel mouse - I want to bind the scroll-wheel tilt-left & tilt-right buttons.I've asked some specific questions below, but will be grateful for...
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General Questions • where does the console get its keyboard layout from?
Hello,Using Bookworm with Gnome WaylandEdited the keyboard layout in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pt because the Portuguese (Macintosh) layout didn't match the stencil on any of my pt_PT mac keyboards...
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Debian User Projects - Software • SbK Cinnamon 224 release
I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Cinnamon 2/24 The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not in the installed OS. Cinnamon also has a minimal iso with a panel instead of a dock. SbK Debian...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Installing Linux RT without NVidia and...
Hello,I have installed the linux generic kernel with NVidia drivers in Debian 12.I want to install the real-time kernel. I know it's not compatible with NVidia, but since I would like to have a setup...
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Installation • Not detecting Nvme drives during install
Hi guys,It is my first time installing a Debian alongside windows on my laptop (Acer Predator triton 300 - 2019 model). My device has 2 Nvme drives (one running windows & other empty planning to...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Installing a needed package that isn't in Debian repos
The program's name is VeraCrypt, the successor to TrueCrypt. I use it alot with my encrypted external drives. However, I've noticed that it isn't in Debian repos, it's also not in backports. And I...
View ArticleHardware • broadcom-sta-dkms problems
I have a fresh install of Debian 12 on a HP Envy laptop. I have been trying to get the Boadcom WIFI adapter BCM4325 to work. I followed the instructions on https://wiki.debian.org/wl and everything...
View ArticleOff-Topic • [Software] Mouse menu
Can anyone direct me to how (and where) I can see and change the menu that pops up when I click the right (or left or center) mouse button?I am running Linux 10 (buster) with LXPanel 0.10.0 on a...
View ArticleHardware • NVIDIA laptop GPU is always unused
Hi all, the Nvidia GPU is never used (I think because of the Optimus), is it possible to fix this problem? Is it possible to make that when the laptop is charging the Nvidia GPU is used by all...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Unable to get into BIOS after setting shimx64.efi as a...
Hi guys,I recently installed Debian alongside windows on my Acer laptop. Both OSs are in different drives and have separate efi positions. And hence after the installation I couldn't boot into debian...
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Programming • How to create new Start Menu Category and Entry with .deb Package?
I'm trying to do this on the current Linux Mint Ubuntu Cinnamon Version but i want this to ideallywork on any debian based distribution.I have programmed a linux application. Currently it's only...
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