Installation • dual boot install
My current partition table is as follows:Code: Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type/dev/sda1 * 2048 72962047 72960000 34.8G 83 Linux/dev/sda3 72962048 145862655 72900608 34.8G 83 Linux/dev/sda4...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • display clock recommendations
First, I don't want to debate the merits of different desktop environments. This is what I'm looking for:a liteweight X11 display clock that has stopwatch and countown timer functionality with second...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Software] Backup Advice and Software
TL;DR: looking for updated recommendations on software to run a debian-based backup server.The last thread I found on this topic was 2015, so I'm wondering if the advice has changed.I run an...
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General Questions • cryptsetup format open mkfs close; cryptmount error bad...
Hello, in Debian bullseye, This worked: (Encrypt an entire physical hard drive with luks to mount it later when you need it)gdisk /dev/sdd# Create table (gpt/msdos) and partition 1 and writecryptsetup...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • ethtool not found
When I was on Debian 9 I used ethtool -s eth0 wol g to allow wake on lan to work. Now that I'm on Debian 12.5 ethtool is not installed. Googling why ethtool is not found. I ran across information that...
View ArticleInstallation • Old bios does not handle boot partition starting after 100GB...
Hi everyone - my first post here - I love your work and love Debian.I ran the Debian installation from debian-live-12.5.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso four times trying different things, because I could not get...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Software] What is the function of cp debian.iso /dev/sdX?
Hi:Since I used Rufus or balenaEtcher to create USBMedia before, I recently saw the official Debian document(https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/CreateUSBMedia) , which uses Linux commands to...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] ALSA - Performance issues
Hi, I have a problem with ALSA-playback (fresh install - Debian 12).I used two usb-dacs for testing (Hiby R5 ii + Ifi Hip-Dac) and am able to get bit-perfect playback with strawberry. The audio is...
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Beginners Questions • Root password strength
I read Debian Administrator's handbook now. And there are such words: The root user's password should be long (12 characters or more) and impossible to guess. Indeed, any computer (and a fortiori any...
View ArticleInstallation • After installing Debian on USB stick, stick does not boot on...
My goal is to install Debian to be bootable from a usb stick on a MacBook with two usb ports. To do so I booted from Debian Live flash on the first usb port. Next I used to Debian installer to install...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • [Solved] Lightdm doesn't show my...
I just installed debian 12 and I didn't want to have to input my user's name every time, so I found that I need to uncommend the line:"greeter-hide-users=false" in lightdm conf in "[Seat:*]" section....
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] i386 install (not download) progress very slow
Hi,Debian Bookworm 32 bit, on real hardware, AMD 5700 G CPU (16 threads), sata SSDs, fast ethernet connection, kernel with 'nomodeset' parameter.If I do an apt-get, then an apt-update, the downloads...
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Testing And Unstable • Plasma turns weird
Hi all,Since my last apt update yesterday my Plasma desktop turns weird with black squares instead of borders, icons or buttons. Look at the screenshot! It occurs only on kde applications, everything...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • huge package conflict
Hello out there, I have a really huge package conflict on my Debian testing system. This is my sources.list:deb http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-freedeb...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] crontab record to establish IPsec vpn connection
Hi all, I'm trying to set crontab record to establish IPsec vpn connection on system boot:Code: crontab -l* * * * * /usr/sbin/ipsec status | /bin/grep -q 'ESTABLISHED' || /usr/sbin/ipsec...
View ArticleOff-Topic • [Off-Topic] Just discorvered that I can do youtube without going...
I found this project. https://invidious.io/I've always had this nagging feeling that I shouldn't let google keep tabs on my viewing habits,and them constantly feeding me all sorts of algorithmic crap...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • [Update issue] libffi install issue
Dear TeamThanks for reading my problem. I have googled the problem and tried to find out solutions at various platforms. But, no concrete answer I could find that would resolve the issue and remove my...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Syntax error on line 24 of...
root@Programing-PC:~# journalctl -xeu apache2.service░░ Subject: A start job for unit apache2.service has begun execution░░ Defined-By: systemd░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support░░ ░░ A start...
View ArticleOff-Topic • [Off-Topic] The oldest file that you have in your possession?
Do you have a file sitting on your storage which dates back years or decades? Something which has followed you from one computer to the next? What is it?I am most certain that the oldest file of mine...
View ArticleOff-Topic • Sharing space for the Mint. Virtual Machine for Windows...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37XeFwHi3mU&rco=1 I'm already leaning towards Linux not being for me. Or Linux hates me very much.The problem is, no matter how hard I try to make an effort to use...
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