System and Network configuration • Network printers found but greyed out and...
I prepared a few older laptops from a local volunteer led museum as guest devices by installing default Debian 12 on them. I allowed the root user to login and didn't use sudo since I want the guest...
View ArticleHardware • Adding a thunderbolt 4 card
Hello all. So, Iḿ running a OpenMediaVault NAS (x86), which is just an interface for Debian. Iḿ going to install a thunderbolt 4 card to enable a direct connection to a MacBook with thunderbolt 4...
View ArticleInstallation • [Solved] Cannot boot after cloning install on a new laptop:...
Hello,I've been trying to clone an existing debian-testing install on a new laptop, using the following guide: https://dev.to/nikvdp/how-to-easily-clo ... chine-2pblAfter completing the instructions...
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Beginners Questions • LibreOffice Draw: Huge border around the page
Is there a way to remove the border around LibreOffice Draw pages?Looking at the attached image, I would guess 35 A0 (46.81"x33.11") pages would fit on the screen.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleHardware • [Solved] Where to find maximum RAM capacity
I recently set-up some old laptops with Debian 12 and GNOME. I noticed that 4GB RAM still works without issues. But in two cases the devices do have only 1 GB of RAM. And this doesn't give a pleasant...
View ArticleInstallation • help with proper configuration of system repositories
I am using Debian 12 bookworm. I first installed it about 3 years ago with bullseye, and then upgraded the repositories in order to switch the system to bookworm.My system is now a bit convoluted...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Failure to resolve google related domains...
I have a fresh Debian 12 VPS that runs dnsmasq, stubby and wireguard so i can have my own VPN.However for some unknown reason i cannot resolve youtube & google services while connected to the...
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General Questions • [Software] file access rights
i have 2 directories with the following user access rightsdirectory 1 (dir1)directory 2 (dir2)i have a user that is in the plex group. when trying to delete from dir1, the following happensCode: rm:...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • qemu virt-manager Debian 12 USB HOST device permission...
I am using virt-manager and QEMU under Debian 12, but i cannot attach USB HOST device and get instead the following error.failed to open /dev/bus/usb/007/004 permission deniedIt does not matter if i...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Installation] Help with installing tiling shell /...
Hi, I am new to Debian and I am having issues with installing shelltile / tiling shell. Shelltile seems to be out-dated so I tried installing tilingshell, but it does not work. After cloning...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • apt-get, archives and file protocol
I am using apt-get for installing packages.I never remove packages from /var/cache/apt/archives in order to be able to reinstall then with dpkg.I spend many hours because I could not set apt-get to...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Installation] Need help with NGINX setup for subdomain
here is my default fileCode: ### You should look at the following URL's in order to grasp a solid understanding# of Nginx configuration files in order to fully unleash the power of Nginx.#...
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Debian User Projects - Software • SbK Talking Mate 824 release
I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Talking Mate 8/24. 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...
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General Questions • [Software] [Програмне забезпечення] Gome online accounts...
Hi friends.! Gome online accounts are not working since yesterday..!Remote access to Google Drive, mail Evolution nothing works….!My google accounts are all active, no account expiration, etc.Looking...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • [Discussion] correspondence among deb repositories
Hi everyone,I have a couple records to PPA in apt sources that used on Debian bookworm.Using them I have to find out some correspondence (usually once) among Ubuntu and Debian name distros for a...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • How to use Plasma offline updates?
Hi everyone,I am currently using Debian 12 Plasma and I was wondering how to correctly set up Plasma offline updates to give it a try. I am also using unattended-upgrades, do I need to disable it...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [O/S] How does the debian-security repository work in...
Hello all,So my current understanding is that a Debian host who's package manager is configured to pull updates from a mirror (as opposed to the official Debian repository) should also be configured...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [Discussion] Testing - what to look for?
I'm thinking of putting my Deb 12 into motion to move to Testing upgrade. It isn't un-stable, it isn't stable but I think it is usable. This isn't a server computer, it doesn't have to carry the day...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • No printing
After upgrading to Debian 12 I'm no longer able to print on my local network.I've tried deleting the printer from the system but cups re-installs it immediatelyWhen printing form the cups webpage the...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • LXDE: Why is it so diffcult to...
On a fresh Debian command line install (after selecting only system accessories and no desktop environment during installation), I wanted to install LXDE.But I don't get why lightdm gets installed as...
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