General Debian • Are most or all security flaws fixed in Debian? Or is it...
TL;DR In Ubuntu, apparently not all security issues in Universe are fixed. I was wondering if all security issues are fixed in Debian. Bearing in mind that some have lower priorities than others....
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Why is there no package for ImageMagick 7 in Debian main?
ImageMagick 7 was first released in 2016, but it has not been added to the Debian main repository. The Debian main repository only has ImageMagick 6. Why is there no ImageMagick 7? Is it because of...
View ArticleInstallation • Grub rescue mode breaks everything by inserting /i386-pc/ into...
Hi. I have just done a full clean netinstall of Debian Bookworm which is leaving me somewhat puzzled. I have obviously selected the wrong boot partition in the installation process (the machine has a...
View ArticleHardware • Chromebook don't see gamepad / joystick
Hello everybody. I have a Chromebook Spin 514. Installed Linux, Debian 11, Wine-9.0-rc5 (Staging), winetricks, Nano, Steam(Wine), Steam.dev and several Debian packages related to the gamepad. Gamepad...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Solved] Deleted from my home folder Download
Hi,I have deleted by mistake in my /home/user/Downloads folder and can`t make a new one folder Downloads.. How can i make a new one folder in /home/user/I looked here -...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • yt-dlp problem bash [solved]
I installed youtube-dl under denbian 11 then upgrade to debian 12.I then removed youtube-dl and installed yt-dlp with pip.yt-dlp stopped working so I tried to delete from ~/.local/bin/yt-dlpI have...
View ArticleProgramming • [Python] ERROR: Failed building wheel for uamqp
Hi,I'm a new Debian user - running version 12 (bookworm) on a Raspberry Pi 5As part of an IoT course I am studying, I am trying to to install various python packages as part of the course...
View ArticleForum information, requests, and feedback. • [Suggestion] Derivatives and...
I know, that FrankenDebian Monsters are strongly reprobated, but they can be very cute and useful. (I used them for years with minor dependency issues only, e.g. Debian stable & testing or stable...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • CUPS no longer sees my network printers
Hello everyone. I have a strange problem that I am unsure where to start with. I have a fairly new Bookworm install, and everything was working fine. I am not new to Debian, having switched in 2005,...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • ALSA do not init correctly after kernel...
hi, i had a big problem with kernel 6.1.17, it didn't find my ALC897 intel chipset audio card. To correct that i needed to compile a 6.6.11 to retrieve my sound card with pulse audio in kde. But the...
View ArticleInstallation • [Solved] Installing Debian on NVMe disks connected to a PCIe...
ETA:Solution:Don't mix-up your installer and boot sticks and format the wrong one.Create two partitions on your boot stick, one EFI and one /boot.Insert the boot stick in an USB socket that the...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [Testing - Trixie] Displays different messages at boot...
I see different messages while the system is booting. Some of them have been added recently.Why are these messages displayed?Code: MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Freshclam/libclamav.so.9 Problem
On a new install of Debian 12, I am having a problem after installing the current version of freshclam (1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1). When I run freshclam at the command line, I receive the following...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Errors during startup
Hi, every time I turn on the PC this error appears for a fraction of a second before the boot process.[0.189473] ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, While resolving a named reference package element -...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [SID - Unstable] Bug reporting etiquette for out of...
Hi there, new to Debian Sid coming from other rolling release distributions.I read through the Debian Bug Reporting wiki (https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting) but didn't see this topic addressed....
View ArticleForum information, requests, and feedback. • Sad news: Alan Rochester...
Dear Community, Yesterday the forum emailer sent me an email notification for a PM that I received on the Debian User Forums. The subject was "Alan Rochester". The sender was @arochester.Dreadfully I...
View ArticleForum information, requests, and feedback. • cant select quick links since today
Noticed change in the forum layout, usually I use firefox, but now the Debian swirl is above Quick Links menu, and it cant be opened.In chromium the swirl is smaller, and Quick Links can be selected....
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Specific Action in Windows KVM Guest Crashes Host
Hi all!I have set up a Debian server to act as a host for several guest VMs, most Windows machines of different flavors, and a few Linux instances. Everything has been good and stable for a while.In...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Some Vulkan components missing?...
With standard Proton settings DirectX-games fail to start.The most articulate error message is the one from Pinball FX3 being "Cannot create DirectX 11 device".This problem doesn't appear when using...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • KDE - Sound settings don't survive a reboot
Debian 12.In KDE Plasma, I go into System Settings → Audio, and set up my sound inputs/outputs how I want, disabling what I don’t want. Upon reboot, all of my settings go away, and I’m back to...
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