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Beginners Questions • set correct keyboard mapping.
Hi everyone.I have a acer chromebook r11 cb5-132t that i succeeded installing debian 12 on , the only working distro on this laptop. ( sound issues .)but i have a problem - couldnt set the correct...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • UFW rule allows SSH scan?
Hello all,I've deployed a VPS on racknerd.Why do scans show my SSH open and and can give the SSH fingerprint with my exclusive allow rule below?Is there an additional rule I'm missing?Code: To Action...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • How to turn off Wayland?
I deactivated the graphical login using systemctl set-default multi-user.target Of course with startx there is no clue which type of session, either Xorg or Wayland, is being created.Now the desktops'...
View ArticleProgramming • [C] Why " fwrite " writes werid number as binary ?
Hello DearsI reversed the order of my code as :Code: #include <stdio.h>#include <stdlib.h>#include <string.h>#include <stdint.h>#include <gmp.h>int main(void){FILE * fr,...
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General Questions • [Software] where is the xfce4-weather-plugin?
I've been using xfce on several distros over time even some Debian based distros. In all cases I've been able to get the weather app for the panel to work but not for Debian itself. The plug in is...
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Hardware • Can't print to networked printer
Hi all. I've been pulling my hair out trying to get a networked printer to work with a laptop running Debian 12. I was able to print from this same laptop when it was running Lubuntu, from a different...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • system & program updating wont work.
Hi everyone.I have been trying to run update on my installed deb 12 , but doesnt seem to work.also tried trough terminal with update - there i get an error .╰─ sudo apt update ─╯Bra:1...
View ArticleInstallation • [SOLVED] Is it still possible to run virtualbox on debian? (2024)
Hi Folks,It's been long since I could install and run virtualbox on Debian. I know there is virtmanager. I know the license of Virtualbox is not perfect and ideal for opensource community. But somehow...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Appreciate pointer to info on installation on RPi5 with...
Totally new. Sorry for asking simple question.Would appreciate pointers to self learning info on installation of Debian 12 or 11 on Raspberry Pi 5 with NVMe memory.Many thanksStatistics: Posted by...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • How do you know when a new version of a package is ready?
hello,To solve my asus X1704VA keyboard problem for good, I need a patched version of the xserver-xorg-input-libinput package. The current version is 1.1 and the next version will probably be the one...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Need a tool for video analysis
I need recommendations for a tool that will analyze videos from dash cameras. The most common format is .mp4 but could be others; I would like to see frame counts, FPS, dropped frames, and buffering...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Can Debian 12 or 11 runs under Windows 11?
All new to these.Can Debian 12 or 11 runs under Windows 11 (as a Windows application/task/process or similar name)?Is Windows 11 home edition that came with Samsung laptop, good or need higher...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [SID - Unstable] APT incorrectly says package does not...
Hello! I'm a bit new to Debian so sorry if this is an obvious question.As part of another package, I need to install libqt6webengine6-data. I can see that it exists on the package site, and it's also...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Hardware] Swappiness on servers
I have some doubts of swappiness and how to better set it up on servers. I set it to zero on my servers as I have more RAM than needed and have been using around 20-30% of RAM on them. My idea of...
View ArticleHardware • Wireless not working
In my case, the USB dongle RTL8153 shows up in lshw but appears to be a Wired Connection with its network "Cable Unplugged". Here is the lshw output, note it seems to use driver=r8152 which is cool,...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • [Discussion] Things that were never explained to you
What Debian or Linux matters would you expect should be clearly communicated to newbies, but that you'd had to learn by trial and error?Statistics: Posted by Uptorn — 2024-11-16 05:19 — Replies 0 —...
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General Questions • [Software] problem with shell history usage since v12.8...
Hello folks ^^)I've got a strange problem since my servers are updated to 12.8 : when logged as ordinary user by ssh accessing the bash shell history with the arrow keys won't work !I get this with...
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Graphical Environments & Desktops • Issue with Renaming Custom Shortcuts...
Hi everyone,I'm encountering an issue when trying to rename a custom shortcut in the settings. After renaming the shortcut, the new name doesn't appear immediately - it only shows up after reopening...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [Testing - Trixie] rcs2atfs (atfs package) does not work
Hello I have a directory $HOME/bin containing shell scripts and a sub-directory in it, RCS, storing the versions handled by rcs.If I try to convert that RCS archive to AtFS format withrcs2atfs RCS/* I...
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General Questions • live-build: can't use third party repo due to missing...
Hello all,I'm trying to make a custom Debian live build.I want to include the Proton VPN client in the image, but they use their own package repo.When I include the required files under...
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