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General Questions • got synaptic running under wayland :)
Well, sort of working - you have to launch it from a terminal but I plagiarized and modified a short script - it looks like this:Code: #!/bin/bashxhost +si:localuser:rootsudo -H synapticxhost...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Stateful DHCPv6 with KEA and RADVD
Hi there,I am trying a little network setup at home (just for learning for now). DHVPv4 with KEA is working fine, but I am a bit confused with KEA-DHCPv6 (using ULA for internal DHCPv6 stateful...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Wacky, Weird Webcamoid 9.2.3
I had a request to backport it to Bullseye and Bookworm bases, but I had to change a load of Qt5 QML package dependencies to the Qt6 "qml6-" equivalents to get the GUI to start up....
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Old Laptop; Debian 12 kernel not installing on upgrade
HiI recently upgraded an unused laptop to Debian 12:Code: Setting up linux-headers-6.1.0-27-amd64 (6.1.115-1) .../etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:dkms: running auto installation service for kernel...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Hardware] What is the recommended way to automatically...
Hi allI have been experimenting a bit with mounting google drive as a network drive using rclone. I can mount and unmount manually in the CLI, but wanted to automate it such that it mounts drives when...
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General Questions • find: ‘/run/user/1000/doc’: Permission denied
Running the following script leads to the error "Check failed with unexpected exit code: 1".Script: https://github.com/ovh/debian-cis/blob/ ... _folder.shOutput of running the the script in debug mode...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Conky (under Wayland) segmentation fault
I have discovered that conky running on wayland (sway) does not function. Based on my readings this appears to be because conky on Sid is not compiled with the out_to-wayland flag set.Here's the error...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [Testing - Trixie] Issue installing Trelby on the...
Hello,Trelby https://www.trelby.org/, a screenwriting app, does offer a deb file for install, but it does not specify if it's suitable for an arm64 system. I just got a Pinenote with Debian Trixie a...
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Graphical Environments & Desktops • Debian 10 w/ Cinnamon stopped showing...
I have a Debian 10 system with a Cinnamon Desktop. I just noticed a problem: the menu icon in the menu bar seems to have disappeared. now I can't get to my apps or log out, switch users, or lock the...
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General Questions • Current best practice suggestions for data recovery after...
Hi there!A friend lost all his data after performing what he says was a regular system update, prompted by the update mechanism. He is currently running debian 11 "bullseye" (oldstable) with the...
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General Questions • Network Help
Recently my network has slowed down a lot, i mainly use ping to understand network and ping rates are very high and sometimes alot of packets have times of more than around 20000ms. I installed...
View ArticleInstallation • Installer trap: No root file system defined
Preferred:no LVMencryption for "/"no encryption for "/boot""/swap" is a concern for laterThis did not work with the Debian 12 installer. It does not seem possible to proceed with the installation...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Auto block sleep and screen locking not...
I have Debian 12 with kde plasma and Wayland, and am facing an issue with automatic blocking of sleep and screen lock when a media is playing.When a media is playing, it is recognised by the system...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • lid close suspends console, but...
I have a Thinkpad T480s running bookworm. When I'm using a text console and I close the lid, the system suspends. So far so good. But when I'm using XFCE, if I close the lid, then when I reopen the...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Any way to use mesa-amber on Debian Stable?
Hello all! I've got an older Core2 laptop as secondary, with a GM945 (GMA 950), running Debian 12 stable. Modern Mesa sometimes renders apps with red boxes on this iGPU; sometimes only visual issues,...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [SID - Unstable] [Solved] Can't upgrade to SID. Error:...
[Installation] Can't upgrade to Sid. Error: pkgProblem Resolver::Resolve generated breaks.I'm new to Linux and I have basically no knowledge about it, so please be patient.I've been using Debian on...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • [Security] A new Linux Malware - WolfsBane...
This article went live a few days ago. The people behind these are suspected to be Gelsemium a Chinese APT group. This impacts both systemd based linux as well as non-systemd based linux. ESET...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • No network with kernel >= 6.11.9
Hello,I'm using Debian version 11.11 with Mate Desktop Environment.On friday, november 22 I "apt update && apt upgrade" the system, and the kernel went from version 6.10.9 to 6.11.9, and now I...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • can't update system and all
Just found out the deb12 didn't update at all last months.Get this errorCode: E: The repository 'https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-security Release' does not have a Release file.N: Updating from...
View ArticleInstallation • deja-dup installation errors
Code: BackendException: PyDrive backend requires PyDrive and Google API client installation.Please read the manpage for setup details.Exception: No module named 'apiclient'A little strange,...
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