Beginners Questions • Gnome task bar
HiNew users to debian 12. I am trying gnome desktop. couple of things I don't likeI would to have a button on the menu bar that list all of the application (with folders), i don't like having to press...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Building and running old software on a new...
Hi everyone, I'm having a problem where I need to build and run some old software (link to Github below) that hasn't been updated in years and requires old dependencies to build and run. I want to be...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • garbage printed in xterms on reboot
Ever seen anything like this?Only upon reboot, all my autostarted xterm windows print a series of garbage lines before the bash prompt, and the number of garbage lines happens to equal the length of...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Wi-Fi device is randomly...
Hi,I use backported kernels to make TL-WN725N and other hardware to work, though I have discovered that when using Linux 6.11.5+bpo (compared to 6.10 bpo or official 6.1), SOMETIMES (1/10, 1/5 tries)...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Why isn't the MATE desktop in Debian...
Hi to everyone. Just wondering - why is the MATE desktop on Debian incomplete? On the live MATE ISO image (that Debian provides), there are many missing things. For example, there is no MATE-Tweak. I...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Is it safe to use Debian Live for web browsing?
Hello.Since Debian Live session appears to provide passwordless "sudo" access, at least via gnome terminal, I wonder, is it safe to browse the internet (Firefox, Chromium)? Provided that one does not...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] LXQT and Openbox: title bar missed
Hello guys,I'm using Debian testing with LXQT 1.4.0 and Openbox 3.6.1-12+b2.Since a few days, after one system opdate the title bar of all windows is missed (look the attachment).How can i restore...
View ArticleForum information, requests, and feedback. • [Forum] Alternate themes
Hi there,I have seen this thread about alternate themes and tried X-Creamy out of curiosity. It works fine as long as I am logged in, but as soon as I log out, I am thrown back to the default theme....
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Wayland with NVIDIA driver
Hello,I have a Dell 7750 laptop with Debian 12. I installed the propriatery NVIDIA driver which caused GNOME to fallback from Wayland to X11. But in this wiki I read that Wayland can handle...
View ArticleHardware • Intel 7265 wifi problems
im pretty new to debian and linux in general, so forgive me if i've overlooked something obvious but ive been struggling with this for a couple weeks. i got an hp prodesk 400 for free and decided to...
View ArticleHardware • NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super - driverquestion (nvidia-detect)
Hi folks,just testing Debian 12 with a NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super card. Tried to use nvidia-detect to detect the card. Nvidia-detect is telling me "Uh oh..." (card not supported). So i decided to give the...
View ArticleHardware • GA-EP45-UD3P Debian 12.7 CPU ACPI Errors 2024y... !
My new-old desktop in 2024 Gigabyte EP45-UD3P motherboard.2.6GHz core2 quad8GB ram120 GB SSDNvidia quadro K 600 1 screenDebian 12.7Everything is fine, but the kernel is loaded with errors:Code:...
View ArticleOff-Topic • can i ask a question about hcxpcapngtool
Hey all!! AM i allowed to ask a script question about hcxpcapngtool ?Statistics: Posted by theyikes — 2024-12-17 20:14 — Replies 1 — Views 48
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] imwheel --display
Trying to use imwheel the man page says I can link it to a specific display but it gives no examples. I have three monitors, how can I determine the value required:% imwheel --display ??? ... for the...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] batch Yahoo email print to PDF
I have over 3000 emails in a Yahoo folder that I need to print to PDF. I'm not able to download the folder into Thunderbird or any other client that I've found. Any ideas on how I can batch print...
View ArticleHardware • touch screen support
Hi everyone..A question about touchscreen support on my acer cb CB5-132T that otherwise is working awesome after i put debian 12 on it.Is it possible to get touchscreen working , or is it not...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Pre install of user name at Login
Infrequently the subject occurred with a large Debian insignia; after hours with ChatGPT's advice and dozens of terminal commands there has been a box with the user name already there; in the probably...
View ArticleInstallation • ImageMagick offline help
How can I read the imagemagick offline docu (imagemagick-doc.deb) with firefox?e.g.:Code: file:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick-6-common/html/www/command-line-processing.htmlI know I can read them online...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Hardware] Lags with Nvidia drivers
Hi there. Recently switched to debian stable from gentoo because got tired with compiling everything. So, i've faced an issue: lags when scrolling websites(it was tearing b4, but i've managed to fix...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [SID - Unstable] [Solved]Package pdftk Removed from...
Bummer! Just realized that such a critically important desktop app is kicked out from Sid repo.Statistics: Posted by pwzhangzz — 2024-12-18 18:22 — Replies 1 — Views 43
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