Beginners Questions • [Software] Can't install private internet access
Hello,I just installed Debian 12 on our desktop. We live out of the US and use PIA to watch stuff on PBS. We had PIA installed on Debian 9 but I can't get it back. Per their instructions...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] UFW isn't blocking
I was going through my apache2/access.log and saw an IP address I wanted to block. So I "sudo ufw deny from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX". Then I followed this up with "sudo sudo cat /etc/ufw/user.rules". Upon...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Problem with qbittorrent after autostart
Hi everyone,I have a nas debian vm with qbt/plex/samba(nothing complicated). When I set up the vm first time, I installed qbt native installation(latest stable version 4.5.2) and set it to...
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Hardware • Understanding libinput wrt Mouse ButtonRebinds
I can't get button binding to work on a basic tilt-wheel mouse - I want to bind the scroll-wheel tilt-left & tilt-right buttons.I've asked some specific questions below, but will be grateful for...
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General Questions • where does the console get its keyboard layout from?
Hello,Using Bookworm with Gnome WaylandEdited the keyboard layout in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pt because the Portuguese (Macintosh) layout didn't match the stencil on any of my pt_PT mac keyboards...
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Debian User Projects - Software • SbK Cinnamon 224 release
I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Cinnamon 2/24 The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not in the installed OS. Cinnamon also has a minimal iso with a panel instead of a dock. SbK Debian...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Installing Linux RT without NVidia and...
Hello,I have installed the linux generic kernel with NVidia drivers in Debian 12.I want to install the real-time kernel. I know it's not compatible with NVidia, but since I would like to have a setup...
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Installation • Not detecting Nvme drives during install
Hi guys,It is my first time installing a Debian alongside windows on my laptop (Acer Predator triton 300 - 2019 model). My device has 2 Nvme drives (one running windows & other empty planning to...
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System and Network configuration • blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13)
Hi everyone,during boot i get a couple of lines with "blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13)" . As far as i found out it this are are informational warnings, and the boot process continues without...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • [Solved] wlp2s0 device not available
A few days ago I was using the laptop without a battery and Wi-Fi was working fine. I don't know how I pushed or pulled the power cord and the laptop seemed to have lost power for a fraction of a...
View ArticleHardware • broadcom-sta-dkms problems
I have a fresh install of Debian 12 on a HP Envy laptop. I have been trying to get the Boadcom WIFI adapter BCM4325 to work. I followed the instructions on https://wiki.debian.org/wl and everything...
View ArticleOff-Topic • [Software] Mouse menu
Can anyone direct me to how (and where) I can see and change the menu that pops up when I click the right (or left or center) mouse button?I am running Linux 10 (buster) with LXPanel 0.10.0 on a...
View ArticleHardware • NVIDIA laptop GPU is always unused
Hi all, the Nvidia GPU is never used (I think because of the Optimus), is it possible to fix this problem? Is it possible to make that when the laptop is charging the Nvidia GPU is used by all...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Unable to get into BIOS after setting shimx64.efi as a...
Hi guys,I recently installed Debian alongside windows on my Acer laptop. Both OSs are in different drives and have separate efi positions. And hence after the installation I couldn't boot into debian...
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Programming • How to create new Start Menu Category and Entry with .deb Package?
I'm trying to do this on the current Linux Mint Ubuntu Cinnamon Version but i want this to ideallywork on any debian based distribution.I have programmed a linux application. Currently it's only...
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Beginners Questions • [O/S] Can't shutdown because of udev-worker/modprobe
Hi! I have been using linux distros for one year, and i'm not into it enough for solving the next problem: Debian boots normally, and works perfect, but when the time of shutting down comes, it just...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Installing Debian on a Raspberry Pi
Some years ago I bought a Raspberry Pi (can't remember the model, but I think it was a 3B). I used it for a few months, mainly trying out different tutorials from the Web. When I bought it I didnt...
View ArticleInstallation • Debian 11.6 USB boot issue GRUB
Hello,I am having issues installing Debian 11.6 64bit on my 2018 Mac miniI am able to have it detect my USB stick but the Boot menu to begin the installation doesn't load.It will only load the GRUB...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • KDE Plasma VPN connection successful but...
Hello all,I am reaching out to the friendly community for some advice on establishing a successful VPN connection to my home network.I am slowly transitioning from Windows to Linux and am trying to...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Debian 12 can't resolve fqdn via curl wget or...
Hello there! I run container image debian:12.4 in k8s1. When i try resolve fqdn via nslookup or dig - pod can resolve successfully: Code: root@test-d66bdb765-8xllb:/# nslookup...
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