Hardware • Cant Enable Bluetooth / Missing Firmware
Hi, been trying quite a while now to get a TP-Link UB500 bluetooth adopter working on my new install. I can only see old threads here related to my problem.Running Debian 5.27.5 KDE Plasma 5.103.0...
View ArticleHardware • Canon Pixma iP8750 will not print colour on bookworm
Hi there,I've connected the printer by USB to a Ryzen 5 PC and I used the driver available from Canon and ran the install script with no issues. Any job I send to the printer comes out monochrome no...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Debian 12 phpmyadmin
Currently i am installing WordPress with PHP version 8.2, and wanted to install PHPMyAdmin, but in the dependencies PHPMyAdmin depends on multiple PHP versions, so because i install PHP 8.2 i end up...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Authy removal
On other Ubuntu based OS's I've been able to remove the defunct Authy with Snap. However in Debian I've tried Snap and apt with no success; so looking for a software removal tip for Authy.TIA,...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Laptop Won't Wake Up from Sleep Mode After...
Hello everyone,I'm hoping someone can help me with an issue I'm having with my laptop. Whenever I close the lid to put it in sleep mode, it won't wake up when I open it again. I've tried pressing the...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • swaylock ext-session-lock-v1
Hi All,I am on Debian 12.5 BookwormCode: Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 1.22.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: gnome-shell v: 43.9 driver: dri: swrast gpu: vmwgfxI tried/compiled few locking...
View ArticleHardware • [Solved] Cant Enable Bluetooth / Missing Firmware
Hi, been trying quite a while now to get a TP-Link UB500 bluetooth adopter working on my new install. I can only see old threads here related to my problem.Running Debian 5.27.5 KDE Plasma 5.103.0...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Chromium has problems playing DRM videos
Hello guys, I am running debian bookworm all up to date with chromium Version: 122.0.6261.128-1~deb12u1. I have notused that it cannot play videos on some platforms like...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • custom TAR_OPTIONS breaking apt
this post is just to highlight this behavior of apt upgrade, or installif TAR_OPTIONS is set to a custom compression utility ( with a few exceptions ) apt fails to install/upgrade/reinstall - it fails...
View ArticleOff-Topic • [Industry] How did you become a Linux Administrator?
Hello,I am a guy (28 years old). I live in the north of Italy.I started my IT job after high school as junior network administrator (theoretically).The truth is that during these years I have dealt...
View ArticleOff-Topic • [Discussion] looking for agnostic dev forum (embedded)
Hey Yinz. (Yeah, from Pittsburgh)Anyways, I've been focusing on embedded systems lately and have built up a collection of rants regarding the particular ecosystems I'm working under (STM32)...but that...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Software] Gnome - Dropbox
Hi all, thanks in advance for the help.I'm using Debian 12 with Gnome alongside Plasma. While on Plasma I can see all the process in the system tray, in Gnome I can't see anything. As an example, I...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Is there an DE that will show root in...
Came from Mint and am new to Debian, using the KDE DE. Is there a DE that has a file manager that shows the root files/folders and permits me access to root with a "open as root"...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • 2042 unmet dependencies.
Hi, in my Debian 12.5 I gave the Code: apt-cache unmet command and it returns me 2042 unmet dependencies with 2024 packages installed. Everything seems to be working fine. You say something is wrong?...
View ArticleInstallation • SD boot to local SSD
My apologies as I am not a Linux expert but am learning.I have a computer that has a RAID card in it.However, I have setup the card to HBA mode as I want to setup ZFS (ZFS doesn't support...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • WiFi keeps disconnecting
System information:Softwares:Debian GNU/Linux 12(bookworm)KDE Plasma 5.27.5X11 sessionX.Org version: 1.21.1.7Kernel 6.1.0-18-amd64 (64-bit)Network Manager version 1.42.4Laptop:i5 8250U CPU!5.3 GiB...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [O/S] Unwanted folder in every new user's home directory
I have Debian 12 with XFCE, and when I add a new user and create home directory for it, a A folder named 模板 will be created (it's a Chinese word for template).This folder is not in...
View ArticleInstallation • multiboot flash drive
Hi everyoneA question has arisen (stupid). Using the WinUSB program I created a multiboot flash drive. First (as in the instructions) I recorded Win10 64-bit, after Debian 12. Now there is a need to...
View ArticleHardware • Tap to Click not working on Debian 12 Bookworm with Synaptic
Greetings, and thank you for your time.I've been using linux for some years now, and I'm pretty good at fishing through forums to find what I need. I've spent a few hours on this, and can't come up...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • [Solved] wireless card can't find networks
Hello everyone,Yesterday I installed debian 12 on my old macbook pro (2009)During the installation I received the message "Missing files are: b43-open/ucode16_mimo.fw e b43/ucode16_mimo.fw"Anyway, I...
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