General Questions • [Software] Bookworm KDE not running pulseaudio / no sound
Running Debian Bookworm with KDE fully up-to-date as of this posting.Pulseaudio does not start. The service shows as below. Running unmask does not remove the mask.There is no sound. Running it from...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [O/S] Debian won't log me in
Debian12I usually log into Debian at the Gnome login screen by clicking on my username and then typing my password and it gives me my Gnome desktop.However, today, after I enter my password and press...
View ArticleHardware • Debian 12 on HP T640
Dear members,I've ordered an HP T640 thin client https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B0D6N3KTRL/. It has an AMD Ryzen R1505G soc. Please suggest me if opensource AMDGPU will work, or I've to install...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • [Solved] How to determine if a directory is a mountpoint and...
I think about what would be the unixoid way to determine if a directory is a mountpoint and if it is currently mounted or not.The only way I knew is to parse the output of "mount" command.Statistics:...
View ArticleOff-Topic • Debian server for many mirrors : Debian, Oracle Linux and..RedHat !
Hi everyone, I wonder if it was possible to use a Debian server in order to sync local repositories of multiple distributions package manager namely: debian (of course!) but also Oracle Linux and the...
View ArticleHardware • [Software] Power off external SSD on shutdown
Hello,I have Debian installed on an external SSD (connected via USB).Is there any way to power off the SSD right before shutting down the system?I ask because currently when I shut down the system the...
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Docs, HowTos, Tips & Tricks • [HowTo] Debian testing KDE installation by...
Done on 30/07/2024 .PC : 64-bitMotherboard : Gigabyte B450M DS3HCPU : 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core ProcessorGPU : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2In short :Download the latest Linux Nvidia...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Debian server for many mirrors : Debian,...
Hi everyone, I wonder if it was possible to use a Debian server in order to sync local repositories of multiple distributions package manager namely: debian (of course!) but also Oracle Linux and the...
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Hardware • No sound in bookworm 12.6
I do not know what happens suddenly there was sound and now it is not there any more from my speakers and they are not detected in the sound settingsCode: (base) munish259272@munish259272:~$ systemctl...
View ArticleInstallation • Installing Debian 12.6.0 on non-UEFI compatible PCs
I need install Debian 12.6.0 on a couple of PCs bearing Intel Core 2 Quad and Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs. both non UEFI compatible. When I boot from the flashpen bearing Debian-12.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso...
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Installation • Calamares installer fails with directory not found error;...
Hello all, very frustrated with this unusual problem.I've a fresh Debian 12 live USB which fails to install on my Desktop PC. Both the Debian installer and Calamares fail, with the latter complaining...
View ArticleHardware • No Audio on Debian with NVIDIA laptop GPU
Forgive me if i do not provide sufficient information or my grammar is odd as this is my first post on any forum. Hello, as you can see in the title i am having issues with audio on my laptop. The...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Screen Resolution
Hi, good morning. Something happened to my screen resolution. In normal mode it looks awful; in recovery mode it looks fine. Results in normal mode.Code: [xrandr]xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma...
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General Questions • Conda, Flatpack or Spack?
Hi,I installed QGIS on Debian but Bookworm doesn't have PDAL support, so won't open LiDAR (LAS, LAZ) point cloud files.I'm not sure why PDAL isn't included with Bookworm, but maybe it's a licensing...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Have TMPDIR/TMP environment variables been deprecated
In the most recent distros of Linux, including Debian, the old parameters TMPDIR, TMP, TEMP and similar are no longer set. Are they no longer used? Has the location of temporary files for users and...
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Hardware • Dual or even Tripple Display Mode with an Laptop?
HiI wrecked maybe my Liberated Chromebook by broken the Accu Connector on the Mainboard. Everything else than the Accu work perfectly. The Device is even that fast (enough) to run Firefox and a Video...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Wallpaper submission?
Hello, I was wondering where I should be submitting a wallpaper that I created? If not anything else, I just want to share it with people that may enjoy it! In a best case scenario I would actually...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • LibreOffice Draw highlighting and curved arrow lines
My hope is there are Draw controls for highlighting, curved arrow lines, and empty shapes like rectangles. If not, maybe there are some editors with these capabilities. Any recommendations on how to...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • [Solved] Debian 12.6: cannot access some...
For some reason, I cannot access some websites anymore on my work laptop, since booting up this morning.I can ping google.com or debian.net, but cannot ping duckduckgo.com or slack.com.My machine is...
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Debian User Projects - Software • SbK LXQt 824 release
I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian LXQt 8/24. The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not present in the installed OS. SbK Debian spins are built and follow the testing branch. They are rolling...
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