[HowTo] Get Wi-FI working on host and guest if you're using LXQT/connman/Virt...
OK, so, a few months ago I ran into an issue where Internet connectivity stopped working on host/guest OSes, while using the combo of LXQT, connman, and Virt Manager. My home Internet connection is...
View Article[Software] Programmatically enable Numlock key on boot?
Forgive me if "programmatically" isnt the right term here. Perhaps "automatically" would be more appropriate, but whatever. Anyway, I have a Dell XPS 13 9360. The internal keyboard doesnt have a...
View Article[Discussion] Which application, now defunct in Debian, do you remember fondly?
Yet another nostalgic topic...Over time, we have lost applications, often due to lack of upstream maintenance, sometimes also probably due to lack of time on the part of Debian maintainers.What apps...
View Article[Hardware] debian keybinding of alt to use like mac
Hello everyone I am a new desktop debian user. I come from a Mac and am pleased to have moved away from Apple into the latest Debian Desktop. Pretty much everything I use is compatible and working...
View ArticleHow to mount '/boot' which is rooted inside '/' covered within LVM?
Hi all! Due to PCR failure my PC have lost something in UEFI and I haven't got Debian 11 installation but Win10 instead.One fine day I have lost GRUB from Secure UEFI and got only Win10 left.Luckily I...
View Article[Software] LibreOffice 7.6 on Debian 12 stable replacing 7.4x
Hi,Using Debian 12 stable which comes with LibreOffice 7.4. Unfortunately Calc has a bug where the cell height doesn't auto-expand to fit a multi-lines content. I was told that this has been fixed in...
View Article[Solved] XFCE4 Screensaver
Good morning. I'm brand new to Debian and using XFCE4 for my desktop. I can't help but notice there is no XFCE4 Screensaver. After some idle time my screen will turn black which is what I want and I...
View Article[Software] Flatpak version of Newsflash doesn't run immediately
Hi, I've installed the flatpak version of Newsflash (v. 3.2.0), a rss reader app.I have Debain 12 with Gnome and I can see the icon of Newsflash in the dashbord so I can launch the application with...
View Article[O/S] Cloning a startup disk to a bootable partition on another disk
Hello, and first of all may I say this is my first post here as a new Debian user after many years on and off learning about open source servers on FreeBSD and Ubuntu. This post may not be in the...
View Article[Solved] LibreOffice 7.6 on Debian 12 stable replacing 7.4x
Hi,Using Debian 12 stable which comes with LibreOffice 7.4. Unfortunately Calc has a bug where the cell height doesn't auto-expand to fit a multi-lines content. I was told that this has been fixed in...
View Article[Hardware] Any advice on a good laptop to run Debian 12.5
What I’m looking for is laptop from the years 2020 to 2022 i7 9th or 10th gen CPUbelow are some I have look at, any advice.Lenovo Thinkpad P53Lenovo ThinkPad T14 HP ZBook 15 G6HP EliteBook 840 G7Dell...
View Articlesound controls do not change speaker linearly
I'm on Debian 12 bookworm with kernel version 6.1.0-18-amd64.I've been having an issue since day 1 of getting this computer: none of the volume controls affect the speaker linearly. Setting volume to...
View ArticleLenovo T480 throttling bug
Hi.I am considering to get a used Lenovo T480 to install Debian on it.I have found reports from several years ago that this model and others have a problem with the controlling of the processor. When...
View ArticleAfter sleep pulse sound problem on trixie/sid
Hi there! Some strange after-sleep pulse sound problem on my trixie/sid running on x13 yoga gen1. Started with all interfaces being disappeared besides dummy after waking up. Searched for a solution,...
View ArticleCan OpenGL be mixed with other game libraries
The objective is to draw a 1st person 3D maze on the background and draw additonnal information in a user interface on the top of that 3D maze. Performance is not an issue as the game does not have...
View Article[Feedback] plain text attachments not acceptable
Why? Multiple binary types are allowed, but not .txt. This is puzzling, and differs from other forums I frequent. I ask to see an OP's Xorg.0.log or bootinfoscript output by attaching, and instructing...
View Article[Testing - Trixie] Upgrade to either testing or unstable from latest stable...
Hi,I'm attempting to install testing from a clean stable install and am running into an issue after rebooting the system. The main symptom is that there is no video output. At the end of the apt...
View ArticleUp to date instructions for compiling debian official kernel?
Debian 12 Bookworm.I have been following https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/ke ... n-official but I have run into a snag.When I run "apt-get source linux"W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root...
View ArticleTunnel ssh with systemd service does not work
Hello All,On Debian 11, for the first time, I want to establish a permanent postgresql connection between 2 servers via an ssh tunnel.My CLI command works.My service is running but my journal shows a...
View ArticleLost System Timing...Is this NTP configured properly?
This past Friday, little Miss Bookworm, had a tantrum and tossed all her timing toys out the pram. She was put into time-out for a while until I read enough to figure it out. Luckily this involved...
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