General Questions • Re: How can I always see boot messages during boot 13.3 XFCE
Press the Esc key as soon as the boot starts. That should stop the splash screen and show the messages.Thanks, that's not quite what I'm looking for.At this point, I'm still struggling, but have parts...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible
Huge thanks for the repliesCwFOn a personal laptop?Yes, I am the unique user of the laptopNot at all serious.Does that mean is safe ignore the situation? BTW I have the intention to use VirtualBox to...
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General Questions • Re: numbers on capslock
I see I can't express myself correctly with words so lets try with images :key6- displays "-" OKkey6- + SHIFT displays "6" OKkey6- + CAPS-LOCKS displays "-" NOT OK FOR ME I would like it displays...
View ArticleOff-Topic • Re: [Discussion] Microsoft CEO warns AI will lose public support...
@arzgi Please don't spread lies. With offhanded remarks like that I cannot assume good faith. I know the media does this too but you should not repeat it without investigating first.The german power...
View ArticleForum information, requests, and feedback. • Re: [Feature] Markdown added to...
I had to disable markdown to get the huge - large - small - tiny formatting from the editing menu to work. I remembered this post so I knew how to fix it. But for new users it's kind of confusing if...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Solved] libreoffice-calc function INDIRECT
I use libreoffice-calc to keep track of weekly updates to statistics.With year 2025 finishing, I opened new spreadsheet for 2026, thinking it was just a copy and paste job to transfer some...
View ArticleHardware • Re: Epson workforce series printers suddenly stop printing
Anyway, I wasn't successful, or maybe I'm doing something wrong... I've tried also to add the printer via terminal using lpadmin command, but although I have cups-client installed I have an output of...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: [Software] Left CTRL with shortcuts not working a...
Keyboard as any hid-device don't last for ever. From my experience it gets worse over time.I changed a new keyboard before I created this thread, it didn't help. I use more external keyboards, having...
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General Debian • Re: [Discussion] On why I am still using MATE and not KDE...
Another MATE enthusiast here. Don't remember the exact year, but basically as soon as some update forced me from Gnome-2 to Gnome-3 and my workflow became like 5x less efficient. Fortunately a friend...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: [Newb] Learning
We all were in your shoes at one time. Some of the moderators are really, really knowledgeable while some of us know enough to look things up in one of the many available references. Like some others,...
View ArticleInstallation • Re: Problem with Plymouth Bootsplash
Nice work, thanks!Did not see any clues yet, maybe somewhere deeper.Try: inxi -FxxxmprzAnd again, post the output in code tags, like you nicely did.Statistics: Posted by arzgi — 2026-01-25 19:01
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: Automount external HDD when pluggedin
Hi, I'm using gdm3. I'm now using the automated mount exactly how you specified; however, the automount does not happen unless a user is loggedin.And when mounting the usb hdd in fstab, the hdd...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: numbers on capslock
That keyboard layout is different from anything I've seen. I have no experience with that layout, so I'm not going to be of much help.Statistics: Posted by sgosnell — 2026-01-25 19:33
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Re: Debian testing without plasma...
And what about package plasma-workspace?Statistics: Posted by ruwolf — 2026-01-25 22:55
View ArticleInstallation • Re: Nvidia Driver
@SamuelMac did you get the problem fixed? any updates?Statistics: Posted by inkind — 2026-01-26 02:04
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Debian 13 update knocks out DNS
Hi there,I have recently updated two of my devices and after rebooting, the network connection remains but no website loads. Pinging the website works, so it is DNS. I never touched the network...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: Debian 13 update knocks out DNS
Additinally, here's my installation info:Code: Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 13KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.6KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0Qt Version: 6.8.2Kernel Version: 6.12.63+deb13-amd64...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Debian 13.1 to 13.3 Results in Odd Behaviour.
Hi.Last week I had 13.1 installed and decided it was time for an upgrade to the recently released 13.3. After creating a snapshot I ran the usual commands Code: sudo apt updatesudo apt upgradeHowever,...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] Debian 13.1 to 13.3 Results in Odd Behaviour.
Kernel 6.16.3 ? Trixie 13.3 is only at 6.12.63Statistics: Posted by Steve48220 — 2026-01-26 05:50
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible
Hello FreewheelinFrankAs usual huge thanks for the replyYou're welcome!You are correct in answering your first question.If there is a hardware switch for SMT, kernel mitigation can't be...
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