Beginners Questions • Re: [Installation] New install, no gui
Just to finish off this thread, two different techs have told me that either the bios is hooped or some other motherboard defect is the problem. In either case it has to go back to Lenovo I guess...
View ArticleHardware • Webcam upside down, LD_PRELOAD no longer works.
Hello I have Asus Laptop (PRO36S) issued around 2011. I remember around June 2023 (I used sid) I got upside down webcam and still solveable by using :Code:...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Re: Sound Keeps cutting out on Bluetooth earbuds
It turns out this is a known issue, not confined to Debian. The WIFI adaptor, in my case a RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller, is the cause. From the research I did the 2.4-GHz...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: Change GDM3 Theme In Debian 12?
Bump? Really, no one can help with this?Statistics: Posted by dachshund-digital — 2024-04-24 01:47
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Networking] wifi disapeered
I have an old Del 630. It has allways worked out of the box with Debian. However after installing bookworm it was able to connect to the wifi, but not getting internet. Determining it was a broadcom...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [HowTo] Getting Started with Virt-Manager & QEMU-KVM
Maybe leave this thread for promoting the default repository approach...Me baddeleted files from the vm will be automatically freed (unmapped) thus will not cause the vm to indefinitely expand....
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: Pulseaudio components
Your stating that pipewire is inferior to pulse audio? Debian 12 uses pipewire by default isn't that correct ?I wan to know if all pulse audio components can be removed and Pipewire would function in...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: Help with Virt-Manager & QEMU-KVM
Starting with the original issue, I have several VirtMan VMs running from USB hard drive, so there's no structural impediment. OTOH, I did run into a similar message (may even have been identical)...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Re: dist-upgrade fails due to unresolved conflict that...
In all honesty, I do not get the problem itself. Why does apt complain about libqt5positioningquick5 and libqt5quick5, when they are both installed and up to date? What blocks exactly what?...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] APT - The following signatures couldn't be...
Hello, welcome to the forums!Code: Types: deb deb-srcURIs: mirror+file:///etc/apt/mirrors/debian-security.listSuites: bookworm-securityComponents: main contribSigned-By:...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] 20 years of linux - now I've been drawn...
I thought you had changed your mind. If you're still thinking about going back to Windows, bear mind Win10 goes end-of-life in Oct'25.Statistics: Posted by pbear — 2024-04-25 01:21
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: [O/S] Not being prompted for LUKS password at boot...
At this point, everything seems correct however my system boots, asks for the LUKS password for my root volume (sda3_crypt), I enter it, it works, and the system boots. My passwords for both volumes...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: How to obtain permission to use scanner
In summary (and this may only apply to my scanner, which is a multi-function (printer+scanner+copier+fax) Panasonic KX-MB1520, and for which the necessary drivers are here):In spite of needing to do...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: [O/S] debian has been blocked by current security...
If you're new to Linux, who has been playing mad scientist with your computer? Has had a couple of operating systems, still has a couple of EFI partitions, and the partitions seem to have been moved...
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Hardware • Re: [Solved] Can print to but not scan from Panasonic KX-MB1520
Update for Debian 12.5 (Bookworm):No rule appears to need to be added anywhere in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d. On the other hand, it is necessary to add your userid to the lp group, as I have also reported...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: Why is 'matrix-synapse' now in backports?
Perhaps I misunderstand the purpose of 'backports', but it seems to me that the natural progression of a package would be to move from backports into the normal 'stable' repo. But, in this case, we...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Re: file transferring process -...
The File Manager in Gnome is called Nautilus. A quick internet search for nautilus file transfer progress turned up a bunch of hits. Didn't have time to read more, but you might find something useful...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Solved] How do you install xed text editor on Bookworm?
FWIW, there is a way to do this, to wit, import from LMDE (Mint's Debian respin). The fancy way, which gets updates, would be to add LMDE's repo to sources, taking the necessary steps to pull only...
View ArticleInstallation • Re: Can not power on after installation
This sure sounds like a hardware issue. Are you sure battery is charged and external power supply is working?Yes I'm pretty sure they are working because I get electrical shock when touching the power...
View ArticleInstallation • [solved] Re: Debian 11&12 install does not have default...
When you install without a DE, it defaults to using the ifupdown package:https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfigurationThanks for this explanation.I have looked a bit more into the issue, and found a...
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