Installation • Re: Recover Software Raid 5 on failed OMV Ugrade
Figured out how to partition the overwritten drive, format and mount it. Rebuild the drive from the existing raid drives. Mounted the raid array to the filesystem and my data was still there. Copied...
View ArticleInstallation • Re: Peppermint OS Debian install issue
It's mentioned in the Release Notes - https://www.debian.org/releases/bookwor ... -os-proberMaybe you need to tell GRUB to also install to removable drive as mentioned in this topic -...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • Re: What Desktop environment do you use?
Xfce for my desktop for no other real reason than it's always been good to me. There was a point in time where I had a dual core cpu with no graphics card in a machine and Xfce allowed me to use that...
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Installation • Re: Debian 12 Grub doesn't add Arch Linux to the Menu Entry
I have a similar issue with Garuda (based on Arch) and OpenSuse Tumbleweed, both of which have root on a BTRFS subvolume. I've done a bit of searching and came to the conclusion that Debian GRUB...
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General Questions • Re: [Software] How to update to newer version of YT-DLP?
yt-dlp showed error messages today but still did the download. It's a known issue on the Github issues section and been fixed in the nightly version.If you are impatient for it to upgrade in main and...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Weird, new apt source that disappeared
I wish I would have taken a screen shot but I issued the apt update command and two of the last apt sources had this tacked onto the end:Code: T-2024-05-02-2006.27-F-2024-05-02-1404.16.pdiffI only...
View ArticleDocs, HowTos, Tips & Tricks • [Tips] How to remove control characters...
Hello,Just a tip on now to remove control characters from terminal logs (i.e. generated with the script [1] command). The ansi2txt program is required (from the colorized-logs package [2]).You can use...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] Running Windows Applications on Debian
To be blunt, Wine is lipstick on a pig. Works well for a handful of apps, okay for a larger group, and not worth having for most.If this app is important to you, the best answer is to run Windows in a...
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Beginners Questions • Re: [Installation] Can't shutdown or reboot from XFCE...
Please see attached. Sorry for the screen grab, the computer in question isn't networked to anything.Statistics: Posted by mindDown — 2024-05-04 03:02
View ArticleHardware • Re: invert colors results in extremely bright, white unreadable...
Extra information may allow someone to offer additional troubleshooting steps. All I see is your GPU, Debian 12 and X11 - nothing about the WM or DE: Code: inxi -SGaz --vs --zl --hostnameIf you switch...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] LibreOffice 7.4 is EOL
According to the tracker, stable and stable-sec are both using 7.4.X branch.Document Foundation has EOL'd 7.4 back in June 2023: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/ArchiveIs there a...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] LibreOffice 7.4 is EOL
2023-02-12 Debian 12 Bookworm has soft freeze.2023-03-12 Debian 12 Bookworm has hard freeze.2023-06-05 to 2023-06-11 LlibreOffice 7.6 has hard feature freeze & branch.Statistics: Posted by ruwolf...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: GRUB/os_prober doesn't detect OpenSUSE on btrfs
Have you tried this? Code: sudo update-initramfs -uk all ; update-grubStatistics: Posted by panpan — 2024-05-04 04:34
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: Should I recommend Debian to a friend who has no...
The biggest problem, is with the nVidia graphics cards.That applies to Unstable and Testing because of regular kernel upgrades. Every time a new kernel point release occurs, it takes a little bit of...
View ArticleHardware • Ultrawide monitor can't add full res
Purchased a ASUSTek Computer XG49WCR monitor. Love it and it runs on 3840x1080 right out of the box in Debian 12. However, when plugged in and booted right into Win11 (another HDD), it recognizes the...
View ArticleHardware • Re: Ultrawide monitor can't add full res
System and hardware details would be helpful. Install inxi and post:Code: inxi -CGSxxzYou may be able to set a custom resolution with xrandr.Statistics: Posted by sunrat — 2024-05-05 01:16
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: [Installation] [Solved]Can't shutdown or reboot...
If the problem is common - I notice 'a few' in an earlier post has become a 'dozen or so' - that's a significant bug in the Standard Installer. Another argument for using a live ISO and the Calamares...
View ArticleHardware • Re: USB 2.0 port + Gigabit Ethernet USB = low speed
That is the theoretical maximum speed of USB 2.0. I would expect the link to negotiate a 10/100 mbit speed with anything constricted by USB 2.0.Statistics: Posted by Uptorn — 2024-05-05 02:37
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: Has anyone replaced (or added) systemd-boot over grub
Have you done any research? Have you looked at rEFInd?Statistics: Posted by pbear — 2024-05-05 03:02
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: [Solved] Debian 12 - WPA Supplicant Setup
Sorry to rez an old thread, but my 2 cents: iwd is far better than WPA supplicant. I was using the same guide as OP to set up WPA supplicant to connect to several WiFi networks I access frequently. It...
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