Installation • Re: netinstall vs live cd
... specify the need to use a live cd.Might work, might not. The standard live ISO boots to a full shell, whereas the shell available in the regular Debian installer is very limited. Main question is...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Re: [SID - Unstable] debian-installer: what exactly is...
Cool beans. I've often wondered the same thing, but had no idea how to frame the query. Which, of course, should work with any version of Debian.Statistics: Posted by pbear — 2025-02-04 22:38
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Beginners Questions • Re: [Software] How do I run a script at startup?
Before I continue, I want to say, many thanks for the able assistance being provided. I am learning stuff. OK, I shut the laptop down for a couple days while other life priorities took precedence. But...
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Testing And Unstable • TigerLake system doesn't detect microphone after...
Running debian trixie/sid, 6.12.11-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.11-1 (2025-01-25) x86_64 GNU/LinuxThis is a Lenovo X1 laptop, approximately 2021 - has been running Debian testing since it...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: Cannot figure out DNS config
The question of what program controls resolv.conf is a fun (as in ripping your hair out) rabbit hole explore.It took me way too long to arrive at the conclusion that the most direct and DE-independent...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Re: unstable's stability
In case this is not a troll post, the definition of stable as used to describe stable software releases: Software whose specification, functionality and features remain unchanging, except for security...
View ArticleHardware • Display brightness cannot be fully adjusted on HP laptop after...
Hello, the brightness control on my laptop has not been working properly lately (I don't remember when it started not working or what package update could have broke it, sorry). Right after I boot my...
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Testing And Unstable • [Solved] Re: [Testing - Trixie] LiveDebian USB flash...
Lucky enough to post resume from restored system.And it confirms the statement that accurate question contains half an answer!To restore GRUB with LiveDebian it is required to perform (and not sure if...
View ArticleHardware • Re: Debian 12 KDE Wi-Fi connectivity issue with Intel Centrino...
Some more information about the Access Point(s)The router is an ASUS TUF AX-3000 V2 (running firmware 3.0.0.4.388_23848) and the WiFi network was tested using all modes (WPA2 security used every...
View ArticleHardware • Re: Acer Chromebook Plus 514 (model N23Q18) no sound
Obviously the new kernel by itself is not enough.As your laptop seems to be a fairly new model, and the Bookworm release is long in the tooth, the simplest thing to do would be to try booting from a...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Re: [Testing - Trixie] [Solved] Re: LiveDebian USB...
Glad you got it sorted. Check the flag(s) on sda1. fdisk reported it as a BIOS boot partition. As it is, indeed, an EFI partition, it should be flagged boot/esp. I generally use GParted for flags, but...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Re: [SID - Unstable] Firefox short freezes since 135 ?
Hi everyone,Thanks for all the answers. I think I remember seeing a similar issue one or two years ago and it was a wrong compiling option used in the package that was giving Firefox a hard time on...
View ArticleHardware • Increase limit on ttyACMx devices on BeagleBone?
Hi all,How do I get Debian to simultaneously connect to more than 6 ttyACMx USB serial devices simultaneously?Setup:BeagleBone BlackPre-built Debian 10, 11, 12 images from the BeagleBone software...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: Default Audio volume stuck at 40%
Bing Co-Pilot came up with a verified solution involving four or five command lines; the only information I gave that ChatGPT may not have got is that I'd spent hours and input dozens of command lines...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: [Software] [Solved] How do I run a script at startup?
fwiw ...I just remembered another command I should have used besides the man page comment to find out about rc.local ...apropos rc.localrc-local.service (8) - Compatibility generator and service to...
View ArticleOff-Topic • [Off-Topic] DeepSeek
I have been playing with DeepSeek on a throwaway install of Sid.kinda fun... I prefer to stick with Only stuff in the Debian repos...Question: is this DeepSeek and the stuff it uses "safe" for my...
View ArticleOff-Topic • Re: [Off-Topic] DeepSeek
I have been playing with these versions...deepseek-r1:latest 4.7 GB kinda silly, not really slowdeepseek-r1:32b 19 GB SLOW but a lot less sillydeepseek-r1:7b 4.7 GB kinda silly, not really slowby...
View ArticleHardware • Re: Increase limit on ttyACMx devices on BeagleBone?
Does your beaglebone have enough processor cycles to handle the interrupt overhead of more than 6 UARTS talking simultaneously?That's probably why there was a hard limit encoded in the...
View ArticleOff-Topic • Re: [Off-Topic] Linux/DistroWatch Facebook Ban
What is so different about Facebook than some other company that a user will encounter when opening an account?When opening an account is the tracking data installed in the 'registry' of the linux os...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] How to update Dell laptop BIOS?
I have a Dell G15 5520 laptop and the specs are:CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700HGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti MobileOS: Debian bookwormKernel: 6.1.0-30-amd64DE: KDE Plasma 5.27.5My bios...
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