General Debian • Re: [Discussion] Help me understand root and sudo
If you mean recovery mode on the Grub menu, last I checked you don't need a root password to use. Just hit Enter at the prompt. Indeed, some people consider that opening a security flaw. Personally, I...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Re: How to stop mate from unlocking...
I only have Mate in a test box, so not intimately familiar. Mostly a plain vanilla installation (bookworm), except autologin enabled through LightDM. I'm not prompted to open keyring.My hunch would be...
View ArticleOff-Topic • Re: [Off-Topic] Help wanted: Writing a beginner's book to Debian
What really helped me, or at least my way of learning, were the SAMS books. They were a big step above the Something for Dummies style of books. The SAMS books hit the right spot for teaching a new...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • System not mounting NFS volumes at startup
Hi, this is my first proper Linux install, so I don't really know my way around the OS yet. Apologies in advanceI want to automatically mount two NFS volumes which reside on a different machine at...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Re: gdm3 stopped working after...
What were the CPU models before and after replacement? Not all CPUs a motherboard socket supports are equipped with identical integrated GPUs. There could be a bug that only manifests with one of your...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] Having problems with updating after...
Code: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates mainshould that be stable/updates or bookworm-security?Indeed, the format changed with Bullseye5.1.3. Changed security archive...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] What's the point of old .asc keys in apt...
What's the point of keeping two previous releases?These are the keys of the officially maintained releases. I guess it's handy for users who want to be able to use packages from older...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: NTP server doesn't look like working fine
On Debian machine, you can see local time in ISO format (in minutes) by commandCode: date -Im(You can check it in UTC by:)Code: date -uImOn Microsoft Windows machine, you can see local time almost in...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: intermittent DNS lookup failures in...
According to your previous message, your Debian 12 installation uses systemd-resolved as DNS client (network name resolution to local applications). I don't know if it is the default configuration...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: unmet dependencies with update
Apt listed several old kernels that could be removed with apt autoremove.--glennStatistics: Posted by PsychoHermit — 2024-04-06 02:14
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: Backup from Ubuntu to Debian
... is it possible to change the title of this post, as it contains different topics?Yes, but it won't necessarily draw additional responses. Once people decide a topic doesn't interest them and/or...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • After 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 ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Re: How to stop mate from unlocking...
Can you see if just installing evolution on your test box creates the same issue for you? Will give it a shot. It's a VM, so I can to the test in a snapshot. Won't be able to run the test until...
View ArticleInstallation • Re: Grub-Install
Are you booted to the system to which you are trying to install Grub? Or are you running the command from a live session or other place "outside" the target system?Be aware, one reason for a partition...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Re: After sleep pulse sound problem on trixie/sid
Moved to Testing & Unstable subforum.Statistics: Posted by sunrat — 2024-04-07 02:30
View ArticleOff-Topic • Re: Obscure, forgotten hardware
I see ye had pretty a lot of this stuff. Did they have any purpose or were just sitting around? What fate they faced?As far as I understand, they were brought home from industry specifically as family...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Re: [SID - Unstable] backdoor in upstream xz affecting...
Is there any news on the current situation ?12.6 freezed?Statistics: Posted by Narodnaya Volya — 2024-04-07 03:37
View ArticleProgramming • Can 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 ArticleForum information, requests, and feedback. • Re: [Feedback] plain text...
Looking into it. Not sure why they are disallowed.In the meantime, archive files are allowed so just ask poster to put it in a zip or tar etc. file.There's also the board pastebin for text up to 150KB...
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Beginners Questions • Re: [Solved] LibreOffice 7.6 on Debian 12 stable...
LibreOffice is a big program, we typically use the following command: Code: sudo apt purge libreoffice*followed by:Code: sudo apt autoremoveto do a "clean" removal.As show in the following screenshot,...
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