General Questions • [Software] nul characters in text files
Sorry it was cut -c The problem is why the nul's between the characters?Statistics: Posted by rac8006 — 2024-09-02 03:48 — Replies 2 — Views 33
View ArticleHardware • [Hardware] Unable to format a USB sick / Verbatim SECURE PRO
It shows up as a CDRW with UDF 2.0 under a current version of Windows.* Telling windows to format it gives options to format a 8MB drive as UDF* Running the installer, in windows, results in a msg to...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Solved] How to list all packages installed from a...
Just for fun, more options with aptitude:For packages from backports -Code: aptitude search '?narrow(?installed, ?archive(backports))'For non-Debian packages -Code: aptitude search '~S ~i...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Buster to Bookworm broke login
Please provide details of meaning of "broke my login". What exactly does, or does not, happen that should? Is failure on a GUI screen, or on a VT (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-F3 after boot for sure has...
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Off-Topic • What does your non-Debian desktop look like?
A recent bump to Kali GNU/Linux 2924.3 on a Lenovo N23 Chromebook using Xfce as a DE, with Gkrellm for meters qmmp for music, Thunar for FM, Qterminal with one of my wallpapers. She was mad the other...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • Would you recommend Debian to a brand new Linux user?...
Brand new linux userSo we can assume that they have already expressed a desire to explore Linux, and have even taken some steps on their own? If not, I wouldn't recommend any Linux to them.Having...
View ArticleInstallation • Fresh install debian 12, black screen on Alder Lake N100 (i915)
Code: /etc/default/grubGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet fbcon=rotate:1 i915.enable_psr=0"GRUB_GFXMODE=800x1280012800 can't be right.Code: inxi -GazGraphics: Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-N [UHD...
View ArticleHardware • Second monitor not displaying w/ HMDI-DVI adapter
The way you've written it's not entirely clear which connector is on the computer, and which on the display. IME, DVI from computer to HDMI into display is highly reliable. I can't remember how long...
View ArticleInstallation • Debian 12 Hangs on boot, close to fixing but no idea what...
Nomodeset is purely a troubleshooting tool, enabling crude fallback graphics output in order to help facilitate log gathering, analysis and making repairs. The RX 7800 XT release announcement came...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] quodlibet has access to root files
Of course. The parent dir permits writes for your user (that quodlibet is running as), so files inside it can be deleted (by writing to the dir record of it's contents).Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Trouble with NEO on Debian 12 using...
Code: zboll@debianmini:~$ inxi -GxxxzYou didn't ask inxi to show you everything about graphics that it might be able to show:Code: # inxi -Gaz --vsinxi 3.3.36-00 (2024-09-04)Graphics: Device-1: Intel...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Software] Dolphin, mounting drives
Update: Upon further investigation, it is an issue specifically with i3wm, not Debian or KDE. While using plasma DE, attempting to mount a drive from dolphin spins up a window asking for the root...
View ArticleOff-Topic • Impact of the current magnetic storm on PC, laptop, ... ?
I updated my page with fresh links to real-time Space Weather data to include SOHO EIT 171 Latest Image, SOHO LASCO C2 Latest Image, NASA ACE Satellite Real-Time Solar Wind Data Broadcast, NOAA POES...
View ArticleHardware • [Question] [Hardware] Debian support for Intel AX411?
The package may require a dependency that it doesnt itself include bundled in the deb file.Not this one. If you look on the packages page I linked above it would list dependencies, in this case...
View ArticleInstallation • Trying to upgrade Debian 10 VM to 11 on Google Cloud Platform
Please use code tags for terminal text and errors etc. Fixed it for you this time.You should read the release notes for each version, they contain advice on upgrading. In your case you particularly...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Xfce with just 1 GB RAM runs actually...
Wait till you feel the quickness of your machine run up your fingers and down your spine when you experience how lightweight and resource friendly it is to use Fluxbox Window Manager.Not to mention...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] VLC Segmentation Fault when using audio effects
More information should be stored in mentioned core dump.And even more, when you install debugging symbols for VLC (and it will fail with them).More information can be found e.g. in: wiki.Debian.org:...
View ArticleHardware • Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio Not working
Code: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller [8086:a0c8]Seems to be working in Bookwormhttps://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=156459But Code: Tiger Lake-LP Smart...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • Tmpfs disk savers, from ~/.profile
Great post. Thanks @CwF. A few doubts though. Can you please clarify these1) You have put the creation of these tmpfs file systems in the file .profile. This will work when the user logs in for the...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Software] Why does swap never empty itself even after...
Thanks @CwF . Will go through the post.Statistics: Posted by DebianFox — 2024-09-06 05:50 — Replies 11 — Views 2196
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