General Questions • [Software] Automatic/remote unlocking of self-encrypted...
What's your threat model? Self encrypting drives can be a easily decrypted by an attacker if they have physical access to a running system where the disk is unlocked. They can simply disconnect the...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Stability issues with KDE Plasma
When I use Mate, I have several error messages in xsession-errors. I am not sure if those errors could impact KDE too. Here is a list of the most recurring errors. I get this error code constantly,...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Help with diagnosing an OS freeze
Hello @scarm,Have you made any progress ?Statistics: Posted by Aki — 2024-10-08 17:45 — Replies 6 — Views 347
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [SID - Unstable] [Solved] how to force package install...
Since you are using unstable, where did you get the Debian installer cdrom for unstable (Debian does not build iso images for unstable) ?Hi, i get from the debian page, but i think is the normal...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [Testing - Trixie] apt-listbugs error: proxy failed...
The proxy setup I used comes from the link above. I confess I treated it like a cookbook recipe and just used it without considering alternatives. It had me putCode: Acquire::http::proxy...
View ArticleInstallation • Installed Debian 12 but everything is unusually slow
Hello everyone! So I have installed Debian Bookworm on my device but it is very slow. Whenever I close my laptop and reopen to log in, there are about three lines of something that flashes across the...
View ArticleOff-Topic • What helped/encouraged you to increase your Linux understanding?
Great reading all of the journeys people have taken. To add mines to the list, I downloaded Debian Handbook for free but never could carve out the time to go page by page w/ a book. Months later, I...
View ArticleInstallation • Dual boot is not showing WIndows 11
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfgGenerating grub configuration file ...Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.pngFound linux image:...
View ArticleHardware • 2x 16 gb ddr4 ram sticks each showing up as 8 gb.
Did you see that the sticker reads PSD416G2133K but dmidecode says PSD48G21332?"Patriot Signature Line 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2133 MHz (PC4-17000) Module Kit PSD416G2133K"Also note obvious "(2x8GB) kit" on...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Core dump .zst files privacy, Filezilla core dump
Hello,there is a crash on Debian 12 when renaming a file in FileZilla and I am wondering what is the privacy when sharing a .zst file publicly? I consider private data my "Machine ID", serial/part....
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] xen issue: Error starting domain: Failed to...
Is there a reason not to revive xen ? Well I have tried others, but I do know xen and I like it. I am creating all kinds of new vm's all xen.It is really weird, somehow it just wont work to balloon...
View ArticleHardware • The wifi connection disconnects randomly
Hello Aki, this is the complete command:Code: elias@CambioDebian:~$ inxi -FazSystem: Kernel: 6.1.0-23-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters:...
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Programming • Having trouble downloading wine. SOLVED!
After going back and forth with the settings under Konsol and not getting anywhere, I went into the Synaptic repositories and tried a few things and with the help of "Blackbird", finally found the...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • How do you change non-root partition permissions?
I went through all of the files that have a descriptive of the "Data" partition and found the one that I needed to put in fstab.Now I can do almost everything I want with it. I have no problems...
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Installation • GRUB os-prober seems to hang during install
I was hoping that knowing the partitioning in detail would help me decipher the os-prober debug messages, but no such luck. I have an affinity for NET installs. You might consider giving that a try....
View ArticleHardware • How to add additonal drive.
There is no reason for an ordinary Linux user to keep anything to do with Microsoft on media used only for Linux. It's fully safe to create a new partition table and make a full disk partition to...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Sound]
The best way would beCode: apt install -t bookworm-backports pipewire-audioYou may need the recommended packages but suggested are optional.Before you do that, post some system and hardware details....
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • How can I set the nic to not respond to ping?
How can I set nic to not respond to ping?By configuring your firewall of choice to drop ICMP echo requests.I went to ShieldsUp and only had one port "0" that responded and did so with "closed" which I...
View ArticleHardware • HP 4650 printer scanner.
Your printer is driverless enabled with Airprint, so it doesn't need proprietary drivers.https://openprinting.github.io/printers/https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=153763Note that IPP-over-USB...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Automatic/remote unlocking of self-encrypted...
Oh well, that's not a threat I'm concerned about anyway. I've read different advice about software encryption affecting performance when servers are busy running multiple services, even if it might...
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