System and Network configuration • Debian 12 with XFCE 4.18 - OpenVPN asks...
Hi,Newbie to Debian.I installed:Debian 12 with XFCE 4.18from:debian-live-12.8.0-amd64-xfce.isoAnd updated usingsudo apt update && sudo apt upgradeI have...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: [Sound] Sound Problems with Surface laptop 3
Code: #! /bin/bashpulseaudio -kpulseaudio --startAbove script was in my /home/bin, old versions of Debian sometime loosed connection to pulseaudio, then I ran it. Try, if any differnce. If you save...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Evolution will not start - Debian 12 with XFCE 4.18
Hi,Newbie to Debian.I installed:Debian 12 with XFCE 4.18from:debian-live-12.8.0-amd64-xfce.isoAnd updated usingsudo apt update && sudo apt upgradeWhen I click to start Evolution, nothing...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: Debian 12 with XFCE 4.18 - OpenVPN...
Hello!I use XFCE, but have not used network manager, or once tryied, but after that I always purged it.Most XFCE programs have configs in /home/.config Check if there is any OpenVPn dirs, might be you...
View ArticleForum information, requests, and feedback. • Re: [Forum] Please welcome...
Welcome!Statistics: Posted by Hallvor — 2024-12-09 20:31
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: Evolution will not start - Debian 12 with XFCE 4.18
Open terminal.run thereCode: aptitude show evolution you might have to install aptitude before.Statistics: Posted by arzgi — 2024-12-09 20:40
View ArticleOff-Topic • Re: What customizations do you do over the stock Debian install...
What were some things that you found needed special attention during and after the conversion process?This was a dozen years ago, but basically just identifying and replacing Crunchbang packages with...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • [Discussion] Has anyone ever seen a malware-infected Debian?
Not counting servers, has anyone ever seen a malware-infected Debian end user device? Or any distro for that matter?I have most certainly come across files sitting somewhere in $HOME that get...
View ArticleInstallation • Re: customize Debian installer
Obviousy the general idea is to have a installer for my system that requires as few post-install steps as possibleWhat I've discovered is that the more I learn about Debian and Linux, the more...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: Has anyone had /etc/default/grub...
Hello @td211,The only time it disappeared is when I purged "grub-pc" while keeping "grub-efi". I don't know why exactly I had "grub-pc", maybe because I installed using debootstrap.Anyways I fixed it...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • Re: [Discussion] Has anyone ever seen a malware-infected...
I have been using Linux for a good number of years, but only for personal use. I read a good amount of news related to desktop Linux as well. I don't think I've heard of a real virus on Linux. Just...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • Re: Debian on family computers
It’s great of course, that they are having fun when doing it. Here are a couple of simple ideas that might make it even more engaging:You might attempt to introduce some of the fascinating themes that...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: Where to get persistent-data headers?
That is why you may get the linux-headers-$(uname -r) package that should contain the matching kernel headers. If that doesn’t work, you could also try checking the libmodule or linux-modules...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • A process (script?) to check for broken packages
I have recently removed some packages with the use of globs: $ sudo apt remove libreoffice-*, $ sudo apt remove cheese*, $ sudo apt remove shotwell*I cleaned things up with $ sudo apt autoremove as...
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • Re: [Testing - Trixie] [Solved] Kernel 6.11.7 and...
According to this thread this behavior is also seen on sid and it's suggested there it might be related to an update of systemd (256.7-3 to 257~rc2-3). My systemd is at 257~rc3-1 and apparently the...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] Bizarre input issue
Have you installed the right language pack to firefox, and same language in th firefox settings?I just used firefox as an example of a program indicating the symptoms of the alt key being held...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: cryptsetup/LUKS/dm-crypt configuration
Hello,Never personally tested before, but it might be done in a computer equipped with a tpm (to store the cypher key in it).Hope this helps.Statistics: Posted by Aki — 2024-12-11 21:05
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: Command line- rename a series of files
You can use a for loop with the rename or mv command in the terminal. Here’s a bash example:bashCode: for file in *.pdf; do newname=$(echo "$file" | sed 's/\[Letter\]//; s/\.0N/_N/'); mv "$file"...
View ArticleOff-Topic • Re: [Discussion] Do you use Two Factor Authentication (2FA)?
To avoid issues related to exposing my real phone number, I prefer using a temporary private number.Statistics: Posted by LouisR4 — 2024-12-12 21:01
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: [Sound] No Audio with ZOOM app. or via Browser.
I must say that you seem to be struggling a great deal with Zoom. You said that the 64-bit app could be the problem so have used the 32oz zoom version by any chance? Sometimes that helps with...
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