HP Printer issue
I'm trying to print documents through my HP LaserJet P1108 printer. The printer hardware is getting detected, but printing is not being successful. The exact Printer name is not available in the...
View ArticleHow to disallow DNS servers responding to recursive queries?
Hi all,According to the German CERT-Bund Reports, DNS Open-resolvers can be abused for DDoS reflection attacks against third parties. They describe a simple test to discover if a server has this...
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Unknown process.. I cant find an answer on google, duckduckgo or anywhere.....
Hi Gurus You that know almost everything about Debian and Linux and have much more experience then me.I have a root process named "uas" i cant find what it is or what it's for.uas.. it is a child...
View Article[Off-Topic] f-droid app - Rethink
Being a fan of f-droid apps, I came across Rethinkan opensource DNS + firewall + VPN app for Androidhttps://rethinkdns.com/Being an intense Android phone userI like the idea of this ambitious app, but...
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System crash when resizing window
Hi there,Having a bit of an issue here with my DE and not so sure how to resolve or even investigate.I'm running latest #!++ so it's bookworm with openbox. on a HP amd based laptop.dmesg is showing a...
View Articledisplay clock recommendations
First, I don't want to debate the merits of different desktop environments. This is what I'm looking for:a liteweight X11 display clock that has stopwatch and countown timer functionality with second...
View Article[Software] Backup Advice and Software
TL;DR: looking for updated recommendations on software to run a debian-based backup server.The last thread I found on this topic was 2015, so I'm wondering if the advice has changed.I run an...
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cryptsetup format open mkfs close; cryptmount error bad superblock
Hello, in Debian bullseye, This worked: (Encrypt an entire physical hard drive with luks to mount it later when you need it)gdisk /dev/sdd# Create table (gpt/msdos) and partition 1 and writecryptsetup...
View Articleethtool not found
When I was on Debian 9 I used ethtool -s eth0 wol g to allow wake on lan to work. Now that I'm on Debian 12.5 ethtool is not installed. Googling why ethtool is not found. I ran across information that...
View ArticleOld bios does not handle boot partition starting after 100GB mark well
Hi everyone - my first post here - I love your work and love Debian.I ran the Debian installation from debian-live-12.5.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso four times trying different things, because I could not get...
View Article[Software] What is the function of cp debian.iso /dev/sdX?
Hi:Since I used Rufus or balenaEtcher to create USBMedia before, I recently saw the official Debian document(https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/CreateUSBMedia) , which uses Linux commands to...
View Article[Software] ALSA - Performance issues
Hi, I have a problem with ALSA-playback (fresh install - Debian 12).I used two usb-dacs for testing (Hiby R5 ii + Ifi Hip-Dac) and am able to get bit-perfect playback with strawberry. The audio is...
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Root password strength
I read Debian Administrator's handbook now. And there are such words: The root user's password should be long (12 characters or more) and impossible to guess. Indeed, any computer (and a fortiori any...
View ArticleAfter installing Debian on USB stick, stick does not boot on MacBook
My goal is to install Debian to be bootable from a usb stick on a MacBook with two usb ports. To do so I booted from Debian Live flash on the first usb port. Next I used to Debian installer to install...
View ArticleLightdm doesn't show my user's name
I just installed debian 12 and I didn't want to have to input my user's name every time, so I found that I need to uncommend the line:"greeter-hide-users=false" in lightdm conf in "[Seat:*]" section....
View Article[Solved] Lightdm doesn't show my user's name
I just installed debian 12 and I didn't want to have to input my user's name every time, so I found that I need to uncommend the line:"greeter-hide-users=false" in lightdm conf in "[Seat:*]" section....
View Article[Software] i386 install (not download) progress very slow
Hi,Debian Bookworm 32 bit, on real hardware, AMD 5700 G CPU (16 threads), sata SSDs, fast ethernet connection, kernel with 'nomodeset' parameter.If I do an apt-get, then an apt-update, the downloads...
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Plasma turns weird
Hi all,Since my last apt update yesterday my Plasma desktop turns weird with black squares instead of borders, icons or buttons. Look at the screenshot! It occurs only on kde applications, everything...
View Articlehuge package conflict
Hello out there, I have a really huge package conflict on my Debian testing system. This is my sources.list:deb http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-freedeb...
View Article[Software] crontab record to establish IPsec vpn connection
Hi all, I'm trying to set crontab record to establish IPsec vpn connection on system boot:Code: crontab -l* * * * * /usr/sbin/ipsec status | /bin/grep -q 'ESTABLISHED' || /usr/sbin/ipsec...
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