Questions tagged [debian]
Debian GNU/Linux is a widespread Linux distribution focusing on stability, security, and the free software philosophy.
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Linux installation on Proliant DL360 G7
I'm trying to install Linux (any distribution) on a Proliant DL360 G7 using iLO3 (I don't have a monitor to connect to the server).
The server specification are: HPE PROLIANT DL360 G7 E5620 1P 4GB-R ...
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Issues with monitor with HDMI
I use a KVM switch to share my 27 inch monitor between my work laptop (window) and my personal thinpc Asus PN50 with Ryzen running the latest Debian.
My Monitor works fine with my laptop but not with ...
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How to scan for live hosts: Nmap shows all IPs only when run as root when only 4 IPs are online and incomplete results when run as “--unprivileged.”
I have an issue with Nmap. I have Kali on my vm installed.
I want to scan the network for live hosts. But when I’m logged as root try nmap -sP 192.168.0.* Nmap reports that every IP in the subnet 192....
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dmesg: `PME: Spurious native interrupt!`
I am running Linux debian 6.1.0-18-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.76-1 (2024-02-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux (and dual-booting Windows 11, fast boot is turned off) and I see this line in my dmesg ...
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how ican make blueman automatic pair confirmation linux
How can I make blueman automatically confirm pairing in linux when I try to connect to a rasberry pi using bluetooth? It shows a blueman pairing request confirmation. How can I deiable this and make ...
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fdisk - Hex codes list - which ones are NTFS or FAT 32 among the below list?
Is it possible to assist me finding fat32 or ntfs codes among the below list?
Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list all codes): L
1 EFI System ...
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Vulkan: no DRI3 support detected on VNC server (Debian)
I'm using a Raspberry Pi 4 on the latest version Debian Bookworm 64-bits, and need to use vulkan in a VNC session. It works when wired to a screen: vkcube opens a window with a 3D rotating cube. ...
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7zip fails to unpack rar under Debian
I have the following packages installed:
:~# apt search 7zip|grep installed
7zip/stable,now 22.01+dfsg-8 amd64 [installed]
libarchive13/stable,now 3.6.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
liblzma-dev/...
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After 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 ...
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Wifi Adapter not found on Debian
I'm running Debian 11 with kernel 5.10.0-17-amd64.
My laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 (21A0004TFR).
I haven't been able to make the wifi work so far (ethernet works fine).
Here are some command ...
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Touchbar doesn’t work on MacBook Pro (14,2 2017) with Debian install
I downloaded Debian 12 on my MacBook Pro (14,2 2017). I have tried the various reddit/form/blog post and instructions. I am really at my wits end trying to make this work. New to Linux but I know ...
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How to remove gnome 3 and all its dependencies from a debian wheezy netinst
I downloaded a Debian wheezy netinstall iso file, and just made a very minimal installation with no Display manager or desktop environment.
I was using the terminal for testing purpose. I later ...
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focus changes when changing workspaces in gnome 3
When I change between workspaces in GNOME 3 (I use fallback mode) either by using a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+arrow_key) or by clicking on the workspace icon in the taskbar, the window with focus is ...
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How to remove searchbar from gnome activites overview?
This is one of those things that are pobably really easy, but you still can't figure it out.
I am not a fan of the regular applications menu in gnome, so I got the Arc Menu extention and removed the ...
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missing default route from dhcp while installing linux in a subnet
I tried to install Debian on a PC but I don't get a default route and can't access to internet.
It says:
The network autoconfiguration was successful. However, no default
route was set: the ...
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Debian how to route traffic from/to a web app through eth0 instead of tun0 (VPN)
I have a web app which calls some public APIs which block VPN connection. I would like to route all traffic coming/going to the web app through eth0 and not through the default tun0 which is the ...
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Clipboard Bi-Directional Not Working Properly in Debian Guest on VirtualBox
I'm facing a problem with the bidirectional clipboard and drag-and-drop functionality in my VirtualBox Debian guest. Despite configuring bidirectional settings, copying from the host OS to the guest ...
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systemd before,after,requires all not working like expected
I have an nfs mount on a debian12 system running systemd252, i need this to be mounted at startup before zfs but after network-online.target, so i tried using /etc/fstab but that keeps loading before ...
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How to disable sound modules in debian squeeze (solved)
The scenario, I have a debian squeeze xen virtual machine, only doing server tasks. On boot it autoloads sound modules despite blacklisting.
I know about modprobe -r, however ideally I'd prefer to ...
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Set terminal color without having bash history look wrong? [duplicate]
A site suggested I wrote the below to set the color of my terminal in `~/.bashrc
export PS1=`printf "\033[32m$ \033[39m"`
If I log in through ssh, press up, home, up text will be garbled.
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Repair Windows 11 MICROCODE_REVISION_MISMATCH on dual boot with Linux
I've recently installed a dual boot of Windows 11 with Debian 12 on my laptop. It was working fine but one time my laptop discharged when I was running windows. When I connected the charger to my ...
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Enable FTP disable SSH
I would like to know how to enable FTP access while disabling SSH access for all users except root and admin.
I tried to change the shell : /usr/sbin/nologin, but this is no good because disabling ...
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Debian: how to resolve "unable to get local issuer certificate" and "unable to verify the first certificate"?
I have a problem with curl downloading an image from a webserver.
curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
So I tried to investigate with openssl
$ openssl s_client -...
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Where should the XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable be defined?
The XDG specification talks about the XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable, but does not specify where it should be defined. Should we define it in /etc/X11/Xsession, or is it the window manager's config file ...
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Raspberry Pi won't bring up wlanX interface - multiple wireless interfaces
Let me jump straight in.
I am using a raspberry pi 3 running latest version of raspbian (pixel) as a router/wifi hotspot
I have 3 wireless interfaces:
built in wifi interface (brcmfmac)
TP-Link ...
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cant install gnome on parrot os because of unmet dependency
I have been trying to install parrot-desktop-gnome on parrot os.
running sudo apt install parrot-desktop-gnome gives me this output:
Here
I tried update and upgrade commands
this is my source.list:
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Installing VirtualBox on Debian 12 Bookworm With Errors
I have a Clevo PD70SND-G, fresh from China. Installed Debian 12 Bookworm. I am attempting to install, and use, VirtualBox. I have data on a VirtualBox machine that I need access to.
I have attempted ...
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How to tell if SIGWINCH has been activated in bash
I am trying to get it to were if the window size changes in the terminal it redraws a box. I am unsure of how to catch this signal, the documentation I was able to find online was not particularly ...
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Receive IPTV Streaming and Restream from Dedicated Debian Server
I have a dedicated server (Debian) and i have an IPTV channel broadcast:
http://ex.example.com:8000/live/example/123456/85321.ts
I would like to take this stream and restream it from my server:
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How to switch between Linux virtual terminals over serial?
How do you switch between Linux virtual terminals over a serial terminal connection?
I'm trying to install Debian on a Beagleboard via the serial console. I'm using screen (screen /dev/ttyUSB0 ...
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sysctl: cannot stat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcast: No existe el fichero o el directorio
I have a Debian 9 Stretch and I'm configuring as webserver. For this I'm applying rules in iptables and another parameters in /etc/sysctl.conf
I would like to apply this rule in FW:(it's inside the ...
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Disable auto-complete Linux
How do I prevent multiple inputs from occurring when holding down a key?
If I hold down a key like an arrow key it will repeat the key event rapidly. To prevent this I have tried
xset -r 103 r off
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Netbooting debian with NFS root but cannot get root access
I'm booting debian 12 via PXE and mounting / over NFS. This is seemingly working quite well. I created the disk by installing Debian from the CD onto a disk and mounting it onto /mnt/debian on my ...
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Installing Python 2.7 on Debian 12 in a virtualenv (or other options)
I know that Python 2.7 was EOL'd years ago, but I still have a sprawling code base which I I have to maintain that uses it. I hope to get it upgraded in the coming months, but it's not fully in my ...
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Why is Samba using massive amounts of RAM?
On Debian 4.2.10, Samba is using massive amounts of RAM when copying a few large files and lots of smaller ones. How do I resolve this, as I'm really close to writing a cron job to restart smbd every ...
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dwm freezes, disabling keyboard, mouse click, and making screen blink
I'm using (unpatched) dwm inside a VM with a Thinkpad P50 and it freezes/crash randomly. When it happens, I'm still able to move the cursor (but cannot click), and the keyboard is frozen, repeating ...
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ipset remove just one ip or subset from existing set
I have an ipset where various ip ranges are added.
This ip ranges are loaded automatically from a list of ips and ip ranges for blocking purposes.
I'm trying to remove just one ip or a smaller subset ...
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bash: iwconfig: command not found | [debian]
Question: How to use iwconfig in fresh Debian install?
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root@debian:/home/[usr]# apt install --reinstall wireless-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Setting down and up a working interface with ip command causes it to stop working
I'm running Debian 11 and using the CLI, when bringing down and up a working interface with ip command (doing no changes at all on it's parameters) it stops working.
Steps that I follow:
Boot the ...
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How can I fix the error "The value 'stable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release"?
After an upgrade from Debian Squeeze (stable) to Wheezy (testing), Synaptic fails with the following error:
E: The value 'stable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not ...
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How to see if any tc/iproute2 rules are in effect?
I've seen this question, but for me on Debian (bookworm), the output is not empty even if I delete everything (tc qdisc delete dev eth root) on an interface, tc qdisc show dev eth still shows this:
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Speed up bind queries by forcing cache
I have a BIND server on Debian and would like to know what are the options that could allow me to cache domain requests so that served queries are stored in RAM for a while without having to ...
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Can we have multiple WSL2 distros of the same type installed in a single Windows 11 host?
I'd like to have 'n' debian installed, not once per version, but litterally 'n' installations of the same debian 12.
Each instance should have a different set of php/nginx|apache/mysql|mariadb
Is it ...
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Issues when setting up static IP on Debian bookworm
I have recently started hosting my server from my PC and everything worked perfectly until my public IP changed. I taught I have successfully setup a static IP but I didn't. Now I am in a loop of ...
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Ryzen 7: Unable to install Ubuntu (or Debian)
Ubuntu crashes on selecting an install option. When selecting recovery mode Ubuntu (17.04 at this point) displays the following error:
core perfctr but no constraints; unknown hardware!
When ...
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Debian: how to restart iwlwifi drivers when they fail to load
I'm using Debian 12, firmware-iwlwifi installed and usually works just fine but sometimes when I boot the pc the wifi adapter is not ready and the only thing that work is reboot the whole machine.
I'...
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Bash function to make function for menu
I am trying to make a nicer menu in the terminal to improve my bash skills. I have been able to do so if i hard code all of the values. However, if the number of options varies then I am not sure what ...
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How can I get a VLAN interface in a Linux bridge?
I'm experimenting with Linux bridges and vlan filtering but I'm having a few problems.
What I have is a VM with a trunk (tagged frames) that arrives on ens19.
What I want to do is connect this port to ...
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Linux VirtualBox - Machine group conflicts with a virtual machine name
Machine group '/Linux/New Group' conflicts with a virtual machine name.
I'm trying to import a virtual machine that my University provided me with. I don't have any groups made in VB, and I have no ...
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How to run Java GUI software without window manager in Debian
I have kiosk that it too slow. I 've tested Debian with XFACE and LTEX but they are really slow for the device. I should run Java FX GUI application.
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Can I run Java GUI application ...
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