Questions tagged [debian]
Debian GNU/Linux is a widespread Linux distribution focusing on stability, security, and the free software philosophy.
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vsftpd: Uploaded files 0 bytes/stuck uploads
We do have multiple servers across multiple datacenters. They all run the same configuration of vsftpd, with ssl certificates created on the same day. All certificates are self signed, but did not run ...
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Samba Winbind not working in Debian 8
I am setting up a new samba environment based on Debian Jessie.
Installation of PDC was succesfully and Windows clients were able to join. Have a problem at joining the Linux clients.
I was following ...
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GRUB finds OS but doesn’t list it as a bootable option. Also not available in motherboard menu
I have been using EndeavourOS as my Linux distro for the past 4 months and it has worked fine.
I recently updated my BIOS and since then it is not an option. My PC is dual boot here is a quick outline ...
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Advice with installing grub bootloader to another disk from a working Linux OS
I am trying to install grub from my functioning Debian-12 system to another disk in my PC.
Problem: I have two disks, disk1 and disk2. Disk1 with working Debian 12 (As mentioned.) and the other Disk2, ...
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Measure the Max Memory of a running process in gcc-bookworm Docker image?
I found many resources to use valgrind or /usr/bin/time. However, I need to perform this task in the container of the official Docker image for GCC: https://hub.docker.com/_/gcc
This image is based on ...
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How to automatically remove dead package repositories in Debian?
I manage couple of Debian servers and occasionally repositories stop working, and apt update gives something like this:
Get:25 https://packages.sury.org jessie/main amd64 Packages
Err https://packages....
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I'm stuck with postfix on debian: 554 5.7.1 Relay access denied
I'm really stuck with a problem on my postfix installation for a few days ago. I know there is a lot of stuff about this on the net, but none of what I tried worked.
Here is my problem: I can send ...
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Reload a Linux user's group assignments without logging out
When assigning a user's secondary group list using:
# usermod -G <grouplist> <user>
is it possible to force this group assignment to take effect without logging out all running sessions?
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Debug apt / Installing Docker - Unable to locate package docker-ce
I have followed official instructions for Docker installation - Debian Jessie.
In /etc/apt/sources.list it says now,
deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian jessie stable
apt-get ...
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Kali screen flickering after upgrade
I am running kali 5.4.0-kali4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.4.19-1kali1 (2020-02-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux / Dual Boot with Windows 10
I get a glitch on the screen after running 'apt-get update && apt-get ...
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How to fix error unable to read font in ImageMagick/Debian?
I'm running ImageMagick in WSL Debian and Ubuntu. I'm trying to write some text with ImageMagick but I getting font errors in both WSL linux versions:
$ magick -background lightblue -fill blue -font ...
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How do I import ZFS pool from a crashed system?
I had one ZFS pool attached to a system that crashed. I was looking for ways to bring that pool to a new system however it looked like I need to use zfs export first, given I do not have access to the ...
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Are the contents of my wpa_supplicant.conf correct for WPA3-Personal authentication?
I use the latest kernel of Debian 12 a.k.a. Bookworm and ask for your advice if the contents of wpa_supplicant (see below) are correct, relevant details are missing or some of the contents ought to be ...
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How to make the Chromebook's Linux VM terminal run automatically when booting/booting up?
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How to make the Chromebook's Linux VM terminal run automatically when booting/booting up?.
I hope that maybe someone has tried it, maybe there is someone who has ...
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Debian Bash Associative Array Self (Internal) Referencing
I'm attempting to contruct an associative array where key-value pairs within the array, reference other key-value pairs in the same array, using Debian Gnu-Linux 12.4, 22.12.3 and Bash 5.2.15.
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How to install a single package from Debian sid?
Take ibus-sunpinyin for example, which isn't existed in the squeeze release. I'm not going to switch the whole system to the sid branch, so, I want to download the single package from sid repository ...
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Windows OS manager changed boot settings after UEFI firmware update
I've dual booted my HP laptop with Debian and Windows 11, and GRUB boot menu was shown on boot as usual.
Recently, my HP laptop got a UEFI firmware update; due to which, now Windows boots directly ...
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bad ownership or modes for chroot directory "/var/www"
I am getting following error in auth.log when trying to connect to site using SFTP.
fatal: bad ownership or modes for chroot directory "/var/www"
ls -ld of this directory shows this:
drwxrwxr-x ...
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How do I mount NETGEAR ReadyShare network folder in a Debian 11 LXC hosted within Proxmox VE?
My router has some network attached storage capabilities and it shares the files via a UNC path (I assume this is a SAMBA share). The UNC path defined by the router is //routershare/media/
I'm able to ...
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Linux install on HP Thin client issues and
TLDR: I want to install Linux on a HP thin client, but no matter what I do I get the blinking cursor in the top left.
Sorry if this is not a question for "superuser" - happy to move if it ...
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The attempt to mount a file system with type vfat in /dev/nvme0n1p1 at /boot/efi failed
Trying to install Debian dual boot with windows 10 on SSD but I have this error message : The attempt to mount a file system with type vfat in /dev/nvme0n1p1 at /boot/efi failed I forced EFI ...
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Why is my PostgreSQL startup service not working properly until I restart it manually after reboot?
I have PostgreSQL running on my Linux server.
PostgreSQL is enabled and is active after reboot.
In the config file from PostgreSQL I enabled remote access. But every time after I reboot my device, the ...
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After fresh Debian install bootable USB drives freeze BIOS
Laptop: Acer aspire A515-56
Debian Release: 12.4.0
Mint release: 21.2
System BIOS version: v1.12
Flashing method: Balena etcher on kali workstation
PS. It says BIOS version, but UEFI boot is the only ...
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debian installer doesnt allow for specific LUKS combination of multiple drives
so i have these 3 drives in my PC:
/dev/sda 240GB SSD Sandisk SSDSDA240G
/dev/sdb 1TB HDD WDC WD10EZEX-08WN4A0
/dev/sdc 2TB SSD TS2TSSD230S
i want to install Debian Bookworm (12) on /dev/sda. my plan ...
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How to install WireGuard on Orange Pi 4B?
I want to make minecraft server to play with my friends and I need to connect my Orange Pi to WireGuard server, because it's located under the NAT (if I get that term right). But when I try to apt ...
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Linux Debian - Sync 2 machines
I migrated recently from Windows to Linux Mint (LMDE to be precise, but I don't think the exact distro will matter). I am hooked to it, and have my own configuration and shortcuts, and highly ...
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How to make `apt install` always ask to continue?
dnf install always asks if I really want to install something but apt install will do that only sometimes (usually if the package requires dependencies) but not always. Is there a way to have apt ...
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How to install latest version of tesseract-ocr in debian
I am running into the issue below:
pytesseract.pytesseract.TSVNotSupported: TSV output not supported. Tesseract >=
3.05 required at image_to_data (/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist
packages/...
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Network interface configuration on Debian 6 (No DHCPOFFERS received)
I am trying to configure an interface to allow internet connection on a home server which runs Debian 6 x86.
The server is behind a router which has DHCP enabled. The router IP is 192.168.1.1 with ...
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Podman container not getting ip from macvlan DHCP, what is wrong with my config?
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I know my DHCP server is running and working, I'm giving out IPs to other non-macvlan network devices... basically everything connecting to my wifi AP.
What's wrong ...
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Why can't I connecto to my wifi AP?
I'm connecting to my machine via ssh. Trying to connect it my to my AP. The problem is that the wi fi is active but not connected to my AP.
It is Running Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
When I run the ...
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Unable to login as root or as user because zsh is missing
I installed zsh on my raspberry pi and for various reasons including the fact that the shell completely slowed down, I decided to remove it. I uninstall the package, changed the shell back to /bin/...
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Cannot write to any USB device mounted via Thunar file manager. Can only read as “root?”
I'm using Debian testing with XFCE as Desktop Environment and Thunar as filemanager. I've an issue regarding the mounting of USB mass storages such as USB flash drive. When I plug in the USB flash ...
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Unable to open port on debian vps
Trying to open 51820 UDP
I do
iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 51820 -j ACCEPT
then iptables -L
I can see
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:51820
then I do
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Repartition luks encrypted disk to add a partition
I have installed Debian on VMware, I think I chose one of the debian-installer options to manage luks encryption and LVM partitions with separate /home, /var and /tmp partitions.
Here is the output of ...
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How to start WireGuard client without sudo privileges?
I am desperately trying to set up a "sudoless" way to start a WireGuard tunnel. The user has no elevated rights on Debian 12 Bookworm.
The user needs a simple way to get access to a terminal ...
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Create virtual/fake bridged interface in Debian
I have Debian server where I have installed a VM with libvirt/kvm
I have created a bridge for it, added the VM to this bridge.
224: vm-bridge: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state ...
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Create debian ISO with custom kernels and packages
I'm trying to create a custom Debian ISO with software that I have built and packaged to .deb. I have my system running on a virtual machine and have fully tested my packages. For the software to work ...
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Can't launch Kodi - No display found + few simple questions
I installed kodi on my bananian, a variation of debian, on banana pro via apt-get. I can't launch it tough. As the title states, in the error log file it says: ERROR: GLX Error: No Display found. ...
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Debian Bash Readonly Associative Array Error Redirection
I've declared a readonly associative array in a script file on Debian Gnu/Linux (version 12.4).
As with a readonly variable, error redirection is easily done as such,
readonly AQUA_FG="$(tput ...
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Bootloop with additional drive attached
i'm working on a raspberry pi4b with debian 12 lite on, I'm booting from an usb ssd (sda) with no issue. As soon as I connect and mount another external usb drive (sdb) I'm getting into this boot loop ...
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Internet breaks on Debian KDE when connected to wired ethernet that does not have internet. Also WiFi connects and has internet
Running Debian KDE Plasma on a desktop computer that is connected:
Via a wired ethernet connection to another device and no internet.
Via a wireless connection that has internet
I am not able to ...
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Initial administrator log in to horde
I have installed horde webmail on my debian wheezy machine using the jessie packages and this guide: https://wiki.debian.org/Horde
I have set up a database skeleton in mysql - just created a horde ...
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Forward emails from domain to another email at different domain?
I run a small Debian server at home, and it's hosting two websites. I would also like to have emails received on this domain, to this server, but sent on to our real email addresses. Essentially, if ...
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Encountering Errors with bookworm-security Package During 'apt-get update'
i couldn't post this on stack overflow since it said it was spam so here it goes
Description: When executing sudo apt-get update, I'm encountering errors related to the 'bookworm-security' repository. ...
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How to allow apps to open and perform actions as sudo?
I am running Debian 12 with KDE Plasma desktop 5.27 and my problem is that every time I open an app it won't allow me to do things as sudo or permissions are not set correctly.
For example, when I ...
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Intel HD graphics 4400 not working properly on Wheezy
Upon login, I get the following message:
GNOME 3 Failed to Load
Unfortunately GNOME 3 failed to start properly and started in the fallback mode.
This most likely means your system (...
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ssh login delayed on Debian
When logging in to an up to date Debian 12 (bookworm) server via ssh (to IP address) the login is delayed by ~10 seconds after entering the password (and also when doing ssh login via key).
Here is ...
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How can I debug IO latency on NVMe drives?
Have been debugging some latency related issues on various servers, and eventually tracked it down to what I thought was NVMe power states (APST). However, I'm still seeing some things I can't figure ...
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Bluetooth headphones quality gets bad when joining discord call [duplicate]
I just installed herstluftwm on my debian machine and configured some stuff when my friends called me on discord. I was listening to music and the sound quality dropped drastically when I joined the ...
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