Beginners Questions • Re: Question On Resetting Root Password
Actually nevermind I opened up /etc/passwd and it looks like the lines list the user accounts only so you can only clear it not change it.Password hashes are stored in /etc/shadow which is not...
View ArticleHardware • Re: Debian 12.4 | No ethernet detected
If the Linux kernel cannot find the ethernet network card, there are good chances that it is disabled (for example, at BIOS/firmware configuration level) or your are double booting (with Windows) and...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] Recover/Reinstall In Emergency Mode?...
Really sorry, I've let the fsck run for about five hours and it doesn't seem to be doing anything.Anything else I can try?Also, can I assume there is no way to restore from backup in recovery mode or...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: Debian 12 openvpn:amd64...
Hello,Just a guess. Please, verify that your Debian Bookworm installation is up to date; see this other discussion:[Solved] Issues with kernel 6.1.0-15-amd64/stable 6.1.66-1Statistics: Posted by Aki —...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: [Solved] OpenVPN client Debian 11 -...
marked as Solved, though slightly reticent as not quite sure what was cause as such. I was attempting to follow a number of different instructions and none seem to progress quite as expected according...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: [Software] Debian 12 Sleep Issues
Just for the record, I have run Debian 9, 10 and 11 with no problems on a Dell XPS 13 laptop. However, after upgrading to Debian 12 this December I started experiencing weird issues after waking up...
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • Re: Shortcut for "always on...
Could you please provide us with more detailed information?I don't know how to find more information about this command.Statistics: Posted by zhenyu — 2023-12-23 11:50
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • What version of the kernel is available in unstable?
Greetings folks,What version of the kernel is available in unstable?My sound card in not supported in the testing kernel, and I want to try the unstable kernel hoping that it will support my sound...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: Cannot use Cisco AnyConnect VPN with...
Hello,I discovered that I can successfully connect to the VPN as root, so that gives me an easy workaround.I'm happy your were able to find a workaround. [..] Below is the system log from a failed...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] Firefox gets killed by OOM killer
I have almost identical hardware. I lowered swappiness, increased cache pressure and installed and configured zram. 1 GB of RAM is low, so you may want to increase the size of that. The easiest route...
View ArticleHardware • Re: No Sound in newly installed Debian 12 XFCE
You seem to be running Debian in a VM. You should really have told us this from the beginning.To get sound, you will have to play with your VM settings.I see you have done the same thing at the Mint...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: NM created hotspot not showing after...
[..]I wanted to clarify. it is actually an Intel (AC7265) wifi card that the Android devices do not see. Just for completeness, Windows and Linux devies do see the hotspot fine and connects auto to...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Installation] Debian qcow2 on KVM
I am trying to find a way to install Linux operating systems in a faster way and I thought that I had found it....
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Off-Topic • [Off-Topic] [Не по темі] Penguins get their Wayland with Firefox 121
Hi friends. Interesting and very positive information for Firefox and Linux users! https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/20/ ... _released/Statistics: Posted by sip — 2023-12-24 10:48
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Re: MATE -- network monitor applet doesn't...
Hallo again!Anybody knows if this issue will be solved or if is it considered an official bug? If so, where can I see it?Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas!Statistics: Posted by stilnovo —...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: [Installation] Debian qcow2 on KVM
Hello,[..] My question is therefore: what is the username and password for this instance?According to "Cloud - Debian Wiki - FAQ" [1]:FAQWhat is the default user name on the Debian cloud images?A. The...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • Re: [O/S] New guy trying to learn :)
Being new to Debian, do yourself a favor and use Stable, at least until you are fairly fluent. You should know that Testing and Unstable are development releases, not upgrades in the true sense of the...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: [Software] Recover/Reinstall In Emergency Mode?...
At any rate, I managed to reinstall from the original USB and, apropos of nothing, it finally recognized it. I just threw up my hands and started over.Merry Christmas and thank you everyone for your...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • dpkg question
On Dec 23 I was doing an update and got this message during the updateI'm running trixieSetting up dpkg (1.22.2) ...dpkg: warning: This system uses merged-usr-via-aliased-dirs, going behind...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Re: dpkg question
Hello,What is your Debian version ? The message is generated in the post-installation script of the dpkg 1.22.2 package [1]:Code: check_merged_usr_via_aliased_dirs(){ local vendor vendor=$(get_vendor)...
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