Questions tagged [debian]
Debian GNU/Linux is a widespread Linux distribution focusing on stability, security, and the free software philosophy.
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Sudo privileges without access to others home dir - Debian Linux Server
I'm new to Linux server management and I have a small Debian server.
I want some users to have sudo privileges such as installing a new package and etc. but I don't want them to be able to access or ...
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How to run gnome wayland inside schroot?
I would like to run Gnome using wayland inside a schroot. So far my experiements have been unsuccessful. Here is how I have set-up the schroot:
debootstrap --variant=minbase --include=sudo bookworm /...
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Giving a Docker Container The Ability to Modify a Network Mounted SMB CIFS Volume
I have a NAS which ive mounted to an LXC Container (debian 12) running on Proxmox (privliged and nested) by creating an fstab entry. I cant give any other user ownership of the files or directories ...
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How to Mount a Bootable Debian SD Card on macOS and Windows?
I'm having trouble mounting a bootable Debian OS on SD Card (32GB) on macOS and Windows. The drive mounts and functions perfectly on my Linux machine, allowing read/write access. However, neither ...
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Debian 12.5 Samba share not preserving modification time accessed from MacOS
I've created a Samba share on Debian 12.5. The client is macOS Sonoma 14.5. Files copied to the shared drive are not consistently preserving modification time.
I copy files over, some copy with the ...
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Installing Java 21 (JRE) on Debian 12 without sid
I'm trying to install the JRE of Java 21 in my Debian 12 headless machine, for Minecraft server purposes.
Unfortunately i saw that the packages of 21 aren't available in stable repositories, only on ...
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net.ifnames=0 disables PNIN fine on Debian Bullseye, but doesn't seem to on Debian Bookworm?
I'm trying to upgrade an embedded device from Debian Bullseye (v5.x) to Debian Bookworm (v6.x), where the (somewhat ancient) application running on top of it expects the Ethernet adapter to be eth0 (I ...
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Epson Perfection V330 Photo scanner drivers for Debian
I just got Epson Perfection V330 Photo scanner. Its a discontinued model and I'm trying to find drivers and software package for it. These page point to the software drivers:
The downloaded package &...
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Why apt package want to remove seemingly unrelated packages
Im want to install qt5dxcb-plugin to try and run a program that is complaining about xbc [hoping that package will do it..]
could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "xcb"
in ""...
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What's the equivalent of python3 -m pip install on modern debian-alikes?
I'm currently trying to do an install of changedetection.io with playwright. I don't want to do the docker install since the rest of my environment is using incus.
The instructions given are for ...
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Error updating Kali
I have recently installed Kali Linux
But when I enter the apt update command, it gives the following error:
└─$ sudo apt update
Err:1 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease
403 Forbidden [...
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Install Debian 12 alongside Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 11
I have a laptop with a succesfully installed Windows11 and Ubuntu 22.04.
I have 2 nvme ssd disks.
I can start Windows11 or Ubuntu 22.04 via dual boot.
On my first nvme disk (named nvme0n1) have the ...
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Whence is XScreenSaver getting a lock request when I close the laptop lid?
I have a ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 4) on which I'm running Debian 12 and a fairly minimal X11 setup with fvwm2 as a window manager and a few other programs, including xscreensaver, started from my ....
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How to increase number of workspaces in Debian 12?
I have a Debian 12 system and am wondering how I can increase number of workspaces from 4 to N.
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How can I get back my grub menu after Windows update?
I have a dual boot installation on my laptop, I have both Debian 12 and Windows 11 installed. I updated Windows 11 yesterday and my laptop boots directly into Windows after the update, no grub menu is ...
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