Debian is a community-driven GNU/Linux distribution which provides a large range of packages and supports a large range of architectures. It strongly focuses on free software. It has several derivatives, notably Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
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Run itext script as cups filter
I have an itext script to apply some customisations to pdf files. These need to be done on-the-fly.
I can easily do it this way :
java -cp ".:itext5.jar" pdflayout input.pdf | lpr -P CP800/print
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Transmission-daemon error permission denied
I have set up transmission-daemon on a bananapro to be a torrent server. I have created a directory for it in the root home folder and given chmod 777 permissions to this directory so that anyone can ...
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System wide proxy with encypted ISA server request
I recently install Linux Mint Debian on my computer. It is working fine and I also have internet. But just firefox is able to get through the proxy.
After some research I found out that the ISA ...
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Library missing compiling XBMC from source
Somewhere between the 13 and 13.1 releases I was no longer able to compile XBMC from source. I was able to compile v13 when it was first released (from the Gotham branch). Then, 13.1 was announced and ...
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How to find out if a system uses SysV, Upstart or Systemd initsystem [duplicate]
Is there a simple way to find out which initsystem is being used e.g by a recent Debian wheezy or Fedora system? I'm aware that Fedora 21 uses systemd initsystem but that is because I read that and ...
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Can I use debian live to make debian into a new distro? [closed]
Debian live tutorial
Will debian live work for creating a new distro?
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How to use GoToMeeting in Linux
My employer wants me and the team of developers to communicate with them using gotomeeting.com service. Is it possible to use GoToMeeting in Debian? I know that officially GoToMeeting supports only ...
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Set up network with static IP and wpa_supplicant on Debian
On Debian, I am trying to set up my network to use ad-hoc mode with a static IP address. I also want wpa_supplicant to be running so that I can scan use it to scan for WiFi networks in range.
To get ...
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Installing HP DeskJet 3520 in CUPS
I am trying to install this printer into CUPS under Debian 6.
The printer is automatically detected correctly and then I have a list of drivers to choose from.
There is no driver for the 3520 - so I ...
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Slow DNS resolve from curl/lynx etc
I have a strange issue with DNS resolving: Root of the problem is that I get curl errors: "Error executing HTTP request: name lookup timed out". Tried to ping some sites, all resolved fine (and fast). ...
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How to tell whether RAM ECC is working?
I'm planning on getting some ECC RAM to replace the non-ECC RAM I currently have installed on my Asus M5A97 Pro motherboard (AMD 970 chipset, FX-6100 CPU).
After I install the RAM, how do I tell ...
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GRUB no longer can boot the machine (different error messages)
When I boot from GRUB, I get various error messages from GRUB, apparently at random : "invalid arch independent ELF magic" or "incompatible license" or "file not found". I can boot from the rescue DVD ...
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Can I add officials debian repository to kali 2.0 source list
Can I add the following debian wheezy repository to kali 2.0 source list or will it hurt my system? Because I know kali was built on debian wheezy.
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian wheezy main ...
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Debian Jessie--nvidia.ids “no such file or directory”
nvidia.ids : no such file or directory.
Postby montani » 2015-09-07 16:29
Hello all.
I'm a new Linux user, previously running Ubuntu and just last week successfully installed Debian Jessie on my ...
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Debian nvidia card only 2 x screens even though it has 3 ports?
I'm on debian jessie trying to set up 6 monitors to 2 nvidia gtx 460 s that have a sli bridge but with sli disabled and xinerama enabled. It seems that only 4 x screens can be started at a time, even ...
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Debian: Add start up script to bootable USB
So I've installed WANem and the only way to download it is by downloading a WANem custom version of Knoppix OS with WANem already installed. I want to add a start up script to configure something ...
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Cannot install a package because I get: “error exit status 1” [on hold]
When I want install anything:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gerbv kipi-plugins libamd2.2.0 libatk-wrapper-java-jni libatkmm-1.6-1 libaudcore1 libbabl-0.1-0 libcairo-gobject2 ...
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How to make 32bit and 64bit iso image together under 64bit debian using simple-cdd?
i have been using simple-cdd for about one month. i built some custom 64bit debian iso images successfully however now i need to build an iso for 32bit systems aswell under 64bit debian if possible. ...
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Execute simple script before shutdown and reboot
I need to run a very simple script before shutting down or rebooting my VPS running Debian 8,to keep count of network statistics.I tried adding the script directly to /etc/init.d and symlinking it in ...
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Debian Jessie bind9 permission problem
Good day,
Whenever I start bind9 (/etc/init.d/bind9 start) I get the following reply:
[FAIL] Starting domain name service...: bind9 failed
This is what /var/log/syslog gives me:
... named[28282]: ...
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apt working unexpectedly on debian 8
Sometimes I'm noticing my bandwidth being all consumed although I'm not doing anything consuming, so I fire up nethogs on my wireless interface and I notice an apt process running without me starting ...
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Compiling package for debian 8 - linking issues
I'm trying to recompile my software for debian 8, but i have run into this strange issue of libgssappi refusing to link with anything.
>~/torque_github$ gcc test.c -lgssapi
/usr/bin/ld: cannot ...
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apt being notified when a package version is available
For very few packages I'd like to know after an apt-get update if a newer version is available, is there already some option to do that?
I'm thinking about using apt.conf and Post-Invoke but done ...
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Need help with enabling 3D acceleration in Debian stable
I installed Debian Wheezy on my daughter's desktop computer. It has Intel i5-4570 (Haswell) CPU and integrated Intel HD 4600 graphics chipset. No discrete graphics card.
I'm unable to enable 3D ...
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How I can install Debian Xfce 4.12 in Debian 8
Debian 8 will with XFCE 4.10 but I like the version 4.12, anybody can guide me on how I can install it in Debian 8?
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Startx results in a black screen
I recently wanted to solve a problem with using a second monitor from my laptop that is running debian (jessie) but because I lack knowledge things didn't go as planned. Now I am getting booted into ...
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How to configure Debian with Thinkpad T440 trackpad/clickpad?
I have trouble trying to figure out how to configure the Lenovo Thinkpad T440 trackpad ("clickpad") with the Linux OS. I like the way that Windows configured the laptops trackpad, and want to mimic it ...
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GNOME doesn't work on Debian Jessie after installing fglrx
I'm using 64bit Debian Jessie and followed these instruction to install fglrx for Radeon HD 7000 series: https://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary
However GNOME doesn't work after it. I installed ...
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Does Debian's dpkg store the time/date of package changes (.i.e. installation/purges)?
I know that dpkg and dpkg-query are good tools to find out about packages currently installed on a Debian system.
Besides the information logged to the files /var/log/dpkg.log.* is there any other ...
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Failed to disable shorcut on ubuntu14.04 and debian8
I used:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings close "[]"
to disable Alt+Tab and to disable Alt+F4 respectively.
In ...
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ssh connection refused from same PC when going outside local network
I have sshd running on port 8000 running on a freshly installed plain vanilla Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela.
$ sudo netstat -tnlp | grep :8000
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8000 0.0.0.0:* ...
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grub2 create menu entry to skip the current disk os while booting
I created 2 partitions on my pendrive. The first partition is big one and I use it for general purpose file storage. The second partition is small one and I made debian-jessie install in this one. I ...
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Debian 8.2 - Only one disk from two is bootable on an encrypted RAID1 with btrfs
GLOBAL RAID1 BEHAVIOR
When the two disks are plugged, I am asked for typing my password to
decrypt my root partition at boot time and after grub. Everything
is fine.
I want to simulate if one disk ...
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How to add LIRC to ir-keytable protocols?
I'm trying to issue a bash command on infrared remote control button presses. The IR receiver device is an usb device included in the Anysee e30 Combo plus DVB-T tuner, which works perfectly, ...
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where can I find the 32-bit libraries needed to run MPLAB X?
I'm trying to install MPLAB X onto my kali Linux 64-bit OS and every time I get to the last part of installation I receive this message:
root@kali:~/Desktop# sudo chmod 755 ...
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full disk encryption (including swap, possibly plausible deniability as well)
I'm looking for a method to encrypt my laptop including the swap partition. I also read trough older similar questions but mostly the answer included just a what not much of a how. (Currently I'm ...
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Reading the program header contents of an ELF file
How is it possible to extract loadable program headers individually from ELF files?
By examining a binary using readelf one can get output similar to:
$ readelf -l helloworld
Elf file type is EXEC ...
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Backup solution for home network
I have been looking into some solutions regarding backing up all data from clients that are connected within our home network to a remote location for safe keeping.
I figured that if I could get data ...
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How to use a alpha usb network adapter on debian
I have a Alpha Wireless and , i install debian on my desktop but the the problem is he didn't read the wirless connection , now i don't have a connection in my pc , so how can i make debian read the ...
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debian jessie cinnamon default wallpapers showing empty
Im using debian jessie stable with cinnamon as desktop environment.
Previously I was able to change wallpaper from a pre-defined default set of wallpapers already included in system with ...
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How to install drivers for intel GMA 3600 intergrated graphics system?
I am currently using crunchbang 11 32bit, on a laptop with Atom D2500/GMA3600. Does anyone know how to install a more modern driver - rather than the gma500? Is this even possible?
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How to force Debian to use a newer version of OpenSSL?
Today I installed ,,empty'' (just minimal set of packages) Debian 8.1 on my VirtualBox. I wanted to play with compiling apps from sources.
I started with OpenSSL: compiled from sources OpenSSL ...
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Installation fails on “choose and install softwares” [on hold]
I am trying to install debian on my new laptop (lenovo G5O 70) and I get an error on the step "choose and install softwares".
The installation apears to be stuck on execution of triggers of udev.
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Chromebook Crouton Debian xfce4 - Cannot change locale!
On the system described in the title, I am trying to change my locale to a UTF-8 one, in order to run the program Anki. However it won't let me, the commands locale-reconfigure locale-gen and any ...
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“apt-get install” ends with segmentation fault
I have a following minimalistic sources.list file:
root@c:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main
root@c:~# apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.fi.debian.org wheezy ...
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How to go back to original top panel in Debian Mint xfce?
Changes to the top panel in LMDE w/ xfce have corrupted the formatting; everything is flush left now. Unable to get the time, window switcher and other items to go flush right. How do I revert to the ...
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exclude files in tar.gz
I want to exclude two files from a tar file.. But it doesn't seem to work
cd /var/www/public/api_test
tar -zcvf api_v2.x.tar.gz api --exclude "./api/distributor_test.php" --exclude ...
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Can a Debian package's Priority field be used for selection for install?
In a Debian package's control file, there is a Priority field which can be set to one of:
required
important
standard
optional
extra
APT pinning can be used to specify priorities for packages from ...
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Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux
I installed Debian 7 using a USB flash drive "burned" from the first DVD ISO of the Debian installation CD/DVD.
I did a very minimal install without Debian desktop environment, Print server and ...
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Windows 8.1 and Debian dualboot EFI problems
I am following the instructions described here and here
My EFI-partition is /dev/sda2, but the following command does not work:
mount /dev/sda2 /boot/efi
It says it cannot find the mount point. I ...
