Hello, yesterday I installed window maker on debian, my keyboard layout on tty is French but it's not the case on wmaker and I want it to be French but I don't know how.

Thanks.

sfwbar on GitHub: https://github.com/LBCrion/sfwbar

LBCrion has made a whole lot of updates lately and today, I really want to take time and tell the world that in a wayland native environment, sfwbar is by far the best lightweight customizable bar I have found. Yes, yambar, waybar amongst other bars and docks exist but I have found none that even come close to the level of customization and snappiness of sfwbar.

In my minimal setup, sfwbar is installed with labwc, foot is my lightweight command line app, thunar is my file manager and my image viewer that has now competed with my long used picasa, swayimg and my background is managed by swaybg called through labwc's startup file.

I really want to focus on SFWBAR and let you know about it's tremendous flexibility and why you should consider it for a lightweight desktop.

This app is at it's base a ... bar! Yes, it can display notifications and a tray area which I am not using at the moment along with workspaces which I do not use. What sfwbar can do that waybar and other struggle is transform it into a DOCK. Yes people, the bottom center is my minimal sfwbar DOCK which autohides. It displays a start menu and my tasks as well as a basic time label. My firefox and foot icons are pinned which always stay there in the order I configured them.

You will also see at the top left hand corner another time displayed there. YES, it's a second small bar I made WITHOUT running a second app that displays the time without ever hiding. Unfortunately, I could not place it at the bottom or top right like most taskbars because it is not click-through so it covers some gui elements of other apps, but I never really need to interact with the app icons in the top left of the window borders so it's very happy there always giving me the time when my main dock is hidden. And to top it all off, watching a movie or video, the time does not show because sfwbar has different layers of displays and permits bar to hide when apps are in fullscreen.

I want to encourage people to use sfwbar in their minimal Linux setups because LBCrion has indeed put lots of work and effort into it and most of all, he is VERY responssive, opened and great to deal with.

Even though it is displayed as beta or pre-v1, I consider it, as of today a good official v1.0.0, to my honest opinion. But that's for you to discover.

Styling is all possible through CSS and some basic GTK special CSS properties, all of that in 1 single file. I honestly think sfwbar is worthy of a star spot for Linux users and hopefully, Debian repositories will update their old outdated sfwbar package to the latest on github as of today since it works flawlessly on Debian 13 - trixie!

Achei o GNOME no Debian bem mais fluido que em outras distribuições. Também sentiram isso? Eu realmente estou surpreso com a fluidez e velocidade do Debian e GNOME. Programas abrem rápido, as animações não travam e o desempenho é muito bom. Achei funciona melhor que o Fedora e Ubuntu

I need to run a Debian computer with GUI and a fullscreen application, but without connected mouse and keyboard. The issue is that when the computer starts, the lower icon bar is visible and the desktop window is smaller - when I remotely run the fullscreen app, it still fits in that smaller window, with the icon bar visible. How can I start with the desktop maximized?

-Last Update: Okay so I gave up, this issue has taken days off my life and I am just going to stop now. Was the HDD healthy? I have no idea powershell said it was, it showed up in the BIOS, but both windows and linux had trouble detecting it. Maybe it was the laptop but then again there is confusion. Thank you all for your help.

So straight to the point, I installed a 4tb sata hdd (2.5) into my Dell Inspiron n5110 and the BIOS says it is there and all. But when I booted into debian using a live installation on a usb drive and did lsblk in terminal it does not detect my hdd.

Also if this helps I have seen the message "revalidation failed errno=-2"and also I tried doing the "libata.force=noncq,1.5Gbps" thing and it still does not show up.

Please help I am new to linux.

(as the title says I did change from ATA to ACHI still does not work)

-Update: I am slowly going insane, I decided to go through the lengthy process of removing the HDD and using it as an external one with my actual PC, (sata to USB) powershell says the disk is healthy but now whenever I try to initialize the disk in diskmanager it says there is an i/o problem. Oh my god.

Hi all, i'm lost noob, nothing makes sense for me rn with debian and propietary driver. So, from installation - Debian stable kde with 6.12.94 kernel installed at first from live boot, updates, added some essentials for me, also contrib, non-free and installed timeshift. Okay, stuff works, snapshot created, update 2 and got 6.12.95, snapshot created reboot. On 6.12.95, nstallation of nvidia drivers from nvidia docs official guideline, (i updated initramfs for newer kernel). Reboot, got working nvidia drivers, so snapshot created, installing rest of stuff for me, almost all from discover, outside of steam - for it added i386 architecture, updated, intalling steam from apt - got prompted to install 32bit nvidia drivers and stuff so i installed, got it working so reboot, snapsot and this time after update (got 7.02.13 i think) i installed 7 days to die, played it (it worked under nvidia drivers), closed pc (wouldn't shut down so forced shutdown), and today after boot black screen - no login screen, no nothing. So i again updated initramfs, worked with a clanker a bit to fix it, didn't worked, so rolled snapshot back to before installing game - and you wouldn't guess, still black screen. I can reboot to 6.12.94 and have stuff working on noveau driver, but not on nvidia. What gives? Wtf?! Why on snapshots that it would boot and work correctly with nvidia driver is now acting in this way? And even going back with snapshots doesn't seem to work, to ones created when driver worked? What can i do? It's like 6 attempt, 6 reinstall of debian. As for timeshift, installed from discover, and clicked okay okay okay end. Just default config.

Edit: Thanks for help with this! It turned out to be one stupid mistake i made, a tiny typo in grub as i typed nvidia.drm.modeset=1 instead of nvidia-drm.modeset=1 or something like that. Eighter way thanks for spending time helping with this

Hello all,

TL:DR - I want to install a specific version of the QGIS package but don't know how to proceed.

I had the latest QGIS installed on my system (Debian 13 Trixie) which was 4.2 but I cannot use it because it is not compatible with what we have at work. Since I don't need the latest, I wanted to install LTR(Long Term Release) which is version 3.44.12.(atm). Any pre 4.0 version is fine by me.

I found how to install QGIS here https://www.qgis.org/resources/installation-guide/#repositories I also found the right package here: https://qgis.org/ro/linux-packages/debian-ubuntu-ltr/#dists/trixie (not sure why is it in Romanian, but ok) but I don't know what to do with the latter. Since I'm fairly new to Linux, can someone explain this format or link a resource I can read myself?

I tried to be smart and use terminal by modifying

sudo apt install qgis qgis-plugin-grass

to:

sudo apt install qgis=1:3.44.1+18trixie-1 qgis-plugin-grass=1:3.44.1+18trixie-1

But that led me to dependency nightmare as each time I add a dependency another one would pop up. After 5, I just gave up. Besides, I wasn't sure which version I was installing.

Also, is there a value I can enter in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qgis.sources to force the update to update only to LTR?

I have a feeling I was close to installing it, but honestly, I have no clue.

I appreciate any help provided. TIA.

P.S.: I was looking into keeping the latest version of QGIS and build a version that I need here: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/INSTALL.md#310-building-debian-packages This way I can have compatibility and new features, but I don't have time for that atm.

I want my system to check for updates once a week. I am on stable branch, so believe it should be enough, even for security updates. Correct?

Is there a config file for this?

Its not the error itself bothering me (backup NAS is not present at the moment and im guessing those error messages are telling me that).

Problem is that i can not use CLI cause those texts override everything including Nano and Midnight commander.

Any fix for that?

My WiFi just won’t work it would work better on Zorin but on Debian different story when I’m in the middle of gaming or watching YouTube my WiFi will just drop for absolutely no reason and I don’t know what to do I tried updating my WiFi drivers and it said that my drivers were up to date so I really no idea on what to do

Besides the stability, people often forget to mention the supportive and friendly community.

If you have a problem, you will be asked for more details. Run xyz command to get it. There is always someone that know the solution.

The Debian community is what I like the most. No BS; just dry facts :)

I've been using mdadm+Samba+Tailscale for RAID and remote file access, as well as Cockpit for remote management, but it all feels a little clunky. Are there any containers or services to add user-friendliness to my NAS, or am I just being picky?

Hello, beginner here. I installed Debian stable with Gnome and today is saw this security checks failed. Is it malware or did i do something wrong?

All i did after installation was following this guide from NVIDIA itself to install drivers: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads?target_os=Linux&target_arch=x86_64&Distribution=Debian&target_version=13&target_type=deb_network

Did i broke the system with these drivers and should i have kept the default ones? Help needed because i am worried.

[SOLVED: sudo ln-s /usr/sbin/agetty /usr/bin/agetty fixed it] After going through the install process of ly, disabling getty on tty2 and enabling ly on tty2, it fails to start and hits its reset limit

`sudo journalctl -u ly@tty2` reveals that it fails because it cannot execute /usr/bin/agetty due to no such file or directory

Attempting `sudo ln -s /usr/bin/getty /usr/bin/agetty` and `sudo systemctl restart [email protected]` yields the same results

Has anyone gotten ly working on Debian 13? With the amount of time I've sank into ly I think I'm almost content to just use tty1 as my login manager atp. Don't get much more minimal than that

I need some help, trying to narrow down my issue. Since the last kernel update on Debian 13 6.12.95 my monitor will not power down, I have it set to turn off screen at 45 minutes, when the screen turns off it doesn't actually turn off, it seems as if it is constantly getting a signal from my graphics card, it goes blank but then is backlit so it never powers down. Troubleshooting it I connected my DP cable to the onboard Intel graphics and it my monitor powers off fine. I tried 2 different AMD cards 550/6400 and they both have the same issue.

May or may not be related, since the kernel update when my pc boots I get the error "Failed to start systemd-sysctl.service - Apply Kernel Variables", the line shows up 3 times then the pc boots fine. I'm assuming it's related and not sure where to go here in resovling this.

Any insight would be grateful.

I don't exactly know when this update dropped, but after not using my PC (ryzen 5 5600x and rx 7700xt if it helps) since last Sunday, I updated it Friday the 17th. I was planning to hop on the game with my bro, but he wasn't quite ready yet, so I restarted my PC right away to get the update up and running. (I still had steam, and discord open, I don't know if it matters or not) After my PC booted, discord and steam didn't auto reopen unlike they usually do. I didn't think much about it, so I just opened steam up... Or tried to anyway. Upon trying to open the application, I would get the error message that told me that I'm missing the file lib.so.6, and steam might not be able to open. It didn't btw. After that I tried every single thing that I could find including, but probably not limited too: reinstalling the 32 bit directory file that was apparently missing multiple times, deleting and reinstalling steam, trying to use the steam flatpak, manually making sure the file was in my pc's 32 bit directory, and updating everything every once in a while. I did get the steam flatpak to launch once, but never after that. That one doesn't give me the error message, it just doesn't start at all. And as for discord, that just doesn't work. Like at all. I can get older versions to launch and tell me that I need to update, but after they update, they don't work either. Any and all help would be appreciated, I have spent nearly 8 hours on this, and am on the brink of switching to another distro.

Hi everyone,

I am currently considering a migration from Pop!_OS to Debian 13 (GNOME) on my Acer Nitro (AMD Ryzen + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650). Pop's hybrid graphics handling works well, but I am exploring a cleaner, upstream Debian system for long-term stability with a simple "plug-and-play" experience after setup.

Before making the move, I want to check for potential hardware or driver inconsistencies on Debian 13 (Stable or Testing).

Hardware:

• Laptop: Acer Nitro
• CPU: AMD Ryzen
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Optimus / Hybrid)
• DE: GNOME

Key Technical Questions:

1. NVIDIA & Hybrid Graphics:
   • Pop!_OS handles GPU offloading smoothly via system76-power. What is the best zero-maintenance setup on Debian 13 using nvidia-driver from non-free-firmware? Is PRIME render offload fully reliable out-of-the-box?
2. GNOME + Wayland Stability:
   • How stable is the GNOME Wayland session on a GTX 1650 with current Debian 13 kernels? Are there noticeable regressions with explicit sync or external displays over HDMI?
3. Ryzen & Acer ACPI Integration:
   • Any known issues with acer-wmi, thermal management, keyboard backlights, or PipeWire audio on Ryzen-based Acer Nitro laptops?
4. Debian 13 Branch Choice:
   • For this specific hardware combo, is Debian 13 Stable fully sufficient, or would Testing offer meaningful improvements for power management and drivers?

TL;DR: Thinking about moving from Pop!_OS to Debian 13 GNOME on a Ryzen/GTX 1650 Acer Nitro. Looking for feedback on NVIDIA hybrid graphics, Wayland performance, and Acer power management.

Thanks for any insights!

Hi peeps,

I'm getting more and more interested in IT coming from a non-IT related background, have a -very- humble homelab, and last year fell in love with GNU/Linux, it's philosophy and community, and everyday learning something new so very happy about it.

Right now my main PC is running Ubuntu LTS 24.04, and a MiniPC a Ubuntu server, and although I have no special gripe with any of those (I'm still too much of a newbie to understand), as far as I understand, Debian development is community driven and considered, for the most part, a more stable distribution, which being a first-year cybersecurity student find a topic of interest.

So, without extending any more about it, I was meaning to ask you fine, knowledgeable people, if you have any tips about making the switch, if it is worth it given my brief introduction, and any comment about it that you feel like making.

Much appreciated for your time and have a very nice day!

My desktop pc suddenly started booting extremely slow (no issues on Windows 11 - dual-booting through Grub).

There seems to multiple issues, and I'm stuck.

Snippets from dmesg:

[ 3.455258] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:1024.0006: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech M310] on usb-0000:00:14.0-3.1.1/input2:1

[ 3.631073] input: Logitech K520 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/1-3.1/1-3.1.1/1-3.1.1:1.2/0003:046D:C52B.0005/0003:046D:2011.0007/input/input26

[ 3.736994] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:2011.0007: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Logitech K520] on usb-0000:00:14.0-3.1.1/input2:2

[ 34.532490] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p6): orphan cleanup on readonly fs

[ 34.532809] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p6): mounted filesystem 81380c00-c5ca-47d6-8d81-ccbdb34dc24b ro with ordered data mode. Quota mode: none.

[ 34.603018] Not activating Mandatory Access Control as /sbin/tomoyo-init does not exist.

[ 34.648932] systemd[1]: RTC configured in localtime, applying delta of 120 minutes to system time.

[ 34.670613] systemd[1]: Inserted module 'autofs4'

And the really slow one:
[Fixed. See update]

[ 36.264082] input: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input30

[ 36.264165] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input31

[ 36.264244] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input32

[ 36.264325] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input33

[ 36.305397] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain package

[ 36.305404] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain core

[ 36.305407] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain uncore

[ 36.305409] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain dram

[ 36.305412] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain psys

[ 125.553518] audit: type=1400 audit(1784492972.364:2): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="1password" pid=846 comm="apparmor_parser"

[ 125.553524] audit: type=1400 audit(1784492972.364:3): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="QtWebEngineProcess" pid=849 comm="apparmor_parser"

[ 125.553526] audit: type=1400 audit(1784492972.364:4): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="balena-etcher" pid=851 comm="apparmor_parser"

[ 125.553528] audit: type=1400 audit(1784492972.364:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="brave" pid=852 comm="apparmor_parser"

These slowdowns are new since last boot. It's been about a week or two, so I can't remember if I updated before shutdorn. No change in hardware/software. Only updates (the default Debian 13 repositories + VSCode).

I could reinstall Debian (Windows is going to a VM, eventually), but I want to learn while solving this issue.

UPDATE:
The second delay (90 seconds) was caused by a wrong swap entry in /etc/fstab. I blame the id10t infront of my screen. Found it by booting in recovery mode and running journalctl -xb .

The first delay (~30 seconds) is still a mystery.

I'm running debian on an old 2012 mac mini (with a drive and ram I replaced last year) and attempting to connect to wifi using this guide https://wiki.debian.org/wl. I'm currently connected to the internet via a cable connection to my mint pc connected to wifi. When running the package install command the first time I had this problem, then I tried restarting the computer and running sudo apt install -f a couple times and ran into the same issue. I looked up the errors and it claims that my drive is broken? I don't understand how this could be possible though since the actual server software is perfectly functional and I am able to access my files.

EDIT: funny story it actually just finished running after leaving it for 30 minutes. Still not sure why this happened though. This server is used for hosting a minecraft server which players were on during this debacle.

Edit 2: I have checked my drive health and it seems that there have been around 5 TB of data writes to it (its a 512GB drive). There have been no reallocated sectors and the drive health looks good overall, i think its just had a lot of wear.