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Beginners Questions • Re: Debian on an old Macbook Pro?

news.woodpeckersnest.space / forums-debian-net:0 • 7 April

Hello,
i can't say anything specific to this macbook, but in general you can just install a normal debian iso, like on any other laptop.
Since every mac model has different hardware, you can search and check the appropriate model here beforehand:
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple

Some models have issues like the camera not being recognized, hibernation not working, or requiring special proprietary wifi drivers etc.
sometimes there are workarounds, but often not.

There used to be special mac iso images, with additional proprietary drivers, but as far as i know this should no longer be necessary with Debian 12 (correct me if i'm wrong).

I guess just trying it out can't hurt! Especially if you already have a live system running and you don't notice any problems. But if you want to dual boot Linux and Windows on the Mac like on the thinkpad, it might be more complicated, but should also be possible somehow.

Statistics: Posted by fridge59 — 2025-04-06 22:26

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Hardware • Re: Bluetooth not working on Acer One S1003 V1.11

news.woodpeckersnest.space / forums-debian-net:0 • 6 April

Hello,

Here is my hardware probe

https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=5b4bfad87b

Statistics: Posted by tails1154 — 2025-04-06 21:35

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General Questions • Re: [Software] Debian 12 place app-launcher *.desktop files

news.woodpeckersnest.space / forums-debian-net:0 • 6 April

I am new to Linux.

Welcome Home. No, not as root. Root is not required here at all. You found it! ...while I was typing, I'll post anyway for somebody to get something out it...

Either with a standard gui file manager or with mkdir in a user terminal create the directory

Code:

mkdir ~/.local/share/applications

~/ is short for /home/current_username

A user can copy any root owned *.desktop file from /usr/share/applications and copy the file into ~/.local/share/applications and the file will be owned by the user doing the action. Then edit to your liking.

Xfce for example will give a context menu option (right click) in the user thunar (not root) to edit the desktop files found in /usr/share/applications. Upon saving the file, it will save to ~/.local/share/applications. If the directory does not exist it will be automatically created.

This may not provide a menu entry for the newly created *.desktop until an upgrade cycle invokes a refresh. Manually you can invoke 'update-menus' if the 'menu' package is installed, which will require root.

Statistics: Posted by CwF — 2025-04-06 21:16

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General Questions • Re: [Software] Debian 12 place app-launcher *.desktop files

news.woodpeckersnest.space / forums-debian-net:0 • 6 April

My bad please excuse me I just found the /.local/share/applications directory. I will go ahead and place the desktop entry in the applications folder and see what happens. The reason I could not find it previously was because I was not prefixing with the ~ . live and learn. Thanks

Statistics: Posted by vastzor — 2025-04-06 21:14

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Testing And Unstable • Re: [Testing - Trixie] preseed issues with crypto

news.woodpeckersnest.space / forums-debian-net:0 • 6 April

No, i am pretty sure those /var/log/Installer/partman logs are complete. The only difference was to install once from USB and once from CD, otherwise same Hardware, same preseed file, same iso file.
btw i used the 'debian-trixie-DI-alpha1-amd64-netinst.iso', maybe I'll check tomorrow if it makes any difference to use the latest daily build testing iso.

Statistics: Posted by fridge59 — 2025-04-06 21:01

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Hardware • Re: Bluetooth not working on Acer One S1003 V1.11

news.woodpeckersnest.space / forums-debian-net:0 • 6 April • 1 minute

Hello,
According with this probe:

Probe #425ae260b2 of Acer One S1003

Log: dmesg:

Code:

[   11.168248] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22[   11.168325] NET: Registered PF_BLUETOOTH protocol family[   11.168330] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized[   11.168342] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized[   11.168348] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized[   11.168361] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized[   11.196078] cryptd: max_cpu_qlen set to 1000[   11.279555] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3[   11.279569] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered[   11.279573] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol BCSP registered[   11.279621] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol LL registered[   11.279626] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol ATH3K registered[   11.279653] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered[   11.279807] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Intel registered[   11.280961] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered[   11.280999] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol QCA registered[   11.281004] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol AG6XX registered[   11.281029] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Marvell registered[   11.285331] hci_uart_bcm serial0-0: supply vbat not found, using dummy regulator[   11.285416] hci_uart_bcm serial0-0: supply vddio not found, using dummy regulator[   11.545167] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: failed to write clock (-56)[   11.545247] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to set baudrate[   11.623272] input: gpio-keys as /devices/platform/INTCFD9:00/gpio-keys.1.auto/input/input20[   11.623699] input: gpio-keys as /devices/platform/INTCFD9:00/gpio-keys.2.auto/input/input21[   11.661972] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: chip id 94[   11.664535] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: features 0x2e[   11.688571] Bluetooth: hci0: ...[   11.688587] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM4343A0 (001.001.034) build 0000[   11.689810] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load brcm/BCM4343A0.hcd (-2)[   11.689899] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware[   11.690011] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load brcm/BCM4343A0.hcd (-2)[   11.690111] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load brcm/BCM.hcd (-2)[   11.690196] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load brcm/BCM.hcd (-2)[   11.690255] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: firmware Patch file not found, tried:[   11.690311] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: 'brcm/BCM4343A0.hcd'[   11.690350] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: 'brcm/BCM.hcd'[   12.865908] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3[   12.865922] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast[   12.865934] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized[   12.875746] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.22[   15.166038] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized[   15.166064] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized[   15.166087] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11

your computer should require the following firmware files:

BCM4343A0.hcd

BCM.hcd

These file are not currently available in Debian packages.

Statistics: Posted by Aki — 2025-04-06 20:52

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General Questions • Re: [Software] Debian 12 place app-launcher *.desktop files

news.woodpeckersnest.space / forums-debian-net:0 • 6 April

Thank you for your response CwF but please take into account that I am new to Linux. Unfortunately I do not understand how to proceed with the information you have provided. If I understand correctly as a root user I would have to create the directory /user/.local/share/applications and then place the desktop entry in the applications folder?

I do know how to place the desktop entry on the desktop, however the shortcut would not appear in the start menu unless I can pin it there somehow after its creation.

Statistics: Posted by vastzor — 2025-04-06 20:47

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Testing And Unstable • Re: [Testing - Trixie] preseed issues with crypto

news.woodpeckersnest.space / forums-debian-net:0 • 6 April • 3 minutes

Hello,

This is your preseed file:

Code:

#_preseed_V1#### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for bookworm)## Skip Domaind-i netcfg/get_domain unassigned-domaind-i netcfg/get_domain seen true## Root Setupd-i passwd/root-login boolean false# Root password, either in clear text#d-i passwd/root-password password r00tme#d-i passwd/root-password-again password r00tme# or encrypted using a crypt(3)  hash.#d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password## Account Setup# To create a normal user account.#d-i passwd/user-fullname string Debian User#d-i passwd/username string debian# Normal user's password, either in clear text#d-i passwd/user-password password insecure#d-i passwd/user-password-again password insecure# or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash.#d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password## Partitioningd-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomicd-i partman-auto/method string cryptod-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_freed-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string maxd-i partman/default_filesystem string btrfsd-i partman/mount_style select uuidd-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string debiantrixietestingd-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean falsed-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean trued-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true# Confirm partitioningd-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean trued-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean trued-i partman-md/confirm boolean trued-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean trued-i partman/confirm boolean trued-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean trued-i partman/choose_partition select finish## Non-Free Software:d-i apt-setup/non-free-firmware boolean trued-i apt-setup/non-free boolean trued-i apt-setup/contrib boolean trued-i apt-setup/disable-cdrom-entries boolean trued-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-first boolean false## Mirror listd-i mirror/country string ded-i mirror/http/hostname string deb.debian.orgd-i mirror/http/directory string /debiand-i mirror/http/proxy stringtasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, web-server, gnome-desktop, ssh-serverd-i pkgsel/include string git build-essential timeshift spice-vdagent spice-webdavd ufw libavcodec-extra bijiben fragments gnome-console dconf-editor endeavour imagemagick gnome-shell-extension-appindicator gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell gnome-shell-extension-caffeine gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock gnome-shell-extension-drive-menu gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect gnome-shell-extension-places-menu gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant lshw curl nautilus-admin nautilus-share genisoimage warp syslinux-utils libjxl-tools libgtop2-dev gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0 gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1 gnome-shell-extension-manager gearypopularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note

According to your logs file for partman in the debian installer, the "recipe":

Code:

d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free

is *not* logged in (not executed ?) in partman-13-cd.txt:
Code:
```
$ grep biggest_free partman-13-cd.txt
```

it is executed in the log named partman-13-usb.txt:
Code:
```
$ grep biggest_free 
```

Furthermore, the two logs from partman server are very different:

Code:

$ grep recipe partman-13-usb.txt /bin/perform_recipe: *******************************************************/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=sda/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 17408-121332809215/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=sdb/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 17408-121332809215/bin/perform_recipe: IN: GET_LABEL_TYPE =dev=sda/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 17408-121332809215/bin/perform_recipe: IN: NEW_PARTITION =dev=sda primary ext2 17408-121332809215 beginning 1024000001/bin/perform_recipe: IN: GET_LABEL_TYPE =dev=sda/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=sda/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 1024458752-121332809215/bin/perform_recipe: IN: NEW_PARTITION =dev=sda primary btrfs 1024458752-121332809215 beginning 116112000001/bin/perform_recipe: IN: GET_LABEL_TYPE =dev=sda/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=sda/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 117136424960-121332809215/bin/perform_recipe: IN: NEW_PARTITION =dev=sda primary linux-swap 117136424960-121332809215 full 4196000001/bin/perform_recipe: IN: GET_LABEL_TYPE =dev=sda/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=sda/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=sda/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 17408-1048575/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 1048576-1024458751/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 1024458752-117136424959/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 117136424960-121331777535/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 121331777536-121332809215/bin/perform_recipe: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=sdb

and:

Code:

$ grep recipe partman-13-cd.txt /bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: *******************************************************/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: *******************************************************/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: IN: GET_LABEL_TYPE =dev=mapper=sda3_crypt/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: IN: OPEN =dev=mapper=debiantrixietesting-root /dev/mapper/debiantrixietesting-root/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: IN: NEW_LABEL =dev=mapper=debiantrixietesting-root loop/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=mapper=debiantrixietesting-root/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: IN: GET_LABEL_TYPE =dev=mapper=debiantrixietesting-root/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: IN: OPEN =dev=mapper=debiantrixietesting-swap_1 /dev/mapper/debiantrixietesting-swap_1/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: IN: NEW_LABEL =dev=mapper=debiantrixietesting-swap_1 loop/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=mapper=debiantrixietesting-swap_1/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: IN: GET_LABEL_TYPE =dev=mapper=debiantrixietesting-swap_1/bin/perform_recipe_by_lvm: IN: QUIT

Did you miss something extracting logs ?

Statistics: Posted by Aki — 2025-04-06 20:16

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General Questions • Re: [Software] Debian 12 place app-launcher *.desktop files

news.woodpeckersnest.space / forums-debian-net:0 • 6 April

[..] Apparently the desktop file should be placed in the “~/.local/share/applications” directory but I checked and I have no such directory. Really confused. Hope somebody can shed some light. Thanks

The Desktop directory is in:

$HOME/Desktop

also known:

~/Desktop

Statistics: Posted by Aki — 2025-04-06 19:50