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Installation • Re: dpkg --get/--set -selections for new install

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

Hi Wizard,

--get/set-selections only shows the package name and status (hold, install, deinstall). What does apt-mark showmanual output? (I'm not near my machine for the remainder of the day).

Statistics: Posted by ramack — 2025-04-07 14:16

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Hardware • Re: ASUS X550LA doesn't load Bluetooth

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

https://wiki.debian.org/BluetoothUser

Is a good starting point to solving bluetooth problems.

Statistics: Posted by arzgi — 2025-04-07 13:37

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Graphical Environments & Desktops • Re: Debian 12 Xfce - new installation - thunar file manager preferences not usable

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

Certain windows in XFCE have always been like that. Basically specific application settings not XFCE settings. XFCE provides for re-sizing them (which no one apparently mentions here) by shrinking the window from the top downward then dragging the shrunk window up. Don't go overboard with this method because most of the time XFCE will remember the windows placement and size for the next time you use the offending application and you don't want to create an unusable window. Not an XFCE issue or bug and easily corrected with XFCE window controls and no real way to go default anyway except through application code changes.

TC

Statistics: Posted by trinidad — 2025-04-07 13:28

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System and Network configuration • Direct to modem

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

My Raspberry pi is connected directly to my modem, (no router). Static IP.
The pi can access the Internet without issue (I can remote in with VPN and Rustdesk).
However, I can not access any services (ssh, VNC, HTTP) other than through the VPN. As if blocked by Firewall.
When I connect on a Router LAN or Wi-Fi, those things work fine.
I believe there is a NAT issue with non-private LAN-typical IP translation, but I could be way off.
One clue may be that <hostname - i> responds with 127.0.1.1, rather than the IP of the LAN.
The PI is loaded with nftables, but that service is not active.
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA

Statistics: Posted by GenesisOfMoY — 2025-04-07 13:01

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Installation • Re: Help needed: Can't re-install gnome?

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

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Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree... DoneReading state information... DoneSome packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstabledistribution that some required packages have not yet been createdor been moved out of Incoming.The following information may help to resolve the situation:The following packages have unmet dependencies: gnome-core : Depends: pipewire-audio but it is not installable gstreamer1.0-pipewire : Depends: pipewire (= 0.3.65-3+deb12u1) but it is not installable                         Depends: libpipewire-0.3-0 (= 0.3.65-3+deb12u1) but 1.2.7-1~bpo12+1 is to be installed libreoffice-base-core : Depends: libreoffice-core-nogui (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u7) but it is not installable or                                  libreoffice-core (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u7) but it is not installable libreoffice-calc : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u7) but it is not installable libreoffice-draw : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u7) but it is not installable libreoffice-gnome : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u7) but it is not installable                     Recommends: libreoffice-gtk3 but it is not installable libreoffice-impress : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u7) but it is not installable libreoffice-writer : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u7) but it is not installable                      Recommends: libreoffice-math but it is not installableE: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Statistics: Posted by EukaryoticMenace — 2025-04-07 12:18

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Installation • Re: dpkg --get/--set -selections for new install

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

OT, but I used dpkg --get/set-selections for years but I find apt-mark showmanual does the same job with considerably less output than dpkg. Works like this -

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apt-mark showmanual > /etc/apt/showmanual.list

and then when I'm ready to restore I do

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apt-get install < /etc/apt/showmanual.list

Statistics: Posted by wizard10000 — 2025-04-07 12:03

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Installation • Re: Help needed: Can't re-install gnome?

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

Looks like a foreign libre-office is your problem.
Try removing that first.

Statistics: Posted by dilberts_left_nut — 2025-04-07 09:36

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Installation • Re: Help needed: Can't re-install gnome?

news.woodpeckersnest.space / forums-debian-net:0 • 7 April edit • 3 minutes

Didn't work unfortunately. I have disabled almost everything.

Output of apt policy

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Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status     release a=now 500 https://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/non-free-firmware i386 Packages     release v=12,o=Debian,a=stable-security,n=bookworm-security,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free-firmware,b=i386     origin security.debian.org 500 https://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/non-free-firmware amd64 Packages     release v=12,o=Debian,a=stable-security,n=bookworm-security,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free-firmware,b=amd64     origin security.debian.org 500 https://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main i386 Packages     release v=12,o=Debian,a=stable-security,n=bookworm-security,l=Debian-Security,c=main,b=i386     origin security.debian.org 500 https://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main amd64 Packages     release v=12,o=Debian,a=stable-security,n=bookworm-security,l=Debian-Security,c=main,b=amd64     origin security.debian.org 500 https://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/contrib i386 Packages     release v=12,o=Debian,a=stable-security,n=bookworm-security,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib,b=i386     origin security.debian.org 500 https://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/contrib amd64 Packages     release v=12,o=Debian,a=stable-security,n=bookworm-security,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib,b=amd64     origin security.debian.org 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates/main i386 Packages     release v=12-updates,o=Debian,a=stable-updates,n=bookworm-updates,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386     origin deb.debian.org 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates/main amd64 Packages     release v=12-updates,o=Debian,a=stable-updates,n=bookworm-updates,l=Debian,c=main,b=amd64     origin deb.debian.org 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware i386 Packages     release v=12.10,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=Debian,c=non-free-firmware,b=i386     origin deb.debian.org 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware amd64 Packages     release v=12.10,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=Debian,c=non-free-firmware,b=amd64     origin deb.debian.org 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free i386 Packages     release v=12.10,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=i386     origin deb.debian.org 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free amd64 Packages     release v=12.10,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=amd64     origin deb.debian.org 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main i386 Packages     release v=12.10,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386     origin deb.debian.org 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages     release v=12.10,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=Debian,c=main,b=amd64     origin deb.debian.org 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/contrib i386 Packages     release v=12.10,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=i386     origin deb.debian.org 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/contrib amd64 Packages     release v=12.10,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=amd64     origin deb.debian.orgPinned packages:

did

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sudo apt update

then

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sudo apt -s install gnome

has the output

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Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree... DoneReading state information... DoneSome packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstabledistribution that some required packages have not yet been createdor been moved out of Incoming.The following information may help to resolve the situation:The following packages have unmet dependencies: gnome : Depends: libreoffice-writer but it is not installable         Depends: libreoffice-calc but it is not installable         Depends: libreoffice-impress but it is not installable         Recommends: gnome-remote-desktop but it is not installable gnome-core : Depends: pipewire-audio but it is not installable gstreamer1.0-pipewire : Depends: pipewire (= 0.3.65-3+deb12u1) but it is not installable                         Depends: libpipewire-0.3-0 (= 0.3.65-3+deb12u1) but 1.2.7-1~bpo12+1 is to be installed libreoffice-common : Conflicts: libreoffice-gnome (< 4:25.2.1~rc1-3~) but 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u7 is to be installed                      Breaks: libreoffice-gnome (< 4:25.2.1~rc1-3~) but 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u7 is to be installed                      Recommends: python3-uno but it is not installable libreoffice-gnome : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u7) but it is not installable                     Recommends: libreoffice-gtk3 but it is not installableE: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Another thing I have discovered is that my laptop no longer detects my microphone.

Statistics: Posted by EukaryoticMenace — 2025-04-07 09:25

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

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

I have no need or desire to keep the MacOS that will lose Apple support this year -- I'd have to learn the Mac interface from scratch and integrate into a completely alien software ecosystem (in which "free software" is largely mythical). The only issue I've seen in limited Live session use is a black screen with mouse cursor on recovering from a closed lid or other things that I think are due to having only 4 GB RAM and no swap with the Live session. I'll have 16 GB tomorrow ($12 for PC3-8500 SODIMMS, specs matched to the 4 GB already in the machine), and with a full install there will be swap space, hopefully that will solve that issue.

Statistics: Posted by Silent Observer — 2025-04-07 08:39