Questions tagged [debian-jessie]
182 questions
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apt says packages have been kept back, what to do?
The output of apt-get upgrade is:
The following packages have been kept back:
certbot python-acme python-certbot python-certbot-apache python-cryptography python-openssl
What does this mean?
Should I take action?
If so, what?
22
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Why does a background process, started in bash, print stdout to screen?
I have trouble understanding my situation and Google was not very helpful so far.
I started a bash background job:
ping google.com &
First I get the process ID, than Bash prints stdout to screen.
user@host:~$ ping google.com &
[1]…
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1 answer
How can I prevent the kernel from limiting TX power as advertised by AP
I am connecting to eduroam over a distance of about 150m using an external 23dBm Antenna and an Ubiquiti SR71-E with an Atheros AR9285 chip. My system is Debian Jessie server - so the connection is managed by wpa_supplicant. Authentication timeouts…
Felix
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Trouble with netcat over UDP
While troubleshooting the problem described here, I tried something really basic: I tried setting up a very basic netcat connection over UDP, and I noticed it's not working as I expect.
As with the TCP illustration below, I expected the UDP case to…
jia103
- 594
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3 answers
"Unable to locate package sudo" when i try to install sudo on new Debian
i installed a new Debian on a small VPS and now when i try to install sudo i just get this message. I also tried to add FTP-Server into the list and i still get that error.
root@srv45758:~# vi /etc/apt/sources.list
deb…
Janlasse
- 83
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3 answers
How to make wifi and bluetooth work simultaneously?
I have a laptop running Debian Jessie with Intel Wireless-N 7265 BGN adapter. Mine looks like the one on the right, with an antenna cable going to the right-most socket.
According to dmesg I'm using WLAN firmware iwlwifi-7265-16.ucode and BT…
Dmitry Grigoryev
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1 answer
What is the effect of "chown nobody:nogroup"?
What is the effect of chown nobody:nogroup on a single file or directory and what is the effect on files within a directory?
user727522
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networkd is not bringing eth0 up at boot
I've installed Debian 8 on a gigabyte brix pro and everything seems to work properly except for networking.
I've enabled systemd-networkd.service, disabled networking.service and created the appropriate network files in /etc/systemd/network. I've…
vane
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2 answers
How do I play DVDs in Debian Jessie (i.e. libdvdcss)?
How do I install libdvdcss in Debian Jessie?
It seems that http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ is warned against.
https://wiki.debian.org/CDDVD lists three methods.
Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of each?
And why does it sometimes seem to be…
John Lawrence Aspden
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How to solve 404 Error in AWS apg-get for debian jessie fetch?
I have a Linux AWS machine and i started having this issue a few days ago:
Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages
Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages
Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main…
user3930696
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systemctl debian 8 jessie: Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1
Unfortunately, in my Debian 8 jessie systemctl does not work at all.
Every systemctl command results in:
Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1
systecmtl status udev
Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1
How can I fix it?
I…
Ivan
- 291
5
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1 answer
Writing Xorg custom modeline for 1366x768 with nvidia driver
I've recently bought a Dell e1914h monitor 18.5" and supports 1366x768@60Hz display. The problem with proprietary nvidia driver is 1366x768 resolution is not supported by default due to some nvidia specific thing(resolution not dividable by 8). So,…
Number79
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2 answers
certbot-auto ImportError: No module named _ssl
Running certbot-auto gives this output:
Error: couldn't get currently installed version for ...
File "/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/binding.py", line 140, in…
Cam
- 271
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2 answers
How to allow non-su user to configure network
I'd like to create a Debian VM with a guest login. The guest would be allowed to work with /etc/network/interfaces in order to configure the VM's IP, name, and so on.
Is this possible to do? How?
From other posts and articles online, I get an…
Roman Mik
- 153
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3 answers
100% Usage /dev/dm-1
Today I noticed a strange issue on my Debian Jessie Laptop. Apparently I've ran out of space.
df shows that /dev/dm-1 is full, but I am not sure why. I have been downloading a couple of ISO's using Firefox when I noticed this happening.
My downloads…
BugHunterUK
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