Wheezy is the development codename for Debian 7.0. It is the current oldoldstable distribution. This tag should be used in preference to [Debian] if the question is specific to this version.
Version 7 of the Debian Linux distribution.
Questions tagged [debian-wheezy]
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EFI Partition vs /boot partition
I have just sat down to install debian 7, which contains something called 'EFI' which is entirely new to me.
I went through the install as I usually do;
256MB /boot partition, bootable, unencrypted
Remaining disk size as / partition, encrypted
The…
lynks
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How to make Alsa pick a preferred sound device automatically?
I bought an USB sound card. I'd like to set up my Linux desktop so that it prefers the USB device, if it is plugged in and automatically switches as the device is (un)plugged. Is it possible, and how?
Petr
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How to disable IPv6 on Debian Wheezy?
I know there's a wiki entry http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIPv6#How_to_turn_off_IPv6 that shows how to disable IPv6 in Debian Squeeze, but that's a 2.6.* kernel.
What about 3.2.* kernels running Wheezy?
JohnnyFromBF
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Automatically mount a 2nd hard drive in Debian 7?
I've recently installed Debian 7.1 on my PC, which uses the SSD as the main drive and a secondary 200 GB IDE drive as just somewhere I can place programs, music, and other files.
However, every time I boot the machine, I have to go to Files and…
mickburkejnr
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XFCE/lightdm startup configuration files
Have recently installing Debian Wheezy and using XFCE 4.8.0.3 with lighdm.
After logging in with lightdm, my ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile are no longer sourced.
I have previously used these startup files to start ssh-agent, dropboxd and set my PATH…
James P
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Make number row into symbols row by default
As a programmer I find myself typing symbols a lot more often than I do numbers. So it would be nice if the numbers row on the keyboard produced symbols by default.
The end results should be: 6 would produce ^ and Shift+6 would give 6.
I tried…
rath
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cp command to make bootable iso image usb
A lot of discussions exist here on making a bootable USB stick.
Debian manual on installing Wheezy suggest the following:
# cp debian.iso /dev/sdX
# sync
Making sure the USB device is first unmounted.
Debian manual page.
I have done this in…
Tompa
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How to remove gnome 3 and all its dependencies from a debian wheezy netinst
I downloaded a Debian wheezy netinstall iso file, and just made a very minimal installation with no Display manager or desktop environment.
I was using the terminal for testing purpose. I later installed cinnamon from Linux Mint backport repos. It…
Roshan George
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Prevent Radeon driver from attaching to specific PCI devices?
I have two Radeon cards in this machine, a Radeon HD 6570 and a Radeon HD 6950:
lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Turks [Radeon HD 6570]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro…
genpfault
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Where can I find the command "udevinfo" on Debian?
I'm trying to fix a problem with my webcam in Wheezy, and I need some information about the drive with the command udevinfo.
The problem is: where is this executable?
if I run sudo udevinfo the result is:
udevinfo: command not found
Any…
Kyrol
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"iw" and some of its commands do not return any output
I've been trying to set up my ARM based computer so that it becomes
a hotspot and a client at the same time.
However all of the information I've found about such functionality mention
the iw command which seems to be crucial for me to solve the…
vaid
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shutdown: /run/initctl: No such file or directory
I updated my server to Debian wheezy and played around with it. After a while I wanted to restart and encountered the error
shutdown: /run/initctl: No such file or directory
I searched on the web and found out that initctl comes from upstart. Even…
henje
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Cannot copy files from external USB HDD to computer
Hello I have a HDD disk connected with a USB converter to my computer. It consists of two partitions, the first one is mounted automatically and I can grab all the files from it, but the second one I have to mount manually as a root in the command…
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How to install TP-Link TL-WN722N USB Wireless Adapter on Debian Wheezy armhf?
I have a TP-Link WN722N USB dongle plugged in:
root@udoo-debian-hfp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.4 (wheezy)
Release: 7.4
Codename: wheezy
root@udoo-debian-hfp:~#…
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Redirect physical keyboard input to SSH
I'm having a raspberry pi running debian linux and I have an RFID reader connected to it. The RFID reader behaves like a keyboard. Every time I scan a tag it types then number of the tag and then carriage return.
My problem is that I want to…
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