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I cannot unplug the mouse due to the position of the usb port. I suspect a faulty left button. How do I check a button if I can't unplug the mouse ?

I am running Debian 11 on a desktop PC. Recently my mouse (Logitech B100 USB wired) has started to become 'draggy' I.e. cursor is slow to respond to movement of the mouse and often repeated movements of the mouse are needed to get the cursor to move. This 'draggy' behaviour is getting worse. The...

I use the very simple twm windows manager, so no Desktop environment. I have come across an old article relating to menus for twm, which may supply the answer. I have also found another article relating to how certain icons, including clocks, can be created in an xterm window.

I am running Linux Debian 11 on a desktop PC. I have a clock icon on my desktop PC which opens on reboot and then remains on the top right of the screen all the time. However, for some reason it has moved (not sure how this happened) and is now in the middle of the screen under my browser...

I have a desktop PC running Linux Debian 11. The motherboard is an MSI B550-A PRO, the CPU is a Ryzen 5 5600x and the RAM is 2 x 8 GB corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200 MHz. There are two 1 TB hard drives in a software RAID 1 configuration. I am thinking of changing the motherboard, CPU and RAM...

Subsequent to my reboot, I found a problem with a large cursor lag when using Firefox. The Firefox version is 102.11.0esr with Debian 11 Firefox is just very, very slow in responding to the cursor which doesn't show up as an arrow initially (as it normally would) - so if I point at Reply (for...

I ran the fsck command as suggested by the Shellhacks command :- fsck -y /dev/mapper/vgpiglit-root This repaired the root file system and enabled a reboot to work. The problem now is to discover why the EXT4-fs message appeared. Which component is causing this failure ? Any suggestions as to...

Thanks very much for your reply. I subsequently found this article :- https://www.shellhacks.com/busybox-initramfs-ubuntu-boot-problem-fix/ which seems to give the solution I need to reboot the PC. I realise that the data error messages seem to indicate a possibly failing HDD (I don't use...

I run a Desktop PC with Debian 11 and an AMD Ryzen CPU. It has been running okay, but now I have seen the following message :- kernel:[2083218.760570] EXT4-fs (dm-0): failed to convert unwritten extents to written extents -- potential data loss! (inode 394119, error -30) This happened when...

A desktop PC is running Debian 11. Recently the sleep/Standby key on the USB keyboard was accidentally touched. This put the PC into sleep/standby mode. The power switch was then momentarily pressed, causing the PC to come back to life. Is there any key or combination of keys that can be...

The system is working again okay. I now don't know how the problem started or ended. This is of concern because the problem might suddenly return.

Could this be due to a bug in Debian 11 rather than a hardware bug ?

I have found that the xv snap package works okay with Debian 11.

A new desktop computer has recently been built and Debian 11 installed. All the hardware is new including monitor, keyboard and mouse. For the last couple of mornings, when coming to use the computer, the monitor was found to display a 'no signal' message, although the computer was switched on...

Is there anyone running the xv image viewer under Debian (preferably Debian 11), please ?

I am looking for the up to date source code for the xv image viewer software originated by John Bradley many years ago. Does anyone have this code or can supply a link to this code ? Thanks.

I have a new iiyama prolite B2283HS monitor. I wish to reduce the brightness as it is far too high. I understand the brightness can be adjusted by accessing the Picture Adjust menu. However the Picture Adjust menu is greyed out so can't be accessed. How can i adjust the brightness ?

I am thinking of setting up a RAID 1 array of two SATA HDDs using a hardware RAID controller on a desktop computer running Debian 11. I would like some advice regarding a suitable controller that costs no more than about 100 pounds. I understand that the lsi/Broadcom Megaraid RAID software can...

I am thinking of setting up RAID arrays for use in a desktop running a Debian 11 distribution. I propose to put the Debian 11 software in a RAID 1 array consisting of two HDDs. I also propose to put the user data in a separate RAID 1 array consisting of another two HDDs. Am I right in...

I am considering running Debian 11 on a desktop. The desktop will typically be used for office work. A lot of email uses Outlook on the Web, running on Microsoft's Exchange Server. Microsoft's Teams software is also used. It is very important that the system is stable. Debian 11 is a fairly...