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PostScript printer setup on Buster

Trying to set up Buster to print over a LAN to a Brother MFC8480dn B&W laster printer. Cups installed without obvious i...

2 comments posted 6yrs

posted by bp

2 comments posted 6yrs posted by bp

desktop switcheroo on Buster

The Buster install booted without issue and ran through the setup menus very nicely. I added a personal user and am abl...

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posted by bp

28 comments posted 6yrs posted by bp

Checking a new boot microSD card

I tried to write a Buster image to a new microSD card (Samsung Evo Plus) using a usb-microSD adapter supplied with the...

6 comments posted 6yrs

posted by bp

6 comments posted 6yrs posted by bp

How to have a desktop shortcut refer to itself in the "exec" entry ?

Hello all, I created a simple .desktop shortcut file, and wanted to call a program and provide it the current shortcuts...

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posted by address

0 comments posted 6yrs posted by address

Trashcan error deleting folders/files on nfs share

I just started reading this group so please excuse me if this question has been asked/answered before. I use a Mac mini...

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posted by steven-nelson

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Raspi 4 Boot problems

When i use the followings sd cards booting needs up to 90 seconds, and the four Raspberries appear several times on the...

6 comments posted 6yrs

posted by gemsa

6 comments posted 6yrs posted by gemsa

Controlling the time of anacron's cron.daily in raspbian buster?

I want the cron.daiy jobs to run earlier in the morning than they do by default. I used to do this by editing the time...

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posted by a24061

41 comments posted 6yrs posted by a24061

a .desktop shortcut containing multiple actions. How to select one ?

Hello all, I just took a look into the "chromium-browser.desktop" file found in the "/user/share/applications" folder,...

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posted by address

3 comments posted 6yrs posted by address

Simple matrix of Raspberry Pi components?

While searching for other info I was reminded about Raspberry Pi. Problem is that https://www.raspberrypi.org/ over doe...

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posted by rowlett

56 comments posted 6yrs posted by rowlett

Starting a Python script thru a shortcut - how to detect the SHIFT key being pressed while doing it ?

Hello all, I've got a Python 3 script which I start by clicking a shortcut on the desktop. I would like to be able to h...

24 comments posted 6yrs

posted by address

24 comments posted 6yrs posted by address

NAS and maybe more

Newbie here. Best solution for a RaspberryPi 4B 4G to use as a NAS server. Using heatsinks. Is fan needed? Will it supp...

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posted by zernot

2 comments posted 6yrs posted by zernot

NextCloudPi boot hangs

I have a Raspberry 3B+ and wrote the NextCloudPi_RPi_12-20-19 image by Win32DiskImager onto my 32GB microSD card. This...

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posted by wuez

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Question about ever growing swap space on raspi 4 4 GB

Question about ever growing swap space on raspi 4 4 GB I run buster on a raspberry pi4 with 4 GB RAM. I notice swap spa...

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posted by pNaOnStPeAlMtje

61 comments posted 6yrs posted by pNaOnStPeAlMtje

Rephrasing my ALSA question - Does the example code work ?

Hello all, I've found a simple tutorial here http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6735?page=0,0 and have a bit of a prob...

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posted by address

26 comments posted 6yrs posted by address

Pi4 Reacher GLES 3.1 Level

Good news as it was only designed for GLES 3.0 initially so it's a bonus! https://blogs.igalia.com/itoral/2020/01/17/ras...

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posted by noboday

0 comments posted 6yrs posted by noboday