Configure Debian testing
A short list of tricks needed to fix some boring issues
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Skype
Download tar.gz or deb from official website Add i386 arch if you are running a amd64 system
# sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 # sudo apt-get update # sudo apt-get install -f
Install package
Skype has some issues with latest pulseaudio, create a script inside /usr/bin
# cat /usr/bin/askype #!/bin/sh PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30 skype
Change the launcher cmdline in skype gnome3 launcher /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
<< Exec=skype %U >> Exec=askype %U
Dual Display
If you are going to use one display above the other, set the primary as the top one in order to have the possibility to move windows around.
# xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 2280, maximum 8192 x 8192 eDP1 connected 1920x1080+0+1200 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 291mm x 164mm 1920x1080 59.9*+ 59.9 40.0 1680x1050 60.0 59.9 1600x1024 60.2 1400x1050 60.0 1280x1024 60.0 1440x900 59.9 1280x960 60.0 1360x768 59.8 60.0 1152x864 60.0 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 56.2 640x480 59.9 VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI1 connected primary 1920x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 518mm x 324mm 1920x1200 60.0*+ 1920x1080 60.0 50.0 59.9 1920x1080i 60.1 50.0 60.0 1600x1200 60.0 1680x1050 59.9 1280x1024 60.0 1440x900 59.9 1280x960 60.0 1280x720 60.0 50.0 59.9 1024x768 60.0 1440x480i 60.1 60.1 800x600 60.3 720x576 50.0 720x480 60.0 59.9 640x480 60.0 59.9 DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Set the top monitor as the primary (in this case was HDMI1)
# xrandr --output HDMI1 --primary
Hp printer
Download latest driver from http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/downloads.html and install following website instructions
GRUB 2
Grub 2.00 has issues with RAID configurations and it won't allow anymore the boot of the system. Force the system to prevent future upgrade of the package. Last working version is 1.99-27+deb7u2
# sudo apt-mark hold grub-common # sudo apt-mark hold grub2-common # sudo apt-mark hold grub-pc # sudo apt-mark hold grub-pc-bin
Show available versions of a specific package
# sudo apt-cache madison package_name