Felix pointed out to me that after doing a dist-upgrade Firefox wouldn't work with artsdsp so flash plugins couldn't produce any sound. The solution is to edit /etc/firefox/firefoxrc and set:
FIREFOX_DSP="auto"
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While trying to import my CACert certificate on my laptop into Kleopatra I encountered a few misleading error messages. I have collected the messages like General error and noted how I work around them.
Generally speaking,...
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Today I wasn’t able to access my scanner with xsane as a user (that belongs to group scanner) anymore. Checking the permissions in /proc/bus/usb revealed that the permission configuration of hotplugd had not set the group to...
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Since I had some difficulties getting my CACert certificate integrated with KMail on Debian unstable, I wanted to share the steps I took in order to get email encryption and singing up and running. Basically you need to run...
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mingw32-debian-package-ada-lanuage-support-3.3.1.20030804.1-1.diff enhances the Debian mingw32 package with support for Ada. Run 'apt-get source mingw32', apply the patch and see debian/rules on how to enable Ada support.
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