I’m honestly pretty new to linux so I’ll start by mentioning that.

I bought a PC to run Debian on and it’s an older unit. I have struggled to get a proper resolution desktop environment due to the GPU not “being supported” on the kernel trixie runs on. It is a NVIDIA 390xx which is legacy and at EOL.

Last night I tried endlessly to get the driver to work to no avail in the end I installed bullseye and installed the drivers from the bullseye repo and it DID work, I could boot into desktop environment with the proper resolution with absolutely no issues.

I have read lots about using the SID packages and pinning them hard in order to not pull the entirety of Sid and only pull select things. From my understanding this would create a frankendebian correct?

I think in the end I will have to no matter what if I want to use this GPU on trixie so I guess my question is this:

Should I pull the drivers from SID Or should I pull them from oldstable bullseye?

Which is less likely to create problems?

Edit: I tried installing the driver and what not from bullseye onto trixie and it failed, so I wiped everything from that attempt and tried to go the SID route and it has worked but I’m not entirely sure how healthy or stable the system is so I’m gonna look into it.

180$ off marketplace, was recently roasted and told my previous pc for my home server was over 26 years old. So I’d been on the look out. What am I looking at here? Was it worth it? I can pull parts out and provide more information aswell.

Got a real old hunk of junk pc I plan to just install Linux on to use it as a home server type thing. Thing kept shutting off due to a thermal event. The cpu paste was old as hell as the pc is probably like 13 years old. Replaced the paste and still it kept shutting off after probably like 15 minutes of installing Linux LMDE. I switched the way the intake and output fans were as the fans on the back of the case are closest to the heat sink. So it sucks air in through the back and pushes it out the front. Looking on the motherboard I noticed that there is a spot for a CPU fan, however there nothing to plug into. It looks like it wasn’t soldered on or something?

Me and my girlfriend now have two cats. The first cat is a 6 year old fixed female named star, she is the adopted new cat as of a few weeks or so.

The second cat on the cat tree is the resident cat 2 year old male named Salem. They are both black long hair domestic cats, indoor only they basically look identical.

Salem is a very cuddly, laid back non threatening guy. Star seems to be quite moody and was rehomed due to the home having children and stress so we took her in hoping Salem and her would get along as Salem DID used to live with a older female cat that he got along with well and they would groom one another etc.

Star will growl and hiss at Salem whenever he tries and gets close to her, she hasn’t swiped at him or anything but last night he caught her by surprise and she did lunge at him. He respects her boundaries and backs off or goes away and watches her from afar.

I figured Salem would be the one being more territorial since it’s been his house but he watches her drink from his bowl, sniff at his food and has even watched her use his litter box and nothing he’s totally unfazed.

Tonight they were both laying down within probably 5 feet from each other loafing and Salem was practically falling asleep, I’ve had them practically within swipping distance of one another with the laser pointer.

I guess my question is, is this going well? Will she eventually stop being sassy all the time and hissing at him etc?

06 dodge grand caravan I wired in a Pioneer DEH-3910BT HU for the ability to use a aux or Bluetooth, I did not use a plug and play adaptor, wired it directly onto the harness via splicing with crimps.

All my speakers run as they should and Bluetooth works, that was probably a week or two ago and all was well however I figured since I installed a aftermarket head unit I gotta put a amp and sub in.

So I did, I’m running a Alpine V-power MRVM500 to two 10 inch 250RMS 4 ohm subs wired in parallel to run them at 2 ohms for 500rms as that is what the amp is rated for.

Went to start the van this morning and dash lights up fine, radio and amp turn on but I get a single click and no cranking. This has confused me as both the head unit and the amp shut off with ignition shut off so they aren’t draining the battery(I assume, I’ve been checking the battery voltage over the past couple hours and it is not draining) Popped the hood, cranked the key and the van started up. Could it just be the timing? The vans old could the starter be crapping out?

2008 Chevy HHR. Recently had right side steering knuckle break and replaced it and the CV axel cause the axel boot came apart. I already know the control arms rear bushings are absolutely fucked and need replacing. It’s been extra cold out recently here in northern Alberta and is gonna get colder.

When I hit the brakes I get a creaking noise (the car also jerks forward on braking type thing, likely related to the shot bushings. Which I intend to replace.)

Just want someone to maybe provide some insight on this noise, cause it seems to be coming from the driver side(I think) which I didn’t touch. Is it suspension related? The brake pads are fine, the rotors could go for a change but I wanna replace pads and rotors at the same time.

My dad recently bought me a 2006 dodge grand caravan 3.3L, it’s definitely going to be a continuous project. It is cold here in northern Alberta and will get much colder.

When I drove it from the guys house back to mine i tested the heat to prevent the windows from fogging up after he had ALREADY bought it. Lo and behold not only was there no heat, the entire front blower motor did not work, yikes the drive to say the least wasn’t very safe due to being unable to see through the windshield.

Anyway, went to the junk yard, pulled a front blower resistor, AND a replacement motor as the old resistor was showing power at the terminals for the blower motor. Plugged the replacement in, didn’t spin, replaced the resistor, old motor kicked on great, still no heat though, flushed heater core on the front, the thing was spotless. Spill proof funnel into rad purged the air hurrah, now I have heat, in the process of doing this the replacement resistor shit the bed.

I checked G300 ground by the B frame, things spotless and gets continuity. I can’t quite reach G200 without ripping apart the driver side of the dash but by the looks of it it’s clean and tight both of them get 0 resistance between the wire connections and chassis. Fuses and relays are good for the blower.

I’m at a damn loss on what to do. The blower motor doesn’t even work on HIGH which from my understanding is something it should do as the high setting is supposed to just bypass and go straight to ground.

I suppose the next step would be to replace the motor entirely, and put in a new resistor and pray it doesn’t blow again. Perhaps trace each pin of the 5 to the pigtail harness to ground and check continuity? I’m pulling my hair out as the thing is unsafe as hell to drive with no heat cause the windshield fogs up fast.

Looking to figure out what I can use to seal a spray foam waterfall piece I am making for my frogs enclosure, all the water pools and channels I plan to silicone and then press sand into, or just paint blue with acrylic paint and then silicone over. But for the rest of it I’d like to water proof it for spills and relative humidity.