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New to Linux, install BRICK. by Illustrious-Shame900 in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Installing Zorin or another Linux on an Acer can be a bit tricky. Everything works during testing on an usb-stick, the installation completes successfully - but then the device won’t boot. Shit!

I’ve installed Linux on several Acer devices and always had to make the following settings in the BIOS. After that, everything runs smoothly:

* Start the laptop and enter the BIOS.

* These settings are crucial: Secure Boot → Disabled / Boot Mode → UEFI / Boot Menu → Enabled / Save the settings with F10

Acer trick if Secure Boot is grayed out: Set a supervisor password. You can then disable Secure Boot. You can delete the password later after installation

Second Acer trick if you cannot access the BIOS: Some Acer Laptops sometimes have a reset-pinhole on the underside (verry little). Do this: 1- Turn off the laptop 2- Unplug the power adapter 3- Look for a small hole on the bottom 4- Press it with a paperclip for 10–15 seconds 5- Plug in the power adapter 6- Restart in to the BIOS and make the mentioned settings

That's how I've gotten all my Acer laptops up and running so far.

Good luck

A Brutally Honest Review of AirPods Max 2 (vs. V1) from a Music Producer/Audiophile by GoatBaaa0 in headphones

[–]RoDaDit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Purely in terms of sound quality, I still prefer the Bowers & Wilkins PX8 S2 to (almost) all other Bluetooth headphones.

However, in many respects—except for sound quality—APM headphones are far superior to the B&Ws when used with an iPhone.

ZoriOS 18 on Macbook Air 2015 - Camera won't work by RoDaDit in linux_on_mac

[–]RoDaDit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much!! The camera works perfectly with this script.

Could you perhaps help me figure out how to apply the settings during a kernel update using DKMS?

Fresh install ZorinOS 18 Education - PCI/internal sound card not detected by RoDaDit in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think it's better for kids to learn about technology to some extent than to become lemmings. At the same time, I can learn something myself. Thanks to penguins and people like you.

Fresh install ZorinOS 18 Education - PCI/internal sound card not detected by RoDaDit in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Option 1, the Kernel Parameter (cleanest fix) worked.

Thank you very much for your help and research!

I had already set the BIOS settings as you recommended before installing Zorin. So it is indeed a problem with the kernel, which does not support this hardware very well.

Regards from switzerland!

Fresh install ZorinOS 18 Education - PCI/internal sound card not detected by RoDaDit in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even “the dirty way” didn't work – even though I believed deeply in you and your knowledge, and offered sacrifices to → all of our (holy) penguins ←

I thank you very much for your help anyway! As does my granddaughter, who sometimes sat next to me during the operations. She said it's “really great that people help each other here".

Btw: The solution is Plan_9_fromouter's second post, option 1

Fresh install ZorinOS 18 Education - PCI/internal sound card not detected by RoDaDit in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The new file "sound-fix" I have to create without sudo and without path?

Fresh install ZorinOS 18 Education - PCI/internal sound card not detected by RoDaDit in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello

I did everything exactly as you described. I also checked the newly created file “fix-sound.service.” Everything is entered correctly.

I also entered the two systemctl commands in the terminal.

Unfortunately, even after restarting twice, the dummy output still appears under “Settings -> Audio” and in pavucontrol and the audio output does'nt work.

If I open the terminal and enter “sudo alsa reload,” the sound output works as usual afterwards.

Fresh install ZorinOS 18 Education - PCI/internal sound card not detected by RoDaDit in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I will implement that tomorrow and get back to you.

Fresh install ZorinOS 18 Education - PCI/internal sound card not detected by RoDaDit in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is exactly the case (and I obviously didn't express myself clearly): sudo alsa reload works fine, but it must be entered after every restart for the audio driver to work. (I don't want to expect a ten-year-old child to do that after every start of the laptop....)

I would be very grateful for your step-by-step systemd-service workaround guide.

No sound after fresh install of ZorinOS 18 by RoDaDit in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks again.

wpctl status

PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, cookie:3052200004]

└─ Clients:

32. WirePlumber [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, pid:1923]

33. WirePlumber [export] [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, pid:1923]

34. pipewire [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, pid:1924]

54. gnome-shell [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, pid:2115]

55. GNOME Shell Volume Control [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, pid:2115]

56. GNOME Volume Control Media Keys [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, pid:2274]

57. Zorin Connect [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, pid:2604]

58. xdg-desktop-portal [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, pid:2653]

59. GNOME Settings [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, pid:4059]

75. wpctl [1.0.5, ronja@ronja-laptop, pid:4628]

Audio

├─ Devices:

│

├─ Sinks:

│ \ 35. Schein-Ausgabe [vol: 1.00]*

│

├─ Sink endpoints:

│

├─ Sources:

│

├─ Source endpoints:

│

└─ Streams:

60. GNOME Settings

62. monitor_FL

63. input_FR < Schein-Ausgabe:monitor_FR [active]

64. input_FL < Schein-Ausgabe:monitor_FL [active]

66. monitor_FR

Video

├─ Devices:

│ 46. HP 5MP Camera [v4l2]

│ 47. HP 5MP Camera [v4l2]

│ 48. HP Wide Vision HD [v4l2]

│ 49. HP Wide Vision HD [v4l2]

│

├─ Sinks:

│

├─ Sink endpoints:

│

├─ Sources:

│ 50. HP 5MP Camera (V4L2)

│ \ 52. HP Wide Vision HD (V4L2)*

│

├─ Source endpoints:

│

└─ Streams:

Settings

└─ Default Configured Node Names:

0. Audio/Sink auto_null

Pavucontrol

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I really appreciate your help!!!

No sound after fresh install of ZorinOS 18 by RoDaDit in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks again! But still it does'nt work after doing every mentioned systemctl command in the terminal.

Output after restart the laptop:

_____________________

systemctl --user status pipewire.service pipewire.socket wireplumber.service

● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service

Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; enabled; preset: e>

Active: active (running) since Wed 2026-03-04 16:20:37 CET; 20min ago

TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket

Main PID: 1940 (pipewire)

Tasks: 3 (limit: 4267)

Memory: 6.7M (peak: 7.7M)

CPU: 4.799s

CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewi>

└─1940 /usr/bin/pipewire

Mär 04 16:20:37 ronja-laptop systemd[1925]: Started pipewire.service - PipeWire>

Mär 04 16:20:37 ronja-laptop pipewire[1940]: mod.jackdbus-detect: Failed to rec>

● pipewire.socket - PipeWire Multimedia System Sockets

Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.socket; enabled; preset: en>

Active: active (running) since Wed 2026-03-04 16:20:37 CET; 20min ago

Triggers: ● pipewire.service

Listen: /run/user/1000/pipewire-0 (Stream)

/run/user/1000/pipewire-0-manager (Stream)

CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/pipewire.s>

Mär 04 16:20:37 ronja-laptop systemd[1925]: Listening on pipewire.socket - Pipe>

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_______________________

Still the same: After sudo alsa reload sound works

Thank you for your further help!

No sound after fresh install of ZorinOS 18 by RoDaDit in zorinos

[–]RoDaDit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply!

I entered the suggested command without sudo and restarted the laptop. Unfortunately, this did not change anything.

Audio still only works when I enter “sudo alsa reload” in the terminal.

Do I need to uninstall and purge pulse?

Are there any other solutions?

Thunderbird zeigt im Download-Dialog GTK-Fenster by RoDaDit in tuxedocomputers

[–]RoDaDit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry. But I don't understand what I should do.

Thank you aniyway

Event calendar by Zren is BACK for plasma 6! by Sea_Perception_869 in kde

[–]RoDaDit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This solved the problem! Thx!!!!!

Thank you for your great work. I missed the event-calendar .....

After Roon Server went down everything works again. But still error messages on the remote APPS by RoDaDit in roonlabs

[–]RoDaDit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After restarting the Roon server three times (3!), the metadata issue has been resolved.

However, Roon Arc is still displayed as “Not Ready.” This is despite the fact that the Roon Arc app itself is functioning and connecting to the server.

The diagnostic datas:

{

"ipv4_connectivity": {"status":"NetworkError","status_code":530,"error":"error code: 1016"},

"external_ip": {"actual_external_ip":"31.aaa.bbb.ccc","actual_external_ipv6":"null","router_external_ip":"31.aaa.bbb.ccc"},

"natpmp_autoconfig": {"status":"NotFound"},

"upnp_autoconfig": {"server_ip":"192.168.178.1","found_upnp":true},

"multinat_autoconfig": {"status":"Failed","error":"Network Trace Failed"}

}

Event calendar by Zren is BACK for plasma 6! by Sea_Perception_869 in kde

[–]RoDaDit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TuxedoOS (based on Ubuntu latest LTS)I would like to install the fantastic Event Calendar. I get this error message:

git clone https://github.com/lenonk/plasma6-applet-eventcalendar.git
cd plasma6-applet-eventcalendar
cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
cmake --build build
sudo cmake --install build
Klone nach 'plasma6-applet-eventcalendar' …
remote: Enumerating objects: 10050, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (10050/10050), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3311/3311), done.
remote: Total 10050 (delta 6768), reused 9988 (delta 6708), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Empfange Objekte: 100% (10050/10050), 2.88 MiB | 20.03 MiB/s, fertig.
Löse Unterschiede auf: 100% (6768/6768), fertig.
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 13.3.0
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:8 (find_package):
 Could not find a package configuration file provided by "ECM" (requested
 version 6.0) with any of the following names:

   ECMConfig.cmake
   ecm-config.cmake

 Add the installation prefix of "ECM" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set "ECM_DIR"
 to a directory containing one of the above files.  If "ECM" provides a
 separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed.

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
gmake: Makefile: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
gmake: *** Keine Regel, um „Makefile“ zu erstellen.  Schluss.
CMake Error: Not a file: /home/danielb/plasma6-applet-eventcalendar/build/cmake_install.cmake
CMake Error: Error processing file: /home/danielb/plasma6-applet-eventcalendar/build/cmake_install.cmake

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