[meta] source_os = "linux" target_distro_family = "debian" # Arch/Manjaro/EndeavourOS user moving to Debian/Ubuntu/Mint. # Body text assumes pacman, AUR, and rolling release familiarity. [log_paths] steam = "~/.local/share/Steam/logs/content_log.txt" proton = "~/.local/share/Steam/logs/proton_log.txt" # ── apt / dpkg ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "apt-lock" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock" severity = "warn" title = "Package manager is locked" body = "Another apt process is running — often unattended-upgrades (automatic background updates, no Arch equivalent). Wait a minute. If stuck: sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend /var/lib/dpkg/lock && sudo dpkg --configure -a" [[patterns]] id = "dpkg-interrupted" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "dpkg was interrupted" severity = "warn" title = "Package install was interrupted" body = "Like a pacman transaction that got killed, but dpkg needs manual recovery. Fix: sudo dpkg --configure -a" [[patterns]] id = "apt-unmet-dependency" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Unmet dependencies" severity = "warn" title = "Package dependency conflict" body = "Unlike pacman which puts the conflict choice on you, apt tries to auto-resolve. Let it: sudo apt --fix-broken install — if it can't, read the message for which packages conflict." # ── System ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "kernel-driver-firmware" sources = ["kmsg"] match_text = "firmware: failed to load" severity = "warn" title = "Firmware file missing" body = "On Debian: sudo apt install firmware-linux firmware-linux-nonfree (enable non-free sources first). On Ubuntu: sudo apt install linux-firmware. Unlike Arch's single linux-firmware package, Debian splits firmware by license." [[patterns]] id = "oom-killer" sources = ["kmsg"] match_text = "Out of memory: Kill process" severity = "warn" title = "OOM killer fired" body = "Debian stable has conservative defaults — Ubuntu enables zswap, Debian doesn't. If you used zram-generator on Arch, set up a swapfile here: fallocate -l 4G /swapfile && chmod 600 /swapfile && mkswap /swapfile && swapon /swapfile" [[patterns]] id = "disk-io-error" sources = ["kmsg"] match_text = "Buffer I/O error on device" severity = "warn" title = "Disk I/O error" body = "Check SMART: sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdX — install: sudo apt install smartmontools" [[patterns]] id = "locale-error" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "failed to set locale" severity = "info" title = "Locale configuration error" body = "Debian generates locales via dpkg-reconfigure: sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales — select your locale in the curses UI. Unlike Arch where you edit /etc/locale.gen directly, Debian abstracts this." # ── AppArmor ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "apparmor-denial" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "apparmor=\"DENIED\"" severity = "info" title = "AppArmor access denied" body = "Debian/Ubuntu ships AppArmor — Arch doesn't use MAC by default. An app is blocked by a security profile. Check: sudo aa-status — audit: sudo aa-logprof — or put the profile in complain mode: sudo aa-complain /etc/apparmor.d/" # ── Audio ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "pipewire-connect-fail" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Failed to connect to PipeWire" severity = "warn" title = "PipeWire not responding" body = "Ubuntu 22.04+/Debian 12+ ship PipeWire like Arch. Restart: systemctl --user restart pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber" [[patterns]] id = "pulseaudio-connect-fail" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Failed to connect to pulseaudio" severity = "warn" title = "PulseAudio not responding" body = "Older Debian systems still use PulseAudio. Restart: pulseaudio --kill && pulseaudio --start — you can migrate to PipeWire: sudo apt install pipewire-audio" [[patterns]] id = "bluetooth-rfkill-blocked" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Blocked through rfkill" severity = "warn" title = "Bluetooth rfkill blocked" body = "rfkill unblock bluetooth — same as Arch." # ── GPU / display ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "gpu-hang" sources = ["kmsg"] match_text = "GPU HANG" severity = "warn" title = "GPU hang" body = "GPU stopped responding. For NVIDIA on Ubuntu: sudo apt install nvidia-driver- or ubuntu-drivers autoinstall. Debian requires non-free sources: apt install nvidia-driver" # ── Network ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "networkmanager-activation-fail" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Activation failed" severity = "info" title = "NetworkManager: connection failed" body = "nmcli device status — Debian minimal installs may use ifupdown instead of NetworkManager. Check: systemctl status NetworkManager — install if missing: sudo apt install network-manager" # ── Printing ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "cups-server-error" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Unable to connect to CUPS server" severity = "info" title = "Printer service not running" body = "sudo systemctl start cups && sudo systemctl enable cups — Debian/Ubuntu handle printing through CUPS; Arch also uses CUPS but it's not always enabled by default." # ── Gaming ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "proton-runtime-missing" sources = ["applog:proton"] match_text = "wine: cannot find" severity = "warn" title = "Proton runtime issue" body = "Right-click game in Steam -> Properties -> Local Files -> Verify integrity."