[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." # ── Dynamic linker / shared libraries ──────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "missing-shared-library" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" severity = "warn" title = "App is missing a system library" body = "This program needs a shared library that isn't installed. On Linux, most apps use shared system libraries rather than bundling their own — unlike Windows .exe files. Find the right package: apt-file search libname.so.6 (swap in the missing filename). Or search: apt-cache search libname. Install it: sudo apt install libpackagename. Note: pip and pip3 cannot fix this — Python packages are not system libraries." [[patterns]] id = "slow-boot-network-wait" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Failed to start Network Wait Online" severity = "warn" title = "Boot is slow: waiting for network" body = "systemd is waiting for a full network connection before finishing boot. This is almost never needed on a desktop or laptop. Disable it: sudo systemctl disable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service NetworkManager-wait-online.service — then reboot. Unlike Windows, Linux lets you disable any boot step that isn't relevant to your setup." [[patterns]] id = "slow-boot-device-timeout" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Timed out waiting for device" severity = "warn" title = "Boot is slow: a device that no longer exists" body = "systemd is waiting for a disk, partition, or device that isn't connected. Common cause: /etc/fstab has an entry for an external drive or old partition. Check: cat /etc/fstab — look for lines pointing to drives that aren't always connected. Add the 'nofail' option to make them optional: UUID=xxx /mnt/point type defaults,nofail 0 0. Or comment the line out with #." [[patterns]] id = "slow-boot-long-running-job" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "A start job is running for" severity = "info" title = "A service is taking a long time to start" body = "A background service is taking longer than expected during boot. To find what's slowing your startup: open a terminal after booting and run: systemd-analyze blame — the top entries are the biggest contributors. For a visual timeline saved to a file: systemd-analyze plot > ~/boot-profile.svg — then open the SVG in a browser." # ── SSH / remote access ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "ssh-permissions-key" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE" severity = "warn" title = "SSH key permissions are too open" body = "Your SSH private key is readable by other users on this system — SSH refuses to use it as a security measure. Fix: chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa (replace id_rsa with the key filename shown in the error). Also lock the directory: chmod 700 ~/.ssh. This is different from Windows where file permissions are mostly advisory." # ── Flatpak ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "flatpak-missing-runtime" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "error: runtime/org." severity = "warn" title = "Flatpak app is missing a runtime" body = "A Flatpak app can't find a required runtime (a shared set of libraries). Update all runtimes first: flatpak update — if that doesn't fix it, reinstall the app: flatpak install flathub com.example.AppName. Flatpak runtimes are like Windows runtime packages (VC++ Redistributable) but for Linux apps." # ── Display / Wayland compatibility ────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "xwayland-crash" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "XWayland server terminated unexpectedly" severity = "warn" title = "XWayland crashed" body = "XWayland is the compatibility layer that lets older X11 apps run under Wayland. It crashed, so apps that aren't Wayland-native will stop working until you restart your session. If XWayland keeps crashing: make sure it's installed (sudo apt install xwayland) and check GPU driver stability. Log out and back in to recover."