[meta] source_os = "linux" target_distro_family = "debian" # Fedora/RHEL user moving to Debian/Ubuntu/Mint. # Body text assumes DNF, SELinux, and systemd 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 in the background. Wait a minute. If stuck: sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend /var/lib/dpkg/lock — then: sudo dpkg --configure -a" [[patterns]] id = "dpkg-interrupted" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "dpkg was interrupted" severity = "warn" title = "Package install was interrupted" body = "A previous install didn't finish cleanly. Fix: sudo dpkg --configure -a — like an interrupted dnf transaction, but requires manual recovery." [[patterns]] id = "apt-unmet-dependency" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Unmet dependencies" severity = "warn" title = "Package dependency conflict" body = "apt can't resolve a dependency. Try: sudo apt --fix-broken install — this is more automatic than dnf's conflict resolution." # ── AppArmor (replaces SELinux) ─────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "apparmor-denial" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "apparmor=\"DENIED\"" severity = "info" title = "AppArmor access denied" body = "Debian/Ubuntu ships AppArmor instead of SELinux. The concepts are similar but the tooling differs. Check: sudo aa-status — for audit logs: sudo aa-logprof — profiles are in /etc/apparmor.d/" # ── System ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "kernel-driver-firmware" sources = ["kmsg"] match_text = "firmware: failed to load" severity = "warn" title = "Firmware file missing" body = "sudo apt install firmware-linux firmware-linux-nonfree — unlike Fedora where firmware comes via linux-firmware, Debian splits it into free/nonfree packages. Enable non-free in /etc/apt/sources.list first." [[patterns]] id = "oom-killer" sources = ["kmsg"] match_text = "Out of memory: Kill process" severity = "warn" title = "OOM killer fired" body = "A process was killed for RAM. Ubuntu enables zswap by default; Debian doesn't always. Add a swapfile or enable zswap via /sys/module/zswap/parameters/enabled" [[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" # ── 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+ and Debian 12+ ship PipeWire. 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/Ubuntu systems use PulseAudio instead of PipeWire. Restart: pulseaudio --kill && pulseaudio --start" [[patterns]] id = "bluetooth-rfkill-blocked" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Blocked through rfkill" severity = "warn" title = "Bluetooth rfkill blocked" body = "rfkill unblock bluetooth — same as Fedora." # ── GPU / display ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "gpu-hang" sources = ["kmsg"] match_text = "GPU HANG" severity = "warn" title = "GPU hang" body = "GPU stopped responding. For NVIDIA on Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install nvidia-driver — or use ubuntu-drivers autoinstall on Ubuntu. Similar to Fedora's RPM Fusion approach." # ── Network ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "networkmanager-activation-fail" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "Activation failed" severity = "info" title = "NetworkManager: connection failed" body = "nmcli device status — Debian may use ifupdown instead of NetworkManager on minimal installs. Check: systemctl status NetworkManager" # ── Media ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [[patterns]] id = "missing-codec" sources = ["journald"] match_text = "GStreamer: Failed to find plugin" severity = "info" title = "Missing media codec" body = "On Ubuntu/Mint: sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras — on Debian: enable non-free and install libavcodec-extra. Fedora's RPM Fusion serves the same purpose." # ── 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."