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  1. MacBook Air keeps freezing with any 6.x kernel

    Got an old MBA 11" (2GB RAM, 64GB SSD), which I got and was useless for any modern incarnation of macOS.
    So I decided to make it a light Kali laptop. Aside from being somewhat slow due to having to...
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    Kali-Dark theme update

    IMO the kali themes need some tweaking. If you like to pin or shade windows, and have the appropriate controls added in your title bar, they look out of place, because they haven't been adapted....
  3. Thread: Stealthy menus...

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    Stealthy menus...

    For those who don't want to advertize loudly what they are doing, or those who simply often use Kali as a daily driver, and simply use it to have occasionally the tools handy, while doing all sorts...
  4. Nitpicking: menu icons for kali-blue and kali-purple

    It seems that defsec is now kali-purple, which would make offsec kali-blue.

    Correspondingly, the kali-purple icons are appropriately colorized, but not so what logically ought to be kali-blue
  5. I?m familiar with these commands, but all the...

    I?m familiar with these commands, but all the kernels that these bring up, are kali versions, but you suggested using a non-kali kernel.

    So when you were talking about ?from my package manager?, I...
  6. I guess I'm missing something... what package...

    I guess I'm missing something... what package manager do you refer to?
  7. duplicate!

    duplicate!
  8. intel MacBook Air freezing randomly since the Linux kernel 6.0 update, 5.19 is safe

    I'm curious if anyone else running the new kernel on a PC/intel-Mac has issues.
    I can boot with the 6.0 kernel, log in, but after a random time, the whole system freezes and doesn't see to
    ...
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    All x86 and x86_64 is little-endian. m68k and...

    All x86 and x86_64 is little-endian. m68k and possibly PPC are big-endian.

    Besides M$, there?s Apple?s Rosetta, QEMU, and of particular interest in this context, Box64!
    They all do just fine...
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    I?m fully aware of what you write, it was simply...

    I?m fully aware of what you write, it was simply so far out of the range of the expected, that this day and age anyone, on a modern platform, would want to care running ancient 32-bit code, when the...
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    Oh! OK 🤦🏻*♂️ Seriously, though, who?s still...

    Oh! OK 🤦🏻*♂️

    Seriously, though, who?s still running 32-bit code on x86? Especially on a recent release OS?

    The only reason I need this, is for some commercial software not released for arm64...
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    BUG? x86_64 code on RasPi 4/arm64

    I followed the instructions here: https://www.kali.org/docs/arm/x86-on-arm/ but whenever I try to run some amd64 linux binary I get "uncaught target signal 5" and similar errors, or "Exec format...
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    UPGRADE BUG: package conflicts...

    There seem to be consistently conflicts between packages part of the Kali RasPi distribution:



    ┌──(root��kalipi)-[~]
    └─# apt update -y ; apt -y full-upgrade ; apt -y autoremove --purge ; apt...
  14. BUG: pulse audio module directory requires symlink for pulse audio preferences to work properly

    The Pulseaudio preferences app (paprefs package) doesn't work properly (can't find relevant modules) if there's not a symlink /usr/lib/pulse-15.0 pointing to /usr/lib/pulse-15.0+dfsg1

    While it's...
  15. Well, things got more interesting: this seems to...

    Well, things got more interesting: this seems to be a CABLE issue.
    But it's not a bad cable: the cable worked fine with the old kernel, the cable works fine with drives on my Mac, the cable works...
  16. puzzling boot issues with RasPi4b/8GB after kernel update: USB-C-OTG networking seems broken

    Setup: RasPi 4b w/ 8GB RAM booting of USB3 SSD

    What worked: booting with the old 5.4.83:

    both with screen attached, or headless
    powered by USB powersupply, or by computer


    What works:...
  17. Well, it isn't anymore, which is great, but it...

    Well, it isn't anymore, which is great, but it seems to have introduced a problem, which I'll ask about in another thread...
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    Kali-Dark theme incomplete - FIX attached

    I like the Kali-Dark theme, but I also like the "pin" and "shade" buttons in my windows.
    Adding them I noticed, that the Kali-Dark theme didn't treat them consistent with the "hide" and "maximize"...
  19. After creating a backup image of the install, I...

    After creating a backup image of the install, I tried the above, and in essence, it works.
    The steps lack the removal of the debian sources, and I still have the non-Kali-kernel and the...
  20. Building an arm image on Kali for Raspberry Pi fails...

    These are the commands I used to build (from the root account):



    cd
    apt update -y ; apt -y full-upgrade ; apt -y autoremove ; apt -y autoclean ; ~root/scripts/MathematicaAuth.sh
    cd Developer...
  21. After perusing the web some more, it seems this...

    After perusing the web some more, it seems this should be ignored:

    https://forum.siduction.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=7e822b59902b6d1640e8742c651004e7&topic=8568.msg68596#msg68596
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    minor documentation bug...

    Unfortunately, because of this https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?60271-Can-t-log-into-bug-tracker-trying-to-reset-password-gives-an-error I can't log into Mantis to submit a bug there, hence I...
  23. I still got this problem... ...so I can't report...

    I still got this problem...
    ...so I can't report bugs!
  24. Did anyone try to convert Debian to Kali instead of building a custom image?

    I found this here https://gist.github.com/warecrash/f35d4f9a822c452b0c54bbdb47c0c9a5 and it made me wonder if instead of going through the hassle of building a custom image for a BeagleBone Black, I...
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    Exploit databases contain, well, exploits. Even...

    Exploit databases contain, well, exploits. Even anti-virus software gets triggered by the installation of another anti-virus software, since the signatures against which things are checked are being...
  26. Why is Kali for Raspberry Pi still stuck at kernel 5.4.83?

    Why is Kali for Raspberry Pi still stuck at kernel 5.4.83?
    The reason that I could find was some sort of patch for some devices not being available, but the link that referred to the problem, shows...
  27. does the BTRFS install also work on Rasperry Pi machines?

    Subject says it all: the instructions at https://www.kali.org/docs/installation/btrfs/ seem very PC-centric...
  28. Issue with latest "apt -update": conflicting packages "kalipi-re4son-firmware" and "raspi-firmware"

    The latest round of software updates triggered an error and leads to an inability to update the raspi-firmware package, which is surprising, because obviously this clash was here before, but didn't...
  29. Some issues with latest "apt -update": warning: This system uses merged-usr-via-aliased-dirs

    The latest round of updates, both on amd64 and arm64, get me this error message:


    Preparing to unpack .../dpkg_1.21.7kali1_amd64.deb ...Unpacking dpkg (1.21.7kali1) over (1.21.2kali1) ......
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    /etc/apt/sources.list gets modified

    I have two, nearly identical kali systems, except for the obvious differences: one on an old MacBookAir, the other on a RasPi 4/8GB

    On the RasPi, for unknown reasons and with no (so far)...
  31. There's no answer, but I can say this: there's a...

    There's no answer, but I can say this: there's a bug somewhere.
    For shits and giggles I tried to modified /boot/config.txt to load kernel8-alt.img instead of kernel8l-alt.img, and that resulted in...
  32. Sorry, can't help, but I'm curious because it...

    Sorry, can't help, but I'm curious because it might be related to a problem I'm having: are you talking about a fresh install, or did that happen after a software update?

    The reason I'm asking, I...
  33. Can't log into bug tracker, trying to reset password gives an error...

    As the subject says: the attempt to log into the bug tracker fails, attempting to reset the password fails with the following error:


    APPLICATION ERROR #1905
    Maximum number of in-progress...
  34. difference between kernel8-alt.img and kernel8l-alt.img?

    Been booting kernel8l-alt.img on my Raspi4-8GB for ages, as that's what the config.txt suggested.

    Lately, however, after doing an apt upgrade, apt always get this message:


    Newer kernel...
  35. Yes, doable. I guess I'll have to find the time...

    Yes, doable. I guess I'll have to find the time to write it up how.
    Involves first installing Raspian, updating to the proper (beta?) firmware that supports USB booting.
    Then imaging the usb drive,...
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    This works, but it's a tiny bit tricky. ...

    This works, but it's a tiny bit tricky.

    Basically: first install Raspian on a card, update to the latest USB-boot-capable firmware
    Then you have to image your kali card onto the USB drive
    Then...
  37. Thread: Linux kernel 5.x?

    by rcfa
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    Linux kernel 5.x?

    In https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2020-3-release/ is written:



    However when following the referenced link https://github.com/seemoo-lab/nexmon/issues/423 then it would seem the relevant...
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    RasPi 4/8GB USB booting impossible?

    RaspberryPi.org has, months ago, published a ROM update for the RasPi4 that allows USB booting.
    This works out of the box with the 64-bit Raspian OS.
    The RasPi Kali distribution however doesn?t...
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    I?ve got this working, sort of, on a RasPi. I...

    I?ve got this working, sort of, on a RasPi.
    I noticed that there seems to be some sort of issue where pulse audio grabs the audio hardware before the xrdp modules (provided these are functioning and...
  40. Modifying menu structure without changing distribution files

    I?d like to rearrange some aspects of the menu, but I don?t want to edit the files that are part of the Kali distribution, such as to not having collisions.
    What?s the recommended way of doing that?...
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