Pipewire no sound after Debian 12 upgrade

I’ve been performing in-place upgrades of Debian for years. Always some new problem to fix afterward. Debian 12 was no different.

Off-subject i was forced to apt purge, deborphan , dpkg --purge --force-depends on quite a few items before being able to fully perform upgrade/updates.

Problem: No audio after automated upgrade to Pipewire systems.

Solution:
Reference: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/2255

cd  /etc/alsa/conf.d/
sudo mv 50-pulseaudio.conf{,.bak}
sudo mv 50-oss.conf{,.bak}
sudo mv 50-pipewire.conf{,.bak}
sudo mv 50-jack.conf{,.bak}
sudo mkdir backup
sudo mv ./*.bak ./backup/

sudo apt reinstall pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack wireplumber
## internets recommended 'wireplumber' over 'pipewire-media-session'

history -a
reboot

# rejoice

You may choose to do it differently, but essentially, remove all 50-*.conf that deal specifically with sound, then reinstall the packages to recreate a proper 50-pipewire.conf.

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Vmware-tools missing MSI C++ Redistributable

Problem:

Cannot install VMware-tools due to missing MS Visual C++ Redistributable MSI.

Solution:

1. Download troubleshooter. Ignore the fact that it is for workstations, use it on your server too.
   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/fix-problems-that-block-programs-from-being-installed-or-removed-cca7d1b6-65a9-3d98-426b-e9f927e1eb4d

2. Run it, click “Next”, click “Uninstalling”, Choose “Not-Listed”, “Next”…
   For every MSI ID in the form {46E11E7F-....} that the vmware-tools installer complains about, copy/paste the ID from the dialog into the Troubleshooter’s field and click “Next”.

3. Retry vmtools installation, and re-run the troubleshooter as needed for each MSI ID in fault.

I had to do this for 4 different C++ redistributable ID’s before vm-tools was installable.

Good luck!

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Customize SublimeText 3 highlighted-line background-color the easy way

Problem:
How to customize / modify / change the background color of the line i’m working on in sublime text 3?

Caveat:
Each Color-Scheme is independent. If you modify, then change schemes, you will ahve to modify again.

Solution:
Preferences > Cusomize Color Scheme >
In the globals section, add "line_highlight": "#color", where #color is the hexadecimal color of your choice.

Example:

    "globals":  
    {  
        "line_highlight": "#155199",  
    },

as always, Good Luck!
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