Bug#806851: VLC doesn't run with root user

Package: vlc Version: 2.2.0~rc2-2+deb8u1 When I invoke vlc as the root user, the following error message is written to stderr. VLC is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry. If you need to use real-time priorities and/or privileged TCP ports you can use vlc-wrapper (make su

Bug#792475: iceweasel: Error code: ssl_error_weak_server_ephemeral_dh_key

Package: iceweasel Version: 31.8.0esr-1~deb8u1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, I received this error while trying to connect to a server and the connection to the server failed. wget 1.16 seems to make the connection successfully, but not this package. -- Package-specific info: -- Extens

Bug#787326: firmware-realtek: Wireless Card not detected at all in Debian 8.0

Package: firmware-realtek Version: 0.43 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I wanted to get my wireless card working (on a Thinkpad x230). On previous versions of Debian I simply installed the firmware-realtek and wlan0 would appear in ifconfig. This hasn't been the case in this release of Debian