Unable to get w or who commands working after Debian 13 upgrade

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Required Information

  • DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version
    • G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=10
    • G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=5
    • G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=2
    • G_GITBRANCH=‘master’
    • G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’
  • Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN
    • trixie 0
  • Kernel version | uname --all
    • Linux trixienow 6.18.39+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.18.39-1+rpt1 (2026-07-29) aarch64 GNU/Linux
  • Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture
    • arm64
  • SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3)
    • Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4
  • Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower)
    • Official Raspberry Pi 4 AC Adapter
  • SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra)
    • N/A as running only off USB hard drive

Additional Information (if applicable)

  • Software title | (EG: Nextcloud)
    • Upgraded from Debian 12 to Debian 13
  • Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated?
    • w and who were working before the upgrade
  • Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi?
    • I believe so
  • Bug report ID | echo $G_HW_UUID

Steps to reproduce

  1. Upgrade Dietpi running Debian 12 (bookworm) to Debian 13 (trixie) using the script located at Debian 13 Trixie has been released – DietPi Blog
  2. The above blog post mentions software to install to get the functionality back for w and who, but that does not work.
  3. I do find This Github issue mentioning how to get w and who working, but that does not work either.
  4. Unable to have functional w and who commands as in Debian 12 (bookworm).

Expected behaviour

  • w and who commands should function in Debian 13 (trixie) as they were in Debian 12 (bookworm).

Actual behaviour

  • w and who commands are not functional after upgrading to Debian 13 (trixie).

Extra details

  • N/A
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See here below “1.3.2 lastlog and wtmp/utmp replacements”: Debian 13 Trixie has been released – DietPi Blog