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Published at LXer: Already more than 37 years old, the relational system continues to gain popularity. Open source PostgreSQL was today named database management system of the year by popular...

Arch via a 0.3Mb file (https://archlinux.org/releng/netboot/) download? Cool! Just mkdir .config/Virtualbox/TFTP & mv it there/arch.pxe Create a new VM with matching name arch & select net as...

Published at LXer: Latest Vim 9.1: Remembering Bram Moolenaar, featuring new :defer command, virtual-text support, and EditorConfig plugin. See what's new. Read More......

8250 serial driver supports more than 4 ports, and allows for a kernel parameter to request for more than the default number of ports, but there is a hard limit currently of 4 in Slackware's default...

Published at LXer: Quick guide to install Firewalld on CentOS Stream 9 or 8 along with basic command examples to get you familar with firewall-cmd in your terminal. Read More......

There has been a so-called "snapshot" release of Sendmail to deal with the SMTP Smuggling vulnerability (CVE-2023-51765) that was disclosed in late Dec 2023. It is version 8.18.0.2 and can be...

Published at LXer: Discover an amazing free and open-source cross-platform GUI front-end of FFmpeg for basic editing tasks on your laptop or desktop with fewer system resources. Read More......

Bryan Lunduke has gone over the 2023 Linux Foundation report. He has observed that the foundation spends even less on the kernel than ever, both in absolute dollars and in percentage of the budget. It...

Published at LXer: iSCSI stands for Internet Small Computer System Interface is a Storage Area Network protocol that can be used to share block devices such as HDD/SSD partitions, or LVM...

I have the following packages avaliable to update: Code: --------- lib32-lcms2-2.16-1 lib32-libdrm-2.4.118-1 linux510-5.10.204-1 linux510-nvidia-545.29.06-4 ...

Just reactivate the account as Im facing some issues on a manjaro install. Nice to be around again.

I'm using (as I have been for decades) calendar, called from root's crontab at 0200 every morning. Problem is, it's running, but the emails go to root's email as bounced messages. Seems root is...

Published at LXer: Iive reviewed the vast majority of music players for Linux. But there always seems more out there to explore. Read More......

Hi I'm in the process upgrading my Kodi install and I need a PVR addon compiling. I can use slackbuild scripts to compile Kodi and create an install package just fine but Kodi's "preferred" way...

Published at LXer: Fedora is a reliable Linux system that is great as a base for other larger distros. Learn the best distros today that use Fedora as its base. Read More......

I just reinstalled Mint on this PC and am having trouble recording audio streams. I have Audio Recorder, Pulse Audio Control, and Audacity installed. Here is the information about this machine's...

I have a clean install of current here and I'm having sound issues - No sound, to be precise. To cut to the chase, when I press F6 in Alsamixer to choose a soundcard, I get Code: --------- ...

This evening (7:38 pm EST), the Earth will pass its closest position to the Sun in its annual orbit. Celebrate! :) Isn't it funny how our "calendars" manage to miss both of the "_planetary_...

I have Mint installed on a separate drive on a win11 laptop. To get Mint to boot I have to go in the bios and select it with boot priority. Sometimes I get grub 2.0. When Mint boots it seems to take a...

Published at LXer: The most successful compile-it-yourself Linux distro now has compiled, packaged executablesGentoo now offers 20-plus gigabytes of pre-compiled binaries, from desktops to office...

My PC. CPU Intel Core i5-6400 DDR4-SDRAM 8GB 2133MHz GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 SSD 128GB & 2 3.5" SATA3 HDDs 7200rpm 1.0TB each PC is in use running Windows 10 Home 64b. 22H2 I tried...

Where can one find these files to delete?

Hello, When a normal user logs into the system, he can see the contents of almost all files with the *cat* command. I have two questions: 1- How can I stop this? 2- Through the */etc/sudoers*...

Hi I am doing the tutorial at https://ogldev.org/www/tutorial01/tutorial01.html I have the following code: #include #include int main(int argc, char** argv) {...

I was searching barry kauler" (the creator of puppy linux)on google and this image popped up! [https://renjiveda.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/1puppylinuxdesktop3.jpg?w=840 (Hopefully the link works)...

Trying to compile latest mkvtoolnix-82 which requires qt6.2.0 or higher. So I installed qt6.6.1 and the dependencies from https://ponce.cc/slackware/qt6_and_deps/current/x86_64/ However, configure...

Hello, I am using v5.15.92-v7+ and would like to add a spi master without enabling spidev. Based on that, I will be able to use my own device driver. I am referring to the method mentioned at...

please answer me, take into account that is a linux for Tails GNU/linux Distribution OS BIOS

Goodnight. I have a PC with Debian 11 installed. I have an HP Ink Tank Wireless 416. HP printer has USB and Wi-Fi functionality. I don't use Wi-Fi connection on my PC. It connects to the internet...

I've got a problem, from time to time, where some (unknown) combination of one or more of: kernel, hardware, firmware, drivers, cosmic alignments or bad mojo, causes Linux on my computer to not see a...

I had installed Slackware 15.0 several times on my UEFI PC, and have several files remain under /boot that are not part of the Slackware tree. I re-partitioned in an attempt to delete all files...

Hi. When I execute snes9x without parameters, it does inform me a list of possible parameters, such as "-loadsnapshot" or "-playmovie" However none of these options tells me the two things I am...

Published at LXer: From Wayland woes to clipboard quirks, Alacritty 0.13 tackles a slew of bugs, optimizing memory usage and refining the user experience. Read More......

Debain has Grub and when I select Mint to load I get the message "Error: Out of memory hit any key to continue" hitting any key does nothing only Ctrl Alt Delete to reboot. I tried a few more times...

Published at LXer: Updates for the 1% of holdouts halt. Valve rang in the New Year by dropping Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 support on its Steam gaming platform, giving your gaming grandparets yet...

hello and happy new year! i've just installed a fresh 15.0 64 system and also fetched latest updates so i think state should be pretty up to date. Unfortunately package from slackbuilds...

I'm attempting to build obs-studio and already have vlc Code: --------- sqg -p obs-studio --------- produces quite a bit of dependencies but I already have vlc installed. Would this rebuild...

Colleagues, How do I modify an HDD so that it no longer thinks that it is bootable? I have a removable HDD that used to hold a full Linux Mint (v19.x) I want to use this drive for other things...

Hello Is there a way to view the inode table of a file system and/or edit it ?

Any way to keep computer from locking after the screensaver starts? Wheres that setting? I find it very annoying to have to enter password frequently. Very little security risk for me as I am in...

Published at LXer: Uri Herrera announced today the release and general availability of Nitrux 3.2.1 as the first ISO snapshot in 2024 for this systemd-free, Debian-based, and immutable GNU/Linux...

I've just upgraded to Slackware 15.0 on my main computer. I use the SpamAssassin Mail Filter daemon run by rc.spamd. This worked fine with 14.2, but with 15.0 I get: Code: --------- Starting...

When I get around to it, I am going to buy a new motherboard for my intended desktop build. The board will be for some AMD AM3 or AM3 CPU, specifically some Athlon II X2. I have an Athlon II X4 645...

I have a few partitions. One is for my main OS installation, and a second is set aside as the destination for a backup of the main OS. I have a secondary OS set aside for maintenance purposes, with...

In 2008, a man told me that he was running Ubuntu without any antivirus software because Linux OS had built in abilities to shield off any intruding software. I am a photographer. And I show many...

Published at LXer: Discover FFmpeg, the powerful multimedia processing tool, its installation steps, and various command-line examples of its usage. Read More......

Hi I'm desperately hoping that somebody can help! I've mounted an exFAT formatted external hard drive via USB. The mount point is within my user home folder (previously attempted within /media...

The device is an Onyx 4GB by Mach Speed Technologies. I disconnected it while the firmware was being updated in Windows XP. I can't do anything further with it in Windows because no driver is found...

Published at LXer: Learn what's new in the mega release of KDE Plasma 6, which is currently in beta testing. Read More... (https://www.debugpoint.com/kde-plasma-6/)

Hello, i am interested in running this Mac Software Emulation on Slackware. Do you think it would be possible. Unfortunately i do not find dependencies listed here...