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How can I purposely make linux unresponsive for a few seconds?
So basically I have a user who is running maven via jenkins jobs and they overload the machine and basically make it so ps doesn't respond. I want to play with solutions, is there any way to simulate...
LXer: Peppermint OS Debian�s Branch Is Now Rebased on Bookworm
Published at LXer: The new Peppermint OS release powered by Debian 12 offers excellent performance, updated software, and a sleek interface for your Linux journey. Here's what's new! Read...
LXer: Install Win11 KVM Guest on SrarkyLinux 7 via conversion virtio-win-0.1.229.noarch.rpm to format *.deb
Published at LXer: Conversion via "alien" utility virtio-win-0.1.229-1.noarch.rpm to debian format (*.deb) and deploying virtio-win_0.1.229-1_all.deb on SparkyLinux 7 allows straightforward...
How do I restore a Btrfs snapshot?
I've had snapshots for a few days for the root / directory. The service has been running since then and snapshotting faithfully. Well, I seem to have damaged something today because some apps keep...
SAMBA with FIPS
Good Morning, I have enabled FIPS within my RHEL 8.8 box that is acting as a Standalone server. However when I enabled FIPS the Windows 10 and Windows 11 clients lose access to the Samba server....
just sharing this script I made that creates a desktop shortcut to webpage
Code: --------- #!/bin/bash #choose directory to put file echo "directory" read directory #Choose attributes echo "Encoding" read encode #example UTF-8
Curious about OpenVPN.
How do I go about using OpenVPN for Slackware 15.0? I am asking because I have been hearing/reading a lot about using VPN's when streaming movies. Amy assistance in this matter will be greatly...
gen_repo_files.sh grep errors
---Quote--- cat gen_repos_files44.sh | grep grep if [ "$(echo $PKG|grep -E '(.*{1,})\-(.*[\.\-].*[\.\-].*).t[blxg]z[ ]{0,}$')" == "" ]; if [ "$(echo $PKG|grep -E...
LXer: You Can Now Install Linux Kernel 6.4 on Ubuntu, Here�s How
Published at LXer: Ubuntu users can now install the latest and greatest Linux 6.4 kernel on their PCs, so hereis our quick and easy-to-follow tutorial on how to install it using the Mainline...
HP Envy 4520 not working after upgrading to Mint 20
Yesterday my HP Envy 4520 printer was working. I just upgraded my laptop to Mint 20 (from 19.3) and now the Envy isn't working. I use the printer with a direct connection, not wifi. I am able to see...
Multiple failed install attempts
Hi all, WOW. never ever had this issues with Debian in the past, but i continually get the failed to install base system error. I am 100% certain it has something to do with my raid config. But...
kubuntu 22.04 update hanging
Hello, so I have ubuntu installed 22.04 and it had some updates and now, i cant get past cups service. it was stopping at snapd but i uninstalled and reinstalled so thats not the issue its cups. when...
Raspbian Bookworm not installing my printer
dmesg Code: --------- [ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0 [ 0.000000] Linux version 6.1.11+ (dom@buildbot) (arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-8 (Ubuntu/Linaro 8.4.0-3ubuntu1) 8.4.0, GNU ld...
LXer: Firefox 115 ESR Is Here with Hardware Video Decoding for Intel GPUs on Linux
Published at LXer: Mozillais Firefox 115 web browser is now available for download as the new ESR (Extended Support Release) series that will receive updates for about a year with regular point...
Black screen after login
When I boot my laptop everything goes well until after I login. Once I enter my password the screen goes black with just a movable mouse curser. I was running Fedora 37 up until middle of last...
ssd Grub2 boot and optional boot windows from usb
I was wondering. I normally boot debian from internel m2 ssd. Grub is installed there too. Sometimes I want to boot to Windows 11. Now Windows is installed in the same ssd. Would it be possible...
Issue with softlink creation in Ubuntu 20.02 inside a Ubuntu docker container
I am facing issue in a docker container startup. At starup of the docker container, I want to create softlinks of about 300-400 links in root-volume which is C_drive inside a docker container. The...
Random loss of output on the GPU
I have a problem where the monitor randomly goes into sleep mode due to a lack of input while using Linux. This occurs in both the LiveCD environment necessary for installing Gentoo Linux (command...
LXer: Independent Distro KaOS 2023.06 Is Out with Linux 6.3, Latest KDE Software
Published at LXer: The KaOS developers announced today the release and general availability of KaOS 2023.06 as a new ISO snapshot for this KDE-focused and Arch Linux-inspired independent GNU/Linux...
"The right way" to install patches?
What is the correct way to install the official patches (https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/)? This is my current method: Code: --------- for pkg in *.txz; do ...
gcc options: --save-temps, --verbose; and redirection operator.
I have a quicksort.c file, that compiled using, the below commands: Code: --------- $ gcc --save-temps --verbose quicksort.c -o quicksort> quicksort.txt --------- The gcc command options (a)...
LXer: System76 Is Making Cases for Building Do-It-Yourself Computers
Published at LXer: Now you can build your own computer using the same chassis and cooling technology that System76 uses in their popular Thelio line of desktops. Read More......
[SOLVED] Current : libQt5WebEngineCore.so.5: undefined symbol: av_stream_get_first_dts, version LIBAVFORMAT_59
After upgrading to latest slack-current, I got this message when starting Falkon: falkon: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libQt5WebEngineCore.so.5: undefined symbol: av_stream_get_first_dts,...
[SOLVED] Advanced Network Configuration Slackware 15.0
If I try to configure Broadband for HUAWEI E3372 LTE USB Stick with the Advanced Network Configuration I can not save the settings, the save button is greyed out.
16GB shows as full even though only 3.5GB in use
---Quote--- df -h ---End Quote--- shows Code: --------- Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/root 15G 14G 12M 100% /
LXer: Peppermint OS Is Now Based on Debian 12, Here�s What�s New
Published at LXer: The Peppermint OS team announced today the general availability for download of new ISO images based on the latest and greatest Debian GNU/Linux 12 iBookwormi operating system...
Rootfs of devuan ascii armhf for rpi3b+ ?
Hello, I have found this file, however I look for the armhf. https://mirror.leaseweb.com/devuan/devuan_ascii/embedded/devuan_ascii_2.0.0_arm64_raspi3.tar.gz Code: ---------...
Obtain a List of All Files Read by the Kernel During Boot
Hello, Under Windows, if you go into the Safe Mode options and select "Enable Boot Logging", after booting a file called "ntbtlog.txt" appears in the Windows directory. The file contains entries...
LXer: Learn how to Install Grub Customizer on Linux Mint 21 or 20
Published at LXer: Learn how to customize your Linux Mint 21/20 boot loader easily with Grub Customizer. Read More... (https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-grub-customizer-on-linux-mint/)
Find Duplicates Automatically from Facebook Friends
I'm asking here, as I think it can be done with a simple command or two, though I'm unfamiliar with such commands. Yes I know about the commands in general, like sed and grep and everything. But I...
Can I use the official rustup script to install rust on Slackware rather than using SlackBuilds.org?
Hello, I am interested in installing Slackware, and don't know very much about it yet. From what I gathered about packages in slackbuilds.org, you are supposed to download every dependency into the...
OpenBSD 7.3 Apache 2/PHP simple-/classic-style?
I'm trying to setup Apache 2.4.56, PHP 8.2.7 on OpenBSD 7.3 but the Apache Foundation has made it harder & harder to run PHP. They suggest don't do it the simple/classic way because supposedly the...
Fedora 38 - IP Keeps Changing
I have an Alienware Alpha that I am using as a Monero miner. It is running Fedora 38. This is my uname -a: Code: --------- Linux localhost.localdomain 6.2.14-300.fc38.x86_64 #1 SMP...
LXer: Pi-like SBC taps Rockchip RK3588S SoC
Published at LXer: The Indiedroid Nova is a single board computer with the same form factor as the popular Raspberry Pi 4B and powered by the Rockchip RK3588S SoC. This SBC supports up to 16GB of...
slackpkg pattern search
Hi guys, I'm new to slackpkg but not new to Slackware, used it since version 10.1 if I recall. Now, I'm working on automating my softwares build and packaging using Gitea Actions. I've made a setup...
[SOLVED] What's wrong with my configuration on nagios and kerberos?
I want to setup a service to check the kdc with nagios. With my kdc (samba4) I create the user using this script Code: --------- #!/bin/bash USER=nagioskerberos ...
LXer: KaOS 2023.06 Brings Latest Plasma, Bugfixes, and New Apps
Published at LXer: The June release of KaOS, 2023.06, gives users Linux kernel 6.3.10, the latest Plasma 5.27.6, and adds new tools to the distrois arsenal. Read More......
Not understanding what this Gstreamer error is about when I try to add a radio stream to Strawberry
Happens with any player, but this one gave details. ---Quote--- Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in. ../gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c(1027): no_more_pads_full ():...
Keep getting boot error messages
I installed mx linux 21.3 32-bit on an older dell latitude e6430s. I keep getting either invalid partition table or F1 to continue or F2 to enter setup? This only happens when I unplug and plug the...
LXer: Raven Reader � cross-platform RSS reading software
Published at LXer: Raven Reader is a desktop news reader application. Itis built using Electron, a popular framework with developers, as it makes it easier to build a desktop app that works...
exact link of a software/package to be used to download via wget
hi, it sounds easy i guess but need your inputs please on how to know the exact link, or should i say how i can get the link to download specific software using WGET command is there any...
LXer: Rocky Linux Finds Solutions to RHEL Source Code Restrictions
Published at LXer: Rocky Linux leverages UBI and cloud instances for unhindered RHEL source acquisition. Read More... (https://debugpointnews.com/redhat-source-rocky-linux/)
Testing RAM
Suspicious that my problems may be bad RAM I tried to run the memtest program (apparently 'Memtest-86 v 3.2') that I've had on my system for 11 years, haven't used for almost that long. It displays...
An official request to site owners: "auto-lock threads after [say, six weeks]"
There are two clear reasons to request this change of software-enforced policy: (1) "Spam-bots" will automatically surf for and then reopen 'old threads.' (2) The Linux environment is inherently...
Grub menu will not show.
Hi, I can't seem to get grub menu to show anymore. It used to show and stopped. I don't know when it stopped as I never look until I need it. I have edited /etc/default/grub to STYLE=menu TIMEOUT=10...
How to analyse a docx document for possible payload
Hi all, Received this word document which both the wife an I opened, she uses Win10 and I use Slackware. On mine, the document cannot be opened as it spits out "general input/output error" On her...
LXer: Install Windows 11 as KVM Guest in SparkyLinux 7 using virt-manager
Published at LXer: First of all make sure that packages :$ sudo apt install ovmf swtpm swtpm-toolsare already installed on your system, then the configuration of TPM is no longer your concern....
I am officially a moron!
I bought this current computer in the end of 2021, and since my favorite game is NOT on Linux, I had to buy me PS4, just to play the game. I had tried to install an Nvidia-drive with no success....
bluetooth stopped working, reports kernel error
bluetooth stopped working after I booted into kernel 6.4.1 for the first time. It kept on not-working when I booted into 6.4.0, so that must not be it. I get an error when I run bluetoothctl:...
Leap 15.5 no cd/dvd
My system completely ignores the dvd drive on my Lenovo t530. From the terminal, I can see the hardware, but there is no /dev/sr0, apparently no tmp files, no /dev files that I can find. The drive has...
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