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Published at LXer: Prometheus is a free, open-source and web-based monitoring application that collects metrics from your services and stores them in a time-series database. In this post, we will...

I've looked at LM 20.1's Mint themes & 3rd party Cinnamox-Heather. When install the Cinnamon Grouped Window List applet, a 6px "space" is between all open apps' "boxes" (or betwn apps' icons, if only...

I have installed Cinnamon 20.2 and am very glad with its performance. There is one problem however and that's when I try to play a video with an .MTS extension. The system freezes. Anything that...

Published at LXer: Ansible is an agentless IT automation tool that unravels the mystery of how work gets done. Many sysadmins run Ansible ad hoc commands or playbooks daily to handle their...

Hello, I have installed slackware 15 recently, I would like to use sboui to install Vlc, would I have to sync to a mirror for it to work. My understanding is slack 15 mirrors are not ready yet. ...

Published at LXer: The Redcore Linux Project announced today the release of Redcore Linux 2102 as the latest version of their Gentoo-based GNU/Linux distribution for the masses. Read More......

I have no idea if anyone is even remotely interested in this apart from me, but I run dwm on Slackware and wanted to get colour emoji working in the bar. This requires a patched version of libxft...

Published at LXer: Networked computers are so common these days that most of us take it for granted that a computer on one side of a room can contact one on the other side of the room, much less...

Published at LXer: In June of 2020, we published an article related to running Docker and Fedora 32. We described various workarounds that were required to run Docker, and we explained the...

Published at LXer: Wine (originally an acronym for “Wine Is Not an Emulator”) is a free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs developed for Microsoft Windows to...

Hello, I am using Linux Amazon Linux 2 and as per requirement I have added crontab for a URL. Below is the crontab file for a URL conjob every 30 minute: ---Quote--- #Every 30 minute email...

Hi all, it appears that mozilla/DST_Root_CA_X3.crt has expired. see https://stackoverflow.com/a/69403278/959179 So I tried to comment it out of my /etc/ca-certificates.conf . Then I run...

Published at LXer: Canonical published a new Linux kernel security update for Ubuntu 21.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS systems running Linux kernel 5.11 to address a total of eight security...

Hi guys I have taken a few course about Linux I am familiar with all the basics commands and navigating and stuff I have taken a few courses, all of them were called from zero to mastery or to...

Hello: I have a script that renames files in the current directory. #!/bin/bash mv file01.jpg newfile01.jpg mv file02.jpg newfile02.jpg . .

Is there a way to get support of the Windows key in Linux DEs (Desktop Environments)? Windows Key as in the menu-key of a standard PC keyboard. I want when pressed the DE main menu to pop up, e.g....

Published at LXer: If Linux is your primary working environment, then you might be familiar with the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF), the main file format used for executables, libraries,...

Hey guys so on my dell power edge server i have a 100mb /dev/sr0 block device i need to get more information on as its having i/o errors and seems to be effecting the server from booting initramfs at...

Hi, While going through RHEL 8 CPU performance tuning guide ...

this question may sound stupid, as it probably has been answered about a zillion times before, however I've found no answer: why is slarm64 using u-boot in the first place, instead of just loading...

Published at LXer: Fail2ban is an open-source tool used to help you protect your server from cyber-attacks. Read More......

(Previously asked on Debian User Forums, received no response.) Running Debian 11 with LXQt, sddm is the desktop manager. In following the directions in the Debian Wiki for an sddm.conf file to...

*_PURPOSE: transfer new desktop os download to a microsd card, but don't have os password. _* debian 10 buster - orangepi single armboard computer I only use the terminal for doing things, like...

During boot, all four monitors light up and show the Debian logo, but after boot and login only two are recognized: the laptop and the USB C display. Used the latest UEFI live ISO with non-free...

Posted my first question under Laptops forum four days ago. Still don't see it. Is there any link to see the questions I have submitted along with their moderation status? I don't see anything like...

Published at LXer: The refreshed Juno lineup includes the budget-oriented 15-inch Nyx models with AMD Ryzen 7 5700U processors and integrated Vega 7 graphics, the Saturn mid-ranger with intel COre...

Two people walked into a bar...and someone beat up someone else who started to tell a bar joke.

Published at LXer: Pandemic-driven supply chain problems have prompted the first-ever price increase for a Raspberry Pi product, according to Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton. Acknowledging that the...

Hello, everyone, I have 3 raspberry pi's and I'm currently trying to figure out how to make an NFS share on my Synology NAS mount automatically when the pi boots up. Thanks. Will

Trying to type Japanese on the chromebook linux app 'Anki', and it won't let me. It works outside Anki in ChromeOS. I've googled it and the only methods I can find require me to turn on developer...

Published at LXer: Oracle released today VirtualBox 6.1.28 as a hefty update to their open-source and cross-platform virtualization software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. Read...

Hello. I am having some trouble with port forwarding a port from a/two WireGuard peers with iptables. One peer (10.6.0.3), has its WireGuard configuration's AllowedIPs directive set to the...

Hello all, I am a long time QTerminal terminal emulator user. I used it for over 4 years on Linux Fedora with LXDE as DE with no problem. Recently I did a fresh install of latest Fedora Workstation...

Hi there. I want to find out is there built-in mechanism, which I can use in kernel module programming similar to poll/epoll/select? I found function sock_poll, but it is not exported with...

I remember a feature at linuxquestions.org where people voted for their favorites. In fact that's where I found my current pc from System76 (great pc!). Where can I find that feature again? I don't...

Published at LXer: Microsoft has issued a stark warning to system administrators, advising them of the importance of updating PowerShell 7 as soon as possible. Versions prior to PowerShell 7.0.8...

Upgraded to October 14th updates on my Pi. No longer have Wi-Fi. Not sure if something was missing in the updates.

Published at LXer: The major US TV vendor Vizio stands accused of failing to fulfill the basic requirements of the General Public License (GPL) in its TV source code. The Software Freedom...

Hi, I am getting the following errors when I try and upgrade. The folloeing is the out put from updating. qeriyo@qeriyo:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building...

Has anybody got any experience of activating hardware accelerated video playback on 64-bit Pis? I'm running a Pi 400 with slarm64. I have VLC (supplied by sndwvs) installed along with MPV...

Published at LXer: EcmaScript 6 modules will not stop growing use of Node, claims chair of Technical Steering Committee. Node.js 17 is out, loaded with OpenSSL 3 and other new features, but it is...

Hi All, I confirmed that Wake On Lan (WOL) *works with Windows 10 Pro* on a Lenovo ThinkStation P310 with onboard Intel I219-LM GB Ethernet controller. I had to make some changes in the adapter...

Published at LXer: It’s now easier to migrate from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8, Oracle Linux 8, or Rocky Linux 8, thanks to a new project from AlmaLinux. Read More......

Published at LXer: Linux users like to game, too, and the Juno Neptune 17-inch V3 laptop announced this week ensures that people on Ubuntu can play their favorite titles on the go. Keeping up with...

In the web I have found a script called "Autosuspend". I'm no programmer. But it is my understanding that the part of the script below looks for active clients on port 9981 and 9982. Though I have...

Published at LXer: Pip is a widely used package manager for the Python programming language. It is being used for installing and managing additional packages that are not available in the Python...

Hi everyone, Excited to become part of a vibrant linux community! Btw. does anybody know if I am doing something wrong? Two days ago and then yesterday again I posted new threads but they are...

Published at LXer: The KDE Project announced today the availability of KDE Plasma 5.23.1 as the first point release to the latest and greatest KDE Plasma 5.23 desktop environment series. Read...

Hi I have issue running rpm -qa command and it says db_runrecovery fatal error run database recovery Is there will be no issue running a rpm -rebuild command? Thank you.

Hi Folks; I am a linux user, and have been using Linux since 1998. I have gotten OpenBSD installed, with fvwm, and later xfce4. Got networking working, and a variety of ports installed (firefox,...