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Greeting folks, My computer running ubuntu 21.10 locked up while the screen was locked. Nothing stands out in the logs but I did have some outbound traffic blocked by the firewall. No idea what...

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction to resolve my problem, but I have been searching all day with no help in sight. Last summer I purchased a used Optiplex 390 from the local...

hi so just a password is not enough. before i can choose to use keyfile or yubikey5 challenge response on top the the pw, i would like to understand what each does and how do they differ.. ...

Published at LXer: In the following tutorial, you will have learned*how to install MATE Desktop 1.26 on your Ubuntu 21.10 operating system. Read More......

{sigh} About an hour ago, I did an upgrade/update of Debian-testing {bookworm?} When I did a reboot, as the upgrade/update seemed exclusively the Nvidia graphics card. Well... After I did a...

OK, I've been fighting this for a time and my mind is burnt. I have a Raspberry Pi 3B+ in my RPi stable that I've decided to use in an Internet Radio receiver project. The installation of the OS is...

I learned as a child that it's not a good idea to shut down by just unplugging. But I think when I learned that, the sources suggested it could harm files. I don't remember whether anyone said it...

Published at LXer: The PINE64, the hardcore nerds behind Linux-powered hardware, has just announced the PinePhone Pro. The PinePhone Pro costs $399 and is designed to be user repairable. The spare...

One of my slackware computer is logging these in messages and something similar in syslog, a few line everyday or so. Using slackware 64 stable, up to date. ---Quote--- Oct 11 21:01:31 slakbox...

Good afternoon: I am SO MAAAAD right now: I am running Debian 8, and she has been running FINE for a LONG while, then Wordpress says I need to upgrade PHP from 5.6 to 7.3. Problem is, I can't...

In a recent comment on another thread, SlowCoder said: ---Quote--- ...I think we could probably agree that the climate on LQ has changed rather drastically since the early days. I see a much more...

I'm running a vanilla ALSA based system. I can run apps like Firefox using Code: --------- $ apulse firefox --------- to get sound using the passthrough emulator. If I do the same with...

The setup: Only two computers connected with an ethernet cable (no switch or router) Computer 1 Debian 10/Gnome as network server and allowing file sharing Computer 2 Debian 11/Gnome Live as...

I've discovered https://tow-boot.org/ and I'm delighted. It's so comfortable to have a real UI during boot! Installed it on my Pinebook Pro with Code: --------- dd if=Tow-Boot.spi.bin...

nate@Dad:~$ xmms /usr/share/themes/Breeze/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:4: error: unexpected identifier `gtk-color-scheme', expected keyword - e.g. `style' /home/nate/.config/gtkrc:5: error: unexpected identifier...

HELLO! I attempt to resurrect an old laptop from ~2004/5 era (sort of typewriter). I put gentoo on it and it all would be great except the wireless adapter. Initially, there was Inprocom 2220...

After Slackware's upgrade to Python 3.10, modules installed locally by pip3 are not detected. Running python3 and typing "sys.path" does not show $HOME/.local/lib64/python3.10/site-packages. In...

Published at LXer: Creator of Ubuntu Unity and UbuntuEd, Rudra Saraswat announced today the release of Ubuntu Web Remix 20.04.3 as the latest version of this unofficial Ubuntu flavor that aims to...

Hi, I have a network driver (driver interface eth1) with 12 TX queues and 12 CPU cores I am using Amazon Linux 2: 4.14.243-185.433.amzn2.x86_64 I am trying to use XPS to steer TX packets for each...

Greetings gentlemen, I have a 32Gb thumb drive and thought I might as well press it into service for backing up data. So I formatted it to ext4, inserted it into one of my other Linux boxes and...

I have a server with 3 NICs, connected to 3 switches. There are no VLANs. On these 3 switches there are connected the 3 network cards of a firewall that provides 3 DHCP. To the server I connect via...

Hallo. I downloaded Comodo AV from the official site (it came down as a cav-linux_x64.deb). It does not install because of a dependency issue: it says it needs package libssl0.9.8. Problem is:...

Published at LXer: In the following article, we’ll walk through the installation of your Python 3.9 version with two options. Installing it directly from the APT repository or building the Python...

I just attempted to update my sbopkg repository index. I got a bunch (hundreds?) of "Packfile does not match index" messages. Then another bunch of messages like: Code: --------- :...

Hello I am looking for a software that can give transcripts of videos from Odysee.com for example, either in *English or in French*. Even if the transcript is not 100% correct, it does not matter I...

Published at LXer: Some people find out about Linux, dive in, then walk away feeling like Linux is a waste of time. That's a pretty broad brush to paint the entire operating system with, but there...

Published at LXer: Open source arrived in the pen-and-paper RPG industry back at the turn of the century, when Wizards of the Coast, publisher of Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons [he]amp[/he]...

Guys, I am trying to create an Ubuntu 21.10 flash drive in Windows 11. I have tried Rufus, an old version of Rufus, Poweriso and balenaEtcher. They all fail! Kubuntu works and when I try a Windows...

Published at LXer: Pine64 today announced its latest Linux-powered device, the PinePhone Pro, an update to the original PinePhone which sees a more powerful device running mainline Linux (Manjaro...

Hello I read many times on the web that VPN is important and useful bla bla bla. *At my level, would VPN be useful ?* All my data (documents prepared or received, either from friends or from...

Hello I have a laptop ASUS K456U (K456UJ). There are 2 DDs : 1 "turning" DD of 1To and a SSD of 128Giga. When the pc was installed, the 1To DD was used as "data" storage. All the linux working...

Published at LXer: After 6 months of development, Ubuntu 21.10 codenamed “Impish Indri” is now available for download. Ubuntu 21.10, a short-term support release, improves on its predecessor Ubuntu...

Hi there I want to install Ubuntu 21.10 *without* the installer installing Grub. I currently have Windows 11 on a 2TB SSD and want to install Ubuntu for testing on a 240GB SSD. I want to be able...

I have been having randon and odd c complete crashes. Carsh so bad the only way to restart the computer is to power off at the AC mains switch and then power back on and restart the computer. Even...

Published at LXer: In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install VLC Media Player on your Linux Mint system. Read More......

Not sure if this was reported yet (just upgraded a few hours ago), but now that we are on Python 3.10, the hplip.Slackbuild still points to the nonexistent Python 3.8: Code: ---------...

Published at LXer: Academics advised to consider excluding certain terminology for the sake of inclusivity. A working group in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland...

How can bash glob is expanded and keep the cursor ready on the readline so that keep current command from being executed

I have a USB flash drive that is attached to my router. It's physical location is "//rt-ac3100-84e8/sda1" it is mounted on "/media/My_Passport" The USB flash drive is always "mounted" since it is...

I would like to convert the following code to bash: Code: --------- from random import randrange Red = 1 Yellow = 2 Green = 3

I try yo print a letter from my email but then the default epson printer is not what i have. I try to find ways to install My XP-245 but i cant see instruction too do so.I sther a way that i can...

Published at LXer: Fish Shell also known as ‘Friendly interactive shell’ used for Unix/Linux-like operating distributions. It provides a smart, fully equipped, and user-friendly command-line...

I think the people of Reddit have given up, so I am posting my issue here. https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/q8oenb/ee_fatal_server_error_ee_no_screens_foundee_on/

You know anything about Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/compute-module-4-io-board/) and how it might go with SARPi? Thanks

Published at LXer: Both startups and more established firms are increasingly turning to content marketing as a way of reaching prospective customers. However, corporate marketers often consider the...

I ctrl+click on the image to set the source point for cloning, but it does not happen. I even made a video to show you this: https://sendvid.com/smk56i05 In the video, you can see the moment...

My 1TB SSD at 37% full seems to be more full than I expect it to should be. Is there a GUI program, or command line for terminal, that I can use to see the size(s) of files listed, instead of having...

hi i intend to use yubikey 5 charlenge response smacsha thing. if i use that there is no point in having a key file right ? or is it?

hi is it better to store the database on the pc harddrive or a usb stick and why? thx

I've got a GPS USB Dongle model N° GR-110 and need drivers to run it on Ubuntu. What can I do?