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Hi I'm trying to untar a .tar file in LXLE Linux 18.04.3 64 bit with the command (root): tar -zxvf gscite514.tar and the response is: root@alain-B85M-HD3:/home/alain/Downloads# tar -zxvf...

Hello everyone. my name is Raffaele and I am a linux neophyte. I don't post much, because I try to find my answers by reading the previous posts. I hope to learn many new things here about the linux...

Published at LXer: The Linux Mint developers unveiled today the codename and expected release date of the upcoming Linux Mint 20.3 distribution, as well as some of the expected features. Read...

Thank you! Music player works ok on the system drive but can't get the files off different drive.

Published at LXer: The tr command is used to translate, squeeze, and delete characters from standard input, writing to standard output in Linux and Unix. Read More......

Published at LXer: Valve released today Proton 6.3-7 as the latest stable version of their open-source compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine that lets Linux users play Windows games on...

Hello. I am using Debian 10 with an XFCE desktop and I would like to switch to a GNOME desktop environment. I can see that I successfully installed both desktop environments but I cannot get to the...

Published at LXer: Let’s say you simply wish to trim a piece of footage, you might want to consider Video Trimmer. It’s software written in Rust and uses FFmpeg for performing the trimming. The...

Since installing last night's update to -current, kdesu is no longer authenticating the user. I found a broken symlink in /usr/bin/ and corrected it to point to the new location of kdesu, as well...

Hi, Is it possible to have the root partition (/) mounted as readonly while maintaining the ability to automount external devices to /media/? In my setup (Debian Buster w/Xfce4) I have to re-mount...

Published at LXer: Computer programming, also known as*coding*for short, is not about which language you use. It[he]#039[/he]s about developing programming logic and learning to think like a...

Hello, While cleaning the system manually, SolydX-10, i did something very wrong ... now i'm not able to login into the session, a window with an information is there: xfconfd is not executing...

Published at LXer: Linux is an operating system used in everything from phones to cars and complex supercomputers, yet you can also use it to power your personal computer. The desktop may not be...

Published at LXer: In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install self-hosted WordPress using the latest Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP versions available. Read More......

I have external hard disk on which i am unable to delete or create partitions. This is a screenshot from gparted. The options for 'delete' and 'create new partition' are greyed out: Attachment...

I've been revising/polishing a couple of scripts I use to keep my slackware system updated and I think they're about ready for a wider audience now. The README pretty much explains what and how...

Published at LXer: On a Linux operating system environment, mastering how to create and restore backups is a very important skill set. It is easier for well-versed Linux user to attain their data...

I'm trying to install an old favourite - Emperor Rise of the Middle Kingdom. I tried following various guides to install wine, I've got wine 5.0 and I think I've got gecko. I've downloaded an .exe...

Published at LXer: The Apache web server is highly customizable and can be configured in multiple ways to suit your needs. There are many third-party modules that you can use to configure Apache to...

Hello, I'm starting studies with container. I would like to understand how the use of dynamic libraries (shared objects) of the docker works. When the container runs an Ubuntu image equivalent to...

Published at LXer: A new kernel option was proposed today called "pkill_on_warn" that would kill all threads in a process if that process provoked a kernel warning. Currently when a process...

Published at LXer: If you've ever tried writing YAML, you may have been initially pleased with how apparently easy it looks. At first glance, the YAML that's often used for configuration files,...

My current setup: PearOS ThiccSur AMD A8-6600k 8GB RAM (might get a GPU soon)

Hi I have a question about a strange thing that I can not understand. Facts I burned a BD using K3B and I kept the ISO file make to do it. The size of iso was 25GB (full BD). The burning process...

Hello! I need a fast, secure, stable, light, and reliable server for static web content. I'll run this server inside Alpine Linux (or whatever distro) containers. Security and stability are important...

Published at LXer: In a previous article, I introduced Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (the ELK Stack) and the various components that make up this monitoring system. In this article, I'll look...

Hi, Could somebody share a good video with basic Linux commands? best john

I currently use LXC for wordpress Code: --------- LXC IP LAN 192.168.1.101 Debian 9.13 Apache/2.4.25 (Debian) 10.1.48-MariaDB-0+deb9u2 - Debian 9.13 PHP: 7.3.3

Published at LXer: Daniel Schürmann released today Mixxx 2.3.1 as the first bugfix and minor improvement update to the major Mixxx 2.3 series released at the end of June 2021. Read More......

Published at LXer: First - Fedora 35 Beta Server deployed as L1 KVM Guest on F34 Bare metal Server . Nested virtualization enabled via virsh console on F34 Server. Complete KVM && Cockpit install...

Published at LXer: Over the past few years, the LLVM toolchain has seen increasing development and adoption alongside the older, more established GNU toolchain. The emergence of this new two major...

When trying to build a kernel I get an error message: "#use: command not found" What package has the "use" command?

Hi everybody! This is my first question here, so I hope I've placed it well! I'm trying to make an SFTP connection between Beagle Board running Debian 10 and windows using Filezilla. I followed...

Hi guys, rolling release, like Arch, Arco, Artix, Manjaro, etc. are great but if you want to make your own ISO e.g. to install the OS on ZFS-ROOT using `arch-iso` and `zfs` packages mostly didn't...

Published at LXer: This brief tutorial describes how to find all sudo users or super users (the users who have sudo access) in Linux and Unix-like systems. Read More......

Published at LXer: I have suffered from distrohopping. Now that I have settled for the last two years, here are some tips to save your time. Read More......

I am unable to install or run Linux Mint 20 and many other Linux distros on a PC, unlike the many other PC's I have booted this particular OS onto, this is the first to have such a problem. I...

Published at LXer: Uri Herrera announced today the release and general availability of Nitrux 1.6.1 as a monthly update of this Debian-based and systemd-free GNU/Linux distribution for the masses....

I am running VirtualBox 6.1.26 on Centos 8. I can't get my Windows Virtual machines to recognize USB devices. I have tried the following things: I have installed the Service Pack that...

Anyone experienced the need to check or vaidate a UTF-16LE to UTF-8 convertion is safe ie. each converted character has its compatible destination ? What linux utility or how script to check such...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial, we’ll cover what chmod 777 means and what the command does. We will also quickly go over some of the basics you must understand before learning about the chmod...

Published at LXer: Oh my Zsh! Give your Linux Terminal a makeover using this guide. Here, we explain how to install, use and configure several themes in Zsh. Read More......

Published at LXer: Cockpit is a server management dashboard that provides real-time information on the state of your machine. In this guide, we will show you how to install the Cockpit Web Console...

Published at LXer: Ansible is a top open source project which, on the surface, looks to provide a simple way to standardize your existing automation and allow it to run in parallel across multiple...

Published at LXer: KVM refers to the Kernel-based Virtual Machine which helps to run multiple Linux or window-based isolated guests along with their own OS and virtual dedicated hardware. This...

Published at LXer: Ansible is a top open source project which, on the surface, looks to provide a simple way to standardize your existing automation and allow it to run in parallel across multiple...

I was just working my way back through a long thread in the PMs and it occurred to me it might be nice to have "Previous" and "Next" buttons when a message is displayed for the private messages, so...

Published at LXer: This article shows you a number of useful and interesting Bash prompts with examples as well as some further instruction on working with them. Read More......

I just discovered that Windows 10 (which, like most people, I'm regrettably required to use at work) offers multiple desktops a la Linux--the first Windows OS to do so. Well, well, look who's late to...

Hello, I've deploy nginx ingress controller (https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/deploy/) as a reverse proxy on kubernetes using the baremetal version...