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I have the following code: timeout 10 sh -c 'tail -q -n50 -F /some/file.log | grep -qE foo' Which is supposed to work as follows: tail fetches the last 50 files from a log file and continues...

I;m asking for help, not because I lazily avoided docs, but because what I want from any bootloader, and especially one as complex as Grub2, is apparently unusual and I have yet to discover how to...

Hi, I'm not sure since when (not long) but I realised SDDM was showing the date and time in the wrong format, and I was checking all my language and locale configuration, and it was fine, but still...

Published at LXer: Before we dive into the procedural steps needed to create large files in a Linux operating system environment, we must answer the WHY before we dwell on the HOW. Read More......

I don't send print jobs from my laptop very often, but today I tried and failed (although printing worked about a month ago). My printer (Canon TS8350) seems to be recognised, but print jobs just...

Over simplifying... management wants to give everyone sudo access to a server. What I'm after is to know when key files change in /etc and other areas, and more importantly what they used to be. ...

Published at LXer: The following tutorial will teach you how to install the open-source, self-hosted largest free Discord bot titled Redbot. Read More......

hi, can i use a proxy server on same nat router,or proxy server is on different server inside the lan and this is connected to nat router?

Published at LXer: In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Opera Browser on Ubuntu 20.04. Read More......

Published at LXer: In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Discord client on Ubuntu 20.04 using two different methods. Read More......

Congratulations: First from 1969 y. Giant Space Station and 4 Human Pilot Space Capsules on orbit. Linux Inside too :) Because with out Programmers, Engineers, and billions of hour works, this is...

Not sure if my title is confusing but, just wondering is there a way to point Realm Join command to a specific SRV Active Directory server that is a member ex. of mycompany.local domain? Here's my...

Linux mint is 18 coming to end & after using it for over three years, I would like to be able to backup & reinstall documents, pictures, music etc. If I used the backup tool in mint 18, can it be used...

Published at LXer: This article will teach you how to check for updates, check the changed packages, and read the changelogs with rpm-ostree db and its subcommands. The commands will be demoed on a...

Hi All, could do with some advise here. I need to run a bash script to look for a line in a log and then exact the nu,ber in the brackets and set this as a variable which I can call later in my...

Hi there. I am running a NTP server on a BeagleBone Black, it gets its time from a GPS receiver through NMEA and PPS. I am currently experiencing that ntpd fails to get the PPS input most of the...

Published at LXer: Today, people have to work too hard to find what they want online, sifting through and steering clear of content, clutter and click-bait not worthy of their time. Over time,...

Published at LXer: Are you in search of open-source ticketing tools for Linux? Well, this article brings a guide to 5 fair selections of open source ticketing software to provide uninterrupted...

Published at LXer: What is web scraping, and why do I need it? The simple answer is this: Not every website has an API to fetch content. You might want to get recipes from your favorite cooking...

why slackware use SDL 1.2.15 instead of SDL2?

Published at LXer: If you're reading this, then you're probably familiar with the data query and programming language, SQL (Structured Query Language). It's also used as the standard language for...

Published at LXer: 2DayGeek: This quick guide describes how to boot RHEL system into rescue mode using systemd target unit. Read More......

Published at LXer: Ansible is a free, open-source, and one of the most popular configuration management tools. In this article, I will show you how to install and use Ansible on Debian 11. Read...

I just saw Slackware don't have any TPM tools(official or community). Some majors distro have it since 2016...

Published at LXer: In the following tutorial, you will learn how to Upgrade to the Apache webserver on Debian 11 Bullseye. Read More......

How do we put bash array's content to a file faster than > redirection ?

My Slackware installation has non-colored directories in tty screens and also ncurses box-draw characters wrong. The computer I'm using (HP DC7800 with Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 2.83GHz) is dual-booting...

Hello all, I clear out history and everything plus clear cache when I use firefox. Then I do a search and it shows my history of sites while I'm typing in a search. I don't recal this happening in the...

Ok I really want to switch to Linux. The only thing that is stopping me is the games and always have issues with my wifi not working. I'm not able to be hard wired so was wondering if I can still use...

Published at LXer: Oracle Java 17 LTS has been released recently, and is now available to install from the Linux Uprising Oracle Java PPA on Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux distributions based on these,...

Published at LXer: Linux creator and maintainer Linus Torvalds has merged a late change to the forthcoming 5.15 kernel code that raises the minimum compiler from GCC 4.9 to 5.1 – which may in...

i would like to install widevine as an extension on Brave, but not sure how to go about it...can anyone give explicit instructions, especially if it involves terminal?

Hello everyone, I'm looking for instructions on how to install Slackware without the setup program. I need to do these steps both for 14.2 and -current branches. I tried to google how to do it and...

Published at LXer: Darktable 3.6.1 has been released today as the first maintenance update to the Darktable 3.6 series of this powerful and unique open-source, cross-platform and free RAW image...

Published at LXer: For users, especially developers wanting to try out Rust Programming language, you will know how to install Rust Programming Language on Rocky Linux 8. Read More......

my mate gave some books, 3 on debian and a few on ubuntu. now im reading the ubuntu as i have ubuntu on a laptop and i have mxlinux on another laptop. are the debian books worth reading to help in...

I'm having trouble changing the Grub settings. I tried Grub Customizer, and was able to change the default boot (Bodhi, of course), but no luck with the background stuff. So I tried changing the...

Published at LXer: The problem itself is to find all solutions of the following equation on the real axis - cos (cos (cos (cos (x)))) - sin (sin (sin (sin (x)))) = 0. We intend to prove that...

So in EOS 6, how do I remove bluetooth devices that are not connected? I go into Bluetooth under System settings, and there is a list of devices there with only the PAIR option on the right. ...

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I don't have CD/DVD drive so how can I install Zenwalk on a Hard Drive or a USB 3 64gb drive? Hope I can get some help.

Hi Folks, Though I should've been a part of this group a long time ago, it's never too late. Hello to everyone here.

Published at LXer: Kali is a Linux distribution based on Debian, strongly focused on security and specifically designed for computer forensics and advanced penetration testing. Recently, Kali Linux...

For anyone who is interested, I have developed a terminal based web page inspector that prints to terminal and logfile all web page requests in sequential order. It also has a small web browser window...

Houston, We have a problem. :( I made a fresh compile of kernel 5.14.3 Luckily, was able to restore /boot from backup. Here's what I found is happening after make install....

I installed mutt on mx linux, and setup the configuration file for gmail, but when i start mutt in terminal i get 'Login Failed'. This is the configuration file: Code: --------- set from =...

Published at LXer: After more than two years of silence, Pedro Castro announced today a new major release of the GNOME Subtitles free and open-source subtitle editor for the GNOME desktop...

Published at LXer: File permissions, ownerships control the access level of files and system process specific to users. This makes sure that the authorized users and process can only access the...

I'm having some issues understanding what is happening on a Slackware64-current guest (RC1 5.14.2). VBox version is 6.1.26. There are a number of threads in this forum that are somewhat related to...

Can't use Epson Perfection V19 scanner in Linux (Slackware 14.2). Sane list of supported models says it is unsupported and indeed it doesn't work out of the box. The indicator on the scanner is...