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question: how can i suspend my PC using the "sleep" key? i am using "Power off / Suspend" in Gnome desktop to suspend the OS. It works reliable every time. Pressing the `sleep` key on my keyboard...

Published at LXer: Linux overlord Linus Torvalds has released version 5.14 of the Linux kernel. "So I realize you must all still be busy with all the galas and fancy balls and all the other 30th...

I have an Asus Pro WS W480-ACE board with Linux kernel 5.11.0 (Ubuntu 21.04). Although the RTL8117 Ethernet interface is working, the IPMI driver always fails with: Code: ---------...

Published at LXer: With Linux turning 30 years old, what better way to celebrate than with a new kernel release as Linus Torvalds just announced today the general availability of the Linux 5.14...

Hi all, Linuxmint 17.3 KDE Rosa (yes, I know it's old, but it does what I want (make .isos out of my DVDs to watch from my hard drive), and new Linux does not -- to my knowledge). I am using K3b to...

I have a windows 10 installed on PC , want to setup another OS - ubuntu on it , two OS are running in dual boot . Would advise I need to install a app for dual boot or not ? need to setup different...

Hi! Everybody I was trying your tutorial for BTRFS on Linux mint 20.2, and on step 5 which is, Install grub-btrfs outputs an error. I believe that the syntax should be type or displayed on a whole...

Greets all, I downloaded Eric Hameleers' current iso on August 25th, but trying to boot it just hangs at the initial ramdisk. Anyone else noticed this? I always use Eric's isos and I've never had this...

Both kernel-generic 5.13.12 and 5.13.13 introduced horrible network performance in Slackware 15 RC1. NFS traffic will complete halt with no error or timeout. Going back to 5.12.9 (the last kernel I...

Published at LXer: This post will give you a step-by-step guide on setting up your virtual penetration testing lab, along with how to install the various operating systems and vulnerable machines...

I just got through purchasing a ideapad game 3 Lenovo laptop, and i cannot get the touchpad to work at all. I installed Ubuntu 20 LTS, and it did not work, I read that if you install 21.X it would...

Hello LQ!! I have tried many variations to remove myself from the following script, but unsuccessful. I tried different variations of the following, but it still has myself included in the user...

Hello, everyone. Pipewire has been in stock Slackware for quite a while already. After spending quite a bit of time trying to make HFP-bluetooth (handsfree profile) work with my headphones, I...

So iam a Gentoo user here and things are a bit different for me in general but iam using Ubuntu server and i have a question. So the first time i install the kernel image on ubuntu with the following...

Published at LXer: WordPress is the most popular CMS (Content Management System) in the world, which makes it a top-drawer consideration when building a new site. This tutorial is going to show you...

I am going to use Clonezilla (live boot USB) and I was wondering about what EXACTLY do I need to clone? In Windows, as I had a separate data drive, all I would backup/image would be the C: drive....

Hi Folks! I'm in need of some guidance again. :confused: I'm thinking of cloning my dual-OS (XenialPup/WIN XP) HP Mini laptop over to an 2TB external HDD as a safety way to protect my laptop and...

Running Linux Mint Alyssa. If an update is installed through the Update Manager and for some reason decide to uninstall that particular update, how do I go about that other than using Timeshift?

I'm trying the latest current, i.e. 15-RC1. After cloning some Git repository commands like 'git branch' and 'git log' don't support colored output and show it as literal escape sequences. For...

Published at LXer: In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Node.JS in various ways from the app stream and the node source repository on Rocky Linux 8. Read More......

Hi, I have Mailspring on Kubuntu 21.04, but every time I open it a popup appears asking the keyring password. After some research I found that the issue is that SDDM doesn't automatically unlock...

On Slackware -current I received the following md5sum error when running slackpkg upgrade-all: Code: --------- Resolving mirrors.slackware.com (mirrors.slackware.com)... 207.223.116.213...

Twice I downloaded the latest updates in Update Manager and twice I had to use Timeshift to restore to an earlier time. Today there were about a dozen updates and upon restart though I had a wifi...

Published at LXer: PyTorch is a high-level framework for efficiently creating and training deep learning architectures. This article walks through the basics of handling Tensors in PyTorch. Read...

Hi as it said on the title i have zorin 16 and i can't paste themes in usr/share/themes folder, the word paste is grayed out and it seems there is permission issue. how do i gain permisson?

Hi People Windu here, Slackware user and wannabe musician. Hope to learn a lot here from the people that matter.

Published at LXer: This guide explains the steps you need to install MATE Desktop in Arch Linux. This guide has two parts. The first part deals with installing the base Arch system. The second part...

Hey! What do you think about RSBAC project? I see on https://www.rsbac.org/ that there's version for kernel 5.10 and it seems like that project is actively developed. Is it a good alternative for...

Hello everyone, I want to output data in row rather than in column after having selected a pattern from a list with awk. But the command output truncated data, The original file: Code:...

Hi, I have observed that when I plug in my iphone, the *ipheth* module and *apple_mfi_fastcharge* load well but if I unplug / replug, the phone does not charge and tethering is not functional...

Published at LXer: Most Linux utilities just scroll text from the bottom of the screen. But what if you wanted to position text on the screen, such as for a game or a data display?...

Hi, I am trying yo write a small script to do some file mentance in OCI object storage. I am trying to echo a variable that was assigned by a command execution. echo "************************...

I've recently changed from CentOS7 to KDE Neon. I'm now using Okular instead of Evince to view pdf files. My pdf bank statements, which used to print out fine from Evince, are viewing fine in Okular...

I installed ffmpeg4 through slackbuilds and edited the slackpkg file to enable only BINS, LAME, OPUS, JPEG and OPENSSL. I can see that there's ffprobe but not ffplay. I have SDL2 installed as well....

Possibly this might be a hardware question, but the software controls the hardware. I have Linux Mint Mate 20.2 Uma. The specifications of the Dell Inspiron 531 are given here...

Published at LXer: ClamAV is an open-source and free antivirus software toolkit able to detect many types of malicious software, including viruses, trojans, malware, adware, rootkits, and other...

ive enabled the scheduler on my desktop and the rc.iceccd on the client/build machine and it doesnt seem to be working. what would be a good test build to troubleshoot this and maybe find what ive...

I am using Linux Mint Mate 20.2 Uma. I cannot find any guides or manuals for Video Downloader, illustrated here https://snapcraft.io/install/video-downloader/mint but also available from Software...

I was having some sound issues with my Raspberry Pi 4. Sound peaking, sometimes cutting/dropping randomly. Slightly disappointed with my Pi 4, but at the same time confused that it worked when...

I'm quite the novice in regards to python and especially in regards to using its modules but am now dabbling in it for a casual weekend project. I generally stay with whatever is in the official...

Dear all, Can you help to the problem in the following? _root@mayubuntu20:/# xterm -t "title" xterm: No absolute path found for shell: title _

Published at LXer: Delta Chat is a free open-source decentralized messenger that works on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android. It is unique messaging application that functions like any text...

I have an MSI laptop (it's about 2 years old). Somewhere at the beginning of this year I started trying out Linux and made a dual boot with Ubuntu, eventually, I switched to Manjaro. I had no...

Hi everyone I'm a new user here and to Linux and here goes my first question I have recently installed KDE plasma on my Kali, and it's great but I have an issue that it reset its screen res to...

Published at LXer: The following tutorial will teach you how to use backports to install or upgrade an individual package or blindly upgrade your entire system. As a bonus, the tutorial has...

Published at LXer: A recent article provided an introduction to parsing command-line options in Java. Because I really like Groovy, and because Groovy is well suited for scripting, and because it's...

My bluetooth keyboard does not connect automatically. If I use the Blueman gui with mouse: Refresh Services/Setup/Proceed Without Pairing/Forward/Input Service/Forward, it connects. Using a...

Still new here, using KDE Plasma 5.22.4 Looked in setup, did a lot of Google search, can't figure it out I plug in my external DVD/CD drive - it cam up once only, but after ejecting it, I can't...

Linuxmint 20.1. How do copy from CD in USB CD/DVD player/writer to home. The "Disks" gui shous the player as /dev/sr0. The cd contents appear in Rhythmbox. I can play them. When I drag them to home I...

Fellow Slackers, My trusty Shuttle XS35 finally gave up the ghost after many years and I decided to build a 1U server for my new rack. The goal was a quiet, reliable device to serve up web pages;...