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Black screen when starting No Man's Sky after update to 21.04
I was running 20.04 and NMS loaded fine but was to slow to play. I am using an Intel® UHD Graphics 750 integrated GPU until I can afford a dedicated GPU so thought upgrading would help. I...
Script to "Order" Images
I have fifteen years of photos on my PC, each arranged in directories by year/month. But file names can be repeated and also the dates of the files can't be trusted, as some where copied more than...
regex help - postfix spam
hi why won't this regex work, as inserted into /etc/postfix/header_checks : Code: --------- /^From.*\.(?!(net|com|edu|gov|org)).*$/ DISCARD --------- ie block all emails *not* from .net, from...
Question about the amd64 architecture and the Intel processors
Hi, I want to buy a new laptop. At this moment I have a laptop with the i386 architecture. There are some programs I want to use that are only made for the amd64 architecture. The laptops I...
spacewalk replacement
Hello, what can I install instead of spacewalk so that I have one product to update all linux servers
Two questions about slackpkg
1) When I upgrade slackware-current, I always start by upgrading slackpkg itself. Then I update the gpg key. But then I have to run slackpkg update again, although all the downloaded lists should...
Why is it happening with my Postfix ?? CentOS
Hi Everyone ! I hope you are doing well today. I've a server running under CentOS 7 with Postfix. Actually I'm not able to stop mail queue due to ''unknown'' process running in the background that...
LXer: How to Upgrade Ubuntu 20.04 / 20.10 to Ubuntu 21.04
Published at LXer: Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) has finally worked its way back after its initial launch on April 22nd of 2021 due to an issue affecting users with an earlier version of EFI, which...
slackware 14.2 repair installation
Hi everyone, 5.10.17 is there a way to fix a bad installation? I probably removed some packages or I did not installed properly or both and I have a next to nothing system, no...
Javescript - Can't add spaces/tabs to indent/center line on page
Using Ubuntu 20.04 I am trying to indent a line to center it on the page. I am using document.write() to do this: Code: ---------
Fedora 34 as 2nd installation
hello, Is there a tutorial to install Fedora (33/34) as a 2nd OS after an existing Linux OS has been installed? (In my case, after ArchLinux) I have done numerous multi boot situations with...
LXer: How to Install Python 3.10 on Ubuntu 20.04
Published at LXer: In the following tutorial you will learn how to install the latest Python 3.10 release on Ubuntu 20.04Python is one of the most popular high-level languages, focusing on...
[SOLVED] ffmpeg error to get a first 23 sec MP4 file
How did ffmpeg error to get a first 23 sec MP4 file to be extracted to another : Code: --------- $ ffmpeg -t 23 Best\ Wild\ Animal\ Chases.mp4 -c copy -t 23 ~/Downloads/Best\ Wild\ Animal\...
Laptop screen blank on resume with kernel 5.13.x
On my RX580-based laptop running 5.13.x, closing the lid and reopening it results in a blank screen. There are no errors in any logs. Issue fixed by reverting the following commit: commit...
LXer: How To Create Persistent Live USB Using Mkusb On Ubuntu
Published at LXer: This tutorial explains what is Mkusb and how to create persistent Live USB using Mkusb tool on Ubuntu and its variants. Read More......
400 Bad Request
i often get "400 Bad Request" apparently from cloudflare.net. is this a CDN failure? it's good that i save a copy of my post since back clicking always loses it here.
an article title is shown bold but has nothing new
i am encountering an annoying issue. when i click on "My LQ" >> "My Threads" and get a list of threads i have started, which normally makes *bold* the threads that have something new, i am getting...
Terminal behavior question
Don't remember this being the case in the past but my new install of Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.2 an open terminal minimizes to the task bar when switching to another window. The terminal has to be...
Installing Linux on an Acer Aspire 5 A515-55 laptop
I discovered, after floundering around for a while, that it is necessary to make the filesystem on this device organized for AHCI. Making this setting, however, is not immediately obvious! Here...
KDE crashes when mounting USB drive, -current ( Sat Jul 17 17:55:10 UTC 2021)
Hi, today I updated to Sat Jul 17 17:55:10 UTC 2021, before the update I had the KDE stack at least from before Sat Jul 10 18:45:01 UTC 2021, i.e. from before the recent bigger KDE update ( Sat...
how do I build my "digital ark" without relying on someone else's server?
Sometime last year, I read some columnist urge the reader to build a "digital ark" in an era of increasing censorship. I thought it was a good idea, and started (if lackadaisically); but more recently...
Adding persistent route to routing table in Deepin
Cox email doesn't allow my VPN address so I need to exclude the email ip address from the VPN. From the terminal: sudo ip route add 68.1.17.4 via 192.168.10.1 dev enp6s0 works. I tried to...
ROCK 3 RK3568 (slarm64, aarch64)
information board: * https://wiki.radxa.com * Specifications (https://wiki.radxa.com/Rock3/hardware) * wiki (https://wiki.radxa.com/Rock3) * buy (https://shop.allnetchina.cn/search?q=Rock3) *...
How does Linux use files for standard input ?
So I understand that Linux uses files for standard input which can be found by typing tty at a bash shell command line. But how exactly does bash make use of the file per terminal window ? I’m mainly...
My linux journey
I started my linux journey with ubuntu than mint than arch .After I had earned familiarity with command line and I wanted to have a distro which is stable,good performance,has latest kernels,evolve...
LXer: 17 open source technologists share their work-from-home uniforms
Published at LXer: As the world turns and some folks begin returning to the office, I feel it's a good time to ask our community of open source techies: What's your work-from-home (WFH) uniform? Do...
kernel 4.19 on slackware
Does slackware support 4.19 kernel LTS ?
skb_buff manipulation
I have a couple of questions in respect to skb_buff manipulation: 1) when you call skb_copy in a nf_hookfn a) when is kfree_skb supposed to be called b) if you wanted that skb_copy to...
LXer: Install Redmine on Ubuntu 20.04
Published at LXer: Redmine is an open-source and one of the most popular project management and issue tracking systems written in the Ruby on Rails framework. It is a cross-platform and...
CentOS 7 Printing from Firefox
With the latest update I can not print from Firefox (version 78.12) to my network printer. I get a filter error but all other apps I have tried and printing from the command line works. In...
Notify me Not!
Hopefully there is a software based solution to this. If not I may have to try the hardware forum. In a nutshell, I have a Logitech M570 wireless trackball. It works great on my CentOS 7 workstation...
LXer: JavaScript, GitHub, AWS crowned winners in massive survey of 32,000 developers
Published at LXer: Devs across the world reveal their tools, language choices, and more. A survey of nearly 32,000 developers has confirmed the dominance of JavaScript, showing a remarkable 91 per...
initramfs shell "UUID not found" after kernel update
Hi all, Currently working on something that requires a mainline kernel (5.14-rc1), so of course I've compiled and installed a mainline kernel using the distro's existing config file in /boot....
LXer: How to avoid waste when writing code
Published at LXer: The long road toward quality is filled with diversions, false starts, and detours. The enemy of quality is waste, because waste is never desirable. No one pays anyone to deliver...
ntfsusermap and usage of recycle bin
So I've created ntfsusermaps to manage permissions between my Windows and my Linux. I'm not 100% sure if I did everything right, but it sort of works. Now I realized that on one partition I have...
solid-5.84
I missed that solid-5.84 was amongst the recent updates, and now I am unable to mount external drives without kde/plasma crashing! Exactly the same happened in Slackware, and there is a thread...
linux first timer
good day everyone. I am trying out linux for the first time. A gentleman I work with is a fan of it and I am sick of windows so I thought I would give it a shot. I know a little about computers but am...
LXer: How To Print QR Code Card For Connecting To Your WiFi
Published at LXer: WiFi Card is a web service that provides an ingenious way to print QR code card for connecting to your WiFi networks. Read More......
After Guo Wengui, is there still a pro-democracy movement?
As overseas Chinese, please allow me to say something disrespectfully. I originally thought that the pro-democracy activists came to the United States with the skill of slaying dragons to protect the...
"Why does my computer freeze after locking the screen?"
"Why does my computer freeze after locking the screen?"
LXer: How to Install Nginx PageSpeed Module on Ubuntu 20.04
Published at LXer: In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install both stable and pre-release version of nginx ngx pagespeed module with complete steps and configurations.The Google...
Chrome upgrade. Fonts too small.
Hello all. I'm facing a problem after upgrading chrome from 74 to 91 ( but had same trouble with other versions ). All of my fonts are completely different from what they were, and are too small...
Installing an application software using tar.bz file
I want to install Waterfox. It is not in the Synaptic Package Manager (official repositories). I've been using GNU/Linux for a while now (8 months) and I know that .deb packages update automatically...
Cannot SSH into debian instance using default host key
This has been baffling me... I have a brand new debian instance (tested on 10 and 11). I know that when you install the openssh server with apt install openssh-server, it creates a set of default host...
startx doesn't start X on Debian 10
Hi all, We had a power cut last night and my system died. Upon rebooting it doesn't want to start X when I run startx. The message states: Code: --------- xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL...
LXer: Steam Deck by Valve: Portable Gaming Console That Runs Arch Linux
Published at LXer: Valve has taken Linux seriously for years now, and it looks like the Steam Deck is the company’s next big move. The company just announced the upcoming Steam Deck handheld gaming...
Learning Linux!
Hi All! First year using Linux here and loving it so far. Got pretty into Computer technology/science/engineering (whatever, I just love learning how things work) over the last couple of years,...
LXer: What does the Open-Closed Principle mean for refactoring?
Published at LXer: In his 1988 book,*Object-Oriented Software Construction, professor*Bertrand Meyer*defined the Open-Closed Principle*as:read more Read More......
Why does restore only do half its job?
Apparently I screwed up my system yesterday. Last night I lost my internet connection and it was still gone this morning. I was able to use me other OS so I knew it was a problem with my installation....
LXer: How to Install Rocky Linux 8.4 Step by Step with Screenshots
Published at LXer: In the following tutorial, you will know how to install Rocky Linux 8.4 operating system.Rocky Linux is the direct answer to the debacle of the CentOS operating system coming to...
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