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Published at LXer: Who is a sysadmin? Why is a sysadmin? Long-time Linux geek and sysadmin David Both explains what being a sysadmin means to him. Read More......

I have a web app uses apache and tomcat. I run jsp that call java classes. When there is an error, where does stardard output and stardard error get written to if anywhere?

My wife and I decided it's time to finally toss windows where it belongs and learn a real OS. Lot's to learn. Hopefully we'll make a few friends along the way. Thanks!

Hello. I have a nextcloud server on a VPS, running on a docker container. I lost access to it, from everywhere (web, mobile app, desktop sync) i get 404. I know just some basic commands in docker...

Published at LXer: We announced the availability of an exam simulator included with the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) and Certified...

I would like to capture from SPDIF IN and stream to icecast or shoutcast Needs: PCIe or USB high quality Line IN/Outs and SPDIF IN/out SPDIF loopback would be nice I am looking for a...

Published at LXer: No matter how long you work as an application developer and no matter what programming language you use, you probably still struggle to increase your development productivity....

A recent bug was reported to the MultiMail project, where the program segfaults immediately after being run. ncurses is initialized, but the main(first) screen never gets drawn, and "segmentation...

I'm curious to know how many people are using slackware 14.2 on desktop home pc or workstation, since it is too old - I think - to be usable, unless you install ktown and many thirdy part or self...

I want to keep Windows 10 so I'm looking at doing a dual boot. I will do this next month. I thank you for taking time to help this newbie here.

In Ubuntu 21.04 i have artifacts with AMD Radeon RX 6000 series. I can't find any AMD GPU drivers for Ubuntu 21.04 only for 20.04 and older. Is there any fix for this? With NVIDIA GPU i never had this...

I actually had a Linux problem resolved before I introduced myself I've taught math at the high school and college level for 46 years. I served as District Technology Coordinator for my local...

Published at LXer: I was unable to return 2D vector from C++ to Python via Python API. Thus content of 2D vector has been written to file and later on the Python Runtime Module displayed the...

Hi, I want to switch to linux and I am currently on Debian 10, but I have a very hard time configuring hardware (sound cards). What would you guys recommend for consumer hardware support? I'm talking...

Published at LXer: Might be nice if a few more of those adopters turned to contributors, thoughOpenUK has released the second of its three-part probe into the state of open source in Britain,...

I am in need of playing 5k videos (h265). There is a massive lag. I do not have any issue per se apart the lag when playing videos mentioned. From my reading, the graphic card hardware seems to be...

I updated my swaywm packages and builds for slackware64-current. Swaywm is an i3 (minimal tiling desktop) clone for wayland developed by others at swaywm.org. You can get them at the link below. ...

Either the Indiana (ussg) ftp mirror is no longer available, or their directory structure has changed. In /etc/slackpkg/mirrors: ftp://spout.ussg.indiana.edu/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/...

Well... Current had a kernel upgrade today. I got it all taken care of, but something weird is going on with my /dev/sda1 partition (Slackware main). I could not get Porteus to mount ...

I can't setup my HP smart tank 450 wifi printer connected to usb with hplip. Earlier i was able to setup the network when USB connected but now it doesn't find any printer. I can add it as a usb...

hi all. Has the situation got any simpler with slackware current installing onto a pc with secure boot enabled than has been discussed in thread...

Hello I see the following error messages Code: --------- "stderr_lines": [ "07-Jul-2021 16:53:13.146 dns_rdata_fromtext: buffer-0x7f167530ee60:1: near 'x.x.x.196': extra input text",...

I have an Ansible playbook below that simply checks if the firewalld service is running. We have developers in our test environment who love to shut it off. Mgmt policy doesn't let us restrict this,...

We are running mostly Centos 7 kernel 5.12. Secops ran security scans and determined the existing version of Flatpak that's installed is vulnerable. flatpak - version 1.0.9-10.el7_9 is installed ...

Mint 20.2 Uma was release this morning for those interested. Go hear to download Cinnamon version. https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4102

When I save an image from social media to my PC, I'm unable to upload them. It says that it is being saved properly, like a JPEG, but they won't upload. Is there a setting that needs to be changed?

Published at LXer: OpenSSH (Secure Shell) is a standard connectivity program for logging into a remote machine using the SSH protocol for executing commands on the remote machine. It encrypts all...

Hello, I made a new gentoo fresh install but got a strange "warning" at boot, somthing about ModemManger and no support for a device. It didn't happen on the previous install. I checked what this...

Published at LXer: Visual Studio Code aka VSCode is a very popular source-code editor that offers tons of extensions to satisfy everyone’s needs. VSCode is highly customizable and you can install...

The fact that I add a new line in the file /etc/crypttab makes my login manager (lightdm) ask for authentication twice, but only one time each restart, meaning when i already authenticated twice, if I...

Is it true that Windows 11 will run on Arm Proccessors ? I understand that Windows 11 will run on a RaspberryPi ? How will the Linux community handle Windows11? Everyone will have to buy a new...

Published at LXer: The Linux Foundation has announced a new project that 3D game developers will definitely be interested in. The project, called the Open 3D Foundation, will start with the new...

This is rather weird. I have seen warnings before not to upgrade to 21.04, but then I saw it is supposed to be fixed and affected only old hardware anyway. I did the upgrade because Ubuntu (packet...

Published at LXer: SS command in Linux is used to get various network/socket connection-related information from a Linux system. Previously we had used the Netstat command to perform the same...

good day! We need a "set" configuration with a running video card GTS250 on a modern Linux. Hey, are there such happy owners of "this" ?! Code: --------- - linux-distr/ver - kernel/patch's

I have an unused router ASUS N55U and I would like to sell it. I don't want it to be broken, what tests can I run to figure it out? Please note that I don't have internet on the phone line and I have...

Hello to everyone, Long-time on-and-off Linux user, considering myself still a newbie. Hope to talk to you all along multiple threads.

Published at LXer: We consider popular Windows proprietary software and recommend great open source replacements that run under Linux. Read More......

Personalities : [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0] 136448 blocks [2/2] [UU] md2 : active raid1 sdb3[1] sda3[0] 129596288 blocks [2/2] [UU] md3 :...

Published at LXer: Most websites and applications ask users to create accounts with secure passwords so that they can provide tailored user experiences. While this tips the odds in favor of website...

Hi, I tried to wipe a WD Green 240GB SATA SSD. As WD does not provide "official" diagnostic tool for the product, I plugged the drive in a Linux system and executed the command: Code:...

I am trying to interpret a DOSFLASH command, as part of an effort to flash the firmware on a Blu-ray drive. DOSFLASH is a low-level tool whose continued relevance is discussed in e.g., a MakeMKV post...

Published at LXer: The Tor Project released Tor Browser 10.5 as the latest stable release of their open-source, free, and cross-platform web browser for anonymous communication based on the Tor...

This one is driving me crazy. I'm taking a Skillshare course on django. I'm trying to recreate perfectly what the instructor is doing on the screen. The two important files for this problem are...

Hi, now I want to install a new kernel Linux-5.12.14 in my KNOPPIX 9.1. I have done the compilation. But when I run "make install", I found error of crypsetup. Can anyone help me to fix this? Below...

Published at LXer: This is the third in a series of articles that explain how to improve your Linux personal computer's performance. My first article described how to unleash performance by...

2006 iMac running OS 10 something. I installed mint 20 cinnamon on HDD Put it in external USB enclosure. HDD will boot MacBook mounted internally. It will not boot either Mac if connected w/external...

I have a ~8 yr old HP Proliant N40L Microserver, currently running Ubuntu server LTS 18.04 (64bit). 2G RAM. Current storage is 14T. In the past I asked a lot of it, which it delivered. Mostly. ...

Published at LXer: ncdu (NCurses Disk Usage) is a command line version of the most popular “du command“. It is based on ncurses and provides a fastest way to analyse and track what files and...

Bruce Schneier reported it on his blog (https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/07/vulnerability-in-the-kaspersky-password-manager.html). The short version is that it produces easily-guessable...