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Published at LXer: The developers of the OBS Studio open-source, free, and cross-platform live streaming and screen recording software released today version 27.0, major update that adds new...

I've run into a bit of a roadblock trying to figure out the xrandr --setmonitor command - my goal is to create a virtual display constituted of three physical displays (similar to Eyefinity). I found...

HDMI and DisplayPort devices didn't even show in pavucontrol anymore after updating to alsa-lib 1.2.5 so I had to rollback to 1.2.4. I think it's an upstream bug:...

Published at LXer: More than six months have passed since the release of Cinnamon 4.8, and now it’s time for a new major release of this modern and lightweight desktop environment developed by the...

I had setup a VSFTP server and was able to connect using the ip address of my VM. I have tried reconnecting and now get a message saying protocol not available. I am unsure what the issue is or how to...

I just updated my installation of -current (also using kernel 5.12.8 from testing but I don't think that's relevant here) which updated my Firefox from 88 -> 89. Window manager is Window Maker. ...

Hello I have hp 8470p from second hand and I don't know nohting about internal mic. I have installed manjaro. pulse show microphone but not works. I can't record anything Code: --------- $...

I have setup VSFTPD as my ftp server. I would like to create a sftp-only account, I am not sure how this should be done in Slackware.

Hi all, I would like to experiment with setting up an ldap server on ubuntu. I am having some trouble. It doesn't seem to try to authenticate users using ldap, I just get username not found when...

i have noticed, that most distros are using either Debian or Fedora or Arch as foundation may i ask, beside pack managers (and their repository), what do these "big"/main distros difference one...

Hi, I'm brand new first day using Linux through Virtual Box and trying to follow a Youtube tutorial to make a C++ Hello World file. I opened the cpp file in a terminal using "ls" then the "vi...

Published at LXer: In today’s major release, Firefox sports a fresh new design that gets you where you’re going online, fast and distraction-free. And since we’re all about privacy, we’re also...

Beginner with help from this forum now has a LAMP stack on Gecko Static Plasma (and a WAMP on Win10Pro using Uniserver Zero.) Seeking a way to reliably start/stop the services ... but I do have...

Published at LXer: Asterisk is a powerful digital PBX and VoIP server released under an open-source license. In this post, we will explain how to install Asterisk on CentOS 8 server. Read...

I have Slackware-Current and have recently installed XFCE as my desktop using xwmconfig. Everything works fine, except for designating the Primary screen. I have 4 monitors arranged as left - center -...

date: June 1st 2021 at 14:55 GMT+2 Is there any particular reason for https://mirrors.slackware.com/ refuse connections? Code: --------- slackpkg update ---------

Published at LXer: Linux is one of the most popular open source operating system and comes with huge set of commands. The most important and single way of determining the total available space of...

Running Slack64-current with all updates as of 1.6.21 (my time). Running the version 89.0 that Pat supplies and it works great. Wanted to build with pgo enabled so tried it after making the minor...

I have tried to capture package dependencies from ChangeLog.txt of slackware64-current. By no means it would be 100% accurate, but a good start at least. Please view the pdf file and use zoom to...

Published at LXer: A small room in the basement was cleared out to make room for a server rack and a desk and chair. The City hired an IT person to network the various museum computers, connect...

Background info: 1.Embedded platform having two different processors (A & B) 2.Each of these processors have a single ethernet interface (eth0) 3.These processors are interconnected by an...

Published at LXer: Code posted below is actually a kind of POC and may be freely modified any way you like. It is testing standard connection setup Python 3.9.5 to native Fedora's Mariadb-Server...

Hello, Iam trying to install the ppa:relan/exfat because i want to format a disk in exfat. But im getting an error everytime i try adding a package. I have this error now for quite some time but...

My current system configuration is like application gives the frame to XORG and XORG is configured to use simple frame buffer driver(mapped to DDR address). I need to implement a ping pong buffer...

There is a site set up for an Online Turing Test (http://vixia.fr/turing_test/index.php). The Second round will occur at Sat Jun 05 2021 19:00:00 GMT and run for 24 hours. The First round was...

Published at LXer: The Linux Mint project announced today that they are working on the next major release of their Ubuntu-based distribution for the masses, Linux Mint 20.2. Read More......

Published at LXer: Managing IAM Users, Groups, and Roles from your terminal*is easy and interesting, you just need to execute the commands to achieve the task. In this article, we will see the...

Is anyone else having problems with the HTML5 mediaplayer in mozilla-firefox-89.0-x86_64-1.txz ??? It's not playing media at-all here. The media seems to begin to load but just sits there not...

Code: --------- # cpan Encode.c: loadable library and perl binaries are mismatched (got handshake key 0xed00080, needed 0xeb00080) --------- Found this thru restarting spamassissin and it spewed...

Published at LXer: No more installing additional extensions. You can get the Firefox Translation feature - right at the browser window natively. You can easily translate to English and other...

How I can download the Damn Small Linux? When I try its saying that I cannot permits.

wanted more speed. at moment got two usb wifi adapters installed. used to use slackware and with previous post 14.2 version of slackware I could run dual usb adapters. now only one adapter is...

Published at LXer: The Mozilla Firefox 89 web browser is now available for download, bringing a fresh new look for Linux users, improved privacy settings, as well as various other changes. Read...

I've been searching forums and the web and cannot find an answer regarding mobile security. I recently started connecting my desktop to the internet through my mobile device's USB tethering and...

I'm trying to write a script which captures all the available WiFi SSIDs in my area, then puts them into an array 'a'. I don't get an error, however, when I print the size of my array at the end of...

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Published at LXer: Since its beginnings, the Fedora Project has used the freenode IRC network for our project communications. The Fedora Project is moving our IRC communications to Libera.Chat. ...

Beginner: Today completed fresh install of Gecko Static KDE Plasma current. All updates via "language installer" shortcut. Yast to get another browser, KeePass, Bluefish. Followed OpenSuse Wiki...

Hi, Looking for a free download of Red Hart 6.5

I have been playing this game for a short while on Windows 10 and have seen that it can now be played on Linux Using Proton. When I attempt this I get errors: Unable to initialize Vulkan...

Published at LXer: Did you forget MySQL root password? This step by step guide explains how to reset root password in MySQL 8 on Ubuntu 20.04 operating systems. Read More......

I wanted to play with the React OS, and decided to install it on a second-string Lenovo Thinkpad T420 with 4G of RAM and a Samsung SSD of 512G that already had partitions for Windows 7 and Linux Mint...

Published at LXer: DevOps has been a trending topic for quite a while now and has managed to draw the attention of technology professionals and enterprises alike. As a beginner, it can be...

I'm using this command Code: --------- HandBrakeCLI /dev/sr0 -t 2 -r 25 -e x265 --encoder-preset veryfast -o Title-2.mp4 --------- And I get this error Code: --------- libdvdread:...

Published at LXer: Kubernetes is turning 11, so I[he]#039[/he]ll be celebrating its birthday by giving you some open source tools that will help you cause chaos. Chaos engineering is part science,...

Hello, on my main system (up-to-date gentoo), I use hd-idle to send my HDDs to standby after a certain amount of time. Up to kernel version 5.4.72 this worked perfectly fine. However, if I use...

I have Linux 17.2, Cinnamon 2.6.13. I turned my computer on one day and the task/panel bar had extended in length. This caused the 1st icon on the left to no longer be displayed. Also, only half of...

Hello I know very little bash so hang with me here. I want to read a URL that returns XML from bash. It returns something like this:

Linux perform read ahead (specified in /sys/block//queue/read_ahead_kb) when a file is read sequentially. *Interested OS* : Red hat Linux *Interested File System* : xfs, ext4 *What is the...

Hello, I created an encrypted LUKS partition, formatted it with mkfs.ext4, but can't write to it as a normal user (non-root) What can I do?