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Hello, Added a new user to the sudoers file but I can't use "installpkg" with that account What else do I need to do in order to use "installpkg" with the new user that is now in the sudoers...

I'm not sure what the messaging could be changed to, but the mention of lilo is outdated for some... Code: --------- /boot # mkinitrd -c -k 5.10.41 48147 blocks /boot/initrd.gz created. Be...

Published at LXer: Zellij, a new terminal workspace and multiplexer (like tmux and screen) written in Rust, has reached version 0.12.0, receiving a much requested feature: detachable / persistent...

Hmm ?! Why it said /dev/sdd is not mounted ? yet lsblk said it is mounted to /run/media/user1/E.... ? Code: --------- $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 ...

All, I know in BASH you can extract a substring from the right using something similar to the following: Code: --------- mystr="filepath/filename.ext" slen=${mystr} rstr=${mystr:$slen:-4}

Published at LXer: FreeBSD is a Free Unix-like operating system from Berkeley Software distribution, which is available for all major platforms x86_64, IA-32, PowerPC, ARM, etc, and mainly focuses...

Hi I read the user guides, downloaded Manjaro XCFE, checked the ISO and burned the USB. Went into the BIOS and had a choice of: Boot options 1 Windows Boot Manager 2 Windows Recovery...

I am reading "O'Reilly Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" book and came across this: https://i.imgur.com/uVJhpae.png they say that the -j option should be the double of your cpu cores. can you please...

Dear all, I have installed debian 10.9 on thinkpad e15 and there are still few things to configure, there are no sound, it says dummy output, how can I configure the sound card ? #lspci shows: ...

Code: --------- file --extension --------- returns ---Quote--- ??? ---End Quote--- for every file I have tried it on (html, mp3, mp4, mkv, txt).

Published at LXer: UK based Linux hardware vendor StarLabs announced today the availability of the latest Coreboot 5 open-source firmware for its Star LabTop Mk III and Star LabTop Mk IV...

Hello. I've tried to compile a custom libvirt-python+virt-manager stack following these tutorials : https://developer.ibm.com/technologies/linux/tutorials/compiling-libvirt-and-qemu/ ...

I want to install docker container on my computer. So on the base OS i install docker and in the docker container i install the main os, that i will use. This means there will be two OSes running....

Published at LXer: qytdl (also known as qYoutube-DL) is a Qt-based frontend to youtube-dl. That program is a hugely popular open source download manager for video and audio from YouTube and over...

Hi. I want to upgrade that package. I've checked the current branch and I've found it, but I want to stay on 14.2. I've tried binary version 88 downloaded directly from mozilla's site and it...

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Hello, I want to use an HDMI monitor as my secondary monitor, but I can only configure it as a duplicate of my laptop's monitor Here my 10-monitor.conf: Code: --------- Section "Monitor" ...

I would use NomadBSD/FreeBSD - but for the slow USB transfer speeds - does anyone else think the same? I may use USB more than most people, but it was certainly the reason for returning to Linux,...

How to install dpkg? Running dpkg --configure -a it returns dpkg not found.

Published at LXer: This guide explains why and how to change authentication method for MySQL root user in Ubuntu Linux operating system. Read More......

Beginner wishing to 'improve' existing install on external ssd. Currently have an EFI 512MB for Boot and all else on 70GB ext4. 500GB evo860 with remainder as NTFS for data. After reading many...

Has anyone successfully implemented PXE boot with Centos 8.x / RHEL 8.x / Fedora and ISC DHCP 4.3.6 by specifying a specific name of the grub.cfg file to use with the following? Code: ---------...

Published at LXer: Uri Herrera announced today the release and general availability of Nitrux 1.4.1, the first ISO point release in the latest 1.4 stable series of this Debian-based GNU/Linux...

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Published at LXer: We always need to check the speed of the Internet connection at home and office. What we do for this? Go to websites like Speedtest.net and begin test. It loads JavaScript in the...

I used to use the scanners at the local U, but they're off-limits to civilians due to the coronavirus. Some have suggested that I use my 'smart'phone. I have an un-smartphone. Its 640x480 camera...

I have a virtual RHEL 6 machine with a volume group (vg01) that spans two vdisks. The 4 logical volumes that I want to move are on those vdisks. The receiving VM is a RHEL 8 with a single volume...

Tried searching the site again, after several tries I got the database error again. I need to learn whether the grub menu can be made to display at bootup in this version. My system does not...

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Hi I have a directory disabled with nginx but i want to be able to use javascript to write to files in it without visitors to my webpage to be able to spoof and read the password files is that even...

Published at LXer: The cross-platform screenshot and annotation application ksnip 1.9.0 release bring 30+ new features and a handful of bug fixes. We summarize the release for you. Read More......

Published at LXer: More than 20 years ago, when Robert Maynord started teaching at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Monona, Wisconsin, the school had only eight functioning computers, all running...

I cannot seem to get a handle on changing my cinnamon theme from those already on the Cinnamon Spices site to one that I have downloaded. I loaded it into /usr/share/themes and it would not show up....

I have some questions regarding coding of multiple INSERT statements going to my server. My code is based on an example I found in fiddle. Here is the code and my questions Code below will run....

Using sbopkg to install ffmpeg4, the slackbuilds.org page includes this statement: "By default it will not build the ffmpeg binaries or man-pages, in order not to conflict with an ffmpeg 3.x...

Good evening, dear community. At the beginning of May, I installed the beta version of -current from Alienbob's daily iso. No problems so far, except one thing. Today I decided to update it, and...

Hi, As a home server I run a Ubuntu 20.04 installation on a Pentium Gold 4c/4t processor with 16 GB of RAM. Root is located on a SSD with 256 Gb on EXT4, with /home located on a BTRFS array. On...

I installed centos 6.7 on vmware (I know it is outdated now) , but the sound didn't work and when I head to the sound it keeps saying: ---Quote--- Waiting for sound system to respond ---End...

I tried many distros because maybe issues has gone :) but still i have issues. My screen is some laggy and applications startup is slow.I researched this problem on internet about 2-3 weeks, i tried...

Published at LXer: In the previous article, we have seen what is provisioner and how to work with shell and file provisioner. In this article, we will see how to use an ansible provisioner to...

New here, been using Linux since 2012 and recently I have decided to pursue it more seriously and learn more of the command and get cer-cer-cer certified baby. Please be nice to be, I don't bite. mrow.

I started using PCLinuxOS, but I think my problem is universal to most distros. I am using PCLinuxOS on my laptop, but am using a live USB stick. I can see the OS on my laptop screen, but would also...

I got the latest the other day and installed it since I had finally got my HDD back from a WD RMA (I'd bought a brand new, sealed, 1TB WD Black, and in one use it died. WD sent me a *NEW*, sealed...

Hi What change in the packet happens between PREROUTING and INPUT tables in iptables. What is the need for 2 such tables if there is no other process inbetween these two tables Regards...

I need changed my root PW and forgot it. Now I'm trying to change it at boot but can't get into Single User mode. Fedora 33 appears to be different so the instructions I find in search don't work....

What am I doing wrong? I have a /etc/crypttab file with one line, and update-initramfs is creating an empty /cryptroot/crypttab file inside the initrd image. These are all the steps I took: ...

Published at LXer: Mozilla says Google's content-filter API doesn't meet developer needs, others agree. Firefox maker Mozilla on Thursday said it plans to mostly adopt Manifest v3, a controversial...

I'm trying to Include mozillaAbPersonAlpha.schema in to Openldap 2.5.4 on Ubuntu server 20.04.2 The steps I have taken 1) mkdir /tmp/ldapworkingdir 2) cd /tmp/ldapworkingdir/ 3) touch ldap.conf...