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Hello. Once again trying to install the current Slackware on a laptop with a 32-bit z3775. The installation system does not see disk partitions (internal emmc) with gpt markup. Although, when you go...

Dear LQ, My goal is to copy each file received in a directory on host A to be immediately transferred to host B. If file is modified, the modified version should also immediately be transferred. ...

Published at LXer: Screenlets is an application software released under GNU GPL. The same name screenlets refers to the engine as well as widget that runs on it. It was Originally Developed by...

Just to say Hello! My name is Jood I live in Thailand, and very interested in Linux and use it every day with fun, and keep searching on solving things :)

I always just drifted to Bestbuy when I needed pc parts. Its local and I can see what I am buying. I also always end up spending an arm and a legs for parts. Motherboards and cpus usually run up a...

Published at LXer: grep is a powerful command-line tool that is used to search one or more input files for lines that match a regular expression and writes each matching line to standard output. ...

Good morning. Any attempt to run “apt update” or to update in aptitude fails with the same error for each repository: “Err:4 http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian testing InRelease ...

Published at LXer: Last year, I wrote about using Cockpit to manage my Linux servers. It is a web-based tool that gives you a clean, powerful interface for managing multiple servers and their...

Published at LXer: This is the seventh in a series of articles about features that first appeared in a version of Python 3.x. Python 3.6 was first released in 2016, and even though it has been out...

Published at LXer: If you are building an application that uses some variation of a client/server model, you need an application programming interface (API). An API is a clearly defined boundary...

Hey everyone. Please bear with me as I'm not really experienced in using Linux. We have a mirrored root disk from another server and we are trying to boot it to another server. The problem is upon...

Many years ago I installed something that put a gain increase option on the context menu of audio files. It worked fine but I don't think it worked on more than one file at a time. And I don't know...

Published at LXer: The thirty-third installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on May 16th, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the...

Hi all! I am interested in installing Slackware64-current on my laptop to test out as a daily driver, but I am running into a couple problems, the first is that the EFI partition that was detected...

dv1937@mx:~ $ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for dv1937: Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors Disk model: ST1000DM010-2EP1 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes...

Hello everyone, I am looking for help on using Mesas Zink (https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/zink.html) driver, my question is, how do you use Zink? From the source code I can see that when compiling...

Over this release cycle I have kicked the tires on several excellent distros. My top 3 non-Slackware distros in no particular order are Debian, Arch, and Void. After a testing period I always come...

Published at LXer: This is the fourth article of the series, which aims at making you aware of ‘Top Network Protocol Skills in demand’. It is important to note that the skill set keeps on changing...

I have a list in bash that looks like the following. ---Quote--- { name: address: phone: } {

*Evolve.* ---Quote--- Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to...

Published at LXer: This is the fourth post in a series about network address translation (NAT). The first article introduced how to use the iptables/nftables packet tracing feature to find the...

Have a machine that runs qnx software operating system on a compact flash card. Would like to duplicate the flash card so I have a backup operating system. When I try doing this and use the...

Hello all, my name is Mike and I work for an automotive manufacturing plant. Been more than 20+ years since i've messed with linux. the old days were scsi chained hard drives with terminators. lol....

Published at LXer: This tutorial shows how to create a file using the Linux command line in 3 different ways using the touch command, the cat command, and the redirect operator. Read More......

So, I'm thinking about switching my kids' laptops to Linux. I like that it, for the most part, will be like a chromebook where all they can do is browse the web. Don't have to worry about them...

I installed icewm, xdm and display-manager I used rc-update display-manager start and cheked /etc/conf.d/display-manager to have the DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" Yet, no reboot or restart of the...

I want to setup cronjobs for rclone backups that i want to run hourly, daily, weekly and monthly. Are these the correct values: Code: --------- every hour: 0 * * * * every day: 0 0 * * *

Published at LXer: Office 365 users learn that Microsoft can make or break their productivity every 4 hours. Microsoft has published a Preliminary Post Incident Report on last week's events which...

Hi, I'm librarian and our computers (20) are under LinuxMint 18 (Sarah) but it's obsolete. They're in dual boot Windows 10 / Linux 18 (Sarah) and I'll want to update the Linux version. But i...

Hi all I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and as usual I have downloaded some themes from gnome-look.org but only a few of them really work. I've followed the installation instructions to unpack the themes in...

I am looking for a secure Linux distro. I saw one called Tails, but it seems that there are several sites that block the Tor browser. I am really tired of searching for a car, or maybe a new...

Hi all, I was wondering if someone could advise me on writing a udev rule for the following issue. I have a Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14ADA05 running Slackware-current. When I un-plug the power, the...

Published at LXer: In this article, I will explain how to sort files in a Ubuntu system using the Nautilus File Manager (the GUI) and the ls command (the command line). Read More......

Device nameDESKTOP-JGH4I3Q ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.60 GHz Installed RAM8.00 GB (7.86 GB usable) Device ID90517A0C-3341-4D9E-AA22-95CA110A5C4E Product...

Hi everyone, I am a newbie on Slackware after years of other distros. The install is ok with a DE without problem except slackpkg... All mirrors that I have tried (one after one I precise) seem not...

Hi, so I was making an install script and accidentally ran it as root... I now have a new partition table(I think) and two partitions. How can I undo this/ recover those partitions? I realized this...

Dear, How to further perform software update to Ubuntu 18 due to issue like "264 not upgraded"? Found kernel: /vmlinuz-4.15.0-143-generic Found kernel: /vmlinuz-4.15.0-142-generic Found kernel:...

Published at LXer: The openSUSE-based GeckoLinux distribution has a new release today for its ROLLING series, which is derived directly from unmodified openSUSE Tumbleweed and Packman repositories,...

hi folks, i am not sure the thread title is appropriate but this is what happened yesterday. On my desktop, I tried to build aegisub witl sbopkg -i aegisub and chose the queue file option. All...

I am running my application on arm-poky-linux target and before even the execution of main function the program is crashing and displaying this error.

Published at LXer: In simple words, a hex editor allows you to examine and edit binary files. The difference between a regular text editor and the hex editor is that the regular editor represents...

Published at LXer: Getting from one place to another over a computer network can be a tricky thing. Aside from knowing the right address and opening the right ports, there's the question of...

SW kernel 5.10.37 installed identically as 5.10.1-36 versions (kernel-generic + kernel-modules + initrd) exhibits many woes compared to all priors. Boot time to console prompt is minutes versus...

Published at LXer: This guide explains what is AppImageLauncher and how to integrate AppImages to application menu using AppImageLauncher utility in Linux. Read More......

I'm running RHEL 7.9. Here's an example of what I'm asking: RHEL-07-020040 V-71975 https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/red_hat_enterprise_linux_7/2017-07-08/finding/V-71975 *Designated personnel must...

I'm trying to record my mic audio while streaming it in Discord. When either app starts using the mic it becomes unavailable to the other. I assume that I need to use something like Jack to reroute...

Published at LXer: In this article we offer our recommendations about the type of RAM, the amount of RAM, and other factors to consider when buying a refurbished mini PC for running Linux as a...

Hello, I downloaded linux-libre kernel from fsfla.org (http://www.fsfla.org) and corresponding *.sign file, but I have no idea how to verify if these files aren't tempered with. Any help will be...

Hello, thanks for reading. I am having trouble getting Arch to work with a 2nd gpu and monitor. If I try to enable the second display, it crashes the system. I have KDE and LXQT desktop environments...

Published at LXer: This is the sixth in a series of articles about features that first appeared in a version of Python 3.x. Python 3.5 was first released in 2015, and even though it has been out...