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After the KDE upgrade, kpat no longer recognized my Freecell stats. I had won 1562 in a row for 100% wins and 0 losses. Kpatrc was ok, but I had three new entries in the game listing. Forecell,...

Hi! Maybe not the most straightforward subject description... I'm in the final stages of testing out my configuration for my new home server that will replace an over decade-old Windows based machine...

Published at LXer: There are many reasons to choose Linux for your desktop operating system. In Why everyone should choose Linux, Opensource.com[he]#039[/he]s Seth Kenlon highlighted many of the...

After yesturdays update when I use gvim I get the following - (gvim:20409): dbind-WARNING **: 09:39:50.521: Couldn't register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes...

I was just wondering, what's the distro that has been the most stable and had the best performance for you guys? With ---Quote--- stable ---End Quote--- I mean that It had the less bugs, crashes...

Compiling libquicktime on an up to date 14.2 i get these errors - ---Quote--- mv -f .deps/lqt_vorbis.Tpo .deps/lqt_vorbis.Plo /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -I/usr/include...

Published at LXer: Fedora 34 releases soon. If you are wondering about the new features and details, you would be surprised to find out that this release going to be a massive one. here we give you...

Hello, I'm a total noob and just installed MX Linux 19.4 but my touchpad is so erratic, it stops working out of sudden, the gets back working, sometimes instead of moving up and down it scrolls... ...

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Published at LXer: The Fedora CoreOS team released the first Fedora CoreOS next stream based on Fedora 34. They expect to promote this to the testing stream in two weeks, on the usual schedule. As...

Tux in space (https://i.imgur.com/Gi72muT.png) sorry about quality of a pic, took a screenshot from online video. :D

Published at LXer: Enabling even more developers to work directly from Linux, FMOD Studio 2.02 has been released which includes (amongst other things) native support for Linux. Read More......

Published at LXer: The Debian Project continue their work on the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system, due out in summer 2021, and they released today the first Release...

I can open xmms as root but I cannot open it as a regular user. I don't even know where to begin to look to fix this problem. Suggestions anyone?

Published at LXer: One of the most reliable ways to protect your documents and their content from any alterations is using a digital signature. It is a mathematical technique used to validate the...

I'm trying to configure the lirc remote control software, but I'm hoping someone can help me even if they are not familiar with lirc. My lirc commands are failing because they are pointing to an...

Published at LXer: Microsoft's own distro lurks under the covers and applications magically appear in the Start menu. Hands on Microsoft has released the first public preview of Linux GUI...

Hello Folks , I know how to find and replace text : find /root/kutku7/ -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/findme//root/findx10/g' {} \; Above will replace findme with ---> findx10 But what if I...

Published at LXer: Jackbox Games emailed in to notify us of something big: they've worked with game porter and FNA developer Ethan Lee to port their engine to Vulkan and SDL2 and you can try it in...

Published at LXer: This article shows you where the Bash history is located on your Linux system and how to fully or partially remove commands from Bash history and how to prevent that Bash writes...

I use salckware64-current. The way firefox deals ftp sites has changed. A few days ago it just opened the ftp site and to download a file one had just to click on the file name. Now firefox asks...

Published at LXer: The open source, free, and lightweight Geary email client designed specifically for the GNOME desktop environment has been updated today to version 40 as part of the latest GNOME...

I have route 'website.com/api.php'. How do I set .htaccess to redirect from: Code: --------- website.com/api/login --------- to:

Hello. The constant thing in life is change... Well I decided recently to jump ship and enter the OS ocean-world of Linux. Am currently pursuing studies in the IT field with an eye geared towards...

Published at LXer: Geary, a GNOME 3 email client, has been updated to version 40.0. The new release includes a visual refresh, an adaptive user interface, and more. Read More......

I'm trying to back up only the changes I make in *Preferences*. 20 (at the most) binary switches, on/off in: ---Quote--- General Home Search Privacy & Security Sync ---End Quote---...

I created a bootable USB using Gnome disks and when I'm booting (I tried both UEFI an LEGACY), I click to the installed and it doesn't respond (the same with pretty much any other app). Does anyone...

An online instructor said 119 is the hard link count (shown in the attached screenshot). So what does that mean? Does it mean there are other 118 hard link that point to this directory (i..e. /etc)?...

Published at LXer: An introduction to the Home Assistant open source project, what it can do, and a basic setup using a container. Read More......

maildir helps me to open instances (tty ~ i believe) without messing my emails. where and how can i find other packages which have similar functionality. regards

Published at LXer: Death Carnival, originally called BulletRage, is an upcoming fast-paced top-down shooter with extreme weapons & online multiplayer mayhem. Read More......

Published at LXer: For years, Ubuntu has been enormously popular with Linux fans and developers. The corporate desktop? Not so much. Now, with Microsoft Active Directory integration, Ubuntu wants...

Published at LXer: There are sysadmins who have to rack servers as part of their jobs while others have never stepped foot inside a chilly data center. Read More......

hello i am new here i was going to see if there is a way to download unreal turnament on linux mint p.s thank you

I have a file that is a pair list with separators. The list was Ctrl + c copied from a Windows Registry key. I pasted the list into Notepad, saved the file with ANSI encoding and brought it to Linux....

Published at LXer: RISC-V is a free and open instruction set architecture (ISA) enabling a new era of processor innovation through open standard collaboration. To help individuals get started with...

---Quote (Originally by Didier Spaier)--- Sorry I was too lazy to make a standard SlackBuild ---End Quote--- Here it is : https://github.com/maravtdm/swapinzram I fixed 2 stuff, look into...

I'm trying to set up VNC to start every time the server reboots, following the "Creating a Systemd unit file" instructions here: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-debian-9/...

Published at LXer: Ubuntu 21.04 is released a while back, and I am sure you are enjoying your time with Hippo! So, here's a list of 10 things to do after installing Ubuntu 21.04. Read More......

Perhaps someone knows if there's a way to get around a security nonsense that just started when I moved to another location. My Xerox color laser printer would turn on with the start page but would...

I am under KDE Neon Plasma 5.21.4 and use the Evolution email package. In the days I was using Outloook in Windows, it was "remembering" frequently used email addresses and showing me the address...

Published at LXer: Ampache is an open-source web-based personal audio streaming application written in PHP. This tutorial will cover how to install the Ampache application on a Fedora 33 based...

Published at LXer: Because edge locations are often unstaffed, or staffed by technicians, edge processing requires low maintenance solutions. Read More......

Yeah, I think I pretty much nailed the question in the subject line. If I create an empty ext2 / ext3 / ext4 file system, and run fsck on it, it will return something like: filesystem: clean,...

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Hello, I am trying to get some kernel crashes recorded by using the kexec utility, but my kernels are crashing and freezing, rather than booting into the crash kernel and thus getting to the stage...

Printing with cups-pdf (from SlackBuilds.org) results in a blank pdf. I tested it in a clean -current vm as well and the same happens. Doesn´t matter printing through the gui printing window in some...

Hello, I have been a Linux user for some 20 years on and off, though never signed up to this forum. I love operating systems and I am an avid user of many Linux distros, FreeBSD, OSX and Windows. I am...

Hi, If I would like to block a program from accessing a certain web address domain how would I do that?

On Fedora i used guestmount to mount VirtualBox VDI images on the host system. This method won't work on Slackware because libguestfs depends on supermin, which has a hard requirement for the...