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I'm on Ubuntu 20.10. It runs on a laptop. It is running very well, but I still have a small issue with power management. When I close the lid, the laptop suspends. But when I open it, it does not...

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Published at LXer: Linux hardware vendor System76 announced today that they are working on their own, in-house built desktop environment for Pop!_OS Linux, based on the GNOME desktop environment. ...

After windows 10 update, I cannot access my samba Shares in Ubuntu server 20.04.2 I have two shares in the server, one that no need authentication and the other need it. I can not reach none of then....

Our office has a shared CIFS mount. A couple of the directories on that volume are: Code: --------- drwxrwxr-x 5098 ohprso ohprs 188416 2021-04-15 08:15 Pension\ Files/ drwxrwsr-x 15 ohprso...

Hello, I'm using Fedora 33 and the Wacom graphics tablet seems to work out-of-the-box, except scrolling. I tried opening a web browser, pressing the button on the pen then scrolling up and down by...

Hi, I still get and compile the sources from an older Slackware release. I can live with my own package, but I wonder why it's not included anymore. I didn't test every themes, but it's ok AFAIK.

Published at LXer: The oldest Linux distribution Slackware 15.0 beta is out, crashing many rumors that the project is dead. Read More... (https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/04/slackware-15-0-beta/)

Current64: The Wed Apr 14 sg3_utils 1.*46* upgrade breaks /usr/bin/sparm and /usr/libexec/udisks-helper-drive-detach -- both of which still refer to libsgutils2-1.*45*.so.2 ... :D

Published at LXer: Linux is famous for its commands. This is partially because nearly everything that Linux does can also be invoked from a terminal, but it[he]#039[/he]s also that Linux as an...

Published at LXer: Setting up hostname is an important task when you are installing the operating system. Hostnames are invented to make human life easy. When you have 100’s of machines in your...

This is a collection of FVWM configs. Inspired by Gnome Extensions that make gnome multifunctional. This gave the name "FVWM myExtensions". It started with the new FVWM3 (F? Virtual Window Manager),...

In Manjaro KDE I find my HP printer cannot be started by this PC, all plugged in and switched on. I checked the printer notification and made sure it was set up. It has worked on this PC before. The...

Published at LXer: Anyone who spends a lot of time working with Git will eventually need to do some form of context switching. Sometimes this adds very little overhead to your workflow, but other...

Hello. I am using debian with plasma environment. I am facing an error while changing lockscreen from 'System settings'. When my laptop gets lock after standby time say (5 minutes). I can't...

Published at LXer: Enterprise Data Analytics (EDA) is a web application that enables access to information through a simple, clear interface. Read More......

Published at LXer: Canonical published today new Linux kernel updates for all supported Ubuntu releases to address up to 20 security vulnerabilities affecting all supported kernel flavors. Read...

Hi, relative novice here. If distro built-in OpenSSL supports AES encryption, does a tool like https://www.aescrypt.com/ add any benefit? Also I was warned about using passwords on binary...

Published at LXer: For this week’s blog, we’ve run a variety of benchmark tests on the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 together with five other systems to put the results into context. Read More......

hi i want to remove bluetooth /wifi / and the built in broadband modem / netbios .on my laptop how would i do this ? / i had a look in /lib/modules and cant seem to locate bluetooth / would it be in...

Published at LXer: KmCaster is a Java tool for showing the keyboard and mouse events on the screen, useful for teaching / screencasts. Read More......

Published at LXer: Private preview for now, Windows and macOS users sought for testing. System76, a US company which markets laptops, PCs and servers running Linux, is developing a new GNOME-based...

Published at LXer: Jason Perlow, Director of Project Insights and Editorial Content at the Linux Foundation, spoke with Hilary Carter about Linux Foundation Research and how it will create better...

How well do adobe products run on Wine?

Published at LXer: The release of Fedora 34 grows ever closer, and with that, some fun new features! A previous feature focus talked about some changes coming to GNOME version 40. This article is...

Published at LXer: The epic Metro Exodus story-driven first person shooter video game, is now available for GNU/Linux systems and can be installed through Valve’s Steam gaming distribution...

hi i have just switched laptop i was previously able to boot windows 10 from my eexternal SSD that is created on windows using winTOusb on windows. i was running debian on my main internal system. ...

I found the following bug reports: Inkscape: Fail to build against glib:2.68.0 https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/2289 gmacros: Guard C++ code with extern "C++"...

Published at LXer: By Bob Reselman This article was originally published at TheNewStack WebAssembly allows you to write code in a low-level programming language such as Rust, that gets compiled...

I have Hypnotix running on one PC - but a recent install refuses to access the default M3U file. Is this a temporary fault?

Published at LXer: Linux Foundation Research will provide objective, decision-useful insights into the scope of open source collaboration SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – April 14, 2021 – The Linux...

Is there an app for linux (KDE, Plasma) that has this feature, or maybe Dolphin can be configured? How? Please see attached image to what I am after Thanks Alex

Published at LXer: While it was playable with the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer, 4A Games and Deep Silver have today officially released Metro Exodus for Linux. Read More......

Dear all I have a Bash script called 'syncOut'. It contains, among its many commands, a single command with this form: Code: --------- pkexec rsync

I have a problem with GRUB. When I run "grub-install /dev/sda" command there was an error message "Decompressor is too big". grub-2.04-3 has this issue but grub-2.04-1 does not I do know by looking...

Hi All, I looked around for a bit and could not find anything via web search or here on LQ so I just wanted to ask if any one has attempted to update the official Slackware website. I'm an...

Non - UEFI ? I like experimenting with live Linuxes via USB . With pre UEFI I could set the BIOS to boot from USB first , and go from distro to distro . The newer UEFI models ( even though there...

In a .json file, I am trying to replace the literal string $max_open_trades with a value that I have stored in the $max_open_trades variable. Unfortunately both have the same name, and even worst the...

Published at LXer: Recently, I demonstrated how to implement full-drive encryption on Linux with LUKS and the cryptsetup command. While encrypting a whole drive is useful in many cases, there are...

I have two (old) identical servers running RHEL5. One has failed and I have decided to clone the other to restore the failed box. I ran dd with this command on the healthy server from a live CD: ...

After applying patch-5.11.13-14.xz then running make I got: ---Quote--- make[4]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-slackware-linux/10.2.0/include/stddef.h', needed by...

I installed a Ubuntu (UALinux's gamer flavor) to this computer I'm typing on now. Hardware wise it's a great computer for games released in 2008 or before, and I still love a lot of those games. I've...

Hello, there is something wrong with the firewall rules i made with IPTABLES when i load system and load the rules to see them i got this: Code: --------- Chain INPUT (policy DROP) target...

Hello, recently i have start using 'OpenSnitch' manual firewall, it is nice addon to iptables with OUTPUT Accept policy. Every time i start system those 4 are blocked by firewall. What are...

Published at LXer: A new important Linux kernel security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and CentOS Linux 7 systems to address three security vulnerabilities and...

Hello. I'm an Octave (octave.org) user and I always install it from source-code. But I've been using debian/mint in the last 11 years and with Slackware 15.0 around the corner I'm thinking to...

As suggested in an other thread : slackware ? What for ? Me : 5 laptops 1 home server 1 server Several machines I do not own but maintain for family I do not live with. Most x86_64, arm...

I do not know how to verify a GPG signature correctly and thought I would try and learn with a slackbuild. I did this: Code: --------- mik@Sbuilds:~$ gpg --fetch-keys ...

Published at LXer: Ventoy, a tool to create a bootable USB drive by simply copying the ISO to the USB, has been updated to version 1.0.40, bringing support for creating persistent USB drives for...

Hello! After a malware attack at our public offices network in December 2020, i was advised not to install linux anymore (unless i want to lose my job). My job computer was one of the very few...