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hi im running debian10; in other locations below computer "windows network" has appeared after i installed a icons pack called dark infinity , had werid svg symbollic file links to servers a vg,etc....

Published at LXer: Mahara is a free and open-source electronic portfolio management system written in PHP. It is a web-based application mainly used in academic institutions to provide a platform...

Code: --------- bash-5.1$ cmake -S src -B build CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt: No project() command is present. The top-level CMakeLists.txt file must contain a literal, direct call...

For those of you on current or those who are using KDE5 on stable, how is the stability of KDE been for you? I want to get some opinions on stability and experiences before I consider switching to KDE...

Published at LXer: Docker is a tool that is used to run software in a container. It's a great way for developers and users to worry less about compatibility with an operating system and...

Emacs users, please try to reproduce this behaviour. My system is Slackware 14.2, KDE 4.14.38, Emacs 26.3. When I run a function: Code: --------- (browse-url "https://www.google.com/")...

Good afternoon. Greetings to all the members of this forum. How can I configure my laptop to use the DNS server provided by my DHCP server? It seems that the operating system configuration is...

Hello and thanks for reading my post. I'm running an Ubuntu Server (v18.01) with Iptables (v1.6.1) here at home. It provides a whole host of services to my LAN computers. This question pertains to...

Published at LXer: Slated for inclusion in version 5.13, due about three months from now. The Asahi Linux project, an effort to bring the Linux kernel to Apple’s M1 silicon, has merged its work...

I have a server that I added a second interface to so an internal server can talk to a DMZ server. Someone in networking was concerned about it being there. However, removing it does nothing and...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial, we’re going to show you how to install YOURLS on an Ubuntu 20.04 server with Nginx, MariaDB, PHP, and Let’s Encrypt. Read More......

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Gnome 3.36.8 Code: --------- $ logrotate --version logrotate 3.14.0 --------- It's been impossible to get logs to rotate automatically once they reach a size of 125M....

Published at LXer: There's a school of thought that recommends a program does one thing but does it really well. There's so many feature-laden programs where the vast majority of the functionality...

mtPaint is a small fast image editor (good for indexed image files) with no additional dependencies. The mtPaint slackbuild (https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/graphics/mtpaint/) has a link to...

Any help regarding converting my ppt file(.pptx) (with narration) to a video format (like.mp4) on linux? I used to do it with MS Powerpoint 2019 on windows but now idk how to get it done on linux and...

Hi, I have a Debian 10 server running various services, including Docker. I want to configure virtual machines for some testing purposes but I can't get the networking right. I want the guests to...

There are several lines (like below) across many files Format set -rules XXXX -location {YYYY.v:4} -msg { ZZZZ} -comment {Auto-generated by: FOO on 01-26-2021 10:30:35} I want to...

...but it will work through a USB port (with an adapter) for a while. However, this too will quit in a few days. Have done the full Diagnostic analysis on the Dell support site. The results are...

Published at LXer: Whenever you[he]#039[/he]re working with a group of programmers on a project, whether small or large, handling changes between multiple Git branches can become difficult....

Who knows if this does get addressed - overall it is not a big deal but more of an aesthetic issue. This is regarding two options in the menu during the install of Slackware - "Expert" and "Menu" ,...

I'm planning on installing LMDE4 which comes with a 4.19 kernel in a AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU. Probably followed by upgrading to a 5.10 backport kernel. Will this work? [Please say yes!!!]

Published at LXer: Even a quick search for "Raspberry Pi expansion board" yields an impressive array of boards for all sorts of practical uses. There are boards loaded with sensors, boards for...

Hi, I've installed SparkyLinux 6 (Po-Tolo) which is based on Debian testing. The setup is with \boot on a separate partition from root. I'd like to enlarge \boot (there's a 2GB free space...

I have a script to display the video name and it's height. Code: --------- $ for ff in *.mp4; do echo "$ff"; mediainfo --Inform="Video;%Height%" "$ff"; echo "============";done --------- What I...

Hello folks, sometimes i forget the fun of reading all the insults, attacks, critics, comments mocking, etc... of users on other users Anyway, I am banging my head on a wall here, because for the...

Hello everyone I am running Mint 19.3 Cinnamon version 4.4.8. Kernal4.15.0-76-generic My hard drives run full speed for about 5 minutes every time I start my computer. its like something is...

Linux creator himself, Linus Torvalds, warned against the use of the Linux 5.12 release. He described a “nasty bug,” and wrote that the situation is a “mess,” due to the use of swap files when adding...

I switched from LXDE to MATE - but it seems MATE handles USB devices differently. In short under MATE I can no longer get VirtualBox to detect my usb headseat to pass through to a host OS (in this...

Published at LXer: If we want the internet to be different we can’t keep following the same roadmap. I am celebrating a one-year anniversary at Mozilla this week, which is funny in a … Read...

hey all, i am using centos 7.9 and I'm trying to give a specific user the permission to run a specific bash script as root under his home directory, i tried to add this ---Quote--- kobol...

Published at LXer: This is a weekly blog looking at a refurbished HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC running Linux. Refurbished PCs offer a great solution to your computing requirements. Read...

All of a sudden, my vncviewer is not bringing up my raspberry pi im trying to log into. It has ALWAYS worked before and I've never had a problem with it. But now, every damn time I try to log,...

My Brother MFC-J430W used to print well on Linux, but since some time ago it chops the top of the page. I checked all settings, they seem correct. Page is set to A4. Modified the top and bottom...

Published at LXer: If you miss the Dash to Dock extension on the GNOME 40 desktop environment, there’s a replacement you can use right now, called Floating Dock. Read More......

Hi all for the life of me I can not set a root password for MySQL it automatically lets me in from the command line, its been some time and I've search all over nothing seems to work it just...

This query is regarding Function level reset feature for SRIOV. As per code in Linux PCIe driver the function level reset is done by writing 1 to reset under sysfs interface: echo 1 >...

Published at LXer: Joomla is a free and open-source content management system used to create, modify and manage the content of a website. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Joomla CMS...

Published at LXer: The experts agree this Supreme Court decision was a victory for developers and open-source software. Read More......

Hi there I'm having problems with this command... I made the dnsmasq.conf file this way: interface=wlan0mon dhcp-range= 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.30, 255.255.255.0, 12h dhcp-option=3, 192.168.1.1...

Hello everybody, I searched for similar discussions but couldn't find one that would resolve my issue. I know practically nothing about fdisk except some basic things, but it has come upon me...

Hello everyone, Yesterday, I wanted to copy some music files to my music player, but Arch Linux copied them a WAY too fast and some files were transfered broken to my music player so it couldn't...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and am not that well vested with Linux errors. We have the above subject error on our server. We have cleaned the tape drive with cleaning tape and also can...

Published at LXer: Use the new podman secret command to secure sensitive data when working with containers. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/new-podman-secrets-command)

Published at LXer: If you use Git regularly, you might be aware that it has several reputations. It's probably the most popular version-control solution and is used by some of the biggest software...

Hi All i am new to linux and i am learning it. i have a disk space issue on one server [root@server01 /]# df -Th Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 ...

Hey y'all Is anyone running the latest up to date -current, running in an active way mariadb, successfully? I've read other threads and googled which is reported it fails, and strangely Pat has...

Published at LXer: Here's a list of the top 10 cool gedit features which you probably not aware of, until now. Take a look. Read More... (https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/04/gedit-features/)

Is there an online cumulative historical archive of all 14.2 patches? I am aware of an archive for Current...

Published at LXer: Flameshot is an open-source screenshot and annotation tool designed for Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. In today’s article, we will be installing Flameshot on a Ubuntu 20.04...

I've got a Debian based gateway with iptables. The box is running squid with a transparent http proxy active. It works on the lan. I just found when I was building a vm however that it doesn't seem...