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How to differentiate a mounted usb stick vs plugged in but not mounted usb stick.
I have a bootable usb live stick plugged in, it is in /dev/sdd Code: --------- $lsblk sdd 8:48 1 961M 0 disk └─sdd1 8:49 1 7,3M 0 part --------- But i can't access to it.....
Updgrading Lubuntu
Hi, Everytime I log in to Lubuntu I get a message asking me if I would like to upgrade.When I do upgrade ( the blue line goes all the way across) After the upgrade I get the following message...
Dual booting Ubuntu 18.04 and Slackware 14.2.
Hi: I have to use lilo to be able to boot both Ubuntu and Slackware. This is the Ubuntu /boot directory: Code: --------- root@darkstar:~# ls -l /ubuntu/boot/ total 139280 -rw------- 1 root root ...
regression on -current with mariadb-10.5.9
mariadb doesn't build anymore on -current, here are the errors: ------------------------ -- Looking for include file linux/limits.h - found -- Looking for include file signal.h -- Looking for...
amazing circle
Create programm to verify this circle is really amazing for perfect square just google
LXer: How to use map, reduce and filter in Python
Published at LXer: Functional programming approach in Python can be best illustrated by built-in functions called map(), filter(), and reduce(). This python tutorial teaches you how to use map(),...
LXer: Why an Open source GitOps Model Is the Future of DevOps
Published at LXer: DevOps brings operations and development closer together, but with GitOps that whole process can be accelerated. Read More......
rpm2tgz - .rpm is not an RPM
Hi. I am not able to convert ALT Linux RPM packages to txz packages http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/x86_64/RPMS.classic/libpackagekit-glib-1.2.2-alt1.x86_64.rpm...
Best USB Dongle for Mint 20
My grandkids tell me I'm a fossil but I'm trying. I am running Mint 20.1 Cinnamon, 5.4.0 Kernel. I have purchased 2 bluetooth dongles but neither work, where am I going wrong?
How can i revert?
I have centos 8 installed on my computer. I have installed "Server with GUI" with sudo yum group install "Server With GUI". It showing a black screen with a cursor.When I press ctl+alt+F2 it open a...
LXer: First-Ever AlmaLinux 8.3 Stable Released to Replace CentOS
Published at LXer: The AlmaLinux team announced the release of the first stable version that is AlmaLinux 8.3. And it is immediately available to download. Read More......
CCTV monitoring/Recording software that works on LINUX Mint 20.1 ?
Are relatively new to Linux and are finding it difficult to find any CCTV / VMS software that can be installed correct !! (LINUX Mint Cinnamon 20.1). Have tried "Zoneminder" and other similar...
TauonMusicBox
Hello, I'm Pouria! aka ~red almost everywhere. I've recently ported cool player to Slackware, TauonMusicBox! (well technically's been long time but finally got spare time to port them all) You'll...
April fool joke on supergrub2 usb boot disc.
I have got a grub that failed to detect existing win7 installation on my wife pc after i installed endea xfce on her pc (now is dual boot). Hence when she need win7, i temporary gave her this...
LXer: LFCA: How to Monitor Basic System Metrics in Linux – Part 8
Published at LXer: This article is Part 8 of the LFCA series, here in this part, you will acquaint yourself with the general system administration commands to monitor basic system metricks and...
LXer: Fedora Council statement on Richard Stallman rejoining FSF Board
Published at LXer: There is no room for harassment, bullying, or other forms of abuse in Fedora. We take our Code of Conduct seriously in order to ensure a welcoming community. Read More......
LXer: Excellent Utilities: scrcpy – display and control Android devices
Published at LXer: scrcpy is a free and open source screen mirroring application that lets you control an Android device from your desktop computer. Read More......
How to automatically reconnect to the Bluetooth audio device used before of reboot or shutdown, just like Windows or Android?
Imagine that you have a set of Bluetooth speakers, connected to your computer via a Bluetooth adapter. With the note about the usage of bleeding edge Slackware-current. This works absolutely...
LXer: Read and write files with Groovy
Published at LXer: Two common tasks that new programmers need to learn are how to read from and write to files stored on a computer. Some examples are when data and configuration files created in...
Firefox-87.0 stumbles with Netflix and Amazon Prime.
As of yesterday, 1 April 2021, Firefox-87.0, no longer works with Netflix or Amazon Prime. Both will let you sign on, but neither will play video. Prime returns an error saying "your browser is not...
Update my profile to show openSUSE and Linux Mint
I apologize this is most likely a somewhat simple question that I am overlooking. On the bottom left of my posts I am only seeing the operating system that I use as being listed as Ubuntu...Can I...
kali linux command history -c not working
Hi! Everybody I have a virtual machine for kali-linux-2021.1 XFCE 4.16 64 bit. I found out that the history -c command to clear history, does not work in this version. Now, I run this command in...
LXer: Use this open source tool to monitor variables in Python
Published at LXer: When debugging code, you're often faced with figuring out when a variable changes. Without any advanced tools, you have the option of using print statements to announce the...
Western Digital Passport 160 GB circuit board USB mini-B (4-pin) loose.
Hi all, I was given an older (2006) Western Digital Passport external harddisk enclosure with a Western Digital Scorpio harddrive. I have opened the enclosure and removed the drive portion from what...
LXer: Tcpdump cheat sheet with examples
Published at LXer: Main power of tcpdump packet sniffing tool comes from its flexible packet filtering rules and versatile protocol dissection capability. As you may know, only the sky is the limit...
Switch between Windows und Linux-Ubuntu
Seit 3 Monaten Wechsel von Windows10 zu Linux-Ubuntu20.04LTS ; dies mittels Stick:Xtra-PC . trotz genauer Install.nach Anweisung nicht gelungen , abwechselnd entwederUbuntu oder Windows zu benutzen...
cyrus-sasl: broken manpage for saslauthd(8) in -current
Hey, I'm afraid the man(8) file for saslauthd is broken in the arm repo. It's fine on 64-current....
Looking for an open source timegrapher application
I've already found TG (https://tg.ciovil.li/), but I can't figure out how to use it. Are there any others? I just want a simple application which I can input the desired BPH and live audio of the...
slackpkg slackware64 packages masked but in changelog.txt
'slackpkg upgrade-all' shows packages that are available for upgrade, such as glibc, but are not installed. glibc appears in the base install repository file tree. When 'slackpkg search glibc' is run...
New to the forum - first thread disappeared
Hello everyone, i registered today to seek out advice on a tricky raid problem. It took some while till the Thread was unlocked and visible as...
LXer: Find what changed in a Git commit
Published at LXer: If you use Git every day, you probably make a lot of commits. If you[he]#039[/he]re using Git every day in a project with other people, it[he]#039[/he]s safe to assume that...
Building the glade Slackbuilds package gets error.
Slackware 14.2-current (jul 2020). Hi: I'm trying to compile the slackbuilds package for pychess. One of its dependencies is glade. So I began building the glade slackbuilds package but got this:...
rxvt-unicode/tmux artifacts
I have recently upgraded to current to try it out, and so far everything's been perfectly fine except for one problem that is driving me crazy. When trying to type in an rxvt-terminal running tmux,...
[SOLVED] gzip 1.10: unknown suffix.
Slackware 14.2-current (jul 2020). Code: --------- root@darkstar:/backup_almacen/soft/pychess# gzip -dv glade-3.18.3.tar.xz gzip: glade-3.18.3.tar.xz: unknown suffix -- ignored...
LXer: MX Linux 19.4 Arrives with Support for Linux Kernel 5.10 LTS and Mesa 20.3
Published at LXer: The MX Linux 19.4 distribution is now available for download as the fourth maintenance update to the latest MX Linux 19 operating system series based on Debian GNU/Linux 10...
Intro's
Hello everyone, I'm an excited new Linux user/convert. Currently I'm running Manjaro/KDE on a new machine I just built. I originally loaded Fedora 33/KDE, but later found out they have ties to...
Dynamic LiLo or GRUB on DVD/CD/USB
Before I try to re-invent the wheel here ... I have started using my SuSE Tumbleweed DVD as a dynamic loader as it has a rather useful feature scanning my machine for Linux installs and then...
which linux distribution virtualbox to download for arch based linux ?
Hi, In case i don't like to get the virtualbox from arch depo, Can someone tell me, What is the distribution of virtualbox iso for archlinux ? Code: ---------...
You need at least 8.4GB disk space to install Ubuntu. This computer has only 0.0 B
Having trouble installing Ubuntu 16.4. When I put the disk in to install, I get the following message: You need at least 8.4GB disk space to install Ubuntu. This computer has only 0.0B I tried to use...
How hard is to copy Pictures folder from Android phone to PopOS? Please help!
Hi, Oh my god! I want to do a dimple task - copy file from my old Android phone to /Home folder in my Linux computer, so I do following: 1) Open the terminal and write: Code: ---------...
LXer: LFCA: How to Manage Software Packages in Linux – Part 7
Published at LXer: This article is Part 7 of the LFCA series, here in this part, you will acquaint yourself with the general system administration commands to manage software packages in the Linux...
LXer: How to Configure FirewallD in RHEL, CentOS and Fedora
Published at LXer: Net-filter as we all know it’s a firewall in Linux. Firewalld is a dynamic daemon to manage firewalls with support for network zones. In the earlier version, RHEL & CentOS 6 we...
Best way to convert Ubuntu VM to dual boot and keep data and applications?
Hi, I would like to convert my Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machine to a dual boot option alongside Windows 10 on my newish Dell laptop (with EFI) but am not sure about the best way to go about doing this. ...
grub-2.04-x86_64-3: 13 times uncompressed package size compared to -2
I just noticed that the uncompressed package size of grub grew from around 75 MB with grub-2.04-x86_64-2 to around 973M with grub-2.04-x86_64-3. The grub version did obviously not change and the only...
E: Impossible to fix problems, you kept (hold) broken packages.
Hey guys, I am looking for help to solve the problem below. Debian 10.9 installed from livecd. New installation. After installing the system, running the apt-get update and upgrade commands does...
LXer: How to install PHP 7.4 With Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04
Published at LXer: PHP is one of the most popular server scripting languages used for creating dynamic pages. Many popular CMS is written in PHP including, WordPress, Laravel, Magento, and many...
Intro and thanks
Glad to be a member of the group involved with the best OS on the planet
How to make a server on VM to be browsed on Internt
Hi all, This is an experiment, not for production. I'm prepared installing a Linux server on VM. Now I'm searching a solution to attach the static IP of the PC to VM so that the server can be...
Setting up Linux Mint 20.1 on a USB drive temporarily for testing/recovery purposes, some questions.
I installed (as in an actual install, not just running is a LiveUSB) Mint 20.1 on a USB drive for temporary purposes on a system I need to do some testing then data recovery of Windows drives on. I...
How To Find My LInux Mint Disk??
I had a Linux Mint installation. I used it to rescue a crashed Windows disk that couldn't be read, couldn't be mounted. Using Mint I was able to copy all the data off that disk. I copied it all...
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