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I am absolutely new to Linux and computers in general. I am currently reading and trying to learn as much as I can about it. I'm currently reading "Linux in easy steps-by Mike McGrath however I don't...

Published at LXer: One of the classic Unix commands, developed way back in 1974 by Ken Thompson, is the Global Regular Expression Print (grep) command. It's so ubiquitous in computing that it's...

Hi, setting up my hardware which has two ports (eth0 and eth1) eth0 is for inbound traffic, eth1 for outbound. Yet I do reach Internet ( thru eth1 ) but do not reach local IPs ( 192.168.x.y )...

Hi all, I see some sed and wildcard tricks here (https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-replace-string-words-in-many-files/), but am looking for a way to search every single non-binary file...

And I may add 5.11.6 feels a lot lighter than 5.10.x. For now I will stick with 5.11.x, just forget 5.10.x - sooner better.

Hi! I installed 32-bit x86 current on a laptop, and previously with the Linux 4.4 Kernel, when I closed the lid the machine would keep running - which is what I want since the machine's mainly for...

My new #linux #computer will not boot if a sata #DVD_drive is attached. It will get as far as the bios screen asking for f2 or delete keys to be pressed. Doing so has no affect. I have tried two...

My OS is Slackware 14.2. I have both Firefox and Chromium installed. Also I have the freshest ca-certificates package in the system. For some reason when I open the same web site:...

Hello Experts, We have purchased a new Network Storage for our department. We are now in the process of migrating the data from Old to new. This includes migration of Datastores to another...

Hi , I am developing video capture card driver with 4K signal. I use "memcpy()" to copy 8 MB video data to AP. I found it done by only 3 logical CPUs while there are 6 logical CPUs. I wonder if there...

This is not a story about a disaster, merely a mild annoyance. But I do feel that I missed a trick somewhere and hope someone here will tell me what I should have done. I have a partial...

Hi, -current64, vanilla or multilib, fresh installs. It's been some months that I've noticed that I sometimes have to highlight multiple times a text in order to put it in the clipboard, then...

To try to let you know my problem this might be long. I started some months ago with a script to install pure Arch instead of doing the same thing every time. It still has some flaws and...

I just tried my first post - but cannot see it. Trying again. I found and joined this forum to seek help to a problem, I do not get solved by myself. I would like to use my notebook as a...

This is a result of attempting to make a laptop dhcp client connect with one hostname via the LAN and another hostname via WIFI, because the backup runs really slowly over the wifi. I started out...

Hi there, i had a Generic USB Bluetooth adapter. i had manually start Code: --------- /usr/bin/bluetoothd --------- after i ran Code:

how to execute simple bash command, every time linux starts? There is a file /etc/anacrontab is this this one where is should put change? if so how because `@reboot [command]` doesnt work

I have a laptop with Mint 20.1 Cinnamon 4.8.6 I see mention on the internet that Mint 20 ippusbxd is flawed - apparently it's messing up printing - and should be removed. ...

I have two laptops. Laptop (1) has Mint 18.1 Cinnamon 3.2.7 Laptop (2) has Mint 20.1 Cinnamon 4.8.6 On both via terminal I entered dpkg -l hplip to see if hplip was installed. This what I got...

I've been trying for an age to get a Kyocera FS-1350DN to work with Mint but I get nowhere. I've asked on various forums to no avail. Kyocera themselves seem to have no answers. So it's time for a new...

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This happened recently. Suddenly I can't input any password on terminals or KDE lock screen with Colemak layout even though I typed the password correctly. I have to change to the default US layout....

Published at LXer: The main motivation behind the creation of AlmaLinux was to be a viable replacement for CentOS Linux at the time of its shift from an enterprise-stable operating system to an...

Published at LXer: Here is the DebugPoint.com review of the awesome KDE Plasma 5.21 desktop, released recently. We take a look at the features that it brings while looking at the improvement areas....

I am building a desktop computer for only the second time, and just discovered that the case's 4-pin power connector, coming up from the bottom, is simply not long enough to reach the socket near top...

Published at LXer: Here's how to extract data from a text file such as reading in a list of servers to test connectivity to them. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/data-text-files)

Hi -- I'm experimenting with various ext4 settings on an SSD (SATA). /etc/fstab has: Code: --------- UUID=1234 / ext4 noatime,data=writeback,barrier=0,nobh,commit=60,errors=remount-ro 0 ...

Published at LXer: Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) now officially supports Widevine, allowing its users to stream content from popular websites such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Go,...

Published at LXer: It's all about developersAhead of its release next month, the Fedora community has posted details of what is coming in Fedora 34, Red Hat's bleeding-edge Linux distro.… Read...

Hi, I have a few qemu virtual machines. Their guest additions work when running the VMs using gnome-boxes; however, if I use virtmanager to run the vms, guest additions do not load. The host...

Alright, I just sarted my first venture in Linux, and as a gamer I want to see if my temps and fans are doing alright. That led me into a rabbit whole that is understanding Linux in general and more...

Hello people! SO I installed Freon so I could see the temps in my gpu, cpu and speed fans, however being a noob I dont understand everything. First: the fans speed (I have 4) are not being shown. ...

Published at LXer: The Audacity 3.0 open-source and cross-platform multi-track audio editor has been released today as a major update that introduces a new save file format, as well as numerous...

Here's my setup: I have Ubuntu server 20.04, Apache2 and Seafile for a personal cloud. I followed the install guide from digitalriver and everything installed and did exactly what it was supposed to...

Hi. Is there a simple way to download any upgradable packages without installing them? (for example, when the system is in use, so that it can all be upgraded later offline). There is this for...

Hello fellow members! I did my move from win10 to pop os, and so far I am enjoying my experience very much! It is however, a bit of a change and I have many things to learn about linux still, and...

Hello. I want to virtualize correctly Android 10 on top of my Jetson nano (arm64) using qemu and kvm on ubuntu 18.04. This is the tutorial that I'm following : ...

Hello. I would like to virtualize Android on my jetson nano using qemu + kvm + virglrenderer and I found these tutorial to accomplish the task : ...

Hello all, Recently flashed a router firmware and behold wpa3 is available, see pic. Tried to modify wpa_supplicant for pure wpa3 as documented by the Arch guys at...

Hi Everyone! Can anyone tell me how can I remove Ads by Testpid from my PC? These ads are much irritating and disturbing me a lot. Need permanent solution to remove it. I am using Linux Operating...

The official LQ poll series continues. This time we want to know: What is your favorite Linux Prompt? --jeremy

I am on my Slackware machine running 14.2 with Firefox 68.12 and Chromium 76.0.38xxx. When I went to a website that I want to print, for example: ...

Published at LXer: When you write a program, your application may need to read from and write to files stored on the user's computer. This is common in situations when you want to load or store...

I've been backing up my Windows 7 system using Macrium Reflect Professional Edition v. 5.3 to external drives. I'm considering buying a new Linux system. Since there is no Macrium Reflect version for...

Gnome shell often makes my CPU usage jump to 90-100%, making the DE very laggy. I have to restart my laptop each time to suppress it. I use it for 6-8 hours a day, and it happens in seemingly random...

The documentation for most desktop environments is very general Many times not very current I have many more questions about the DE, than about the distro I'm on The answers aren't usually distro...

Hi, there are times when I am not able to see the four workspaces that I have named in my laptop. Does someone know how can I see them all? thanks

I am a Linux newbie so bear with me. I have installed AlmaLinux8.3, having just changed from CentOS8, using a Dell R420 with a 12TB RAID5 disk array. I installed allowing AlmaLinux to use the...

When I print from Firefox it defaults to NA_Letter and when I change it to US-Letter/Letter it will revert back to NA_Letter. When I print I get error Paper missmatch. ...

My problem is that when I want to plug in my earphones, it only detects the earphones but not the microphone. - I am using Linux Mint (Ulyssa). - My laptop has only one jack. - Back then when I...