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I am using this to check the status of a machine while is being build, so that I know when it's completed. Code: --------- while true do if [[ $(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $apikey"...

I'm assume most moderators volunteer so I almost wanna apologize for asking. Sometimes the OPs click "mark this problem solved," less occasionally pointing to the exact fix: ...if the fix is...

I am using a distro with Nautilus. I want to be able to clean up the rt-click "open with" menu because it has misnamed links and links that do not work because the pathway is empty - if I can figure...

Published at LXer: I[he]#039[/he]ve learned that video tutorials are a great way to teach my students, and open source tools have helped me take my video-production skills to the next level. This...

Hello Community! I previously had a dual boot system with Windows 10 and Ubuntu installed where everything was working fine. Recently I triple booted my machine and installed fedora. Since then I've...

I have an HTML page containing a number of form fields but containing absolutely no user identification as the submission of the form must be anonymous. When submitted, it calls a CGI script that...

Hi, I attempted to run a virtual box VM while running a gnome-boxes vm and it failed. (see attached error) I checked the log and the only think I could find that looks like an error is: ...

Published at LXer: When you add a new user to a Linux system, you also change several files. Do you know all of them? Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/creating-script-add-users)

Hello; OS - Centos 7 During boot, I am getting a black page. When I use Ctl-Alt F2 and log in as root and run systemctl, I see an error on accounts-daemon.service What could be the reason? I...

Observe, if you will, the code below. Code: --------- # Bash, with GNU sleep spin() { local i=0 local sp='/-\|' local n=${#sp}

With the demise (or change) of CentOS as we know it there was an announcement that RHEL 8 could be used on up to 16 production servers free of charge (and of course free of Red Hat support.) I have...

On my x86_64 Slackware-Current machine in KDEs and Xfce's incorporation of system-config-printer when I navigate to "Add printer" > "Windows Printer via SAMBA" the "browse" button is greyed out. ...

Is it possible to programmatically save and restore (to/from a USB stick) the Chromium web browser preferences in a live version of the Slax OS, smilarily to what can be done with Firefox in other OS?

Published at LXer: 'For many ... vendors, the BSD license is very important compared to the GPL'. It's not as well known as Linux, but FreeBSD has plenty of hardcore fans. In a wide-ranging chat...

I am stumbled onto this forum a few months back and thought it would be a good place to learn about Linux. I have been using it for a few years now but my husband took care of my problems. Now I am on...

Published at LXer: UK Linux computer manufacturer Star Labs announced today on Twitter that they made the Coreboot open-source firmware available to owners of the Star LabTop Mk III Linux laptop. ...

hi, is there option in satellite server to group what packages have access what servers?

Published at LXer: Arkime, also known as Moloch, is an open-source and large-scale indexed packet capture and search tool. In this post, we will show you how to install the Arkime Packet Capture...

I want to redirect traffic coming to/from QNAP NAS from LAN/WAN/NAS itself, on port 8082 to RPi port 8081. 192.168.0.7 - address of NAS 192.168.0.25 - address of RPI For this I use such rules...

Published at LXer: The open source operating system FreeDOS is a tried-and-true project that helps users play retro games, update firmware, run outdated but beloved applications, and study...

I am not able to install leoxsys leo mini 150 wifi usb adapter in my mint 19.3 desktop.Please help.

Hello everyone. I've been using Linux daily for about 1.5 years and have arrived to this forum on several occasions when searching the web for solutions or suggestions on different matters and finally...

Published at LXer: File synchronization made easy and efficient with rsync Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/sync-rsync)

problem re-appeared: kompare does not show any files (folders are visible) but if I enter exact filenames to compare comparison works.

I've recently upgraded to Slackware Current and am trying to get my favorite tools running thereunder. I've used x11vnc (Karl Runge) for years and I love it. I've finally got it built under 'Current',...

Published at LXer: The last month we have written a Complete guided article on How to Install Opensuse Leap 15.2; after that, we have received multiple requests for a Tumbleweed guide. opensuse...

I have a hard drive that has bad sectors and I can't boot from it. Made a live USB Ubumtu. When I use fsck.ext4 command to fix the HDD, it says /dev/sda2 is busy. when I use mount command I don't...

Due to certificate issues, the main puppylinux forum https://forum.puppylinux.com/ is currently inaccessible. Hopefully will be resolved soon. UPDATE: is now working on...

Where do I find the scripts that initially set INCLUDE_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH environment variables on start up (or login if that's relevant) for GCC/C++ etc.? On Debian 10 (Buster) amd64.

Published at LXer: Linux Foundation hosts effort to improve processes and technologies for large-scale mobile Android and iOS applications; Lyft makes initial contributions SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.,...

Published at LXer: With the prior KDE Plasma 5.21 is out and stable in the wild, we give you a glimpse of upcoming new features of KDE Plasma 5.22 and tentative release plans. Read More......

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Published at LXer: On Feburary 2021, my dream came to life as Flathub team just added MEGAsync to the repository. I jumped to my terminal and installed it using a solely command line. After the...

So I just spent a couple of hours trying to fix my linux mint install after I foolishly decided to update it. I thought the update might fix an error I was having trying to install 'spek' from source...

Hello, my name is Tom and I just bought a Linux machine running a Debian based OS. I have use PC's and Mac's for many years but Linux is new (especially the Terminal). I am going to post my first...

Hello, does anyone have a tip on software for network monitoring on about 8 servers? something like ntopng ... To give you an idea, pfSense runs on the router, followed by reverse prozxy...

Published at LXer: Today, Canonical’s Ubuntu Desktop team announced that Ubuntu’s upcoming new Desktop Installer is now available for public testing, so I wanted to give you a first look at the new...

Hello to the community, Kind of a hard task... I'd like to know if there's a set of open source tools that can mimic the functionality of the tools: SCCM (on the software management and deployment...

Lubuntu 20.04 Using VLC and other video players with no problem when -- without touching anything -- audio suddenly went off [for all video players and not just VLC -- video kept running, but no...

Hello, I'm using Slackware 10.1 kernel 2.4.29. I need to enable a Ethernet device driver as kernel module. I have the c file for the driver and I made a makefile according to ...

Not sure if I can describe this It seems to only be happening when I drop down to init 3 from init 4 If I do a slackpkg update the command finishes successfully, but I see the command prompt...

Published at LXer: Nadia Eghbal[he]#039[/he]s 2016 Ford Foundation report on open source software infrastructure shed light on the problem of public code being built and maintained in large part by...

Hi, I have a Genius G-pen 560, which I had used in my virtualbox windows. I remember I could use it with OpenSuse 9 or 10.3. Since teaching has to be now online, I undusted it because I need it for...

Looking for a stable distro that will acomodate both Gerbera and Kodi dnla/UPnP media servers. I have tried Mint, KDENeon and KUbuntu. I'm partial (but not married to) to the KDE desktop. Mint moved...

Hello everyone. My apologies if my question is little silly but the issue is that I really want to change the default icon set used in *Arch* with the *XFCE* desktop. I did some research and it...

I've been dual booting Manjaro and Windows. Today Manjaro updated and I noticed that the grub menu wasn't there on boot; it just booted into Manjaro. So I went to try and fix grub, but when I run...

I've been a mostly windows user with ubuntu dual boot, a few months ago I switched my main activity to develop software full time, I have seamlessly switched to ubuntu and I love it, I find myself...

Published at LXer: If you program or script in Linux, what's your favorite IDE? The old standby vi or something a little newer? Read More......

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My soundcard won't reproduce any sound nor receive it. I was looking at the journalctl and this popped out: Code: --------- Mar 07 20:14:16 debian systemd-modules-load[204]: Inserted module...