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I need to record tutorials/presentations using both the webcam and slides (as we used to do in live presentations). The application recognizes the xpdf slide show but does not display that source when...

Published at LXer: In this edition of our open source news roundup, learn about open source on Mars, System76[he]#039[/he]s new keyboard, a 5G open source stack, and more. Read More......

A usb hard disk is going weird on me. I confess to being suspicious of it (slow to mount sometimes). Anyhow, I wanted to pur an OS on it, and it's gone nasty on me. There is data on it, but it's...

Just a question to see if anyone has played with DVB reception on a Pi? I have been having a play, with varying degrees of success... I started off using a PCTV USB TripleStick 292E, which I got...

[This post was also cross-posted on fedoraforum.org several months ago here (https://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?325153-Using-autofs-with-rbind-nested-mounts), but as of posting there were...

Published at LXer: Procedure below works quite smoothly and eliminates any issues during similar manual setup which is available as well via `sudo dnf install openjfs`. First enable COPR...

Debian 10 stable buster kernel 4.19.0-12-amd64 The problem: in X-window, any of the following two commands Code: --------- xrandr --output eDP --brightness 0.35 xrandr --output eDP --mode...

Published at LXer: UK-based Linux computer manufacturer Star Labs announced today that the long-anticipated Coreboot open-source firmware is now available for their Star LabTop Mk IV laptop. ...

I was in DiskPart / Windows CLI , and selected Disk 1 Volume Clean . Whole disk is clean - apparently Clean is a task ONLY for whole disk ; turned off immediately . I've now run a trial...

Neither email address was in database for 'Forgotten Password' . Probably 6 - 7 years since last log-on . New registration ; email is already in use error . Admin / mods - help ?

Published at LXer: Its new Power-based hardware appliance for IBM cloud on premises ships with Red Hat's container orchestration platform. Power Systems and IaaS now feature expanded OpenShift...

I am not sure this is the correct forum but I will give it a shot... Long ago in a galaxy far far away I did some programming in Visual Basic on Windoze. I recall that dialog windows could be...

Published at LXer: It's your computer, not ours – but we may go ahead and update it for you, says team. The Linux Mint team has introduced a fix for a memory leak it does not fully understand:...

Hello to everyone! I have been a Linux user for the past 6 years or so and for the first time delving into linux-hardware area. This community seems amazing. Thanks to all of you!

Hello, I am doing software testing on Intel GPU and i915 driver. I am using Intel NUC 9 CoffeeLake, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and using Intel GVT-g to passthrough iGPU to VM and host. As during testing,...

Published at LXer: The CoreELEC development team announced today the release of CoreELEC 19.0 “Matrix” as a major update to this JeOS (Just enough OS) Linux distribution designed for Amlogic...

Hello, I own a Canon LiDE 220 scanner. This scanner is working perfectly fine on Windows 8.1 (64-bit) so I suppose that it is not broken. Here is what happens when I try to use it with SANE on...

After installing the firmware from the Debian buster repositories, I got no complaints after a restart: # dmesg | grep firmware rtl18192ee: Using firmware rtlwifi/rt18192eefw.bin rtl18192ee...

I have Kubuntu 20.10. I have Steam. I installed the precompiled binary of MangoHud. It is pretty nice software. For Bioshock Infinite, there is a bit of pain in the butt where textures pop and...

Published at LXer: Red Hat's annual State of Enterprise Open Source survey report finds that users trust its security, plan increased use of containers and more. Read More......

Has anyone had any luck with using 2 displays connected to the RPi4 ? I can get one display to work in whatever port I use but if I try both at the same time the second display just shows the color...

Published at LXer: One table has a primary key field and the other has a foreign key field that should refer back to the first table. This isn't always the case, because the tables don't't always...

Published at LXer: Valve and Collabora announced today that the Steam Link app is now available for Linux-based operating systems to help you stream your Steam games on any device in your house. ...

Hi, I'm trying to have the time in sync on a Debian 10 server using chronyd. When I start the service all seems OK, but after a few seconds it automatically stops itself: Code: ---------...

I’m using xdotool to type text for me. That text is written on a Spanish keyboard into a text editor. The text contains special characters which are not produced identically and are not located on...

When I tried to access any file On rescue MODE. my CentOS 7 give this Message: "Cannot create temp file for here-document read-only file system"

Published at LXer: This article describes how to install and configure an FTP server on Ubuntu 20.04 that you use to share files between your devices. Read More......

Hi. I notice this file in ~/history. It appears now and then. I don't know why. I delete it and there doesn't seem to be any consequence. Anyone know what's up with that? Thanks.

Linux woke up by itself from suspend on and off, just want to know what log provide info ? Gonna check in to take a look why. I have no schedule job at all. thx

Published at LXer: New options for building container images, find tags in Podman, and using the Skopeo container image are some new features for you to use in your container adventures. Read...

In CentOS/RedHat 8.x, I got a strange symptom from my AMD Rome server. It can see /dev/fb0 appeared under network class device. -------------------------------------------- [root@localhost ~]# lshw...

Published at LXer: RNR File Manager (RNR's Not Ranger) is a new terminal file manager for Linux that combines features of Midnight Commander and Ranger in order to provide the best of both worlds,...

Published at LXer: In this article, we are going to have a quick look at the main updates brought by ONLYOFFICE Docs 6.2 and learn how to install the solution (Docker version) on Ubuntu. Read...

Using sample code from https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/x86/mtrr.rst I can create a MTRR entry. But how can I assign/create a structure/ variable into that particular...

Published at LXer: This guide explains a fun way to test your BASH skills by playing Wargames, Terminus and clmystery command line games in Linux. Read More......

Published at LXer: Did you know Evernote has a private beta application for Linux desktops? I didn't, and I didn't see an announcement about this anywhere, but today I stumbled upon it. From what I...

Published at LXer: “R” is a programming language that was designed for statistical computing back in 1993. The best thing is that this language is still being used extensively especially for data...

Need help getting email notifications to subscribed threads. Where do I click and what do I select so I get email notifications to replies to threads I start or reply to/subscribe to ?

Published at LXer: Pritunl is an open-source, simple and easy-to-use VPN server that allows you to setup virtualize your private networks across data centers within a minute. In this tutorial, we...

Published at LXer: If you're using Arch Linux, you have the advantage of using AUR to install almost any software. Find out what AUR is and how to use AUR in Arch Linux. Read More......

Occasionally in receiving help from a computer guru they ask if they can take over your machine (remote computer to him)(his computer would be local). When he takes over you see the guru manipulating...

Hi Guys, any chance some one might help me out . I am ditching Windows 10 and moving to Linux. I downloaded and installed Pop OS Linux Distro today. It was going on a clean Hard drive. No problem with...

Published at LXer: A bash script rarely runs standalone. Rather, you often pass one or more arguments to the script from the command line to modify its run-time behavior. In more advanced cases,...

How to force apt to download .deb file only even if its dependency unmet Code: --------- $ sudo apt -d -f install libc6/testing Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...

Published at LXer: The merge window for Linux Kernel 5.12 is closed and with that, Linux Kernel 5.12 RC-1 (release candidate) is now released for testing. This release brings many new features and...

I'm in way over my head but trying to swim (learn)! I'm setting up a multi-purpose server. Part of my reason for doing so is to learn more about Linux. I'm an old hat at Windows but have lost my...

Hey, all! I am not sure where to post my question, but I hope that "general" is the appropriate area for me to seek help. I have been building my own operating system, which began as my third (or...

Published at LXer: You may have heard of Grafana, a time-series dashboarding tool that helps you discover what[he]#039[/he]s going on in your environment. People from hobbyists to enterprise...

I pressed window without border.. It did gave me this warning, but i can't understand what does that means. What does Code: --------- using the Window Operations Menu () keyboard shortcut...

Hello, I have to build a solution to deploy VM-hosts on vmware/VCenters. VM-hosts will be ubuntu/centoOS. I am thinking between pyvmomi and ansible. What ever solution I pick I have to use...