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Need to change a NTFS to XFS or ext4
I have an azure linux system and there is a 300gb hard drive attached on /dev/sdc and using sdc1 that is set up as an NTFS system. Sinc I cannot mount onto an NTFS system on RH 8, I am trying to...
Installing GRUB to /boot best way to test Linux on dual boot with Win10?
Would this be easiest way to install Linux and remove it if dissatisfied?
More deep fakes
More deep fakes. Tom Cruise. These look pretty real. Fairly soon, you won't be able to tell the difference. Code: --------- #Choose your poison p='mplayer' p='mpv' p='ffplay'
LXer: How To Find Number Of CPU Cores From Commandline In Linux
Published at LXer: This brief guide describes how to find number CPU cores from command line in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Read More......
LFS in a VM (qemu/virt-manager) - Building and installing spice-vdagent
Hi all. I was wondering if there's anyone here with experience in this area. I've successfully (to the best of my knowledge) built and installed spice-vdagent version 0.21 using the PKGBUILD from...
Gtk-WARNING - cannot open display error.
Hi Distro: Debian 10 Gnome I'm trying to install a guest virtual machine in KVM virtualization. But I'm getting this 'Gtk-WARNING - cannot open display' error. Following is the command I...
How to get rid of Slackware?
Not really a question but more a personal observation/story/experience of the last 2 months. (perhaps interesting or not) I have been on Slackware for almost 2 decades, On and off. Some years I ran...
To have a web host link to which a video file can be opened and watched
How do we a have web link to a web host in which we have account, if we click that link it will automatically bring us to the web host site and playing a video of 90-140 MB size ?
Install Slackware from first disk only
If I have only one CD (not a DVD), is it possible to install Slackware from its first install disk only ( slackware-14.2-install-d1.iso ), available at...
LXer: Xubuntu 21.04 to Ship with Xfce 4.16, Ayatana Indicators, and New Apps
Published at LXer: Xubuntu technical lead and Xfce core developer Sean Davis shares today a progress update for the upcoming Xubuntu 21.04 operating system, due for release in late April 2021. ...
Power led flashes during Suspend
I recently upgraded my system to ASUS Pro B460M-C motherboard with Intel i9 and 16GB RAM. When I go into Suspend the power led flashes on and off continually. Is there any way I can ensure that the...
LXer: How to change the sudo password through command line on CentOS 8
Published at LXer: This tutorial shows step-by-step how a root user or user with sudo priveliges is able to change the sudo password on centOS 8. Read More......
How to pass value into awk main action block?
Hello Friends, I am a new linux learner, recently i was practicing data scraping from yahoo finance. I fetched the data in tabular form and wanted to find the min and max of each column along...
LXer: Install and Use Guacamole Remote Desktop on CentOS 8
Published at LXer: Apache Guacamole is a free, open-source, web-based and clientless remote desktop application that supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH. In this tutorial, we will...
I got an error "Error termination. Backtrace."
After I compiled a file by gfortran, I tried to run the exe file. And I got an error following; At line 94 of file eee.f (unit = 21, file = 'fort.21') Fortran runtime error: End of file Error...
backup tar
hi, i like to take backup incremental on mysql database. -take lvm snapshot -take full tar -next day->take lvm snapshot -take incremental tar correct?
Linux sometimes connects to Android
I'm using Ubuntu 18 with Mate. I have two user accounts, a user account "archive" and an admin account "dave". When I connect my Galaxy android while in the archive account the phone just connects, no...
LXer: Blender 2.92 Adds a Brand-New Workflow for Editing Meshes, New Physics Simulation Methods
Published at LXer: The Blender Foundation released today Blender 2.92 as a major release to this open-source and cross-platform 3D computer graphics software used for creating 3D and printed...
LXer: Set your path in FreeDOS
Published at LXer: Everything you do in the open source FreeDOS operating system is done from the command line. The command line begins with a prompt, which is the computer's way of saying, "I'm...
WordPress hosting vs Shared hosting
Hi all, I have been searching on Internet and couldn't find the difference between WordPress Hosting and Shared Hosting. I'm current subscribing Shared Hosting with unlimited websites, unlimeted...
Applying for a community manager position at a gaming company
And at the bottom of the position description it reads "Bonus Points Include your favorite meme in your application" What kind of a meme should I include? Thanks, experts at Linux Questions!
LXer: How to Use Multiple Node.js Versions using NVM
Published at LXer: In this guide you are going to learn how install specific version of Node.js using NVM - Node.js Version Manager Read More......
[SOLVED] Implementing virtual box
Do I need to have "boot to virtual box " setup in UEFI? I can start Virtual Box from manager but it complains about " no boot (disk) ". I am assuming that I should start "VirtualBox" first -...
LXer: Why Linux is critical to edge computing
Published at LXer: In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Linux is the ideal operating system for...
Run a shell script when a terminal is opened
Is it possible to force a shell script to run each time a terminal window is opened? I've tried editing the icon / link on the desktop to konsole -e bash xxx.sh but this doesn't work - the terminal...
LXer: How to read column data from a text file in a bash shell script
Published at LXer: One common task in day-to-day shell scripting jobs is to read data line by line from a file, parse the data, and process it. The input file can be either a regular text file...
LXer: Losslessly Compress JPG Images via Linux Command Line
Published at LXer: A step by step guide for optimizing JPG images on the Linux command line without any quality loss. Read More......
Debian Installer does not recognize unallocated space on SDD drive
I was given an HP Pavillion Gaming Laptop intel Core i5 Geforece GTX laptop with 8gb ram 510ish GB SDD. The SDD is an Intel Optane. Currently, it has Windows 10. I used Debian some 10 years back...
SSD connection on motherboard - what to connect there?
Hi all! What kind of connection is that SSD Port? There is a recess in my laptop case for that but I can't find the form factor. The recess is nearly half of a standard ssd hd. Attachment 35719...
How to set modem device D-Link DWRr600b via usb_modeswitch
Hi, I would like my usb modem to be detected as modem and not sda. After connecting the device, he gets the following message: $ lsusb Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root...
Importing ssh keys from old workstation to new workstation does not allow remote ssh logins
Old RHEL7 workstation died and had to replace it. Was able to copy of .ssh to a tar file before it was rebuilt. I've copied everything from the tar to .ssh and I can't log into the servers...
How to initialize a modem pppd deamon with wvdial?
I am in the proscess of writting an c++ application to menage a modem connection on my arm board. I would like to use the wvdial utility for this. Unfortunately I have a problem. When startng...
how to query for skype name that is not installed thru aur ?
My friend was having trouble launching skype. So she asked me to teamviewer connect to her manjaro. I was trying Code: --------- pacman -Q skype --------- and Code: --------- pacman -Q...
LXer: Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Gmail
Published at LXer: What if you are looking to move away from Google and embark on a new world of online freedom, where you are not constantly tracked, monetised and attached to Google’s ecosystem....
keep /etc/hosts up to date (dhcp)
I notice /etc/hosts has a line with current IP address and hostname and possible domain just after localhost. Code: --------- 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain 192.168.1.22 myhost...
Fedora grub2 does not display background
Hi guys Believe me, I was searching how to do this, and I guess, I did everything correct but still can not get background displayed during boot this is my file Code: ---------...
LXer: Ward server monitoring tool
Published at LXer: Hi folks, Ward is a free and open-source tool for Linux to monitor system resources and usage remotely. Ward comes with a modern UI design with a dark theme and runs perfectly...
ElementaryOS not making the most use of RAM?
So I was working on my 2009 mac with elementaryOS installed and I thought, "let me check how much RAM is there". So then I checked the RAM. The RAM was only 2 gb. I thought that I upgraded the RAM...
LXer: 4 new open source licenses
Published at LXer: As the steward of the Open Source Defintion, the Open Source Initiative has been designating licenses as "open source" for over 20 years. These licenses are the foundation of the...
LXer: How to use arithmetic operations in bash
Published at LXer: When you are writing a bash script, sometimes you may want to crunch numbers quickly inside the script. For example, you want to convert a unit of data you are working with,...
What video cards support low temp fan stop?
I have an MSI Gaming X RX570 and the fan stop feature only works under windows. In Linux the fan does not stop (without extra software) I recently got a Asus Strix GT 970, and noticed its fan stop...
XFCE doesn't load properly / window manager stops working
* compositor doesn't load anymore and window manager doesn't respond to keystrokes at all, other parts of XFCE also don't get loaded anymore. * rolling back root using btrfs didn't anything -...
Slackware 14.2, two monitors and RX550 Graphic
I have a Radeon RX550 video card with two monitors; One DVI plugged into the RX550 and another monitor plugged into the onboard VGA video card. The problem that when giving startx the monitor of the...
check for a file then lftp a different file to a directory
This is for an Oracle E-business concurrent request. The request uses a file on the file system to lftp receipts to archive. It runs every 5 minutes to check for the file. If the file is not there, it...
hdd drive with pictures and files how to connect an transfer to other computer ivtec
Hi good people,my son brought me a computer with an old version of Linux 1604 that when goes through booting process it stuck on terminal ,[SDB] Asking for cache failed ,some times after a lot of...
PERL: is this possible? making a mitm server listening at localhost.
is it possible to do a man in the middle (proxy)server listening at 127.0.0.1 : 80 - 443 tcp, and then inspect traffic with "whatever", like setting up browser to use localhost proxy? i am askin...
Hello new here, thanks in advance
Probably no point in saying much here. I have a million questions. lol
LXer: How To Find Out Which Groups A User Belongs To In Linux
Published at LXer: This brief tutorial describes how to find out which groups a user belongs to in Linux and Unix-like operating systems. Read More......
LXer: How to use the Linux anacron command
Published at LXer: In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Automation is one of the best reasons to use...
LXer: Kali Linux's First Release in 2021 Ships with Xfce 4.16, New Hacking Tools
Published at LXer: Offensive Security released today the first ISO release of their Debian-based Kali Linux ethical hacking and penetration testing distro in 2021. Read More......
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