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I just moved to linux mint 20 and cannot adjust brightness . Thanks in advance

I have recently switched from Manjaro to Fedora and there is one puzzling issue that has been bothering me. When I login, or start a terminal emulator, the $PWD is always the root (/) directory. ...

Published at LXer: Conda was initially created for Python programs, but we can use it for any languages. This guide explains how to create Nodejs virtual environments using conda in Linux. Read...

I downloaded the app on criptext.com (https://criptext.com/en/step-linux/), run it on Debian 10.8 and got this error. Can anyone help? Code: --------- $ ./Criptext-latest.AppImage...

Published at LXer: Two months ago, Collabora announced a first proposal for a Wayland driver for Wine. Here's an update on this effort, with support for new features including copy/paste,...

Hi all, Seeking advice on selecting hosting plans My current hosting plan shall expire on mid April, 2021. I'm now negotiating with my current hosting company as well as seeking information...

I happened to notice that line 444 of /sbin/rescan-scsi-bus inside the installer initrd says "break" even though there's no for/while/until loop in sight. This gives an error visible on Alt+F4. ...

Published at LXer: In May 2020, in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, I started a summer internship with Red Hat. COVID-19 had*cut short my third year studying computer engineering at...

Published at LXer: This quick guide explains the steps to enable Legacy Kickoff Menu in KDE Plasma 5.21. Read More... (https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/02/legacy-kickoff-kde-plasma-5-21/)

I have an Unraid sever that i built a year ago. I never bothered to try and use the IPMI until last night. I thought that the username and password would be the default ADMIN ADMIN. I had no clue...

From Thursday's update to pkgtools: Code: --------- a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-37.txz: Rebuilt. installpkg: in --terse mode, fix formatting for the uncommon situation where numfmt...

Hello, I am a new member. I just downloaded and installed (or so I thought) 4MLinux on an Asus EEE netbook. It seemed to work fine running from the DVD that I burned the image to, and I followed the...

I check firefox (78.6.1 esr) preference settings. I am sure that the option "Enable DNS over HTTPS" is checked and is configured to cloudflare 1.1.1.1 (This is also in /etc/resolve.conf). But when...

Hi Guys, I would like to have dual boot on my new laptop with Windows 10. I've SSD disk with factory installed windows 10 and with following partitions: - 190 MB EFI System Partition - NTFS 1TB...

I am trying to run VirtualBox on Slackware-Current. I get the following error: Code: --------- (process:2376): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 13:08:17.558: cannot register existing type...

Published at LXer: The long-anticipated Kodi 19 "Matrix" open-source home theater/media center has been officially released today as a major update with numerous new features and improvements. ...

The mail(x) command by default should return to prompt if there's no mail in the mailbox. This is the behaviour on virtually every unix/linux OS, including Slackware up to, but not including...

Hey Guys. I am no to the forum. Using linux for the first time as a virtual machine on my chromebook. After installing IBM SPSS statistcs for school I get the following error. /bin/bash: warning:...

Saw a news story https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/02/new-browser-tracking-hack-works-even-when-you-flush-caches-or-go-incognito/ that says that bookmark icons are spying on us....

hi, I cant seem to turn on nmcli because org.freedesktop.NetworkManager not existing. This is what I have tried: Code: --------- nmcli n on --------- I then recieve this error: Code:...

Published at LXer: Google Chromebooks run on Linux, but normally the Linux they run isn't particularly accessible to the user. Linux is used as a backend technology for an environment based on the...

After the slackpkg install-new Code: --------- 15steps :: ~ » php --version PHP Warning: PHP Startup: xmlrpc: Unable to initialize module Module compiled with module API=20190902 PHP ...

Good afternoon, I am currently working on an assignment where we need to analyze a USB stick using Autopsy and FTK imager. There are two documents (blade-runner.jpg and XCWP.pdf) that start at the...

Hiya, I would like to build Xmonad on Slackware current. I had some issues wiht ghc, I guess llvm 11 and ghc 8.10.3 does not work together. Code: --------- echo 'export...

Published at LXer: GNU Debugger (GDB) is an open-source debugger for GNU Systems. The debugger is portable and can be used for multiple languages as C/C++ and Fortran. In this article, we explore...

Hey, since some few updates ago (2 or 3, unfortunately i didn't took note in which version exactly it broke), the bluetooth applet on KDE plasma5, which I assume is bluedevil, stopped listing my PS3...

On our CentOS 7 servers, we do not install a graphical interface. I recently checked and the default target is linked to graphical.target instead of multi-user.target. Just wondering if this might...

My system is gradually falling apart... The last "gotcha" - I cannot select grub menu - upper and lower arrows on keyboard do nothing. During research I found "Grub Customizer" - not sure how long...

: Need to search on left side of " - " in the line only : file string setup to search criteria: %groupbyname = "groupname - groupsongtitle" The double quotes allow for a comma to be included in...

Windows 10 cmd prompt syntax: dir /b /s d:\!Mp3_A-Z\*.mp3 > d:\!mp3list\filename.lst What would be the unix equivalent using possibly ls? I am running a mks unix shell and/or Cgywin Hoping...

Hello After the recent KDE update, I wanted to try the new system monitor application, but seems it requires a particular cgroup set up. Has anyone got plasma-systemmonitor working? ...

I recently had an internet speed upgrade to 400 mbps. My desktop and mom's iphone both reach close to this speed on a speed test. However, my HP Pavilion 17-g161us tops out at 50 mbps. Not that...

Published at LXer: Node.js is wildly popular, but it[he]#039[/he]s not that easy to learn. Now, the Linux Foundation wants to help you pick it up with a new free online class. Read More......

Published at LXer: Fans of the Unity desktop rejoice, in this hands-on article I’m taking a look at the unofficial Ubuntu Unity remix on the Raspberry Pi 4 computer with 8GB RAM to see what works...

Published at LXer: ICOP’s NX8MM-D168 is a 35 x 55mm Linux-friendly module featuring the i.MX8M Mini, 2GB LPDDR4 as well eMMC, GbE, 2xUSB, MIPI-DSI and -CSI, PCIe, UART, SPI, I2C and PWM. The module...

Has anyone tried to do complex computations with this GPU board? They're obsolete, but dirt cheap right now, so I'm interested in using them in Folding @ Home and my own parallel simulations.

Published at LXer: Node.js is the extremely popular open source JavaScript runtime, used by some of the biggest names in technology, including Bloomberg, LinkedIn, Netflix, NASA, and more. Node.js...

Hello, I am at home using Pi-hole as my DNS server (unbound) - the setup is new. I also have a IPsec tunnel with my company. My firewall is OPNsense. Up until yesterday I was using unbound on...

Hi, I'm disturbed about 2 things in the last ChangeLog in current/ 1. In "Thu Feb 18 19:29:30 UTC 2021" there is: xap/mozilla-firefox-78.7.1esr-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt. And in "Thu Feb 18...

Greetings, everyone, I want to know how can I share my USB tethered internet via ethernet from my Debian server(no DE) to my desktop also running Debian(Trinity desktop) so I could access the...

Published at LXer: Learn how to build a website on AWS using Linux Virtual Machines in EC2, and using Load balancing and Autoscaling Read More......

Is there any particular reason why nvi should suddenly switch to permanently opening the scripts I'm editing in O_RDWR mode ? I was doing my 2 terminal thing as usual: one with the editor on the...

Published at LXer: Newer ASUS laptops support limiting the battery charge level, which helps prolong battery life. This article explains how to set a battery charge threshold for ASUS laptops on...

Hi I am managing 300+ linux servers and use Ansible/AWX for patching. We are patching all servers monthly. One division have had one ore two bad experiences with patching everything....

Published at LXer: OpenRGB is a free and open source application to control RGB lighting for a multitude of devices, independent of the manufacturer. Read More......

While some might say that saving money is good and that companies should always strive for quality, there's one thing that should never be compromised, which is the safety and security of your...

Published at LXer: Better security and application management, but compatibility can be an issueRed Hat's Fedora project is to add a new variant called Kinoite, an immutable desktop operating...

I'm trying to post a question to the newbie forum. When I click 'submit' or 'preview', instead of displaying my message, I'm forced to log in again. But I can't do this because the login won't...

In the process of upgrading to slackpkg+-1.7.1-noarch-1mt [410 914/1749] Package gphoto2-2.5.26-x86_64-3.txz is already in cache - not downloading Upgrading gphoto2-2.5.26-x86_64-2...

[436/1749] Package gtk+2-compat32-2.24.33-x86_64-2compat32.txz is already in cache - not downloading Upgrading gtk+2-compat32-2.24.33-x86_64-1compat32 =>...