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I was just going to make a package for this for myself, but now I'm wondering if it shouldn't be in the main slackwarearm-current tree If you don't know, libgpiod is a C/C++/Python3 library and...

Published at LXer: Canonical has re-released the Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS desktop images today due to an installation bug that could render OEM installations unbootable. Read More......

Published at LXer: Unikernels have been around for many years and are famous for providing excellent performance in boot times, throughput, and memory consumption, to name a few metrics [1]....

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Published at LXer: In some countries, network operators employ deep packet inspection techniques to block certain types of traffic. For example, Virtual Private Network (VPN) traffic can be...

As always , for so far unknown reason, one of my multi boot OS bit the dust. On initial boot start I get an error effectively saying the swap file is inaccessible. At present I can safely use...

Published at LXer: Things are looking stable in the Xfce world after the recent Xfce 4.16 release. I believe it’s the perfect time for a quick Xfce 4.16 review. Here's the Xfce 4.16 review from...

I want to change the color of a few often used folders in Thunar's treeview, like /.config, so they're easy to spot. I don't want to change all Thunar's folders' color. I also don't want to put...

The Sunday New York Times had an interesting article about the failure of the United States to place adequate emphasis on cyber defense...

Published at LXer: Kanboard is an open-source project management software that helps you to manage your projects and visualize your workflow. It uses Kanban methodology and is specially designed...

Published at LXer: We talked with open source developers with years of experience with remote software dev to find out what proprietary developers can learn. Read More......

I have a Slackware-current VPS which I update every week. I took a look at the Changelog today and saw that on Monday, "aaa_elflibs" was renamed "aaa_libraries" and "glibc_solibs" was renamed...

How can the current running Debian (MX Linux) system have a 'virtual box' from which another Linux distro will be able to start/boot/launch as it's supposedly booted/started from a USB disk ? It...

Hello there. Yesterday I installed the slackware x86_64 current iso for 8th Feb and all went reasonably well. Today, I noticed that I cannot access the virtual terminals from the xfce desktop using...

Published at LXer: Most enterprises want a multi-tenancy platform to run their cloud-native applications because it helps manage resources, costs, and operational efficiency and control cloud...

Published at LXer: Some sysadmins change jobs often, while some of us stay too long in one place. Where do you fall on the job change continuum? Read More......

All, Need to create a BASH array in format: Code: --------- myray+=("Dir" => "$ppath", "Fil" => "$pbase") --------- Been searching and not finding a HOWTO on this!

I have downloaded and installed CUPS as instructed to install an HP Deskjet 2700 series in wireless mode in a Toshiba laptop running Linux Mint 19.3 Every time I try to access http://localhost:631 I...

nstalling on Computer running 18.0 that has 15GB for /,and 4 GB for Swap. It is running out of space in /. It is a spare computer that has very little on it. I will install with a separate Home, no...

After I ask Mrs Google she said to ..disable " "quiet splash" in grub file Did not work. Then I guessed this GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= "text" Did not work either Commenting out...

Published at LXer: Computers are text-based, so the more things you do with them, the more you find yourself needing a text-editing application. And the more time you spend in a text editor, the...

On trying to start digikam I get the following error: Code: --------- digikam digikam: error while loading shared libraries: libMagick++-7.Q16HDRI.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such...

Hi, I would like to increase the size of USR volume,i m not too familiar with the command lvextend, i need some guidence please XXX:/usr # df -h Filesystem Size ...

Code: --------- @directories_list = qw( 00 0a 14 1e 28 32 3c 46 50 5a 64 6e 78 82 8c 96 a0 aa b4 be c8 d2 dc e6 f0 fa 01 0b 15 1f 29 33 3d 47 51 5b 65 6f 79 ...

Ubuntu 20.04 lts I have a back HD in my system. Two icons show up in my dash, if I point the mouse over one, it says "efi" and if I click it it brings up "Disk usage anaylzer." If I scroll the...

Since I updated to Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04 I have a strange issue: My screen turns black and the keyboard is unresponsive. This happens about once a day if I work a few hours on my computer,...

Published at LXer: Regular, when writing a command - both easy and complex ones - one will want to access more detailed information about the command and it’s available options. There is a wealth...

Say I have 2 different groups (writegroup, readgroup), and a directory to which members of writegroup should have write permission, and readgroup should have read permission. All other users should...

Published at LXer: CloudLinux's Extended Lifecycle Support, which offers support for CentOS 6, is being expanded to include Oracle Linux, Ubuntu and Debian. Read More......

Published at LXer: If you've installed Steam games in Linux and heard a cracking in the audio, then you are not alone. Here's how to fix the Steam games cracking sound issue in Linux. Read...

Tried to remove something in synaptic (dmidecode) and got message to fix broken packages. How to fix broken package(s)?

Is there a command to tell which /dev/sd? is currently running OS using on multi boot system ? fdisk tells is all, it is not OS usage specific All Linux. Something likes "uname ? Thanks

Published at LXer: In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I[he]#039[/he]ll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Here[he]#039[/he]s how to use...

How do I identify / change correct grub file in mutiboot system - all OS Linux? I do not want to mess with hardware UEFI settings, but like to change few things in my "primary" grub file. Also I...

Hello, If someone wants to porting an application from an operating system to another operating system, then he\she must rewrite that program from scratch? I'm thankful if users share their...

Completely new to openSUSE. Using openSUSE 15.2 with Cinnamon. At first boot I was prompted to set a password. Now, every time at boot, I get prompted for the password before i can get a wifi...

Published at LXer: The newest version of ownCloud,*ownCloud Infinite Scale (OCIS), is a complete rewrite of the venerable open source enterprise file sharing and syncing software stack. It features...

Hi all, From: https://slackware.nl/slackware-live/latest/ I used this iso file: slackware64-live-current.iso For a HD install (setup2hd), to my disk. I reused a /home/user directory previously...

Published at LXer: In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I[he]#039[/he]ll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. This article is about personal...

Hi, I'm aware that EXT4 has a Code: --------- max_dir_size_kb --------- mount option to set up the max size of each directory. It doesn't have a similar option to specify the max size of...

I work in an environment where management wants to block use of all USB devices except for those authorized. I have two possible solutions: 1. In a UDEV rules file, put rules for the devices we want...

I just build a new VM running Ubuntu 20.10.x I can ssh in/out I can rsync pull into the VM, but not push from the VM. Code: --------- rsync foo user@IP:/path/to/foo --------- works, but

Hello everyone, I am having trouble understanding why my script requiring root privileges from my Home folder on Linux Mint 20.1 won't run at login. Among other things I tried by adding following...

Published at LXer: When you are working on a shell script in bash, there are cases where you want to check if a particular file exists (or does not exist) in a directory, and then perform an action...

I tried out KTimer package; using "new audio alarm" feature. The "sound file" that i simply chosen was a loud noisy long mp3 , unfortunately.. It keeps playing the mp3 ... i can't do anything,...

I've actually used slackware since the late 90's but this is the first time I've installed on a box that has the uefi boot environment. I made a successful fresh install of current 64 on the box once...

#!/bin/bash log_dir=`ls -laSh /var/log/` for entry in $log_dir do Max=$(`stat -f %s "$log_dir"`) if [[ "$Max" -ge 5000000000 ]] then echo "file is over $entry" #echo...

Published at LXer: CSV is the acronym of “Comma Separated Values”. A csv file is a just plain text document used to represent and exchange tabular data. Each row in a csv file represents an...

Hi everybody! My apologies if this post has been covered before however my questions differs slightly to the following:...

I've come across this problem a few times. What is the easiest way to find the path/location of an app? So that I can add it to startup items/applications. For example, now I want to find where...