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Published at LXer: Wine is an open-source compatibility layer that allows you to run Windows applications on Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS. Wine is an acronym for...

Ran into an odd issue with Ninja during my powerpc64le build of -current. It started throwing Failed: messages and constantly failing the builds. Running ninja in the build folders manually,...

I just updated to slackpkg 15.0. As suggested in the thread named slackpkg 15.0 I disabled slackpkg+ which I was using previously to get the new blacklisting syntax working. Then I blacklisted all the...

How to create symbolic link to /home directory in RHEL 6.1 server? The result of ls -l should look like, home---->/data/home I tried sudo ln -sf /data/home/ home/ but is not creating link as...

Ubuntu 16.04 Device: Canon PIXMA TR4550 *Printer* - installed and works over WiFi just fine. *Scanner* - installed and works over WiFi just fine BUT only with shipped software (scangearmp2). ...

Published at LXer: Installing ffmpeg on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS can be done through many ways. A simple command such as sudo apt install pulls the one from the official Ubuntu respository. Through this...

Started this new thread as the previous shambles was too convoluted. In the end decided to resinstall Ubunto 20.04 LTS never though to check windows disks. Windows previously sdb 1 and sdb2 The...

I am using in the same household several Access Points. Should they all be with the same SSID, some of them hidden or should each A.P. have a different SSID? Most of my A.P's overlap each...

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Published at LXer: The nineteenth installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is out, for the week ending on February 7th, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in...

Why any MX Linux install package suddenly error: Code: --------- debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (FileHandle.pm did not return a true value at (eval 1) line 3. BEGIN failed--compilation...

Hi there, I've a custom script in /etc/rc.d It works well with start / stop & status command But doesn't want to start on boot In my memory, custom script needs to be executable and have a...

Did the upgrade today including the new slackpkg-15.0 and have some questions about how the new slackpkg works. Perhaps I'm a bit dense but the following things make no sense to me - 1) With the...

Published at LXer: Checkout how to apply Regularization constraints in Linear Regression Using Python Read More......

Published at LXer: The Debian Project announced today the general available of Debian GNU/Linux 10.8 as the eight ISO release for the stable Debian GNU/Linux 10 “Buster” operating system series. ...

Hey all, What are good Linux questions asked in interviews? Thanks!

Hi all, For sometime now I have wondered what the original distribution of Linux was that came with the rare UMPC, the UMID mbook M1. Many articles mention Linux being an option but do they not...

in slackware(64)-current. Which is the good way to upgrade ? 1 - installpkg aaa_glibc-solibs removepkg glibc-solibs 2 - removepkg glibc-solibs installpkg aaa_glibc-solibs

Published at LXer: You are anxious what happen to your pen drive why it is just showing limited storage (Oh holy!) I have tried to format USB drive still the USB Drive is showing limited storage,...

Hey all. Recently installed Tumbleweed on my main laptop (a Dell Vostro 5590) and can't get sound output. I know this is a common issue, but none of the tutorials have solved the issue. It seems that...

I have the below YAML file as like below: Code: --------- apiVersion: v1 items: - apiVersion: v1 kind: ServiceAccount

During the last 10 years I have used 3 kinds of internet connection namely adsl, cable & 4G. I was using two separate Dlink routers for both adsl & cable & an ISP supplied router for 4G. All this time...

First of all, I understand some here don't think the reputation system has any merit and would love to see it disappear, and I respect that. But the purpose of this thread is *not* to debate the merit...

Hi, My LFS version is 10.0, sysvinit, and my build for SeaMonkey fails. The relevant parts leading up to the error was: Code: --------- checking CAIRO_XRENDER_LIBS... -lcairo -lXext...

I use Slackware 14.2 (64-bit) and when I was using Thunar a few minutes ago, I discovered that somehow the menu bar for it had, for some strange reason, suddenly disappeared. Is there a way to get it...

Published at LXer: Zombies are bad at understanding boundaries. They trample over fences, tear down walls, and generally get into places they don[he]#039[/he]t belong. In the previous articles in...

This concerns pavucontrol which is in the core distribution, but I'm not on any developer mail list. For the past couple of weeks I've struggled to get a pair of USB-connected headsets working. The...

I've been installing distro after distro, trying to find something I'm satisfied with. I used Fedora, for a while. Got tired of Gnome. Installed KDE Plasma. Like it, but was unsatisfied for one reason...

I would like to trim the download_history file which is used by get_iplayer. It seems to me that download_history is used to check whether you already have a show and therefore whether to download...

Where to begin.... I am running CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (AltArch) on a Raspberry Pi 400. I am trying to create a RHEL8 VM. I am running into this error [root@centos64 ~]#...

Hi, I'm trying to remove a line from /etc/passwd Something like this: sed -i "s|^admin:.*||" /etc/passwd Which works... but it leaves an unsightly gap in the file. I know sed is probably not...

Published at LXer: The team releases the first beta of the AlmaLinux (version 8.3) within months after announcements. Here are the details on how to download and test. Read More......

I have had a love hate relationship with this since I did it a few days, maybe a week ago. It works sometimes. Then it just dies for no reason that I can find. I've tried factory defaults a dozen...

Published at LXer: Darktable 3.4.1 open-source and cross-platform RAW image editor has been released today with a bunch of bug fixes and better camera support by introducing new white balance...

The problem started a couple of weeks ago, I tried restting Power Saving to default, I tried forcing it to sleep through Leave->Sleep - it momemntarily sleeps and wakes up again. Any idea? ...

I am using Ubuntu 20 64-bit. I need to occasionally send out email on my VPS. Just one account. I want to be able to configure the email server for outgoing only. It would also be nice if I...

I'm using LXC within proxmox. I’d have some bind mounts I’d like to share between a number of LXC containers. Also like many, I stumbled upon the problem of conflicting UIDs. I’m trying to set up...

Hi. I'm trying to install current on a intel nuc box that has nvme format for the ssd. 1) how should the bios be setup? legacy or not? 2) how should the formatting be done? specifically...

Good evening, I am trying to install Mint on a *UEFI desktop*. Either FAT32 USB nor DVD work. Frankly I don't find boot sequence in uefi, but maybe problem is elsewhere, as I I am going to describe...

Looking for a GUI movie editor app that can make avi files and other files to save as MKV files please

Hello. When I am switching to tty (for example Ctrl+Alt+F1) I need to write my login. But I can't write any letters. All I can write is numbers. What is the problem? My distro is Debian Sid...

Dear Linux friends, For installing drivers in needed to compile a kernel which caused me to run out of disk space. Have done resizing disks many times in the past, but guess not in the last 10...

This a bugfix release. soma 3.3.7 fixes some dialog redirections and fixes problems if mplayer has msgmodule or msgcolor set in its config file. http://tty1.uk/slackbuilds/noversion/soma/ ...

Published at LXer: The latest heap buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in sudo (CVE-2021-3156) can trigger privilege escalation and allow any unprivileged user (those not in the sudoers list,...

After submitting the bug report to the KDE team, I was contacted by a developer who, i think, is taking care of the KDE compositor crash that has been causing issues since kernel 5.10.X and video...

Thinking about the 'importance of wine (https://wiki.winehq.org/Importance_Of_Wine)' and the arguments against the windows monoculture i wonder if the same argument could hold for steam monoculture....

Hoping I chose the right directory for this, didn't see a dedicated knoppix-help folder here. I've been using knoppix 8.6.1 on a USB flash drive for about a year now, for the most part I have been...

This is of course a major issue since I have a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse on my NUC that I have RebornOS 2021.01.23 (an Intel NUC6CAYH). Having to connect a wired keyboard to the machine just to log...

I installed the isotope-mail, and changed the ports of isotope-mail/deployment-examples/docker-compose.yml as this: Code: --------- $ cat docker-compose.yml version: '3' services: ...

Hi. have an HPM29w laserjet. Connected via USB. Admin->printer recognizes printer. HPLIP installed. Local host connected. Went thru process of inserting URL. Result: Cups server error / client...