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CUPS driver question
How old of a printer (by date of marketing) is it possible to find the necessary CUPS driver/s for my current version of Kubuntu? Is it a "hit or miss" proposition? In other words, should I...
LXer: Create redirect and rewrite rules into .htaccess on Apache webserver
Published at LXer: When using the Apache web server, .htaccess files (also called “distributed configuration files”) are used to specify configuration on a per-directory basis, or more generally to...
LXer: How to Add Swap Space on Ubuntu 20.04
Published at LXer: Swap Space is a space in Linux is used when the amount of physical memory (RAM) is full. If the system needs more memory resources and the RAM is full, swap space let you store...
current sdcard installs try to mount nonexistatnt sdcard
I usually update a spare bananpro to current. Sometimes install is on an sdcard sometimes to an sdd drive. I have not been able to install current onto an sdcard and be able to correctly reboot since...
Slackware-Current upgrade procedure that I use safe enough?
Two days ago I finally moved my main PC to Slackware-current. Honestly, it runs better then ever. :thumbsup: Anyway, I was a bit worried about the update procedure, which was always the main reason...
LXer: Solus 4.2 Brings Another Stunning Release with Fresh Updates
Published at LXer: The Solus team announced the second point release of its 4.0 series - Solus 4.2 code-named "Fortitude". Here's what's new. Read More......
libre:
Lire: Having trouble w/ Libre, I uninstalled, then reinstalled 7.xx,didn't so did same w/ 6.xx. Can't open any Libre docs. Any ideas why?
WINE and winetrricks giving me a headache
I installed wine only to find out I still need additional files to run it properly, so I installed winetricks only to find out that it can't grab or download the additional files properly; it just...
Linux Mint - Install third party media codecs - secure boot
Hi All, I tried searching but could not find the answer on here. I might have stumbled on the answer when googling but not that I realized. New to Linux so bear with me please. I have yet to...
Misunderstanding and misconception and an attempt to clarify
First I want to apologize if I didn't put this in the correct sub-forum. I would like to reply to this topic, which is unfortunately now locked:...
LXer: Best Free Android Apps: Musicolet – offline music player
Published at LXer: Musicolet is billed as a small yet powerful offline music player which organizes and plays local audio-files stored on your device. Read More......
Is There Any Way To Use Dark Mode For Libre Office
i want to use the dark mode for Libre Office.
LXer: Why simplicity is critical to delivering sturdy applications
Published at LXer: In the previous articles in this series, I explained why tackling coding problems all at once, as if they were hordes of zombies, is a mistake. I[he]#039[/he]m using*a helpful...
RAM usage by unknown sources not traceable via regular tools (meminfo, smem)
Hi all, I have a situation where I do see lot of memory (RAM) usage by some unknown source & is not listed by any of these cached, buffer, slab, kernel stack, vmallocUsed, anon or applications. I...
LXer: Astrophotography with Fedora Astronomy Lab: Setting Up
Published at LXer: Learn how to use Fedora Astronomy Lab for astrophotography. Read More... (https://fedoramagazine.org/astrophotography-with-fedora-astronomy-lab-setting-up/)
Laptop draining battery quickly in suspend
I've noticed massive drains in my Ideapad 730s battery when I wake it up from suspend. Roughly 7-10% per hour is being burned through while it's in suspend mode. I've checked everything I can think to...
hello!
Hey everyone! Here to learn more about linux, mainly by trying to solve the never ending issues that pop up on my laptop. have fun
LXer: How To List Installed Packages Sorted By Installation Date In Linux
Published at LXer: This guide describes how to list installed packages sorted by installation date from command line in Linux operating systems. Read More......
Disks app - is this a dangerous option?
I noticed that when using the "Disks" app, it gives me the option to unmount my primary boot HD upon startup. Is this a dangerous choice? Like if I chose to do that, then my system wouldn't mount...
LXer: How to Install Ansible on Linux Mint 20
Published at LXer: Ansible is a widely used configuration management system that is able to handle multiple servers through a single control server. Today, I will show you how to install Ansible on...
scp / wifi / hairpin problem
I'm running into a strange problem, and I'm hoping someone has a suggestion for how to debug it. My home network consists of: * the router: a Linux box with two ethernet ports, one connected to...
elogind interferes with networking with unprivileged lxc 4.x containers.
The current implementation of elogind symlinks /sys/fs/cgroup/elogind to /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd: this breaks the container networking. The following patch resolves the issue: Code: --------- ---...
how can i enable CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT and WIRELESS_EXT while compiling kernal
I was trying to compile my first kernel and my requirement has to enable a wireless ext. in the kernel for the RTL8723bs wifi driver I was getting an error that CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT was not set when...
LXer: Easily Transform Text With Boop-GTK (Scriptable Scratchpad For Developers)
Published at LXer: This is a simple editor for pasting text and executing some operations on it, like Base64 encode, format JSON, Hex to RGB, HTML encode, minify CSS and more. Read More......
How to show "Elapsed time or ETA" in lftp?
I'm doing below command in lftp. Code: --------- lftp admin@192.168.0.100:/> mirror -c -P=10 /remote/ /local/ --------- I want to see Elpased time or ETA on progress. Is there any way?
LXer: It's the season for sysadmin reading
Published at LXer: Our top 10 articles from the past month covered Ansible, working with containers, and all sorts of Linux goodness. Which was your favorite? Read More......
Proxmox on Ryzen 5 1600
Can't install Proxmox, kernal panic after initial Proxmox install screen. Anyone have any luck with 6.3? Thanks
PCMANFM New Version Released
*PCMANFM new version just released as of today February 5th 2021*
LXer: SVM Sklearn In Python
Published at LXer: This post discusses in detail about classic machine learning algorithm SVM using Sklearn in Python. Read More......
New here!
HI all! Glad to be here! Looking forward to some valuable information and tips!
To share 3rd party software among different Linuxes else
How can we share 3rd party software among different Linuxes in a shared partition ? Slackware was trying to run Opera in it, just to get err Code: ---------...
Cannot run "Disks"
I am unable to run /execute "Disks" This is my OS @a-desktop:~$ uname -a Linux a-desktop 5.8.0-41-generic #46~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 18 17:52:23 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux...
why there is no man page for gcc and g++, and their help does is incomplete?
I am in Debian, gcc is installed normally, some other things for development are installed too, but "man gcc" and "man g++" give errors! Why? Further, asking their help in the command line does not...
LXer: How to install Percona Database Server on Ubuntu 20.04
Published at LXer: Percona Server is a fork of the MySQL server. It is fully compatible and a replacement for Oracle MySQL. Percona Server is used by thousands of enterprises to provide superior...
Any luck with current on Thinkpad X1 gen 7?
I've installed current on a Thinkpad X1 gen 7. The partition table is GPT, but the machine is set up for legacy boot, so there is no EFI partition. Arch Linux ran fine on this machine, booting with...
Disk imaging tool for Slackware 14.2?
Is there a way to create a disk image with Slackware 14.2, and if so, how do I go about it?
Grub menu renders very slowly.
I recently switched to Grub on my new system that uses UEFI. After a small learning curve and a few hiccups it now runs perfectly. However I have recently ran into a problem. I was running a a GTX...
tar compresses compressed files
Today I decided to archive some old directories. These directories contained huge compressed *.tar.gz files. Now I run: tar czvf archive.tar.gz directory_that_contains_large_compressed_tar.gz_files...
LXer: Hands-On with SparkyLinux 5.14 on the Raspberry Pi 4
Published at LXer: SparkyLinux 5.14 distribution has arrived and it’s now available for download, so I though it would be a very good idea to make a review of it on the Raspberry Pi 4 computer, to...
Make ubuntu 20 look like 14
Hello,i really havent been liking the look of new ubuntu a lot and i liked the older version of ubuntu,is there any way i can make ubuntu 20 look like ubuntu 14
why do YouTube video codes have _ and - ?
does anyone know why YouTube uses _ and - in the video codes of their URLs?
AMD RX 5700 XT displays at 1024x768 in Debian Bullseye (Testing) despite having installed drivers and firmware.
(I apologize if this gets posted multiple times. The website insists I posted it, but when I go to "My Posts" nothing shows up.) Hello, I have recently built a PC and installed Debian. After a day...
Docker 2nd disk size
Hello, a little help please: I have mounted a 2nd disk to /data, 200GB ext4 formatted partition (/dev/sdb1). However, in Docker, when I bind /data/sab/downloads to /downloads, sabnzbd tells me not...
Help with "Loudness equalization" or "Volume Normalization" in Linux
Greetings! First let me wish everyone one who reads this a good day. Now on to the subject at hand....I need help. A little background info about me to help you answer: I am hearing impaired,...
Where can I find where "Higan" saves it's files
I just upgraded my desktop to a SSD, now I'm going to do the same for my laptop. Only thing I need to find is where the Nintendo emulator named "Higan" saves it's saved game files, to copy that.
plasma-browser-integration
The package *plasma-browser-integration* is missing in the -current kde package set. I found a mirror of the source here https://github.com/KDE/plasma-browser-integration but i did not test it yet....
Why is my signal not handled ?
Code: --------- #include #include #include #include void handle(int sig) {
run Python script on startup
Hello i have python script for example : Code: --------- print("Welcome World") --------- i want this script run on startup my system gentoo (after write username and password).
IRQs from KVM use CPU hypervisor system
The VM has debian installed. NIC SR-IOV VF. VF on VM has 4 network queues. At the moment when more 4Gbps comes to the server, the IRQ from the NIC (VF) to the VM utilizes the expected +/- 5-15% of the...
My first visit here
I am old as dirt, a former dedicated OS/2 user, consequently not the biggest fan of Windows you're likely to find. I've installed and used SUSE shrinkwrap, as well as several other distributions...
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