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Hi, using Slackware64-current, multilib. When using mousepad with a maximized window, when the mouse pointer is at the extreme right of the screen, it's impossible to grab the up/down handler....

Hello, I would like to start using GitHub with the Linux terminal, There are a number of tutorials about GitHub, but the ones I found refer to "start new project", "create new account". I...

Hello, I have installed frugal in hard disk puppy slacko 14.1 before 4 years and i have many installed programms. I want to convert it to Slackware 14.2 because the libraries i have and i cant...

HI; When do we need to use - followed by an argument in Linux command? Some of the Linux commands works with or without "-" Example "tar -cf" or "tar cf".

Published at LXer: Pre-compilation tech means faster startup and lower memory overhead, to make Java cool for microservices. Oracle has sweetened its Java SE subscriptions by tossing in a free...

Since yesterday I'm on Slackware Current, and I really like it However, I have an issue with the fancontrol config and hwmon links that are changing every boot, probably based on load order of the...

Published at LXer: Applications very often save data. Whether your users create simple text documents, complex graphic layouts, game progress, or an intricate list of customers and order numbers,...

I have a RPi 3B+ connected with a 4 port USB HUB with adapter. Yesterday after restart of the Pi i had trouble finding ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1 that where connected directly to the Pi. Connected to Pi:...

Dear Linux friends, I am working on one project. I have forwarded ports 80, 443, 8189, 8188, 8088, 8989 to Apache proxy server from my router. Now reverse proxy needs to forward requests based...

A new dev version of 'amarok' is available here: https://download.kde.org/unstable/amarok/2.9.71/amarok-2.9.71.tar.xz I have make a package, it work here ;)

Is there a command in bluetoothctl to pair to speakers so that one is left and one is right for stereo? If you look on Wikipedia for Bluetooth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth) and just...

Published at LXer: WordPress is a free, open-source, and most popular content management system that allows you to create a blog on the Internet. It powers more than a third of websites including...

Hi to all, I could not find on the internet a suitable information that helps me to solve the problem that i am explaining next. First of all i use artixlinux-runit and dwm as window manager....

Published at LXer: Software libraries are a longstanding, easy, and sensible way to reuse code. This article explains how to build libraries from scratch and make them available to clients....

Hello, I wasn't sure if anyone would find this script useful, but I figured I might as well post it here anyways. The official script for the Argon One pi 4 case creates a systemd unit file and...

Published at LXer: This tutorial will show you a wide range of commands and tools to display hardware details of your computer on Linux Mint 20. The same commands will work on Ubuntu Linux and...

Samsung SL-C430W on clean, new Debian Buster (Cinnamon) refuses to print a test page, regardless of whether using USB, Ethernet or WiFi. A USB connection produces a print out with an SPL error message...

Hi After I made a few changes in the */etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf* and saved it, I tried to restart it: *john@ubuntu-02:~$ sudo systemctl restart mysql* Code:

Published at LXer: Community? 'The software isn’t changing at all. This is a label on the name, nothing else'. The Document Foundation (TDF) has released LibreOffice 7.1 Community, while...

i ordered "AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, AM4, 3.7 GHz, 12-Core, Boxed" 2 December 2020 and my position in line is still > 200 this shop is (i think) biggest in finland. they get em few at a time and i...

hi to all, I've mysql server in centos 6 VM and client in centos 7 VM. I've building a small project using c++ and mysql. when i want to connect to server in program it shows segmentation fault. And...

Hello, this is my first post here. 3 days ago I decided to install an Ubuntu Server onto my newly built server into VMware. So please bear with me, because I started by looking up what to use...

Published at LXer: The KDE Project announced today the general availability of the KDE Applications 20.12.2 open-source software suite as KDE’s Apps update for February 2021. Read More......

Published at LXer: ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is a free open-source office suite pack that comprises offline editors for text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. In this tutorial, we’ll...

Esteemed Colleagues: How do I draw an image to part of the root window, leaving the rest of the root window unchanged? Yes, I know I could write a program that does that, but there should be an...

Hi all! It's great to finally be a part of this community. I got the push to finally join when I realized this might be the only place where I can get support relating to Slackware. I've noticed...

Published at LXer: This brief guide explains how to increase Memory and CPU on Vagrant machine in Linux from commandline to improve the VM's performance. Read More......

In a long queue of big business design structures, TOGAF isn't the first and it's probably not going to be the last. However, it is one that is suffered for almost twenty years, with overall use – an...

What is the difference of /boot/grub/menu.lst and /boot/grub/grub.cfg ?

Hello, I'm new to this forum, and glad to be a part of this Linux community.

Published at LXer: Clight is a tool that uses your computer's webcam or ambient light sensors to get the ambient brightness, and then calculates and sets the screen backlight accordingly. Read...

Published at LXer: Red Hat and CentOS recently announced that CentOS 8 will be converted to CentOS Stream. In this tutorial, we will show you how to migrate from CentOS 8 to CentOS Stream. Read...

I installed Buster for the first time today. Firefox and other things keep crashing because my .cache directory has suddenly been moved to /.ramdisk/bob/.cache. Any ideas what's going on here? This...

Published at LXer: Rudra Saraswat announced today the release and general availability of Ubuntu Unity Remix 20.04.2, the second point release in the Ubuntu Unity Remix 20.04 series of this...

Hello everyone, I got an assignment from the boss on upgrading the OS on a couple old computers to the latest version. These are computers from the early 2000's running Slackware 11.0.. Due...

To start with a working code, i tried a search, found an example, and tried to compile it. The code in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61831114/c-how-to-get-input-from-the-arrow-keys-with-linux is...

How can we move a perfectly installed distro on a partition into another which is readily prepared to sufficiently contain the OS' size ?

Published at LXer: Here are some basic Nmap flags that you can use to generate a quick and useful network map for effective troubleshooting and managing network traffic. Read More......

Would you give all points on Arch, Gentoo and Slackware in order to be able to consider which one would be better for a serious, active enterprising developer?

Hopefully not the wrong forum.... I just switched ISPs and I'm getting ready to update my web site. The new ISP promotes Wordpress, but that seems to com with a bunch of extra costs---eg paying...

Does anyone else get the feeling the promised glibc 2.33 mass rebuild is ready to drop? No -current updates yesterday so the stage may be set... glibc 2.33 was released on 2/1.

While applying the updates to take a system to 20210203, I received several errors regarding PHP7/PHP8 conflicts. For each question that was presented during the update, I chose the option that...

Published at LXer: Canonical released today the Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS point release to its long-term supported Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system series with new kernel and graphics...

I'm trying to use sed on the linux command line, and am running into an issue with special characters. I'd like to replace "~" with "E;" in the target file (without quotations). So far, using...

It looks like the last package update was feb 2th 2021... seems about 2 days ago ... isn't too much updates for such an old distrib ? Should I try to remove it on my old laptop ?

Hi, I am setting up a Nextcloud server on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS running on a ESXI VM with 4GB of RAM. Do you recommend installing the O/S and Nextcloud on 1 HDD or installing the O/S to a SSD and...

Published at LXer: Automated tests are part of many programming projects, ensuring the software is flawless. The bigger the project, the larger the test suite can be.This can result in automated...

Hi everybody, I'm facing an issue and I don't know whether the issue comes from the documentation or because I missed something. Indeed, according to Linux Kernel's doc...

Hi all, Hope someone can explain the impact as I know a bit but not too much about using certificates. We use an external CA QV (I think now Digicert) to create certs and install into the web,...

I would like to set up a Linux USB gadget with multiple device functions. When plugged in to a host device (Windows/Linux/Android) the Linux system should be detected as an Audio Device (UAC1/UAC2...