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LXer: How to find the missing parts of a series
Published at LXer: My wife has a data table with a unique serial number for each of its records. The table gets frequent edits and she wanted to check which of the numbers might be missing as a...
[SOLVED] Thunderbird mail receiving texts as attachments
I sometimes email my family members, that use an iphone, as I've figured out the email addresses that go straight to their text(es). However, when they reply, the message arrives in Thunderbird...
UVC video camera not working in Microsoft Teams meetings
i am having trouble to get *Microsoft Teams* working on my Slackware 14.2 box. audio and microphone only work reliably through the browser-based mode. but my old Logitech QuickCam UVC camera...
ata error logs from kernel
Hi, I have a query on below error logs. The ATA link was up and running for more than 10 hours and then failed HSM validation and eventually the link went down with below logs. I do not have...
Comparing a reference word to file contents
Have: a reference word. This is not (necessarily) an English word. It is merely a string of characters. Have: a file of words, one word per line. Again, might be or not be English words. ...
Hello
Hello there, after 7 years using linux OSs i just discovered this amazing forum
Removing applications from startup in Centos 8?
I downloaded Skype and Microsoft Teams for my Centos 8 system. The problem is they launch upon startup and I don't want this. This is probably a stupid question but I can't find any information...
Link to folder - broken till I use the link
I created a link to a folder and saved it to the desktop When I boot up it's shown as a broken link, but after I access the folder by navigating to it with file mangler and access it the link is...
Help with bridging interfaces
I am trying to run snort inline on my Ubuntu 20 server. enp4s0 is my internal interface, and enp3s0 is my external-facing interface (to the Internet). It looks like the interfaces are not bridged...
[SOLVED] Mirroring second screen
Hello, I have an all in one Dell, the screen has gone, and waiting for a replacement I want to use a second screen via VGA. When I turn it on there is no task bar etc, so I cannot use it. I need to...
Slacko 7.0 savefile destination
I booted Slacko Puppy Linux 7.0 on a notebook. I mounted the single FAT32 partition /dev/sda1. At shutdown, it offers to make a savefile but the destination is the readonly DVD drive! I tried...
Trace/breakpoint trap vivaldi
Code: --------- 09:43:04:~$ vivaldi & [1] 10911 09:43:20:~$ [1]+ Trace/breakpoint trap vivaldi 09:43:26:~$ --------- Yesterday, I updated my current, and found I was unable to launch...
-current soma thread - why does not work for me?
I started this thread just to avoid to further discuss soma nice front-end to listen radio stations. I started soma in debug mode. Scripts halts here Code: --------- + setterm -cursor on + '['...
Suricata: test rule not working (content replace)
hello to all. i have been testing suricata on a IPS mode and have written couple of test rules. Code: --------- drop tcp any any -> any any (msg:"facebook is blocked"; content:"facebook";...
alienbob's take on chromium for slackware
Slackware's alienbob wrote in follow-up comments to his recent blogpost Google muzzles all Chromium browsers on 15 March 2021...
LXer: Connect And Disconnect WiFi From Commandline In Linux
Published at LXer: This guide explains how to connect and disconnect WiFi from commandline in Linux using Nmcli and Nmtui tools. Read More......
Where are kernel modules set now?
I've got a RT5370 USB wifi and rt2800usb & rt2800lib modules are being loaded for it. The modules are in but udev isn't setting it to a wlan I suspect it's because rt2x00usb & rt2x00lib...
LXer: How to transfer apt keyring to another Debian based distribution
Published at LXer: Initially, when I started my Linux journey, I used to switch from one distribution to another. It was interesting a few days later, and I feel monotonous to add GPG Key again to...
Flickering/freezing randomly, Fedora 33
At any random time, parts of Gnome will begin flickering and the desktop may freeze. It may also continue flickering without freezing, or it might lockup for ~5 seconds and recover. Sort of a glitchy...
[Xubuntu 18.04] Removed pi-hile and now I have a variety of networking issues
I followed the instructions to uninstall pihole but I guess I removed something wrong and now I have no networking.... and the wireless networking icon is not showing at the top... I have went into...
LXer: My handy guide to software development and testing
Published at LXer: A long time ago, when I was but a budding computer programmer, we used to work in large batches. We were each assigned a programming task, and then we'd go away and hide in our...
Intel i3/5/7/9 & Xeons
I just noticed something that I'm sure folks here will have quick ready answers for. Desktops use i3, i5, i7, & even i9 in cases and have AMD as a direct competitor with increasing market share. ...
New laptop with SSD and HDD (not hybrid). Confused about /etc/fstab and mount points.
I just install Fedora 33 Cinnamon on a Lenovo Legion laptop. In the installer, I set up my SSD for my system (root and home) and my HDD as /data. My /etc/fstab looks as follows for the /data...
Kprobe was created but didn't return any trace data
I'm learning kprobes on CentOS 7 (Linux 4.16.6): Code: --------- root@host # uname -r 4.16.6-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 --------- Following the document...
Midnight Commander 4.8.26 keymap not working
Since the recent update, Midnight Commander is no longer honoring my keymap. The custom bindings are stored in ~/.config/mc/mc.keymap, and I've updated the file to bring in the latest changes from...
qBittorrent won't work after enabling HTTPS
I enabled HTTPS last night but did not add any certificates. Now when I try to log in to the WebUI it thinks for a while before erroring out. How do I go about changing the setting when I can't log in...
LXer: Touche Is A New GUI To Configure Touchegg (Multi-touch Gesture recognizer For Linux)
Published at LXer: Touche is a new desktop application to configure Touchegg, a multi-touch gesture recognizer for Linux. Read More......
Claws Mail and next unread function
Hello! I have a quick question that I've been unable to google an answer for. In Claws, which I otherwise love, is there a way to make the next unread mail function (button or shift-N) wrap in the...
To auto login as a user at PC startup
How auto login as a user into XFCE DE after startx after/at PC startup ?
LXer: ScreenCloud – screenshot sharing tool
Published at LXer: ScreenCloud is a screenshot tool that’s designed for network services such as Dropbox and Imgur. It’s open source software that uses Qt. Read More......
USB devices mounting automatically
I have an experience about the auto mounting of USB devices which has been going on for a long time, but continues to puzzle me. A Debian desktop is running using an /etc/fstab file in which the...
-current first impression
Finally installed. The first I edited /etc/inittab to allow six virtual consoles - but default they are only two. Second soma frontend to easy listen to internet radio station just buggy. In console...
LXer: Generate QR codes with this open source tool
Published at LXer: QR codes are an excellent way to provide information to people without the trouble and*expense of printing it. Most people have smartphones that support QR code scanning,...
VLC maker Videolan is 20 years old :)
https://www.videolan.org/press/videolan-20.html this is one prog that i use all the time. happy birthday !
Unmount request
I am running a large job on our HPC that uses the Rocks distribution. I get after a long time a crash which I am not able to trace down to the reason for. But I have found the following messages...
LXer: Filmulator is a Simple, Open Source, Raw Image Editor for Linux Desktop
Published at LXer: Filmulator is an open source raw photo editing application with library management focusing on simplicity, ease of use and streamlined workflow. Read More......
LXer: 'It's dead, Jim': Torvalds marks Intel Itanium processors as orphaned in Linux kernel
Published at LXer: Itanic sinks further beneath the wavesThe Linux kernel will no longer support Intel Itanium processors following a decision by Linus Torvalds to merge a patch marking the...
KDE5 startx errors if nonUTF8
As i had some problems with KDE5, i did a linux full installation from scratch using current.iso After the boot I set LANG=fr_FR@euro and startx as root : all things are OK. But if I startx as...
Hio!!!!
Hi Everyone, This is just a post to open pandora box. Regards,
Getting LIRC to work on latest Slackware - what am I doing wrong?
Hi I have a Slackware 13.37 machine I've been using as a media center since 2012. The machine is running LIRC using a serial port receiver (homebrew) connected on COM0 and a generic RC-5 infrared...
LXer: Arduino IDE Makes a Comeback in Debian GNU/Linux After More Than 7 Years
Published at LXer: The Debian Electronics Team announced today that the popular Arduino IDE for programming AVR microcontrollers is now again maintained in the software repositories of the Debian...
Install Socket.io on Ubuntu 18.04
Following this: https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-cpp/issues/258 Code: --------- git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-cpp.git Cloning into...
LXer: How to Install Elementary OS's Pantheon Desktop in Arch Linux
Published at LXer: Pantheon is the default desktop environment for the elementary OS. This quick guide explains the steps to install the Pantheon desktop environment in Arch Linux. Read More......
LXer: How to change the identity of a Linux system
Published at LXer: Set the hostname on your Linux systems by using the hostnamectl command. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/change-identity-linux)
Can't get samba to start
Hi, I'm trying to setup samba to share folders over my local network. I'm running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. I went into YaST Services and started nmb and smb. The former (nmb) started fine...
Slackware64-current + Xfce 4.16 + Nvidia
Let me preface this by saying that I am fully aware that my use case is a bit extreme... more on that later. I've been running -current for a while, but only updating every few months. I was...
Performance penalties of in-Perl docn vs compiled CGIs.
I'm wondering what performance penalty I'm paying for including documentation in my Perl CGI scripts, using either =pod or sequential #'s. A new project has grown to the point where good docn will...
Very old Slackware 1
Hello everyone Past weak i wanted to install one of the old versions in Qemu to see it. I started from 1. For different reasons the only version i could install is 2.00 that works but i cant...
Reverse DNS File not recognized
Have my forward file and what I thought was a correct reverse file. For some reason, it's not getting recognized. Dig examples below as well as both files. I've looked at this for days and need...
Book and Distro Reviews - 403 Error
In the Main Menu, both Distro and Book review links throw a 403 when I click them.
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