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Code: --------- gst-launch-1.0 -v fakesrc silent=false num-buffers=3 ! fakesink silent=false --------- results in: Code: --------- Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...

bash-5.1# /sbin/lilo Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed Warning: Unable to determine video adapter in use in the present system. Warning: Video adapter does not support VESA BIOS extensions needed...

Published at LXer: If you[he]#039[/he]re a developer or hobbyist using a Fedora*qcow2 image for the cloud, you always have to do a bunch of initial configuration before an image is ready to use. I...

Now I want to be very clear here: merely disagreeing with someone or something is NOT the same thing as "stalking", "trolling" and "harassment". "Free speech" does NOT entitle someone to stalk,...

Hi, all. Hoping not to duplicate anything that has already been asked. Tried my best due diligence poking around the forum and the almighty Google, but perhaps my Google-fu is just broken tonight. ...

Maybe it's just me but I didn't find any single page that gives a detailed, complete info on how to enable PROTON aka Steam Play or SteamPlay to work, so here are the steps. -Click on Steam →...

Before I run the ISO installation I set the drive partition table to "gpt". After successful install I noticed that the partition table changed to "msdos". It does not seem to affect usability of...

Hey all, is there a list of systems that we know we can run Slackware-arm on? Work provides me a Windows laptop to use but wants to replace is with VDI using Citrix. I was thinking of grabbing a...

Published at LXer: With today’s release of Firefox 85, Mozilla pushed the next major release of its popular open source and cross-platform web browser, Firefox 86, to the beta channel for public...

for non-directory objects with appropriate ownership and permission, rename(2) can replace the target object with the source object. but if the target object is an empty directory, rename(2) will...

Hello I have external HDD Samsung (inside it is Seagate Baracuda) D3 Station 2TB contaning one NTFS patition. I've successfully cloned whole disk using ddrescue with no errors. From cloned image I...

Hi everyone, I've installed Slackware 12 (2.6.21.5) on a PC104+ form factor SBC, running a VortexDX3 CPU. When installing (off a pen drive) I wasn't able to boot the huge.smp kernel, it would...

Published at LXer: Vsftpd is the acronym of Very Secure FTP Daemon: it is one of the most used ftp servers on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It is open source and released under the...

Is there another option for running Linux next to OSX on a 2015 Mac? 1) I know there's virtualization and dual boot but is there anything that utilises the fact that their both unix systems maybe?...

Published at LXer: Most of the packages, features of Fedora 34 are almost final following the string freeze. We give you a sneak peek of Fedora 34 new features and possible release dates. Take a...

Installed recent updates today including kernel 5.10.12 When I ran 'lilo' I was greeted with the following ---Quote--- Warning: Unable to determine video adapter in use in the present...

Published at LXer: Jordan Petridis announced today via an email announcement the general availability for public testing of the alpha version of the upcoming GNOME 40 desktop environment. Read...

Hi there this is the error Code: --------- desired fingerprint: 971a25a3e58f1da06d7674c04a81451f345e4aea6285bdab8a464e68d7d10636 found fingerprint:...

I upgraded to slackware-current 2021-01-30 and (non-kernel updates from) 2021-01-31 and have been unable to start MariaDB since 2021-01-30. Specifically, I was at mariadb-10.5.8-i586-1 and failed with...

I waited long time to leave Plasma session. I went into virtual console and found processes kdeconnectd and korgac eating 100% of cpu. Just terminated them.

Hi! I am have just installed - for the first time, and after many many mistakes, my first Slackware - 14.2 64 on a San Disk Cruiser usb stick, throuh my Fujitsu Esprimo E7935, with a Corel2 Duo...

*Ignore, update has lessened 'issue' quite a bit.* Have asked for deletion. On the face of it I find Opera to seem quite smooth, even on my sub-£200 laptop with its emmc drive. I'm very happy with...

I've been testing Manjaro on this laptop from an SD card, and everything looks good with a minimum of warnings in dmesg. But after installing to the SSD on the m'board, I get a bunch of errors. ...

Published at LXer: root user is a privileged user in Linux, which is similar to an administrator in Windows. In this article, we will show you how to become a root user in many ways. Read...

I have an old laptop that I want to use to boot an UEFI USB stick. I wondered if there is some magic that I can put on a bootable DVD to boot the system into something that behaves like a UEFI PC,...

Hi. I followed this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA6A3oeocHY). I'm don't know why they still load in my web browsers (I tried both Firefox ESR & Pale Moon). I'm using the file:...

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Published at LXer: Here's this week's (ending Jan 24, 2021) roundup series, curated for you from the Linux and the open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates,...

I used Liveslak of AlienBob to install -current (kernel 5.10.7) - but I don't see huge kernel under /boot. Does it ok? Or something went wrong - I mean after installation I should have both huge and...

How to find and change admin and users names and passwords in fedora33 and on it installed Amahi 12 ?

Hi all, I have a Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th Gen. I'm struggling to figure out how to slow down the 2 finger scroll. I have to reallllyyy barely move my fingers to scroll something reasonable. Here...

Published at LXer: In prior years, this annual series covered individual apps. This year, we are looking at all-in-one solutions in addition to strategies to help in 2021. Welcome to day 15 of 21...

Hi. I downloaded LibreWolf-84.0.2-2.x86_64.AppImage and LibreWolf-84.0.2-2.x86_64.AppImage.sig. I can't see a way to verify it. I tried this so far: Code: --------- gpg --verify...

Hi. I downloaded TB from https://www.torproject.org/download/, extracted the tor-browser-linux64-10.0.9_en-US.tar.xz file and ran it from the start-tor-browser.desktop file. I don't see any...

Hello, I just installed Lubuntu 20.04 on my ancient AM2 HTPC from '07. It has onboard graphics GeForce 6150 and Radeon HD 5450 in PCI slot (yes PCI non express if that matters). Tested working in Win...

Moin, What's causing the developers of wxPython to work like this? Heck, some years ago, wxPython seems to be completely dead, the last version very old, still needing gstreamer-0.x., where...

Hi I am using Manjaro Linux. I use "gprename" to rename multiple files. It was working well until recent (system) upgrade. After last system upgrade, the "gprename" is giving following error: ...

Published at LXer: When the OpenStack Foundation shifted its focus from just OpenStack to a variety of open-source cloud technologies, it also changed its organization, and now, the Open...

One rule on this forum which is frequently quoted in response to newbie posts is not to use textspeak abbreviations like pls and u. I believe this is specified in the forum rules. But I have noticed a...

I have a Cron job to run a daily backup each morning at 7:00 am. It is invoked by a scheduled task. The job used to run as intended, but no longer does. The backup is designed to backup a single...

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I am dual booting Debian from a Live Image. When I use the Live Image it works perfectly fine except Internet. I liked that it was fast. There is nothing wrong with my router. It says ---Quote---...

I just want to mount a folder on a remote computer. How is this done? I tried samba. Doesn't work. I tried nfs. Doesn't work. No, I really tried. I read multiple guides. Searched error...

Published at LXer: Bloatware is a type of software which is installed by the product vendor (like Samsung) on top of the Android operating system in your mobile phone. The name clarifies; it makes...

I have an another autobiography from another forum, which fully describes me but doesn't talk about Linux, so I will make another one about Linux. Godot Forum (Game Development) ---Quote--- I...

Published at LXer: The MX Linux community recently announced their first respin for the Raspberry Pi computer, MX Linux Fluxbox-RaspberryPi Respin, so I thought to give you guys a first look at it...

Hi In LM 19.x, shred and shuf were in the repos. Now, in LM 20.x, they're gone. What is going on with Linux Mint? Is this only affecting Linux Mint derivative?

Published at LXer: Docker is an Open source technology that allows you to install an run application on several containers (machine) without Interfering with the host or other containers. Read...

Published at LXer: Kernel 5.10 is the latest LTS release and it will be supported till 2022 only unless some companies decide to support it. Read More......

I am trying to enable my wifi on a ubuntu server 20.04. My current /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml looks like below. Code: --------- # This is the network config written by 'subiquity'...