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LXer: Wine pops cork on version 6.0 of the Windows compatibility layer for *nix systems
Published at LXer: We'll drink to that. The compatibility layer for Windows applications, Wine, has celebrated the start of 2021 in the traditional manner – with a substantial update.… Read...
How to rebuild the image in yocto project with some changes in kernel?
Hi, I am using wandboard. I have built the image for that board using Yocto as per the easy steps they mentioned in that board's forum. I have not mastered in Yocto usage. If I have few...
Confused about logrotate 'rotate' command. Would 'monthly' 'rotate 1' be the same as 'daily' 'rotate 30' ?
Hi. I'm a bit confused about how logrotate works in regards to the 'rotate' command. If i set logrotate to 'monthly' and 'rotate 1', assuming a 30 day month, would it be the same result as...
Refresh rate KDE5
Hello! Why option refresh rate 75Hz is disappeared? :mad: system: Code: --------- OS: Slackware 14.2 x86_64 (post 14.2 -current) x86_64 Kernel: 5.10.7
Is Dam Small Linux Dead
With great disappointment it would seem that DSL is pretty well dormant, Tried joining their forum to no avail... zero response from their admin... although there seem to be several visitors on...
dead-keys don't work after big upgrades (kde5)
After the big upgrades, dead-keys dead_circumflex and dead_diaeresis are really dead with my french keyboard azerty 105 keys. Context : - kernel 5.4.53 64bits - non UTF-8 (boot parameter...
LXer: How to Install V Lang on Ubuntu 20.04
Published at LXer: In this guide you are going to learn how to install V language on Ubuntu 20.04. This installation is tested on Google Cloud platform. So these steps will work well on other cloud...
LXer: Unity3D on your Linux System
Published at LXer: Recently my friend has switched to Linux System, and she needs to Install Unity for her Personal use, and she doesn’t want to switch back to Windows only for Unity. In this...
Samsung Spyware?
On my S7 Edge, I have disabled all the fancy Samsung apps, & disabled all notifications from them. If my phone gets lost or stolen, I don't want some guy buying a holiday on the Costa Plenty on my...
centos 8/GNOME 3: How to add an application to the 'Activities' menu (or a shrtcut to the Desktop)
System info Code: --------- $ cat /etc/centos-release CentOS Linux release 8.3.2011 $ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 25 19:48:47 UTC 2020 x86_64...
LXer: https://trendoceans.com/how-to-install-unity3d-on-linux/
Published at LXer: Recently my friend has switched to Linux System, and she needs to Install Unity for her Personal use, and she doesn’t want to switch back to Windows only for Unity. In this...
LXer: Xfce 4.16 Desktop Lands in openSUSE Tumbleweed, Download Now
Published at LXer: The latest Xfce 4.16 desktop environment has landed in the software repositories of the openSUSE Tumbleweed distribution and it’s available for download in a form of a live ISO...
lspci shows non-existent kernel module? Or does the config lie and the module is built-in?
Hello, I have MacBook Pro and to have facetimehd module working, bdc_pci module must not be loaded. /boot/config-5.4.70-050470-generic shows that CONFIG_USB_BDC_PCI=m. I deleted bdc_pci.ko file...
[SOLVED] Error when trying to run zoom
I downloaded zoom off slackbuilds https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/network/zoom-linux/ and tried to build it. It built fine with no errors. When I try to run it, I get this error Code:...
How to add search engine in Arora browser, or other light-weight browser ?
Hi System info: Code: --------- Linux localhost.cable.virginm.net 4.8.13-100.fc23.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 9 14:51:40 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/redhat-release Fedora...
LXer: Send Email Letters To Yourself In Future With Futureme
Published at LXer: I recently came across this amazing website called Futureme. Futureme is a service that lets you send letters in form of emails to your future self. The basic idea is that you...
LXer: Open Source Management & Strategy Training Program Launched by The Linux Foundation
Published at LXer: Program consists of seven modular courses, and can be tailored to suit the needs of different audiences within an organization *SAN FRANCISCO, January 12, 2021 – The Linux...
Doesn't work xfce4-xkb-plugin
Hi. Slackware current doesn't have xfce4-xkb-plugin in its repository. I built it myself. But xfce4-xkb-plugin does'n work. It does'n switch key layout. However, command "setxkbmap -layout us"...
Tartube
Hello everyone I'm a new linux user for about 2 months now. Everything is starting to make sense for me, however I have just spent a day and a half trying to get tartube to work. I have installed...
LXer: How to check NetworkManager version on Ubuntu
Published at LXer: Looking to find out NetworkManager version for your Ubuntu and other Ubuntu releases? This tutorial can provide help with that. Read More......
Do i have Python?
I have Mint 18.3, Sylvia, MATE. How do i find out if i have Python or not? Thanks.
Error while installing Kali Linux Subsystem
I have multiple times attempted to install kali linux subsystem on my win10 20H2, and keep encountering this error: Errors were encountered while processing: python3 python3-click ...
LXer: KaOS Linux’s First ISO Release in 2021 Adds Linux Kernel 5.10 LTS and Qt 6
Published at LXer: The KaOS Linux development team released today their first ISO image for 2021, which brings a plethora of updated components and applications, as well as a brand-new kernel. ...
LXer: Instructor-Led Kubernetes Security Fundamentals Course Now Available
Published at LXer: Kubernetes Security Fundamentals (LFS460) is the newest instructor-led training course from Linux Foundation Training & Certification and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation....
LXer: How to Install Discourse Forum with Docker on CentOS 8
Published at LXer: Discourse is a free and open-source platform built for the next decade of the Internet. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Discourse forum using Docker on CentOS 8...
LXer: 5 reasons why you should develop a Linux container strategy
Published at LXer: If you've shunned containers in the past, these five advantages will make you rethink containerization. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/5-reasons-container)
New Java/Tomcat upgrade giving 503 error on browser and mod_jk unable to connect
I've just upgraded Java to Oracle version 15.0.1; Tomcat 9.0.41 and tomcat-connectors 1.2.48 on my Slackware 14.2 system. This is a procedure I've been doing for the past 10 years or so, but this time...
recording from youtube.com with youtube-dl, ffmpeg fails to merge
i am working on a separate, totally different, project involving youtube-dl and ffmpeg. i get only separate video (mp4) and audio (webm) files and an empty that i suspect is the intended merge. i...
Use Nemo dialog to open files from other programs (Debian 10)
When I open a file in a program, a Nautilus prompt will appear asking me which file I want to open. This is the case when I press Ctr+O in Firefox, for example. How can I change this behavior to use...
LXer: Open Source ScyllaDB NoSQL database to improve with Project Circe
Published at LXer: ScyllaDB Project Circe sets out to help improve consistent, elasticity and performance for the open source NoSQL database Read More......
ISO9660's/Autofs - Centos7
-CentOS7 -Using autofs to automatically mount drives. -Regular users are disabled from manual mounting and i cant do it for them every time. When mounting a burned cd ISO9660 image, the...
gpg - verifying a downloaded iso file
I am running CentOS 7 with gpg installed Code: --------- [ken@taylor20 software]$ gpg --version gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.22 libgcrypt 1.5.3 Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License...
LXer: 20 years of Drupal: Founder Dries Buytaert on API first, the end of breaking compatibility, and JavaScript bloat
Published at LXer: Commercial involvement in open source is essential, says CMS boss. Interview Content management system Drupal is 20 years old, prompting its founder to talk to about its...
kernel
guys how to know if the kernel will work without patches? does anyone use kernel version 5.5.5?
mounting old system drive in Documents
I had an Ubuntu system that was working well since 4 years but after some recent update I slowly lost part of the system where the video lower its resolution, booting to new version was not working...
New lenovo Ideapad 5 - wifi password rejected...
... but it's correct and Windows is fine. Have installed manjaro to SD card and all works well except the wifi. *lspci* results in ---Quote--- Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev la)...
Virt-manager: Create a VM
Hello I want to create a virtual machine with virt-manager. but I have a problem with creating the virtual machine disk image. Here is the error message received: ...
-current no longer able to stream video
Somewhere along the line something in slackware64-current broke the ability to stream video from sling.com. It used to work with Firefox and Chrome but recently it doesn't work in Chrome at all and...
GTK Custom widget doesn't scroll
Hi, I made a custom widget by subclassing GtkLayout. From the documentation I read this widget has native scrolling abilities so it doesn’t need a Gtkviewport. The problem is my custom widget...
LXer: PinePhone Mobian Edition Is Coming on January 18, Powered by Debian Linux
Published at LXer: The PINE64 and Mobian Linux communities proudly announced today the upcoming availability of a new community edition of the popular PinePhone Linux phone, PinePhone Mobian...
How to keep slackpkg to remove SlackBuilds packages installed before installing sbopkg?
Hey everyone! I'm still brand new to Slackware, and I have a small question. I installed a few SlackBuilds packages before installing sbopkg, so if I run clean-system, those packages will be...
Ubuntu 20.10 Software Updater has stopped working, other strange problems
Tuesday night the Software Updater did it's usual thing of alerting me there were updates to download and like forever I just said yes. I think I saw like Ubuntu Base something or other and really...
Fedora 33, kernel update 5.9 to 5.10 broke v4l2loopback kernel module
After a kernel update, I just get "modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'v4l2loopback': Exec format error" when trying to start the module with modprobe. I figured recompiling and installing would fix...
Help me sed or awk this figity config file please!
So if I want to programmatically add an app to the quicklaunch of lxqt-panel, they've made it somewhat frustratingly difficult to do so. Among the config file is this relevant section Code:...
First Post
Just testing out my first post!
LXer: Learn awk by coding a game
Published at LXer: When you learn a new programming language, it[he]#039[/he]s good to focus on the things most programming languages have in common: Variables – places where information is stored;...
Can not set PATH permanently in order to launch MATLAB system wide
Hi to all, I have the following issue: I recently installed MATLAB R2018a in my artix linux (runit). I can launch matlab from the location where the launcher is, i.e.,...
SATA connector on 4TB 3.5" drive broke off - pins are fine - but drive is acting funky
Sorry, no pics of this hard drive issue. Sata data tab connector broke on a 3.5" HD. All the metal pins are fine but the plastic backing snapped off. I fixed it by using a Female -> Male converter...
LXer: How to get Battery status notification when a battery is full or low
Published at LXer: 2DayGeek: This quick article allows you to get battery status notification when a battery is full or low. Read More......
Conky: dynamically change image (no function)
Hi everyone, I've got a problem with my conky and can't figure out how to solve : with grep -o 'percent>[^"]*%' moon_1.xml | cut -c9-10 I have a number, then I need to insert it into image...
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