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Hi, I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.5 Bionic LTS. The box is running fine and supporting multiple user accounts. My personal account is currently stuck in a login loop when I attempt to launch X-windows...

Hi. I was moving a mp4 file from partition1 to the partition2, I leave the machine and when I returned the computer was turn-off. I don't know why. I start again the PC and when I try to open...

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I added a new cert to java keystore, found the expired cert, deleted it. I have restarted tomcat, and the server. Tomcat is still failing with the error showing date of deleted cert. I have checked...

Published at LXer: Apache Maven is a powerful project management tool used for projects build, dependency and documentation. It is based on POM (project object model) that helps you to manage an...

Today for the first time I installed the Brave browser. I am so impressed that I uninstalled Google Chrome. Now the only browser that I will be using besides Firefox is Brave. I have enabled...

Ubuntu 20.04 lts I have a movie that the default language to play isn't English (it's Italian) - I can view the movie and switch to English language on my computer. However, I wish to change the...

I've just updated my slackware-current install and seemed to go smoothly except kwalletmanager5 does not show my old wallet from KDE4. I can see the .kwl file is there and the .salt file too. I tried...

I decided not to bother you or bitnami community before, getting lost in many searches on the internet without concluding anything. It all started wanting to follow this guide:...

Published at LXer: In this short tutorial, we will explain how to install CouchDB on Ubuntu 20.04. CouchDB is a free and open-source document-oriented NoSQL database written in Erlang. Read...

Hello, I am trying to compile glibc along with gcc for a cross-compiler that I would use for my Linux distro (note that I am not using LFS). I was compiling glibc with a makefile made by this...

This is sort of a thinking-out-loud thing. About ten years ago I bought a laptop for a coworker. I haven't seen her in some years until recently. She said she doesn't use it much and asked if I'd...

Endeavouros-Plasma MSI GP60 Leopard My battery indicator indicated there are 20% battery left in laptop. When i close the lid and reopen the lid, it said 40% of battery left (even when i was not...

Published at LXer: In 2020, Java marked its 25th anniversary and, despite its age, remains strong and active. Its seven to 10 million developers make it one of the top three languages in use today,...

Hello, I download the AppImage for Thunderbird. After running and setting up an existing email address, it worked well. The email account looked fine to me. However, I could not launch it again,...

Published at LXer: Learn about Fedora Kinoite, an in-development rpm-ostree-based operating system featuring the KDE Plasma desktop. Read More......

I don't understand audio but I am increasingly obliged to use audio software to help with the online operations of my parish church. I have alsa-utils and I have recently installed sox on the advice...

Published at LXer: You have Installed VMware Workstation but you don't know or you stuck somewhere how to Create New Virtual Machine on VMware? No problem we will cover how to create and install a...

Hey everyone, hope all is well and keeping safe. I tried searching for this online but do not know how to word it correctly to get an answer so sorry if this has been asked already. I have a pc...

Published at LXer: This one is not just written in Rust – its design is based on Rust features. Rust, a modern system programming language focused on performance, safety and concurrency, seems an...

Published at LXer: WordPress is the most popular free blogging platform and I have already explained WordPress in my previous articles. I have also explained how to setup a WordPress blog or...

Hi Everyone I'm running a 64-bit version of MxLinux 19.3 on a Toshiba laptop. I'm interested in trying out SparkyLinux. I burned a DVD, so I have an ISO File of SparkyLinux. I just recently put...

Published at LXer: Valve teased in their year in review 2020 post that they will have more coming for Linux gaming, like new ways for prospective users to get into Linux gaming. Read More......

Published at LXer: Xfce 4.16 was released back in December, and it includes some important changes like a dark mode for the Xfce panel, fractional scaling support, and more. Read More......

Published at LXer: With quantum computing on the horizon, take a look at which type of architect would be needed and what companies need to consider to build such complex systems Read More......

Hello I'm tinkering with an updated RaspberryPi Zero, the one with the camera port but not the W model. There's lots of tutorials on connecting to the pi via ssh over a usb ethernet. Everything...

Published at LXer: Alexander Larsson announced today the general availability of Flatpak 1.10, a major release of the popular Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework. Read...

Environment: Slackware 14.2 Stable, up to date. Firefox 68.12.0esr (64-bit) In Firefox when I download a file and choose the option “open with” but choose a program which is not the default,...

Published at LXer: Haruna is a free and open source Qt / QML video player for Linux that makes use of mpv (libmpv) for video playback. Read More......

Hello, I have been trying a few browsers these days and couldn't find one which would be both lightweight and fully functional. To be clear: By lightweight I mean that it won't takes a ton of...

Environment: openSUSE Leap 15.2, KDE/Plasma, up-to-date w/ patches as of today. Problem: On occasion I'm finding that some applications whose window preferences I've specified using "Configure...

Published at LXer: The world's favourite language has complex ecosystem in which build tools are now fundamental. The 2020 State of JavaScript report, a survey of over 23,000 developers globally,...

Published at LXer: Security, lack of suitable hardware for testing makes full 32-bit support hard. Debian 11, codenamed "Bullseye", has entered the first freeze stage, meaning no large or...

Published at LXer: The Linux date command is simple, yet powerful. This article shows you how to unleash the power of the date command. Read More......

Published at LXer: The Wine development team released today the final Wine 6.0 series of the open-source compatibility layer for running Windows apps on GNU/Linux distributions and other UNIX...

As the title suggests, I seem to be unable to detect or mount removable media using things like udisks(2) or "gio mount" using BLFS 9.1 with elogind. I want to test that this actually works, because I...

Published at LXer: Shells (shells.com), a new entrant in the virtual machine and cloud computing space, is excited to launch their new product which gives new users the freedom to code and create...

I'm trying to connect to my FTP Account through Fila Zilla. I get a message that says: "Server sent passive reply with unroutable address. using server address instead".

Published at LXer: The Alpine Linux development team announced today the release and general availability of Alpine Linux 3.13, a new major series bringing numerous new features and enhancements. ...

What is the correct procedure for upgrading glibc in Slackware 14.2 (64-bit)? I need to do that in order to enable the "Subtitle" filters in Avidemux.

To Burn and read a DL DVD disk, Can a DVD Burner Burn and Read a DL DVD disk or does it require a special DL DVD Drive ??

Published at LXer: In this article, we will create an*EC2 instance with the latest Linux AMI using Cloudformation hence knowing the basics*of cloud formation is required. Read More......

Published at LXer: Samba is a way to share files across the different operating systems over a network. It let you access all your files from one PC to another without any 3rd party application. ...

In my home lan i've installed a pizero with pihole with static ip 192.168.1.201 From another host 192.168.1.200 i try: $ dig youtube.com ---Quote--- ; > DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.13-Ubuntu...

{{NOTE: I had a stroke in 2011 and have short term memory loss, and I am somewhat brain-damaged}} Yeah.. I use testing. 1: About 2 weeks ago, an update "broke" Plasma, as I do not get the some...

What do you know would be the lightest/fastest way to have a GUI pop up that makes a button for every file (script) in a directory, and executes the script when clicked on. I want to put it in my...

Published at LXer: Collabora’s Mark Filion informs 9to5Linux today about their latest work on the Panfrost open-source graphics driver for Mali embedded GPUs, which received desktop OpenGL 3.1...

I'm helping a friend who hosts web sites on GoDaddy. GoDaddy has Snubbed LetsEncrypts ACME 60 Day auto-renewal security system (because its free?) With only Cpanel the next step is find a 1 year SSL...

Trying to troubleshoot DHCP server on RHEL8. I've used the command below to confirm if dhcpd.conf file has any errors or not. Code: --------- [foo@foo log]$ sudo dhcpd -t -cf...

I realize that the title of this post sucks and is barely better than the Bad example at the left. Python is a beginner language. It was not MY beginner language. That might be why I have so many...