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Hi, I am trying to run the Plex Media Server on my raspberry pi 4 with slackware current. I have amended both the slackbuild and the info files from the SlackBuild to use the armhf download as...

Published at LXer: A new version of the official Raspberry Pi OS distribution for the Raspberry Pi family of tiny computers is now available for download with support for Epson printers, various...

I have set up an LVM on a RAID10 with the generous help of computersavvy. Running a headless openmediavault5 server. I was setting up my folder system through the OMV5 interface on the RAID10...

Published at LXer: This brief guide will walk you though the steps to allow or deny SSH access to a particular user or a group in Linux. Read More......

Based on this thread (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/alright-it%27s-wednesday-what-is-something-you-have-learned-%2Anew%2A-about-linux-within-the-past-7-days-4175680698/), here's...

Using an M479fdw with Debian desktop and laptop machines. It's worked fine for a while, but recently began spitting out an extra blank page at the end of each job. The blank page says "PDF" at the...

Hello! The first episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQOu1vWrTcc&list=PL1XOSJnvang3IbwySOf6m3PK1gm13hS5s&index=1) of Season 2 of SlackChat is now available. Enjoy!

All in the heading there but despite more glamorous options I've using Mutt for email increasingly, on my three deliberately bling-free systems. For a long while I could not get Gmail to work with it...

I had meant to post this last week. The KDE5 and XFCE + all of the other updates from 'big merge' are available, and the next batch of updates will be pushed in the next week or so. Have fun!

Hi, I have installed Lubuntu 20.04 on a Samsung internal SSD. I am also using a Seagate spinning HDD for data only. I had posted the Smart Test results of the HDD on a different forum & I was...

One package doesn't build correctly with opencv >= 4.5.1 -mlt: after the "PYTHONSITEPKG ..." line add the 2 following lines: ---------------------------------- # patch to solve incompatibilty...

Im not a newbie, but this is a new situation to me. First time installing linux on a machine with an ssd (yes, been away from linux for a while). The machine im installing on with have no os but...

Historically xscreensaver has been kept up to date in Slakcware-stable, but it's been frozen at 5.43 (while -current has moved on to 5.45). I decided to take the -current SlackBuild and try building...

Hi everyone. Im trying to take advantage of the new capabilities in Openssh 8.2(U2F support) using my Yubikey. I need to run current to get the right version of Openssh. What I have done so...

HI; OS is Centos 6. I have two DNSs in the config script. When DNS one was down, one server didn't switch to the secondary DNS. Is there any configuration to force it to DNS2? Thanks

How can icreate a user and set this user’s shell so that only this user can change the password.

I'm looking to have an additional instance of mysql (mariadb) running on a different port with a different data directory. I have had a couple of unsuccessful attempts at doing this so far and...

Hello, I have an issue with "Couldn't read directory: No such file or directory" error when I sftp to a server and run a "ls" command to get a list of files in the folder. Sometime the command...

To Slack, or not to Slack: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous alternatives, Or to take ARMs against a sea of x86 Distributions, And...

How do I create ipset lists before iptables is restored on machine start up? Right now, when I start up my server, iptables rules fail to load because the ipset lists do not exist that are referred...

Published at LXer: Defying expectations, kernel devs roared back to work. Linux lead Linus Torvalds has labelled his last pronouncement on the state of the kernel “the incoherent ramblings of a...

I can use my laptop fine, but my screen jitters a lot and shows weird lines. It is not a hardware related thing, because if i boot from USB or even go to BIOS, the screen is normal, the moment the...

I noticed that *some* folders can't be removed on Xfce live sessions (slackware64-live-xfce-current.iso): [img]https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/bf31/t9j29vzod5m72hhzg.jpg[/img] If I confirm to...

I have three separate machines M1, M2 and M3. M1 and M2 send logs on some port to M3 using syslog-ng. If i dont start syslog-ng on M3 does it have any effect on M1 or/and M2? I am using...

Published at LXer: The three miscellaneous demonstrations in this post all have something to do with form text and placeholders. Form text is text saved as a template and variable text is added as...

Dear all, Recently we are trying to update our system from Debian8 to Debian10, and then found out that the performance of the Debian10 seems like not as good as Debian 8. For example, we tried to...

Published at LXer: As a programmer, you will often find yourself as a permanent visitor of some websites. These can be a tutorial, reference, or forums websites. So here in this article let us have...

I have a file looking like this: Code: --------- John 465 168 14883 6113 418 0 250 0 348 0 250 0 Elsa 560 619 749 900 560 800 480 909 240 660 730 0...

Published at LXer: This guide is the direct way to a PCI passthrough virtual machines on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The virtual machine will run Windows 10, with gaming as main use-case. Read More......

Published at LXer: Starting off as nothing but a tiny little cell in a massive world, Thrive is a free and open source evolution sim backed up by the power of science. Read More......

Hi there, So I'm setting up a small email server for my local domain using Postfix & Dovecot w/ PostgreSQL for a database. I've gotten it to the point where I can send and recieve messages on an...

Published at LXer: Asciinema might be the application you've been looking for to demonstrate a skill or process that you want your colleagues or students to learn on-demand. Read More......

Published at LXer: Bash is the default command line shell on most Linux systems. So why not learn how to get the most out of it? This year, Opensource.com featured many great articles to help you...

Published at LXer: This tutorial lists various command line tools to find currently logged in users in Linux operating system. Read More......

So i ordered a new dell, mostly for gaming and my current computer i plan to make a dedicated slackware box. I havent run slackware in a couple of years, when i got my currnt machine i got...

Published at LXer: Minecraft in VR that's a bit more hands on? cyubeVR (pronounced Cube VR) looks absolutely delightful, and the developer has confirmed their full intention to support Linux too. ...

Upon boot, the WiFi won't start. However, after a few minutes I get Internet. What to do? I tried to adapt some configuration files; no help. Here are some bits of my configuration in the state...

How, by using wget, can we download entire HTML files residing under a website or web page/directory and leave other non HTML-type files untouched? Illustration is e.g. Code: --------- wget...

This is on my banana pi pro. Since I installed the system, I've never had any issues with any updates. I had sound prior to applying last updates, as there were so many updates, not sure what to...

Published at LXer: Use rsync compression and checksums to better manage file synchronization. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/5-rsync-tips)

Hello, I am having an issue getting a touchpad working in Debian Linux. when I run xinput list it shows N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"

I have just updated my Slackware-current installation. My last updated was on 2020-11-21. Something in between made gkrellm start to crash for some themes. For 3 themes, gkrellm works just fine. For...

Hello, i have a Debian 64 bit. I will use virtualbox to emulate another operating system, and i can choose to install 64 or 32 bit versions of this system. Is there any gain or loss choosing one of...

i cant make it work, i dont use jack i just want to use it as a replacement of pulseaudio when i launch it i got this: [W][000000597.669910][module-rtkit.c:517 set_nice()] could not set...

Published at LXer: Linux ls commands offer a flexible way of listing filesystem contents and help to navigate around the command line with ease. Read More......

Hi! I have a My Book Live Duo (NAS from Western Digital) with 2 disks (3TB each) (as far as I can remember) on RAID 0. Due to a power shortage, one of the disks (disk 2) is reporting a failure. I...

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 2 of 21...

Hello! Thanks for accepting me! I'm from Brazil, so I hope you can excuse me if I'm not clear with my poor english... I'm just a curious guy trying to understand a little bit mor of UBUNTU Server.......

Hi gang, I tried a search for this question/problem, but only got something really old (2011 and older) and something that didn't help at all. I have an older ViewSonic monitor, model...

I have a Dell 5175 2-in-1, and I know that gnome is the best DE for touch...I tried Ubuntu and it was a little glitchy... what gnome distro do you recommend that is not glitchy like Ubuntu ?