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Published at LXer: Check out this brief overview of what the seven most used Linux namespaces are. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/7-linux-namespaces)

i am wanting to download a live video feed. i have experimented with ffmpeg and it seems to do the job. but it keeps on doing the job. the live feed continues for a very long time. if i just let...

Error message is NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME when trying to connect to smb disk drive. I am trying to connect to network drive using smbclient. The command is: smbclient -U skbrown...

Published at LXer: A lot of game developer still worry about being more open with their code but it seems Terry Cavanagh (VVVVVV, Super Hexagon, Dicey Dungeons) believes it was worth it. Read...

I'm not using Laravel or CakePHP but the structure is similar. In mydomain/ there is a .htaccess that says that authentication is via LDAP: Code: --------- RewriteEngine On RewriteCond...

Published at LXer: It is recommended to enable Multifactor Authentication (MFA) for your AWS account. MFA is used to secure your AWS account, it adds an extra layer of security to the account. This...

TheSSS seems to work nicely on a small old netbook. Really great. How can I set it up to serve HTTPS pages? (It does not seem to work natively after the installation).

I've used XFCE for years, but the major changes in current made me want test Plasma5 (again). After a few weeks of really trying to appreciate KDE, it's hard to go back to XFCE. KDE is just better. It...

Hello, On a CentOS web server with Apache, someone make a lot of request and it make slowing server. when I disable "httpd" service then problem solve. How can I find who made a lot of request? I...

Published at LXer: These days everyone seems to be speaking about Big Data - but what does it really mean? The term is used quite ambiguously in a variety of situations. For the purposes of this...

I am using Slackware Linux 14.2 (64-bit),and I have recently discovered that some of the software packages that I am using require the most recent version of it in order to function properly. I tried...

This is NOT about social media being held accountable (I think there's already a thread about that). This is about those right-wing extremistic groups and what they've been up to so far, and what...

I am new to Linux and after sevral attempts, I decided on the above distro. I am also a web designer and use an app as my GUI development platform. The app is hard coded to use my OS default broser...

Hi All, I am trying to execute below script and getting Integer Expression Expected Error: ecount=`tail -1 countfile.txt` ncount=580 echo "ecount=${ecount}" echo "ncount=${ncount}" if [...

For a long time in Linux Mint v19.2, audio volume in Zoom was fine, but in the last month or so, it's changed so that I can only hear it when I have it set to the max. (Even then it's not easy to...

I am using ISQL ODBC driver to connect to Cloudera Hadoop DB to get the data from the table but couldn't get the array column type data from the table. Can anyone help me with this?

I have pearOS as my main operating system. The OS has been working fine for the past 2 days... Suddenly after the boot animation the login screen has stopped appearing. All I see is a black screen...

Published at LXer: mpdevil is a GTK front-end for MPD. It’s written in Python and published under an open source license. Read More......

Published at LXer: Ceph is an open source software storage platform that provides object, block, and filesystem storage in a unified storage cluster. I first used Ceph when I integrated it with...

I have Slic3r installed in /opt, but it's tripping over it's shoelaces in the startup script, /opt/Slic3r/Slic3r Code: --------- cat /opt/Slic3r/Slic3r #!/bin/bash *BIN=$(readlink "$0")...

Sometimes, om a website, the Firefox browser will open a new tab and force me to go to it. How can I make Firefox not open new tabs, or at least not force me to the tab it has opened (which is...

Hello! I just installed Linux Mint Xfce 20.1 on my Laptop. Is there any way to change the design of those Window Buttons (shown in the picture attached)? I'm looking for a button design that has...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial, we will see how to find last logged in users in Linux using last, lastb and lastlog commands with examples. Read More......

Hi, I currently have a scalable linux instance on Rackspace. I suspect they are on the higher end in terms of price. I think I pay about $100 a month for an 80GB/4GB instance. It's for a client...

I also asked that here: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/firefox-system-freezes-4175688183/page2.html but thought it would be better idea to make a new thread for this. ...

Some months ago I could delete all cookies on Firefox. On the tabs Edit - Preferences - Privacy & Security - Cookies and Site Data, the cookies would be set to zero. If I closed down Firefox and...

Hello, I did below command to see the SSH connections: Code: --------- $ netstat -nat | grep :22 tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 ...

Hello, I want to have a script or...that inform me when a service stopped. For example, when Apache stopped or...then sending an email to me. I'm thankful if anyone share opinions. Thank you.

Hi everyone, This is my first post I have a question/problem is I extend LVM size 1.7 TB (before / is 100GB) and show df -h first is fine but a few day ago my partner uploaded content to /var...

Using a bluetooth adapter that worked without issue on 14.2, I'm unable to successfully pair a device (keyboard in this case) on -current. During device setup with blueman-manager, I see in...

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Greetings to all ~!!! :) Just want to drop by and say hi to everyone. I'm not exactly new to Linux but my knowledge level is. Aside from some simple commands, I didn't get much opportunity to use...

4 packages don't compile on -current with the new autoconf-2.70, but builds fine with autoconf-2.69. Those are: - vorbis-tools - hunspell - gnutls - motif

Published at LXer: It happens many time to me. When I have to use windows for MS Office or Photoshop. Then suddenly, I get the need for a Linux system. In between work, I have to switch back to...

Hello, I need system administrator advice about a problem. A website is on a CentOS server and sometimes it down, but server have ping. To troubleshoot this problem, which log files must be examined?...

Hi, I recently installed fedora33 as first OS on my SSD, but have left half (250GB) empty for second linux distro. Last few days I tried to install several distros (last was Debian today). They all...

500 OOPS: could not read chroot() list file:/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

Since upgrading Dolphin (dolphin-20.12.1-x86_64-1.txz) I've been experiencing random (Dolphin) crashes when copying / replacing files on Samba shares Anyone else seeing this

I have several sites on a server and the only one that has a terminal is the main root server. Comes up something like this.. [root@server3 ~] # Once of my sites is [idxsab@server3 ~] $ I want to...

I would like to run a Live USB distribution of Ubuntu 20.04 and have additional persistent storage on the USB. I tried using the instructions below, along with the ones below that to find & replace...

Published at LXer: In 2021 you are deciding to buy a laptop, but you are dubious about choosing which laptop you should purchase to use for your day-to-day work with the Linux preinstalled. A...

As a project (to fill time in this coronavirus season) I decided to upgrade an elderly Acer Aspire laptop I had been given: I doubled the RAM, to 2 Gb, and replaced the original HDD with a small SSD I...

Good evening y'all. I have an HP laptop with touchscreen monitor and have installed Linux Mint Cinnamon on it. Loving Cinnamon! I've noticed that I can touch tabs on Firefox to switch tabs, and also...

Published at LXer: Here's something we missed with the latest NVIDIA driver updates on Linux - turns out that NVIDIA had multiple security issues that they put out in a recent security bulletin. ...

I have an Hauppauge hdpvr 1212. It is a USB device that is automatically detected in dmesg. The trouble is with the remote control functionality, specifically, the IR blaster. I need the Hauppauge to...

Morning everyone! I want to share with you the contact of a leading gemological company that provides me with all necessary certificates and tests for my supplies. I have work with GSI Reports...

"Plug'n'Play" webcam working fine on Lenovo Box with Mint and Windows; the second box, a Dell, with Windows, MX and Manjaro, they all need to reboot to detect it. Even Windows. What kind of...

Published at LXer: Here's this week's roundup series, curated for you from the Linux and open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates, major news, and upcoming...

I've Googled this and found nothing -- a reflection on me, I'm sure. I'm looking for a screensaver that can open a movie file (.avi, .mp4, whatever), take a screenshot, and use the random...

This is my first time installing Debian, Iv encountered a screen distortion when I login after screen lock. Im a little new to Linux please help. Images of the distortion ::...