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I'm a beginner to Linux. I was recommended to give Slackware a try and have found that the volume of quality information available is amazing. My only issue is that I'm having trouble using the built...

Published at LXer: Learn how to update Kali Linux to the latest version, and correctly configure Kali Linux repos Read More... (https://buildvirtual.net/how-to-update-kali-linux/)

I have a Windows install on this box, and I don't want the Windows partitions to show in Nemo - but they are persisting even after I've edited Gnome Disks to not show them. Why would that be, and...

I have upgraded my development box with the 5.10.4 kernel in -current and have been unable to start my Windows XP virtual machine using qemu-kvm, despite rebuilding qemu. Apparently this is a known...

I've started getting a message when I start up about how the system cannot find Sanity-Mountpoint in fstab - reasonable since it's not there! But I never created or tried to mount anything called...

For Ubuntu: 5.3.0-42-generic 18.04.1 On rebooting the system, it asked to a manual fsck on sda3. Rebooting after which went into a Kernel Panic.It looks like the fsck removed certain inodes and...

hello guys good day first of all: Happy New Year to everybody! I hope this year will not be a Covid year. i want to change *foo.txt * to *bar.txt * in other words renaming a file using...

Published at LXer: Puppy Linux 7.0 “Slacko64” distribution is now available for download built using binary TXZ packages from the Slackware 14.2 operating system and compatible with Slackware and...

I can't decompress file with xarchiver after (zip -r name * -s xMB -0). If I make a compressed file with xarchiver. His decompress works perfectly. When I try to extract compressed files makes...

Published at LXer: The ExTiX team announced the release of the latest version of the desktop – ExTiX 21.1 based on the latest Deepin desktop 20.1 which released a while ago. Read More......

Hi I have multiple versions of slackware 13, 14.0, 14.1 installed and have never had a problem. Now I install 14.2 and the keyboard and USB mouse do not work, no usb keyboard works and the logitech...

Published at LXer: Find out how to handle situations when patching your Linux systems doesn't go as planned. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/patching-goes-wrong)

I'm not entirely sure how to explain this or if this is the best forum but I'll try my best. I've come across something that is confusing me and that is it would seem that *sda* and *sdb* are...

Published at LXer: 9to5Linux was informed today by Patrick d’Emmabuntüs about the general available for public testing of the second alpha release of the upcoming Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 4...

Published at LXer: You can significantly increase your productivity and understanding of your operating system by learning a few basic shell commands. These commands work in Bash, the most common...

Published at LXer: One of the most common tasks when writing Bash scripts or working on the Linux command line is reading and writing files. Learn how to write text to a file in Bash using the...

I have a folder that has a number of files in the format of: Code: --------- avi-1.avi avi-2.avi etc etc avi-31.avi

My laptop doesn't have dedicated Home/End/Page Up/Page Down keys in the traditional sense, but it does have a number pad. However, the keys are too spread apart on the number pad to quickly reach...

I am trying to follow a solution in this post (https://www.366service.com/jp/qa/66822e2b6d3c2c60302d56d18bfecee0) to understand some problem that I have with openssl. But though it mostly works, I...

Published at LXer: A lightweight open-source RSS reader for desktop Linux with all the essential features like offline reading, labels etc. Read More... (https://itsfoss.com/quiterss/)

Good days! I've been watching some classic cyberpunk movies. But there doesn't seem to be any that has to do with FOSS, at least for the ones listed on wikipedia. I wonder if there's any work...

I'm trying to use openbox on Xfce because I noticed it draws the windows a bit faster than xfwm4. But there are some annoying things that I couldn't fix. It seems to happen on any distro, but I've...

I have just been thinking about the latest UK government announcements about vaccinations and the logistics requirements. I did a quick back-of-an-envelope calculation and concluded that each UK GP...

Hi, I know almost nothing about python. I modified some python files and plain txt files in the folder of an applet to have it to my taste and it worked nice. I modified them with a plain txt...

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/04/953314603/rip-flash-player-adobe-ends-support-of-pioneering-web-animation-technology if that interests you

I'm using Fedora 33 Workstation. According to the readme on the v4l2loopback github, this can be done by making the file "/etc/modules-load.d/v4l2loopback.conf" and making it contain "options...

Published at LXer: In this Linux quick tip we take a look at shells. How to find what shell you are currently using, which shells are available on your system, and how to change your default and...

How to search with pattern from previous sed result of substitution such is illustration only; Code: --------- sed -nE 's/^.*href="([^"]+)".*/\1/p ' Text --------- this result must be part...

Hello, members! Great to be a part of a good Linux Forum. In summary, I use Linux a lot for music production and I recently completed my first successful version of Linux From Scratch. Here is a tip...

Hi, Virtualbox 6.1.16 kernel modules did not compile against the latest 5.10.x kernel in slackware64-current. The attached patch worked for me. More details can be found upstream, here: ...

Published at LXer: The fourteenth installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here, for the week ending on January 3rd, and the first for 2021, keeping you guys up to date with the most...

I was wondering what skills I would need to learn to program appliance and gadget devices? For example a tv? this question is not necessarily about hardware... though I was watching youtube and...

First this is a modify version of this post -> https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/issues/2156 Hi there again xD Ok i solve how Compile under Slackware(64) 14.2 ; The Native 32 Bit...

I'm curious to know why do 64bit distros and package names have an AMD name on it? Even though there are computer with intel 64 bit cpus.

I've been having trouble running a game, and through a series of tinkering with files, I've determined the root cause of the problem has something to do with the encoding on the game's music. What...

I am running OpenSuse Leap 15 on a lenovo T440p. After a call "zypper up" the system would not boot. It stop with the prompt "grub>". I speculate that the problem came from the fact that the...

Published at LXer: Last week, we had a problem with our System through which I could not share my screen remotely from my network computer. Then we check the port status, and the port was closed.In...

Hey. I found out an issue with my WordPress installation. If I go to https://www.mywordpress.com/wp-admin (note there is no trailing slash), I get redirected to...

I am trying to speed up my peppermint 8 distro. It is good but has recently become laggy both using browser and loading applications. I use peppermint from a usb with persistence. It is good but I...

Published at LXer: Now is a great time to take up a new hobby. How about digital art? Instead of painting on canvas or paper, digital art software allows you to paint and draw directly onto a...

After hours I have finally managed to install CentOS 8 as well as a minecraft server on my old laptop. The only problem is as stated in the title. I have changed the /etc/systemd/logind.conf file and...

As the title says, I am getting segfaults with Elisa on -current. It doesn't happen predictably every time. Sometimes it will start up and play a song or two before crashing, sometimes it crashes on...

I'm (still) using mailx 12.5. I am using the .mailrc directive ignore, eg: Code: --------- ignore X-MS-Has-Attach ignore X-MS-TNEF-Correlator ignore msip_labels --------- But, every mail...

Published at LXer: In the last article, we have guided you on how to Install WSL2 with Kali Linux on Windows 10, and we have received immense requests for the GUI Installation guide.So, Without...

I've same problem by wacomtablet compiled on SlackBuild correctly. First I installed input-wacom kerel driver from source (https://linuxwacom.github.io/) and it work ok by Gimp, Krita ecc. So if I...

I would like to send files from the X server to Y. In X they are owned by root.root, but in Y, I want them to arrive as root.apache, however, by running 'rsync -av -og --chown=root:apache ... ',...

Hello everyone. I have a server mounted on a Opensuse Linux with apache and PHP. I see on the logs attack attempts. To avoid the hacks i filter the forms input, simply reject all form with some...

Published at LXer: As a system administrator, you probably already know how important it is to encrypt your disks.If your laptop were to be stolen, even a novice hacker would be able to extract the...

Hi everyone, I'm experiencing a mind-boggling problem for quite a few months now on my Lenovo Chromebook C340-11 with Chrome OS version 87.0.4280.109. If I try to open the crosh app from the app...

Published at LXer: SSL certificates used to cost and still do. But you can actually get them for free via various organizations. One such organization is LetsEncrypt. LetsEncrypt provides free SSL...