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I am not sure if the problem is the kernel upgrade, but I am pretty sure that's the case. I upgraded to 4.14 to benefit for zstd (btrfs) but it was bad idea, since now I don't have tun. 1....

Published at LXer: I am a long-time C++ developer, and for more than 10 years, my Integrated Development Environment (IDE) of choice has been Code:: B locks. Code::Blocks is a completely free and...

Hello, numerous times it happen that for example i want to duplicate file where the duplicate will only have different suffix, like: ---Quote--- cp "long_file - name here! ěščřžýáíé.ext"...

I'm bokiball, a (pro?) gamer, and I'm using exclusively linux to play all available games on pc (and I play a lot of consoles too, but it's out of the subject here) When there was still the old...

Out of interest, i started porting slackware64-current to utilize musl-libc instead of glibc. http://computer-nr3.de/muskat64-current/ Be aware that it's a work in progress, lots of packages...

Hello there! I've been a long time "silent" reader of this awesome forum and decided to become a little more active in it. I've been using GNU/Linux distributions (Slackware, mainly) quite some long...

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In Debian there is this weird thing where any commands to a database that does not have explicit default values for every field will fail. I found that you can add mysql_mode="" in the...

Published at LXer: This guide shows how to set up conky on a Raspberry PI to display useful system information on the desktop. It includes details about how to install conky, get it to run at...

I want to be able to VNC via ssh tunnel to a normal Linux desktop. I've done this before but can't seem to get it working in Debian. I installed tightvnc server and ran "vncserver" as a regular user...

Does slackpkg not have logging of what its done? Seems a shortcoming if not, be rather handy to see what it did and when, if it does, I certainly can't locate where it stores this

Hello, Do you want to know some information about quartz vs solid surface (https://opalyquartz.com/quartz-vs-solid-surface/)? Solid-surface counter tops are invisibly seamed countertops as they...

Only for curiosity , i dont know if some apps not build under 2.32 or other system config problems or what happen ? Its cause upgrade this , force to rebuild all packages ? Thanks in advance.

smplayer is wanting libQtDBus.so.4 it wont run without it and i cant seem to find what supplies it. anyone have any ideas? this is on -current

Published at LXer: All Things Open, a technology conference held in October every year, is always a wonderful learning experience. For 2020, the conference shifted to an online format, which had...

Dear All, I have one question: 1. We have assigned one storage disk (LUN) and mapped the LUN to Linux OS 2. Then we created mount point on Linux OS, created PV , VG and LV 3. Then we copied...

Published at LXer: BleachBit, the open source system cleaner, has been updated to version 4.2, a major update that introduces support for latest Ubuntu and Fedora Linux releases, as well as many...

Published at LXer: Chattr (Change Attribute) is a Linux command-line utility that sets and unset certain attributes in the file and directory to provide a level of security. Read More......

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Published at LXer: Firefox Proton – is the name of the project which Mozilla is working on right now. The project Proton brings significant UI changes and some in-progress mockups are available. A...

After having problems with manjaro ive decided to try Garuda.ive downloaded the iso and followed the Balena Etcher steps to burn the iso to the usb drive.i tried this once and then all seemed to work...

Hello Everyone, I obtained latest slackware 14.2 media from official website, created a bootable USB by using dd command. The drive can't boot in UEFI mode, however when I enable legacy BIOS mode,...

Hi I have just downloaded tor browser but I dont know how to install it Dose anyone know what the code is for typing into the terminal please? Thanks JBG

does anyone know about Telehealth software for doing conferancing with your Doctor ? I need it to conferancing with my VA doctor ?

Was deciding to upgrade my CentOS/7 (running KVM and multiple VM), awaiting upgrade to CentOS/8. A few months ago it came out, a month ago they decided its EOL will be 2021! I decided to continue...

I had an Ubuntu installation on RAID1, which was running as degraded for some time without me realizing. The active disk started to have bad blocks and no longer booted, which is when I realized...

Tried searching but didn't really find anything specific. Wondering if Linux would be fully functional with drivers, etc. Esp with the touchscreen. I usually go for Mint but I can look at...

Hi, I have noticed this colour sometimes displays at the top, after using a PSone. Could it be the scart wire or the connection? It used to happen a few years back with a box for receiving...

I'm running up a curved surface for 3d printing. Have I got the orientations correct for a 3d printer? I'm using FreeCad, did a 2D sketch in XZ orientation, then padded it (in Y) all using the...

Hi all, I had the need (or wish :) ) to find orphaned files and such files, that I added to my system. Since I could not find that feature in one of the usual Slackware tools, I wrote a script for...

Hi, I’m new to the Linux world and have been using Manjaro now for a couple of weeks. My problem is that when I’m connecting my Laptop with my TV over HDMI, the sound is not playing always. Not...

Published at LXer: No matter, If you are a security professional or pursuing cybersecurity you heard about Linux, we require some of the tools which are support only on the Windows Platform.We have...

I am trying to install Linux on my Lenovo IdeaPad 1 11ADA05. I have prepared the installer on an SD card. It boots into the SD card fine, but when I try to install the distro, it can't find my SSD. My...

I just run into a tutorial describing processes run in multicore CPU as "threads". Not sure I buy that. Hence what are the accepted terms of TECHNICAL descriptions / differences between ...

Published at LXer: Python has a long history, starting around 1991 with its first release in a newsgroup called alt.sources. Since then, we all know how omnipresent the language has become. Last...

My usb stick is formatted in ext4 (the command *mount -t vfat* wasn't found at that moment). But when I want to copy everything from it, the *cp* command fails because of the lost+found directory. Is...

$ cat /etc/centos-release CentOS Linux release 8.3.2011 $ Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 25 19:48:47 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Hi I have a...

I know how to detect black borders and use that info to crop them out with ffmpeg I know how to use the delogo to blur out an on creen logo or title, but I have to work out the location and size...

Hi I have several hundred document files (.doc and docx) in a directory. I want to know about the number of words in each file without opening it (in the LibreOffice) and export the result in a text...

That's basically it. I've just installed 14.2 on my laptop, ran an upgrade then Code: --------- slackpkg install firefox --------- , it fetches the main package (45.2) and the patch package,...

I'm trying to get Linux to play nicely with an Intel Desktop Board D2700DC and can't get networking no matter what I do. It works fine with Windows 7 to 10 though. Here's what I've tried to do: -...

https://www.fusionconnect.com/speed-test-plus/ I am using a 4G router/hotspot. My ISP is Reliance Jio. This is my results (please see attachment) Please test and share your results.

Published at LXer: Fedora Silverblue keeps a record of previous previous, so we can easily downgrade or rollback Fedora Silverblue to previous version in no time. This can be helpful if the new...

How is the technique to use texi2html in such that it'd be having all only in a single HTML file? tried this sort of: Code: --------- texi2html --output a a.texi --------- to no avail, any...

One of the issues of full virtualization is the Lock Holder Preemption (LHP) problem which occurs on multiprocessors VMs when a the Guest-OS thread gets a spinlock in one vCPU and the Hypervisor o...

Hi! I have a device (which can be described as a raspberry device but not exactly). I wanted to switch it from a static IP address to a dynamic IP address received from the DHCP server. I logged in...

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Current64 - In /boot/config-5.10.2-generic I see: Code: --------- # General setup ..... CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP=y CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2=y CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA=y CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_XZ=y

Hi there! When I enter command not yet installed on my Linux system, shell responds with something like (this is Ubuntu 18.04): PHP: --------- $ octave Command 'octave' not found, but can...

Published at LXer: With the BETA release out of the door and some new information, we now have considerable information about the Linux Mint 20.1 new features and release dates. Here is a list of...