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I cannot mount *read-write* an encrypted device. May I ask what the problem is? ---Quote--- # cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda target # mount /dev/mapper/target /media/usb # cd /media/usb # touch...

I've been using Linux on and off for a couple years now. I am NOT a power user. I've almost solidly used GNOME the whole time, with a couple short excursions into Unity and Cinnamon. (While trying...

Hi all, Running no power management tool with my WM and was looking for transition from pm-* commands to new elogind ones. To lock before suspend, elogind uses scripts in...

hey folks, I have a "LaCie 2TB Rugged USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C External Hard Drive" Depending on the available connections on your computer it contains two cables a person can use: - USB 3.1 Gen 1...

Published at LXer: Admins can choose from a large number of Linux port scanners when performing security audits or monitoring network services. Read More......

Due to issues with another distro I had installed as the host OS (with Debian in a VirtualBox), I decided to install Debian 10 LXQt directly to the hard drive and am having some issues. 1. Would...

Hey all! I am trying to use a FF add on called YouTube Video and Audio Downloader but it wants to know where ffmepg path is. I tried /usr/local/bin and /usr/share/ffmpeg but it keeps saying its not...

Hello, I think I found a bug in DIFF last version (2.8.7) - I'm using it on Windows (from gnuwin32) and I would like to share it in order to make sure it is indeed a bug and I am not making a...

Published at LXer: read is a bash built-in command that reads a line from the standard input (or from the file descriptor) and split the line into words. Read More......

First of all, let me clarify that this issue is not identical to this one (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/pc-speaker-crackling-after-kernel-upgrade-to-5-10-3-a-4175687615/). ...

I'm using Slackware current (OS: Slackware 14.2 x86_64 (post 14.2 -current) x86_64; Kernel: 5.10.3). Perl version: Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 32 subversion 0) configuration: ...

Greetings, I've been slacking since 2004 (version 10.0). Up until yesterday I've been able to run Slackware with a BIOS MBR installation. I have a Dell Lattitude running an i7 CPU, a 455 GB SSD,...

Published at LXer: Git is the revision control system created by Linus Torvalds. Its emphasizes on speed and efficiency. Here is the beginner's guide to Git. Read More......

The *history* command as well as the upper arrow key gives you the bash history of the terminal you type from. If you have several opened terminals like several windows and/or non graphic terminals...

The installation of "debian-10.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso" seemingly went fine. When restarting, the GRUB menu shows the additional entry, but launching it leads to a frozen booting process, see picture....

I need Apache to return a 304 status from a perl cgi script. As I understand it all I needed to do was generate 2 lines of output and no body text. e.g. something like. print "HTTP/1.1 304 Not...

Although I've been using Slackware for nearly two decades, I have never used the ARM version - until now! My family bought me a Pi 400 for Christmas, so naturally I wanted the world's best operating...

I am, trying to decode one of the "hci" commands. Specifically "hci-inquiry". I am after "delete existing bluetooth devices from (what) list " AND how to track hci-inquiry" timing. I found...

I have been using Pop OS for the past couple of days and it is running great. However, once in a while, the mouse gets stuck and the mouse pointer doesn't move and I can't click on anything with the...

Hi all, I'm building LFS 10 after not having built LFS since version 7.6. Each time I've built it, I've used the Package Users package management system. However, I'm noticing a change from the...

I do nasm RT(real time) programming. My problem is now nano-timing-IPC(inter process comunication) Now I was wondering that the Kernel does not provide a PL3(privileg level 3) memory process to let...

Hello I have Debian Mate 10 and I shared internet for all devices home. The devices with operating system linux connect so fine but devices with windows 10 doesn't connect over WiFi... I search...

Hi all, I'm trying to emulate a windows-10 install boot process on a UEFI based virtual machine. Tried varius attempts with Qemu and OVMF: the machine starts from windows dvd ISO, the "press any key...

Hi! What causes the SATA II controller in my PC to downgrade with an SSD? mintreport Code: --------- System: Kernel: 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: MATE...

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Hi. I have an ssh key-pair setup and it works if i connect using the key-pair in the connection string. this works without password: Code: --------- ssh -i...

Hi! I am new to Linux and yesterday I manage to install Debian I think buster. I cannot connect to wifi and it says I have missing files: iwiwifi-3945-2.ucode iwiwifi-3945-1.ucode

Published at LXer: Learn how to launch new Docker containers using the Docker Run command. Read More... (https://buildvirtual.net/docker-dca-running-docker-containers/)

I tested this with 2 usb install programs, Rufus and universal usb installer. https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/ It wont boot a windows install off the usb...

Hello, i was searching for the way to limit the memory the python script and its childs can use. (in my case it would be 5GB). The script is launched ./script.sh which contains various conditions...

I've never felt 100 % comfortable with wine, but accepted it as a sometimes necessary workaround. I have Eric's wine-5.22 installed on a fully upgraded 64bit -current multilib (except for the...

I would like to share a temporarily plugged-in USB drive with NFS, where it then should be auto-mounted. First step would be a manual mount, but the access rights are not correct. I tried to find...

hi, I just use Ubuntu 20 live USB in my laptop,wifi works perfect on it. Then I have install Debian 10 on same Laptop.The LAN point is working but i am interested to use wifi. Following is...

I have a drive which is partially working.Few files were working fine I copied them to another drive using ubuntu. But When I copied other files ,ubuntu gave me I/O errror. I used ddrescue .Its...

Published at LXer: Nginx is an open-source high-performance web server that is often used as a reserve proxy with HTTP server capabilities, web server, load balancer, caching- and media streaming...

Published at LXer: With XMAS just over, many people will have received a Raspberry PI 400 as a gift. This list gives users a starting point and shows them 10 things they should do such as...

Published at LXer: Elastic Container Service is a fully managed container orchestration service provided by AWS. In this article, we will create an ECS cluster and deploy a sample*Nginx application...

Recently I learned apt-get source vim; apt-get build-dep vim (just an example). The equivalence of apt-get build-dep vim in CentOS is yum-builddep vim but I cannot find the equivalence of...

. What’s the best way to specify a time and day for which to defer a command? So if I want to defer any command that comes in between 5 and 6pm Sunday through Thursday….I know I need to sleep...

Published at LXer: If you ever need to record your screen on Ubuntu Linux, there are a lot of tools you can use to accomplish the task. Not all Linux screen recording software is created equal, and...

How to have two delimiter instead of only one of char. / as in this Code: --------- while read -d':' -d'/' l;do echo $l ;done

Published at LXer: In this guide, we will discuss various methods to hold or prevent a package from upgrade in Debian, Ubuntu and its derivatives such as Linux Mint and Pop!_OS. Read More......

Hello everyone, I currently have PureOS installed on my old computer. Recently, I bought a new computer and installed PureOS on that one, however, where I live not too many people are familiar with...

I have a homemade backup program where I use the *_find_* command to send the files to be backed-up to *_tar_*. The *_find_* command below works as expected with the filenames hard-coded. Code:...

Hi all, the local sync client for MEGA cloud storage is suddenly not working anymore on my Fedora 33 system. The issue happens with the repository package (megasync-4.3.8-1.1.x86_64) as well...

Published at LXer: The Haiku operating system is a bold but successful attempt at reviving an old OS called BeOS. In the 1990s, BeOS was positioned to become the foundation for the next evolution...

Hello everyone! Have tried several distros (too many maybe, I am old enough) but I always end up with Slackware, the first distro I installed in the 90s. Currently running 14.2 (with KDE Plasma) from...

I'm trying to install the protonvpn-cli package from SBo (http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/network/protonvpn-cli/?search=protonvpn). All dependency packages are installed. Any use of the...

Hi all, I use Debian Testing with the xfce desktop environment. I recently discovered that Thunar file manager, when in icon view mode, shows a .desktop file's "Name" value and NOT the actual...

Published at LXer: As far as I can see any Java CRUD App would require a hack kind of described below , no matter is it "update" or "insert" or "select" JDBC setup doesn't work as it did earlier...