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Using makefile during system init
Is it possible yo use the 'make' command to have an orderly system initialization of services
Move Installation To NVME Drive
I have a slightly older Fedora install that has been upgraded to Fedora 32. Current kernel 5.8.17-200.fc32.x86_64 Logical volumes set up, separate /home /swap and /, all underlying partitions are...
LXer: Using Fedora 33 with Microsoft's WSL2
Published at LXer: If you’re like me, you may find yourself running Windows for a variety of reasons from work to gaming. Sure you could run Fedora in a virtual machine or as a container, but those...
LXer: Create your first Knative app
Published at LXer: Knative is an open source community project that adds components to Kubernetes for deploying, running, and managing serverless, cloud-native applications. It enables more...
LXer: What I love about the newest GNOME desktop
Published at LXer: Fedora 33 just came out, and I installed it right away. Among the many features in this new version of the Linux distribution is the latest GNOME desktop. GNOME 3.38 was released...
jack_capture-0.9.73-5.3-x86_64 fails in TW
I just upgraded tumbleweed, jack_capture complains it cannot allocate memory, saves a useless noise file. Same story with Leap-15.2 Code: --------- ~> jack_capture Cannot lock down...
LXer: How to Install and Use virt-manager Virtual Machine Manager in Ubuntu and Other Linux
Published at LXer: The virt-manager application or package uses the libvirt library to provide virtual machine management services. It comes with a desktop interface that helps to create, delete,...
another RAID / md question
I received series of attached messaged during recent "upgrade". I am not currently working on cleaning-up my RAID arrays, however I am not sure which file should be "master" . I was under the...
LXer: How I use Cockpit for my home's Linux server management
Published at LXer: Cockpit is a service for Linux that provides a web-based interface for managing and monitoring hosts.*It can be deployed in any size organization, even a small office, and it's a...
Audio has static across distributions with and without using a USB adapter
I have a desktop machine with the following audio ailment: * When playing audio over the headphone jacks (green, either front or back), the speakers are rather noisy/staticky. * When doing the same...
Call php script from php script will not run
On my frontend script I have a choice of backing up the database file for the program. This frontend calls a php script which by itself works fine. What I am trying to do is get back from the called...
Retroshare build error " 'QPainterPath path' has incomplete type and cannot be defined"
Code: --------- gui/gxs/GxsIdDetails.cpp: In static member function ‘static void GxsIdDetails::drawRotatedPolygon(QPixmap*, QList, quint16, quint16, qreal, qreal, quint16, QColor)’:...
Ubuntu on Dell inspiron 5593
I picked up one new. Curious if anyone has done the install. Maybe knows if it work
LXer: Load balance network traffic with HAProxy
Published at LXer: You don't have to work at a huge company to justify using a load balancer. You might be a hobbyist, self-hosting a website from a couple of Raspberry Pi computers. Perhaps you're...
Complex routing thru multiple APs and interfaces
I have a network that contains the following Centos 7 boxes running hostapd and wpa_supplicant. AP1/Box1 - Has two radios. wlan0 has ip of 192.168.100.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 wlan1...
Handling space in parameters
I've searched every where I can think of and can't find an answer. I'm trying to find all of the directories in a partition and count the files. The problem that I'm having is that some of the...
New user saying hi
Hi everyone. I have been looking at this forum for some time and decided to join. As the forum states, it seems to be active and have a lot of good content. I have been using Debian and Kali...
rsync problem: trying to backup changed files to 2 USB sticks
I am trying to use rsync to make a copy of all the changed files on the laptop's hard drive, and back up those changed files onto two separate USB drives. I use two identical scripts to do this. The...
LXer: How to Setup Local DNS Resolver using Dnsmasq on Ubuntu 20.04
Published at LXer: Dnsmasq stands for "short for DNS masquerade" is a simple, lightweight and easy to use DNS forwarder used for a small network. It can be configured as a DNS cache and DHCP server...
LXer: Why I use Home Assistant for open source home automation
Published at LXer: Home automation is a slippery slope; you have been warned! In this multipart series, I will discuss home automation using the open source project Home Assistant. This...
Here I am
Hi to all & everybody out there. I'm a newcomer here, hope we'll enjoy staying here and sharing our experiences, knowledge and learning day after day interesting things. See you soon ...
LXer: Feren OS Sees Major Release Based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Drops “Classic” Edition and 32-Bit Support
Published at LXer: After many months since the last ISO release, the Feren OS Linux distribution sees today a new major snapshot release that brings not only new features and enhancements but also...
Lest we forget
I included this in a post in another thread, but thought it deserved its own mention. It's easy when we get busy, especially when we're isolated as we are this year, to forget... so for those of us...
posftix, dovecot and mysql - auth failed after updating MySql
Hello, I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 with Posftix, Dovecot and Mysql (latest versions). The config worked, but with the latest version of MySQL the ENCRYPT function was deprecated. Now I have in...
PID does not correspond to any program in ps aux
I have a strange situation. Linux kernel is reporting a client application with PID ZZZZ (some numeric) but this PID does not correspond to any process on the system. I've also checked with: ...
Bash pass parameters into a command from variables
Hi I have a command i would like to run that will require two parameters the directory of a keystore and the default label of a certificate. I can get the name of the directory easily enough and the...
How can I create a KUBUNTU Bootable USB stick?
How can I create a KUBUNTU Bootable USB stick (8GB or 32GB) using 64-bit Windows7 to do so? It is VERY hard to find consistent instructions on how to do this. . Prefer Windows GUI interface to...
LXer: How to set up Wireguard VPN on CentOS 8
Published at LXer: Wireguard is an open-source cross-platform VPN implementation that uses state of the art cryptography. It is faster, simpler and more functional than IPSec and OpenVPN. Read...
Hello LQ community
My name is John. I live in Munich, have been retired for 10 years now (2020). I have a diploma in Math and Computer Sciences, worked in SW Engineering, System SW development, Database design, SW...
seeking: task request utility for Linux Mint laptop
Will someone please suggest a FOSS application for Linux Mint 19.3 and later or Ubuntu 20 workstations? I'm familiar with *Request Tracker* (https://bestpractical.com/request-tracker) and like many...
Undo Backport
Hello everyone. I am new to this web app and just joined today. I've been using Linux,primarily Debian and Debian based distros for three years. And dabbled in Arch too. In any event, I am...
Google Earth 7.1.2 Street view failure
I have Slackware 14.2 64 with Google Earth 7.1.2 installed. Everything was working fine until 3 or 4 days ago. Now it will not correctly enter Street View but just shows a blurred image attempt...
Cairo-Dock no se inicia al encender el PC
No consigo que Cairo-Dock se inicie al encender el ordenador o iniciar sesión. La aplicación está cargada en la lista de aplicaciones que se arrancan automáticamente y he seleccionado la opción de...
Cairo-Dock no se inicia al encender el PC
No consigo que Cairo-Dock se inicie al encender el ordenador o iniciar sesión. La aplicación está cargada en la lista de aplicaciones que se arrancan automáticamente y he seleccionado la opción de...
A question about X11 forwarding.
Correct me if i'm wrong. Probably the Code: --------- ssh -X --------- option is the more secure compared to Code: --------- ssh -Y
Unable to get grub menu to show
Hi!: Recently upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04. Everything has been working OK except that I'm not able to make the grub menu to appear. I've tried hitting ESC, SHIFT keys when booting without...
Fedora33 Cinnamon Upgrade what happens with the filesytem?
Fedora33 Cinnamon Upgrade what happens with the filesystem? It has a new filesystem but I have Ext4 on my Fedora 32. What will happen? Is it better to just put it on a new sdd?
New help with Local repositories
How can i easily configure a local repository to install packages?
Should I calibrate my 2-in-1's batteries ?
I own a Dell Latitude 5175, recently I bought a brand new keyboard which has a built-in battery... Under Linux, My 5175's battery's health is 93%(it was 98% like a month ago), and the keyboard's...
Getting S shape with Beizer curve on canvas in HTML
Code: --------- Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas tag. ...
Can't access files (from file chooser) from a certain application (pulseeffects)
Please note that + I can save files through the "save preset" icon + I can't choose files to load, through "load preset"; specifically the files are available but greyed out. + if I run the...
Why are "hacker" distros like Arch so easy to use and Debian-based not so much?
If you did not know any better you would think that distributions like Gentoo and Arch Linux have people hacking away and porting and modifying all their own software. Like with code flying down...
[SOLVED] heat-templates cloud-init does not work
Im struggling to execute cloud-init during VM instantiation (one time execution of tasks during the first boot/instantiation) In following example I just want to create /tmp/one file with content:...
Slackware64-current install in a f2fs partition
After installing onto a f2fs partition (f2fs is offered by the installer), a kernel error happens: unable to find crc32 module. Seems that neither the default initrd nor vmlinuz-generic has the...
USB dongle.
Hello, I'm using Linux and I want to know how can I copy a USB dongle? Some devices need special USB dongle to work and when I plug it to my system then Linux tell me that a new device attached, but...
how to learn linux
can it be learn from the institute or from blogs
principal in kerberos
Hi, To see if i understood. ktutil ktutil: read_kt /etc/krb5.keytab ktutil: list slot KVNO Principal Code: --------- ---- ----...
SLES15 Default Iptable rule causing issue
Below rule in iptables is causing the slptool to fail in detecting the services of other hosts. REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-host-prohibited I deleted it by using below command...
SLES15 Default Iptable rule causing issue
Below rule in iptables is causing the slptool to fail in detecting the services of other hosts. REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-host-prohibited I deleted it by using below command...
[SOLVED] Why is this xorg.conf line highlighted?
If I uncomment this line it does apparently work, tapping is enabled, so why is it highlighted when I read xorg.conf in nano? I'm not sure this section of my xorg.conf is quite correct (I haven't...
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