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While using only Firefox to watch Youtube my PC is becoming very slow & unresponsive. The hard drive led on the front panel is glowing non stop. After approx 5-7 mins the hard drive activity returns...

Hi. For example, swap an SSD between a Laptop and Desktop PC or Desktop PD to other Desktop PC? Should both computers require the same CPU type, GPU model, etc? Thanks.

In the test lab, when I updated Bind from version 9.7.3 to version 9.9.11, the following error occurred: liblwres.so.60: Cannot Open shared. From what I've researched, it seems that I have to...

Hi there ! Question about IPV6 networking. Code: --------- *miguel*~*ip a 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback...

Published at LXer: Apache Tomcat (Or just Tomcat for short) is the most popular and widely-used Java application server. It is an open-source web server and servlet container developed by the...

Published at LXer: In the first article of this series, I examined the nature of the innovation process in great detail. I also discussed some sources of resistance to it.read more Read More......

I have had my TV work with rygel on my laptop a few years ago, but it stopped some time back, after a system update. I was too busy to attend to it, but now am giving it some attention. The system...

Hi- I am trying to get past a particular error. I think it bombs because the identify file is not read: id_rsa-cert. My other section to try to get past it is below from my ssh_config. Any idea how...

Dear LQ, Is there a command to change openssh server configuration while it is running ? something similar to postconf tool for postfix.

I want to watermark image using this command. Using opensuse 15.2. ImageMagick version 7.0.7-34 Code: --------- composite -verbose -watermark 30 -gravity SouthEast HDM_for_wm.png ...

startx shows "cannot run in framebuffer mode. please specify busIDs" The graphics is Intel onboard, a comet lake processor with a UHD 630 gpu. This is my first exclusive EFI install. Normally I...

Running Slack64-current with vtown and all updates. Everything has been running just fine until this morning. Thunderbird couldn't log in to my Proton Mail account. I looked at the Protonmail...

Published at LXer: With Docker restricting how quickly users can pull down images from its Docker Hub for free, Amazon Web Services is finally creating its own repository of public container...

Published at LXer: Emmabuntüs Collective announced the release and general availability of the Emmabuntüs Linux Debian Edition update 1.03 distribution used for refurbishing old computers. Read...

I recently shifted from *windows to Linux (Pop OS)* and i wanted to *access my Windows D-Drive in Linux* . I searched about this and found out that out that I need to mount my drive first of all , but...

How do I go about updating my Firefox browser to the most recent version? I am using Slackware 14.2 (64-bit) as my operating system, and my default browser is Mozilla Firefox (version 68.11.0esr)....

Published at LXer: JavaScript is a popular programming language that started out as a single-threaded, synchronous language, meaning that one step runs after another step without waiting to fetch...

Published at LXer: As a Linux user, you may have experienced a decrease in the speed of your system over time. There can be a number of common suspects that lead to lower system performance,...

Published at LXer: Moving personal services into Linux containers requires planning. See what it takes to containerize years of information from WordPress. Read More......

hello everyone! my name is bah. and i am a linux newbie. a humble student and very eager to learn

i want to be able to start new machines from a fully equipped ubuntu iso, like when i put ubuntu on my friends machine or when i start a new virtual machine i want to not have to install the basic...

I'm fairly new to linux. Installed Peppermint 10 on my buddies laptop. It was working really well. No one touched it for the last 2-3 months. I started it up yesterday. There are 275 updates. When I...

After trying to repair a boot problem I have now decided to try and install a fresh version ontop of the existing partision. But I get this error message of no root found. please see attachment

Published at LXer: Sometimes, when working with Git, you may want to undo the latest commit. A commit is a snapshot of a Git repository at a given time. Git has a reference variable called HEAD...

I next Slint installer I intend to use an Internet connection for getting packages from mirrors and propose a timezone fitting the current location relying on geoip. That's easy if a wired link is...

Published at LXer: I was introduced to open source by my husband, a long-term Unix/Linux user. When he encouraged me to attend the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG), a local meetup in the...

Currently testing building a custom router. I've investigated OPNsense, and PFsense. Both far more than I need. I've succeeded at getting a basic router ip tables ruleset going. Code: ---------...

Published at LXer: Tealdeer is a fast, un-official tldr client that allows you to access and display Linux commands cheatsheets in your Terminal. Read More......

hey brothers and sisters, here is the story: i had 2 hard drives on my laptop because i was not fully confident in my linux Skills and i felt like i needed a windows install just in case, lately i...

I am running Kubuntu 20.04, 64bit, KDE Plasma 5.18.5 The application to look for updates gives no result, and I got a message "PackageKit daemon has crashed" If I run Synaptic package manager,...

Hi, I need some help: Today I got a new "lte router" (it uses the mobile internet, which is many times faster than the conventional internet that I used before). My girlfriend's Windows PC is...

I'm trying to write a somewhat universal script for simple router configuration via iptables. I'm attempting to have the script get the information it needs from the `ip link` and `ip addr` commands....

i am just starting in linux and whole software field an will have plenty of questions for the veterans so i humbly request your support and how do i install different distros on single machine runnig...

I am trying to connect a RaspberryPi with monitor to a Laptop, both running Debian, and x2x. I can connect from the Pi to the laptop but not the other way round. SSH is working both ways. I type: $...

Hi, I need a help on LFS 9.1. I am using Debian 10 to build the LFS 9.1. Everything worked up to section 6.7. When I tried Linux-5.5.3 API headers I tried make headers command. I got the...

Hi All, I have been trying to build ISO using LFS book. I am fine with the book. But I was not successful for after trying multiple attempts on different versions. Each time it fails on due to some...

I'm not sure if this is my error (but probably, yes)... Upgraded from ktown to vtown, no immediate problems. But running gwenview (or geeqie) failed due to gwenview: error while loading shared...

I have a synology server with NFS shares on it and have been trying to follow the guide in the link below to auto mount this on slackware. I have it set up to automount via fstab at boot, however I...

I am trying to connect a RaspberryPi with monitor to a Laptop, both running Debian, and x2x. I can connect from the Pi to the laptop but not the other way round. SSH is working both ways. I type: $...

To see if some application (e.g. meld) is installed on a given system, the traditional method was to use Code: --------- which meld --------- and this would either return nothing or something...

I assume most people here are familiar with the origins of the term spam - a Monty Python sketch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(Monty_Python)) where it was pushed with every item on the menu...

I have these files: Code: --------- S2-DISK-05-02.vob S2-DISK-05-05.vob S2-DISK-05-09.vob S2-DISK-05-13.vob S2-DISK-05-03.vob S2-DISK-05-07.vob S2-DISK-05-10.vob S2-DISK-05-14.vob...

Hi everyone, I have a rather unique situation that's not really a problem, but it would be nice to get the app to work properly. Due to issues with ksnip disabling other apps while ksnip is open on...

I am only just finding this now as of Debian 10.6 (things were fine in Debian 8, 9 and 10.3) but Wicd does not remember my wifi from one boot to the next. Should anything be in ~/.wicd? Mine is...

Published at LXer: It’s that time of the year again, when Canonical kicks off the development cycle of the next major Ubuntu Linux release, in this case I’m talking about Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute...

I may have mentioned this earlier I cannot find the thread. Using Debian Testing with some unstable packages, of course It happens EVERY TIME I login to a different windowing manager: XFCE,...

Hello, In a RAID system as below, How can I see the free space of specific HDD? Code: --------- # df Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/ram0 ...

Saw a guy once that had a TV on the wall right behind his desk. He was using it as a computer display. Was he probably harming his health by doing that? Should the TV be further from the eyes and...

My dad has this one dell, he always uses it plugged in and always shuts it down after use, very rarely removing it from the power source and if he does remove, it’d be there for like an hour max...

Published at LXer: The next release of Ubuntu Linux is Ubuntu 21.04 code-named Hirsute Hippo development begins. And the daily build .iso images are now available. We tried to find out the expected...