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Hello, My SD card refuses to update the changes I 'write' with fdisk or gdisk. After making modifications (such as deleting or creating partitions) & rebooting or calling 'partprobe', the SD card...

I'm about to purchase a new laptop, but need to be sure that it's Mint 20 Ulyana and/or 19.3 Tricia compatible. Both Cinnamon. There are two choices for CPU: i5-1035G1 or i7-1065G1. Are these...

I hope this question is OK to post here. If not, please just ignore it, pretty please. This is a bluetooth technology issue as used in Linux. Yes, bluetooth IS part of the Linux kernel. ...

Published at LXer: Collabora Productivity announced today the release and general availability of the Collabora Online 6.4 office suite, a major version that brings a new look and feel, as well as...

I haven't bothered with this, since it was never an issue, till now. Rhel 6.10 I have log files that rotate every 7 days, and after 30, they delete. Logrotate is set up. The question is, it keeps 4...

hey everyone, I'm a new member here. I've searched these forums before but decided to finally become a member.

I have "NextCloud" installed in the docker. Docker (downloaded from GitHub) is based on Alpine Linux. As you know, Linux used in docker is not complete. I'd like to do automatic update/upgrade from...

Hi all, I'm new to programming and I'm new to linux and I've been experimenting with c++ and enjoying it. I'm coming up against a bit of a dead end though when trying to write a c++ program that exits...

Hello everybody, I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Code: --------- $ unuame -a Linux azure-X550CC 5.4.0-52-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 15 10:57:00 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ---------...

Published at LXer: Build up and maintain an amusement park in the classic RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 in the free and open source modern game engine OpenRCT2. Read More......

My admin is very busy and since my computer is 32bits, the last Ubuntu update broke the Xorg startup. As far as I understood, if I reinstall the computer from scratch, I only need to duplicate the...

which of these "smartphones" can Linux read ? iPhone -- probably not Google/Pixel ? Samsung/Galaxie ? Hopefully I will be able to just connect the phone to my desktop with a USB cable,...

Published at LXer: Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2019 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using a single playbook Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/mssql-linux-easy)

I can plug in the web cam and it works. If i install the microphone it won't work. If I remove the web cam it works fine. I think I need to enable the fedora 33 software to give it permission to use...

Published at LXer: That's Chromium fixed. But the snap-only problem may reappear for other packagesThe Linux Mint team has arranged to provide its own Chromium package to users who were previously...

Hi! There are no doubt better forums on the internet for this type of question, but I don't like registering on dozens of forums for every question I might have, so I try my luck here first. I...

Hi! I'm Lorna and I've been using Linux Ubuntu for quite a few years now. I live in Europe. I'm not a coder, and I'm not a gamer either. I mostly use it for running my household accounts,...

I am trying to create a filter that will read mobile phone numbers in a calendar, filter only the information I need and output it in a file. So basically I need it to find the numbers that -...

Hi, I have a problem using an application, Xiphos (a Bible study programme) on Ubuntu Budgie 20.04. On opening, it starts maximised and without any window dressing. If I use alt-space for the...

I've been searching and searching for how to diagnose what's going on with my WD 1 terabyte drive. It's the second one I've owned, not a whole lot on it, but I don't want to kiss the data goodbye if I...

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Greetings, I have a Debian server running, a desktop also running Debian(both use Trinity Desktop) and a laptop that runs Windows 2000 SP4, but I can't figure out how to connect them all with only...

Published at LXer: As part of my role as a principal communication strategist at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source...

When trying to install Linux mint 19.3 (64bit) onto a lenovo laptop currently running Win 10. I am trying to set it up to 'Dual boot'. When it gets to the installation type it will ONLY show the usb...

It seems like the web browser interface is still stuck in the 1990s when it was essentially a plain text html interpreter, with some javascript tacked on. Then they added plugin fuctionality to allow...

Published at LXer: There are many applications available for extracting various types of archive files. Here is a simple Bash function to extract file archives of various types in Linux. Read...

Hi there, is me again XD, Well i am looking for software like "Festival", but i don't found in SlackBuilds for 14.2. well i found an alternative called "eSpeak" Well i had compile and well right...

Can anybody help me to option smartctl to check USB stick or drive? I did try -d auto and it did not fly. No problem reading SATA drives. Thank you very much.

when i write a big bunch of blocks to a disk partition (a few to many GB), it ends up flooding kernel buffers, usually causing lots of dirty pages to be swapped out, contributing to seek thrashing on...

Published at LXer: Some of the best technology is a moving target. When technology stagnates, society tends to outpace and outgrow it. Linux, the widely used open source operating system (OS), is a...

I tried to compile Inkscape 1.0.1 on up-to-date Slackware 14.2, and I ran on some packages resolving issue. Current Inkscape requires libwpd-0.9 and libwpd-stream-0.9 "pkg" packages (.pc files). ...

After 5 days and 10 tries I finally succeeded in getting a working desbian system. I spent most of the day installing and removing packages. Tonight I decided to install my printer. Should be a...

Published at LXer: Ventoy is a versatile utility that creates a bootable USB drive for ISO (and other) files. A USB drive is formatted, and you install Ventoy once. Then you can copy ISO files to...

Published at LXer: Gamescope from Valve developer Pierre-Loup A. Griffais is described as a micro-compositor that can spoof a virtual screen with a desired resolution and refresh rate and...

We have some XFS filesystems which use logdev devices. The filesystems themselves are on LVM logical volumes but the logdev devices are on /dev/sd* SCSI devices. After a recent issue the...

I am trying to install Slackware in qemu, and I get an error while trying to run `cfdisk` in the installer environment. Screenshot:https://photos.app.goo.gl/1hmD6nTb6z5J4zVb9. I've created the qemu...

Don't ask me why, you'll just fall into the abyss with me and when you look into the void... the void looks into you. I have decided I want to build a VM library of all (currently 15) stable...

1. Is is possible / feasible to REMOVE all mount data from fstab? 2. Would it be prudent to remove / comment out only mount data ADDED after OS is installed? 3. can I use mount-a to restore ALL...

I have an "inactive " RAID5 array and I am unable to activate it. I am attaching my latest series of attempts to do such activation. I am basically lost and have no idea what to do next. Any...

Published at LXer: It's challenging to understand your Python project as it gets larger and more complex. Even when you write the entire project, it's impossible to know how it works fully....

Curious why the owner of this site left the design to be non-mobile friendly and greatly antiquated? Over 15 years old as I would know. I used to use the same version of vBulletin that long ago. Why...

Spamhaus has blacklisted a /24 of mine that has a few dozen different clients. I have asked them to show me proof of evidence of spam and explained there are several different long term clients on...

Has anyone tried using Slackware current as a host OS to run VMware? Are there any pitfalls or problems? There are a few old threads on the subject but nothing lately.

Hi there, I'm joining the forum specifically to reply to...

Published at LXer: The fifth installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here, for the week ending November 1st to keep you guys up to date with the most important things that have happened...

Hello, I'm experiencing screen tearing while scrolling and while watching movies and I want to fix this issue. My pc has a Intel Integrated graphics. I read the whole arch wiki and figured that a...

Hi! I attend the Linux courses, the teacher gives a complicated homework for us but does not tell how to do that. I need to to the following: Install NGNINX for it to do the following things: ...

I am running mint 20 cinnamon. I am trying to use multi boot to install voyager to usb. When I try clicking on run in terminal I get the error xt error. I have also tried disk imager but had different...

Published at LXer: This chapter of Linux Jargon Buster explains common terms like GUI (Graphical User Interface), CLI (Command Line Interface) and TUI (Terminal User Interface). Read More......

My Mint machine has an NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [NVS 300] (rev a2) controller. And xrandr says this: Code: --------- e@charlie:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1280 x 1024, maximum...