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I recently changed distro but this time (prob due to incoming migraine) I stuffed it and managed to 'wipe' the contents of my /home. I have a backup - done several days before using rsync but its not...

Hi there. New to bash scripting... I know that *'!'* exclamation mark is widely used in string operations and as a negation in other programming languages. But what does it mean in this function? Can...

I am having trouble viewing http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/ When I do this I receive a 403 error/server access message. I am trying to find out if the Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme...

Hi, linux mint 18 stopped with some difficulties, then cannot fully reboot. I tried fsck and says it's clean. Attached journal error. No clue. What happens? Thanks

Published at LXer: Mozilla released today the Firefox 82 web browser for all supported platforms, an update that continues the monthly release cycle with various small improvements and security...

I'm setting up Nagios and was pleased to find that Debian has packages for Nagios 4. But then I found that EVERY tutorial, manual and what have you telling you how to install it is still compiling...

---Quote--- Once there was a little nerd who loved to read your mail, And then yank back the i-access times to get hackers off his tail, And once as he finished reading from the secretary's spool,...

Hi, ch.4.4 Important Several commercial distributions add a non-documented instantiation of /etc/bash.bashrc to the initialization of bash. This file has the potential to modify the lfs...

Published at LXer: Lfs is a commandline tool to display the information of the mounted disks in your Linux system. The developer of Lfs claims it is slightly a better alternative to df -H command....

Hi there, Im using Arch-based Endeavour OS on a Surface Go (1st Gen) and am having some difficulties getting the uSD card to properly read or even be used. Ive tried formatting with SD reader in...

I have a sendmail mail server running on CentOS 8. All great. I also have mimedefang installed. It will track sent messages to the database. I now want to track the bounces via mimedefang too....

Published at LXer: On this episode of This Week in Linux, we’ve got a monster of a show with so many great topics and even some potentially controversial stuff to talk about. Read More......

Published at LXer: In a move, which has been coming for a while, OpenStack widens its focus from the OpenStack IaaS cloud to a variety of open-source cloud technologies. Read More......

A couple of very different groups that I am associated with would seem to benefit from a Forum after the order of Linux Questions... I have done forums before with Drupal but I am not sure that...

i added this line in cupsd.conf (and delete Restart-Job lines in file and left only this under) Code: --------- 1 2 Require user root 3

Published at LXer: Here's this week's roundup series, curated for you from the Linux and open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates, major news, and upcoming...

Published at LXer: Some people love learning new programming languages. Other people can[he]#039[/he]t imagine having to learn even one. In this article, I[he]#039[/he]m going to show you how to...

Published at LXer: The Document Foundation announced today the release of LibreOffice 6.4.7 as the last maintenance update to the LibreOffice 6.4 office suite series, which will reach end of life...

Published at LXer: Arduino IDE stands for the “Arduino Integrated Development Environment”. Arduino IDE contains an editor that is used for writing and uploading programs to the Arduino board. In...

Running Debian 10 Buster. Having trouble enabling PHP GD with Nginx. php7.3-gd installed and tried adding extension=php_gd2.so to /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini and restarting the server. Any...

I posted this topic on my distro's forum too but I am curious to know what my friends here have to say about this. I am using XFCE at the moment. If in the future I have to reinstall for some reason I...

Published at LXer: Bacula is an open-source backup tool that can be used to backup and restore data across the network. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure Backup backup...

I don't expect you guys to answer this question in the time I need the answer. My wife and I are going out of town early tomorrow. She asked me to add a new CD that I have acquired to the thumb...

Published at LXer: Finally, a month and a half after we reported the initial release of the 1Password app for Linux desktop, its co-founder Dave Teare has now announced the beta version of the...

What would be the best way to limit Firefox to accessing one domain/site only? I removed Firefox from my system as I only use it for basic email and that keeps me focused for work. But I’d like to...

Published at LXer: The KeePassXC 2.6.2 open-source password manager has been released today for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, and it’s a major update that brings some important bug...

Published at LXer: During the openSUSE + LibreOffice Virtual Conference, there was a Conditional No Go given on the proposal to create an in-between release called openSUSE Leap 15.2.1. That means...

what is command line to install PacketTracer_731_amd64.deb and on general how to install .deb fille

Published at LXer: A list of the four basic tasks any Linux user should be able to accomplish when using the nano text editor. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/four-things-nano)

Hi, I'm running on a lenovo laptop and just tried switching to gnome from xfce, as it is the only supported desktop environment for Unity3d on linux. My problem is that after installing I have...

Hi, I have a little webpage for homework. I use rsync to collect the homework. rsync uses ssh. I just set up a new webpage on a server in China, because my old GoDaddy page works fine, but it is...

Hi all! i have a tcl-script that cal four mt_rand package in debian 10 dos eny body now what packet this is? the error i get is: can't find package mt_rand while executing "package require...

Published at LXer: The latest Ubuntu 20.10 code-named "Groovy Gorilla" is available for download after a bit of delay due to last-minute bugs. The final announcement is due shortly today October 22...

I'm running a SliTaz 4.0 box which was running Samba; one of the PCs on the network is now running Windows 10 meaning I require SMB3 support. I've installed Samba 4.6.14 but when I try to start it...

Published at LXer: As part of the today’s Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) release, all the official Ubuntu flavors have been updated and I want you to be the first to read about their new features...

i want to move programs from pre packaged distros and move them to other pre packaged distros. ex, i want fedora scientific fedora robotics, etc all on one boot/iso file. also i am wondering how well...

Hi: I am editing a text file under vim. When the last character typed reaches column 80 the whole word is automatically moved to the next line. I don't know the name for this behavior, so I can use...

Published at LXer: Back to now, after the six months of development cycle and the release of the current long-term Ubuntu 20.04 “Focal Fossa,” Canonical has announced a new version called Ubuntu...

Hi, On my Debian 8 gateway: I want to forward incoming port 9000 to 192.168.4.10:3389 and incoming 9001 port to 192.168.4.11:3389. Code: --------- DHCP - WAN - eth0 -----> eth2 - LAN -...

From: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=17007 https://github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel/HimemSX HimemSX is an XMM, implementing XMS v3.5. The SX in HimemSX stands for...

Hi all, I have a system set up to start certain netctl profiles on boot. In some cases, the system may boot before the network's DHCP server does, so that profile fails to start. I would like it if...

I have an application for which I have created a deb file which works on Debian based distributions. I have used Alien to convert it to an rpm file for installation on RedHat based distributions. The...

CentOS 6 Firefox Browser Extended Support Release 78.3.0esr (32-bit) Two of my Web sites have several pages each that play a song. It has worked perfectly for a number of years. I few days ago,...

I was getting frustrated over the language of sddm not changing. Here is the solution for people with same problem: First make a backup in case things go haywire: Code: --------- sudo cp...

Hi, I have deployed AES-GCM as cipher in my server and the kex method are ecdh-sha2-nistp521 signing: ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 cipher suite: aes128-gcm@openssh.com When I try to...

Dear linux developers, let's assume I have a file called /media/quiret/INTENSO/test.txt. My program opens a fd to it using open("/media/quiret/INTENSO/test.txt", O_RDONLY ). The folder...

I am attempting to compile the sample programs from this tar ball: https://api.ibm.com/explorer/catalog/aspera/product/ibm-aspera/api/transfer-sdk/doc/overview Code: --------- $ cmake .....

Published at LXer: The Tails 4.12 amnesic incognito live system, also known as the Anonymous OS, has been released today with a new kernel, the latest Tor anonymous communication technologies, and...

I Installed Ubuntu base and it boots to #, then I switch to root by doing *su -* . but I cannot modify any files as root, for instance, when I try to edit and save */etc/hostname* , nano complains...

The title is my best shot at condensing my current issue to a few words> (Suggest a better one if you feel this isn't good enough) Could be an unrelated issue, but after I installed slackware, I...