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Published at LXer: One of the best outcomes of Ansible[he]#039[/he]s move towards content collections is it spreads the thousands of modules in Ansible[he]#039[/he]s "core" repository into many...

Hi, I have an old "lenovo m55e 9644" with debian 10 installed. I want to use it to backup some other systems. I don't want it to stay on 24/7 though, I want it to turn itself on (or maybe via...

Published at LXer: The latest Linux 5.9 kernel series received its first point release, which also marks the branch as “stable” on the kernel.org website and therefore ready for mass adoption. ...

Published at LXer: antiX project releases its latest bug-fix, updated version antiX 19.3 based on stable Debian 10 "Buster". Read More... (https://www.debugpoint.com/2020/10/antix-19-3-release/)

Hi All, I know this hardware is very old, I want to run Linux on it. I came across the blog of Jeff Hoogland and I found that the default Bodhi Linux iso image does not have drivers for all...

I'm trying without success to generate a pkg-config file in a makefile. The closest I've got is this, however it doesn't preserve new lines. Code: --------- define PKG_CONFIG prefix=$(PREFIX)...

OpenBSD 6.8 released. http://www.openbsd.org/68.html

Hi folks, happy to (finally) participate in LQ, I'm a Slackware Linux user from the year 2000 and I follow the LQ threads for a lot of years. Regards to you all!

Published at LXer: Seeed has opened $100 pre-orders on Google’s “Coral Dev Board Mini,” which runs Linux on a quad -A35 MediaTek 8167s along with a 4-TOPS Edge TPU. The Mini supplies 2GB LPDDR3,...

How to set IFS to two bytes value in Bash ? Code: --------- IFS=',;' --------- will delimit each part of which resides between two simple , and/or simple ; instead of ,; as a delimiter How...

I spent some time this morning laughing at gamer culture. Specifically, I was laughing at the concept of griefing: the sheer obnoxiousness and the incredible number of ways gamers invent to annoy...

Anyone know a Website to lookup phone number is U.S. ? Every site I try wants to charge a fee to show the info.

Hello! No matter what I do, I cant change the font size and family in gvim (VI Improved in the menu). .vimrc only affects vim in terminal, .gvimrc has no effect on that gvim. I changed fonts in kde...

Hello there As our main official distro forum was created some months ago, we are going to post a link here to announce new Bodhi 6.0 pre-alpha release. Feel free to join us. Enjoy ...

Published at LXer: Linus Torvalds announced today the release and general availability of the Linux kernel 5.9, a major version that introduces various new features and improvements, along with new...

Published at LXer: Open source[he]#039[/he]s main patent protection organization is expanding its reach far beyond just Linux. Read More......

I messed up my root/user account and took all admin rights away from user/me account on accident any ideas besides new install. I have a felling unless I force at boot. that can be problem also if...

Hello, I have installed virtual box on fedora 32 and I want to install ubuntu on it. But, the settings to add the iso file and change the number of the processors is inactive. Please let me know...

I posted a while ago about setting up a PXE-boot-enviroment for an old laptop (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/arch-29/pxe-boot-from-a-raspberry-pi-4175683123/). Unfortunately i am still...

Published at LXer: Markdown is a widely used markup language, which is now not only used for creating documentation or notes but also for creating static websites (using Hugo or Jekyll). It is...

Hi, I have recently installed Debian 9 on a Lenovo SL500 laptop and am now trying to play DVDs. Libdvdcss is installed and it's working fine on my German DVDs, but when I try with the UK ones the...

Published at LXer: Rescuezilla 2.0 backup and recovery live system has been released today as a major update to this open-source and free fork of the Redo Rescue distro, dubbed as the “Swiss Army...

Hello guys, I just landed here when I realized that the knowledge i'm getting from college is just nothing. I'm new to Linux and I hope that we can learn together. Thank you.:jawa:

Hi, Is there a splitter converting HDMI to 2 DisplayPorts Motherboard - ASUS PRIME X570-P Specification https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/PRIME-X570-P/specifications/ 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse...

Published at LXer: Python is one of the most popular programming languages out there. Whether you want to learn it for work or for fun, it[he]#039[/he]s a powerful and useful language for any...

With apache2 set up as local http server I get to test and prove my web pages before uploading them to my modest personal web site. But since at times I use different distros this leads to a lot of...

I put a GTX 650 ti in my privacy PC because the nouveau driver for it doesn't require non-free blobs. A few days later I started having instability issues like session crashes and system lockups. When...

Published at LXer: The digital drawing program Krita scores a sizeable update with its major release Krita 4.4. Read More... (https://www.debugpoint.com/2020/10/krita-4-4-release/)

Published at LXer: Just a few days after the release of version 2.0.7, the Redo Rescue backup and recovery live Linux system gets a major update, to version 3.0, the first to switch to a Debian...

Hello Guys, I believe i have a problem with network manager that causes the computer to hard lock the system, so i can't use network manager. I tried to use wicd but it appears it no longer works...

Hi, Currently I tried start httpd Apache/2.4.37 from systemd but I got error. Oct 17 22:05:27 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: httpd.service: Failed to run 'start' task: Read-only file system...

I have a server, from which I host a few directories on an external hdd. I'd like to just yank out the disk any time I want (it's why it is external) without any prior preparation. - on dismount:...

Published at LXer: Printing in Manjaro and the majority of other Linux distributions is handled through the CUPS system. After installing Manjaro Linux, setting up a printer is one of the first...

Hello, I'm trying to install Slackware on a new Dell XPS 8940 desktop. Created a boot image usb stick, logged in as root. But my internal hard drives are not visible to fdisk, gdisk, or lsblk. Only...

Published at LXer: And, on top of more plug-and-play Ansible programs, you can now run Ansible hand-in-glove with Red Hat OpenShift. Read More......

What if I am up to using the same hardware Bitcoin and money 'root of all evil' brings but I don't like putting my cash into IT?

Published at LXer: Ibase’s “ET977” is a COM Express Basic Type 6 module that runs Ubuntu or Win 10 on a Ryzen Embedded V1000 or R1000 with up to 32GB DDR4 and up to quad display support plus GbE,...

Im on latest stable debian xfce and installed a bitcoin wallet copay using snapd in terminal, it stated everything installed ok but i dont see it in my applications menu or in the synaptic package...

I tried to compile the source code of ClipGrab. I used the free download from there: https://clipgrab.org/download-clipgrab/ Then I extracted the archive, entered that folder and did what the...

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/wow-lutris-dxvk-broken-after-nvidia-450-57-update-today-current-4175678996/ I marked my last thread as solved since I was just using the...

I want to make an rng that uses CPU registers for randomness/entropy (a personal project). The problem is, when I access the eax register through a C program, it increments upwards at a constant rate....

MicroSD cards have their drawbacks, mostly being too easy to lose because of their size; but I'll tell you what I like best about them: they're as easy as optical disks to destroy (for security) if...

Hello dear, am installing rsyslog server with loganalyzer while trying to load data loganalyzer tell me ''''No syslog records found - Error Details:'''' NO syslog record found

When I click on the .iso file and select save file, it just shows up right away in the Downloads folder but its empty. No trouble downloading on Windows box. CentOS7 is on a Laptop and connected...

Published at LXer: The Internet has become the number one resources for news, information, events, and all things social. As most people know there are many ways to create a website of your own and...

I just used the terminal to install the updates for Bodhi. I did it with this command: Code: --------- sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade --------- Somewhere here in this forum there's...

That's what I'm trying to do. It seems impossible. I can see it on about_:support, but there's no way to get it out with a script. I wrote a ridiculously complicated shell script that makes...

I have a friend and his old office all in one died and he would like to purchase or build one he has a tight budget. I am working with him on a build. If he wanted to buy a used dell MT desktop...

Published at LXer: Attempt to test another Linux distro Manjaro KDE 20.1.1 as Virthost managed via Cockpit Web Console, i.e. deployment and management KVM guests on the recent Manjaro KDE utilizing...

Debian bullseye x86-64 up to date, Grub2 operational. List of concerned partitions: ---Quote--- Disk /dev/sda: 256.17 GiB, 275064201216 bytes, 537234768 sectors Disklabel type: dos Disk...