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Hi, I am using a distro with KDE on a laptop with Intel CPU and dual GPU Intel and AMD. My kernel is 5.4.5, I have 4Gb RAM and a swap file of the same size. When using Firefox I have a weird and...

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...

Published at LXer: FFmpeg is a free and open-source collection of tools for handling multimedia files. It contains a set of shared audio and video libraries such as libavcodec, libavformat, and...

hi to all, I've centos 6 as mysqlserver and centos7 as client in VMs. when i tried to connect to server it show following error : Code: --------- Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading...

I try to compile Openimageio 2.0.13 from slackbuild in order to compile Blender 2.83.4, so it fails; below show the error ---Quote--- collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status...

i need to burn a .iso to a dvd or cd but the only computer i can do it on has been infected with malware in the past. if my computer has malware and i put a blank dvd or cd on it, will it get infected...

Published at LXer: After several delays, the UBports Foundation announced the release of the Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 software update for Ubuntu Phone devices, a major update that brings support for new...

Published at LXer: enca vs file vs iconv vs isutf8 vs uchardet? The file and isutf8 commands are best for detecting whether or not a file contains only UTF-8 characters. Read More......

Published at LXer: This means Linus Torvalds has definitely won, doesn't it? Ignite Microsoft will release its Edge browser for Linux next month, initially through the browser's Dev preview...

Published at LXer: As of today, Linux Journal is back, and operating under the ownership of Slashdot Media. As Linux enthusiasts and long-time fans of Linux Journal, we were disappointed to hear...

Hello, I was trying to compile Cairo. After running configure: Code: --------- ./configure --prefix=/media/34GB/Arquivos-de-Programas-Linux/Cairo-1.10.0/...

I installed eviacam 2.1.0 from within Synaptic, but eviacam doesn't start. Starting it in the terminal, it is crashing and I'm getting this message: Code: --------- (eviacam:3978): Gtk-ERROR...

I try to install Deepin 20 on an old Dell Dimension 4600 today. And I get a message "unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for you CPU". After some thought, I recognize that I tried to...

Published at LXer: This means Linus Torvalds has definitely won, doesn't it? Ignite Microsoft will release its Edge browser for Linux next month, initially through the browser's Dev preview...

I have a bit of an unusual problem. Our internet access is via a hotspot on my phone (an old plan with "unlimited" data, which in real life means 15gb at high speed and then unlimited s-l-o-w...

I have several old laptops. Most came with xp installed. I would like to upgrade to a linux distro. I created a live usb drive using multiboot usb. It is a multi boot with 6 different distros. Only...

Published at LXer: At the Ignite 2020, Microsoft announced that the Chromium-based Edge browser will have a Linux preview build in October this year. Read More......

Hi, This came in post ls version 8.25. If you do an ls of a file that doesn't exist, it puts quotes around the file in the error message. E.g. if foo doesnt exist # ls foo ls: cannot...

Here instructions for installation GOBI 2000 WWAN 1. sudo apt install gobi-loader 2. sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/gobi 3. for HP go to link...

Hi, Lets say that I have a directory with the file: *testfile.c*. In the same directory I have a Makefile: Code: --------- CFLAGS=-Wall -g -W -pedantic -ansi -std=c99 CC=gcc

Hi All, I'm stuck at the first hurdle with this. Wanted to try it out in VirtualBox but whatever options I use to boot it stops at: live-restore-services: restoring service links And that's...

Published at LXer: Linux Lite creator and lead developer Jerry Bezencon announced today the general availability for public testing of the RC (Release Candidate) version of the upcoming Linux Lite...

I was downloading mail from all my mailboxes when the email application crashed just after downloading mail from one of the mailboxes. Actually, the email application froze so I had to kill it. ...

Hey guys, I'm back after a long time, I was using this site a few months ago when i was trying to move awy from windows completely, It was very hard at first but i'm happy to announce that i have...

Published at LXer: The Linux Foundation[he]#039[/he]s Free Introduction to Linux class has just passed the million enrollment mark. Read More......

Wasn't exactly sure what to put for the subject. I've used Ubuntu and Mint plenty, but I'm way too reliant on GUI, so I'm getting slackware on my laptop with the intent to use it as my daily and...

Hello guys and gals, I am new here and I look forward to joining a new community, I am a big rpg fan. If you play games like fallout, eso, or Skyrim, please feel free to message me and we can link...

Dear Linux Community, How do we patch our CentOS Linux server which is not connected to the internet? Like for example we may have to update the servers based on CVE. I know how to update the...

The one thing I can't get working on my new Bodhi 4.5 install. I have a Steinberg UR22 external audio interface. Bodhi recognizes it, but the controls don't work. The controls do work for the onboard...

Well, I installed the OEM version of Mint XFCE. Everything was awesome until I decided to click that weird Icon on my desktop that evidently deleted everything I did in OEM for a week and half. ...

Published at LXer: eDEX-UI is a cool sci-fi inspired terminal emulator that looks cool with a bunch of options like system monitoring. Check out what features it offers. Read More......

I am building a local repository. Top level is /repo currently I'm building out /repo/CentOS/7/ this directory has mirrors of base epel extras updates The goal is to have the lowest number of...

Hello, I have a workstation that runs a Quadro P2000. I have Slackware64 -current installed running KDE4. It is up to date with the -current branch. I've installed the latest NVIDIA drivers from...

Published at LXer: They love it, but they really, really wish there were more expert Cassandra NoSQL DBMS administrators out there. Read More......

Published at LXer: As I wrote in the first two articles in this series, I enjoy solving small problems by writing small programs in different languages, so I can compare the different ways they...

I have this old Dell Laptop with i3 4th gen and geforce 820m running updated linux lite with open source drivers and I have one monitor laying around so thought to connect them as the laptop's screen...

Code: --------- $ p=password; ccrypt -eEp file.txt ccrypt: environment variable p does not exist. $ user@cloudm:~/tmp/test10$ export p=password; ccrypt -eEp file.txt $ t=test; echo $t test...

I installed PureOs via live USB, to an extra partition (230ish GB) of my 1 TB SSD (Western digital SSD) onto my HP laptop with an AMD duel core, 8 GB ram, I installed the SSD myself, and successfully...

Hello everyone, I am using Kubuntu 20.04 with Eclipse 2020-06. I am trying to learn JavaFX and have this problem with CSS files. My program code is as follows (actually code is from "Learn JavaFX...

Published at LXer: Material Shell GNOME extension turns your regular GNOME desktop into a preconfigured tiling window manager and thus giving you an intuitive interface. Read More......

Hi, today I crashed my boot partition. While is normally no problem due backups, I can't write to the partition anymore. Code: --------- root@hades ~ # touch /boot/a touch: cannot touch...

Published at LXer: Teaching kids to code is very popular in schools. Many years ago, in the days of the Apple II and Logo programming, I learned about turtle graphics. I enjoyed learning how to...

Hi, I'm planning to dual boot Kali and Elementary OS. Currently Kali is installed as single boot but I'm happy to format the drive and start from scratch if this is easier. Is it possible to add on...

Code: --------- bash-5.0$ sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/zip Password: mount: /mnt/zip: mount(2) system call failed: Structure needs cleaning. bash-5.0$ bash-5.0$ sudo e2fsck -fv...

Published at LXer: A how to guide for installing and running Vagrant using qemu-kvm on Fedora. Read More... (https://fedoramagazine.org/vagrant-qemukvm-fedora-devops-sysadmin/)

Hello to all. I have a Wandboard Quad running Arch Linux ARM v. 5.8.7-1-ARCH. it serves as a mini-NAS and has one USB A port and one USB Mini AB OTG port. I have a Seagate Backup Plus USB hard drive...

Published at LXer: Introducing an accurate and light-weight deep network for video super-resolution upscaling, running on a completely open source software stack using Panfrost, the free and...

Hi All, I am not in a position to maintain the davfs SlackBuild (on slackbuilds.org) any longer. Please let me know if anyone is interested in taking over. Chris Abela

Published at LXer: Warpinator is a simple graphical network transfer tool to easily and securely share files between Linux desktops in the local area network. Read More......

Hi. This is the third or fourth version of a post, which I think about for some time, but the topic appears hard to grasp... A phishing campaign gives me the occasion to dig into mail-headers,...