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I've been searching for days and finally I have to ask. Thank you. I have an ISPConfig server which run postfix as smtp. I can send and receive email using roundcube webmail but I can't send email...

Hi all. I've made a serie of videos about TwisterOS for the Raspberry Pi 4. TwisterOS is Raspberry Pi OS with some cool tools preinstalled. One of these tools is BOX86 what makes it possible to...

I'm new to networking at this level of complexity and this might be a stupid question, so sorry in advance. For reasons, I have a NAS (Synology) with ethernet only which I cannot connect to the wired...

I gave up Linux Mint from the of 19.3 when they took Gimp and VLC out. I stayed with 19.2 and upgraded to 19.3 so I still had Gimp and VLC. Just tried to upgrade to 20 but was surprised to find I...

Hi there, I am running Mint Debian 4 on a Lenovo Ideapad U160 with i3, I installed a after market battery, it got 62% when I receive it, then it drops normally as I use it, but I can never get...

When I open a pdf file with xpdf and I push P, the document is not printed. I see rombs with Print to file .... output.pdf Print all pages Print odd pages

I have Ubuntu 19.04 that I would like to get rid of completely and install 20.04. Doing the standard upgrade cycle of upping to 19.10 fails with "Doing an upgrade from 'disco' to 'focal' is not...

A chainsmoker friend who used to be a PC techie but got seriously throttled by radical vision loss had another PC quit 9 months ago. I had build it for him about 5 years earlier using an Asus socket...

Published at LXer: Data mining of code commits and chat gives hackers a cunning edgeBoffins affiliated with BMW, Siemens, and two German universities can detect obfuscated Linux kernel security...

I'm looking for an app to control my screen brightness, and if it is possible the color temperature also. I found this wingpanel-indicator-nightlight...

Published at LXer: Most of the Linux distributions are based on Debian/Ubuntu/Arch. PCLinuxOS is not one of them. Take a look at the classic independent PCLinuxOS distribution. Read More......

My root parition filled up, on a Debian Buster machine. After wading through ~5MB of text output from du, I realized that I had a /usr/usr directory containing 7.6GB. Diff showed that /usr and...

The target machine is Microsoft Surface pro-3 with 256GB storage. I have installed on it intially Ubuntu 20.04 and wish to wipe it clean for this install. Plugged in the bootable USB stick, booted...

Every once in a while Mozilla (Netscape), typically via Javascript, just eats up my CPU and/or memory, rendering my box just unusable. (In particular, Netscape says that a web page is slowing down...

Published at LXer: What is a Linux distribution? Why is it called a distribution (or distro)? How is it different from the Linux kernel? What is GNU/Linux? Clear your doubts in this jargon buster....

I'm 74, a veteran, and just got out of hospital, I need to get mint into my computer, tablet and cell if I can do that. Thanks!Don

MY saga with backup continues... I have this cron job, intended to run once daily and keep 7 versions, one per each day of the week Code: --------- 00 18 * * 0 rsync -r /home/alex/afolders/...

Published at LXer: Gamepad is a useful tool for controlling video games on a PC or smartphone, etc. I have a Terios X3 Wireless Bluetooth Gamepad as in the image below. In this case, I want to...

Hello all, New to the group and hoping to learn and contribute as I grow with time and use of linux

Published at LXer: The previous posts ( I, II, III, IV) focused primarily on remote login, either to multiuser systems or Web sites (though the same principles also apply to other networked...

I have a computer that completely froze up. I had to unplug it to shut it off. This computer never shut off even after many months of just sitting in a corner. Recently I took it to Best Buy to have...

I got hacked around the end of last year. That is why I'm asking this question here. Ever since then, I've been using the users command every time I log into the root account, just to make sure I'm...

I'm beginning to learn how to use seperate screens or desktops at the same time for multitasking. I read that you use the super key windows key and arrows... I found an article: *Split screen,...

So I'm bumping into this bug: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45349 All of the slackbuilds I've seen have been non-PE-enabled, and this is only going to be more of a problem in the future,...

How do I find the path to the file cmake.exe? I found the version by typing cmake --version but when I type cmake --path, it says "path does not exist".

Published at LXer: The way we use and the way we build the web have evolved dramatically since its inception. Developers have seen the rise and fall of many architectural and development paradigms...

Hi I getting this error here: VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX). Código de Resultado: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Componente: ConsoleWrap Interface: IConsole...

Hello, if i have to try and explain what the problem is, i would describe it as although you scroll down on the device, actually you get the page either up or down or randomly moving. Anyhow the...

Hi I'm experiencing constant, heavy synchronization problems on Debian Buster (the same on Stretch) and various kernels between 4.19 and 5.7. This happens also on text console. Modifying refresh...

My desktop kept waking up so I found a temporary solution using the terminal: sudo -s echo EHC1 > /proc/acpi/wakeup echo EHC2 > /proc/acpi/wakeup The only problem is I have to open up a...

Published at LXer: Q4OS 3.12 "Centaurus" released its latest long term support release with Debian Buster 10.5 update. Read More......

Published at LXer: The Document Foundation released today LibreOffice 7.0.1 as the first point release in the latest LibreOffice 7.0 series of this very popular, free, open source and...

Published at LXer: It[he]#039[/he]s been five years and a heck of a journey from being a non-programmer to becoming an associate software engineer at Red Hat. It[he]#039[/he]s a story worth...

Hi Guys how are you ? I am running a debian 10 n AWS with a ext4 volume attached. There is a data folder in /mnt/ebs01/dados, I did a rsync -havgupP /mnt/ebs01/dados /mnt/ebs01/backup. When i run...

hi, In my home laptop, I have installed Slackware 14.2 (64 bit) in a virtual box. It is a good experience for me & really finds it interesting.I appreciate “Alien" and the Slackware team for...

Code: --------- // This program is specified by Exercise 1-22 of the K&R Ansi edition /* Exercise 1-22. Write a program to ``fold'' long input lines into two or more shorter lines after the last...

I am having a few problems with Bind (9.11.13). It is all installed and running, and once upon a time, it did seem to work, but now, nothing seems to be going out when I update my zone files. The...

This all started by seeking a current/secure rdp client for Slackware (64 current). I know we have rdesktop-1.9 which is current release of rdesktop but this seems to be lagging in seciurity issues...

Since about a week, every second day or so, my Internet connection gets stalled on my laptop for no apparent reason. I am on a shared Internet connection and got an Ethernet cable from my landlord....

Published at LXer: here's 6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About the History of Unix & Linux inspired by the fantastic article written by Eric Londo on FrontPageLinux.com Read More......

Hi everyone. As the title says: *How to zoom/magnify a game?* I know that there's a desktop effect "Zoom" (I'm using Kubuntu 20.04), which I have enabled, and which does exactly what I want, BUT it...

I can't find a straight answer on this- How do you add a disk or partition to a MDADM managed array by UUID (NOT disk-id).

After upgrading the system (Slackware-current), I've ran into an issue of Xorg server aborting on power saving event (10 minutes of inactivity, which is the default value I guess). Screen switches...

Hi, I got this working ffserver.conf file. https://github.com/kerzol81/Bash-and-Python-scripts/blob/master/barix/multiStreaming/ffserver.conf I'd like to set for instance the streaming port...

Hi Folks, I'm streming audio this way: https://github.com/kerzol81/Bash-and-Python-scripts/blob/master/barix/multiStreaming/streamer_ff ...

I've got a file server that I use for media and the SATA disks are getting a little old. The server can go for weeks without the files on the array being accessed. Is there any pros/cons to...

Hello everyone, I don't know if I am in the right subforum so if I'm not I apoligize for that. I am trying to run a usb with a live linux miner named ragerX. On my previous pc it worked fine...

Published at LXer: Oracle released today the VirtualBox 6.1.14 update to its open-source and multi-platform virtualization software with full support for the latest and greatest Linux 5.8 kernel...

How slower find -exec repetitively calling bash -c '' for invoking a function inside, compare to pipe repeatedly such this ...

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