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On running this simple C code, it shows a warning 'initialization discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type' and modifies the const var which I thought shouln't be modified. Could someone...

I have a crap Android phone.... don't ask! when I connect it to my Acer Laptop, it shows in KDE under 'Devices' in Dolphin my fstab in probably wrong as I have never learned to write a proper...

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Hey everyone. I've been getting Happy Birthday messages from here for years now, and like to stop by on occasion. Last week, I started working for ZeroTier as a Community Support Manager and trying to...

Hello All, I am having an odd problem with my wifi. Upon initial boot up, laptop A wifi works great! Mail, websites, samba server access, everything is fast. After some time (varies but not too...

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Running slackware64-current; after I wake the computer from sleep, the network is gone. Looking into the system logs I find this: Code: --------- ... [22998.140960] ata6: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps...

I recently installed an nVidia GeForce 260 in my computer, and installed the proprietary drivers, then I went to upgrade tumbler in order to show my video file listings as thumbnails instead of icons,...

when i try to run application through wine , it shows this error https://ibb.co/Scc3KcX check this and help me out of here.

Is there a port for exFAT? I can’t mount it in fedora 32. Is there away to mount it with Linux? Thank you

Published at LXer: The Mageia development team announced today the availability of the beta version of the upcoming Mageia 8 operating system series, due for release later this year. Read...

Everyone knows, I imagine, that BBC does geo-ip filtering, and it's pretty good. youtube-dl has these options Code: --------- Geo Restriction: --geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy...

I am looking to try and automate a gpg decryption, the problem I run into is when it asks for a passphrase. I am having trouble finding a variable to allow the passphrase to run with the command. I...

dear community, gathering data from osm & pff-file:: Methods and ways to accomplish i want to gather data from .o5m & pbf file - several ways are possible: what is wanted: i look for...

So I can type 'sudo dmesg | more' and everytime I press space it will output the next line. My question is this: Is there a way to output text where the scrolling is automatic and based on a...

Published at LXer: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS the first point release is available now and you can immediately download or upgrade. Read More......

*Xfce4-dev mailing list Aug 2, 2020, 10:18 PM* ---Quote--- Hi everyone, I quickly wanted to point you to a page I prepared for the upcoming 4.16pre1 release that is scheduled for August....

Hi, I hope all are doing well. I am a Fedora user; however, this past week I have been using Ubuntu 20.04 with Gnome desktop and I really like how it looks and how it performs. I am aware of...

Hi, I use tools from Tools, Recovery, Diagnostic, Emergency (http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Slackware-Links#Tools.2C_Recovery.2C_Diagnostic.2C_Emergency) to aid me when trouble shooting...

*Does it help for a Linux system to have multiple desktop environments installed?*

Hi Had some issues upgrading to 20.04 from 18.04 so I am installing from a Live USB key. Its been over 2 years since I did my original format and install so need a bit of coaching to make sure I...

My box is Debian 10. and want to install "onedrive_2.4.3-1_amd64.deb", but I got this error message. ---Quote--- root@centlinux:~/Downloads# apt install ./onedrive_2.4.3-1_amd64.deb Reading...

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I have Debian 10 Buster, installed in LXC container on QNAP NAS. QNAP operates using QTS 4.4.3. It is bizarre version of Ubuntu 14.4. My goal is to play sound from container based Debian via...

Hi everyone, to respect the tradition, I introduce myself here. Linux user since 1998, I've always use Slackware (or derivatives) on my personal machines. I actually run on Slackel. Of course, I...

Code: --------- [ 0.244095] unchecked MSR access error: RDMSR from 0x123 at rIP: 0xffffffffac033de3 (update_srbds_msr+0x33/0xa0) [ 0.244268] Call Trace: [ 0.244375] ...

Published at LXer: The developers behind elementary OS revealed today some of the upcoming features to be included in the next major release of their Ubuntu-based operating system, elementary OS 6....

Hello world I'm a currently Linux user based on Ubuntu for both desktop and server passionate with open source technology

Is it possible to buy a USB 3.0 PCI card that is not PCI Express? I am looking for one.

Published at LXer: With Microsoft abandoning PC-based office software, if you don[he]#039[/he]t want to use cloud-based office suites such as Microsoft 365 or G Suite, LibreOffice 7 will be your...

Hi all, I have two files with the following format. File1 Code: --------- rs_number reference_allele other_allele eaf beta se beta_95L beta_95U z p-value _-log10_p-value q_statistic q_p-value...

Hi everyone, my sdd drive has been giving me some issue for some time. It all started with messages with strange messages in the dmesg but without reporting errors I/O form a sector. From, i don't...

Published at LXer: AMD released Radeon Software for Linux 20.30, a new version of its proprietary graphics driver for AMD Radeon GPUs with support for new GNU/Linux distributions. Read More......

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How to determine what if any system calls are being made by the following C functions 1) execave 2) fork() I understand that for the fork function call Clone is called but how can I check this...

I am trying out some Linux distributions / setups on a Windows 10 dual boot laptop with Secure Boot enabled. The test Linux distribution is installed on a separate hard drive from Windows. ...

*The part of the result of sudo fdisk -l which shows the information about my 4TB external hard disk* Code: --------- Disk /dev/sdb: 3.65 TiB, 4000752599040 bytes, 7813969920 sectors Disk...

When you retired, what was your "it's now or never, mere practicality is no longer a criterion" decision on what you were going to drive/ride just to suit yourself? Primarily a car/motorcycle...

Published at LXer: Red Hat is extending your soon to expire certifications and has launched a new online certification testing program for its top four certifications. Read More......

Alright, it has been years since I've needed to do this. I've read the man pages. I've tried countless combinations. I'm probably just mentally handicapped, as I know I used to be able to do this in...

I am currently running Slackware 14.2 on my computer. I compiled and installed jdk 8u251 withuut any problems, but then when I tried to install portmidi, I got the following output Code: ---------...

Published at LXer: The recent GRUB2 updates that patched some serious security vulnerabilities also caused boot failure issues for some users, so fixes for these regressions have started appearing...

I have a CentOS 7 server that is offline. I want to check the XFS filesystem. how can I install xfsprogs manually? Also can I do a xfs_check on a mounted filesystem?

I would like to use Ponce repo with sbopkg but i don't know how to set it up. There's an unsupported repo called SBo-git (60-SBo-current.repo) for current but i don't want that one but rather the...

When I run Vuze Bittorrent client on 64-bit Linux Mint, the Vuze application terminates every few minutes (seems like always somewhere between 3 and 15 minutes, most often about 5 minutes). I...

So I've used a couple Linux Server OS's over the years. Something like Ubuntu > Debian > CentOS. I think it's CentOS now I'm really not sure. All I use my "server" for is storage anymore. Instead...

My /etc/fstab shows... /dev/mapper/bodhi--vg-root / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 ...while it's installed on an older notebook with early SSD drive. Should I have installed it on an ext2 file...

I've been attempting to solve this problem for two weeks. I've been on the lm-sensors wiki and looked for solutions by ACPI. Nothing seems to be able to get access to the sensors except the BIOS....

Published at LXer: The old Microsoft Paint was a great program and it was good for basic image editing in a quicker way. But like other Microsoft products, it is available for Windows only. Here...