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Could you explain main differences between Fedora project kernels and kernel.org kernels? On Fedora uname -r shows something like this 5.1.....fc30... .

I ran *package-cleanup --oldkernels --count*=2, but the img and vmlinuz files don't disappear, is there anything else that will free space? Thanks

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Well I threw in the towel on ubuntu 20.04 and went bact to 18.04. I have used ubuntu since 10.04 and never had as many problems with any of them until 20.04. I really liked ubuntu until 20.04 so I...

Hello, I’m still new to oST and getting familiar with it (though not new to Linux). Currently running oST w/KDE. My system frequently says that it encounters an error when checking for software...

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The reference URL is http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current/ChangeLog.txt It's what I watch for new updates to Slackware ARM. For a few weeks, up to yesterday (July 14),...

Good afternoon. I'll probably spend the weekend at home. Since I should be writing eight essays on medicine. On surgery. Or maybe it's better to turn to getnursingessa...

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Hi. I've built an LFS system recently, and I have most things working as intended. I have installed the likes of make-ca, openssl, p11-kit etc. Whenever I run Steam, it fails to login with this error...

pls see the attached screenshots. I know this must have a simple answer but, I do not know what it is. If you look, I am making executabe a file named ...

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In attempting to download, build and install the profanity XMPP slackbuild from SBo, it outputs the following message: Code: --------- profanity: Found profanity-0.5.1.tar.gz in...

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How can I get my print screen key to function properly? I'm running Slackware -current and pressing it on its own doesn't work. Pressing alt + PrtSc doesn't work. I'm aware of the import -window...

Sometimes the text outputted in my CLI briefly uses a strange character set for a word or two making the text rather impossible to read. And I get a similarly related effect in any ncurses interfaces...

Hello I'm trying to create a new xen connection with virt-manager. At the beginning it didn't work because this error : "failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/-virtxend-sock. file or...

I'm using Remmina on my Pi4 to RDP to a Windows 10 machine and want to pass through webcam for video conferencing. I used Cheese to verify that the camera works fine on my Pi but can't see any way to...

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Hi, Can we configure Crypto feature completely removed from linux kernel,compile and use (or) is there any hard dependency with that in any of the bare minimum mandatory kernel feature's...

hi, i have an essential running lineage-os with a broken screen. how does one copy data off of it to my laptop. the fone vibrates when i touch the fingerprint reader and i see from my wifi...

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All, I hate MySQL issues, none of the HOWTOs ever get close to solving your problems. So on the New Server (old server but upgraded to 18.04 LTS) I get MySQL install, but nothing works because...

I'm using 14.2 (64) with a WindowMaker desktop in a Fujitsu Lifebook S7220. Works great. I would like my wife to abandon her Debian laptop for this machine but the shutdown procedure is a problem...

Will someone direct me to some method where I discover which filesystems -- folders and files -- are written most often? For example, on a workstation with a small amount of RAM, the *SWAP*...

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Hello, We need to install a software through .AppImage file. For this we have set permission as execute (see https://prnt.sc/ti8hrh). Then we are trying to run by double clicking the we are...

Whenever I try to load my default video player, it doesn't load. Looking at the virtual terminal that displays the ongoing processes of my xsession, it displays the following: Code: ---------...

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I just wonder if somebody had any issues with installing software which assumes having pulseaudio in the system. How is it in general if to install pure alsa system?

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In the directory var/lib/dpkg/info I've noticed lots of files that reference old kernel versions going back months/years. Eg here are some files (https://imgur.com/a/Vtq5EMl) that reference a version...

Hello, the text displayed being very dark on a black background makes it difficult to read. Therefore i would like to know how to change the text colour once for all. Can you help me? Thank you

Published at LXer: In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Drupal 9 on the Debian Buster 10. We will run Drupal under the LEMP Stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP-FPM), and secure...

Someone told me that when 'learning' no question is a 'stupid' question. Well, perhaps this one is :) I was given an old Acer TMP253-E laptop with Windows 8 on it. It is Celeron 1.9GHz dual...

My system is running Slackware-64 version 14.2. It has MATLAB R2018b installed for doing computations. Recently when I tried to install MATLAB R2019b, the process crashed soon with a bunch of Java...

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Recently I tried connecting wlan0 of RPi 3 with Ubuntu-20.04 using Ethernet cable. This is to avoid using wi-fi adapter in the desktop. There are many elaborate suggestions in Google but simple...

Debian 10 KDE I've been carrying some large files to transfer, when I needed to do a wireshark capture. The HDD filled up to 0b free space. I have then deleted a VM that I don't need anymore and got...

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Hello All , This is has been happening to me after making a (undoubtedly nonuseful) UEFI setup change . At least as best I can deduce . But still 9 minutes to reboot ?-( I have just finished...

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Our device ( USB to CAN device ) has two CAN channels. SOCKETCAN framework allows creation of 2 netdev for both the channels. These 2 netdev s are known to user applications and it's easy to...

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Published at LXer: Something was seriously wrong with the data table I was checking. In many but not all records, a couple of characters had been converted to a field separator. This displaced all...

Hi, i did some changes to iptables and save the changes 'iptables-save'. but after restarting the service or rebooting the system, the iptables are reset. Is there any way to make iptables...

Hello! I am in the process of building a custom kernel for an example of Slackware 11.0 which uses a 2.4.33.3 kernel. I've gotten it to boot to video multiple times on my development platform, which...