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Published at LXer: Bash has a rich history. That is, it's an old shell with an even older ancestor (the Bourne shell), but it also has a great history command that surpasses all other shell history...

Hi everyone, I am Daniele, I am from Italy and I am now subscribing to this forum. I've used Linux for two years now, especially during this quarantine time. I've always used Ubuntu and I am pretty...

Hi there someone know how to fix Xfce4 Clock don't show AM/PM ? Image Attached and here an url to see the full image https://i.postimg.cc/5ysx7dzR/Xfce4-Clock.png

Published at LXer: KDE Plasma 5.20 which is scheduled to be released later this year, just announced a new taskbar feature for this gorgeous desktop. Read More......

I was notified on the terminal that an upgrade was available that allowed me to enter protonvpn commands without entering the password first. The upgrade offered other features that i did not really...

Published at LXer: The latest Intel CrossTalk vulnerability is now patched in Debian GNU/Linux, CentOS Linux, as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. Read More......

Hello Linux friends, I'm having some serious problems with Debian 10, I downloaded it from here: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/ all 3 DVDs, checked the MD5, burned...

hi, i like some examples when to use nic bonding mode 1(active-standby) and when mode 4(active-active). i think when we use ssh to connect to a server,then in that server we configure bonding in...

Hello Linux friends, This is my second attempt to befrined with Linux Debian and this friendship is born in pain. But I'm reading a 1800 pages book "UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook...

Published at LXer: GitBucket is an open-source Git web platform powered by Scala. It provides a Github-like user interface features such as Git repository hosting via HTTP and SSH, issues, wiki,...

Published at LXer: Try this method of using an OCI runtime hook for tracing syscalls before you build a container. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/container-security-seccomp)

Published at LXer: The CentOS community announced today the general availability of the CentOS Linux 8.2 operating system as the current stable release of the CentOS Linux 8 series, tagged as...

Hello I have the following code. Code: --------- error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', '1'); // FTP-SSL connection $ftp_conn = ftp_ssl_connect($ftp_server);

I have a bunch of pdf that may not be written in format (randomly downloaded from google scholar). I am trying to check through their data source, so I used pdfgrep for the task. Code: ---------...

Hi, I am very new to linux.. please bare with me if I am asking stupid question. I have a bunch of pdf that may not be written in format (randomly downloaded from google scholar). I am trying to...

In The example bellow: Code: --------- function zp () { zparseopts -E -walk:=o_walk echo "walk: $o_walk" } --------- I get the follwing output.

Published at LXer: This quick article helps users learn how to create an user without a password on Linux. Read More... (https://www.2daygeek.com/how-to-create-a-user-without-password-in-linux/)

I am using *zsh 5.4.2*. The function that is causing issue is: Code: --------- function zp () { zparseopts -E -watch:=o_watch -show=o_show echo "show : $o_show" echo...

I am using *zsh 5.4.2*. The function that is causing issue is: Code: --------- function zp () { zparseopts -E -watch:=o_watch -show=o_show echo "show : $o_show" echo...

Hello, I run an ARM-based appliance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug) off a USB keydrive with Debian. As backup in case the keydrive goes south, I'd like to make an exact copy that I...

Hi I am trying to learn the purpose of certain files in /etc directory. In this context, I was looking at /etc/profile and want to understand its syntax. Can you point me to a manual or guide which...

Hello everyone, I somehow screwed my GRUB settings, it seems. What I did is I booted W10 to reduce the size of a partition and create a new one (without FS). Then I tried to reboot into Linux...

When I try to use rm to delete a soft link, it wants to delete the target directory. How do I stop that?

Published at LXer: 'We have modified about 20 per cent of all the files'. Linus Torvalds has said that version 5.8 of the Linux kernel is "one of our biggest releases of all time".… Read...

Attention: it's not trolling or attempt for provocation. Just some thoughts many of you probably had already. Slackware reputation as stable distro has stepped back significantly for the last 8-10...

Published at LXer: Cacti is a free and open-source, web-based network monitoring, and graphics tool. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cacti on Debian Buster 10. We will install...

Hello all, By request, a soma.desktop menu shortcut added in this version. It will show as Internet Radio, with an orange radio icon. http://tty1.uk/slackbuilds/noversion/soma/

Hya, I have a question for python experts. How do experts read python script, written by somebody else? I have some sort of trouble how variables are defined, variable/module confusion... ...

Published at LXer: PINE64 and postmarketOS communities announced today that there will be a new community edition of the PinePhone Linux phone powered by the postmarketOS mobile operating system. ...

Published at LXer: In this article, we’ll explain how to use modprobe to add and remove modules from the Linux kernel. modprobe is part of kmod, a binary that implements multiple programs used to...

My Chromium browser, when using facebook, no longer notifies me, with a pop up chat, when someone sends me a message - ??? "Chrome" and "Firefox" still work fine. But I prefer Chroumin. Anyone...

Can I put another distro, besides Android, on my Tracfone ? Android is just too packed full of Google "stuff." I'm curious if I can use another distro on my phone, that will also work with...

When I attempt to use xsane, it does not find my Canon scanner. lsusb: Code: --------- Bus 002 Device 006: ID 04a9:2206 Canon, Inc. CanoScan N650U/N656U --------- In...

I had too many notifications on my main screen, so I went in and turned as many of them off as possible, excluding the message notifications. Now, when I receive a text message, it only very...

It has been about 8 years since I had to do this, but I find myself having to do it again. We have installed postfix on a Fedora server. When I configured it before, albeit many years ago, I used port...

Hello, I have interesting behavior in syslog: my router see my laptop, but i have no internet connection and status of networking.service is "exited". I tried use dhcp: Code: ---------...

I went into the network connection in the GUI desktop and change my NIC to manual IP but it does not stick on reboot. This if or Tricia V 19 I guess. eg. Code: ---------...

I have a new Blu Ray/DVD desktop drive (LG WH16NS40), and want to burn and play bluray disks. The driver info I can find seems outdated and iffy - sort of worked, but not really, in 2018 - 2019.......

What files/folders do I need to back up on a Linux system? My main interest is two fold: protecting my files in case disaster strikes, and (although somewhat in the future,) making distro hopping...

(Slackware) I am trying to add /sbin and /usr/sbin to my $PATH but it isn't persisting. I have tried to fix this in two ways, the command "export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin" and by editing my...

I'm running Slackware64-current (multilib if it matters) and am having problems with AlienBob's Chromium (chromium-83.0.4103.97-x86_64-1alien) starting properly. It does start but I get an empty...

Published at LXer: Morrowind is a much loved RPG classic and thanks to open source it continues living on modern platforms with OpenMW. Read More......

I am running into a problem loading MySQL PHP extensions when starting HTTPD and PHP is enabled. I am running a Slackware 14.2 distro. I recently began investigating using PCP with my web server for...

CentOS 7: CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 (Core) Current video card: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 405] (rev a2) Driver: elrepo kmod-nvidia-340xx Yes, it's old, I do not game. It's dying, the...

Published at LXer: In this article we will explain how to enable and disable scrolling with the two-finger touchpad on your Debian touchpad. You can emulate the procedure described in this article...

Published at LXer: LaTeX lists come in three types of lists – itemized, enumerated, and decription. Read on to find out more about how to style and nest the various types of lists that LaTeX can...

Bottom Line Up Front: I am looking for instructions to do the grml-rescue install of Bodhi 5.1.0-legacy. Does anyone have a pointer to something kind of step by step? I have the ISO. I have an old...

Hi everyone, My name is Steve Gardner, and I just signed up for this site today. I have been using linux ubuntu at home now since 2016, and I am a hobby programmer.

So I very much would like to be able to remote to a fedora 31 (soon to be 32) workstation. I've always been able to do this until one of the fedora upgrades I did a ways back wayland rolled out. ...

I'm new to LVM snapshotting. I need an experienced LVM user to verify if I've got this right: What I want is to use LVM to take a static snapshot of my LVM filesystem so I can then mount that and...