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I'm currently on my first ever build of LFS, and things have been going fairly smoothly so far. I've gotten to the part where I configure and make Perl, but it keeps exiting with make: ***...

I'm currently using Linux Mint with Cinnamon DE, but I've also installed OpenBox and Tint2 to go with it. From my login screen, I can pick the window manager I want. When I enter Cinnamon, I can see...

I registered on this site some eight years ago now and have been receiving emails ever since. I think it is time I log in and look around.

Published at LXer: The objective of this article is to help the reader to connect the Android Smartphone to the KDE desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa. In this tutorial you will learn: how to...

Ok i have unearthed a 1998/99 ATI Rage 128VR PCI GPU with 32mb VRAM somewhere dark and forgotten at home! Now i noticed there are new developments for this card?...

I've been having issues with terminal commands. If I enter something like "zypper search vlc" or "grep dim", the command will be accepted, but the cursor blinks indefinitely. Sometimes the cursor...

don't know at all why this libvert qmenu prompt is showing up. I have no idea what passwod it's expecting. I've tried to reset my user passwrd from th command line, doesn't help. is there a...

I've knew this was an issue and wanted to see how others can get around this. I'm automating a CentOS 8 lab in VirtualBox 6.1 with an ova template. When I created two CentOS 8 VMs, they had...

Hi All, I am observing below messages in /var/log/messages from past few weeks on different servers and when checking SAN logs nothing found suspicious. I am using 3par SAN storage hardware "BL460c...

Published at LXer: Lenovo announced that it is certifying its entire ThinkPad and ThinkStation series laptops with the Linux Operating system. Read More......

Anyone know what AV products will scan the memory of GPU(s) that are exposed to the OS?

I've followed the LFS 9.1 book religiously through Chapter 5, including the General Compilation Instructions in 5.3 which say to delete the extracted source directory unless instructed otherwise. So...

I am admin since long time I used this site to help me couple of time so i decide to register to get better in unix comprehension Thanks for your help Cannot see my thread yet !

Slackware 14.2 host, VirtualBox 6.1.8, Fully updated and functional Current virtual machine (VM). For a long time I have been unable to launch a Current VirtualBox system twice. After powering...

Published at LXer: Want to work in the cloud, but need help getting started? The Linux Foundation can come to your aid with its new Cloud Engineer Bootcamp. Read More......

Greetz I'm running KTown on May -Current and saw some odd behaviour apparently involved with KDE Connect. Since I'm currently, no pun intended ;) , still using an old flip phone I have zero need...

Hi I am struggling to find how to download wifi software to my HP laptop, I recently loaded Zorin 15 but my HP laptops wifi driver will not work with Zorin. Any help please

I have rhel 6.10 servers, and some of them need a jks file, java keystore. We used to have a person that did this, but he is gone and I have no note. So, I am wondering how best to create the jks....

Published at LXer: A big part of administrating Linux machines—especially remote machines—is managing and installing software. When something goes wrong with a local application or when something...

I upgraded Ubuntu Desktop to the latest LTS version a couple weeks ago but ran into some stability issues. I have since reinstalled 19.10 and have a question regarding Firefox. Will Firefox...

"I know the job numbers were devastating, but we also have a lot of people on the CERB who have jobs to go back to," Qualtrough said. "I'm really looking at the wage subsidy. I think in a week or two,...

Published at LXer: Lenovo’s new announcement brings superb news for Linux users. All Lenovo systems are going to be certified by Ubuntu and red Hat for Linux compatibility. Read More......

What'sApp, Android Messages and Pulse-SMS all have the same issue for me: they won't keep the connection between the android phone and the PC's Manjaro desktop - I go out, I come home, desktop...

Hi LQ group, I posted a question yesterday, and it said it needed to be moderated first. I keep logging back in to see if it's been moderated, but instead I keep seeing a notice at the top of the...

So compiling something from source, how can I tell if the source contains its own version of a library that already exists in Slackware? I see this come up with some SBo builds, where the...

Hi, I got a debian10 running LXDE, xrdp and tigervnc-standalone-server. My goal is to connect to an existing LXDE user-session. I followed this tut here...

Published at LXer: Nextcloud GmbH announced today the general availability of Nextcloud Hub 19, a major release of their popular and open-source self-hosted on-premises collaboration platform. ...

Hello all. I am hoping to get some assistance with figuring out why I get permission denied when trying to access certain folders. I created a folder /var/log/caddy but I can't access it. When...

Hello All I have some script files in a folder along with many other types of files. Is there a way to zip files by username or by permission of files. I want to zip all script files (with...

Published at LXer: Want to work in the cloud, but need help getting started? The Linux Foundation can come to your aid with its new Cloud Engineer Bootcamp. Read More......

Hi All, I am trying to write a script however stuck in my below issue and can someone please help me clearing my logic, pls? I wanted to pass $1 and $2 flag with my script and need to take...

I've got a system which is afflicted with dhcpcd and would like to find a way to configure it so that it uses DHCP to fetch an address automatically when DHCP is available but falls back to a static...

Published at LXer: df stands for "disk free" (I have also seen it referred to as "disk filesystem"). It is a *nix command that allows the user to display the available disk space on a given...

I valutate to migrate on fluxbox, so I setup .gtkrc-2.0 and Settings.ini to gtk3.0. So all app follow theme, but not the page unde firfox 68.

Published at LXer: Blender releases its latest major version 2.83 as a first-ever long term support release. That means you get the stability and consistency in your graphics project for a long two...

This is all new to me, as I have only been using Puppy for a few days. However, as far as I can see, a Puppy install is non-invasive and is just copying a directory with the Puppy system in it. I...

Hello, i recently switched from 14.1 to current Sat May 30 21:31:07 UTC 2020 full install on new hardware intel H370M chipset, first time running current since 13.37 :) everything went fine and i...

When I installed nvm using: Code: --------- curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.34.0/install.sh | bash --------- It append the following lines to my *.zshrc*

Published at LXer: Patching the kernel on a Linux server seems simple. It can be done using common tools such as dpkg, apt-get, or kexec. These methods, however, become complicated if an...

Hello, I have a problem with login in Ubuntu 16.04. When I try to log in or when logged in try to execute su, sudo it takes at least 30 seconds. It is same if I try to connect with ssh from remote...

It gave me an error and only had something from like 1997-2003 word doc type as an option and when I selected that it gave me an error again so I left it as native Libre Write format).Thanks in...

Is there an alternate way to open emailed attachments like Word doc's and PDF's other than Libre? What is the adobe acrobat equivalent in Zorin?

Twice I downloaded a pdf and a .docx file that someone emailed to me as attachments to zorin's download folder, I was even told "the 2 files exist already, do you want to replace these downloads". I...

Published at LXer: Lenovo is returning to its role as a leading Linux desktop supporter. It will certify and preload its entire Thinkpad/station lineup for Linux. Read More......

On the Oracle’s Solaris wikies it just HASN’T mentioned anything on mounting ext4/2fs’es on Solaris and its distroes (One i need to taste is OpenIndiana, OI) And on OI’s own wikies it still HASN’T...

I have a really simple script that downloads a PNG file of a chemical. I call the script with an argument but I can't seem to pass the argument to the proper place. If I put "Aspirin" where it says...

Published at LXer: SpaceX[he]#039[/he]s workhouse Falcon 9 rocket, which flew NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station, is powered by liquid oxygen,...

Hi, Recently installed MX on this old laptop and everything seems okay. When I connect the Ethernet port to the router with a cable, instantly I get a popup telling me I'm connected, and the...

Published at LXer: The which command is a simple utility that shows you the full path of shell commands. It may not have a lot of options, but it does it's job really well. Read More......

Hi all. I was doing a drive backup from my desktop to a drive enclosure via usb ... slow but generally reliable. I used rsync for the data transfer. Thought it was finished because there was no drive...