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my display id 1920x1080. my desktop font size is 14. i don't remember how i set this, by my Xfce4 is putting narrow headings on each window. when i run xfce4-terminal and specify a geometry of...

Published at LXer: Typically, when writing bash scripts, we use echo to print to the standard output. echo is a simple command but is limited in its capabilities.To have more control over the...

*Hello all How to disable Screen Reader on debian and thanks *

How do I get wireless internet to work with openindiana? My laptop has built-in wifi and I also have a USB edimax wifi adaptor. I'm not sure how to check if openindiana is even detecting the...

The -a syscall rules aren't being shown by auditctl -l Code: --------- [plasma ~]# cat /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rule # -w path-to-file -p permissions -k keyname # where the permission are...

I am completely aware it might be a wide-open question, however as elementary learner I was wondering what step should I take once it's acquired the basic Linux commands and also Bash shell scripting...

Published at LXer: As I write this article in my home office in Beaverton, Oregon, a Portland suburb, I[he]#039[/he]m relying (and reflecting) on years of work that went into standards like TCP/IP,...

I installed the latest aur/screen-git package to get 24-bit colors, so that bashtop and a few others display properly. screen is useful to be able to switch windows with a key combo and re-attach...

An sshfs mount wasn't working after updating my server yesterday and didn't produce a useful error. Did some digging, and it looks like sshd is looking for sftp-server in the wrong path. With...

What I know so far about systemd-homed service is basically what I read in these -- https://systemd.io/HOME_DIRECTORY/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-homed...

Published at LXer: Back to the time when tape was king. 2020 marks 60 years since ALGOL 60 laid the groundwork for a multitude of computer languages.… Read More......

I am new to linux and not at really familiar with the terminal. Hoping to learn!

Well, hi to all, only I poste problems :( ok, I readed topic of kde5...about excess temperature, and revised my temp I find this; Code: --------- k10temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter...

Until recently, my laptop computer was running Slackware 13 fine. Then I seemed to have overloaded it once by running the memory-gobbling firefox, a 700 MB mp4 video in VLC and KDE services. The...

Hello! I need an opinion of native English speaking folks primarily (though anyone can contribute, of course!). By "native" I mean those whose mother tongue is English (any kind of it). I plan to...

Published at LXer: Tell-all with president Brad Smith reveals Obama warned tech giants that a privacy reckoning was comingMicrosoft president Brad Smith (pictured) has admitted that the Windows...

I have a few SD cards from 1 GB to 4 GB and two machines running Debian 10.4, one laptop and one PC. On the PC, all of those SD cards are writable. On the Acer laptop none of them. As the Acer...

LM 18.3 Sylvia, Xfce Can I use this possible solution to restore control+shift+u functionality? https://askubuntu.com/questions/557147/ ... ed-working How do I use the "ibus preferences" ?

the *cp* command copys normally by opening the target file directly, truncating it as it opens, then copying. this has strange effects when copying to a file another process is currently reading. ...

Published at LXer: A while back in February 2020, MyPaint brought the major release of its 2.0.0 version with some massive changes which I have summarised. This current release is a bug-fix and...

Published at LXer: The objective of this tutorial is to show you how to create a desktop shortcut launcher on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa using the default GNOME user interface. Read More......

I have a Korora linux operating system. I am unaware of the name of the camera that I am using. I downloaded guvcview to view my webcamera. The colours of the image is wrong. The...

Hi Group! Hope you can help me out here. I have 3 HDD's and an SSD installed, that can be selectively powered-on by push-button switches - no sense spinning HDD's when they're not needed. My...

Wireguard for VPN is installed and works on my Openwrt router and 2 iPhones. Only my laptop is a problem. It is an old (2010) MacBook_Pro converted to linux only usage. I have a few distros running...

Published at LXer: 'We appreciated your input and insights'Updated Keivan Beigi, developer of AppGet, has described how Microsoft nearly hired him to work on the open-source Windows package manager...

I ran the following command (see below) and would like to know two things: 1. How to tell who owns this file ? Second question how to tell what group is this command in ? $ls -l /usr/bin/ls...

Published at LXer: Linux Kodachi OS 7.0, a secure, anti forensic, and anonymous operating system, has been released with new tools, new features, and many improvements. Read More......

I want to install the new version of vpn-unlimited. When I tried to to install the supplied .deb file I get a dependency error. I am using Stretch (debian edition) of Mint. Instructions found in...

sarpi.fatdog.eu SSL certificate expired. Firefox will not load the site and states the certificate is expired since March 28th. EDIT: See screenshot. On Slackware64 14.2. Yes, the time on my...

I have been playing with gpsd and ntpd. I was trying to figure out if my usb gps device had a pulse per second output, it did not. I used ldattach 18 /dev/ttyACM0 (or a very similar device which was...

Published at LXer: Cloud-init is a widely utilized industry-standard method for initializing cloud instances. Cloud providers use Cloud-init to customize instances with network configuration,...

Hello. There is something strange happening with my sound on Ubuntu. When I turn on youtube video I can hear the sound for a few seconds and then it fades away. When I try alsamixer and...

The COVID-19 pandemic surprisingly prompted a series of articles related to computer languages. The most prominent computer language reviewed was COBOL. There was also a series of "second" generation...

I have a problem with flash and html5 using Firefox in 14.2 on one machine but no problem using Firefox in 14.2 on a second machine. The failed machine, desktop, had a clean 14.2 install 2 weeks ago....

Which module for Python3 is available to provide high resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, and interval timers? I'm looking for something that can work on the level of microseconds or hopefully...

Published at LXer: IT leaders discuss the roles that are most in flux today: These IT jobs are misunderstood, undergoing rapid change, or in some cases, on their way out Read More......

Ok, so after WPS office told me of an 'update'(the 'update now' button sent me to a 404 address not found link) I went to the WPS website, downloaded the newest version (.deb file). I then installed...

Published at LXer: It's not about being a tech whiz. Junior sysadmins need the foundational skills that help them grow. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/junior-sysadmins)

Published at LXer: dpkg-repack is a commandline Debian package archiving tool to recreate Debian binary packages that are already installed on your system. Read More......

My Complete *.zshrc* file is: Code: --------- # Lines configured by zsh-newuser-install HISTFILE=~/.histfile HISTSIZE=1000 SAVEHIST=1000 bindkey -e # End of lines configured by...

Hello, I've described my issue here https://askubuntu.com/questions/1245341/screwed-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu-18-04-history-included I want to make this properly, but I'm lacking experience so I'm...

I have set ---Quote--- ulimit -c unlimited ---End Quote--- Following is the sample code I have written : Code:

Published at LXer: FreeFileSync is an open-source folder comparison and sync tool that can back up your data to an external disk, a cloud service or any other storage path. Read More......

Published at LXer: In this article, we will explain how to install Yarn on a Debian system via its official APT repository. We will also learn how to manage package dependencies through Yarn. ...

Hello! I'm trying to test an FPGA with memory mapped registers which is installed on a PCIE card in a PC with Fedora 32 installed on it. After some googling I saw that I'll need something like...

Published at LXer: Alpine Linux 3.12 is out now as a new stable release of this security-oriented, independent and lightweight GNU/Linux distribution based on musl and BusyBox. Read More......

Here's what I want to do: Step 1. Finish language. PNF and related tools. When testing them I was unsure of the liscence. But I ended up using gpl for production copies. Found at...

Published at LXer: Resolutiion, an absolutely beautiful fast-paced action-adventure from Monolith of Minds and Deck 13 is out now. Made with FOSS software! Read More......

Trying to make my firefox recognizes some videos, I downloaded ffmpeg 4.2 from the official website. I unpack it and tried to compile. First I entered Code: --------- ./configure...

Published at LXer: A new version of KernelCare adds detection and live patching for Glibc and OpenSSL vulnerabilities. It was created to ensure that critical APIs and libraries stay patched, as...