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Published at LXer: It's been a long time since I properly learned a new language—computer or human. Maybe 25 years. That language was Java, and although I've had to write little bits of C (very,...

Hello all, I have a question about ffmpeg. I can add subtitles with -vf "subtitles=subtitle.srt" to a video, but the subtitles are hard-coded into the video. Is there a option to toggle the...

dear community, How to install PHP on MXLinux 19? which method: MX Package Manager or command-line what is aimed: I want to work with PHP 7.3 on my newly installed MXLinux 19. *question:...

Hello, pedigree - create a TeX file for pedigree from a csv file is broken on Slackware-current64. This module is in package texlive-2019.190626-x86_64-4 root@p:~# pedigree Can't locate...

When I start up my Arch Linux with XFCE, it "randomly decides" whether or not to mount the Internal Hard Drive (separate from Linux partition) properly. It is always mounted, but often I don't have...

I have a problem with /var/log/spamd. Its getting very large (39Gb). I've tried: Code: --------- mv spamd spamd.old; touch spamd --------- to create a backup and start fresh, but it just...

How to install Flamshot ?

I have a multiple strings like: *Input*: linux-unix-linux-unix-manjaro I want to remove consecutive words so that output will be: *Output* linux-unix-manjaro Please someone provide awk or...

Hello, I am wondering how many people have had success or failure with using iso2usb.sh to write slackware-live/1.3.5.1 to a USB. If you recall which options you used, please share.

Published at LXer: This brief tutorial describes how to directly SSH into a particular directory of a remote Linux system Read More......

Hi, I am writing a program in which recursive function call with (array and its size as argument) multiple number of times. For simplicity I am not showing recursive function below instead called...

My computer has integrated graphics and a GPU. Using the integrated graphics since it just works out of the box. I had some problems configuring the GPU in the past but now, that is a job done. The...

Published at LXer: Python 2 has reached its end of life, with the open source project no longer providing updates, but that doesn't mean the 2.x version of the programming language has disappeared...

For some reason I can no longer login to one of my accounts (ORGhs) Here is my /etc/passwd content: Code: --------- ORGhs:x:1002:44::/home/ORGhs:/bin/sh hafiz:x:1000:1000:My Name...

I want to burn a DVD that has a (nearly) complete installation of Slackware so that I can boot off of it and run all my Slackware programs on a Windoze system. I hope this is obvious that I've missed...

I'm in a pinch, so I'd appreciate help and no attitude. I came home from my Memorial day outing to find my computer and modem gone. Walmart, Office Depot, and Best Buy were sold out of suitable...

Published at LXer: A few months ago, we got a requirement to provide a stable and reliable Domain Name System (DNS) server for a new project. The project dealt with auto-deployment using containers...

I own a TP-Link TL-WN723v3 and struggled for some time to get it in AP mode with the available drivers and using an actual version of hostapd. In the driver repos on github and in some other tutorials...

Hello, I have installed Slackware-current 64 withe the latest Plasma 5 (updated today) ver 5.18.4 I wonder if there is away to disable virtual keyboard at login? I did search Slackware forums and...

Published at LXer: The cURL linux command can use various network protocols to download and upload data on Linux. Normally, using the cURL command is pretty basic, but it has a ton of options and...

For a long time I've been using my own mechanism for creating a bridge & running dnsmasq to enable networking for my LXC containers. I had seen lxc-net mentioned by others but never bothered with it...

Published at LXer: Like with all the first releases of Ubuntu, the first point release to iron out the issues and bugs which may be got missed during the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS release – and that makes...

I have to make a shell script which compares 2 files line by line and finds different lines.If the number of the different lines is greater than 20,then I have to copy the 2 files to another path and...

i know how to define bash functions. i'd like to have a bash function run inside a bash process every hour. well, maybe every 20 minutes. too bad cron is a separate process.

Hello everyone, I'm new to linuxquestions.org and am fairly new to Linux. I use Linux for research related to computational chemistry. I have run into a new problem which has me flummoxed. ...

How to enable zoom in and out using mouse wheel scroll button on centos 7 gnome terminal?

Published at LXer: The workspaces, or Virtual Desktops, is a main feature of the Linux desktop. It has been around for a long time and is available for almost every Linux window manager. Gnome3...

I am trying to install MakeMKV as a Snap. I download snapd and then snap find makemkv. I get the following error: error: cannot list snaps: cannot communicate with server: Get...

i have desktop icons run firefox go to different web sites, such as one to go here. the name shows up with 2 lines on the icon. i was setting icons up on 2 other users and copied the Linux Questions...

Any ideas why the setuid would be automatically removed when I copy ping to /root, for instance? Is this documented anywhere? Is it standard or maybe distro-related? Code: ---------...

I have resurrected an old Compaq Presario 1200 xl400 to use on my Uno project. I want to add wireless and bought Linksys WPC54GV3 pcmia wireless adapter. I could not get the adapter working on...

I wanted to record a video of the screen via simplescreenrecorder, so I installed it and its ffmpeg dependency via slpkg using the sbo repository (Slackbuilds.org). The program opens, but I can't...

Published at LXer: Cloud-init is a standard—it would not be a stretch to say it is the standard—that cloud providers use to provide initialization and configuration data to cloud instances. It is...

Dell Optiplex 9020. Plugged a 2nd harddrive in using SATA. When I boot there is nothing--- black screen, no BIOS. It's not easy to get it to boot back to BIOS either. I have to keep turning the power...

Hello I tried to make a USB with Slackware live edition as detailed below, but it does not boot every way I have tried: 1. UEFI mode with or without Secure Boot: In UEFI mode my laptop first says...

the pastebins are output from debian sid running on an imac 17,1 using *journalctl -b | grep pulse* vlc video plays with sound https://pastebin.com/sixD5S8T left the computer idle for a short...

I have a short script that returns the country of my IP to display in my i3bar using i3blocks. The script uses curl to get the country code. Attachment 33267...

Hello, I have an Asus 1000H w/Bodhi 4.x installed that is not booting. I see Bodhi is currently on 5.x. I recall updating beyond 4.x (maybe to 5.0?) and experiencing issues that I no longer...

I have a dictionary of users in ansible : Code: --------- --- - hosts: localhost become: yes vars: users:

When I plug in an external disk (via USB) I get ---Quote--- EXT4-fs error (device sda1) in ext4_free_inode:355: Corrupt filesystem ---End Quote--- What file/location on the disk is being used...

Hi altogether, I´ve encountered a peculiar problem lately which puzzles me quite a bit. Here´s what I´ve done: I´ve been running BodhiLinux (32 bit, latest version, up-to-date) in a virtual...

Hi,I am really struggling with a homework.I have to make a shell script that will copy to a separate path the files in which the user modified more than 20 lines on a specific date.The files should...

Hi, I'm trying to join an ubuntu server 20.04 to old Windows 2003 server AD. I've installed libraries and configured krb5.conf and smb.conf (guides...

Published at LXer: This guide explains how to save or write log files in RAM using Log2ram in Linux operating systems. Read More......

When I attempt to boot off of a usb created by iso2usb.sh as described in https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:liveslak and select the usb drive, I see a boot message, something like "checking...

Dear Colleagues, I have an Android phone which is stuck on the boot up screen and without access to the option of MTP (Media Transfer Protocol ) on the phone. I wanted to ask if there is a distro...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial we will show you three different ways to install Ruby on Ubuntu 20.04. Read More... (https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-ruby-on-ubuntu-20-04/)

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If you can’t get my money back from Cash App because if the tech glitch issue, then you can diagnose the problem using the tricks that are there in the tech videos. You can also reach the customer...

hi, what means ->modules linked? kernel: Modules linked in: cmac /var/log/messages-20200524-May 24 00:10:15 kernel: cmac /var/log/messages-20200524-May 24 00:10:15 kernel: cmac...