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Though a member for quite a while, I have never asked a question before. If anyone can "spoon feed me" as to why "compiz" is not working. It keeps saying: "Fatal no composite extension". I keep...

Hi! I did try to do a forum search, maybe I was not using the right combination of words. I have recently installed the latest version of Pop! OS (20.x) and have the GNOME DE, which is fine and I...

Published at LXer: MongoDB is an open-source and cross-platform document-oriented database system written in C++. It stores data in collections of JSON-like, flexible documents and used to create...

Published at LXer: In this quick tutorial I want to show you how to correctly enable 3D acceleration on VirtualBox if you want to make your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS virtual machines more faster and...

Published at LXer: Driver code open-sourced. Build Microsoft has followed up the crowd-pleasing announcement of GUI and GPU-enablement for Linux apps running on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2...

Hello everyone, from my first post. For a while, I've been looking at some distros as an alternative to Windows. Currently using Kubuntu when not using windows. I mentioned Pan Newsreader because I...

Published at LXer: PostgreSQL or Postgres is an open-source general-purpose object-relational database management system with many advanced features that allows you to build fault-tolerant...

Hi. I've been setting up a bridge for KNM VM. I first set it up on a test machine and had the IP on the bridge only. When I put it into production I have the IP twice on the bridge (/22 and /32)...

I am using borg backup. Great ! I realize there are duplicated files on my filesystem thanks to "borgmatic info" that says: Code: --------- Original size Compressed...

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04. I executed sudo snap install vlc and VLC appeared to be downloading. Then I accidentally killed the terminal. Now when I execute sudo snap install vlc, Ubuntu gives me a...

Hello everyone, i have a problem and i need help, first of all, i moved totally to Linux (Debian10) probably like 8 months ago, i used this tutorial for disk partitioning...

Code: --------- # cat /var/log/secure May 20 12:04:59 darkstar xscreensaver: pam_group(xscreensaver:setcred): unable to set the group membership for user: Operation not permitted May 20 15:07:28...

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Published at LXer: Canonical published today a new Linux kernel live patch security update Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS systems to address a single security vulnerability. Read More......

Hi, I need to download ISO SUSE LINUX DESKTOP 11 x86_64bits or SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 x86_64bits or SLE-11 x86_64bits. Can someone helpme? Regards, CesarCorrea

Published at LXer: Python has earned a reputation as a wonderful beginner programming language. But where does one begin?One of my favorite ways to get people interested in programming is by...

I'm working with a SBC running Linux. I am trying to get and set a device with an address of 0x7C but the standard limit is 0x77. I am able to run the following and the device shows up: Code:...

My linux partition is encrypted with luks and i have another encrypted with luks partition which i want to mount on boot. How to do that? Both partitions are encrypted with the same password. I am...

Beginning today /dev/dri/card0 lacks permissions for users: user can't view an image. What sets the permissions of this file? What creates it? I can add setting them to rc.local, so the problem is...

Published at LXer: fdisk is a menu-driven command-line utility that allows you to create and manipulate partition tables on a hard disk. Read More......

Hello from AceAce a new member who found you while looking for financial extension info-

Published at LXer: Wireguard is a new connection protocol to make your VPN connection more secure. Learn what Wireguard is and how it works with just about everything. Read More......

Hi Env HW: Laptop HP 650 x64 processor with BIOS UEFI CSM (secure boot disabled) preparing to install debin dual boot with windows ENV Gparted-live 1.1.0-1-amd64 With windows parttioner i...

So I've been playing with a lot of RPI images lately and some come compressed as *xz and *bz2 files. tar -xf has been more often than not kicking up this error: Code: --------- tar: This...

I have a plaintext PEM file containing private key and cert chain that I need to convert to a pfx file encrypted using 3DES and signed with SHA1 for compatibility with Microsoft products which don't...

Published at LXer: Recently, I wrote an article explaining how we can implement Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) using the Quagga routing suite. There are multiple software suites that can be used...

Hi All, Ambient capabilities are supporting in from Linux 4.3). We are looking for the feasibility options on back porting Ambient capabilities changes in older Kernel 3.12. Do we have any...

Published at LXer: During the Microsoft Build 2020 developer conference, Microsoft has raised a number of eyebrows at their Linux plans. Read More......

Hello All I'm using RegEx to rename a lot of files. Following are some samples of the filename. Code: --------- $ ls -1N 01 Linux OS Introduction*12m 58s*.mp4 02 Subject Intro*25s*.mp4 03...

Freshly installed Sarpi 32bit here. It's sitting up and booting. I did remove the initrd.gz, and the few lines at the end of /boot/config.txt that tell things to load an initrd. wlan0 doesn't seem...

Thanks *János*, Added (https://gitlab.com/sndwvs/images_build_kit/-/commit/4cc26b03e7731e3fd946685a434dbedcdce6c9e8) build support, tested...

Hi folks, I'm going to try to compile PAM-less Slackware current. I don't have any experience in distro-hacking though, so any help is welcome. What steps are needed to accomplish that? From what...

I am facing an error while trying to run Ansys 19.2 in my desktop with freshly installed Fedora 32. When I try to run it, the sotware fails to fetch the license information and forced to exit. ...

I am looking for linux alternative to StrokePlus for Windows. I tried Easystroke but it doesn't seem to work.

whats the story with mounting drives in old days it used to be /mnt to mount drives then it become /mnt and /media noways there is: /mnt /media /run/media whats the point where i suppose to...

Published at LXer: Canonical’s Ubuntu Security Team has published new Linux kernel security updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS systems to address several vulnerabilities. Read...

This is a question for AlienBob, who can sometime be found in forum. Most packages from Alien, have worked fine. Thanks for the precompiled packages for slack-14.2. It is rare that I can compile...

Published at LXer: A GitLab survey found that DevOps is continuing to gain momentum, but there[he]#039[/he]s plenty of room for improvement when it comes to testing and security. Read More......

Hello I recently made a custom kali iso with all packages I wanted, and set kali-desktop-kde as desktop environment. Now, when I compiled the iso, and booted it up, my default desktop environment is...

Published at LXer: A brief introduction to encrypting files with the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG, or GnuPG). Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/getting-started-gpg)

I'm trying to add the following string to a file: Code: --------- sed 's|\$MYSQL_PASSWORD|'"$MYSQL_PASSWORD"'|' --------- I'm using the simple and double quote syntax so that sed would use the...

If I forget the root password on FreeBSD, I can put in the install CD/USB into the computer and then boot into single user mode, then reset the root password (without having to know the old) by typing...

Published at LXer: Cross-platform game engine Defold has announced that the source code is now available under a reasonably generous license, along with the formation of a Defold Foundation. ...

I am trying to install the driver on a brand new Lenovo Thinkpad P53 with Debian Testing. I understand this clearly departs from the Lenovo supported standard, which is Debian LTS, and is documented...

For any non-gamer contemplating building a new Linux desktop PC with an AMD Ryzen CPU, I have made this short blog: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?b=38257 Just to add that the...

Published at LXer: Windows Subsystem for Linux to gain out-of-the-box support for GUI apps, GPU chippery. Build Microsoft's Build 2020 appears to mark the long-awaited Year Of Linux on the Desktop...

I made a bootable Kali Linux 2.0 pendrive using 32gb pendrive. After updating, free disk space left to be 24gb but now it is consistently reducing and reached upto 4gb.

Published at LXer: Some of the data tables I audit have an "Issues" field that flags problems with individual records. It's a kind of self-reporting "Look! I've got an error!" feature. I wondered...

I have a HDD Toshiba P300 2 Tb and I have 1 Tb of data to write into it. But only 50 Gb of that data is to be accessed by me regularly. Is it true that if there were a logical partition for those 50...

Published at LXer: In my previous article, I introduced Skipper, an open source HTTP router and reverse proxy for service composition. This article focuses on how Skipper increases network...