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Hi Env: Debian 9.9 4.9.0-9-686-pae Connected to internet via usb tethering with Android device Prb : Randomly (once a week) Debian disconnect from network Action:restarting network does not...

Hi, I am preparing to compile Firefox 76 on Slackware 14.2. Newest Firefox probably requires higher version libraries.How to find out which libraries needs to be updated? Thanks

When I am editing something in Audacity and I click on the timeline, sometimes I inadvertently get a 'double-headed arrow' instead of the normal down arrow. Once I get this it immediately starts...

I did everything by this documentation: https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/vpn/set-up-wireguard-vpn-on-debian - but couldn't ping: Code: --------- $ ping -c 4 10.0.0.1 PING 10.0.0.1...

Published at LXer: Sponsored by Valve, this latest release of the Open Source project which enables interaction with traditional desktop environments, such as GNOME and KDE, in VR, brings the...

Published at LXer: The adoption of Linux seems to be improving not only on the desktop but also on mobile, where projects like postmarketOS keep evolving at a super-fast pace. Read More......

Published at LXer: Stacer is an application that is used for many tasks. I often use this application to see info about running computer systems, delete repositories, delete cache, and many others....

Published at LXer: President Donald Trump wants to protect America[he]#039[/he]s power-grid by forbidding US companies from buying electrical equipment from possible enemy countries....

Hi just loaded Linux as my main OS on a computer that was struggling to run Windows. Now that I have I noticed that if you wish to use some software via Linux you need an understanding that includes...

Hey all, wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to fix this? I have Dynamix UPS connected via USB. But it won't stay connected, i.e. its there as a device then disappears. DMESG is spammed with...

Published at LXer: The codies over at Collabora announced the release of xrdesktop 0.14, a Valve Software sponsored effort to bring Linux desktops into the VR world. Read More......

Published at LXer: A firewall is a tool for monitoring and filtering incoming and outgoing network traffic. It works by defining a set of security rules that determine whether to allow or block...

Hey folks! So in a previous post, I mentioned how I was unable to boot my system past a frozen Linux Mint splash screen (also unable to login with my user credentials even if I made it that far)...

Published at LXer: FreeBSD is a great operating system, but, by design, it does not come with a desktop environment. Without installing additional software from FreeBSD's ports and packages...

Hi,all #allen@allen:~/install$ sudo apt-get install python3.5-venv Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get...

All, Here on LQ, when I do and advanced sort on threads I've started it shows all of them but I want to search the results with opem tjreads 1st amd tje "Solved" threads showing last. The...

Published at LXer: Learn to get the most out of your ZFS filesystem in our new series on storage fundamentals. Read More......

I am somewhat new to Linux. I am playing around with a couple of things in learning how it works. In order to help isolate any possible bugs, I wanted to establish a throughline to possible errors and...

Published at LXer: Are your backups running too long? Would the time required for a full recovery put your business at risk? Here's a better solution. Read More......

I am in the process of installing alien bob's qt5 in an i3 with 4 G ram and 12Gswap to a xfce desktop, but my computer can not find the file qt5-everywhere-5.13.2.tar.xz. So when I go sh...

Hi, Am installing 14.2 32bit via CD onto a Compac nx9010 laptop (1GB ram, 60GB HDD, P4). Have partitioned hdd to sda1=16GB for /, sda2=4GB for swap, sda3=38GB for /home. Have formatted sda1 and sda3...

Since installing these updates to -current, ---Quote--- +----------------------+ Fri May 8 04:23:14 UTC 2020 a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-31.txz: Rebuilt. rc.M: start rc.nss-pam-ldapd. ...

I recently reinstalled slackware64-current with full install. It worked fine for a couple of days. Now when I power it on or reboot, I get: Code: --------- ELILO v3.16 foe EFI/x86_64 Loading...

Published at LXer: Silverblue is an operating system for your desktop built on Fedora. It’s excellent for daily use, development, and container-based workflows. It offers numerous advantages such...

Hi running a Live Linux OS works fine using a Linus OS USB in a Windows OS environment, When I run the Linux USB in a Linux OS it doesn't work. Is there a specific boot creator tool that I can use...

Hi I am using chromium on lubuntu. It seems that since the last chromium update Im unable to download anything from chromium to a flash drive. It says access denied when I select the flash drive....

Trying to upgrade to 20.04 from 19.10, I get to the point in the command line that requires a password and the system doesn't respond; the cursor just sits there and when I try to type, nothing...

Published at LXer: This excellent Linux command line book is more than cubicle decoration, it's a secret super power. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/review-linux-command-line)

Published at LXer: This brief guide explains how to find if a user is using password-based or key-based SSH authentication in Linux. Read More......

I'd like to run Matrix server and connect it to IRC on my desktop computer. I've done these commands. https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/blob/master/HOWTO.md Unfortunately I get...

Hi linuxers I want to ask a question. I became curious about Oracle Linux, but I am not a system administrator nor I control a server or database. I wanted to install it because I thought it was...

Published at LXer: Is there anything better than a warmly flickering Linux terminal?Sure there is: two warmly flickering Linux terminals. In fact, the more, the better.read more Read More......

I ran into a problem today while trying to read from a file that turned out to have accented characters in it. (In this case an umlauted "o" and an accented "e"). I have a little function (Thank...

Published at LXer: In the first two articles in this series, I explored the Linux systemd startup sequence. In the first article, I looked at systemd's functions and architecture and the...

I am trying to ssh to a host via a bastion. I have set StrictHostKeyChecking=no for both ssh as well as the ProxyCommand Code: --------- ssh -i ~/mykey.pem-prod...

Published at LXer: According to Net Applications, desktop Linux is making a surge. But, Windows still rules the desktop and other data suggests that macOS, Chrome OS, and Linux are still way...

Hi Folks, You've all helped me loads to learn bash scripting but I've come across a problem I just don't know how to start I want to scramble and possibly add a few more digits in a file name ...

All, Had recently re-installed MySQL and PHPmyAdmin on a server. PhpMyAdmin was not allowing a login, so went to the /etc/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin.inc.php file and corrected the login info. Also...

I compiled my code in Fortran with -g -pg options, and then use mpirun to do a parallel run on a few nodes. After it is finished, I am not able to find the gmon.out file which is needed for gprof to...

Looking at upgrading a server to current. That server has xdmcp setup and working. The problem is that xorg is now by default not accepting port 6000. I have been trying to edit...

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Rhel 8.1 snmpd 5.8 mrtg-2.17.7-1.el8.x86_64 working on a new mrtg server, I did not set up the old one, and I have no notes for it. Snmp is installed, I created a user for it, since I am doing...

Published at LXer: SparkyLinux 2020.05 has been released as a new monthly update of the unstable series based on the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system. Read More......

Hi, _TV_ When I purchased my first LED TV in 2018 I didn't know the difference between HD Ready & Full HD. I know that I should have researched the topic but fact is I didn't. The sales guy told...

I was very grateful for some generous assistance (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/configuring-and-hardening-a-new-server-to-replace-compromised-machine-891764/) I received...

Centos, C++ I have an application that is CPU intensive. It receives incoming telemetry data and creates a frequency spectrum, Discrete Fourier Transform. The user needs control over various aspects...

Hi all, Long time lurker of the LinuxQuestions forums, sometimes stumbling in via Google, but other times browsing around. I finally decided to disengage stealth mode and actually register. A...

Published at LXer: If there is only a specific icon you'd like to swap, Gnome 3 provides a simple way to do that. Learn how you can easily change icons in Gnome 3. Read More......

Hi, I am using Opensuse Leap 15.2. After login in after boot (at the login screen) I sometimes get a pop-up requesting root authentication. Is there a way to find which application is...

Hi all, I had my VNC connection working well between my office's Ubuntu and my home Ubuntu (both 18.04). The connection basically works with vnc4server and vncviewer (or Remmina, but the result is...