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the other day thunar got hung up and I force killed it. now it is not starting. I ran it in the terminal and it just hangs. I'm thinking on trying to just reinstall it, so what is the easiest way to...

I recently received an email stating a "FAIL event has been detected on md device /dev/md0" whereby it looks like it went back to resyncing everything from the good drive, but upon checking smartctl...

Note: This is a repeat of a problem I experience last August. My original fix of removing the LO packages and going back to the Leap 15.1 DVD release fixed the problem. A couple of months ago, I...

Hello I am trying to to backup my server (SDC)to a internal hard drive (SDB1). REAR keeps failing saying Code: --------- mkdir: cannot create directory...

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Having serious mouse and keyboard issues - both are hesitant, as in delays between my finger movement and result on screen. Makes it really hard to do stuff when you scroll away and nothing happens...

Hi, I am looking for information/help related to kernel safety analysis: - the kernel compliance with MISRA and its interpretation, which rules are important and which can be ignored. - ...

As of the latest libdvdread upgrade I'm getting a lot of these: Code: --------- error while loading shared libraries: libdvdread.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory...

Published at LXer: Do you have a lot of shell scripts in a directory? This brief guide explains a couple methods to run all scripts in a directory in Linux. Read More......

Hello, I have an HP300LX with an SH3 processor. Is it possible to run Linux on it? Maybe from a CF card? Hope to hear from you, Wollo3

I think I've found a bug: in Bodhi 5.1, Terminology always starts the first command with a capital letter. Which usually makes the command I try to execute invalid, which is rather annoying.... ...

Hello everyone I'm trying to install Slackware Live Iso Mate (in mono boot) on a Dell Precision 7510 with the following partitioning: nvme0n1p1 +1M ef02 Bios Boot Partition, nvme0n1p2 +512M ef00...

Published at LXer: First things first: What are proxy servers, and why use them?read more Read More... (https://opensource.com/article/20/4/tor-proxy-raspberry-pi)

Hi, I connect to the Internet using a 4G router. It has a sim card in it. Besides the power button there is also a button named "WPS". What is the function of WPS ? I have lost the manual.

Greetings I'm not sure many are in a similar position than I am since I haven't allowed automatic updates for Firefox ever since they disabled pure ALSA functionality. Nevertheless it is possible...

I have multiple computers in my house that run various versions of Linux Mint or Ubuntu, though soon they will all be running the upcoming Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ("Focal Fossa"). At the moment, if I want...

Hi Everybody, I am trying to restrick loggin for some hours , but my settings are not applied. /etc/pam.d/sshd id as follows account required pam_nologin.so account include ...

I have been using rcolne for quite some time and I thing it is the best tool to deal with your cloud accounts and to sync the data without any bells and whistles usage. But the only problem of which I...

Published at LXer: In a move many will find surprising, Huawei is joining the Linux and Open Invention Network, the leading US-based open-source patent non-aggression group. Read More......

So about 2 years ago I got a chromebook, And had someone it IT install crouton and xe ial linux. It worked great for a year or so. I don't use the chromwbook that often, 6 months ago I turned it...

For past couple of days I have been trying to understand the concept of world sets in Linux but not getting a clear picture of it. How to differentiate it against 'emerge --sync' command and what does...

Dear expert Penguins I am totally lost. *What happened* A text file, od can read, but hexer cannot. Code: --------- od -h thefile 0000000 bbef 3cbf ...

Hello, I would like to migrate data from /dev/sdd to /dev/sde and /dev/sdf /dev/sde and /dev/sdf must use LVM type RAID 0 ( for performance). /dev/sdd : is the old LVM /dev/sde and...

Published at LXer: Arne Exton released today a new version of his ExTiX “The Ultimate Linux System” distribution with a “Mini” flavor featuring the lightweight LXQt desktop environment. Read...

I'm using Ubuntu 16 server as guest OS in VirtualBox, Ubuntu 18.04 as host OS. VirtualBox version 5.2.38. I'm trying to setup shared folders and clipboard from host machine to guest one and all my...

Code: --------- glxgears: error while loading shared libraries: libGLEW.so.2.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory --------- mesa needs a rebuilt after the recent glew...

Greetz Since the Pure ALSA directory in Extra only contains KDE files for v4 I assume KTown won't work as Pure ALSA. So what is the recommended procedure for running KTown and defaulting to...

I have the following code snippet. This code snippet is essentially duplicated in several places for different uses. Code: --------- # Set Backup Log Name Extension if [ $1 -eq 0 ] then ...

Code: --------- root@ipa:~# ping madeupserver PING madeupserver(localhost (::1)) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from localhost (::1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.027 ms 64 bytes from localhost (::1):...

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badblocks finds 80,475,544 bad blocks. Code: --------- dumpe2fs -b --------- returns no blocks.

I ran this command to upgrade to Fedora 31, and i received a confusing error at the end here. I am fairly new at working on Linux. Since this is a new problem for me, I figured I would post it here...

Published at LXer: In Linux, dotfiles are hidden text files that are used to store various configuration settings for many such as Bash and Git to more complex applications like i3 or VSCode. Most...

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Have you tried different distros on the same laptop and experienced longer battery life with one over the other, while using all basically the same way? I have a rather new Linux laptop from Tuxedo,...

A question related to my considering running Win 10 in VMware player (or similar in Linux) rather than on bare iron as dual boot. I understand that I could run into a problem with regards to MIDI...

Published at LXer: Mattermost is a free, open-source and self-hosted enterprise team collaboration messaging system. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mattermost with Nginx reverse...

I have a server at 192.168.2.1, and my main server (GW to internet) internal IP at 192.168.1.1. In between is my laptop where I interact with both networks. I did the following on 2.1: Code:...

Code: --------- e2fsck -ccfy /dev/sdc1 --------- returned: ---Quote--- e2fsck 1.45.6 (20-Mar-2020) Checking for bad blocks (non-destructive read-write test) Testing with random pattern:...

Published at LXer: The Kernel is the core of the Linux operating system. This guide will show you how to update the kernel in the CentOS 8.0 environment. Read More......

I'm a mid-career electrician transitioning into i.t. and have found you all, thankfully! I've been building/maintaining my own windows equipment for years and finally decided to take the plunge on an...

Since we are all stuck at home...good time to practice our bash, python, perl, php, C++ etc. I'll start with one. Here is a very basic text only web browser that uses python3, tkinter, urllib,...

How to install linux on not rooted phone? I try to install it but in the end command not found.. and what do i fill up in the localhost?

Published at LXer: Using the correct timezone is essential for many systems related tasks and processes. For example, the cron daemon uses the system’s timezone for executing cron jobs, and the...

Hi My HP printer is not detected when I try to use it ---Quote--- Could not start printer Please check your printer configuration ---End Quote---

I have a CentOS 7 VMware guest running on ESX. On Windows when I need to increase disk space I can add more space within VMware and then login to the Windows guest and using disk management can rescan...

I am getting an error while using sed command Code: --------- sed "3i\ "auth_url":$OS_AUTH_URL,\n "region_name":$OS_REGION_NAME,\n "endpoint_type":$OS_INTERFACE," -i "${ACCOUNTS_JSON}"...

Trying to install updates through the GUI on a LM 19.3, and while it's doing the kernel updates, this error pops up. ---Quote--- E:...

I have a sentence: *the question, did the quick brown foxxxxxx quack wearing nik* Here, I want to extract words starting with *q* and ending with *k* using preferably grep. What I got so far...

I am using write / recvmsg for writing / reading packets from the socket. Buffer I am passing is much bigger than the size of packet I am writing / receiving. To my surprise, I am seeing recvmsg...