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a few years ago i disabled the camera driver on my laptop. it was when i was running 16.04 or 14.04, not sure. searches for how to do this were telling me to do modprobe -r but i distrusted that...

Published at LXer: Apple has never created a build of Safari for Linux, but that doesn't mean you can't use it. Here is how you can install Safari on Linux. Read More......

:study: Hello ! Is that possible to modify setparams to get my BIOS next reboot ? or to force BIOS from grub menu ? When I push [DEL] on my T101HA I can't enter in my BIOS, I directly get into...

I installed SliTaz on one of my old PCs and want to issue some startup commands. In particular xrandr to change resolution and numlockx to turn on numlock. I've tried .xprofile, it doesn't use...

:study: Hello there Fellow Linux heads /devotees --using Puppy linux "slacko 5.4.2 " on my Linux box -. When ilog onto many websites I csannot get omto them -somelike...

Perhaps this may help someone when a similar situation arises. Below is an address of a blog. This blog has many very clear and precise actions and solutions, many pertaining to computers....

Published at LXer: A Markov model (named after the mathematician Andrey Markov) is used for forecasting in systems of random change. Markov's insight is that good predictions in this context can be...

Hi: Yesterday I did Code: --------- pacman -Rdd libxxf86dga --------- Now mplayer won't start: Code: --------- bill@darkstar/almacen/cine/Chicago (2002)$ mplayer Chicago.2002.720p.x264.mkv ...

I have an rsnapshot server that I want to put to sleep and woken up only at nights when I do backups or when I need to restore, which can be done by issuing a wol packet to wake the server up. when I...

I am running Ubuntu Desktop, and when I run this command, this is what I get. I have a Dell laptop, running 16 GB. I would like to run 1-2 VMs. Code: --------- free -m total ...

Published at LXer: This brief guide explains how to track Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) statistics from Commandline using Corona-cli on Linux. Read More......

For several months, the "Simplify page" option in the page preview mode of Firefox has failed. I thought the problem was Firefox, but recdently tried it on my Debian machine with the same revision of...

I'm hugely fed-up with audio playback in Linux, but I realize that the only way to improve it is to learn enough to do it all. Alsa, pulseaudio, equalizers, adding presets,...all this stuff right...

I get an I/O error when trying to delete Boot0006 with efibootmgr. First of all, here is the output from efibootmgr: Code: --------- efibootmgr Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0006":...

Hi, I was debating on which package manager to use for my LFS build. I used Slackware's package manager successfully but I couldn't get Arch Linux's Pacman to work. I followed this guide for Pacman...

Published at LXer: Vanilla is a free, open-source and flexible community forum software that can be used to build your own forum site. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Vanilla forum...

Hi all, I was running Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia prior to the problems described here. I've just made some changes to my PC which now won't boot. I am attempting to install a new graphics card, and...

Trying to install Slackware current (late March 2020) on a HPE Proliant DL360 Gen 10 server. After booting from DVD, I cannot see any disks. fdisk -l returns nothing. There is a /dev/sda, but that is...

Any good videos for noobs using deepin ? What browsers work best with linux? Thanks

Hey everyone! I only just started using Linux to view some DVD-ROM files through an external drive on my Chromebook for work. I managed to install linux just fine, but now I am having trouble...

YUM UPDATE, which I run weekly, has been having some trouble with missing dependencies etc. and won't update LibreOffice. I'm CentOS/7 64-bit; when I load via Application | Office, my version is...

Hi. Since many distros have Memtest86+ as part of the choice on boot, I wonnder if that version of Memtest86+ is the same version that can be downloaded separately from their web page:...

You can help me out one of 2 ways. *_Way 1:_* A reinstall beckons. I have a recent iso, and did the usual thing with a usb drive because the cdroms I...

Published at LXer: While logging in, the password input field seems more rightward rather than centered and aligned with the avatar icon and the Ubuntu logo. Though, Ubuntu 20.04 now includes GNOME...

Hello! I am currently setting up my new mail server at home using postfix and dovecot. The server is connected to the Internet via DSL, i.e. with a dynamic IP. Therefore I got postfix up and...

I've got /home/b***/recovered-from-mbp/ with a 1000 directories i.e., /recup_dir.1-->1014 underneath that. I want to use cp to copy only *.NEF, *.jpg etc. from those 1000 directories to...

Hi. I use the vBulletin Maker Community. I just migrated from http to https recently and used the Certbot app to do that. Certbot automatically added certificates and domain redirects from http to...

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Hi, I want to Dual boot Linux KDE Plasma 5 and Windows 7 or 10. Linux will be the main day to day Desktop, but there may be a few things I need Windows for. I am going to use a 1600 AF CPU and...

So, I have the following setup: - desktop computer running *Xubuntu 19.10* - *cups 2.2.12* installed with one network *Canon MF8280Cw* printer installed in 2 variants: - one time...

the situation: my working pc:A-ubuntu18 my vps:B-centos7 my vpn provider:C-anyconnect/openconnect servers with 3 ip addrs(a,b,c) I need to use A with docker containers connect to C to get a,b,c...

How can I solve this problem on Ubuntu Sir?

Published at LXer: This tutorial shows how to change the sudo password in Debian 10. Read More... (https://vitux.com/how-to-reset-the-password-for-sudo-in-debian/)

I am a newbie. I am recently install a Linux in my PC and I want to connect make a OpenVPN setup in my system. Can anyone suggest me the easy setup guide because I do not have technical knowledge....

Just saw the following: [html]https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-defender-for-linux-is-coming-this-is-what-you-need-to-know/[/html] I started to laugh then thought should I cry?

Some of you may be aware but I have been rather ill of late. No coronavirus tho but It has significantly delayed me getting the 5.1.0 official release out. Sick or not I struggled to get it...

Published at LXer: The 100th "BASHing data" blog post demonstrates a handy way to use the ncal calendar utility. Read More... (https://www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2020-03-25.html)

Hey everyone its david from USA. By profession i am a dropshipper By age i am too young :D because my age is just 19 ;) Hope to learn from you all

Hi, I asked this in another forum a few weeks back but no-one answered. Maybe it is a stupid question and if so, please tell me. If I have this command, sleep 1800 , and I want to strace it to...

I need to get the read contents of this json file { "instance": { "id": "i-061a20e8c5", "taglist" : [ {"Key": "acp-ims-backup","Value": "sqldb"} , {"Key":...

I have asked this question first in the scientific linux forum, but since CentOS7 and Scientific Linux 7 are rather similar this could be of interest to CentOS7 users. I have a HP ZBook 14, with...

On a redhat 7 system we want to be able to choose the source interface for outgoing traffic based on which interface the traffic came in. We tried using ip rule and ip route. Even the most simple rule...

How do I get a £ sign on my Logitech 360 German keyboard? Is there a key combination that will give me the £ sign? I have tried the Windows key combinations, alt163, alt156, alt+0163, U+00A3 but none...

Published at LXer: A very interesting use of open source in action here from the incredibly smart team over at Collabora who teamed up with Microsoft engineers to get OpenGL and OpenCL via DirectX....

Anyone know how to install Enlightenment on Centos 8? I enabled EPEL repo and it still wasn't in the repository list.

Published at LXer: I believe that WordPress has a place in every PK-12 school. Most teachers are looking for ways to quickly engage parents with news from the classroom, and while many use social...

I am looking for a command line tool that can show network statistic for each process. For example, i want to see for the last 24 hours how much traffic each process have received and sent. Is there...

Published at LXer: Alejandro Díaz informs 9to5Linux about the release and general availability of Escuelas Linux 6.8, a new important update to this Ubuntu-based educational focused GNU/Linux...

I downloaded the -current ISO from here: http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/slackware/slackware64-current-iso/ When I use Code: --------- bash-4.2$ mkisofs -o...

Published at LXer: Calendar technology is not encrypted by default. That means any individual or provider between you and your calendar notifications can read and potentially store that...