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How to Create a TWC Email Login Account?
TWC Email Login Account is a conclusive email organization open for the customers of TWC web affiliation or the Spectrum web. This top level email organization can be found a workable pace making your...
LXer: How To Count Files in Directory on Linux
Published at LXer: As a system administrator, you are probably monitoring the disk space on your system all the time. When browsing directories on your server, you might have come across...
Create JSON array from text file in linux with loop
I have a below file in txt format. I want to arrange the data in json array format in linux and append more such data with for/while loop in the same json array based on condition. Please help me with...
Installing PacketTracer 7.3.0 on Debian 10
Forgive my nebwie question but for the life of me I cant get Packet Tracer to run. Trying to study for CCNA. Here is what I get when I try to run the executable: joel@marine:/opt/pt/bin$...
LXer: Porteus Kiosk 5.0 Released with Linux 5.4 LTS, Many Improvements
Published at LXer: Gentoo-based Porteus Kiosk, a portable, small and secure locked down GNU/Linux distribution designed to deploy a kiosk software on public access computers, has been updated to...
Annoying development in browsers and Thunderbird
Running latest Slack64-current and latest Plasma5. After the updates today, 3.3.2020 a very annoying problem has surfaced. In Chromium (Eric's latest), FF-73.0.1 or Thunderbird when I click on a...
Best external CD/DVD burner for KDE/Kubuntu (Plasma 5.x)?
I bought a ridiculously cheap CD\DVD burner from Amazon for my Dell Inspiron 3531. I've tried to use it twice, but it causes the machine to freeze and, before this, did not mount the disk I inserted....
POST data in json array with curl command in bash loop
I am able to POST data with curl in the JSON format with the loop in bash script Current $(curl -o /dev/null -s -X POST “${url}" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: ${base}” -H...
[pppd] how to check the security issue CVE-2020-8597
Hello, I need to check the following security issue on my ppp client machine (linux) -eap.c in pppd in ppp 2.4.2 through 2.4.8 has an rhostname buffer overflow in the eap_request and...
LXer: How To Install GIMP on Ubuntu 18.04
Published at LXer: Recently, the latest GIMP 2.10.14 version was released and available now to install in Ubuntu. In this article, we’ll show you how to install the latest GIMP on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS....
Snmp response - bad udp length
Hi, I am running the snmp agent on a custom board. And am using the MIB browser tool on my PC to query the snmp data from the agent. I have certain parameters of OCTET STRING type that have sizes...
LXer: How to View Contents of Compressed/Archived Files and Folders on Linux
Published at LXer: 2DayGeek: Multiple ways to view/read archived file contents on Linux. Read More......
Opinions on (cross platform or not) C++ gui toolkits
Retirement is coming in the next couple of years and I think I may want to work on some things I've tinkered with over the years so I'm investigating some user interface frameworks to see if I might...
A discussion thread for Afterpkg
I created a new package builder/installer. It's called Afterpkg. https://github.com/bifferos/afterpkg I'm creating this thread to avoid protracted discussion of Afterpkg over on the "SBo...
LXer: How to use Nano Editor in Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS)
Published at LXer: How to use Nano Editor in Linux operating systems like Ubuntu or Debian or CentOS. Nano is one of the easiest command line text editor with syntax highlighting, multiple buffers,...
i3 : hotplug : automount... how to
Now that I've started using i3, I am seeing that when ever I plugin an external I get no automount. I see all kinds of automount etc.. this and that but nothing pertaining to i3 exactly. is there...
WoW I've never seen Slackware doing this before...
---Quote (Originally by Slackware)--- Searching for NEW configuration files Some packages had new configuration files installed. You have four choices: (K)eep the old files and consider .new...
Hi! from Paraguay
Hi! im an Informatics Engineering student and a Linux enthusiast!. I am not new to Linux as i use it in my job as a sysadmin at my university and as my desktop operative system too, but im not an...
I'm exhausted! You have to fight for every little thing nowadays.
I remember a time, not too long ago, when the only thing you had to beware of with energy companies was not to let them put you automatically onto the Standard Variable Tariff when your annual...
LXer: How to Install Nginx with PHP and MariaDB (LEMP Stack) on Fedora 31
Published at LXer: In this guide, you will install a LEMP stack on a Fedora 31 based server. LEMP is an acronym for Linux, )Nginx server, MySQL (we will be using MariaDB), and PHP. We will also...
Community Input of BL5.1 app pack applications.
I always considered our App Pack ISO unnecessary fluff. It goes against two fundamental Bodhi principles: * Minimalism * User choice If I remember the history right and this is hard for me to...
squid
hi, i try to deny access to http://www.google.com with squid. can i deny access to that site from the proxy server?or only from the client? more /etc/squid/squid.conf acl localnet src...
LXer: SystemRescueCd 6.1 Adds WireGuard Support, Linux Kernel 5.4 LTS
Published at LXer: The popular SystemRescueCd bootable Linux system rescue disk has been updated to version 6.1, a major release that migrates to a newer kernel and adds initial WireGuard support....
Cannot move files directly between two headless OMV servers.
Hi there. I have a really odd problem that I cannot get to the bottom of. I have two headless servers running Openmediavault - one is sharing a folder called "Share1" (on server1) and the other...
Any way to find which part of code of a process utilizing the CPU time?
Hello, Is there anyway to find out which part of code is consuming the CPU utilization for a specific process? Looking forward.
USB can format using linux but not Windows
Hi, I have a 4GB USB and I can format this using Linux (Centos 7) but not windows! Any idea why the deference Thanks and Regards
LXer: Using LibreOffice for your open source budgeting tool
Published at LXer: Budgets can be intimidating for beginners. It can feel overwhelming to think about money, much less about how to keep track of it. But it's important to know where your money is...
LXer: Linux Candy: tetris – terminal interface for Tetris
Published at LXer: There’s lots of fun in the terminal. How about a classic iconic tile-matching puzzle video game? Step forward tetris, a terminal interface for Tetris with the main file coded in...
Mouse wired and wireless not working with 2in1 Convertible with Linux only
I have a unique problem I've never experienced somewhere else... I am using a Lenovo yoga 2 pro with Kali Linux 2020.2 only. The yoga has a touchscreen and a Touchpad. Some weeks ago, I ordered a...
lower2UPPER and UPPER2lower simultaneously in vi
“vi” in the same txt file, this is my cmd to lowercase the UPPERCASE letters and UPPERCASE the lowercase letters at the same time: :%!tr [a-z,A-Z] [A-Z,a-z] Example: Translate—> tRANSLATE Is...
how carriers make smartphones locked
I'm not clear about how network carriers make smartphones locked to one carrier..Also, I need to know if I buy a carrier locked device, Can I use it on public Wi-Fi or other Wi-Fi without unlocking it?
Is it just me or what? Cannot load IATE website
I need to access some terminology databases as part of my translation work. Today, I wanted to use IATE, the European Union terminology database: https://iate.europa.eu/ Tried to load it with...
LXer: Linux From Scratch 9.1 Adds Zstandard and Linux 5.5 Support, Many Updates
Published at LXer: The Linux From Scratch (LFS) 9.1 and Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) 9.1 books that help you build your own GNU/Linux distribution from scratch have been released with support...
sd card reader has never worked
so I have a precision 5820 dell computer and my sd card doesnt read at all i tried it on a different computer works fine so i used the commands i found online lsblk lspci lsusb it's not showing up id...
The "Linux is like old cars" metaphor
I'm going to assume you're all familiar with the comparison of running Linux to that of repairing and maintaining your own car/cycle.... A couple of minutes ago this fancy Dell box's fan kicked in...
LXer: How To Securely Share Files From Commandline With ffsend In Linux
Published at LXer: ffsend is a fully featured CLI client for Firefox Send. This article explains how to securely share files from commandline with ffsend on Linux. Read More......
Why is there filename "socket" in lsof output when I use nedit command?
I just want to know why there is a file "socket" open when I use nedit command.. ---Quote--- COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME nedit 3979 ...
Audio recorder
I'm looking for a simple audio recorder. I just want to record whats playing through my sound card.The ones I've tried end up recording from my computers microphone. Any suggestions would be...
FM radio under WINE?
hi, I have a TV card with a bt878 chip. Linux automatically sets up the FM radio portion of the card (yay, linux!) Code: --------- mary@mybox:~$ dmesg | grep radio [ 24.360809] tveeprom:...
Links clicked in Thunderbird open a new Seamonkey window instead of opening a new tab in currently open Seamonkey
This issue has been causing me major inconvenience. I got hacked awhile ago. I mean, they got through my router. They copied all my files. This event has made me a bit paranoid of hackers. I had...
How can I make Virtualbox Virtual Machines launch when KDE loads?
One of my VM's is a Windows machine running some software and I need to actually see the VM (not headless). It's not a huge deal to manually click on the shortcuts or launch the VM's from Virtualbox...
LXer: Taking a deeper dive into Linux chroot jails
Published at LXer: Dive deeper into the chroot command and learn how to isolate specific services and specific users. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/deeper-linux-chroot-jails)
Boot up issue with ubermix.org (ubunto)
I selected this build because it is for my friend's 10yr old who is greatly enjoying a programming class at school using Scratch. Ubermix comes with a nice selection of software for geeky kids. It...
Apache2 re-direct help.
Hey LQ, Is anyone able to explain to me why the following does not work: Code: --------- ServerName www.domain.com RewriteEngine on
Linux games with controller support
I'm on an old laptop with Ubuntu installed and sadly the left & right arrows are unresponsive so the classic way of playing games with navigation (ie: racing) isn't available. I got a TBS (turn-based...
Hi, I'm new to UBUNTU 18.04.4. how do i install a printer
Necesito los comandos para el proceso de isntalacion. gracias
LXer: How to Enable/ Disable Automatic Login in Debian 10
Published at LXer: This article shows you how to enable or disable the automatic login on a Debian 10 system. Read More... (https://vitux.com/how-to-enable-disable-automatic-login-in-debian-10/)
How to Install dependency module locally?
I am very new to python (though I have some programming experience), so I am not sure if I understand it correctly or not. I have two projects A, and B where A depends on B (both contains setup.py...
sudo
hello room I set up sudo everything work fine. but when run the .sh script i got error message /usr/bin/env: Permission denied Please help
LXer: KaOS 2020.02 Released with KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS and Linux 5.5, New Features
Published at LXer: The development team behind KaOS, a KDE-focused, desktop-oriented independent GNU/Linux distribution, released today KaOS 2020.02 as February 2020’s live ISO snapshot with all...
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