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I asked this same question on stack overflow (here (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59795028/using-available-bytes-in-linux-kernels-struct-page)), but haven't gotten any responses. Here is my...

Not specific a slackware issue, but I am interested to hear experiences from the slackware community. I have been using digikam for a very long time to organise my photographs, and over time I...

Yesterday, I was typing a lengthy document and my palms were hitting the touch pad, messing up my typing; so, I thought "Let me turn off the touchpad". When I moused over to System Settings and...

Published at LXer: Canonical released today Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS as the fourth of five point releases planned for its latest long-term supported Ubuntu 18.04 LTS “Bionic Beaver” operating system...

I am writing this thread in the hope that newer users of linux can make use of this 'trick' to make needed information more accessible and also more usable. I have found that using man pages in the...

SO I got a new Boya microphone from amazon but it won't work with my Linux Mint computer. I use Audacity to test the mic. It apparently detects which aux port is plugged in (whether its front or rear)...

I am trying to ssh via wifi from 192.168.0.10 into a synology server. (192.168.0.11) The connection is failing when started from a NUC via wifi(192.168.0.10 - wlp2s0) The connection is ok when...

i just looking for some advice... i just built a new pc last december and have problems since. yesterday all was good. today i went to game a bit and there was no screen. i checked inside and...

Published at LXer: Linux system administrators deal with a lot of interesting issues during a career. But what do you wish you knew before you became one? Read More......

*Output of dmesg | grep iwlwifi* [ 2.299885] Loading modules backported from iwlwifi [ 2.299885] iwlwifi-stack-public:master:8324:9176b151 [ 2.608061] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: enabling...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial, we will explain how to install and configure Askbot on a CentOS 7 VPS with Nginx. Askbot is an open-source question and answers forum system written in Django...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial , we will learn how to extend disk space of AWS EC2 Linux Instance with zero downtime. Before Starting I would recommend you to take AMI backup of the instance...

Published at LXer: Vivaldi Technologies announced today a new version of their Chromium-based web browser for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms, Vivaldi 2.11. Read More......

Published at LXer: Django is an open-source web application framework that helps you to develop dynamic websites and applications. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install the Django web...

Hi everyone, i´m new here and i hope learn a lot from you. Regards

I have Arch Linux installed on the internal hard drive of my HP laptop and it boots in UEFI mode. I had Debian Testing installed on an external hard drive and it also booted in UEFI mode. I wanted...

Published at LXer: Composer is a dependency management tool for php, much like cpan for perl. If you have read the tutorial about installing cpan, the architecture will be somewhat familiar....

Hi all, I was trying to use aMule ( either ponce package than self-compiled ) but it always hangs. What I can see that happens is that from the konsole where I launch I get: (amule:20285):...

Published at LXer: Alejandro Díaz informs 9to5Linux today about the general availability of Escuelas Linux 6.7, the first release of this educational-oriented GNU/Linux distribution in the new...

So I thought now that -current is using 5.4 kernel and other goodies like PAM, XFCE and KDE latest are finally being talked about for /testing. That I should see if my old platform can even work with...

Hello people, I have been enjoying the forum so far, people are nice and have helped me a lot. Thanks! I wanted to know if there is policy somewhere about what kind of data does LQ collects, in...

Having issues converting my Ubuntu 19.10 install to Kubuntu. I believe I've installed all the necessary packages for KDE Plasma to run, but when I try to fetch updates in Discover, Discover just seems...

Published at LXer: The polls are closed and the results for the 2019 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards are in. Debian, Firefox, MariaDB, KDE, and System76 are among the winners. The Members...

My VNC quit working on two of my app servers. I've even gone so far as to restore from images, and the problem somehow persists. I would like some input as to what could be going wrong and how I can...

Published at LXer: Learn to elevate your work and your permissions by becoming a super user with sudo. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/sudo)

I am trying to get a USB device working in a VirtualBox client. My specific application is using an "RTL-SDR.blog" USB dongle in a VirtualBox VM: host OS "LinuxMint", guest OS "SkywaveLinux". ...

I discovered apt-rpm is a thing, and though it might be useful/fun. The first thing I thought I should do is give it a repository to use, I decided on the debian sid repo. I couldn't find any...

I was unable to find a sticky notes app in Slackware current, so I tried running akonadi, which claims to be a notes application. To my dismay, it seems to have started scanning all my files while...

says error no folder and check settings. it also has said do you want to setup where to save them and i tried. Nothing it says downloads. tried captial D for doanloads and tried home and still...

Published at LXer: It happens all the time, to the largest of companies. An important certificate doesn't get renewed, and services become inaccessible. It happened to Microsoft Teams in early...

Published at LXer: In this article, we will learn how we can back up files and folders local and remotely in Debian 10 using system commands cp and rsync and how to schedule backups with cron. ...

Hi. Since pam was introduced, slackware 15.0 will be released but I think this will need some month. I want to release slackpkg+ 1.8 when slackware 15 will be ready I've just a few time to...

I found a script for this which (supposedly) works on Ubuntu, but I'm drawing a blank for KDE. Searching the System Settings I did not find anything like that. I spent a fairly long time...

Published at LXer: This guide explains how to build Python 3.8 on CentOS 8 from the source code. We’ll also show you how to create a virtual environment. Read More......

using lenovo ideapad 320 i3 6th gen with intel graphics and linux mint 19.2.In driver manager showing no propritary drivers found. also while booting when I press the E key then only it loads up else...

Published at LXer: Over the past decade, solid-state drives (SSD) have brought about a new way of managing storage. SSDs have benefits like silent and cooler operation and a faster interface spec,...

I have a problem never seen before, I get an error when trying to install a game, I get3 error 505, I would like to know what I do to continue the installation ...

Currently I have a 1.8TB Nextcloud Vbox. It has a single virtualdisk that is set to expand as needed up to 1.8TB, currently it is around 550GB. Using Rsync, it takes about 1.5Hours to copy from the...

Published at LXer: Tilix works as a great terminal alternative for your Linux PC. Let's see how you can use it to turn your terminal into a modern and efficient workspace. Read More......

Hello everybody. I'm using Linux since 2010 (Slackware since 2015). I've searched LQ many times in the past (thank you everybody for posting here). I apologize for not registered all these years...

Hey LQ, So I've been using fish to access a small server in my house through Dolphin on KDE, the first time I logged in this way I think I clicked remember or save credentials and I didn't meant...

I have set of iptables rules running on Raspian RPI (Ubuntu 14.4). For example entry like this: Code: --------- /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8080 -i eth0 -m mac --mac-source...

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For a long time, I used the `ifconfig' command to set custom MAC addresses, and now that Debian now longer supports that command, I am forced to use the `ip' command. However, I am quite pressed on...

I use to open a "screen session" under my terminal and all works fine, at least under slackware-14.2 where I have "st" terminal and screen starts without any issues. On Slackware Current I...

I need snmpd to load my own MIB in order to respond to snmpget and snmpwalk. I have tried to execute the steps described in "TUT: Writing a Subagent"...

Hi, since Kernel Version 74 the fibre channel tape drives (Library) are unavailable and we found nothing else that helped than switching back to Version 72. Is there anything I can do besides...

(disclaimer: my first language is not English, so sorry if I make mistakes) An IT put Linux on my laptop and it was working alright for months, but for around 4-5 weeks ago it didn't update anything...

A thread for _all_ things related to the Intel graphics drivers. As reported in the Kernel thread, ---Quote--- ....Longtime Intel open-source Linux graphics driver developer Chris Wilson...