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Hello, I deleted yum by accident and didn't mean to dumb move. I had a backup and restored the directories but still can't seem to get it working can anyone offer some help on how to resolve this? ...

Published at LXer: Kodi's support for DRM in version 18 and beyond opened the doors to streaming services like Sling TV. It's simple enough to get it running within Kodi and start watching live TV...

Hello, very newbie here and have gotten the newest build of Debian on an old dell laptop I had sitting around, but now trying to remote into it graphically using TightVNC on my windows PC and can't...

What tools are available to emulate the keyboard and mouse, for Red Hat 4.8? I want a command-line tool, that takes a parameter.

Hi All, This is my first post. So please forgive me if I make any mistake. I have 3 server all of them Dell R730 servers all of them running: CentOS 7 nginx version: nginx/1.12.2 PHP 7.1.27...

Published at LXer: In Getting started with PostgreSQL, I explained how to install, set up, and begin using the open source database software. But there's a lot more you can do with commands...

Hi, Have made the jump to Linux after years of love / hate relationship with Windows. Anyway, trying to make my ham computer talk to Signal Link Remote Sound Card that connects to Ham Radio Box Icom...

Published at LXer: Usually, it[he]#039[/he]s Linux and open-source companies which join the Linux patent consortium Open Invention Network. Now, Japanese hardware firm Taiyo Yuden, realizing...

I am using MX 19 (Debian Buster). My clock shows the correct time but I am not sure if I am using NTP. How do I check if NTP is enabled and working ?

My cron daemon runs a script every hour and sends me an email /etc/cron.d/hourly Code: --------- MAILTO='myemail@here.net' 0 * * * * root /root/reminders/hourly --------- Even though the...

I saw someone demonstrating them in the local shopping centre and I was fascinated. You throw the thing on the ground and it forms a puddle. Then it reconstitutes itself spontaneously as if by magic....

Published at LXer: Simplicity Linux 20.1 has been released as the latest version of this Devuan/Debian/Puppy inspired GNU/Linux distribution that doesn’t uses systemd as init system. Read...

Trying to kickstart some servers with UEFI/PXE boot. In the logs and tcpdump, I can see the bootp and ip address assignment. It then downloads the shim.efi, grubx64.efi, and the grub.cfg. In the...

good day! *Midnight Commander* does not display content correctly !!! one and the same !!! HTML pages when viewed by the internal viewer on *F3* *MC* periodically update check all my/builds...

Hi, I have installed chrome in redhat7.4. It is observed that, in first VNC session lets say vncserver:1 chrome launches. But in second session lets say vncserver:2 if I launch chrome it gives below...

Published at LXer: IIf you have an older PC, or a small single board computer-based system, you probably want to run a version of Linux that's light on resources and easy to download. In this...

Disclaimer: I am new in Linux. * CentOS 8 is newly installed in computer (no virtual box, no parallel installation). * Java 11 and Java 8 are installed consequently. * Apache OpenOffice (OO) is...

Hello everyone I've got a failed raid1 disk that needs replacing and I'm planning to follow the steps below. It's been a long time since I replaced a raid disk so I would like to make sure I don't...

i.imgur.com/lltMk01.png (http://i.imgur.com/lltMk01.png) *This only happens on chromium based browsers.* *Installed packages: * https://i.imgur.com/KTQVpmu.png

I have recently started solving CTF on overthewire.org On level bandit 21 I have come across cron, crontab,crontab5 commands. I did a little bit of research but couldn't seem to find the right...

In VMware workstation you can edit the configuration file of a VM with a line like: usb.autoConnect.device0 = "0x431:0x5BA" # this is my smartphone's ID (edited) and thereafter every time the VM...

Published at LXer: SparkyLinux 5.10.1 has been released today as the latest, most up to date stable live and installation media of this desktop-oriented Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution. Read...

Hi, i am trying to get my configuration right for the networking part in my LFS. I have setup the lfs on a virtualbox. In Network Setting of lfs i have selected Bridge adapter and in that i have 2...

To use the MaxMind GeoIP database now you must sign up for a free MaxMind account (https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/signup) and download the database manually. (Thanks California) I found this...

There are a few ways in Linux 1. As root user, edit or create the file /etc/sysctl.conf . 1a sudo bash -c "echo 'vm.swappiness = **' >> /etc/sysctl.conf" 2. As root user, create the file...

Published at LXer: There are a few different ways to add a Yum repository to your system, depending on what you need from the repository. Let's look at three different options. Read More......

Hi all I have just purchased an SDXC 64 Gb card formatted in exFAT. I have tried it with Windows 10 : it is ok ! Same computer and same reader but with Slackware current : - The SD card is...

System details- Linux Kernel Release(2.6.18-164.el5), Machine Hardware Architecture(i686) I have to compile ncftp client source code on 64 bit architecture to create 32 bit binaries. I don't have...

I have an 3g dongle usm modem,I tested on windows works correctly I tested on raspberry pi,using sakis3g software i got an error like Modem responded "ERROR" while checking for PIN I searched in...

Hello, Questions on how to edit the Linux start menu (on various desktops) appear more or less regularly. There are several pieces of software like Alacarte or Menulibre that allow user to do just...

Hopefully someone here can help, I really messed up! So I was trying to delete dual boot partition, I restarted my computer and it booted up to an error of "no such device grub recovery screen". ...

Published at LXer: Using Non Default Php Version On Plesk Server Cli Read More... (https://blog.chris-shaw.com/post/using-non-default-php-version-on-plesk-server-cli)

Published at LXer: LAMP or LAMP stack is a very useful open-source development platform designed for Linux. It is called LAMP as it uses Linux as an OS, Apache as the webserver, MySQL as Relational...

I have the following setup: - Server: Centos 7.7, with Gnome, & SSH - Laptop: Windows 10 I am trying to set up tunneling using SSH user to a VNC Viewer. The server has very base set up and I need...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial, we will show you how to install WonderCMS with Nginx on a CentOS 7 VPS.WonderCMS is a free and open-source flat file CMS. It’s built with PHP, jQuery, and...

Is IVp6 enable on Mint 19.3? My VPN tech support said that's why their client wasn't working. Where do I check? I have read that it's not. On a related note I have Surfshark VPN but once it shows I'm...

not really sure where to put a troubleshooting problem so i started in this general forum. was going to format a usb memory stick and was checking on the command. typed "man format" and the...

Published at LXer: Early on, software development didn't really fit under a particular management umbrella. Then along came waterfall, which spoke to the idea that software development could be...

Hey LQ, I have a VM running and I'd like to backup the entire thing. I'm curious, what would happen if I had rsync on a cron regularly copy the VM directory? Would that actually work and operate as...

Published at LXer: It's proving a bit of a headacheThe Git version control system has moved closer towards using SHA-256 rather than the compromised SHA-1 for its hash algorithm, to help to protect...

Published at LXer: DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software that doesn't require a database. It is loved by users for its clean and readable syntax. This tutorial...

Hello! I am writing a kernel driver as part of an attempt to better understand the Linux project, and one of the things that I wanted to do is to log file access of every process from kernel. At...

I got a notice in this morning's email (via a job running in cron) that there were updates available. (Sigh... seems like only yesterday.) I logged into the box sending the alert and ran "zypper...

Published at LXer: It was widely expected that Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst would be Ginni Rometty's successor. Instead, the job is going to Arvind Krishna -- and that's probably a good thing. Read...

Published at LXer: A glaring omission from my RPI4 blog to date is gaming on this wee machine. There’s so many games to play on the machine, it’s difficult to know where to begin. I’ll start with...

I have just reinvigorated my interest in Linux after a 10 year absence. In the past I have used Ubuntu and Windows XP in a dual boot situation. Now I use Debian 10 and Ubuntu Mint in a dual boot.Its...

Hello, I am trying to ping many IP addresses existing in a text file called "iplist.txt", from a remote server (using telnet to connect to the server), and I want to put the results of the pings in a...

Published at LXer: For the past four years, I've been managing my personal finances with GnuCash, and I'm quite satisfied with it. The open source (GPL v3) project has been growing and improving...

Greetings. Say I create a series of directories in the form "elem_###", where ### are the integers from 001 to 454, like so: Code: --------- $ dirs=$(seq -felem_%03.0f 454 | tr '\n' ' ') $...

any clue even approximately? I am curious.