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Cheap tablet that linux can run
I'm looking for options to buy a cheap tablet (or nay computer device) just to take notes in college, i just need something with linux installed that can run libreoffice If you have hardware...
What is the best Linux distro ?
What is the best Linux distro especially for a new user ? Everything is difficult to decide at first. Kindly suggest anyone..
iso authentication - can't open "sha256.txt.gpg"
I've downloaded the iso for cinnamon 18.3 and the required file for shasum check and autorization. The check sum was good and I could download the public key. However when I do the verify I receive an...
LXer: Snakes on a wane: Python 2 development is finally frozen in time, version 3 slithers on
Published at LXer: I'm not quite dead, mutters 2.7 as rigor mortis sets inWith the arrival of 2020, the Python Clock has stopped ticking, marking the end of development for the Python 2 programming...
Copying host setup to a VM
I thought this might be simple, but it appears not to be. I have a nicely working thumb drive that boots and runs quite nicely. I'd like to transfer the images to a VM setup. I've tried copying raw...
Need help with new New Apache webserver setup
Have Zorin 15 (Ubuntu 18.04), downloaded Apache and trying to setup a server with access from the net. I have access from localhost to the Apache html index okay but cannot get access from outside...
LXer: Tracking Translations with Transtats
Published at LXer: Translation is an important step in software localization which helps make software more popular globally, and impacts international user experience. In recent years,...
Printer cannot be deleted
Hi everybody, I have a Canon MG300 series printer that keeps reappearing after deletion. I want to get rid of it so I can reinstall the drivers. The system is: Debian 9.11 Stretch HP...
new install, no mouse
just installed the newest Manjaro. Never used it before. my problem is that it does not recognize my USB mouse, either the radio one or the wired one. I am dual booting this hardware with Win10, and...
Problem opening pdf files - Evince mysteriously missing
Sorry, seems I managed to post this when testing different subjects - searching for similar threads ... I'm trying to find out why Evince suddenly went missing. I haven't actively (as far as I...
LXer: devilutionX, an open source game engine for the original Diablo sees a big release
Published at LXer: devilutionX, based upon the reverse engineered code from Devilution, has a big 1.0 release for playing the original Diablo on modern systems. Read More......
flashing empty battery icon on my hotspot modem zte mf64
My ZTE MF64 hotspot modem stopped working. It flashes an empty battery icon, though it's plugged into a powered usb jack and can charge. The docs don't explain this. I suspect it means a bad...
What is /dev/console
I know console is output device but please provide meaning of /dev/console What is the purpose of /dev/console path? I'm learning how to write device drivers? I want to have some understanding of...
Archlinux connection problem after update
Hello guys, I update my system (Archlinux) the last week and was travel for new year, and now I have issues with the access to internet, I mean when I turn on the PC, first time after update. I´ll...
hp-toolbox launch error - python 3.8 issue?
The HP Device Manager is not launching from my panel widget nor from the cli. The error at the end is: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distro' I poked around in the...
Upgrading graphics card without reinstalling OS
I’ve been wanting to upgrade my old Nvidia GTX 580 to an newer GeForce RTX2080. Been a bit of a battle... when the new card came, I found that it did not really “fit” my case because the drive bay...
LVM2 segments
Hello, I did some pvmove on some partions to a bigger PV, but now I get many segments. Do such segments affect performance? [root@DBA-310-PRD ~]# lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Path...
LXer: How to Install Wallabag on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Published at LXer: Wallabag is a read it later kind of service. It allows you to save webpages so that you can read it later at your own leisure pace. This tutorial will cover how to install and...
Installing slarm64 on a Raspberry PI 4
Here is the original post: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-arm-108/slarm64-aarch64-unofficial-slackware-4175613287-post6074124/#post6074124 This is a link to a slarm64 where I...
Screen flickering on laptop Dell inspiron 3442
My Dell notebook has "screen flickers" when using kernel> 3.16. These flickers occur when I am not moving the mouse. Interestingly, when I am moving the mouse, the "bug" does not appear. appreciate
Screen flickering on laptop Dell inspiron 3442
My Dell laptop flickers on the screen as if it were "flashing." This problem occurs whenever I use a kernel> 3.16. It is also important to say that the bug occurs when I am not touching the mouse....
i am trying to run the 'make' command in the 'dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0' directory but im getting the error below
[root@asterisk src]# cd dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0 [root@asterisk dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0]# [root@asterisk dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0]# [root@asterisk...
Shell Script to Block the IP addresses
Hi All, I have created shell script to block the IP addresses in 4 servers. ============================================================ #!/bin/sh LOG=/home/logs/ip.log . /home/server.conf ...
Edges of windows on Kubuntu jittering on Thinkpad T420
When I move a window on Kubuntu on my T420, the windows flicker and jitter constantly, although it isn't full on screen tearing. So far, I have tried changing the composition settings, but it isn't...
Slackware-14.2/x86_64: Xsane not finding scanner
I successfully used my Epson flatbed scanner not that long ago but this morning it cannot find the scanner. I'm a member of both lp and scanner groups. Running scanimage -L produces nothing and...
problem in servers management
I have three servers (A, B, C). Servers A and B are upload servers. Server A files are synchronized with Server B using the rsync utility and vice versa. I want users to connect to server C to...
Program window size is too large to click the next button
I have a program I am trying to install, and the next bottom at the bottom is off the screen and I can not proceed. I have tried changing aspect ratio, etc., but it does not fix the issue. I am a...
disable resum downloading in ftp adn apache server
I have an FTP server and an Apache server. When a user downloads files from both servers, if they stop downloading the file, they can continue downloading again after a while. I want to *disable* the...
9.0 i386 Sys V statd Startup Fail
Happy New Year, I am near the end of completing an LFS i386 build and I wanted to include NFS client only package. I followed the BLFS section NFS-Utils-2.4.1. I checked the kernel '.config'...
Problem booting install media on new(-ish) laptop
Laptop: Clevo N141ZU (Insyde BIOS) Install media: Slackware-current on USBkey created with usbimg2disk.sh The USBkey boots fine on every machine I have tried it on EXCEPT the Clevo - and to be...
Is there a problem installing latest Mariadb 10 on slackware 14.2?
I'm asking this because on slackware 14.1 ftp site you only have up to MariaDB 5, and this server version does not support online transactions. Yesterday I went to make a transaction that was copying...
LXer: How to copy a file to multiple directories in Linux
Published at LXer: In this short article, you will learn how to copy one file into many directories. The obvious answer would be to use the cp command but this not exactly correct since the cp...
How do I add ACCEPT exceptions to entries alread DROPped?
Hi there everyone. I'm basically trying to use some blocklists from Internet sources, but my problem is that some of these blocklists block IP addresses I want to use so I'm trying to put in ACCEPT...
Regarding SSH key authentication
Hi Team We have configured ssh key authentication to login to remote server for one of the user which we are being used to monitor our servers. authentication works and we are able to monitor...
LXer: Linux Mint 19.3 is here and better than ever
Published at LXer: The easiest and best Linux desktop had a new long-term support release during the holidays. Here[he]#039[/he]s what[he]#039[/he]s new and neat in this latest version. Read...
Notifications
I just want to make you aware that I never received an E-mail notification on voting on the "2019 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards." Same thing happened last year. I have received all other...
LXer: Install Rust Programming Language In Linux
Published at LXer: Rust or rust-lang, is a modern, fast, cross-platform, and open source systems programming language designed to replace C/C++ but with high-level abstractions to please those...
Is there something that can turn file permissions display into numeric?
OK, when I use ls -l I get the list of files and folders but also a list of permissions, unless I have a printed out table of what they mean when choosing a chmod value, I have absolutely no idea what...
Xrdp daemon failing exitcode 1, seaman exitcode 0
Hi there, I’m having problems with my xrdp and xrdp seaman files, everything worked fine, but all of a sudden after a reboot it stopped working. This is a new thread im staring from the old one...
current 19/12/2019, kernel modules did not install.
I installed current 19/12/19 on a bananapro two days ago and finally got around to compiling an rtl8192u module for the system today. Compile went well but when I went to put it where it belonged I...
wbinfo -r ad-user ==> group missing
I installed samba and winbind on ubuntu 18 and the os is joined to the domain. when I do a wbinfo -r ad-user I see there is a group missing. Very persistently. I tried: net flush deleted the tdb...
LXer: FOSS game engine Godot Engine aiming for Vulkan support by 'mid 2020'
Published at LXer: Juan Linietsky, lead developer of the FOSS game engine Godot Engine has written a retrospective article while also going over future plans for Godot Engine. Read More......
ba.mirror.garr.it not updated
Hello. seems that repository ba.mirror.garr.it is not in sync with official repository: ChangeLog.txt 26-Nov-2019 20:04 The italian users are redirected to this repository automatically when...
Virtualbox user data collection or Telemetry
Hello all, I'm looking for suggestion in regarding for using Virtualbox for privacy purpose. is it safe to use virtualbox for *privacy purpose*, there are tails and whonix kind of tor connected...
LXer: How To Undo Last Git Commit
Published at LXer: If you are a web developer or a software engineer, it is very likely that you are pushing a lot of commits to your Git repository everyday. However, in some cases, you committed...
Javascript ES6 and Rails
Hoping someone can help me understand if I have made a mistake or not? I have the following javascript code: Code: --------- document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => { let link =...
dolphin's file copying behavior translated to console
Hey there. Often when I try to move or copy files from one directory to another, they are often in identical subdirectories on the source and target paths. Dolphin asks whether I'd like to "Write...
Backup options
Hello, I'm working for a Small business and we are looking at moving our servers to Linux. I'm looking at Red Hat and possibly using Proxmox or Redhat's Virtual platform. I come from a Windows...
[SOLVED] current cannot use MAKE it broke ....
I am lost one this one.... I just installed current on this laptop, updated it, and am adding what I need and I see this... Code: --------- $ make make: Warning: File 'Makefile' has...
Variety -> python2.7 issues
Slack Current slackbuilds, variety, is this a python issue .. I've never seen variety doing this before. Code: --------- $ variety Traceback (most recent call last): File...
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