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LXer: How to see the Terminal commands you use most often in Debian 10
Published at LXer: In this tutorial we will see two different methods by which you can see the commands that you have used most often in Terminal. We will use Debian 10 to describe the procedure...
LXer: Dell XPS 13 7390 Review: The Best Laptop For Desktop Linux Users
Published at LXer: Dell updates the XPS line almost every year and the latest rollout was announced in October (link to video interview). XPS 13 (7390) is an incremental update to the series, and...
Buffer I/O errors when trying to recover journal for fsck
Hello, after few months away from linux I'm trying to get back on my debian machine (4.19.28-2). First thing I booted into was "fsck error on boot: /dev/sdca1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck...
unable to use samba; smbd stars but nmbd.service does not
_sathis is the configuration file_ # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name # of the machine that...
LXer: How to Install Apache Maven on Debian 10
Published at LXer: Apache Maven is a build automation and software project management tool, mainly used for Java projects. In this tutorial, we will be installing Apache Maven on a Debian 10 system...
Sink Node Does Not Receive Any Packet
Hello, I am trying to send packets from 4 underwater sensor nodes (node 1-4) to the sink (node 0) using the SFAMA MAC protocol. I have tried to change many parameters, but still have the same...
LXer: Getting started with NFS
Published at LXer: These basics can get you started using NFS to make files accessible to another computer. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/getting-started-nfs)
LXer: 4 ways to control the flow of your awk script
Published at LXer: There are many ways to control the flow of an awk script, including loops, switch statements and the break, continue, and next commands.Sample dataCreate a sample data set called...
SBo dwm-6.2 with systray patch is bugged
I have been using dwm-6.1 until very recently (had no reasons to upgrade, because it worked perfectly), but a couple of days ago I have finally switched to dwm-6.2 and now systray (provided by a...
LXer: Sen. Cantwell Leads With New Consumer Data Privacy Bill
Published at LXer: There is a lot to like about U.S. Sen. Cantwell’s new Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA). It is an important step towards the comprehensive consumer data privacy...
How create RAID 1 on working Slackware 14.2?
Hi! I use Slackware 14.2 (with kernel 4.4.14-smp) on sda and I'm trying to create the RAID 1 with additional sdb. I'm using the VM VirtualBox. First, I have cleaned the sdb: Code: ---------...
LXer: Canonical Patches Intel Microcode Regression on Ubuntu PCs with Skylake CPUs
Published at LXer: Canonical has published a new security advisory today where the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system apologizes for a regression introduced by the latest...
Gnome-flashback is not operating properly
I am facing a new problem on my Dell M70 running 18.04. I was running the Gnome Session Flashback with no problems. But after adding a new user, I cannot open the System Settings. Not only that, it...
LFS Verion 9; Section 6.21.1 GCC check fails with "su: Cannot drop the controlling terminal"
Hi, I am going through the LFS book for the first time. I am attempting to install LFS on a partition. My host system is Ubuntu 18.04. I have gotten to section 6.21.1 "Installation of GCC". ...
New webcam, black screen on Skype, works on Cheese but is very dark, says only Windows compatible on the box
Hello. Mint Sylvia 64 Code: --------- lsusb --------- gives: ID 093a:2460 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Q-TEC WEBCAM 100 Got Cheese to work after running:
Problem with sendmail
Hi I have problem with my sendmail config ,I sent emails with sendmail, and one moment my server stopped sending the emails, I was seeing in the logs and I saw the following problem I try the other...
LXer: Spice up your Linux desktop with Cinnamon
Published at LXer: When GNOME 3 was released, some GNOME users were not ready to give up GNOME 2. The Linux Mint project was so dissatisfied with GNOME 3 that it started its own desktop as an...
LXer: Why some vendors are moving away from open source database software licensing
Published at LXer: While open source is a key to success for many database vendors, it can also potentially lead to a competitive threat from a cloud scale provider. Database vendors have started...
Identify SATA cable
This is not Linux specific. Just hardware. Is this SATA cable (https://www.remembertheusers.com/files/sata_cable.jpg) vendor specific or generic? The only identifier is *WD*, which probably...
How make rsync deal with spaces in a directory name?
Thanks to help from linuxquestions, I can back up this laptop to another laptop using rsync. Works great and extremely quickly! You probably know that old TV series 24. America is just full of bad...
Best Filesystem for an 8TB External Drive
Just got a nice new 8TB external USB drive, and t has an NTFS file system. I never use any other OS, I will never use Windows or a Mac, and I won't ever connect this drive to a TV to play movies...
Installing Ubuntu 19.10 on an unformatted SSDI Drive
I've installed various flavors of Ubuntu (including 19.10) many times before, using the bootable USB. Never had any problem. But never before was I using a just installed, brand new SS drive on the...
LXer: What we risk when we open up to customers (and why its worth it)
Published at LXer: Customer empowerment is one consequence of digital transformation. And as we explained in the first part of this series, it[he]#039[/he]s a powerful one. Empowering customers can...
fatdog64 ::SD Card not booting properly...
does this cover fatdog64 too, like they got no home.. lost puppy, got fat might be 64 years old hence the name. anyways, I got it installed on a *SD Card* and it does not find the fd64.sfs base...
Getting Thunderbird to open on 2nd monitor
Hi all, Recently switched from Windows 10 to Linux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon. I use Mozilla Thunderbird as my email client. I moved my profile across fine (well, I did have a little bit of trouble) and...
LXer: 8 habits of successful DevOps team leaders
Published at LXer: What do great leaders do differently as organizations scale DevOps? Use these best practices to set everyone up for success Read More......
How do I get the exit code while directing the command output to a file?
I am canceling the mysql command on purpose to have error exit code. In the command below, the exit code is being 0 successful because of the tee. How can I solve this? Code: --------- mysql...
VirtualBox on Kernel 5.4.x
Hi, Virtualbox 6.0.14 kernel modules did not compile against the latest 5.4.x kernel in slackware-current. The attached patch worked for me. There are multiple copies of cdefs.h and...
specification for .mailrc
I could swear it used to be in mailx's docs; I edited mine years ago. I can't find it now, don't remember everything.
LXer: How to write a security integration module for Ansible
Published at LXer: Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy. It allows you to avoid writing scripts or custom code to deploy...
LXer: Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – e-book Tools – Week 7
Published at LXer: This week’s Raspberry Pi 4 blog focuses on excellent free and open source e-book software that runs on this single-board computer. Read More......
LXer: 5 myths about 5G, debunked
Published at LXer: 5G will change the rules for apps requiring high speed and near-zero latency. But what about coverage – and other issues that can get confusing amid the hype? Read More......
Daemon? Demon?
In Philip Pullman's fantasy epic His Dark Materials, every character is accompanied by an animal familiar called a daemon, which represents that person's soul. Although he uses this spelling, which is...
Trimslice u-boot upgrade
Hello Does anybody have a Trimslice and uses Slackware ARM on it? I'm trying to upgrade U-Boot to the latest version without success. The version required for Slackware is the vendor's final...
LXer: AMD's unveils Ryzen Embedded mini-PC ecosystem, including new OnLogic systems
Published at LXer: AMD has launched an “open ecosystem” for mini-PCs running on its Ryzen Embedded V1000 and R1000 CPUs including new Linux-ready models such as OnLogic’s ML100G-40 and MC510-40,...
External Monitor enters Power Save
I am running openSUSE Leap 15.1 on my Lenovo ThinkPad T440p laptop and use the Dell 24' monitor E248WFP as an external second display. At times the external display goes blank and shows "Entering...
LXer: How to Mount a Windows Share Folder on Linux
Published at LXer: Sharing files between Windows and Linux can be difficult but not impossible. Here is how you can mount a Windows Share folder in Linux. Read More......
LXer: How to Increase VirtualBox HDD Size with Clonezilla
Published at LXer: One common error in Virtualbox is the lack of hard drive space in the virtual machine. Here's how to increase Virtualbox hard drive space with Clonezilla. Read More......
Slackware -current: Firefox 68.3.0 - Chose user profile
Is anybody else being bugged by Firefox to chose a user profile every time that Firefox is started? Even selecting 'Use the selected profile without prompting' option makes no difference... I have...
Create XFS partition with bad block pr-echeck
Hello I want to install CentOS 7 with the XFS filesystem. But I want to do pre-check for bad blocks before creating partitions. In ext4, there is a -c switch which will check for bad blocks before...
SMPlayer does not send video to 2nd screen
Hi. I am new to Deepin but have been using different Linux distros for over a year. I installed Deepin 15.11 last week and have encountered a problem I have never seen before. I have a Lenovo Ideapad...
LXer: Why use the Pantheon desktop for Linux Elementary OS
Published at LXer: Would you pay $20 for a Linux desktop? I would, and in fact, I regularly choose to pay more than that when I download free software! The reason I do this is that open source is...
LXer: How to Configure Automatic Package Updates on CentOS 8
Published at LXer: In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up automatic update packages on CentOS 8. This ensures that the system automatically downloads packages and performs updates without...
How does the ASCII character set "draw" characters?
I've been watching the video's GazL linked to in another thread of mine, and Caleb talks about how C uses the ASCII character set, but I have a few questions... While I'm not really sure how to ask...
LXer: Cheat sheet for Java syntax
Published at LXer: Java is an open source programming language specifically designed to create universal applications that run on any operating system, open source or otherwise. It achieves this...
How to download from repo
On an RHEL machine, I try to do download from the yum repo eg : Code: --------- yum install yum-utils yumdownloader at --------- I tried to download - at. Note: Not trying to install...
LXer: It's Hipp to be square: What happened when SQLite creator met GitHub
Published at LXer: The 'Hub is not really about Git any more, says Fossil architect. The mind behind the SQLite open-source database and Fossil SCM bug-tracking system had a lot to say about his...
how to get a GPS/glonass U-blox 7 to work in ubuntu and cpn
I'm new linux and would like some help I have a laptop and I have installed a dual boot win10 and ubuntu but I just about never use win 10 the machine run a shitload faster but I have a navigation...
installing libreoffice via terminal
Hello, I want to install libreoffice via terminal, but I got the error message below ( libreoffice cannot be found ) With ubuntu there are no probs. Maybe I did something wrong. Anybody here to...
LXer: News from Firefox on Mobile, Private Network and Desktop
Published at LXer: As the year comes to a close, we look back at what we’ve accomplished. As recently noted in the press, this year may be the mark of our privacy-renaissance. We’ve built...
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