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Published at LXer: In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and configure Elastic Stack on a CentOS 8 server for monitoring server logs. Then I'll show you how to install 'Elastic beats' on...

Hello, recently I got this laptop and decided to install Ubuntu on it instead of Linux Mint. When I reboot the screen is all fuzzy, and I cannot watch any videos. What's wrong?

Published at LXer: This article explains how to view available WiFi networks, list their channels, link quality, security, signal strength, and more on Linux using the command line. Read More......

I was trying to setup a cron job to keep my local Slackware mirrors up-to-date. I created a script to run Alien Bob's update-slackware-current.sh (and I modified a second called...

Hi Folks, I run Slackware 14.2, either 64-bit or 32-bit as appropriate for the hardware. I use the kernel package sets which are released by Mr. Volkerding. In 2019/Feb I reported finding a...

Recently I was trying to answer a question for someone, and what seemed like several times, I had to got through a CAPTCHA. What's going on?

Published at LXer: Want to get more out of grep? Check this out. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/manipulating-text-grep)

Published at LXer: Gitea is a code hosting web application written in Go and forked from Gogs. As its name suggests, it is designed to be used with the popular source control program Git, similarly...

EDIT: SORRY! I was connected to 2 different routers, only just realized! Works now! Hi, last week I managed to back up files with rsync via ssh. Today, the connection times out. I am trying to...

Hello I have this code: Code: --------- Please select something to restore [1, 2, 3 e.t.c]:" # get the folders count count=$(ls -ltd $INCDIR/*/ | wc -l)

Published at LXer: In this article, we will explain how you can Tweet directly from your Debian command line through the Rainbow Stream application. The process includes installing the application,...

In setting up a (hopefully secure) small mail server, I follow the tutorials and examples. The configuration file examples are rarely the same, sometimes achieving the same end in different ways....

I have a triple boot: First I had windows 10 then I installed Ubuntu and lately I installed Mint Linux. Now I dont fancy ubuntu anymore, my question is how can uninstall ubuntu and keep mint and get...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been installed for months with no sound issues until the last update from the repository. Now the sound pops with a regular beat, it doesn't vary. Also the music is choppy.

Published at LXer: Save color values from transparent pixels? You may have seen it in your favorite image editing program. What does this option do? Well, it does what it says. If you leave this...

As I'm sure we've all heard, yahoo groups will be removed here in December. You can request from them, a backup of any group you are a member of, but I've been waiting for 2 weeks and seriously doubt...

I recently installed single boot Deepin on an HP Laptop 15-1387 with AMD Radion R4/R5 graphics. It runs well in normal mode but freezes every time I try to boot in Recovery Mode. The Bios options are...

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Published at LXer: After being available only to developers interested in hacking the device, PINE64's PinePhone open source Linux smartphone is now available for pre-order and anyone can get one....

All right, just recently got Debian installed on an old laptop. Did a pretty minimal install with MATE DE. I was thinking this laptop had an intermittent issue with the onboard wireless controller...

Hello so I am wondering if this is a possibility. I have a Linux server, hostname: Apollo that authenticates on my company domain using sssd. One of the users wants me to mount a local disk on ServerA...

Published at LXer: 2DayGeek: This bash script allows you to create a patching compliance reports every month or once every three months. Read More......

I have a CentOS 7 machine which started booting periodically on its own. Below are the interesting lines (for the last reboot) from the `/var/log/messages`.[1] *Can anyone suggest which...

Hi I recently installed Linux Mint 19.2 Xfce 64-bit. When I launch the update manager, it shows me the available updates, but when I click on "install", I get the message "Could not install the...

Hey, how would I be able to use the Windows 7 bootloader instead of GRUB? And yes, I searched, searched, and searched. I did found solutions but none worked. I tried using the Win7 disc, went...

Hi, we are in preparation of building a new large high speed / performance file server. We have quiet unusual needs. (large uncompressed 4K - 8K video files) After researching for quite a while,...

Published at LXer: You can create your own local YUM/DNF repository on your local server. Here's how to do that using FTP. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/ftp-yum-dnf-repository)

I’m wondering if there is a way to merge a bash script with one or more of its input files to obtain a new executable file, so that you have not need to keep the above input files, let’s look at them...

My systray doesnt show external apps icons such as keepass. I have only default kde system icons and nothing more. Few days ago everything was fine. Apps are running, processes are visible, but no...

My own is it should be avoided. As I think recursion is being done by sub shell calls. But then there is problem with script termination cause Ctrl+C kills only low bottom shell. But maybe I am...

Published at LXer: Need to download all images in an online album and don't want to click each image to save it to your computer? Try RipMe, a Java tool with both graphical and command line...

So I have these 4 disk that I setup under another OS as a software raid. I've since installed a new OS and would like to recover this raid. I tried to use force but it's not coming back and I...

I'm writing a paper for school about the history of Linux and the subculture it has created as an alternative to proprietary operating systems. As part of this, I'm writing about the nature of...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial, we are going to focus on Linux package management using the APT package manager. First, we are going to go through a bit of history on the origins of Open...

Sunvell Q Plus with Allwinner H6 SoC 6k 4GB 64 Rom Is it possible to replace Android 9 with linux? This is a TV Box not a phone. Nothing is broke, I just don't like Android on a TV Box, prefer a...

And when does one distro diverge so much from the distro it branched off that it can no more be called a fork of it (or based on it) ?

Every linux package has a maintainer. But what does he do ? what is his job ? does he simply compile a new version of the software each time a new version is released by the original authors ? is he...

I ran into a problem this week, where I couldn't find a solution to. I just installed last version of Debian and trying to boot into debian until it reaches "started Gnome Display Manager" where...

Published at LXer: The whoami command is a compound of the words “Who am I?” and prints the name of the user associated with the current effective user ID. Read More......

i just installed the latest ksmooth dock and got it setup the way i like. 1 dock for browsers / email, and 1 dock for a dolphin shortcut and various folders i want quick access to. when i first setup...

hello all! i am new to ns2. i want to use DSRC protocol for VANET. but ns2.35 does not contain this protocol. how to install the protcol please help me

dear all, i am working on v2v communication for emergency message dissemination in VANET using ns2.35. i want to select a gatway node for inter-cluster communication, but does not know how to do? if...

Published at LXer: Scaling a MySQL database in the cloud is not easy, but the open source Vitess project manages the project at scale for cloud-native Kubernetes deployments Read More......

Hi Everyone, Which password manager would you choose: Keepass2 or KeepassXC? Please note I do not mention KeepassX, which has not been actively developed (and, as a result, KeypassXC emerged). ...

It is several years since I last had a look at Manjaro. I was not that really thrilled with it to be honest and especially not its installer. I recently trialled *Manjaro Xfce 18.1.3* (currently...

Published at LXer: Following on the footsteps of Red Hat, Canonical also announced today that it has prepared updates for all of its supported Ubuntu Linux releases to mitigate the latest Intel CPU...

Hello How do I calculate the load average for my Linux box? Following is the result of uptime: Code: --------- # uptime 17:25:42 up 18 min, 1 user, load average: 1.18, 0.79, 0.68...

Hello, i have installed two centos OS in one VM, one os is acting as client and other as a server. i have successfully configured the FTP server, but it is publicly, i want to restrict the...

Published at LXer: Wekan is a web-based kanban board application that provides task distribution using intuitive graphics for better and modern team collaboration. Wekan makes use of what they call...

Hi Team, I have facing some issue on one of the Ubuntu 17.10. apt-get update Ign:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful InRelease Ign:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security...