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Disabling Linux kernel page zeroing
Hi, I am trying to disable the kernel's page/memory zeroing in order to gain performance in a safe environment (experimental purpose) while utilizing applications that make heavy use of malloc...
LXer: How to Install WordPress with Nginx and Let's Encrypt SSL on CentOS 8
Published at LXer: WordPress is a free, open-source and most widely used content management system in the world. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install WordPress with Nginx on CentOS 8...
Help comparing 2 directories recursively
I will try to explain what I need to do. I have 2 folders that are backups from different months of the same Linux: LinuxA LinuxB I want to know what was modified in LinuxB compared to LinuxA ...
wlan module not detected?
Hi altogether, I´m currently trying to setup BodhiLinux for a friend of mine. She has a laptop (*HP 15-db0400ng*) which originally came with WIN10. I could manage to create a bootable...
LXer: GraphQL a cut above the REST, say query lang's fans: Airbnb, Knotel, others embrace the tech
Published at LXer: Data-fetching scheme seems to be catching on. At the GraphQL Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday, Matt DeBergalis, co-founder and CTO at data plumbing biz Apollo GraphQL, urged...
How to convert picture to unicode text
Hi there, I need to convert image of photographed text document back to text document. Is there any free Linux program that could convert a picture to utf8 text ?
User ssh key on RHEL6 system
I have a user id that is used for monitoring (monsvc). All the hosts that it monitors have a key configured so that the monitoring solution can log in to them to run perf commands. We have our...
result of : top -o COMMAND ? explain the result please
what means output of : top -o COMMAND
result of : top -o COMMAND ? explain the result please
what means the outpout of: top -o COMMAND thanks to respond
symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6: undefined symbol: _XGetRequest
Hi, I got an error message on CentOS 7 as Code: --------- symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6: undefined symbol: _XGetRequest --------- I searched web and found this link seems...
LXer: How to Obscure Network Ports with a Port Knocking Sequence on Debian 10
Published at LXer: Port knocking is a method of dynamically opening network ports by "knocking" (i.e. connecting) on a predefined sequence of ports. This is especially useful for obscuring an open...
ubuntu 19.10 xrdp blank screen
Installed xrdp about a month after Ubuntu 19.10 was installed. Read somewhere that if you created a new user ie. "useradd -m someuser" AFTER xrdp was installed then xrdp seems to work. And that...
NANO S to Electrum in TAILS?
I have tough time getting Electrum in TAILS 4.0 to recognize connected hardware wallet NANO S. Any one have achieved this, and could give me some help?
Cannot get Visual Studio Core working on Centos7
Unable to get Visual Studio Code working on Centos 7. I installed Minimal Centos 7. After installing .NET Core 2.2 and Docker, etc. I installed Visual Studio Code. The installation appeared to be...
swap changed to a new partition, and so how to update that swap location?
Have Ubuntu Mate 18.04 and Mint 19.01 installed and I did some partitions changing which then changed the swap file from /dev/sdb5 to now /dev/sdb3 and so how do I make this correction so that swap is...
LXer: How to Add a Simple App Launcher Panel on LXDE
Published at LXer: LXDE is one of the lightest graphical environments for the Linux desktop, and you can add an app launcher panel in LXDE so as not to consume many resources Read More......
LXer: Traceroute: Finding meaning among the stars
Published at LXer: Ever felt lost in the output of traceroute? Here we interpret the 'starscape'. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/traceroute-finding-meaning)
LXer: Getting started with awk, a powerful text-parsing tool
Published at LXer: Awk is a powerful text-parsing tool for Unix and Unix-like systems, but because it has programmed functions that you can use to perform common parsing tasks, it[he]#039[/he]s...
Centos 8 dock
Good day all please be so kind in telling me what do you call the docx on the main Centos screen on the left side regards
LXer: 9 Simple Ways to Find the Process ID (PID) of a Program Running on Linux
Published at LXer: 2DayGeek: This tutorial allows you to get the process ID (PID and PPID) of a program running on Linux. Read More......
clarification w/r/t directing sudo output to flash drive
I am on a dell Precision 5820 running Ubuntu 18.04 (on sda) with Linux 4.x kernel. I am step-wise saving-off the grub configurations before and after adding new OSs to internal hard drives. My...
LXer: Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Music Players – Week 2
Published at LXer: This is a weekly blog about the Raspberry Pi 4 (“RPI4”), the latest product in the popular Raspberry Pi range of computers. For this week, we survey open source music players for...
LXer: GIMP 2.10.14 Released With New Show All View Mode, Loaded Images Now Default to 72 PPI
Published at LXer: A new version of the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) 2.10 stable series was released recently - 2.10.14. This release includes a new "Show All" view mode that shows pixels...
LXer: Python 3.8 Adds Walrus Operator, Improves Developer Experience
Published at LXer: The new release of the popular programming language includes capabilities to help developers produce better code, but it might take a while for enterprise adoption. Read...
How much disk space should I partition for Bodhi Legacy 5.00
Trying to install Bodhi Legacy 5.00 alongside CubLinux, how much hard drive space should I partition for Bodhi. In total I have 160 GB of Hard drive space.
LXer: How To Use A Different GTK 3 Theme For Specific Applications
Published at LXer: This article explains how to apply a different GTK 3 theme to specific applications (a theme other than the global/desktop GTK theme). Read More......
Displaying all processes running at a given time.
Hi: I forgot the name of the Linux utility. I have dd running and I can't stop it. I press ^C and nothing happens. With mentioned utility I could get the process number and then use 'kill' to kill it....
Processing a wildcard with getopts
When I pass a wild card parameter, eg M*.mpg to a script on the command line you need to use $@ like this: Code: --------- for FF in $@; do echo "FF: $FF"; ffmpeg -ss 0 -y -i $FF ...
oscap scan error
I am trying to run oscap on my centos 8 machine, but I am getting this error. Has anyone run into this before?
LXer: KDE Plasma 5.17.2 Desktop Environment Brings More Than 25 Bug Fixes, Update Now
Published at LXer: The KDE Project announced today the general availability of the second point release to their latest KDE Plasma 5.17 desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems. ...
LXer: openSUSE Leap 15.0 to Reach End of Life on November 30th, 2019, Upgrade Now
Published at LXer: The openSUSE Project has published an advance discontinuation notice for the openSUSE Leap 15.0 operating system release, which will reach end of life on November 30th, 2019. ...
looking for help with glftpd
Hi there, first of all i'm noob, and i'm sorry about my poor English Ok, so i'm running Debian 9 (stretch) and the latest glftpd (glftpd-LNX-2.09_1.1.0j_x64) Installed it (/dev/sda1), and...
firefox in FreeBSD - annoying feature
Hello, I have small problem with firefox installation in FreeBSD: scrolling up in firefox invokes Page Back. This is the only OS with this problem in firefox. It is persistenb because NomadBSD...
LXer: Fedora 31 Released
Published at LXer: Fedora 31 is officially here. Fedora is known to provide the cutting-edge open-source software in its every release. The foundation continues to follow the same. Let’s see what’s...
Bond not working since upgrade to Fedora 31
Hello, I was using lacp bond interface containing 4 ethernet devices until upgade Fedora 30 to Fedora 31 version. Now everything seems correct, but I can see no communication. I tried to boot to...
PV is using old PV header
Hello, since I upgraded Fedora 30 to Fedora 31 I receive warning when running lvs: WARNING: PV /dev/md4 in VG vg02 is using an old PV header, modify the VG to update. How should the VG be...
Problems getting kontakt player VST to work on linux.
Last month kontakt player was working fine for me with linvst but for some reason it stopped working and just crashes. I decided to start my wine prefix over from scratch and installed native access,...
efi boot screen background grub
this might be a mute question, but how to set up a grub background using grub efi in slack? the in the default/grub is not working. it says it pics it up but it never shows. Code:...
LXer: Test automation without assertions for web development
Published at LXer: Graphical user interface (GUI) test automation is broken. Regression testing is not testing; it[he]#039[/he]s version control for a software[he]#039[/he]s behavior....
Why is /var/log/packages empty?
I can't upgrade packages by upgradepkg because / var / log / packages is completely empty, what can I do now? OS is Slackware 14.1
What can I do with a "Live CD" of Linux Mint? I don't get it.
Hi everyone. I'm confused. as to how far you can use a Live CD of LM. Can you install programs, install programs, or just "kick the tires?" Or to put it another way, if you were house or apartment...
LXer: How to Change a Git Remote's URL
Published at LXer: Git remote is a pointer that refers to another copy of the repository that is usually hosted on a remote server. In some situations, like when the remote repository is migrated...
Can I always be updating packages without upgrading the kernel?
My question is: can I always be updating packages without upgrading the kernel? For example, I want to update all Slackware 14.1 packages (available at ftp.Slackware.com in the SLackware 14.1...
LXer: Rclone Browser 1.6.0 Adds New Options, Fixes
Published at LXer: The Rclone Browser fork I was telling you about a while back keeps improving, with the latest release adding new options in the application preferences, as well as an important...
LXer: A day in the life of a quality engineering sysadmin
Published at LXer: Being a sysadmin for a testing team has some interesting challenges. This is what my day looks like. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/qe-sysadmin)
LXer: How to Install Docker on CentOS 8
Published at LXer: This tutorial shows you how to install docker on centos 8. We will cover adding user to group and test docker installation. Read More......
Pacemaker - MySQL resource ignore config setting
We have a running 2 node pacemaker/heartbeat cluster. On this we have a mysql resource. In the config for this resource we set the attribute config=/etc/my.cnf for the startup. This is ignored...
vpn killswitch
Hi Looking for help to correctly setup killswitch after I disconnect from nordvpn (linux app) ( for example if manually disconnected and forget about it or switching to different location etc....
zone db.net/IN: NS 'centos610server.db.net' has no address records (A or AAAA)
hi to all, I've centso6.10 i upgraged due to last problem ( reverse zone is not working ). but now in forward zone following error has occured:- Code: --------- [root@centos610server named]#...
Help - Recover Root Password
I want to recover root password but in machine reboot GRUB screen doesn't showing. Redhat Linux 6.2 is installed on IBM blade Servers. Please Help
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