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greetings from germany
Hello everybody, today I find the way to this forum because I like to say "Thank You" :-) I had a two weeks holiday and for the first time I "fiddled" around with Slackware-Current... ...
LXer: KDE Plasma 5.17 Desktop Environment Gets First Point Release with 40 Bug Fixes
Published at LXer: The KDE Project released the first point release of their latest KDE Plasma 5.17 desktop environment for Linux-based operating system, a maintenance update that brings many bug...
Send email if logs has value threshold
Hello Folks , i have a tail -f log pointing to a log file . i have smtp setup on why server and i can send emails using sendmail command . ################# i just want to make a rule such as...
LXer: How to program with Bash: Loops
Published at LXer: Bash is a powerful programming language, one perfectly designed for use on the command line and in shell scripts. This three-part series, based on my three-volume Linux...
LXer: How to Stress Test a Graphics Card on Linux
Published at LXer: If your display is getting glitchy, you can conduct a stress test before you get a new one. Here's how you can stress test your graphics card on Linux. Read More......
SMTP Relay - virtual domain
Hello for the first time He started with a difficult topic right away from me. I need help configuring SMTP Relay to work like the SMTP_Relay.JPG schema. I mean exactly that it would be...
Data deleted by unknown cause on Ubuntu
Hi, We have a ubuntu 18.4 server, hosted on Digital ocean. There is /dev/sda disk of 300 GB. Last Saturday we had data of more than 200GB. Today I checked, it is just 13GB of data. There is no cron...
LXer: DHCP + PING = DHCPING - Testing DHCP Server Availability
Published at LXer: Learn how to send DHCPREQUEST or DHCPINFORM packets from the Linux command line to your networks DHCP server to test availability of the service. Read More......
LXer: Lightweight Linux Distros for Old Laptop (2019)
Published at LXer: You can use any of the lightweight Linux distros and bring your old machine back to life. In as much we focus on the old distros, we do have some new releases that do not require...
installation Mint 9.2 problem booting HDD, USB only bootable
Hi I'm new to Linux as you can see. I followed the Linux download info got to load Linux on my Toshiba laptop with Win 7 in one Partition. The start-up doesn't allow for booting Mint and goes...
LXer: Building container images with the ansible-bender tool
Published at LXer: Containers and Ansible blend together so nicely—from management and orchestration to provisioning and building. In this article, we'll focus on the building part. Read More......
egl library for cairo
I'm trying to manually install GTK3 on my slackware Linux 13 but packages are apparently missing. I did a package check on GTK and it states egl is missing. ---Quote--- bash-3.1# pkg-config...
LXer: Node.js 12 to LTS and Node.js 13 is here!
Published at LXer: Node.js 12 has been promoted to Long Term Support (LTS) and Node.js 13 is available now Read More......
LXer: Upgrading and updating your Red Hat Satellite server
Published at LXer: Updating or upgrading your Red Hat Satellite server goes best when you follow these steps. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/upgrading-satellite-server)
LXer: Install Odoo 13 on Ubuntu 18.04 with Nginx
Published at LXer: Install Odoo 13 on Ubuntu 18.04 with Nginx – Google Cloud. In this tutorial you are going to learn how to install and setup Odoo with Nginx reverse proxy and connect it with...
LXer: Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Week 1
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. Read More......
Centos 5 physical to virtual
Hi, Having problems converting a Centos 5 physical server to virtual, all methods tried clonezilla disk to image have only resulted in kernel panic and un-bootable. The kernel is old (2.6.18-8.el5)...
LXer: Linux basics: A beginners guide to text editing with vim
Published at LXer: There is a multitude of reasons to learn vim, from its simple navigation tools to its quick and dirty character correction. Here's what you need to know. Read More......
LXer: Mozilla's Firefox 70 is out: Privacy reports reveal whose cookies are tracking you
Published at LXer: Mozilla has released Firefox 70, introducing new security indicators for HTTP and HTTPS sites, and a new privacy report that shows how many times its Enhanced Tracking Protection...
Kmail2: how to convert mbox format email to maildir format
This is merely a question, I do not have any sort of problem.... yet... 1: Using Debian Testing (Bullseye) 2: Using KDE with kmail2 3: Old format uses mbox email format 4: kmail2 uses maildir...
LXer: GNU Project Developers Debate A Restructuring As A "Bottom Up" Organization
Published at LXer: GNU developers unhappy with Richard Stallman sticking around as head of the GNU Project and not planning to make any "radical" changes are now expressing their desire for the GNU...
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Why is it impossible to hybridise 4mlinux?
I realise this is not an issue with 4mlinux alone, but it is not an issue that I have found in many distros either. I'm hoping the maintainer can explain it. Typically I use isohybrid (when someone...
LXer: Install Missing Man Pages Of Commands On Ubuntu
Published at LXer: This brief describes how to install missing Man pages of commands on Ubuntu and other Deb-based systems. Read More......
Is custom kernels a thing?
Hi. Relatively newbie in Linux world, have installng and done som distro hopping and using various distros in daily tasks. So I have this question: Does it exist a pool out there a place where...
SD card reader (O2 micro) not working
Hello everybody, I'm running MX-Linux on a Fujitsu Lifebook U937 (kernel 4.19.0-5-amd64). My great issue is related to the SD card reader. It doesn't work. The BIOS is set up properly. It looks...
Fear of using a rolling release
The two rolling release distros that I tried are - sabayon - manjaro What I dislike about them is : 1/ The sheer amount of bandwith when the system needs to be updated (up to 1Gb / month) 2/...
Hello!
Hi all, I'm glad to be here and I hope to be able to learn what you're going to teach me! Have a nice day :)
LXer: How to Manage Linux File Capabilities
Published at LXer: Capabilities essentially divide the power of the root user into separate privileges, which improves security by limiting the access an attacker would gain by exploiting or...
how to kill stubborn processes
I've used: Code: --------- kill -9 1234 --------- But that never seem to work. This usually revolves around copy operations, but not always. I have search the web about this issue...
sed grouping now working in perl
Hello, I'm trying to run a shell tool(sed) in perl but it's not working as it does when I run it from a shell command prompt. I have the following perl loop, that's going through each message...
VB & Networking VMs
I do very little with my VMs, but they all used to connect via NAT and get internet from the host. That's fine - I'm not worth hacking. Now the windows 10 vm has lost it. I got nowhere in Windows...
CSV file output reformat
This is what the CSV look like Account number (preferred / formatted),Customer reference,Posting date,Account currency,Transaction amount 750856653,233413,3/9/2019,USD,-1439.58...
network printer authentication prompt is not shown
Hello, I can't get Kubuntu 18.04 on my laptop to connect to my university's network printer, It's this model: https://www.sharp.com.hk/en/download/711-MX-6070N and it's shared through smb. I've...
creating Linux script that read in a csv file and output the data in a different format
- this involves creating a Linux script that be run to read in a csv file and output the data in a different format to load into the Lawson payroll system - the script will be run automatically by...
LXer: How to Install CMake on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Published at LXer: CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software. In this article, we will describe how you can install CMake to your Ubuntu...
creating a script that would read in a csv file and output the data in a different format to load into the Lawson payroll system
- this involves creating a Linux script that be run to read in a csv file and output the data in a different format to load into the Lawson payroll system - the script will be run automatically by...
Greetings from Southern California
Long-time Slackware user; I first installed Linux from floppies many years ago. Just making a post to increase my privilege level, I've used LinuxQuestions as a valued resource for years and years.
LXer: Monitoring system processes in Ubuntu using htop
Published at LXer: htop is a process monitoring utility in Ubuntu which is based on the top tool. It shows the usage per CPU in a nice graphical interface along with the memory and swap usages. You...
Power management in Qualcomm SoCs vs CPUFreq based power management
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2013/10/25/power-vs-performance-management-cpu I was going through the above document and read that "The Krait CPU cores of Snapdragon processors lie on separate...
Yum stop working for Centos 7
I have centos 7 machine. I tried to run yum update. It always show me this. ---Quote--- Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile...
How does persistence work in Kali Linux?
How does Live USB Persistence work in Kali? In the boot menu, I can easily select the "Live USB Persistence" option and run and use the system, but after I restart the system, changes in system...
Is CROSS_COMPILE a builtin or user defined variable?
I am relatively new to Linux OS environment. So, forgive me for this simple question. :D I have been using CROSS_COMPILE variable for cross compilation. But, I am not sure if its a user defined...
Where do you stand on Capitalism?
I know this is probably quite a broad subject, but it's something I've on been wondering about, probably for a long time too... I was reading this article...
Merge Line side by side
i have a file contain 10 20 30 40 user1 user2 user3 user4
Data Base - Mariadb-client, server and GUI
I am inexperienced at using the latest data base tools and would like a lead to relevant tutorials. I just loaded the latest opensuse leap 15.1 and it comes with mariadb client and server...
Kernel Recommendations for IBM Websphere 8.5 on RHEL 6.10 - 64Bit
Hi, I am trying to understand what would be the kernel recommendation for the following Websphere Web application server on RHEL. Product / Server Details: OS DETAILS - Red Hat Enterprise...
Plasma 5 -current: ~/.local/share/sddm/xorg-session.log takes up all remaining disk space
When I logged into my laptop this morning, I was greeted by a message that $HOME had 0 MB of disk space left. Digging into this, I eventually traced the culprit to...
LXer: How to program with Bash: Logical operators and shell expansions
Published at LXer: Bash is a powerful programming language, one perfectly designed for use on the command line and in shell scripts. This three-part series (which is based on my three-volume Linux...
Help to mount a NAS drive
I am trying to connect to my NAS using a laptop with lubuntu. I have enabled NFS on my NAS. I have installed NFS on the lubuntu laptop. It is recognising the NAS because I can see a directory for...
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