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Hey everyone, I have 2 remote Servers running Linux centos: Server *1 *and Server *5*. On Server *1 *I have a directory named: 'Example' I need to copy 'Example' directory from Server *1* to...

Published at LXer: This article explains using youtube-dl to download a YouTube playlist using the best available audio format, and convert it to MP3 (using FFmpeg, which youtube-dl uses...

Published at LXer: Protocol buffers (Protobufs), like XML and JSON, allow*applications, which may be written in different languages and running on different platforms, to exchange data. For...

Published at LXer: The term "automation" makes people nervous for a variety of reasons. Here are some ways to help your friends get over those fears and embrace automation. Read More......

Not seen any reference to this elsewhere. All other theme settings seem fine. I've tried a limited about of playing about with various window themes but to no avail. Screenshot below demonstrates...

Published at LXer: For Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine), the default Yaru theme pack has received some major changes. One of these changes is the usage of light menus and dialogs for the GNOME Shell...

Hi Folks, I have a streaming and recording script for an embedded ARM7 SoC. It's done under Yocto Project. The issue is the intense CPU usage around 97-100% for 1 core out of 4. Do you have any...

I am trying to understand even the basics of the forum page. It all looks so confusing, sorry to be so lost. I am trying to get my wifi working in mint 19, but what I have found is complicated text...

Published at LXer: Study shows that more users are using open source software for data management, with most organizations using more than one technology to help meet different needs. Read...

Hi, I'm just an ordinary dude looking to learn more about navigating and using a linux system. I guess I just like how simple and unified everything on linux is, and I want to learn more about using...

Published at LXer: Nate Weiner, founder and CEO of Pocket, has been promoted to SVP of a new product organization, New Markets, at Mozilla. The New Markets organization will be working to expand … ...

I know I'm missing something really obvious here, but I'm banging my head against the wall trying to undo a very unwanted "update" that un-rooted my phone and I just don't have any mental energy left...

Published at LXer: Apply tags to lengthy and complex Linux commands to easily retrieve them from Bash history. Read More......

Published at LXer: A shell is the command interpreter for the operating system. Bash is my favorite shell, but every Linux shell interprets the commands typed by the user or sysadmin into a form...

Published at LXer: Pylint is a higher-level Python style enforcer. While flake8 and black will take care of "local" style: where the newlines occur, how comments are formatted, or find issues like...

Published at LXer: Sometimes, when you are not sure about leaving windows but want to try out Linux with full hardware capabilities unlike a virtual machine, you may need to dual boot your machine....

I got into a rather animated discussion about what method to use burning an .iso onto a flashdrive. Personally, I D/l the .iso and use a program such as Rufus-Unetbootin-LiLi-or any of many other...

Just got around to upgrading the fleet (5 years late) and was content enough with my setups that I haven't kept up with changes over the years. When I'm using virtualbox I prefer the most minimal X...

I am trying to setup gps on a ubuntu based cap pc system. I have gpsd and gpsd -clients installed via apt. I have been trying to follow these instructions. My GPS reciver is a usb device. ---Quote---...

Published at LXer: This article will guide you through enhancing your new system. No matter what supported version of Ubuntu you use, you can follow those steps. Read More......

Published at LXer: Mozilla's upcoming Firefox 70 web browser release is now available to download from the official website for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows. ...

I'm not sure if this is a feature or bug but either way, I find myself accidentally clicking on this dime-sized area on the bottom of the track pad about 1 inch from the left of the pad, where if I...

Published at LXer: I am going to show you how to install SSH client and server tools on CentOS 8 server and how to configure SSH server on CentOS 8. In order to connect to a SSH server, you must...

I updated to the latest version of current today (2019/10/21). I tried to run pulseview but got an error. Last time this happened I had to run the slackbuild for qt5 from Ponce's repository and then...

Published at LXer: cheat.sh offers unified access to the best community driven documentation repositories of the world via curl/browser interface. There’s also an installable utility for more...

Hello everybody! My name is Caleb Huggins, and I'm from Arlington Texas. I've come across this site many times while looking for help fixing my systems, as well as building LFS with my own...

I have a working Kali Linux Live USB drive, with persistance & encryption. I want to install Android Debug Bridge (aka "Android Bridge Tools") on this USB drive so that I can connect to the internet...

I tried to update current 64 but on the install-new I get you need the gpg key slackpkg update gpg seems to work but I still get that error and cannot find the key where it said it stored it. ...

I just tried to open MEGAsync on -current and it won't launch. I tried to rebuild against any relevant new libraries and it fails with the message: Code: --------- In file included from...

I updated glibc-zoneinfo after detecting that the time zone of America / Sao_Paulo had advanced one hour (the new one does not have this advance), restarted apache, but the time on the sites is still...

Published at LXer: MySQL is the most popular open-source relational database management system. The latest version of the MySQL database server, version 8.0, is available for installation from the...

I have Slackware64 14.2 and KDE 4.14 (I think). I have a Windows 10 virtual machine on this Linux host. What I want to do it automatically "login" this user/owner of the Virtual Machine when the...

http://4mlinux.com/donate.html Goes here: http://4mlinux.com/index.php?page=doante If you change it to http://4mlinux.com/index.php?page=donate it works.

Published at LXer: How does robotic process automation software handle repetitive tasks? Does RPA require coding? Where does it fit? Let’s break it down in plain terms Read More......

After a sucessfull upgrade from 19.04 to 19.10 grub menu has duplicate entries. They point to the same os/version, just duplicated. The duplicate entries still exists in grub after "upgrade-grub". I...

Hello, I want to use a systemcall (ip link set can0 up) in my c-programm that have no root privileges. Therefor I set the capabilities to CAP_NET_RAW and CAP_NET_ADMIN. But I always get a permission...

Timeconfig does not work on one of the Slackware servers, how can I fix this? timeconfig: command not found /usr/share/zoneinfo contains only localtime@

Published at LXer: Open source triple store database technology used by the U.S. Navy moves forward as a stable, mature project at the Apache Software Foundation. Read More......

Hello Everyone, i have a problem which i am trying to solve. Current Structure; i have an FTP server running on microsoft azure which allows only one fixed public ip to access it. Due to cost...

Laptop ID: Lenovo IdeaPad 320-15IAP OS ID: Slackware64 - current Desktop env: KDE I installed the recommended drivers from SB, but my option for ignoring touchpad while typing is simply disabled...

Published at LXer: Domain names provide the internet much more user-friendly way of referencing servers, but have you ever wondered how it works under the covers? Read More......

Hey there, has anybody been able to compile latest scummvm on -current? Compilation failed for me because the newly added text-to-speech module fails to compile with some pthread linking error. Also...

This is what I found in changelog ---Quote--- extra/xv/xv-3.10a-x86_64-9.txz: Rebuilt. Moved here from the XAP series due to non-commercial use shareware license ---End Quote--- what...

Published at LXer: As a system administrator, you may be asked to set the system date on multiple servers. They may be configured badly or their timezones might not be configured properly. As a...

Hi new here and new on Linux. Install deepin and wifi, Blue tooth not working. rfkill not working. Please help

Hi all. I am using -current with KDE Plasma and sddm. I would like to know if there is a way to enable ~/.xsession-errors? Currently the file is not created and nothing is logged. Greetings...

Published at LXer: n this article, we will be showing how to install the Linux system Ubuntu on a virtual machine on MAC. VirtualBox provides system virtualization that is useful for trying out new...

Published at LXer: As I suggested they would when setting Crusader Kings II permanently free, Paradox Interactive have announced Crusader Kings III. Read More......

There is an USB stick that currently protected by BitLocker. Accessing it on Windows computer is fine. My question is how can I access the files on a Linux machine?

I am running CentOS v7 with Apache. I generally follow this tutorial for LAMP setup: https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/centos-lamp-server-apache-mysql-php/ I set up Virtual Domains pretty...