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Published at LXer: Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol that allows you to share remote directories over a network. With NFS, you can mount remote directories on your...

root,sudo and admin accounts locked due to a misplaced fonts file months ago so no passwords accptd. can't connect to the nets, can't modify files as needed can't install or uninstall any packages...

Yo, decided to install KDE for its HiDPI support, and, despite how far I went with making my Xfce setup fit my aesthetics, I realized how much I appreciated the crisp look of KDE, and although I'm...

Published at LXer: Pegasus Frontend is certainly promising, an open source graphical game launcher you can use across Linux, MacOS, Windows, Raspberry Pi, Android and more. Read More......

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Published at LXer: In some circumstances, you may have noticed that your computer is running slow. This might be due to some applications that are consuming a big chunk of memory without you...

Published at LXer: A LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack is a combination of open-source software, typically installed on a server used for hosting dynamic websites and web applications. It...

Hi, I am trying to decide which OS to use to set up a server for virtual machines. I have been given a Dell R620 server to play with and I like to set this up with different flavors of Linux using...

Published at LXer: Oh how I do love to see more projects go open source! GGPO, a rollback networking SDK for peer-to-peer games that's designed to help hide network latency in fast-paced games that...

So I encrypted a file using OpenSSL using this command openssl enc -aes-128-ecb -e \ -in dawn.txt -out dawnciphered.txt \ -K 00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff I want to be able to test...

Is there a way to run the "Users and Groups" without having the root password? I am in the sudoers file and can work with users from the command line. But, I would like to be able to use the GUI. ...

I do have frequent systems reboot. I did a Code: --------- journalctl -p err..alert > error2.log --------- and attached it to his thread. System has become pretty unstable.

Hello OS: CentOS 7.7 How to setup ipv6? I'm not able to ping with ipv6. Following is my connection details: Code: --------- $ ip address show dev enp3s0 2: enp3s0:...

Hi all, Just discovered a major mess up. When I run : echo $PATH if find this /opt/rustc/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin I reinstalled bash startup files and every...

Published at LXer: In this edition of our open source news roundup, we cover System76*shipping Coreboot-powered firmware, a new OS for the apocalypse, and more open source news! Read More......

I have a plan for Internet access through wifi (pocketwifi R216h) which has never been perfect but connection is cut annoyingly every few minutes and takes about one minute to come back. This is under...

Hey! I am new to raspberry pie and I am trying to install vscode onto raspberrypie so I encountered problems with bash here is my output on echo$PATH...

Its not fun to use linux at all, no harsh feelings but im behind schedule on creating my first project with raspberry pi and i need to install vscode but im having constant errors so help me on the...

The ‘libreoffice-helppack’ and ‘libreoffice-langpack’ SlackBuilds do not properly generate their package description files, ‘slack-desc’. They simply install a fixed copy of the file, in which the...

I'm on section 6.9.1. Installation of glibc-2.30 of lfs book 9.0. I'm compiling directly on a drive. So my real errors are when make says no rule to make target I've looked this up but there's no...

Published at LXer: Apache HTTP server is the most widely used web server in the world. It is a free, open-source, and cross-platform HTTP server, including powerful features, and can be extended by...

Hello! in a folder I have automatically named files, i. e.: ls my_repo file000 file001 ... with a bash script, I would like to change the name of these files to: my_repo000 my_repo001 ...

I can access my NTFS disks, but I can't write in them in Linux, not even as root. How do I fix this? I'm in Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) 64 bit.

Perhaps it is because it is Sunday morning but this should not be difficult :banghead: I have setup a script to monitor the state of my VPN connection. Yes, it is marked executable. The script,...

Published at LXer: A Linux quick tip showing different methods to find the IP address of your DHCP server from the Linux command line. Read More......

I have a separate 1tb ssd that I want to use as mass storage. I'm on opensuse TW. I formatted it using XFS. However, I'm unable to make any folders, copy or move files to it. Any suggestions?

Published at LXer: On Unix or Linux operating systems, the scp utility, stands for secure copy, is similar to the more famous command, cp, but is used to transfer files and directories between...

Regardless which distro I use, ANSI sequences litter typescript files, which makes them hard to read, and hard to copy and paste from. Is there a way to have the ANSI sequences omitted? If not, is...

Hello everyone, I am new to docker and it's concepts. Anyway, I pulled the ubuntu image from docker's online hub via the docker run command. After it downloaded and it open the bash prompt, I...

I added a shared folder in my virtual machine running Windows 10. However I cannot save files in the shared folder from software like Word. I guess is a permissions rights problem because the message...

Hi I have no experience with golang, what i want is dockerizing Envoy-xDS project, here is the link https://medium.com/@salmaan.rashid/envoy-control-plane-hello-world-2f49b2865f29 i wrote this...

Published at LXer: Augmented reality and virtual reality are often confused – but they’re more like technology cousins than twins. Let’s explain both in plain terms and examine some AR and VR use...

I have installed the F31 Beta on my laptop with a HiDPI screen. I usually connect a large external monitor to my laptop when working. I learned from somewhere that Wayland has enabled per-monitor...

In ubuntu 19.04, i want to build the calibre from source calibre-4.1.0 when i run the setup.py in the source dir get this error: Code: --------- ./setup.py linux64 * * Running linux64 *

Published at LXer: AutoHotkey is a free open source tool that's used to script a variety of tasks. Anything, from keyboard shortcuts to launch your favorite browser or keystroke and mouse...

Hello guys, A bit of help on a matter in which I was not able to find any kind of hints anywhere and I would like to know if you guys have an idea: So, I am having the following 32 servers:...

Published at LXer: There's always a lot to get excited about in October: sweater weather, pumpkin spice, Halloween costumes, and for the last three years, Hacktoberfest.read more Read More......

I'm having issues loading the live dvd from Mageia 7 or 7.1. Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

I use the Ubuntu 18.04, I keep it updated. I tried to play an mp3. No sound. Mute is not ticked. I go to sound settings, click "Test sound" It plays "front left, front right" I press Fn and...

I noticed recently the change for --no-overwrite in installpkg and that got me thinking about something that has been on my mind for a while. When I am doing machine upgrades (more common now with...

Published at LXer: BleachBit, a system cleaner (and more) for Linux and Windows, was updated to version 2.3 beta recently, receiving some major changes. The new version was upgraded from GTK+ 2 to...

I'm looking how to solve this warning, but didn't find anything on the cloud (medit:5451): Moo-WARNING **: 21:14:02.856: in file moopython/moopython-builtin.c, line 66, function...

Been trying to create a user on this page https://login.ubuntu.com/JIwsUttkbwJYs1VX/+new_account But it rejects all user names. Anyone know anything?

Is it possible to convert a VM from VirtualBox, into an ISO format, put it onto a drive, then boot it up? I would assume that re-sizing the drive would not be an issue. I found this which seems to...

Published at LXer: Configure Touchpad Settings Using gsettings Commandline Utility On Linux Read More......

Hello The title says it all. Can AlienBob's ktown packages be installed and run side-by-side with original KDE-4 moved to someplace like /opt? This could be an extremely short thread ;)

Salut, J’ai un souci, lorsque je prend la main sur debian 8 en ssh, dès que je me connecte il me met une erreur comme quoi il n’arrive pas à résoudre l’hostname. jusque là ça va, je le définit avec...

here is my code, #! /bin/bash for i in $(cat host.txt) do hostname=$(hostname -s) memory=$(free -m | awk 'NR==2{printf "%.2f%%", $3*100/$2 }') mem_health=$(free -m | awk 'NR==2{ print ...

I'm looking for some input that would probably be best asked of people who have used multiple Linux distros. I'm not really looking for a "Hurray for my team" opinion. I'm sure most have some level...

Published at LXer: In this article, we will show you how to install NodeBB on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.NodeBB is an open-source forum software that runs on Node.js platform that is free and easy to use....