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I have the following code the reads and decodes a string on serial port ttyUSB0: Code: --------- #!/usr/bin/env python import time import serial import string

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I have a Dell Laptop with a Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Network Adapter on Centos 7 When the system updated, the network adapter no longer works because the OS can't see it. However, when I use the...

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If I hit *F4* in a folder, that folder is opened in *terminology*. If I do the same as *sudo*, there's another terminal with a too small font size. How can I fix this in order to have the ordinary...

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I have the following Python code that reads a serial string and decodes it. I would like to send the output to a window and display it in a large high contrast format. In this case I want it to...

In my journey to get my favorite Linux OS(Slackware Linux) up and running, I have encountered a terrible problem. Many of you have probably helped me figure out UEFI install and my errors in that...

I am running the latest Arch linux. I have only root and one user. When trying to login as the non-root user I am getting "incorrect login" without a password prompt. As soon as i type the...

I made my first post and got a lot of help and information to solve my problem. In the process I was asked to use CODE tags. I assume they work like the QUOTE tag in the lower right corner of the...

I found these instructions (https://bbs.deepin.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=151191) dating almost a year ago. I was wondering if they are good today, or if there is another way. Thanks

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I was trying to revive my Fedora 30 installation using the live disk and chrooting to install grub This is quite involved. Finally I got grub to install.without errors on /sda with the EFI files in...