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Hello All: As tablet computers that utilize pen input are becoming more common, I've been looking for a solution to use handwriting input in Linux (I have a Lenovo X220t). Windows includes a good...

First foyer into using the Linux OS for me. Medium tech level user of Windows XP/7, some 8.x, but very little 10, (the latter which I hate for all it's problems MS has given us). I have older...

Hi, which is the ifconfig (or ip) option that enable eui64 ipv4 address on an interface? I mean: I am able to manually assign a link-local address to eth0: Code: --------- # ip -6 addr add...

Published at LXer: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 is the last release that will only be supported for a year, as the company moves to a new model to support the open-source cloud platform. Read...

Published at LXer: Started since 2002, Arch Linux has built up a large, loyal following of users who love Arch's KISS approach, where minimalism and choice reign supreme. Read More......

This is pretty weird. I've been making my own custom German language snapshot installations of MX Linux for the past couple of years. Never a problem until today, with the very latest snapshot that I...

Published at LXer: In the last article, we saw how Cockpit can manage storage devices. This article will focus on the networking functionalities within the UI. We’ll see how to manage the...

Hello, For the past several months, I've successfully set up two GlusterFS volumes with bricks on two nodes. These volumes could be easily mounted on a client system running RHEL 7...

I am trying to install a website in Singapore through linode.com. While investigating why I have difficulty testing it I made a discovery that seems alarming to me, the command: Code: ---------...

Published at LXer: One of the most useful add-ons for the Raspberry Pi is the camera module. Here you'll learn how to install and use the Raspberry Pi camera module. Read More......

Published at LXer: The rm and unlink commands allows users to remove symbolic links on Linux. Read More... (https://www.2daygeek.com/remove-delete-symbolic-link-softlink-linux/)

I have the following mysql script: Code: --------- DELIMITER // ALTER procedure blueDuesNotice_sp() BEGIN CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE memberDues ( personId mediumint,

Hi, I have two RHEL 7.2 servers and running below command. Though both servers are made in a similar way, one server can get the curl output with the required token, and another server not. In...

Hi, A new annoying problem is happening with my laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad). I run Debian unstable with Gnome desktop on my laptop. When I shutdown or restart my laptop the process proceeds as...

sometime earlier today something happened where all my files and folders in my home directory are gone. The weird thing is every single hidden folder and dot file is still there. I've combed...

Thanks to help from here, thanks again for that, I can use rsync to fetch my files: Code: --------- # get files from RemotePath to my local machine rsync -av --progress --remove-source-files...

Published at LXer: Safe Eyes protect your eyes from eye strain using a simple and extensible break reminder. It’s designed to reduce and stop repetitive strain injury. It’s not just your eyes that...

Hello - I should be a beta tester, I seem to find problems where none existed before (?). I've been using such devices as WD Passports to try to backup linux data files - pictures, source code and...

What the title states. Just tried to (re)compile opentoonz and it complained to me. Grepped the uninstall infos (var/log/removed_packages) and freeglut has the file there. Just downloaded the...

Published at LXer: Webinoly is a simple script that allows you to easily and securely setup optimized LEMP stack for wordpress and other type of websites in Ubuntu operating system. Read...

Hi, what i want is to point 4 subdirectories in 4 cms's to one physical directory with all images. I tried using symlinks but the cms will not work with that. Does someone have an idea on...

Getting kernel panic when installing --current on my Rpi3. Using the August 2019 installer image. It says the system is dead locked on memory. I have 2G of swap space partitioned.

For someone new to linux, is testing/learning different distros needed? This is for small business server applications. Let's say dhcp, dns, maybe internal web server... etc. For example, lets...

Published at LXer: Your bash history maintains a record of the commands you've entered. Here's how to make good use of that record. Read More......

Introducing the Slackware rc.d Script Update Project! This is intended to be a community project with a goal of helping Pat and the development team. Please participate and help if you are...

I have a slideshow running from a bare terminal (application fbi) on one machine. If I setup another machine (Ubuntu), can I replicate my slideshow (my display) on a remote machine? Thanks!

Hello, I'm trying to compile/install wayland with the wayland SBo's available for Slackware64 14.2 on Slackware64 Current. I have installed wayland, wayland-protocols, and wayland-egl, and am trying...

I have installed a Brother DCP-7040 printer/scanner and the print part works fine. I am having problems with the scanner part. After running the Brother installer and adding the user to the lp...

Any uptimed (http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/uptimed/?search=uptimed) users here? Monitoring uptime used to be a badge of honor and a fun way to measure reliability and availability....

Published at LXer: At its CodeOne conference, Oracle explains how the rapid release cycle for Java has yielded innovation, as Java SE 13 is officially launched. Read More......

Hello -- I am writing a bash script that will copy a given list of folders in a source directory to a destination directory on an NFS mount. Additionally, I want to include a conditional...

I am trying to reset root password of my ubuntu 12.04.When Grub menu open I am clicking 'e' button and add rw init=/bin/bash instead of ro splash quite handoff.After doing this, root shell is opening...

Is a proxy caching server worth while these day the with the bandwith these days?

Published at LXer: Chamilo is a free and open-source e-learning management system that is extensively used for online education and team collaboration. It allows for creating a virtual campus...

Hi altogether, I´m using BodhiLinux 4.5.0 (in a VM) and have a bit of a problem: When trying to start *software-properties-gtk* in the terminal I get the following message and it won´t start: ...

Published at LXer: FRACTiLE Games just released Hyper Ultra Astronautics, a physics-based local multiplayer space shoot 'em with Linux support. Read More......

hello, I've installed gparted 0.30.0 with CLI (sudo apt install gparted) 1st : gparted don't start with GUI (applications>system tools>gparted : see attached the application run error 2nd : I...

I am a bit confused with fsck.ext4 man page. It says: Code: --------- -c This option causes e2fsck to use badblocks(8) program to do a read-only scan of the device in order to find any bad...

Published at LXer: This gentle introduction to Ansible gives you the basics you need to begin streamlining an automated, administrative life. Read More......

Published at LXer: Minecraft is one of the most popular games of all time. It is a sandbox video game, which allows its players to explore infinite worlds and build everything from simple houses to...

Yes, Windows. Wife and kids won't change so I have to fix it when it breaks (often). Are there any good places to go for windows help/support? I find so much crap when i search on a problem, for...

Getting into Linux, installed Centos 7 on an old workstation that had Vista on it. System has four memory slots where the system had 2 x 1 gig sticks, and 2 x 512 meg sticks, for a total of 3 gigs...

Hello everyone. My name is Kevin, 51 years old, from Southeast Texas. Been in IT since the mid-1990s when I attended Lamar College Port Arthur, formal education was in NT4. Company needs people...

Just got back on Slack after many years away. i am curious if there is a setting to keep the source when you do a pull and build from a repo using one of the nifty tools? e.g. i used *sboui* to...

Published at LXer: Currently in Early Access on itch.io and Steam, the developer of the top-down hard sci-fi space sim ?V: Rings of Saturn seems to think doing a Linux and Mac build was worth it. ...

Now I know what ya's are thinking... how's "time" a programming question? Well, good question (pun intended)... Basically I've been practicing some structures and loops and I thought, "well what...

Issue is on 64bit ARM board, Linux version - 4.1.51, issue is randomly hitting. LR is at __wake_up_common+0x58/0xa0, Need help to debug this kernel crash. [ 979.210545] Hardware name: Broadcom-v8A...

Published at LXer: GNU AWK version 4 has an easy and flexible way to sort array outputs by index string or value string. Read More... (https://www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2019-09-20.html)

Greetings After a recent substantial update which included a kernel upgrade from 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64 to 3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64

The following is from an article whereby the use of one or more of the previous commands is called into question when using them with ext4: https://www.computerhope.com/unix/shred.htm CAUTION: Take...