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Published at LXer: For a system administrator, it is very common to perform input or output redirection during its daily work. Input and output redirection is a very powerful tool, allowing you to...

This is probably the closest thread I could find dealing with my issue: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/lilo-problem-4175463557/, however reinstalling lilo did not work. I have...

Published at LXer: Automad is a file-based content management system (CMS) and a template engine written in PHP. In this tutorial, we will go through the Automad CMS installation and setup on...

Hi all, I have a problem that has me baffled. I have several Ubuntu 18.04.02 LTS Virtual machines that all use policy based routing. The are all on the same networks same 2 internet...

Hello. On my PC, I use TimeShift to backup my system files and BackInTime for my user files. A few days ago, I ran into a problem with the Joplin notes app. One of my notes encrypted itself for no...

Published at LXer: Canonical announced today the availability of a new Linux kernel release for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS systems running the Linux 4.15 kernel, which fixes a...

Hi, I'm new to linux so bear with me. I'm running Mint 19.1 Tessa on my Lenovo Yoga 2 - 11 and I'm having inconsistent stability issues. Sometimes I will be using it for hours with no problem and...

Published at LXer: In this article, we will describe how you can install the Xscreensaver utility, automatically enable it at startup, and use it to set screensavers on your system depending on...

Reading through some threads (Python2 etc) I came across the opinion that Firefox is a 'disaster' in some respects. It made me curious as to which browser people are using and why? I want as lite as...

Published at LXer: This article explains how to delete files older or newer than N days, with extra examples like matching only files using a particular extension, and more. For this we'll use...

So I have been using Pop!_OS recently, coming from Windows 10. I have fully switched to Pop!_OS and don't use Windows 10 at all anymore. On Windows 10 I was playing Minecraft quite often (pvp, not...

I have not been able to get the Chromium browser from AlienBob's package (chromium-76.0.3809.132-x86_64-1alien) working on my Slackware64-14.2. I figure I am likely missing a library or some other...

Hello folks, I am new user, so sorry in advance for stupid question, but I have to ask. I setup fresh Debian system and tried to run tcpdump for first time. What a surprise, many packets from...

I accidentally deleted a large compressed file on an ext4 file system. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that I'd done until a couple of reboots. I tried extundelete, which just told me it couldn't...

I was wondering if anyone knew where the delete option went from the right click menu in Thunar and how can I get it back? It is pretty annoying that I have to now "move to trash" then "empty...

Published at LXer: Announced earlier this year from Revolution Software Ltd, they're working on a follow up to the absolute classic Beneath a Steel Sky called Beyond a Steel Sky. Read More......

I usually watch youtube videos from VLC media player. I simply copy the url of the youtube video, open VLC and paste the url on the address bar in Media → Open Location from clipboard. However,...

Chapter 6.10 LFS-BOOK-SVN-20190908 I've been compiling this version of lfs with no problems up until now. Here's the problem: Code: --------- mv -v /tools/bin/{ld,ld-old} mv -v /tools/$(uname...

What would be the equivalent of this iptables command in firewalld? Code: --------- /sbin/iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -m owner ! --uid-owner proxy_user -d 169.254.169.254 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80...

Published at LXer: TFTP, or Trivial File Transfer Protocol, allows users to transfer files between systems using the UDP protocol. By default, it uses UDP port 69. The TFTP protocol is extensively...

Greetings, The list continually reminds me that I have neither posted a question nor introduced myself, so here 'tis. I am a former (now disabled/retired) Linux systems and network...

Published at LXer: By default a SFTP user can access all the folders in your server including other user’s directory also. No one wants the users to navigate around the server and view other users...

I can't copy any file larger than 1M (don't have issue with smaller files) from any of my Ubuntu 18.04 to any windows shares (on MS server 2018), got "There was an error copying the file into...

Published at LXer: Pip is a package management system which can be used to install and manage packages written in Python. Python is a programming language that allows you to perform web...

After I´ve typed in this box my only options are to submit a new thread or preview post. I just want to ask a question as a Linux newbie...why is it necessary to make things complicated??? When Ive...

Hi I'm a total Linux newbie and appear to have failed already. I'm running Linux Mint 19.2 on VirtualBox 6.0 on a MacBook Pro. I wanted to have an equivalent to CleanMyMac on the Linux platform and...

I have a dual boot laptop, Ubuntu 18.0.4, and Windows 10. The Windows side has no problem with Internet connectivity, but the Linux side does. Ubuntu shows the wired and wireless network connectivity...

i have pem file for ssl . how to create certificate chain file from this. i know to to create .crt and .key file from pem but dont know how to create chain file. need your assistance.. ...

For the past week I have been getting redirected from the duckduckgo search engine; it is my default search engine. When I type in a url, I get a "duckduckgo" page saying "these are not our...

Published at LXer: For some purposes you may need to keep track of new user creation details on Linux. Also, you may need to send the details by mail. This may be part of the audit objective or...

My screenshooter (xfce4-screenshooter) on fedora with xfce always takes screenshot of the desktop without any icons instead of the screenshot that I want. I tried Scrot as well, same problem....

Published at LXer: In my previous attempt to upgrade to openSUSE Leap 15.1, I had experienced issues with my AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB graphics card. The drivers were not working, which resulted in a...

Hi Guys, came in and found server not booting. it says "An error occured during the file system check. Dropping you to shell" when i do fsck it says The superblock could not be read or does not...

Isn't there suppose to be a huge.s kernel in boot on Slack? this is by the way an install using AlienBoB dvd current. Code: --------- [userx@arcomeo boot]$ ls boot_message.txt ...

Hi from fedora :) I hope to find some good tips here and hopefully solution for my problem.

Hi there! I described my journey installing Epso Acculaser with Linux Mint 19 in my previous post https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=6035139#post6035139 I still have an...

Published at LXer: Canonical has released Snapcraft 3.8, a new feature and maintenance update of their in-house built tool for packaging Linux apps in the Snap universal binary format. Read...

The instructions for building mesa in BLFS 9.0 have suddenly become a lot more complicated. There are now configuration flags for both gallium drivers and dri drivers, but i915 (the driver I am most...

Published at LXer: 2DayGeek: This tutorial helps you to check queries running on the MySQL/MariaDB server. Read More... (https://www.2daygeek.com/linux-show-running-queries-mysql-mariadb/)

Just evaluating the usage of a Power based PC for AI related work. Raptor Talos II (https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII/) seems to be currently the only available option, apart a costly IBM server. ...

Hi, This might sound like a kinda dumb question, given that all of it's literally on the slackware website, but I've only ever used slackbuild and alienbob's packages to install anything. My system...

Published at LXer: Rspamd is a modern high-performance spam scan software for Linux servers which delivers very accurate filter results. This tutorial describes the steps to replace amavis...

Hi, I use slackware 14.2, in Australia. Speedtest.net gives me a nice, healthy 8 mb per second download speed, but in practice file downloads return 0.8 mb at best, at worst (specifically AlienBob's...

Published at LXer: This article explains how to "fix" sudo not working on Linux, resulting in this message when trying to use it: "your-username is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be...

Hi Guys, in the ext4 fs we can reduce the reserved space from default 5% to eg 2% if we want to use the extra space. I have a system with a new xfs disk mnt with default settings and no data on...

Published at LXer: In this article, we will explain how you can resize your graphic files or photos through the Ubuntu command line using the ImageMagick utility. Read More......

I have a MI phone and it's not working properly. Also i tried many times to install apps in my phone without the help of playstore, But it can't install in the mobile phone. And now, its really...

Hi there, I am using LMDE 3 on an old Dell machine, I got this error suddenly after update : ================================= 10:41:18 cinnamon-screen: pam_ecryptfs: seteuid error...

https://mobilespecs.net/laptop/Sony/Sony_VAIO_VGN-AR730E.html seems to describe this non-Optimus laptop. https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/laptop-pc-vgn-series/vgn-ar730e seems to be the...

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