Questions tagged [linux]
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Bypassing Secure Boot without disabling it
I've tried archboot, but no luck as I was stuck due to the plymouth missing. Now I want to try to install arch or nixos alongside Win 11. The problem lies in secure boot. I don't have spare linux to ...
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How can I use up all my CPU/RAM for testing purposes? [closed]
I want to bring up my CPU and memory usage all the way up to 100% for testing purposes. How can I do this effectively?
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How can I change the initial directory of apps back to the home directory?
Apps like the XFCE4 terminal and Thunar used to open in the home directory. However, recently they started to open in $HOME/.config/xfce4/panel. I want to change this back to the home directory. How ...
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How to Identify and Terminate Idle tmux Sessions on a Debian Server
I have a Debian server with multiple tmux sessions running. Some of these sessions are idle and not running any active processes. How can I identify and terminate all tmux sessions that are not ...
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Capture TCP stream with tcpdump/netcat
I have a hardware device that hosts two separate TCP modules. One is for receiving commands from other machines, while the other is a TCP stream server that sends data based on the commands received. (...
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How to skip a directory when downloading with wget?
I want to download a website with wget in Linux that have the following 'structure':
sssssssssss.com/things/summer/tables/books/
There is a directory in the directory 'summer', named 'sport'.
I want ...
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Enter Bios/UEFI from desktop shortcut
I am currently dual booting windows and linux, i dont want to use grub because grub tends to get very flakey the longer things go on.
IS there a way for me to create a desktop shortcut in linux to ...
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Matrox G200eW3 fails on Debian 12.5
I do have a server with Matrox G200eW3 (on-board) on Debian Bookworm, but graphic display fails. There is a small _ in the top left corner, but that's all. Still the terminals (ctrl-alt 2/3/4/5) are ...
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Wget show error certificate of <domain> name was signed using an insecure algorithm, while curl works
We are trying to check domain
wget domain <like httpx://abc.com>
we are getting error "The certificate of domain(abc.com) was signed using an insecure algorithm. But SSL certificate is ...
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Failed to set the root user to MongoDB
I have created a MongoDB docker container with the following compose.yaml
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services:
mongodb:
image: "docker.io/library/mongo:7.0.11"
container_name: mongodb
restart: unless-...
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cannot configure WiFi network on octopi/raspberry pi neither dhcp nor static ip
I have tried to connect my raspberry 3B via WiFi, but get an error as follows:
dhcpcd failed on all interfaces "not configured"
/etc/dhcpcd.conf configured for static IP on wlan0: no IPv4 ...
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Issues Configuring Swap and Moving /home to a New Encrypted Disk on Ubuntu 24.04
I have Ubuntu 24.04 installed with the default disk partitioning settings chosen by the installer, including LVM encryption. I have two SSDs:
First disk with the following partitions:
/boot/efi
/boot
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systemd: ensure, service is started after mysql
I have a systemd path unit, which watches a config file to apply db changes if the config file changes. To ensure the path unit runs after mysql, I added these lines:
Wants=mysqld.service
After=mysqld....
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Provide argument while starting a service using systemctl
I have a service installed on an old server and it is started using;
service load-simulator start medium
The value medium acts as a profile of sorts. It can have values like low, medium, high, and ...
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What does "job result is dependency" mean, and how do I debug it?
Here's my nice failure output, with PII snipped out:
command was journalctl -xu my_service
Jun 24 21:47:03 ip-XX-XX-XX-XX systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Runs the server.
░░ Subject: A start job for ...
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