Questions tagged [linux]
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Trap on DEBUG signal for the dash shell?
With the bash shell, you can install a trap on the synthetic DEBUG signal. This is useful and will execute your function or bit of code on every shell command. For example:
$ trap 'logger -t shell "${...
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Why my SUnreclaim is too high (issues with having free memory)?
I have lot of memory (32Gb) on my laptop though still have issues with having amount of free memory. I am using linux (Fedora 27) and this happens after while since reboot.
If you check free output, ...
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Limit Disk Usage of WSL2
As the title already states, I want to limit the disk usage of the Linux subsystem. I'm trying to build huge projects on the WSL while using Windows normally...
I already limited the RAM and CPU usage ...
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How do I move a KDE plasma panel, from commandline/scripts?
I Have a script that change my desktop layout using xrandr,
but I also want to move my Panel.
So far I played round with kwinscripts, using
qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell org.kde.PlasmaShell....
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Why can't I unlock system settings (such as network settings) to edit in Xubuntu?
I can't change any settings nor install anything using the xfce GUI on my Xubuntu 14.04. Some setting-windows have that unlock button you usually click to enter your password to gain root privileges, ...
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Using diff-highlight with Git GUI
Is there a way to use diff-highlight with git gui?
The extra highlighted info is invaluable when comparing lines that only changed a bit, and while using diff-highlight from the terminal (described ...
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What is the difference between “/usr/local” and ”/usr/share?”
I am afraid this is another of FHS questions but I was not able to find more detailed explanation which I feel I need. Yeah, I know about Uni FHS and etc, but what still feels like lacking ...
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How to prevent gnu screen capturing the mouse?
I want to use local scrollback on my terminal, whilst using gnu screen. That's because my network connection is incredibly slow, so using screen's scrollback is very slow. Local scrollback is much ...
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How to continue using msmtp OAuth 2.0 for Gmail in mutt after oob deprecation?
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For two years I've been happily accessing my Gmail accounts with neomutt.
I'm sync'ing between neomutt locally and my online Gmail account with mbsync and a "2-Step Verification" ...
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How to move/reinstall flatpak apps from user to system or viceversa?
I am using Pop!_OS 21.10. By default, the Pop!_Shop installs flatpak on user mode, which is annoying because I have multiple users on the system.
I have now added the Flathub repo system-wide, so now ...
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Why systemd doesn't try to stop (some) processes on session termination?
When I try to close a logind session (by logging out), some processes remain running under the session, preventing it from properly terminating, resulting in [email protected] not terminating either. I'...
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Problems with tmux, mutt, and terminal colors
If I start mutt in a tmux session like this:
$ tmux new-session -s mutt mutt
Mutt complains:
Error in /home/lars/.mutt/colors, line 20: 230: color not supported by term
Error in /home/lars/.mutt/...
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webdav davfs2 input/output error
I've got a box.com account configured in a Linux system so a user can mount it in a certain mountpoint and access its contents. It is declared in fstab as:
https://www.box.com/dav /media/box davfs rw,...
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Verizon USB551L 4G Stick on Linux
I have been trying to get a Verizon USB551L 4G USB Stick working on Debian Linux. I have been able to get it to connect, but it always disconnects after 10 secs to 2.5 minutes, then it cannot connect ...
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btrfs online conversion from directory to subvolume
Is there a way to create a btrfs subvolume from a directory, without interrupting processes using files in that directory.
For instance, I want to create a subvolume for /tmp (to exclude it from ...
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