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How to report bugs and issues after issues got disabled in a software's GitHub repo?
When I run sudo apt-get update, I get the following error:
Err:8 https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/strycore/Debian_12 ./ InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ...
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How are specification issues / defects of POSIX collected and how can I participate?
While pondering whether IEEE 1003.1-2017 forbids race-condition safe ln -f, it occurred to me:
Even if this is really an unfortunate definition (which GNU coreutils' ln thankfully ignores), I would ...
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Archlinux - pageflip timeout after update
I am using archlinux and after last update, when i have an heavy python script running via cli and some opened page in firefox, I get the GUI frozen and I have to reboot the system.
I don't know how/...
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How do I reassign a bug to another package in the Debian bug tracker?
How to change the software package an issue is filed under in the Debian bug tracker?
The help page has these instructions:
In case you need to write a message to the bug and also manipulate the bug'...
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ls: single-column vs. multi-column layout, non-Unicode characters in filenames
Create a directory ~/test with abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz and zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba files in it.
ls ~/test will list them using multi-column layout:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ...
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After an update (a kernel bug it seems) Debian 12 hangs when hitting sudo: Unable to install the new kernel with bug fixed
After an update/ upgrade on Debian 12 (weekly update), there is NO WiFi, files are not opening, unable to shutdown or sleep, and freezes when using sudo. The bug is fixed with a new release of kernel. ...
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`find: fts_read: Invalid argument` when working with around 8000 files
GNU bash, version 3.2.48 has this bug; already version 3.2.57 does not.
Make a file with 8000 identical lines (say each line says 1). Run split -a3 -p "1" on it (-p is a BSD split option ...
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Where are RHEL9 bugs reported in 2023?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is no longer listed as a product under bugzilla at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?classification=Red%20Hat
There are no onward links indicating the issuer tracker ...
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Fedora 37 and NVIDIA drivers problem
I installed Fedora on a Rog Strix Laptop following this guide for 2021 laptops. I also enabled experimental fractional scaling, but then I disabled it for good. Since then I experienced two problems:
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does rsync calculate a checksum even when it won't be transferring any data?
From man rsync:
--existing
skip creating new files on receiver
(emphasis mine)
So, what I've done with apparent success:
rsync --existing -rtvhP "remote.machine:/photos/*" /photos
This ...
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hdparm causes drive spin up after spindown
I have followed the manual of hdparm to try to make the drive spindown after a few minutes of inactivity but as soon as it spins down it turns back on again within 30 seconds but I don't hear any disk ...
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Bug warning with aptitude upgrade #1019855 & #1019564
I try to upgrade a Debian Bullseye but I get an anxious warning message :
% sudo aptitude upgrade
Resolving dependencies...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-5.10.0-18-...
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Can you explain a scanning session alterning between succesful scannings and Out of Memory errors?
On Debian 11,
I do this first scanning attempt, below, and it succeeds:
scanimage --mode=Color --format=jpeg >mathematiques/arc_associes_rotation_symetrie_1.jpg
Then a second one, few seconds ...
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annoying clocksource alert/warning in bash prompt periodically
So I just build LFS system and it's working fine, but the annoying part is there's alert that every periode show like every 3 second.
It said
root@LFS:# clocksource: timekeeping watchdog on CPU0: ...
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Can Wine not handle directory names ending in a dot?
Wine doesn't see files located under directories whose name ends in a dot.
I did the following:
cd ~/.wine/drive_c
mkdir dir.
touch dir./file
Then I used the windows file explorer to look at the ...
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How to get Realtek ALC887-VD to play any sound or be recognized in Debian 11 (fresh install)?
The title is self-explanatory: after a fresh installation of Debian 11, there is no sound at all.
The computer went to service with a burnt power supply, it was discovered that the motherboard was ...
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Automatic reboot after suspend
I'm a new user to Linux Mint and I've had issues with the graphic driver.
I updated the kernel to 5.8 which solves the problem of adjusting the brightness or being able to wake up from suspend.
But ...
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.Xauthority, .asoundrc, .bashrc appear out of nowhere in Git repositories
The files
.Xauthority
.asoundrc
.bashrc
appear out of nowhere (I don't know when) in Git repositories. The files are not managed by Git. One of the repositories is cloned from GitHub, the other was ...
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"An unknown error has occurred" is output when installing RHEL 8.3 on fresh system
I have a laptop that I am installing RHEL 8.3 for Developer.
I get an error: An unknown error has occurred.
Reference is made to anaconda and I find some aspect on RHEL portal. https://access.redhat....
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awk- empty Record Separator: "RS=" vs "RS='|'" vs "RS=(|)"
I know that with RS= we can set the Record Separator to a Null/Empty string; however GNU awk also allows to define the RS as regex, so I decided to use RS='|' and I would expecting gawk to understand ...
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Which linux distro is most proactive in fixing bugs? [closed]
On which secure and stable Linux distro am I least likely to come across minor bugs which have been open for a year or more?
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awk misbehaving , where some have long strings (up to 45 characters)? [duplicate]
I would like to extract the last and first columns of the following file, which I will call filename.
A 0.400 1.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 1.00 2.0 5.0 1.0 1.00 0.0 0.0 ...
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Why do FOSS developers claim cross-platform support when their stuff is frequently broken on Windows in frustrating ways? [closed]
Two examples out of thousands I've countered:
Bitcoin Core on Windows has a very annoying glitch which causes a cmd.exe (or similar) window to briefly appear and immediately go away, showing only for ...
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Kali Linux - QTerminal visual issues [duplicate]
I just fresh installed Kali 2020.2 and I like their redesign and move to Xfce. However, I noticed fairly quickly that the terminal is causing me issues. I recorded my screen to show the problem, as it'...
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device-mapper: reload ioctl on osprober-linux-nvme0n1p7 failed: Device or resource busy
I ran into the error
device-mapper: reload ioctl on osprober-linux-nvme0n1p7 failed: Device or resource busy
while compiling the kernel in Ubuntu Studio. I use ZFS for my main drive.
Apparently,...
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