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Hi I have 500GB WD my passport with bad sector, I try to take disk imaging for forensics investigation with ddrescue but ddrescue was very slowly, is it really take 131d 22h? Is there any command or way that I can use to speed up ddrescue and just take 8 …

I have a NanoPi Neo Core with eMMC..I have installed armbian os from "https://www.armbian.com/nanopi-neo/" to sd card and tried the "Armbian configuration utility" and "nand-sata-install" to install os to eMMC. But it is showing "there are no targets..please check your drives."..If we give "fdisk -l" command it is not detecting …

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Linux Mint So I'm trying to learn French but I'm running into some complications when it comes to finding a good keyboard layout. Here are the layouts that I've tried so far: English (US) English (international Alt Gr dead keys) English (UK, international with dead keys) English (UK, extended WinKeys) …

I'm looking for software that will allow someone at one end to talk into a camera and stream to a Raspberry Pi on the other end. It's going to be a prop for a live action role play game I'm running for later in the year and I'd like to …

I have an adroid phone, it's a descent phone and it's not that old yet several times here lately I have ran into problems installing or updatinga a few apps because my version of android is not supported. I think I need to upgrade but I've never done this before. …

I love to play games and till now I have found out only windows based games and gaming platforms (for PC) there are no or very little games, and very little is thought about game development with linux OS's why so?? Why do people like to develop games for windows …

Hi, I am using an Apache tool called Sentora, which forces me to have my [root] directory to be etc/sentora/panel .......causing me the big problem of killing my browsing to /var/www/html as my [root] folder, rendering it unreachable. How can I set up both (and more) using vhosts? Thanks.

I have a script that uses grep to extract data from a file. It works but I am now trying to modify the script for pipeline use. If I use the commands: `cat file | myScript.sh` there is an error because the data reaches myScript.sh as it was collected by …

I just installed a new WD HDD. All I did was physicaly place the HDD in the computer and turn it on, now I'm getting this error. Imaged attached, any ideas? Thanks.

I have recently discovered that my music directory and the micro sd card that's in my hand held media player (iBasso DX50) are not in sync, I don't have any idea how that could have happened. There are songs in both my music directory that are that are not on …

I recently purchased Terra-Master F4-220 but I can not sign in via ssh. I thing is I don't think it's on the TM end, I think it's on my debian server's end. When I do try and connect this is what I get. $ssh root@192.168.1.2 /etc/ssh/ssh_config: line 55: Bad configuration …

I've been running Linux for more than 20 years now, and have encountered only one malware. Some jerks called me on the telephone telling me that my computer was broken. I told them where to go, and somehow, they already knew my IP address, and did something to my hard …

Hi all, i want to write a shell script to unblock sendmail user whose mailbox exceed 100MB

Hey, can you help me with convert the web.config to a .htacces file? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <configuration> <system.webServer> <defaultDocument> <files> <clear /> <add value="index.php" /> <add value="_seiten/index.html" /> <add value="seite.php" /> </files> </defaultDocument> </system.webServer> <system.webServer> <handlers> <clear /> <add name="PHP53_via_FastCGI" path="*.php" verb="GET,HEAD,POST" modules="FastCgiModule" scriptProcessor="C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\v5.3\php-cgi.exe" resourceType="Either" /> <add name="PHP54_via_FastCGI" …

Hello , I am not Linux and Unix expert so maybe this is a simple question to be answered , I am just not sure. I have a sever with 8 cores (running CENTOS) that executes a batch job once a day for few minutes . I tried to monitor …

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I recently created a post thinking I had blown up my bootloader but I've actually narrowed the problem down to the SSD on which my home directory is mounted. The reason my computer has not been booting is because my system is not mounting my home directory's SSD. This started …

Today I just put a new SSD in my desktop. I did have a little trouble booting up the OS because I had plugged the DVI into the wrong port, when I couldn't see the monitor I did end up turning off the computer several times before I finally found …

I've been using rsync and or luckybackup for a while now to sync my desktop's music library to my micro sd card for my digital music player. Today I noticed that my music player wasn't showing one of my albums so I've started investigating and I've found that it's not …

Hello, I am running a software on a Linux machine, I am synchronizing time via default ntpd configurations available in Linux (/etc/ntp.conf). I am connecting to the customer NTP server. Now i was requested to tell which synchronization type is used on my machine (Frequency Synchronization/ Time Synchronization or Time-of-day …

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <configuration> <system.webServer> <rewrite> <rules> <rule name="Redirection Https" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="(.*)" /> <conditions> <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="^OFF$" /> </conditions> <action type="Redirect" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" /> </rule> <rule name="REWRITE_TO_HTML" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="^(.+).html$" /> <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll" /> <action type="Redirect" url="{R:1}.sn" /> </rule> <rule name="REWRITE_TO_PHP" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="^(.+).php$" /> <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll" /> <action type="Redirect" …

I am trying to create databases in Ubuntu 14.04 running LibreOffice 4.4.3 and can not due to not connecting with JRE or JDK. Research carried out and things I have tried lead me to understand I need JDK-8 now instead of JRE. Is this accurate? JDK-8 and Java 8 are …

I'm having trouble mounting my android's micro sd card. When I run lsusb I see the entry for the card `lsusb` - > `Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader` I have also validated that the device is sdf. me@mothership ~ $ sudo mount …

Can someone please tell me what version of software i have to use to build a kernel module. Kernel version 3.10.49 perf .....aarch64

Hi. I wasn't sure which topic this falls under as it sort of concerns both OS and this is, I'm sure, a **really noob** (I want to start learning linux) question but can i use one pen drive between the 2 different OS's? Earlier I was using my pen drive …

Hello. I am a newcomer to Daniweb and need some advice. I've been using Ubuntu regularily on several PCs and note books installing without problems until now. I have just purchased an Acer Aspire ES 11 (ES1-132-CONU) that is using an Intel Celeron Quad Core 3450 processor launced Q3'16 possibly …

I recently built a crypto currency miner and I'm using Linux Mint as my OS for the miner. I manually turn on the miner by navigating to ~/Desktop/claymore and running ./start_only_eth.bash and my miner starts mining. So i palced this line `./home/ethereum/Desktop/claymore/start_only_eth.bash` in the /etc/init.d/rc.local file but I don't think …

A while back I built a computer with an Asus motherboard, a SSD, and two milk creates for a cheap case, and I had Xubuntu installed on it. I have tried to install Xubuntu on it again several times today but it always fails to create the partitions. I keep …

Hello Daniweb, As my title, I have a problem in my gnuplot. I can set the minimum range based on my file.. but doing the maximum range it give a wrong output for min and max yrange. I been searching for net and tried there solutions but it won't work …

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How i can `sed` save pattern matches to variables and do something with it? eg $ echo "string_4.3.2" | sed 's/^string_\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]\)$/\1 \2 \3/' output "4 3 2" but I want to pass variables to function eg do_something() { echo $1 echo $2 echo $3 # ..... # ..... } string="string_4.3.2" …

I recent created a .vimrc file in my home directory because in addition to syntax highlighting and auto indention I also wanted my tabs to be four columns wide and to be tabs and not spaces but now that I have my file setup I am unable to use backspace …

What it says on the tin. When the system (without logging into X) detects a change in internet accessibility, I'd like to set a hook to execute a script. EDIT: Every single bloody time... So, [dhcpcd-run-hooks](http://roy.marples.name/man/html8/dhcpcd-run-hooks.html) exists... is that the preferred method or can anyone recommend something else that's - …

I'm trying to reset my mariadb password following this site -> https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-reset-your-mariadb-root-password/ but when I enter `mysql -u root` I get the following error: `ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2 "No such file or directory")` Any ideas? Thanks.

`grep -v "#EXTINF:" All.m3u | sed 's#../##'g` I'm using the line above to try and make the playlists that I export from Banshee compatible with my digital music player. When I run the sed portion of this script I'm trying to remove the portion of the path up to where …

Hi all, I'm having a lot of trouble with building a network for my virtualised OS's. The server has two physical NICs for LAN and WAN. The host has IP 10.0.0.1. I use the following iptables to bridge them. iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o wan -j MASQUERADE iptables -A …

I'm on latest Kubuntu. Here I am with English US keyboard input. But I'd like to install say Norwegian, Polish, Japanese, whatever. I decide the easiest step. Which is to search "input". "Input Method" sounds promising. I run it. Then I get window. That says: Current configuration for the input …

test.c void fun(){ printf("int main char"); } int main() { printf("int main int"); } Im giving the command like this "run.sh cpd --minimum-tokens 5 --files /opt/test.c --language c" and the output is as follows : Found a 2 line (5 tokens) duplication in the following files: Starting at line 1 …

I just purchased an 240 GB SSD for my older Toshiba Satellite. I would rather not go through trying to save the files from the HDD and install the Linux Mint Debian Edition and then move all the files back, I would like to just be able to clone the …

Linux Mint (Ubuntu). I'm looking for a way to encrypt some of my external HDDs. I was looking this option over -> https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/encrypt-your-data-with-encfs-on-ubuntu/ but I'm not sure how well this would work. I read this on the top portion of the site -> "It is a pass-through filesystem, not an …

I have a machine, I have a hosting with FTP. On my venture I found out about `lftp`. And the instructions are here: http://www.dangibbs.co.uk/journal/ftp-sync-usin-linux Snippet is this: open ftp://username:password@website.com mirror -v --only-newer /home/local/path/ /website.com/public_html/ Do these things still work? Also, how do I loop it? I don't want to spam …

(short version of the story) I'm using Kubuntu in BIOS Legacy State as this was the only way I could see USB option in Boot Menu (F12). And it was the only way I could install Kubuntu from USB, from boot. I "burned" USB using OEM Windows 10 and told …

I have an older Toshiba Satellite laptop with Linux Mint OS installed. It pretty old and it's starting to show as it's getting slower. It's got a bigger screen and it's even got the num pad on the right of the keyboard in addetion to the numbers at the top. …

Hello I want to resolve a lineare systeme n*m in the C language but i don't know which metod to use or which method is the best (easiest) (newton/gauss etc..). I want to write a programme in C which solve this problem but idk how to start. Thanks for helping …

I'm not that new to computers. I know couple scripting languages (web, JavaScript, C#, C++). I know hardware terms. I had a taste of Mint, Ubuntu and others. I'm not a super-newbie, I understand how arguments work and on which base are they executed. I don't know bash. But I'd …

My daughter has a Samsun Android tablet that has ran out of space so I purchased an sd card. The card is mounting and I reformatted it from the Android device but the device is still claiming to be full when she tries to install new apps. I tried this …

After running rsync with the `-a --delete source dest` arguments on my music library to my sd card I am getting the following errors. default_perms_for_dir: sys_acl_get_file(Tears For Fears/Donnie Darko, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT): No such file or directory, falling back on umask rsync: mkstemp "/media/garrett/MUSIC-SD/Tears For Fears/Donnie Darko/.Mad World.mp3.yr2Xyc" failed: No such file …

0 down vote favorite Please, I am have been having problems installing NS2 and BonnMotion. I am running openSUSE Tumbleweed (20160812) (x86_64) and I keep running into the g++c++ error: CXX=g++-6.1: No such file or directory make: *** [Makefile:103: libotcl.so] Error 1 otcl-1.14 make failed! Exiting ...(after editing the makefile.in)I …