Linux News

Today marks the 32nd anniversary of Linus Torvalds introducing the inaugural Linux 0.01 kernel version, and celebrating this milestone, Torvalds has launched the Linux 6.6-rc2. Among the noteworthy updates are the inclusion of a feature catering to the ASUS ROG Flow X16 tablet's mode handling and the renaming of the new GenPD subsystem to pmdomain.

i have a cheap 2 button mouse [maxxter wireless optical mouse ACT MUS-002] with scroll wheel.
When scroll wheel is pressed it acts like the left mouse button/enter key?
When scrolling in a browser, it adds web pages to my browsers' top row, ultimately bogging my computer processor.
can i disable this function whilst keeping the scroll wheel, even with an on screen toggle icon?
i don't know if the signal is unique, or do i cut some wires in the mouse? pls advise.
thx

Top

Published at LXer:

Oracle launches something of a bare metal cloud that takes advantage of Nvidia�s H100 Tensor Core GPUs and is intended for running heavy duty generative AI and LLM workloads. A more budget minded offering using Nvidia�s L40S GPU will be available early next year.

Read More...

Oracle launches something of a bare metal cloud that takes advantage of Nvidia’s H100 Tensor Core GPUs and is intended for running heavy duty generative AI and LLM workloads. A more budget minded offering using Nvidia’s L40S GPU will be available early next year.

This doesn't affect Slackware provided kernels, but may affect those who roll their own...

I run slarm64 (an ARM64 version of Slackware) on a Pi 400. It uses cutting edge kernels, currently up at 6.5. A few upgrades ago, my dvb dongle stopped working. While chasing the problem, I found this: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20230...d-d6bc@gregkh/

It looks like it affects 130 devices, so if you've been having issues with your own kernels, have a look at the list in this thread!

--
Pete

Version:5.10.196 (longterm) Released:2023-09-21 Source:linux-5.10.196.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.10.196.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.10.196

This may affect other modules as well....

A while back, my DVB Pi-hat (Sony cxd2880) stopped working. I found this in dmesg:
Code: dmesg | grep cxd2880
[    3.628383] failing symbol_get of non-GPLONLY symbol cxd2880_attach.
[    3.628412] DVB: Unable to find symbol cxd2880_attach()
[    3.628419] cxd2880_spi: cxd2880_spi_probe: cxd2880_attach failed Googling for it, I found this:

https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20230...d-d6bc@gregkh/

I think its been around longer than they realise, but at least they are now aware. There is a list of devices affected in that thread - about 130 of them!

Just a "heads up" for anyone having a similar issue.

The only solution at present is to revert to a (much) earlier kernel...

--
Pete

I'm attempting to upload an mp4 file (112MB) to a Linux server. After a successful transfer, its size is reduced to 103MB or 80MB. It is not uploading the full size. Its Owner/Group changed automatically into root/root as well.

I've also enabled the lsyncd service. It works great after you stop the service. I reviewed the lsyncd logs but found nothing.

Can anybody help me out ?

I can't find my Nvidia module. I want to sign my nvidia driver so I can use it with Secure Boot. I'm trying to follow these instructions for nvidia driver: https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot#U...itional_Way.29

I already have MOK keys. I've installed nvidia drivers with apt-get install nvidia-driver. Now I'm signing it.

ChatGPT has suggested something like that:
Code: sudo /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/scripts/sign-file sha256 /path/to/MOK.priv /path/to/MOK.der $(modinfo -n nvidia) But I'm getting error (even with modinfo -n nvidia)
Code: sudo /sbin/modinfo nvidia
modinfo: ERROR: Module nvidia not found I've also tried it, but got no output:
Code: sudo find /lib/modules/$(uname -r) -type f -name "nvidia.ko" What should I do to find my nvidia driver? It should be there if I have installed a package, right?

Published at LXer:

The Linux kernel is undergoing major changes that will shape its future development and adoption, according to Jonathan Corbet, Linux kernel developer and executive editor of Linux Weekly News. Speaking at the Open Source Summit Europe, Corbet provided an update on the latest Linux kernel developments and a glimpse of what's to come.

Read More...

The Linux kernel is undergoing major changes that will shape its future development and adoption, according to Jonathan Corbet, Linux kernel developer and executive editor of Linux Weekly News. Speaking at the Open Source Summit Europe, Corbet provided an update on the latest Linux kernel developments and a glimpse of what's to come.

BTW am NON-Technical, however try, despite long term memory access issues...


QUESTION: How can we get BIOS or EFI back on ?



Mistakenly deleted BIOS and EFI on one of my hard drives :-(

This DISK also had one partition set to store occasional DOS/Windows files in.

Almost two decades happly using only linux, regularly partition Disks with openSUSE & Ubuntu, occasionally another partition to consider other linux versions.

This DISK also had a partition set to occasionally store others DOS/Windows files in.


Realized what happened, then we had an unusual area power-failure.

Next morning when started it up again unable to access, closest to get to was GRUB



QUESTION: How can we get BIOS or EFI back on ?









Am needing go out for couple of hours, then will re-read this:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...t-and-boot-efi




This extract answered Jun 23 at 18:14
Author: Z0OM


---Extract_Start

The /boot partition is used in legacy BIOS systems. It contains the bootloader and kernel images required for the system to boot.

The /boot/efi partition is used in UEFI systems and serves as the EFI System Partition (ESP). It stores EFI bootloaders and other EFI-related files.

If your system is configured to boot in UEFI mode, you need to keep the /boot/efi partition for the system to boot properly.

The ESP contains important files for the UEFI boot process, including the bootloader (e.g., GRUB or systemd-boot) and UEFI firmware files.

The /boot partition is not necessary in UEFI systems, but it can be used for storing kernel images and related files.

It would be helpful to know whether your system is configured to boot in legacy BIOS mode or UEFI mode.

If you are using UEFI mode and don't have any requirements for the /boot partition, it should be safe to delete it.

It's always recommended to make a backup of your data before making any changes to disk partitions.
#

--Extract_End




END

I saw here that the Perl regex are not based on the mathematical sense; while the grep tool (i.e. Basic one) had basis in the mathematics.
Have found this stated (in the second link above), that the Advance version too lacks mathematical sense.
But, the link of grep here, does not state anything, about the difference of the Basic one with the Advance one.

Published at LXer:

Guide on installing Redis on Debian 12 Bookworm using either the default Debian APT repository or by importing the Redis.io APT Repository for the most recent version.

Read More...

Guide on installing Redis on Debian 12 Bookworm using either the default Debian APT repository or by importing the Redis.io APT Repository for the most recent version.

Version:next-20230921 (linux-next) Released:2023-09-21

What to install to change the pitch and/or tempo of music. I used to have a program installed to do that. I don't want something complex for recording studio use. People send me a song to learn but want to do it in another Key.

Software Manager offers Soundstretch but looks like it only works for .wav.

Powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.5 kernel series, the Fedora Linux 39 beta is here to showcase the forthcoming GNOME 45 desktop environment.

The post Fedora Linux 39 Beta Released With GNOME 45, Linux Kernel 6.5 appeared first on Linux Today.

Have started to read the book on gdb, by Stallman, but he starts by mentioning about a macro processor: in gnu folder, named: m4.
The path is: /gnu/m4
But, seems the path on ubuntu is not obvious one. And, need to know some inner details of the gnu folder, but couldn't find the gnu folder either.

The first page (page #7) of the book states:
Code: One of the preliminary versions of gnu m4 (a generic macro processor) exhibits the
following bug: sometimes, when we change its quote strings from the default, the commands
used to capture one macro definition within another stop working. In the following short m4
session, we define a macro foo which expands to 0000; we then use the m4 built-in defn to
define bar as the same thing. However, when we change the open quote string to <QUOTE>
and the close quote string to <UNQUOTE>, the same procedure fails to define a new synonym
baz:
$ cd gnu/m4
$ ./m4
define(foo,0000)
foo
0000
define(bar,defn(�foo�))
bar
0000
changequote(<QUOTE>,<UNQUOTE>

Published at LXer:

In today's increasingly distributed work landscape, providing remote access to Linux devices is critical for organizations embracing location flexibility. Employees utilizing Linux machines need the ability to securely connect from anywhere to remain productive. Likewise, IT teams require remote Linux access for efficient troubleshooting, maintenance, and support across decentralized teams and infrastructure.

Read More...