Questions tagged [altlinux]
Questions about ALT Linux, an RPM-based distribution developed in Russia. Use this tag for questions specific to ALT Linux.
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Is it possible to protect package from removing while removing its dependencies? [duplicate]
I have an utility installed that requires some package (inxi). When I try to remove inxi, package manager offers to remove my utility too. [root@host-15 ~]# apt-get remove inxi Чтение списков пакетов.....
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Is it possible to pass Basic Auth credentials to apt-get as command line arguments?
I use Alt Linux 10.2. The only way to store Basic Auth credentials supported here is to write them directly to the sources.list file: rpm [p10] http://login:[email protected] x86_64 classic In ...
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What exactly is the `/etc/net` project?
I was reading about iproute2 here and I saw the following sentence: The /etc/net project aims to support most modern network technologies, as it doesn't use ifconfig and allows a system administrator ...
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How to compile Go programs in AltLinux?
I'm trying to install aptly from source (I'm using Simply Linux 9), I followed their instructions under the BINARY RELEASES section: $ git clone https://github.com/aptly-dev/aptly` But I'm getting ...
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set XMPP priority of the jabber client in pidgin
I'm using pidgin Jabber client (pidgin-2.13.0-alt6 on ALT Sisyphus), and I'd like to set XMPP priority in pidgin. The reason: I'm also connecting to my Jabber account with another client from mobile ...
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How to enable user_namespaces in the kernel? (For unprivileged `unshare`.)
My Linux kernel must have been configured with user_namespaces when built, but their use is restricted after boot and has to be explicitly enabled. Which sysctl should I use? (If this was turned on, ...
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How do I ask NetworkManager/ModemManager to run a program before pppd?
The story is not so important for this question, but here it is: the GPRS modem is locked-in to the vendor's software (it doesn't work, if it doesn't receive a correct response to a "challenge" it ...
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Why can `lsof -i` not show an open connection which `netstat -n` lists?
A strange situation. I started telnet 0 8081 and lsof -i (run under root) doesn't list this connection, but netstat -n does. Why can this be?
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How to use libraries installed by nix at run-time?
I'm using nix in "single-user mode" in a system where I'm not the root (see below for a description of my nix setup). I wanted to quickly run one of my binaries which is dynamically linked with a ...
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Where are the default font preferences in a modern Unix desktop stored (those which affect the choice of the font by an uncustomized Emacs 24)?
My situation and my question are like the ones in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2012-06/msg00183.html: after the recent upgrade to emacs 24.x (...) my font size is too large (...
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Canon MF4550d refuses to print from Linux server
We have several Canon mf4550d printers at the office directly connected to Windows 7 machines. I need to print from a Linux server to those printers. I have installed the latest drivers for my model ...
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Can one disable tap-to-click in X server configuration without "InputClass" sections?
I want to configure my system so that tap-to-click is disabled on the touchpad. (It's running a rather old version of ALTLinux distro with xorg-server-1.4.2-alt10.M41.1.) I'm interested in a solution ...
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Disabling an Xorg server's extension at runtime (for new clients)?
I have an old Xorg server whose "Render" extension seems to be buggy (if enabled, most of the fonts are invisible, unless hovering over them -- after upgrading the packages with X clients and ...
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Can one disable tap-to-click in X server configuration, without synclient?
I want to configure my system so that tap-to-click is disabled on the touchpad. (It's running a rather old version of ALTLinux distro with xorg-server-1.4.2-alt10.M41.1.) The most popular advice I ...
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Where can I find mailfromd RPM's for CentOS 6?
I have been trying to locate an RPM for GNU Mailfromd and it's dependencies and have been quite surprised to find it absolutely nowhere on the 'net. Only place I could find any RPM's were for ...
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