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Why does Linux CFS need a periodic timer interrupt more frequent than the time slice?
OSTEP says Note that CFS utilizes a periodic timer interrupt, which means it can only make decisions at fixed time intervals. This interrupt goes off frequently (e.g., every 1 ms), giving CFS a chance ...
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Nvidia Settings Not Identifying Ultrawide Monitor's as Ultrawide After Update
Recently, after I updated my whole Arch config, something strange happened. My Nvidia Settings isn't showing an ultrawide option for my second monitor, despite both monitors being identical models. I'...
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Sleep or reboot kills sound, switching sound settings back and forth on the same soundcard revives it. Ideas to troubleshoot?
Problem: Sleep or restart kills all sound from the system. Workaround: Using the system settings, switching soundcard's profile from Pro Audio to Analog Stereo Duplex and port to Line Out / headphones ...
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U-Boot signature verification using ECDSA fails
I'm trying to use ECDSA (prime256v1) for signature verification in U-Boot (git tag "v2025.10"). I used the sample configuration from Verified Boot on the Beaglebone Black as a template. ...
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How to step over an "int 3" on x86_64 with KVM?
On the x86 platform, the int 3 instruction causes a breakpoint trap. For KVM, the Virtual CPUs can be configured to exit to the hypervisor on this trap, by enabling the flags KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE and ...
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How can I reconfigure my keyboard layout on Arch+KDE?
Recently I got a Thinkpad T480 with a US keyboard layout and installed Arch (I know, the stereotype...), with KDE. I mostly use Windows for work, and I'm used to using an American physical layout ...
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Can I have a Systemd service unit stop only when other services have already stopped
I have 5 service units setup in systemd. I need service file 5 to only stop after 1-4 service files have stopped first. How can I make that happen.
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SSD benchmarking with fio - write cache confusion
I am looking at some SSDs and try to benchmark them. In particular, I wanted to see if I can reproduce the numbers in the datasheet. Currently I am looking at a HUSSL4040BSS600 SSD which is SAS. With ...
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Tablet mode: keyboard/touchpad not responsive after folding back to laptop position
I have an HP Elitebook X360, which can be folded to tablet mode. I am running XFCE4 under GDM3 with Debian trixie. Occasionally when I have used tablet mode, the keyboard and touchpad remain disabled ...
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Does loginctl terminate-user USER stop user's process gracefully?
In order to write to a directory, I made a user member of a group called node_exporter. This user, called podman, had lingering enabled. I logged out and logged in again and verified with id the new ...
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auditd rule invalid when the folder in the rule is missing - mounting disks
Goal is to use Linux's auditd to capture file copies from a folder after which a usb disk is auto mounted to, in RHEL-8.10. Normally the usb disk is not mounted; I want to hot plug in the usb disk in ...
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Docker + Create AP setup
I know this will be a bit of a stretch but... So I'm running ArchLinux on a Desktop PC with an i5, RX 6800, and a Realtek Wifi card from TP Link. I installed the linux wifi hotspot AUR package and ...