Top "Debian" questions

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How should I log from a non-root Debian Linux daemon?

I'm writing a new daemon, which will be hosted on Debian Linux. I've found that /var/log has root only …

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Enabling UART on Beaglebone Black

I'm having trouble getting UART enabled. I've gone through many different directions on how to enable and troubleshoot from updating …

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Docker: How to add backports to sources.list via Dockerfile?

I need to install ffmeg on debian jessie via Dockerfile. Debian recommends to use backports. But how do I do …

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255 Error when using SSH

When using SSH on my Chromebook using the Google Secure Shell app to connect to my Debian DigitalOcean droplet, the …

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Docker Ignores limits.conf (trying to solve "too many open files" error)

I'm running a web server that is handling many thousands of concurrent web socket connections. For this to be possible, …

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How to install g++ 4.9 on Debian Wheezy armel?

My Debian 7 armel embedded system currently has g++ 4.6, and I'd like to upgrade to g++ 4.9 to use new C++11 features. …

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Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 113

I have two Debian boxes: used apt-get to install mysql-server mysql-client phpmyadmin used apt-get to install apache2 apache2-mod-php5 I'm …

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Faster forking of large processes on Linux?

What's the fastest, best way on modern Linux of achieving the same effect as a fork-execve combo from a large …

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Incomplete LSB comment. insserv: missing valid name for `Provides:' please add

Recently I installed: Debian x86_64, oracle 11g and OCI8. I'd like to turn automatic the shell script below, but I …

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Monit daemon - error connecting to the monit daemon

I installed monit and tried to check the status using below command. monit status But end up with below error. …

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