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Questions tagged [solus]

Solus is an independent desktop only Linux based OS. Use this tag for Solus specific questions, if appropriate in combination with tags more specific for the specific program.

The Solus Operating System provides an independent (i.e. not a derivative from Debian or some other Linux project) complete vertical.

Solus currently includes:

  • the Budgie user interface
  • systemd based
  • dracut
  • eopkg manager (derived from the one in Pardus)
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gcc /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglut32, -lopengl32, -lglu32, -lfreegut, but these are installed

I'm trying to compile a demo project, what is using OpenGL. I'm getting this error message: But I have everything: What is happening? If I have all of the dependencies, why does it not compile? I use Solus 3.
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Solus 1.1 adding bidirectional clipboard

I have Solus 1.1 installed in VirtualBox (host Ubuntu 14.04). I managed to install the guest additions using https://wiki.solus-project.com/VirtualBox, but at it says: Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...fail! (See…
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How does the trash directory work?

So, I am busy writing myself a program to move and restore items from my trash (recycle bin), currently I can move it to the trash, but if I try to restore it from the trash using a file manager, it fails. The trash directory is located at…
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How to open a file in the /tmp folder in inkscape?

Some software I use uses inkscape to convert images from one format to another, as an intermediate step. This means that they write images to the /tmp folder, and attempt to use inkscape on those images to obtain the image format they need. However,…
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Why can't I run Solus OS?

I am trying to run SolusOS on my computer for a few days but after I choose it on my pendrive it just show a 5 sec countdown and then nothing happens, just a black screen with a cursor blinking. I searched on internet and some people are having this…
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Pendrive to install Solus Linux doesn't work

I've downloaded Solus Linux ISO (with the GNOME desktop) from its official site. Then, I booted into Windows, opened Rufus, and burned the ISO into my pen drive with the GPT partitioning scheme for UEFI as my HDD's partition table is GPT and I've…
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Solus traffic flow

We install Solus in our host machines and run several containers. I've noted that after installation, solus modify iptables adding to Forward chain Solus_in and Solus_out. In those chains he is adding ip on our vps in this way Chain…
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solus menu at bottom of screen

I updated my Solus installation to 1.1 and now it has the menu at the top. How do I move that to the bottom? I found a forum entry but the contribution that should contain the answer says: It's very simple, just open the budgie-panel and in the…
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snapd version installed via package manager and snapd version displayed by snap --version are not the same

I'm using solus, the installed version of snapd according to software centre is 2.57.5-72 but snap --version shows snapd version as 2.51. any idea on how to sync the two? (I need >2.55 to install zoom-client)
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Solus/Windows 10 dual boot stopped working, not automatically fixed by GRUB

I had a system setup to dual boot Windows 10 with Solus Linux; however, after some trouble with one of my secondary drives (ended up removing it, Windows worked fine without it for a time), attempting to boot Windows in GRUB yielded an error I do…
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Search for repositories out there with a package

I just installed Solus. Its repositories are somewhat limited. I'm interested in adding a supplemental repository. But I don't know which one would be a good one. So let's say I want to find out what repositories out there have a particular…
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"Forcing" a kernel panic from the terminal on Linux

I'm using Solus 4.0 (in a VM) and trying to make screenshots of "typical" kernel panic output ("BSOD"). The init system in Solus is systemd. I tried the following commands in the terminal without success: $ kill -6 1 Doesn't do anything (no echo). $…
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Solus OS broken boot

I had a perfectly fine and running Solus OS installation on a 100gb of 1tb hard drive. When I created a partition on the remaining 900gb, boot just vanished. I tried all the things from the internet, regarding the Solus or not. I even don't have…
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How can I know the progress of formatting a USB?

So I'm using solus, but I'm sure that other Linux with GUI have the same problem. I'm formatting my USB, which I go to file manager (GUI), click the drive to mount it, then right click and select format (I've choose the erase data option). But since…
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How can I enable VNC server over ssh after machine just booted?

Suppose I remotely start my Solus linux machine with Wake-On-Lan. Then I would like to connect to it using VNC, but seems like VNC server is not running yet. After machine just booted, there is no user currently logged in and on the screen it asks…
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