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• 15:25, 12 August 2024 Root talk contribs created page ALSA Basics (Created page with "Stuff is a lot harder than it needs to be. Hopefully this article will do something to make things with ALSA less difficult. The internet is filled with all these "do this, do that, just type this", and it will work. It's hit and miss. Most people are well intentioned, but... Anyway, this is an attempt to get someone going quick with sound on Linux, specifically OpenWRT. Yup, the router OS. It does sound too! But its capabilities are somewhat neutered compared to...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:44, 5 August 2024 Root talk contribs created page File:Bluetooth Controller.jpg
• 00:44, 5 August 2024 Root talk contribs uploaded File:Bluetooth Controller.jpg
• 17:43, 4 August 2024 Root talk contribs created page PulseAudio on OpenWRT with MPD and other Stuff (Created page with "First of all, good to be back. Issues with MediaWiki, along with time constraints on fixing it, have prevented new articles from being created. Anyway, working on several different Routers running OpenWRT 23.05.03 using PulseAudio, MPD (MPC), Bluetooth (BlueZ), and a bunch of other stuff") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:37, 4 August 2024 Root talk contribs created page MediaWiki with Parsoid Error 28 (Created page with "...this one is most likely a DNS issue. Check the /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf file and make sure all the Domains resolve when testing with PING at the command prompt. Also enable logging with the below code, and it will complain if there are name resolution issues.<syntaxhighlight lang="text"> output = /var/log/stunnel/stunnel.log debug = 7 ; foreground = yes </syntaxhighlight>Another telling symptom is if the stunnel service takes a really long time to restart. Oh, bel...") Tag: Visual edit
• 14:56, 25 March 2024 Root talk contribs created page BitLocker and Windows (Created page with "Hello")
• 02:12, 27 February 2024 Root talk contribs created page MacOS (Created page with "...well, here we go. First complaint is against Google and just about every website and person that writes about MACs. Why? Straight forward answers. Below are some examples; === What Directory are macOS Operating System Upgrades Stored in when Downloaded from the "App Store"? === Finder Answer: Applications Terminal Answer: /Applications === What does the .APP File Extension Indicate? === Normal Answer: An Application Bundle Real Answer: It's actually a Director...") Tag: Visual edit
• 23:39, 19 February 2024 Root talk contribs created page OpenVPN and iroute (Created page with "Having problems pinging from one subnet to another using an OpenVPN TUN interface (usually in one direction)? Yup! Have you checked the Routing Table (using the ROUTE or IP Command) on both the OpenVPN Server and Client? Yes, and looks good! All the Firewall Settings and Zones are configured correctly? I hope so... ...but the problems (like PING) still exist? Yes. : ( === There's Hope! === Well, here's the thing: All of the above, especially the Routing Table, ca...") Tag: Visual edit
• 23:50, 11 February 2024 Root talk contribs created page OpenVPN and Installing the Latest Version (Created page with "...download the latest version (below is an example as of the beginning of 2024). https://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=pkcs11-helper https://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=openvpn It's cool to do this because OpenVPN and PKCS11 don't really have any other packages that are dependent on them. dnf install WhatEverRPMFile (do the PKCS11 File first, then OpenVPN) systemctl daemon-reload systemctl -f enable openvpn-server@server.service ...t...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:15, 11 February 2024 Root talk contribs created page PoPToP Daemon in the Year 2024 (Created page with "Is it possible to install the PoPToP Daemon / PPTPD in the year 2024? Yes! OK, shhhhhh.... All the faults are understood, etc. But at this late date, it's almost like storing all you're passwords in an unencrypted voice message on an 8-Track Tape. Sure it's unprotected, but how is anyone going to figure out what the passwords are without a ton of work? Anyway, the short version of the installation process is as follows; * Do NOT install via DNF (no packages are av...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:44, 14 January 2024 Root talk contribs created page Cockpit and Linux Stupidity (Created page with "Yup another stupid thing. And not trying to pick on Linux here, just a title. EVERY OS has stupid stuff. But below is one for Linux, specifically Red Hat / Rocky Linux === The Setup === Make sure you have Webmin installed. Now go and view Bootup and Shutdown under System (and if you want to find the config file for this module, look in /etc/init, makes sense, huh?, yes, but in a warped familiar sort of way). Do you see all the columns, like Service name Service des...") Tag: Visual edit
• 03:07, 10 January 2024 Root talk contribs created page RDP and VNC on Rocky Linux (Created page with "Some of it works great. Some of it takes some work. A LOT of the stuff that can make things frustrating and not work are sort of simple to fix. So to start off, in the context of fixing 'easy stuff', REMEMBER: An X Windows Session has to be running (with a caveat) . IE, if your system boots to a "Command Prompt / Multiuser" (systemctl set multiuser.target). The catch is, and sometimes it's a good 'catch', software like XRDP will instantiate (IE, do everything that's...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:06, 1 January 2024 Root talk contribs created page Supermicro X11SBA LNF4 and Maybe Other Motherboards (Created page with "Hey! Wanna tank your SSD performance? Yes! You can do it too! How? Read on... === How to do it... === All you have to do is go into the BIOS settings, Advanced Settings, Chipset Configuration, North Bridge, Intel IGD Configuration, IGD Turbo, and set it to Disable Wait. What?! That's a setting for graphics, right? It says so right in the menu, so it's got to be for that, right? Right? Uhhh... Guess what Junior, you just crap canned your disk driver performan...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:39, 19 December 2023 Root talk contribs created page KVM Kernel Virtualization Machine on Rocky Linux 9 (Created page with "...below are just rough notes from three different sources, including ChatGPT. They are ordered in each section as below from the following sources; * https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-kvm-on-rocky-linux-almalinux/ * https://computingforgeeks.com/install-use-kvm-virtualization-on-rocky/ * ChatCPT '''Check for VM Support in CPU;''' * cat /proc/cpuinfo | egrep "vmx|svm" * lscpu | grep Virtualization * No Comment '''Install all the Stuff (for the first two sources the...") Tag: Visual edit
• 04:13, 12 December 2023 Root talk contribs created page Rocky Linux LIVE CD Tips (Created page with "==== Stop having to used the dang SUDO command all the time ==== su - root ==== Reconfigure the GRUB.CFG File ==== NOPE! (ain't no -c switch anymore): grub2-mkconfig -o /tmp/sda1/grub2/grub.cfg -c /tmp/sda2/etc/default/grub ...you have to run the above command with just the -o switch and make sure /etc/default contains a file named GRUB with the appropriate parameters.") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:04, 11 December 2023 Root talk contribs created page VMWare Notes (Created page with "...a quick Cheat Sheet that shouldn't need to exist. But since VMWare Workstation is so F*!&$#@ OBTUSE, here it is; ==== To enter the BIOS or Boot Menu ==== First turn into SuperMan (or woman) so you can be fast enough to press the ESC Key or F2 key (but first also be fast enough to click into the active window or pressing the appropriate key won't matter. If you can't do that, then try the following; * In the VMWare GUI, to to Edit Virtual Machine Settings, Options,...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:56, 13 November 2023 Root talk contribs created page OpenWRT and Engenius (Created page with "Question: Can OpenWRT be installed on an Engenius ENS500EXT-AC* Answer: Yes Details?: It has actually been done with OpenWRT 19.07.10 (at the time 22.x was available, but there are too many busted things in that version, and nothing else that compelling to justify an upgrade) <nowiki>*</nowiki>Sidenote: It turns out that in reality on an Engenius ENS500EXT-AC, v1 Hardware, v1 Software, that OpenWRT is already installed. Yup, version 12.07, "Attitude Adjustment" is wh...") Tag: Visual edit
• 23:30, 23 October 2023 Root talk contribs created page Windows 11 Update (Created page with "To reset the cache in Windows 11, most websites, including ChatGPT miss two items. Below are the FOUR Folders to delete or rename to "OLD"; * C:\ProgramData\USOPrivate (missed by most websites) * C:\ProgramData\USOShared (missed by most websites) * C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution * C:\Windows\system32\catroot2 Source (Thank You!): https://superuser.com/questions/1798706/how-do-i-completely-reset-windows-update-in-windows-11 And a special shoutout to [https://superuse...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:41, 18 October 2023 Root talk contribs moved page Adobe Flash Post 2020 to Firefox and Adobe Flash Post 2020 and MORE without leaving a redirect
• 03:47, 18 September 2023 Root talk contribs created page Adobe Flash Post 2020 (Created page with "YES THERE IS A USE FOR IT! So everyone with a comment: "Shhhhh..." Version History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player Last Useful Version is (IE the one with out the "End of Life" DISABLE 'Feature'): 32.0.0.371 Downloads; * Version 32: https://archive.org/download/flashplayer_old * Version 11.8: https://archive.org/download/flashplayer-11 * Various Versions (...almost everything): https://ia803201.us.archive.org/18/items/flashplayerarchive/pub/flashpl...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:32, 6 September 2023 Root talk contribs created page OpenWRT and Bare Metal BackUps (Created page with "For this article, the x86_64 (referred to as just x86 in this article) version of OpenWRT on an EXT 4 installed on a BIOS / MBR / DOS partitioned Disk / SSD will be the main focus. SquashFS will be addressed too. All of the below information was tested on an OpenWRT 19.07.10 EXT4 "Combined" (as in MBR, GRUB, Boot, and Root Partition (no Overlay)) based system. The overall objective beyond a bare metal backup is to eventually move an x86_64 SquashFS based system to an...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:48, 6 September 2023 Root talk contribs created page Supermicro and Console Redirection Through a COM or Serial Port (Created page with "Yes there is a legitimate reason for this in the year 2023. No it is never as simple as they'd have you believe. These are just a couple of quick tips to get Console Redirection working on a Supermicro MotherBoard through a COM / Serial Port / RS-232 / TTY Port / DB-9 Port, etc (COM port will be the term used in this article because Supermicro uses it in their BIOSs) === First Gotcha === Watch out on some Supermicro motherboards that have COM2 (more precisely SOL/COM2...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:35, 6 September 2023 Root talk contribs created page Rocky Linux LIVE and CP (Created page with "OK, this is beyond the pale. For you genzers out there that means dumb as a stump stupid. Try this in a command prompt / terminal with Rocky 8 or Rocky 9 live where some files already exist and you want them overwritten: cp --force /Source /Destination Don't FORKING work, does it? Solution: /bin/cp --force /Source /Destination Yup, that's right, gotta use the entire path to the CP executable file. Wait, why? Answer: Type this command: alias cp (it will return cp -...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:28, 4 September 2023 Root talk contribs created page OpenWRT x86 Style Disks and Booting (Created page with "For this experiment EXT 4 will be used (as opposed to SquashFS) === For Cloning a Drive === <code>dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY bs=512 count=1</code>") Tag: Visual edit
• 15:09, 25 August 2023 Root talk contribs created page OpenWRT and Backing Up (Created page with "Back it up: dd if=/dev/WhatEverSDx of=/mnt/WhatEverSDx/WhatEverImageName.img conv=sync,noerror bs=64K status=progress (Example: dd if=/dev/sdb of=/mnt/sda1/ALL.img conv=sync,noerror bs=64K status=progress) Create a "Device" to mount: losetup -fP WhatEverImageName.img (To see mounted "Devices": losetup -a) Mount the Image: mount -t squashfs /dev/loop7 /mnt/squash Keep in mind this only works with IMG Files created from Partitions. If an entire disk drive is imaged, th...") Tag: Visual edit
• 16:26, 21 August 2023 Root talk contribs created page VNC on Rocky Linux with X11VNC (Created page with "...forget about Tiger VNC. Nothing wrong with it at all. And as it turns out, might be necessary after post Rocky 9 (including Rocky 9) (unless using XFCE instead of GNOME desktop) === Installation === First, remove all other instances of VNC Server (tigervnc*, etc.) * yum or dnf install x11vnc (it includes the VNC Server) * systemctl daemon-reload * type this command to start the VNC Server: x11vnc === Run as a Service === Alas, not finished yet. Running the x11vn...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:03, 15 August 2023 Root talk contribs created page OpenWRT WiFi or Wireless on an x86 or x86 64 (Created page with "=== Useful Commands === Configures /etc/config/wireless file: wifi config Shows Network Adapters Available and their capabilities: iw list") Tag: Visual edit
• 02:32, 15 August 2023 Root talk contribs created page File:System Block Diagram.jpg
• 02:32, 15 August 2023 Root talk contribs uploaded File:System Block Diagram.jpg
• 20:36, 14 August 2023 Root talk contribs created page OpenWRT and Supermicro (Created page with "Wow! Here's one for the record books that took a bit of research for such a simple solution. For anyone that is installing OpenWRT on a Supermicro (or any other x86_64) platform, So, to bury the lede: vmlinuz nomodeset (from: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt ) A 'fallback' if the incorrect Video Mode is configured that results in a blank or black screen. This can happen if Primary Display is set to IGD (BIOS Setup / Settin...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:11, 11 August 2023 Root talk contribs created page OpenWRT on WZR 600DHP (Created page with "How can OpenWRT be installed on a Buffalo WZR-600DHP Router / Wireless Access Point with either the Buffalo or DD-WRT Firmware installed on it? By following the instructions at the below links? Spoiler Alert! Nope. * https://openwrt.org/toh/buffalo/wzr-600dhp * https://openwrt.org/toh/buffalo/wzr-hp-ag300h So how can it be done? Answer: via TFTP. Below are the instructions to do it using Windows. Linux can also be used, but the "ARP" and TFTP Commands are slightl...") Tag: Visual edit
• 15:19, 1 August 2023 Root talk contribs deleted page Ubiquiti (content was: "...just some rough notes on accessing a Ubiquiti device (not Ubiquity) Device: Ubiquity UniFi AP AC Pro Generation 2 (with system board that says Generation 2, but doesn't match any other picture on the internet for a Generation 2 device) Default IP Address: 192.168.1.20 Default SSH Password: ubnt /ubnt Strategy: Ditch the Ubiquiti Firmware and install OpenWRT. Install version 3.7...", and the only contributor was "Root" (talk))
• 15:06, 1 August 2023 Root talk contribs created page Ubiquiti to OpenWRT (Created page with "...just some rough notes on accessing a Ubiquiti device (not Ubiquity) Device: Ubiquity UniFi AP AC Pro Generation 2 (with system board that says Generation 2, but doesn't match any other picture on the internet for a Generation 2 device) Default IP Address: 192.168.1.20 Default SSH Password: ubnt /ubnt Strategy: Ditch the Ubiquiti Firmware and install OpenWRT. Install version 3.7.58 firmware; * scp root@192.168.2.4:/3.7.58.bin /tmp (make sure it has access to a Li...")
• 23:45, 18 July 2023 Root talk contribs created page OpenWRT x86 64 Style (Created page with "...don't know where to start on this, so just some quick notes. Working on a Supermicro X11SBA-LN4F. Got everything installed (see ), but... Yup, you guessed it an issue. Why would there not be? And a misleading issue too. What happened. Install went great. Booted up the first time and everything continued to be great. And then it crashed. But it turns out it didn't crash. It switched video modes and no longer output video to the VGA port. It just stopped. I...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:48, 21 June 2023 Root talk contribs created page Ubiquiti (Created page with "...just some rough notes on accessing a Ubiquiti device (not Ubiquity) Device: Ubiquity UniFi AP AC Pro Generation 2 (with system board that says Generation 2, but doesn't match any other picture on the internet for a Generation 2 device) Default IP Address: 192.168.1.20 Default SSH Password: ubnt /ubnt Strategy: Ditch the Ubiquiti Firmware and install OpenWRT. Install version 3.7.58 firmware; * scp root@192.168.2.4:/3.7.58.bin /tmp (make sure it has access to a Li...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:34, 1 May 2023 Root talk contribs created page R730xd NVMe Notes (Created page with "Clover works when testing. Refind Notes; https://superuser.com/questions/979695/windows-10-bcdedit-how-to-change-bootmgr-path https://superuser.com/questions/979695/windows-10-bcdedit-how-to-change-bootmgr-path") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:44, 24 April 2023 Root talk contribs created page Dell PowerEdge R730xd Fan Control (Created page with "Dell provides an OpenManage BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) / IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) Program for changing some settings. This also applies to other models like the R730, etc., but watch out for naming conventions like "FAN1 RPM" VS "Fan1 RPM" (notice the CAPs). Why control the fan speed instead of leaving it up to the server? Well, scattered information seems to indicate that if a "non-certified" PCIe card or perhaps disk drive is insta...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:20, 24 April 2023 Root talk contribs created page Google Drive Tips (Created page with "...ever have someone send you an email with a bunch of links that reference images from Google Drive (and one needs all the individual pictures to be stored locally)? Well, I have. And it was a really long list of items. Download them one at a time manually? NO way! Here's what you can do. Keep in mind, this assumes that the pictures are publicly available and not "password protected". Also keep in mind the below is not a 'hand holding', step by step, how to docum...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 22:26, 12 March 2023 Root talk contribs created page LSI RAID Controllers (Created page with "ALL of the information in this article is sourced / copied from [https://servethehome.com/ ServerTheHome.com] (https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/lsi-raid-controller-and-hba-complete-listing-plus-oem-models.599/). There is no intent of copyright infringement. The only intent is to organize it a bit better. Full credit should be given to '''Older SAS controllers''' LSI1064 - 4x SAS 1.0 = 973MB/s, PCIe v1.0 4x, 858MB/s max throughput LSI1068 - 8x SAS...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:38, 6 February 2023 Root talk contribs created page LVM and all the other stuff like PVM etc (Created page with "The point here is to make use of a cloned disk / SSD. Linux will complain if one clones a disk / SSD because UUIDs are the same, so understandable. What to do? Change the UUIDs? Arggg! Like so many things with Linux everyone has an opinion. I just love the people that say to, "...just wipe the 'offending' disk and start over." WTF?!?!? Really, that's your solution? Then what's the point of the clone? Why not just never do the clone, that way one doesn't have to...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:25, 5 February 2023 Root talk contribs moved page PowerConnect 6000 Series Update and Commands to PowerConnect 7000 and 6000 Series Update and Commands
• 13:59, 31 January 2023 Root talk contribs created page Rocky Linux and Disk Imaging (Created page with "Is there an equivalent to Acronis Products, O & O BackUp, etc. for Linux? Spoiler alert! Not anymore (there was way back in the Acronis 9.5 days, O & O never supported Linux). OK, how about Clonezilla or Rescuezilla? They're great, but one is required to boot from an ISO Image. So not so great for those nightly automated backups like Acronis, O & O, and many other do in Windows (thank you VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service)) Let's keep looking. [https://www.fsarchive...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:28, 27 January 2023 Root talk contribs created page Installing FSArchiver on Rocky Linux (Created page with "Installing FS Archiver takes a couple of steps beyond what is described on their website. '''Get it from from https://www.fsarchiver.org/installation/<nowiki/>;''' * wget <nowiki>https://github.com/fdupoux/fsarchiver/releases/download/0.8.6/fsarchiver-0.8.6-1.el7.x86_64.rpm</nowiki> '''Install it (spoiler alert, it won't work);''' * yum install fsarchiver-0.8.6-1.el7.x86_64.rpm Error: Problem: conflicting requests   - nothing provides libgcrypt.so.11()(64bit) ne...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:10, 25 January 2023 Root talk contribs created page Windows 11 Home Off the Hook BS Crazy (Created page with "...go ahead, try using a new computer with Windows 11 without creating a Microsoft Account (Side Note to Microsoft on this subject: ...sorry, can't do it right now, all I'd type are 4 letter words) Oh, what about some of the solutions during the setup phase like pressing Shift F10 (or FN Shift F10 for laptops that have the annoying "Hot Key" features turned on by default, and also don't have any clearly visible method of turning off the feature)). Nope, as of 01.2023 y...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:37, 16 January 2023 Root talk contribs moved page CentOS 7 Installation to Rocky Linux Installation previously CentOS
• 16:30, 14 December 2022 Root talk contribs created page File:Hole1.jpg
• 16:30, 14 December 2022 Root talk contribs uploaded File:Hole1.jpg
• 23:32, 15 November 2022 Root talk contribs created page OpenWRT and NAMED or BIND (Created page with "...here's a quick painful one; If you choose to upgrade your NAMED / BIND Server, it's not enough to just upgrade with this command: opkg update bind-server (or via the LuCI GUI) You also have to update every other package, via OPKG or the LuCI GUI that is installed and even mentions the term "bind" to make things work properly. Oh, not done yet. ...and don't forget opkg upgrade libuv OR opkg upgrade libuv1 (or via the LuCI GUI), otherwise a weird "uv_udp_init_ex" er...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:58, 8 November 2022 Root talk contribs created page Intel RST ( Rapid Storage Technology ) and Time (Created page with "Intel has not been kind to people with older hardware running the latest version of Windows (Windows 11 at the time of this writing). Specifically, the RAID technology Intel produces (which isn't true hardware RAID, but not relevant here). Yes, Intel makes drivers available through Microsoft and they are fairly recent. But there are issues. First and foremost is the absence of the Intel Rapid Storage Technology GUI / User Interface ( AKA IAStorUI ). That's what this...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:33, 27 October 2022 Root talk contribs created page OpenWRT SSD or USB or Disk Maintenance (Created page with "This article is about disk maintenance on an OpenWRT SSD, USB Flash Drive, or Disk Drive. It assumes all utilities needed are installed (see for more information). It also deals only with EXT4 volumes as it is easier to pull an SSD, USB Flash Drive, Disk Drive, etc., connect it to a Windows computer and scan it that way. * View Information on an EXT4 Partition / Volume: tune2fs -l /dev/sda1 * Only print the line about "Last checked": tune2fs -l /dev/sda1 | grep Last\...") Tag: Visual edit