Das Werkstatt

After having to button-reset (20s hold power-btn) my beloved Sansa Clip+, it now throws the following error repeatedly:

"Error accessing playlist control file"

https://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=34683.0
I've now removed the file now.


To be continued...

With a set of Baofeng PMR 446 MHz walkie talkie radios, the initial channel frequencies didn't match between: BF-88E and GT-22 models. This can easily be fixed using CHIRP (a free, open-source tool for programming your radio. It supports a large number of manufacturers and models, as well as provide...

Here's a rough example for a non-blocking IP (TCP) port listening for incoming connections, without blocking the video playback: (OS is Xubuntu 20.04, MPV v0.32.0) -- Import LuaSocket library local socket = require("socket") print("Socket.") -- Create a TCP socket and bind it to ...

I've filed a bug report on this one, since I find it odd: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mousepad/+bug/2047968 In 22.04, several things have "regressed" for my flavor of using Xubuntu. Keyboard shortcuts not working (as expected by me, a long term user): * `Super + Right, Super ...

On a minimal install of Xubuntu 22.04 (jammy), you don't get the option to browse network shares (samba/smb/cifs) in Thunar out-of-the-box. You need to install the following packages, then log-out-back-in and it just works :D $ sudo apt install gvfs-backends smbclient Thanks: https://askubuntu.com/q...

When booting an Ubuntu installer ISO (eg from a USB-stick) on an EFI-capable machine, it may sometimes happen that it still boots the legacy-BIOS version. I finally found out *why* this happens - and how to change that. When you select the boot-device in the BIOS, make sure it boots the medium (USB-...

[PROBLEM]: PHP functions seem to show the wrong number of minutes in a formatted timestamp: Commandline shell "date" program says: $ date: Wed 18 Oct 2023 10:22:42 AM CEST # PHP functions `printf("Time: %s\n", time());` Time: 1697617364 `printf("Formatted: %s\n", date('...

Running Xubuntu 20.04 with XFCE 4.14 on a 2k display. Here's what and how I've configured to make it look and feel fine: hidpi_xfce4-screenshot.png I'm pretty sure I've not configured my setup completely right for the first time. So I must admit I'm surprised that I don't want that 2k display on my ...

[PROBLEM] Running "apt update" on a virtual machine (Debian 10) that I haven't booted in a long time: Reading package lists... Done E: Release file for http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/buster/updates/InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 547d 18h 41min 49s). Upda...

I'm using a 2k BenQ display on XFCE4 (Xubuntu 20.04), and it works, but it's still a bit of a bumpy ride. I know there's been some updates regarding HiDPI since 22.04, due to the more recent xfce4 packages, but it still feels too scattered too remember - *where* to find and change which value to get...

According to ArchLinux Wiki "Using Chroot" : mount -t proc /proc proc/ mount --rbind /sys sys/ mount --rbind /dev dev/ mount {sys,proc,dev} on target system - *then* chroot to that folder: $ chroot FOLDER_WHERE_THE_OS_TREE_IS Thx ArchLinux Wiki: Hat mir schon oft den Arch gerettet... ;)

Purpose of this HowTo: Abstract: Have 2 (Ubuntu-flavored) Linux, separate on different partitions. One of them LUKS encrypted Install on EFI (=using the EFI System Partition (ESP), too) The /home folder is on a different physical disk. Also LUKS encrypted But: /boot is cleartext (*) Steps: Boot a li...

This is merely a short writedown of something I always forget for years now: (Should work on most GNU/Linux distros, but I've usually used it on Debian-flavored ones (eg Xubuntu)) Assuming the to-be-checked storage media (eg USB-Stick, HDD, etc) has the physical device name of "/dev/sdX" (...

Inserted an SD card into a notebook (Xubuntu 20.04.3) and nothing happened: Nothing showed up for mounting. "dmesg" shows the following error message: [41117.523403] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0 [41117.523405] Buffer I...

It puzzled me why it appeared on so many different PCs that I've set up from scratch, and noone had noticed on the Internet except for me. That's odd. And unlikely. So I guess the reason is that I always disable all automatic updates as one of the first things when I setup a new machine. I seriously...