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- Tue Apr 16, 2019 4:45 pm
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: Wine & sIdentity: KERNEL32.dll.GetUserPreferredUILanguages
- Replies: 0
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Wine & sIdentity: KERNEL32.dll.GetUserPreferredUILanguages
[PROBLEM] Trying to use the "s Identity App" (*sigh*... :cry:) in a sane environment. (Ubuntu 16.04, 64bit) Wine crashes immediately with this exception: Unhandled exception: unimplemented function KERNEL32.dll.GetUserPreferredUILanguages called in 32-bit code (0x7bc4cf69). [SOLUTION] To ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 12:46 am
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: Debian: dmesg USB disk DID_ERROR/DRIVER_SENSE
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4444
Debian: dmesg USB disk DID_ERROR/DRIVER_SENSE
[PROBLEM] On Debian 8.6 (Jessie), I get the following error messages in syslog/dmesg: [Fri Apr 5 20:26:22 2019] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [Fri Apr 5 20:26:22 2019] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] tag#0 Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] [descriptor] [Fri ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:46 pm
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: phpVirtualBox: Can't connect to console (over SSH tunnel)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4933
phpVirtualBox: Can't connect to console (over SSH tunnel)
[PROBLEM] Unable to access the VM client console (Flash in browser) when tunneling the phpVirtualBox webinterface over SSH. When I click the "connect" button, I get this error after a few seconds: Disconnect reason: E: TCP: SECURITY_ERROR Error #2048 [SOLUTION] Seems the reason for this e...
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 1:48 am
- Forum: HowTo's
- Topic: Android 5: Change USB mode (MTP, PTP)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5364
Android 5: Change USB mode (MTP, PTP)
[PROBLEM] I never find where to change the USB data mode on Android Lollypop (5.0.1, Samsung Galaxy S4): There are no "menu dots" in my storage menu. [SOLUTION] I still haven't found a proper way :? But when I connect it to my computer, sometimes (!) it shows a notification that allows me...
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 12:24 am
- Forum: Cooking and recipes
- Topic: Chocolate chip cookies
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13026
Chocolate chip cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 2 1/2 cups flour 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (ca. 1 cup) 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (optional) Procedure: In a mixing bowl, beat shortening and butter...
- Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:58 am
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: Xubuntu 18.04: Temporary failure in name resolution
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6346
Xubuntu 18.04: Temporary failure in name resolution
[PROBLEM] It's annoying :? I have a proper DNS/DHCP set up at home (on Raspbian :D) and would have proper name resolution, but due to the recent introduction of dnsmasq or systemd-resolvd, I'm having name resolving issues all the time. Since 18.04, I always have "127.0.0.53" as DNS IP in ...
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:21 am
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: SSH/sFTP login fails:
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3263
SSH/sFTP login fails:
[PROBLEM] I've created a new system user to login per sFTP (over SSH). As per usual. However, I just couldn't login as that user. Thunar said "Connection failed." - no additional information. When I've checked the logfile "/var/log/auth.log" on the SSH server, I found the follow...
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 4:49 pm
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: LIRC & FTDI: irrecord error "Something went wrong."
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4040
Doesn't work with v0.10.x
I've tried it with LIRC v0.10.x: Still does NOT work :cry: The retry logic behaves better now, but it can't find patterns of any remote... I've now used the same IR receiver chip (TSOP4838) on a Raspberry Pi (1 model B) - and reading and using the same remotes work fine there. So I assume that this ...
- Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:07 pm
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: LIRC, RPi & Stretch: No output with "irw"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7319
Re: LIRC, RPi & Stretch: No output with "irw"
This information here is optional, but maybe useful for someone with the same problem to find this solution: I've noticed that the 2nd column changes for all keys, when a single key is added/changed if updating the file using "irrecord -u". If found that very irritating (before I found out...
- Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:47 pm
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: LIRC, RPi & Stretch: No output with "irw"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7319
LIRC, RPi & Stretch: No output with "irw"
[PROBLEM] After somewhat temporarily giving up on LIRC-over-FTDI, I've now attached a TSOP4838 to a Raspberry Pi (Rev 2 Model B) I still had around. Running on Raspbian Stretch (9.1). With LIRC being: v0.9.4c-9 (highest available in Raspbian repos. Latest upstream is v0.10.1) So far so good: :D lir...
- Wed Jan 30, 2019 5:20 pm
- Forum: HowTo's
- Topic: HowTo force thunar to create image thumbnails
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5205
HowTo force thunar to create image thumbnails
Sometimes, Thunar (XFCE's file manager) is just not creating thumbnails for images in a folder. If that happens, the following usually does the trick: Quit all Thunar instances: $ killall Thunar Quit the thumbnailing daemon " tumbler ": $ killall tumblerd If you then open Thunar and locate...
- Tue Jan 29, 2019 2:10 am
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: LIRC & FTDI: irrecord error "Something went wrong."
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4040
LIRC & FTDI: irrecord error "Something went wrong."
Disclaimer: NOT SOLVED YET! [PROBLEM] Trying to set up an FTDI based (FT232RL) USB-to-UART adapter with a TSOP 4838 as infrared remote control receiver with LIRC. (Xubuntu 16.04, LIRC v0.9) The 4838 is talking to me, receiving IR signals, and LIRC's "mode2" shows reasonable output. But wh...
- Tue Jan 29, 2019 1:38 am
- Forum: HowTo's
- Topic: HowTo find serialnumber of FTDI USB chip
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4995
HowTo find serialnumber of FTDI USB chip
When dealing with FTDI USB-to-UART devices, you might need to address them by their serial number. Here's how you find that number: 1) Attach the device to your PC Best to connect one at a time. Otherwise, how would you know which serial belongs to which adapter? 2) Approach A: Using "dmesg&quo...
- Tue Jan 29, 2019 1:05 am
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: LIRC & FTDI: ttyUSB disappearing
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3329
LIRC & FTDI: ttyUSB disappearing
[PROBLEM] Trying to set up an FTDI based (FT232RL) USB-to-UART adapter with a TSOP 4838 as infrared remote control receiver with LIRC. (Xubuntu 16.04, LIRC v0.9) The 4838 is talking to me, receiving IR signals, and LIRC's "mode2" shows reasonable output. But after I use irrecord, the seri...
- Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:14 am
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: LIRC mode2: device configuration option must contain an '='
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4295
mode2: unable to open FTDI device
If you get the following error message when trying to connect mode2 to the USB/FTDI device (by serial number): mode2: unable to open FTDI device ( device not found ) This means the serial number is wrong. Check for typos or copy/paste errors. btw: The serial number is case sensitive. If you get the ...