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[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 ...

[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 ...

[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...

[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...

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...

[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 ...

[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...

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 ...

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...

[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...

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...

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...

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...

[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...

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 ...