Newton on Windows on Linux
If you want to know the gory details, please read https://rachaelandtom.info/content/newton-linux
You will need
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Linux
The end of btrfs
Well that's the end of btrfs for me; barely a month in it's shat itself and taken my /home with it.
I've lived this long without metadata checksum and snapshot...
I was able to extract a list of trees, even though it wouldn't mount, even with the various recovery options, using
btrfs-find-root /dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-home
This will split out a bunch 'well' things. I got lucky and when I passed the number of one of those to
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Things to change on a default Linux install
O/S
/tmp as tmpfs - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/tmpfs
logs that don't go on forever - https://github.com/azlux/log2ram
systemd logs that don't go on forever /etc/systemd/journald.conf:
SystemMaxUse=50M
Faster, more responsive kernel (if stuck on an LTS for everything else) : https://liquorix.net/#install
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Monitoring Powerline speeds ( TP-Link TL-WPA8630P, TL-PA8033PKIT, AV1300)
Get or compile https://github.com/qca/open-plc-utils in particular `plcstat`
For some reason it only reports devices other than the one connected to, so you will need at least two machines to monitor the whole network, and it has to be run as root.
So I have two root crontab's that sync to the same place the results of `....plcstat -i wlan0 -t` which looks like
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Using a Sun Type 7 USB keyboard in KDE
If you look around, everyone make it complicated. It isn't.
* Settings > Hardware > Keyboard
Select the correct keyboard modal, then on the Layouts tab add a new one for your language, layout, and select the 'type 7' variant.
Move it to the top of the list so it's default.
Enable nothing in the 3rd Advanced tab
* Reboot - you should find the volume and power keys work
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Monitoring TP-Link Powerline speeds on a TL-WPA8630P
Edit This no longer works on the latest firmware because the calls are now encrypted. It's trivial to reverse with the AES key just being based on timestamp, but there is an easier way :
Monitoring Powerline speeds ( TP-Link TL-WPA8630P, TL-PA8033PKIT, AV1300)
Firstly, you'll need to use your web browser's network debug panel to intercept a login request to the access points web GUI.
You'll want to find the 'Basic admin' cookie.
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Raspbian and media keys
Just got a Raspberry Pi3 and a bluetooth keyboard and annoyed that the media keys for doing things like change the column don't work ?
Just add these to ~/.config/openbox/lxde-pi-rc.xml after all the other <keybind> before the </keyboard>
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Getting started with Rii mini i8 Bluetooth keyboard and mouse on the Raspberry Pi 3
To to find your IP :
alt-f2, lxterminal
ifconfig
SSH in from another machine, and follow along from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1492441/comments/7
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TP-Link TL-WPA4230P on Linux
Quick note on these PowerLine devices.
They don't need any tools to manage them, as they have a sufficient web interface.
BUT - these devices are terrible network citizens.
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Epson XP-312 ink status script
The following script outputs the percentage of each ink tank from an Epson XP-312 313 or 315 series WiFi enabled printer.
The output looks like
K:96 C:80 M:12 Y:34
which is perfect for feeding into Cacti or other monitoring systems. Guess I'd best go get some magenta ink !
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