tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65649495743750263002024-03-13T14:22:08.749+01:00Solutions, Tips And MoreA blog with solutions, tips and more about computers, health, training and everyday life.Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-39712245053345976782020-08-01T00:06:00.001+02:002020-08-01T00:06:15.041+02:00Avidemux on raspberry piDo this:<br />
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1.) You need this package:<br />
wget http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/faac/libfaac0_1.29.9.2-2_armhf.deb<br />
sudo dpkg -i libfaac0_1.29.9.2-2_armhf.deb<br />
2.) And this:<br />
apt-get install libglu1-mesa<br />
3.) Now, thanks to this guy on <a href="https://avidemux.org/smif/index.php?topic=18811.0">https://avidemux.org/smif/index.php?topic=18811.0</a> (last post, first page), download the 2.7.5 ARMEL file from: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1eurpo4lrphzzf0/AAAVfjDISjTuRLDX-TVBJbgSa?dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1eurpo4lrphzzf0/AAAVfjDISjTuRLDX-TVBJbgSa?dl=0</a><br />
4.) Use "7z e" to extract the file.<br />
5.) Use the following command inside the dir with all the extracted packages to install avidemux:<br />
sudo dpkg -i ./*<br />
6.) Now you should be done, to start run from bash/cli:<br />
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avidemux3_qt5</div>
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Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-14804040561956457452020-08-01T00:00:00.003+02:002020-08-01T21:33:07.916+02:00Compressed Raspberry Pi ISO from LinuxDoing this clears up "empty" space on the drive so the iso get's properly compressed:<br />
<br />
1.) Clear up Raspberry with temp file:<br />
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/zero1.tmp bs=1048576<br />
2.) Delete tmp file:<br />
rm -f /tmp/zero1.tmp<br />
3.) Take SD card to another computer and create a compressed iso:<br />
sudo dd bs=4M if=/dev/<devicename> | pv | xz > Pi.img.xz</devicename><br />
<devicename><br /></devicename>
<devicename>Example: Currently have a 64GB iso compressed to 1,2GB. Actual drive usage of the 64GB iso is 3,6GB.</devicename><br />
<devicename><br /></devicename>
<devicename>Thanks to:</devicename><br />
<devicename><a href="https://www.locked.de/space-effective-backups-of-raspberry-pi-sd-cards/">https://www.locked.de/space-effective-backups-of-raspberry-pi-sd-cards/</a></devicename>Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-58479078500815901022019-03-31T21:18:00.003+02:002019-03-31T21:18:36.146+02:00Multiscreen setup fluxbox and lightdmIn lightdm.conf:<br />
[SeatDefaults]<br />
display-setup-script=/usr/bin/screenres.sh<br />
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screenres.sh:</div>
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#!/bin/bash</div>
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mode="$(xrandr -q|grep -A1 "DP1 connected"| tail -1 |awk '{ print $1 }')"</div>
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if [ -n "$mode" ]; then</div>
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xrandr --output LVDS1 --off</div>
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xrandr --output DP1 --primary --mode 1920x1080</div>
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fi</div>
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mode="$(xrandr -q|grep -A1 "DP2 connected"| tail -1 |awk '{ print $1 }')"</div>
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if [ -n "$mode" ]; then</div>
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xrandr --output LVDS1 --off</div>
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xrandr --output DP2 --primary --mode 1920x1080</div>
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xrandr --output DP3 --mode 1920x1080</div>
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xrandr --output DP3 --left-of DP2</div>
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fi</div>
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Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-65023378083531339672018-06-29T08:52:00.005+02:002018-06-29T08:52:47.310+02:00Solution: kswapd0 using 100% cpuSo I googled a lot about this problem without finding any proper solutions for this problem. Some suggested disabling swappiness (=how long should the computer wait before disposing memory to swap in stead of RAM). But this only delayed the problem with full cpu load.<br />
<br />
I researched a bit more by my self. It looks like the problem is kswapd0 is unable to store anything at the SWAP memory. So I tried formating/restoring the SWAP partition. I use LVM, but the procedure is the same for those without LVM.<br />
<br />
Do the following:<br />
> su<br />
Get root credentials<br />
> cat /ets/fstab<br />
Find out the location of your SWAP partition. It's either /dev/something or if you are using LVM it can look like /dev/mapper/SOMETHING--vg-SOMETHING_1. Next turn off swap:<br />
> swapoff /dev/mapper/SOMETHING--vg-SOMETHING_1<br />
Then check & format swap:<br />
> mkswap -c -L swap /dev/mapper/SOMETHING--vg-SOMETHING_1<br />
And enable swap again<br />
> swapon /dev/mapper/SOMETHING--vg-SOMETHING_1Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-75908218038560227042017-07-17T00:45:00.000+02:002017-07-17T00:45:12.976+02:00Quality Pry Bar Tool SetFound this pry bar tool set which seemed to be of good quality. Very happy with it as it's strong and of perfect size. Highly recommended. Also, it's a lot cheaper then the US/UK alternatives which a lot of webshops are selling.<br />
<br />
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Green-Hard-Plastic-4-in-1-Pry-Bar-Opening-Tools-Kit-With-Ruler-Scale-Spudger-For/32666433422.htmlMr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-72344546562125004432017-07-12T00:26:00.001+02:002017-07-12T00:26:44.066+02:00Ubuntu: Dropbox and crontabIn your default user, run "crontab -e", and add the following lines:<br />
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0 4 * * * DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/dropbox start >/dev/null 2>&1<br />
0 5 * * * /usr/bin/dropbox stop >/dev/null 2>&1<br />
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This will start dropbox at 4am, and stop at 5am.</div>
Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-52738875487925510862016-09-09T22:55:00.002+02:002016-09-09T23:00:32.731+02:00802.11ac wifi for LinuxSince I am running a HTPC in my living room I am dependent on having a reliable and FAST wifi connection. Running videos is one thing, but having a quick and responsive connection when it comes to fetching thumbnails for and browsing large photo files from my NAS is even more important.<br />
<br />
Finding a good 802.11ac wifi adapter for my unit seemed to be harder then expected. Lot's of posts online told me that either 802.11ac simply won't work (you won't get your card to jump from 11n to 11ac speeds) and other challenges. Finding a pci card seemed to be even more challenging as most cards I could find with the best chipsets for Linux seemed to only be available on minipci express.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSDQo8HV6eph8d0m8qw5DO3JxJm_cqyHpWPIUFLwWBuwzLZ0jdktUcRX6w6Kjdjhnt9QRA9m_0TgLGgg86UA5q4Gug6Fb1baC6_kiIyY55VAXzURP4euV20iEeknOaQdYKmbRhb7ZQz9z/s1600/s-l1600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSDQo8HV6eph8d0m8qw5DO3JxJm_cqyHpWPIUFLwWBuwzLZ0jdktUcRX6w6Kjdjhnt9QRA9m_0TgLGgg86UA5q4Gug6Fb1baC6_kiIyY55VAXzURP4euV20iEeknOaQdYKmbRhb7ZQz9z/s320/s-l1600.jpg" width="320" /></a>After some googling I did find that there were adapters for minipci express to pcie x1. I also did find one readily mounted with antennas, CE branded and at a reasonable price on <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/282061843910?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT">ebay</a>. The intel 8260AC is one of the latest chipsets running on 802.11ac offering a theretical speed up to 867 Mbps. The intel chipsets also offer good linux drivers. Installing the card was easy, the only thing I actually had to do was to make sure the iwlwifi package was installed, and to upgrade the kernel package of my Linux Ubuntu 14.04 distro, as the kernel package I was running used an older version of iwlwifi not offering support of the 8260 chipset yet. I took a full leap and went for kernel 4.4. After this everything wen't smoothly. No problems at all. The only thing is when I run iwconfig it says the card is running 802.11abgn but on 867Mbps. After some googling this seems to be a bug in the iwconfig app. The speed stated on iwconfig is the correct parameter to look at, and 867Mbps is impossible on 802.11n.<br />
<br />
A word of advice: The ebay site selling this card states in large red letters and exclamation marks "This item don't compatible AMD computer motherboards". This is wrong. I have no idea why they say so. I knew this had to be wrong as there is a lot of AMD based computers running a intel wifi chip. I've had to deal with motherboard blacklists/whitelists before though. Anyhow, I am running this fine without any third party firmwares at all on a AMD motherboard running a AMD X3 450 CPU.Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-23978068288081943482016-09-08T00:14:00.003+02:002016-09-08T00:14:38.967+02:00Force unmount/umount of disconnected NFS drive in LinuxFollowing command as root: <span style="background-color: white; color: #242729; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.5px;">"umount.nfs4 /volume -f"</span>Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-90272241950369084712016-04-07T12:38:00.000+02:002016-04-07T12:38:19.082+02:00Chromium in Debian: Flash missing - manual install of PepperflashSo, here's the situation:<br />
1.) Google Chrome dropped support of 32bit linux<br />
2.) Pepperflash has gone missing from the Debian repositories<br />
3.) Chromium only supports Pepperflash<br />
<br />
Here's how you fix it:<br />
1.) Install chromium.<br />
2.) "apt-get purge" (not just remove) everything that has to do with flash.<br />
3.) Download the latest available version of Google Chrome for 32bit so we can extract the plugin we need. Latest available version is google-chrome-stable_48.0.2564.116-1_i386.deb available here: http://bbgentoo.ilb.ru/distfiles/google-chrome-stable_48.0.2564.116-1_i386.deb<br />
4.) Extract the file. Go to opt/google/chrome and find the PepperFlash directory. From this directory copy the libpepflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/chromium/plugins/ or any other available directory.<br />
5.) For some reason I can't chromium to load the plugin by default. So I made a shortcut executable file with the following chromium prefix:<br />
/usr/bin/chromium --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/chromium/plugins/libpepflashplayer.so<br />
6.) Run it. Enter "chrome://plugins/" into your address bar. It should now show up here.Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-19342027147392272032015-10-27T12:32:00.002+01:002015-12-24T12:57:25.335+01:00IKEA Utrusta LED - remote problemsInstalled the IKEA Utrusta LED system for my kitchen. The system have caused me quite a headache as I had a lot of problems with the lights randomly responding to the remote.<br />
<br />
After a while I managed to sort out the problems. I did the following:<br />
1.) First I got a new remote from IKEA. I'm not quite sure if this solved any problems or not, but I do think it helped quite a bit.<br />
2.) Then I managed to identify one LED device which seemed to cause problems way more often then the others. I replaced this one. No more specific problem with this light.<br />
3.a) My lights now worked all good until one night when I was downloading some huge files over the wireless network, when the lights went all hammock when using the remote. As I already know the Utrusta remote is using the 2.4ghz frequency - the same as my wifi, I went straight for the router and unplugged it. Suddenly it all worked perfect again.<br />
3.b) To solve this problem I booted up my router again and changed wifi channel. I also have a router which runs on the 5ghz frequency. I was therefore able to change the wifi devices I have which use the most bandwidth to this frequency.<br />
<br />
After taking these measures, I haven't had <b><i>any</i></b> problems for several weeks. The lights also respond way more synchronous then before. It's rather strange that IKEA doesn't seem to know about the frequency problems themselves. When I called them in the beginning this wasn't even mentioned, but after doing some research online it seems to be a rather normal problem with interference between devices running on the same frequency.<br />
<br />
Update: 3 months later. Still no problems. All good! (FYI: The problem lasted me for 1-2 years until I managed to solve it.)Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-10325074910032128082015-05-23T17:30:00.002+02:002015-05-23T17:30:31.789+02:00Torrenting to NAS via CIFS/SMB never completesProblem: Vuze keeps on redownloading and redownloading the last 10-30% of the torrent file over and over again. MBs downloaded exceeds total torrent size, and it never ends.<br />
<br />
Solution:<br />
<br />
Edit your /etc/fstab for the cifs mount.<br />
<b>cache=none</b>,user,uid=abcd123,gid=users,rw,suid,credentials=/root/nascredfileMr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-40372903524380360002015-04-24T21:41:00.000+02:002015-04-24T21:43:45.964+02:00Fix: Shoe air whooshing sound from shoesI had big problems with this on some Loake Churchill shoes. The sound came from the toebox and was caused by my arch which is a tad large, giving the air in the toe box no easy route to escape when I was walking.<br />
<br />
The reason my shoes were so tight around my arch was the lacing which my shoes were delivered with. If you take notice of the Shoe shop lacing pictured below, you will see that when you tighten this lacing, it takes very little pressure before you make the lacing around your arch to tight. The solution is changing the lacing to the zigzag lacing, and leaving enough slack on the lower lacing.<br />
<br />
It probably sounds weird that lacing should cause such problems. But give it a try.<br />
<br />
I've also read of people leaving strings of leather in a | | formation above your arch, leaving a "channel" for air to escape through, which solved the problem.<br />
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<br />Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-85976933962723273002015-02-13T23:40:00.003+01:002015-02-13T23:40:30.439+01:00Backlight keys not working on t510 linuxThis is due to a kernel error from what I understand.<br />
<br />
Here's a quick fix.<br />
<br />
apt-get install xbacklight<br />
<br />
then add the following bindkeys if you are running fluxbox:<br />
nano .fluxbox/keys<br />
<br />
add:<br />
None 232 :Exec xbacklight -dec 5<br />
None 233 :Exec xbacklight -inc 5<br />
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Reboot fluxbox</div>
Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-5648213096131797432014-11-14T23:15:00.001+01:002014-11-14T23:16:32.901+01:00CIFS, Wicd and Ubuntu 14.04 slow shutdown/rebootGot this problem after mounting a CIFS/Samba drive through my wireless network. This appears to be a rather normal problem for lots of users. It was also hard locating a fix for my problem, as many users are using network manager as well.<br />
<br />
I found a great fix though, which also is reported to work for network manager.<br />
<br />
It's rather uncomplex and logical. The fix is moving the umount procedure to a earlier runlevel in the rc.d folders. The problem appears to be that the system shuts down the wifi before umounting.<br />
<br />
Fix:<br />
Go into /etc/rc.0 and /etc/rc.6, and move<br />
user@system:/etc/rc0.d$ mv S31umountnfs.sh S14umountnfs.sh<br />
<br />
Hope this helps :-)<br />
<br />
More info is available here: http://blog.avirtualhome.com/ubuntu-shutdown-problem-cifs-related/Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-62808098697942008652014-10-11T15:14:00.000+02:002014-10-11T15:15:48.746+02:00Solution: Encrypted system and UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY.If you get this error during startup, it's possible to fix. I did it for debian.<br />
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First get a rescue cd from grml.org. When you have booted it up enter the standard command line mode. For some strange reason you only get the option of a few language sets by the system itself when booting, but when you have entered the command line you can easily load other language sets by running loadkeys. There's a bunch of other keysets located on the system.<br />
<br />
Next check out this tutorial for more information on how to solve the problems with fsck and the encrypted drive:<br />
http://devouredbylions.blogspot.no/2011/01/fixing-corrupted-encrypted-lvm.html<br />
<br />
In short terms you have to run the following cmds:<br />
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/<encrypted partition=""></encrypted><br />
vgscan --mknodes<br />
vgchange -ay<br />
fsck /dev/<volgroup>/<partition name=""></partition></volgroup>Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-90812871715048991532014-10-11T15:06:00.003+02:002014-10-11T15:06:37.922+02:00Touchpad click delay on Lenovo T510 in LinuxWhen I decided to run Linux (Debian) on a T510 I noticed there was a delay when clicking/tapping on the touchpad. The fix for this was pretty easy. Simply edit "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf", and in the section for InputClass add the following lines:<div>
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Option "Clicktime" "0"</div>
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Option "SingleTapTime" "0"</div>
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Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-36863555155408255072014-07-16T23:23:00.003+02:002014-07-16T23:23:39.820+02:00Adjusting mouse speed and acceleration in linuxI'm using synclient to do this.<br />
<br />
Simply use following commands (with my favourite settings):<br />
synclient MinSpeed=1.1<br />
synclient AccelFactor=0.055<br />
synclient MaxSpeed=4<br />
<br />
I've added my settings to .fluxbox/startup.Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-37129538539905310142014-06-14T23:52:00.000+02:002014-06-14T23:52:55.691+02:00Slow or stuttering youtube videos on chrome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been having problems watching youtube videos in full screen in chrome for some time now. This especially got worse after youtube changed to their html5 platform by default.<br />
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I found out the problem was google chrome running by default without gpu/hardware acceleration.<br />
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The solution for this problem is disabling the gpu blacklist integrated in google chrome. Recomend you checking out <a href="http://borninbronx.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/chrome-on-linux-with-webgl-and-all-the-hardware-acceleration-stuff/">this</a> site for instructions and further information.<br />
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Graphics Feature Status</blockquote>
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Canvas: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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Compositing: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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3D CSS: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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CSS Animation: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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WebGL: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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WebGL multisampling: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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Flash 3D: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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Flash Stage3D: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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Texture Sharing: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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Video: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable</blockquote>
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Problems Detected</blockquote>
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Intel mesa drivers are crash-prone.: 76703</blockquote>
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Accelerated 2d canvas is unstable in Linux at the moment.</blockquote>
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Stage3D is not supported on Linux.: 129848</blockquote>
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Accelerated video decode is unavailable on Mac and </blockquote>
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Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-83036862810094448812014-06-07T13:20:00.001+02:002014-06-07T13:20:06.655+02:00Get Rid of Sweat StainsProblem: I use shirts every day at work, and I really dislike using any kind of t-shirts underneath. There's a flipside to this. After using the shirt for some days, I get the not so good looking yellow sweat stains on my shirts. Getting rid of them also used to be a problem with regular detergents and wash. I've found a solutions though..<br />
<br />
What you need:<br />
1.) Vanish Oxi Action (Europe) or Oxi Clean (US version). You should get the regular powder version for coloured clothes.<br />
2.) A toothbrush<br />
3.) A cup<br />
4.) A towel is prefered<br />
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Put a scoop of Vanish Oxi Action/Clean in a cup, add some (not much) lukewarm water, and mix it all good together for a while with the toothbrush. Gather all your shirts, put them in a pile ready for wash in front of you. Sit down on a chair and put the folded towel on your lap (so you don't "wet your pants"). Next take a shirt a time, and use the brush to apply a decent amount of your mix on the spots you want to get rid of. I usually brush and apply for about 15 seconds each. Next just put each shirt in you washing machine, and about 5 minutes after the last shirt give it a regular wash. I usually put the leftovers from my Vanish mix into the washing machine as well.Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-43712213663676106552014-06-07T13:06:00.001+02:002014-06-07T13:06:34.139+02:00Wicd won't connect automatically<b>Problem:</b> Wicd won't connect automatically<br />
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<b>Facts: </b>I'm running ubuntu on a computer of mine, and I want it to automaticly connect to wired networks when available, or a wireless network if not. After running it on a wired connection for some years, I decided to move my router to a computer room, and therefore my HTPC in my living room had to go wireless. This gave me a problem with the computer not automaticly connecting to the network, and the wireless interface acted REALLY unstable when trying to connect. Something was wrong..<br />
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<b>Solution: </b>The problem? I noticed that I halso had Network Manager installed. I prefer using Wicd since it gives me a great CLI interface on my HTPC which I only use a XBMC frontend on. After removing Network Manager (apt-get remove networkmanager), everything worked out fine.Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-59373500068134515792014-05-01T18:49:00.001+02:002014-05-01T18:50:44.646+02:00New Neato Botvac 80!Neato has recently released their new robotic vacuum. In short, Neatos new vacuum cleaner now presents a side brush as well as some other nifty optimizations since their previous vacuums. Neatos "sister-company" Vorwerk have for a long time been offering the previous Neato XV-15/25 with a sidebrush under the name Vorwerk VR 100, but only for the german, french and uk market.<br />
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I will soon be publishing a review of this new vacuum. It's already available for purchase on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J08ITFG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00J08ITFG&linkCode=as2&tag=soltipandmor-20&linkId=RYQDH5UIBGXB5DMJ">amazon</a>.<br />
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<br />Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-71129110282665749952013-11-06T23:24:00.001+01:002013-11-06T23:24:29.481+01:00Quick bitcoin guide: Bitcoin value chartsThe best way in my opinion to follow the value of bitcoins is the following:<br />
A) <a href="http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD">Bitcoincharts.com</a> - Go to this page, and select median price as chart type. This will give you a good heads up on the value. There is a lot of options and you can base it on mtgox, amongst others, which is the largest bitcoin trading exchange.<br />
B) Inside your wallet - if you are using multibit you can follow the value of your bitcoins instantly based on mtgox.<br />
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This first guide will show you how to acquire/buy bitcoins, and put them into your personal wallet, and how you wallet works.<br />
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<b>Wallets</b><br />
You can get as many wallets as you would like. Opening up a wallet can be done in literarily seconds. Your wallet can be stored either on your computer in a file, on a<a href="https://www.google.no/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&ved=0CEcQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblockchain.info%2Fwallet%2Fpaper-tutorial&ei=Sb56UrCJIoi34ATctoCoAw&usg=AFQjCNFHLWspRicYPa4D2tc-5OMAy-HxNw&sig2=MTiPYWNSZCjcgr4sMkiYiA&bvm=bv.55980276,d.bGE" target="_blank"> piece of paper</a> or on a online wallet service. The access to you wallet can be held in multiple copies, so remember to make some kind of backup and don't only store it on your local harddrive if you chose to store it in a file.<br />
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Running linux, I prefer using a wallet tool called multibit. With multibit I can easily create new wallets, get the value in local currency based on mtgox retrieve and send bitcoins to others.<br />
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<b>Acquiring/buying some bitcoins</b><br />
The easyest way for me was using justcoin.com. There is also a lot of other online services which can help you buy some bitcoins. When you sign up for an account and buy the bitcoins, the bitcoins usually gets places on a online wallet on the service you are using. After that, you can easily transfer the bitcoins in just seconds to your local wallet. It will then take some more minutes before the money has been completely integrated into the <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Block_chain" target="_blank">blockchain</a>. In multibit you can see this process happening live.<br />
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<b>Securing your local wallet</b><br />
After creating your wallet in multibit, make sure you add a password to your wallet. Easily done. After that, backup the wallet file somewhere secure. You can i.e. use a truecrypt container or keepassx. This is important, because if someone else gets their hand on your wallet file, they can steal the money in seconds, and it will be impossible for you to get them back.Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-82937450922355963552013-10-27T16:29:00.001+01:002013-11-01T00:11:43.795+01:00Backup routine for safe photo storage<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwOiVae2WE3i8IkAbc5id5Vd6LC7LM6O9YYIvVqgAdom8qCwpZRvGqdxA4LxMZmZC3XCPBoiizaZVuhIEEqthWe-xQEYfANujxRisRH_soPgtZFPlnPCnmCw0EOouABf2V4xB_z-E2jZ1/s1600/file471249471343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwOiVae2WE3i8IkAbc5id5Vd6LC7LM6O9YYIvVqgAdom8qCwpZRvGqdxA4LxMZmZC3XCPBoiizaZVuhIEEqthWe-xQEYfANujxRisRH_soPgtZFPlnPCnmCw0EOouABf2V4xB_z-E2jZ1/s320/file471249471343.jpg" width="320" /></a>This is how I backup and store all my private photos. Me and my wife have a lot of photos from traveling and other family events which we truly wouldn't want to miss. That's why we, and others in the same situation, should set up a proper backup plan.<br />
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This is how we do it:<br />
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<b>Photo locations:</b><br />
A) Incoming photos gets downloaded to our HTPC. This is where we have access to the photos we want to watch. This way we can access the photos via NFS to our computers, ipad as well as watch the photos on the tv with XBMC. Having a fast 11n dual band network makes everything act really smooth.<br />
B) All photos then regulary gets backuped to a Western Digital Mirror Edition disk which mirrors the photos to two disks in RAID mode. If one of the disks fails the disk will alarm us via it's LEDs.<br />
C) If something happens at home. I.e. theft, fire etc, we also have a small 2,5" external USB drive which carries a mirror of the photos on the WD. This drive gets safely stored at an external location (Tips: family, work, friends). If you have crucial private information, I sugges that you somehow secure it. There's some encryption options out there.<br />
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<b>Taking care of incoming photos:</b><br />
Photos gets stored in directories by year. I name all the directories in the following format:<br />
<span style="color: blue;">YYYY-MM-DD-DESCRiPTiON</span> i.e.<span style="color: blue;"> 2013-04-21-ITALY_VACATION</span><br />
This way I can easily sort all the events by date.<br />
Inside each directory the JPGs gets stored. RAW format gets stored in a seperate directory inside the dir, as well as movies files. I also prefer to seperate files between digital cameras and mobile cameras.<br />
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<b>Backing it up:</b><br />
I use rsync for backing up.<br />
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1) For backing up between location A and B I use the following command:<br />
<span style="color: red;"> rsync -vrab --suffix="."$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")</span><span style="color: red;"> --size-only --progress --stats /home/user/source/ /media/USBDISK1/destination/</span><br />
Explanation:<br />
-v gives verbose information about the copy process<br />
-r recursive copy mode<br />
-a makes sure time and date (modified) gets copied correct<br />
-b makes sure if there's already a file at the destination, but with a different file-size, a backup is made before replacing it. Backup files is prefixed with a "~"<br />
--size-only because some of my local files have wrong modified dates<br />
--progress shows some progress information<br />
--stats shows som nice stats at the end<br />
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2) For backing up between location B and C I use the following command:<br />
<span style="color: red;"> rsync -vrab --progress --stats /media/USBDISK1/source/ /media/USBDISK2/destination/</span><br />
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This time size-only gets dropped. This way, rsync will make sure the files looks exactly the same between both the backup drives.<br />
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Do you have any tips or suggestions? Please comment!<br />
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Also check out my post about<a href="http://solutionsandtips.blogspot.com/2013/07/best-online-storage-solution.html" target="_blank"> free online backup providers</a>. These are great for storing smaller types of backups and making it available on multiple locations.Mr. Solutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042851873822153485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564949574375026300.post-78003809846531562252013-10-20T00:03:00.003+02:002013-10-20T00:24:27.794+02:00Nike Pro Fitted Shirt versions (pictures)I use these tees for training, and apparently Nike has been changing the design for these multiple times. I prefer the previous versions, and in order to recognize them on ebay, I ind it useful to have some pictures of the versions for comparision.<br />
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<b>First version (L version pictured):</b><br />
The logos has been washed out after years of use. Still a great quality shirt!<br />
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<b>Version 2 (L version pictured).</b><br />
Nike Fit logo has changed to Dri Fit Logo. Lower left corner.<br />
I also have a feeling that it has become slightly firmer in the fit<br />
Also changed name inside the collar from "Nike Pro" to "Nike Pro Combat"<br />
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<b>Latest version (XL version pictured)</b><br />
- Notice the new venting system on the sides, and on the back. It uses a different fabric then they used to.<br />
- Also new design inside the collar<br />
- Also known as "Nike Pro combat core 2.0"<br />
- Also notice the seams going in on the stomach unlike the previous versions. This gives the shirt a different feeling whean wearing it. I don't like it, others might do.<br />
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