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apc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-12-08T22:17:17+00:00

APC Older APC's need DHCP vendor code to work: Code 43 010431415043 * 01 - Entry Number One * 04 - Four bytes * 31 - “1” * 41 - “A” * 50 - “P” * 43 - “C”

articles

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-13T09:25:06+00:00

Articles / Howto's Instructions Some Links to various Information Below Software I use * Some Tips for Migrating JellyFin * OpenLdap aka slapd * Software RAID Management * Systemd Networking Script * Lighttpd * Global Protect for Openconnect * PostgreSQL Database * Grafana * Xymon / Hobbit * Firefox * Davmail Items of personal Interest * EV Charging * Home Solar Project Hardware DevicesInfo * Juniper Hardware * Fortinet * Synology NAS Units * APC Devices …

attblock

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-05-03T16:56:08+00:00

ATTblock AT&T RJ-45 to COM Pinout Diagrams Kind of a misnomer, converting some text documents, Digiboard Altpin config as standard for RJ-45/8. Some simple tables to wire up various serial cables. Socket to 110 Jack Looking in the socket: 12345678 +----------+ | |||||||| | | |||||||| | | | +-+ +-+ ++ ++ +----+

btu_calculator

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-03T11:51:02+00:00

BTU Calculator Useful BTU Cooling Formulae: Equipment BTU = Total wattage for all equipment x 3.5 Lighting BTU = Total wattage for all lighting x 4.25 Total Occupant BTU = Number of occupants x 400 Room Area BTU = Length (m) x Width (m) x 337 Total Heat Load = Room Area BTU + Total Occupant BTU + Equipment BTU + Lighting BTU

chuwimini_x_n100

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-10T14:22:42+00:00

Linux Netbook Fixes Applies randomly to these crazy netbooks that run a display rotated 90 degrees like a tablet. It's really dumb. The Teclast N4k had a normal screen rotation * Chuwi Minibook X N100/N150 * KOO Tigers Mini-laptop 8-inch * OneMix 3

davmail

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-13T09:27:11+00:00

DAVMAIL Later debian releases have a broken depenency for the SWT libraries. Legacy tray is broken in the later Plasma releases. Simply add the swt libraries things will work. sudo apt-get install libswt-gtk-4-java

debian

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-06-26T09:32:28+00:00

Debian Notes Installing Debian from a serial console * Down Arrow to Install * TAB (Edit) * Left of --- * Remove VGA=xxx * Add: console=ttyS0,115200n8 * Right of --- * Remove Quiet * Add: console=ttyS0,115200n8 (Yes TWICE!)

dell_xps_13

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-03-10T09:49:23+00:00

Dell XPS-13 Setup Notes HiDPI Fixups apt-get install hwinfo systemctl --user enable pulseaudio systemctl --user start pulseaudio * dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=$(cat /proc/meminfo | awk '/MemTotal/ {print $2}') count=1024 conv=notrunc * install pm-utils

ev_charging

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-12-17T09:07:32+00:00

EV Charging Some Notes on EV charging, chargers and other miscellany Sizing table for a home EV charger So the average longer range EV's these days have battery packs that are generally between 50 and 100 KWH. That being said, if you are at home it is highly unlikely you will ever put more than 50KWH into your car in a single charging session. At 3.5 miles / KWH that's around 175 miles (in a day).

firefox

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-13T08:24:38+00:00

Firefox Notes Firefox locks up Linux desktop, CPU load goes thru the roof. This might help? * about:config * browser.ml.enable --> false

fortinet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-11-23T03:58:27+00:00

Fortinet Firmware upgrade from cli execute restore image tftp 10.29.0.7 Useful commands Command Notes VTI Tunnel Configuration for a dynamic client behind a NAT NOTE: The tunnel will not come up unless there is a Policy that allows traffic on the tunnel interface to somewhere

globalprotect

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00

GlobalProtect Palo Alto Global Protect is broken under linux. A third party tool works absolutely flawlessly, I gave the guy $25, frankly PA should hire him. For debian bullseye add the repo and change the distro from mantic to bionic. You may need to manually add the keys:

grafana

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-05-11T16:43:29+00:00

Grafana Migrate dashboards to a new instance: Install new instance of Grafana Install plugins in use on new server Stop Grafana service on source and destination server Copy /var/lib/grafana/grafana.db from old to new server Check /etc/grafana/grafana.ini Restart Grafana Regular connection to the grafana url Dashboard, datasource, users, psw, team,… are the same

home_solar

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-03T11:50:36+00:00

Home Solar Project This is the beginning of a page convering my home solar project. This will be very disjointed until I get it organized. You can check back from time to time and watch it develop. I have a 150A Panel outside, Circa 1975ish. I split 100A off into another panel and Hooked it to a bunch of monitoring goop to figure out what my loads look like. I've developed a healthy respect for the engineers at the power company. Demand is a bitch.

jellyfin

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-09-18T00:37:07+00:00

Jellyfin Migrating to a new server Debian / Bullseye, should work on others * On the Old Server * systemctl disable jellyfin.service * systemctl stop jellyfin.service * On the New Server * Install Jellyfin on the new server * systemctl disable jellyfin.service

juniper

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-17T13:38:33+00:00

Juniper Boot-Up/Recovery CTRL-C at boot for U-Boot setenv loaddisk disk(n) ( n=0 internal flash n=1 usb drive ) saveenv boot Space Bar at loader.conf boot /s Newer Firmware CTRL-C, More,CLI Recovery Virtual Chassis start shell user root cd /config/vchassis rm vc* exit

kdeplasma

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-09-29T05:58:24+00:00

KDE / Plasma Notes To restart desktop: plasmashell --replace &

keepass

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-05-24T09:58:55+00:00

KeePass MobaXterm from regular keepass "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mobatek\MobaXterm\MobaXterm.exe" -newtab "sshpass -p {PASSWORD} ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no {USERNAME}@{URL:RMVSCM}" @echo off SET input=%1 FOR /f "tokens=1,2,3 delims=:" %%a IN ("%input%") do SET host=%%b&SET port=%%c SET host=%host:~2% echo %host% echo %port% cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Mobatek\MobaXterm MobaXterm.exe -newtab "telnet -r %host% %port%"

kermit

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-12-05T15:51:58+00:00

Kermit / Ckermit A reasonable .kermrc file for serial tty line access define a9600 set line /dev/ttyACM0, set carrier-watch off, set speed 9600, set parity none, set terminal bytesize 8, set flow-control none, connect define u2400 set line /dev/ttyUSB0, set carrier-watch off, set speed 2400, set parity none, set terminal bytesize 8, set flow-control none, connect define u9600 set line /dev/ttyUSB0, set carrier-watch off, set speed 9600, set parity none, set terminal bytesize 8, set flow-contr…

kvm_qemu

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-30T12:50:05+00:00

KVM / QEMU Notes Effing apparmor errors . . . * /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf * security_driver = “none” Gluster direct accress * Gluster * /etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol * option rpc-auth-allow-insecure on * gluster volume set volume

lighttpd

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-06-05T16:52:08+00:00

Lighttpd Enable basic php/cgi apt-get install php-cgi lighty-enable-mod fastcgi lighty-enable-mod rewrite lighty-enable-mod fastcgi-php systemctl restart lighttpd

linux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-12T20:08:23+00:00

Linux Bluetooth Sound Bluetooth works with a keyboard and mouse but a headset, connects then immediately disconnects, and creates a stale entry. The log shows something, I can't find the problem is with the sound system not bluetooth per se. It can't connect the device to a sink. I'm using trixie and pipewire, I got nuthin until I installed a couple of pulse utilities and

mdadm

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-21T14:36:09+00:00

MDADM / Software Raid Notes Command Notes mdadm --stop {device node} Stop a Running Array mdadm --misc --zero-superblock {device node}

onemix

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-25T10:13:33+00:00

One Mix One Netbook * sudo apt-get install libspa-0.2-bluetooth * sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/lxqt-backlight_backend #!/bin/sh #echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/rotate_all # 0 - Normal rotation # 1 - Rotate clockwise # 2 - Rotate upside down # 3 - Rotate counter-clockwise # #https://github.com/plbossart/UCM/iss...ment-383365511 # RUN: monitor-sensor to see directions # No Idea, . . . Rotate right? # SENSOR_MAT="0, 1, 0; 1, 0, 0; 0, 0, 1" SENSOR_MAT="0, 1, 0; -1, 0, 1;…

openldap

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-11-29T10:57:33+00:00

OpenLdap aka slapd Cleaning this up, it was an email . . . This is going to contain some notes, scripts, and howto's on installing and administering openldap. I have copious notes and information on this, I will be filling it in as time permits.

orangepi5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-15T20:19:36+00:00

Orange Pi 5 I Want XFS root * Boot from SD image * If OrangePi 5B you may need to edit armbianENV.txt with the correct dtb file or you can't see the EMMC * Reboot after edit you should see mmcblk0 and 1 from lsblk... You can ignore mmcblkboot

postgresql

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-02-27T12:17:17+00:00

PostgreSQL Upgrade Cluster * Install later version * pg_lsclusters * This will show your your versions, examples assume default 'main' cluster name * pg_dropcluster {new_version} main --stop * pg_upgradecluster {old_version} main * pg_dropcluster {old_version} main

sidebar

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-01-16T12:49:44+00:00

* Front Page * My Blog * Articles / Howto's Instructions * Home Solar Project * Login * SiteMap

skills

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-05-02T08:10:21+00:00

Skills / Platforms * Linux * RHEL * Ubuntu * Debian * Cisco * Switching * Routing * ASA * CallManager * Juniper * Switching Routing * Palo Alto * Firewalls * Cloudgenix / SDWAN * Fortinet * Firewall/Router/SDWAN

ssh

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-01-30T14:42:28+00:00

SSH * CLI disable pubkey auth: ssh -oPubkeyAuthentication=no ...

start

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-09-18T00:01:53+00:00

KSmith Wiki This is a new website where I will begin to toss useless knowledge to the world. I have some somewhat stale but occasionally useful documentation I will be posting over time, I will add items to the menu as I fill things in. Articles, Howtos, misc help and notes about various software I'll Also be working on a blog

synology

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-11-09T08:13:38+00:00

Synology Third Party Repos Repo URL Comment SysCo-Xymon Xymon client for Syno SynoCommunity Community 3rd party packages (CLI Toolboxes)

systemd-networkd

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-04-06T16:45:43+00:00

Systemd Networking systemd-networkd should be the future. That being said it is somewhat arcane to say the least. The desire: Create a BONDED LAG, and attach a bunch of bridged VLANs to it. The script below should create a folder /tmp/systemd-networkd and dump all the needed configuration. Despite what I continually read, order does not seem to be important. This works on Debian Bullseye. I built this because I keep rebuilding my LAB KVM/QEMU server, and typing in all these files is tedio…

teclastf5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-05-29T15:41:18+00:00

Teclast F5 I keep going back to this laptop. There is a company making an updated version of this thing, I'm seriously considering buying one. I just ordered a second battery for this, the first replacement did not last as long as the original. *

thunderbird

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-09-24T16:29:25+00:00

Thunderbird Email Fix delete move next Settings/General At bottom select config editor * mail.delete_matches_sort_order; set value as 'true'

ups-linux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-07-31T19:49:07+00:00

UPS-Linux Quick Start * apt-get install nut nut-cgi * cd /etc/nut * mkdir dist * mv * dist/ * nut-scanner -U >> ups.conf * Add maxretry = 3, and any comments * # # ups.conf # maxretry = 3 [nutdev1] driver = "nutdrv_qx" port = "auto" vendorid = "0665" productid = "5161" product = "USB to Serial" vendor = "INNO TECH" bus = "001"

xymon

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-05-31T12:39:32+00:00

Xymon / Hobbit Odds and ends.... /usr/lib/xymon/client/ext/apt is rather aggressively yellow and red, I bump the times out, they are hard-coded