HTTPS, HTTPS Everywhere
During this past week (IIRC, could have also been last week) I installed the first two add-ons to my disposable Firefox profile: the first was HTTPS Everywhere (from the EFF), the second was HTTPS By...
View ArticleThe Google browser
Looks like I’ve failed to mention that alongside the disposable Firefox I’m now using a regular Chrome window for all things Google. That means my Gmail, Google Calendar, Google+, some of my Hangouts...
View ArticleApache 2.4: Require (allow) either (mod_auth_basic) valid-user or a specific...
Prerequisities: Apache 2.4 you have set up your htpasswd file in /path/to/.htpasswd the alternative, secret query parameter for access is secret_access_parameter To make it work, add these lines to the...
View ArticleChange keyboard layout when booting Ubuntu 18.04 live cd/USB in UEFI
I’m selecting the Finnish locale and keyboard layout here, YMMV. With the Try Ubuntu option selected, hit ‘e’ to enter the boot parameter editor Go to the end of the line with linux kernel boot...
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How to detach the green latch (P1-595349) used in some HP SFF computers’ slim...
I’m talking about this: Now, forget about that weird screw head looking thing, it’s there just to guide the thing in place when they’re installing it, and to keep it from sliding off when in place. The...
View ArticleKotiboksi Bewan iBox A5100 (Arcadyan ARV4510EPW-A-LF-L3, valkoinen antenni)...
Tässä on lähtötilanteena, että Kotiboksissa on jo OpenWrt 18.06.2, eli sen asennusohjeita joudut tarvittaessa etsimään muualta. Lisäksi oletuksena on, saatavilla on jo toinen reititin (alempana...
View ArticleHide Livepatch indicator (tray icon)
gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-notifier show-livepatch-status-icon false
View ArticleXorg ServerLayout identifier
From the “Serverflags” (note the miscapitalisation) Section in man Xorg.conf: Option DefaultServerLayout layout-id This specifies the default ServerLayout section to use in the absence of the -layout...
View ArticleOnly every other boot succeeds with Ubuntu 18.04 on Thinkpad X60 (with every...
(Just helping Google out here.) This seemingly weird issue of cold boot and every other boot thereafter failing (with successful boots in between) is mediated by Grub’s recordfail functionality: after...
View ArticleHow to delete unwanted dav mount from Nautilus sidebar (Places) in Ubuntu 16.04
I had previously linked a Nextcloud account somehow (possibly through Online Accounts in Gnome’s Control Center) so that it was present in Nautilus, and there was no GUI means to remove it. What I did...
View ArticleAttaching a Nextcloud account to Nautilus via WebDAV in Ubuntu 16.04
Go to your Nextcloud account security settings using a browser. Create a new app password. Open Nautilus and select Connect to Server from the left sidebar. Enter substituting YOUR-DOMAIN.TLD/PATH and...
View ArticleSignal Desktop: message content not shown in notification (in Ubuntu 20.04)...
Just helping Google out here: the notification just says “Signal(1) is ready”, which is caused by Electron lacking support for Gnome’s focus-stealing prevention feature. This can be worked around with...
View ArticleDell P2416D display blinks/blanks out (turns off and back on again)
If you’re using the USB hub built into the display, try disconnecting it (and all the USB cables connected to the display) and see if the issue still remains. (This may not be a guaranteed fix for you,...
View Articlevlc: unknown option or missing mandatory argument `–rtsp-tcp’ after upgrading...
This is due to upstream (Debian) decision to disable rtsp in liblivemedia, because it includes non-free code from RFC 3550. The usual workaround is to install the vlc snap: snap install vlc and then...
View Articlesudo -i not working with pam-u2f after upgrading Ubuntu from 20.04 to 22.04
Authentication for sudo -i has been separated from non -i use (which is controlled by /etc/pam.d/sudo) into a separate configuration file, /etc/pam.d/sudo-i. So any changes you’ve made for U2F/FIDO2...
View ArticleLineageOS 16.0:n asennus Samsung Galaxy Tab 4:ään (SM-T530/SM-T535)
Sama käännös on saatavilla myös pienemmille varianteille, mutta dokumentoin tässä vain nämä kymmentuumaiset, joiden kanssa tästä on omakätistä kokemusta, ja näistäkään en 3G-varianttia (SM-T531) ole...
View ArticleClock Override suddenly only somewhat works (but it’s really not about that)
I use Clock Override to customize the date and time format displayed in the top bar in GNOME Shell. Recently, after a couple of bad logins (Gnome crashing), it suddenly only reacted to the %S modifier...
View ArticleNotes as I go: my attempt to develop a Home Assistant integration, part 1
Set up Development Environment says the “easiest way to get started with development is to use Visual Studio Code with devcontainers”, but I dislike both those things, so I go with Manual Environment...
View ArticleNotes as I go: my attempt to develop a Home Assistant integration, part 2
The documentation keeps referring to “my API”, but leaves everything about it up to imagination. How should I name the file? What code should I put there, and what should I not? The MyEvent example,...
View ArticleHow I made tty1 a live display for (Systemd’s) journal (in Ubuntu 20.04)
Run systemctl edit getty@tty1.service In the override file, enter [Service] ExecStart= ExecStart=-/bin/journalctl -b -ef StandardInput=tty StandardOutput=tty To see it right away (without reboot), run...
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