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26 entriesOctopi camera commands
sudo v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=focus_automatic_continuous=0 sudo v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=focus_absolute=40 sudo v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=power_line_frequency=1 All camera settings: User Controls…
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MariaDB
Useful commands docker exec -it mariadb bash create database DATABASE_NAME; grant all privileges on DATABASE_NAME.* TO 'USER_NAME' identified by 'PASSWORD'; flush privileges;…
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Home Assistant in a Docker container
I’ve managed to move my current Home Assistant install from a python virtual environment to Docker. This will allow me to upgrade the host operating system or move to a new…
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Power monitor update
Well after setting the original system up it only lasted 4 days before the battery went flat. It appears I shouldn’t leave the radio on all the time on the remote node otherwise…
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Home Power Monitor
I’ve wanted to do a home power monitoring project for some time. I was using a Clipsal Cent-a-meter a while ago to track power usage when I lived in Victoria but I didn’t have…
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MythTV Dynamic Range Equalisation
I found this on the net recently after trying to work out how to fix problems watching movies with very low dialogue volume levels and loud sound effects:…
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Converting from Drupal to Wordpress
Well after looking at this site I modified the existing Drupal database to remove all references to the img_assist module. What a pain in the arse that module is, there is no way…
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Scribefire and Drupal
Getting ScribeFire and Drupal work together | Bulahema Workshop There isn’t much to this but still I think it is worth linking to. If you need to get ScribeFire and Drupal working…
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Mantis drivers
This is from www.verbraak.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Mantis_driver but his site seems to be down a lot so I have mirrored it here because I am trying to get my 1034 card to work…
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Upgrading Drupal from 5.7 to 6.1
Well it took a while but I managed to get all three sites updated to Drupal 6.1. Riscy.biz and gonetogove.com actually have less features now than they did before because not all…
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Company of Heroes - Carentan
This is by far my favourite mission in Company of Heroes. Mainly because the computer is actually a challenge and the Axis use artillery and tanks. Initially you don’t have any…
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Nokia 6151 Problems
The company I work for recently got me a Nokia 6151 mobile phone and all the accessories recently as a replacement for the one that went through the washing machine. Initially I…
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Useful info for Gentoo users
Gentoo Forums :: View topic – emerge -U world – How often I found this post in the Gentoo forums. Someone had it in their signature and is a useful hint on how you SHOULD use…
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Windows Genuine Disadvantage
Sick of Microsoft sticking it's nose in your computer turn off the phone home facility of the Windows Genuine Advantage spyware. http://www.firewallleaktester.com/removewga.htm
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Another dead hard disk
Another disk drive died today. This one was the system disk of my HTPC which runs Gentoo. I first noticed the problem when it dropped off the network and then was taking forever…
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Upgrade Home to Professional
c’t 12/2005, page 148 – Windows XP HomePro Windows XP Home promoted to Professional This is great! Finally people can all use the good feature of Windows XP Pro even if they only…
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Cacti, SNMP and Gentoo
Here are the instructions I followed to get SNMP and Cacti working on Gentoo: emerge cacti cacti-cactidgroupadd cactiuseradd -g cacti -G cron cactiuser cd…
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Gentoo nano and word wrap
Well I said in my initial Gentoo post that I would detail how to make Nano the text editor default to non-word wrap mode so you don’t have to specify the -w option everytime to…
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The other side of the Lostcoast
Well I was happily running around the lostcoast in HL2 last week and I fell of the bloody cliff. Bugger. I managed to survive and therefore went for a walk. This is where I ended…
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Gentoo Use Flags for MythTV
Well after much mucking around I think I have finally got MythTV and Gentoo Linux working as required. I have had to install a fair bit of extra stuff to do the things I want but…
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Upgrading the hard drive
This guide is extremely useful if you want to upgrade your hard drive in Linux. I have done it twice now and it works really well.…
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Gentoo MythTV and Dvico DVB
OMG what a world of hurt I have put myself in. I decided to upgrade my computer at home so I could play Battlefield 2 properly. So now I have a DFI Nforce 4 SLI motherboard with…
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Enable SNMP performance monitoring on HP-UX
Log onto the operator station using telnet Go to the /etc/rc.config.d directory: cd /etc/rc.config.d Edit the following files using vi: SnmpHpunix SnmpMaster SnmpMib2 Vi isn’t…
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Installing Gentoo
Well I have decided to have a play with a Linux distribution. I chose Gentoo because of the flexibility and the fact that it has a good user support base. I have started using…
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