Piracy dingdongitsabear • 1 day ago • 94%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20403604 > if you're a long time PC games pirate, I'd like to divert your attention to an area you probably haven't looked at (I know I haven't) - Playstation 3. > > you're free to look up its [history](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3), but in short, it's tech that premiered in 2006, so def on the old side. nevertheless, it's still in active use with game development reaching into 2017. > > the kicker here is - it's almost flawlessly jailbreakable, allowing you to play anything that was produced for it, *including* games for PS1 and PS2! two caveats: a) I haven't registered nor used a PSN account, as I see no value in it so no idea if network play works and b) I only tried 15 or so games. > > they can be had in the $30-50 range, the older models (fat and earlier slim) being preferable because they support the persistent hack, while later slims and superslims are less so, but still hackable with a non-persistent hack (you need to patch it every time it powers on). > > [the hack](https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=LIVu3Px3eXY) is super easy and straightforward and involves no hardware mods of any kind - it wouldn't hurt to clean and repaste a 20 year old device, though. the new hack with the custom firmware (CFW) is persistent, so it's there forever unless you decide to flash the original firmware (OFW). > > because it's such an old platform there isn't super active resistance from sony towards the hack scene, so you should be good on that front for many, many moons. in contrast, the rare PS4 hacks are quickly patched and rendered useless, even though it's pretty ancient tech from 2012. > > I stumbled onto one by chance, [found a broken device sans Blu-Ray drive](https://lemmy.ml/post/17919547), seemingly useless for normies. thanks to the super-active community at [psx-place](https://www.psx-place.com/), I was able to resurrect it, flash the latest 4.91 CFW with a noBD patch, got me a fake sixaxis game pad and an old 500 GB drive and everything works beautifully! > > you can get games from dedicated "ROM" sites as well as torrents; I'm not overly familiar with the malware situation but I doubt it's a serious concern. the games can be transferred over the network using plain ol' FTP, copied from USB drives or even played directly from those. although it was the primary method of game distribution, I haven't needed the BD once. there are mods with store-like interfaces that allow you to directly download games from the internet and install them to the disk. also, DLNA is supported, I managed to play movies from my Jellyfin server! > > although it won't hurt it, SSD are probably overkill. the SATA1 interface it has is congruent with transfer speeds of mechanical drives, so you're fine with repurposing one of those, as they can be had for next to nothing; max size is 1.5TB. > > I've gotten a cheap sixaxis clone; cost me $10 NiB and it works. I don't know if I suck at playing dynamic games because it's shit or because I plain suck (never played with a gamepad before), that remains to be seen. I'm def not buying an original because they cost like $50+, and I'm not getting them used because yuck - who knows who sweated on them and what else they did with it. > > a word of warning - you shouldn't spend a ton of money on them because it's decade+ old tech that's on the uptick part of a bathtub curve. the graphics chips they had, especially the early models, are prone to die and repair isn't viable. > > it took me a while to piece together all the info as I've never had any interactions with consoles of any kind, let alone the hack aspects of it. if you're similarly challenged, ask away here or on [ps3piracy](https://lemmy.ml/c/ps3piracy@lemmy.world) and I'll try to help!

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ dingdongitsabear • 1 day ago • 99%

if you're a long time PC games pirate, I'd like to divert your attention to an area you probably haven't looked at (I know I haven't) - Playstation 3. you're free to look up its [history](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3), but in short, it's tech that premiered in 2006, so def on the old side. nevertheless, it's still in active use with game development reaching into 2017. the kicker here is - it's almost flawlessly jailbreakable, allowing you to play anything that was produced for it, *including* games for PS1 and PS2! two caveats: a) I haven't registered nor used a PSN account, as I see no value in it so no idea if network play works and b) I only tried 15 or so games. they can be had in the $30-50 range, the older models (fat and earlier slim) being preferable because they support the persistent hack, while later slims and superslims are less so, but still hackable with a non-persistent hack (you need to patch it every time it powers on). [the hack](https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=LIVu3Px3eXY) is super easy and straightforward and involves no hardware mods of any kind - it wouldn't hurt to clean and repaste a 20 year old device, though. the new hack with the custom firmware (CFW) is persistent, so it's there forever unless you decide to flash the original firmware (OFW). because it's such an old platform there isn't super active resistance from sony towards the hack scene, so you should be good on that front for many, many moons. in contrast, the rare PS4 hacks are quickly patched and rendered useless, even though it's pretty ancient tech from 2012. I stumbled onto one by chance, [found a broken device sans Blu-Ray drive](https://lemmy.ml/post/17919547), seemingly useless for normies. thanks to the super-active community at [psx-place](https://www.psx-place.com/), I was able to resurrect it, flash the latest 4.91 CFW with a noBD patch, got me a fake sixaxis game pad and an old 500 GB drive and everything works beautifully! you can get games from dedicated "ROM" sites as well as torrents; I'm not overly familiar with the malware situation but I doubt it's a serious concern. the games can be transferred over the network using plain ol' FTP, copied from USB drives or even played directly from those. although it was the primary method of game distribution, I haven't needed the BD once. there are mods with store-like interfaces that allow you to directly download games from the internet and install them to the disk. also, DLNA is supported, I managed to play movies from my Jellyfin server! although it won't hurt it, SSD are probably overkill. the SATA1 interface it has is congruent with transfer speeds of mechanical drives, so you're fine with repurposing one of those, as they can be had for next to nothing; max size is 1.5TB. I've gotten a cheap sixaxis clone; cost me $10 NiB and it works. I don't know if I suck at playing dynamic games because it's shit or because I plain suck (never played with a gamepad before), that remains to be seen. I'm def not buying an original because they cost like $50+, and I'm not getting them used because yuck - who knows who sweated on them and what else they did with it. a word of warning - you shouldn't spend a ton of money on them because it's decade+ old tech that's on the uptick part of a bathtub curve. the graphics chips they had, especially the early models, are prone to die and repair isn't viable. it took me a while to piece together all the info as I've never had any interactions with consoles of any kind, let alone the hack aspects of it. if you're similarly challenged, ask away here or on [ps3piracy](https://lemmy.ml/c/ps3piracy@lemmy.world) and I'll try to help!

Patient Gamers dingdongitsabear • 3 days ago • 100%

I guess this should be an appropriate community, participants possibly on the older side... so, I only recently got my first gamepad. played with keyboard and mouse up until then. so, with a couple of games I tried (tomb raiders, uncharted, NFS, etc) it's kinda going but I suck at anything that needs fast responses, like aiming and hitting moving enemies; don't think I'd have any trouble with a mouse. so I guess my question is - any old timers around that got good at this late in their gaming career?

Running dingdongitsabear • 3 days ago • 75%

have issues with my feet in the metatarsal region. no idea if it's temporary or there for good. just checking if this means no running for me ever or are folks out there running with this condition. thanks.

bike wrench dingdongitsabear • 2 months ago • 94%

I know some wobble is OK, but is [this](https://imgur.com/a/rcbAoU4) too much wobble on the rear axle? replaced the axle and the bearings, greased them up, screwed all into place. can't remember what it was before I replaced it, am I good here?

PlayStation dingdongitsabear • 2 months ago • 100%

found a Playstation 3 (model CECHH04) by the dumpster. cleaned it up and inspected - it's missing the BD and the HD and its cage; I jammed a normal 2.5" HDD in there and stuck some cardboard around. the light turned green, the HD spins up, the fans are spinning and the TV shows it's alive - no OS though. I've downloaded Sony's official firmware and also some [evilnat CFW jailbreak](https://www.psx-place.com/threads/cfw-4-91-2-evilnat-cobra-8-5-beta9-cex-dex-pex-d-pex.39743/); tried both but the prompt on the TV is to attach a controller to the USB and press the PS button, which I haven't got. can I do something without it? tried a noname PC gamepad and keyboard but no go...

Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System dingdongitsabear • 3 months ago • 94%

anyone got Chromecast with Google TV 4K working with Jellyfin? it runs Android TV, gets the Jellyfin app and then stuff starts breaking. It can't connect to the server intermittently, playback stutters, stops, breaks... the server reports the file is direct play and no issues. Five other devices have no problems of any kind, only this fucker has spells constantly.

postmarketOS dingdongitsabear • 4 months ago • 100%

anyone managed to attach a monitor to a Poco F1 or Oneplus 6/6T?

can someone explain leverage to me as practised by those RE ~~bullshitters~~ finfluencers. I feel their whole spiel is just bullshit but I don't know enough to be sure about it. according to them, you "buy" a home - you put X% down and pay your first monthly (and then post on r/firsttimehomebuyer). then you go to (another?) bank and say "look I got this house I wanna use as collateral" and they go "wow you own a house! sure, have this bag of money"... repeat until you "own" like a city block. like, how does that not crash and burn at the first step, just a cursory glance at the asset's status? how are they not "lol you ain't *got* no house dumbass come back in 20 years when you actually own it"?

Linux dingdongitsabear • 4 months ago • 96%

I want to create a minimal install for `mpv` playback through [jellyfin-mpv-shim](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim) and [macast](https://github.com/xfangfang/Macast). this is going to be a base for a FOSS media sink akin to a Chromecast. you attach it to your TV and it plays whatever you send it, like movies from your jellyfin server and youtube/vimeo/piped/etc videos. otherwise, there's no interaction with it, it doesn't handle input (remotes, mice, keyboards, etc.), it's controlled via apps (jellyfin android and allcast). I've already made a proof-of-concept device running debian 12 with Plasma and it (mostly) works. now I'd like to trim the fat and install only what's absolutely necessary as I currently only have a 2006 macbook with busted screen and GMA950 with a mechanical HD. I'm gonna go with LAN only so I don't have to dick around with broadcom WLAN. what do I need in terms of DEs and/OR WMs? do I need those at all? I seem to remember that I could run firefox in kiosk mode without anything else but X11, could I run mpv like that? or possibly wayland? what would be the absolute minimum package-wise to achieve this? to reiterate, it's only going to display full-screen mpv when there's video to play, no menus, navigation, nada. possibly some slideshow-while-idle thingy in the future if it doesn't add too much in terms of software needed, but not right now.

Linux dingdongitsabear • 5 months ago • 95%

I hate spending money on hardware when there's a software solution. like, I've got a subwoofer from a 2.1 system (without satellites) for free. instead of sourcing speakers for it, however cheap they might be, I'll just utilize the speakers from my monitor. `pipewire` to the rescue, it creates a combined sink that outputs sound to both DP and analog audio, et voila - a 2.1 sound system. people are like "your monitor sounds like *that*!?" and usually I play dumb: "yeah, yours doesn't? well that's linux for ya". so, I have a desktop and a laptop and I'd like to share the same monitor, keyboard, and mouse. modern monitors have a KVM switch integrated, you connect your keyboard/mouse/etc. to it, one USB Type-C cable to the laptop, a couple to the desktop and you have a seamless switch; it even charges the laptop, how cool is that! however, my monitor works just fine and I don't replace my hardware unless I really have to. USB KVMs with similar functions aren't cheap. also, the monitor already has multiple display inputs so I got to thinking, how do I re-create this with no money, or as little as possible, with DIY tech? first, switching the display; this one took me no time at all. I have a USB Type-C to DP cable (with DP-Alt) and with the power of `udev` (detect a connection then trigger stuff) and `ddcutil` (sends commands to the monitor) I got it working as seamless as possible - I connect the laptop and it automagically switches the monitor over. when I disconnect it, the monitor falls back to an active connection, which is the desktop. awesome! now how about switching the keyboard and mouse over? I'd like to do it in software, like barrier/inputleap does it but without having to move the cursor to the adjacent monitor. also, both machines are on wayland which isn't supported. eventual input lag to the laptop is unimportant, I game on the desktop. no idea if that can be accomplished or if that's even a thing... that **is** a thing - it's called [USB/IP](https://usbip.sourceforge.net/), i.e. sharing your USB device over TCP/IP; it's a kernel module included by default for a long time now and that thing **rocks**! not only does the USB keyboard work without any perceivable lag on the laptop, it get's "disconnected" from the host, so your keypresses aren't disturbing the host. since it's a kernel module, no need to convince wayland to play ball! this also works for webcams, scanners, readers, etc., the client system thinks this is a local device and it just works. so all we have to do is expand the shell script to bring over the keyboard and mouse along with switching over the monitor once the USB-C connection is detected annnd... success! well, sorta. my wireless mouse is second-hand and I haven't got the USB receiver for it, so it connects over bluetooth. tried sharing with `usbip` and it works, but the radio connection gets interrupted or something and the mouse doesn't work there. maybe there's a workaround but I don't want to dig further. also, how do I switch back to the desktop to shoot some peggies? I don't want to disconnect the laptop manually so I could come up with a slew of shell scripts and udev triggers and I'd also need a ssh tunnel, I don't want my keyboard input to travel over the LAN in cleartext, etc... kinda cumbersome. also, once the novelty wears off, the automagicallity gets tired, I'd prefer manually switching between devices with a keyboard combo. enter [rkvm](https://github.com/htrefil/rkvm). it's written in rust and as everybody knows that's super awesome. unlike `usbip`, comms are encrypted, so no sniffing possible, **and** hotkey switching is a default function, **and** it also handles the mouse! now, `rkvm` currently doesn't support triggers, like "do X when hotkey combo pressed", but Plasma can handle running the monitor switch script on each device separately by listening to the same hotkey combo. both solutions have their advantages and disadvantages, `usbip` requires more legwork but is more powerful whereas `rkvm` is simpler and easier to set up. the final step, powering the laptop over the same cable. sadly, can't handle that in software, but there are power delivery injectors out there, some as cheap as $7. also, there's [this cool project](https://github.com/Jana-Marie/PD-Injector), looks easy enough to source and implement. not sure if I'm going that way or just go with a used dock station, as those can be had for a song for popular business ex-flagships, like the Thinkpad T-series, HP Elitebooks, Dell Latitudes, etc.. are there downsides? sure there are. numero uno, the host (desktop, in my case) has to be on all the time. not a big deal for me, it gets woken in the morning and suspended late at night. there are edge cases when rkvm geeks out, but for a thing that's in its 0.x version, this is *more* than usable. so, I've been using this setup for the past week or so and haven't yet found it to break or have any negative side-effects. gaming on the desktop is as snappy (or shitty) as ever and using my mech keyboard and giant screen on the laptop allows me to easily compartmentalize my business and private stuff. thanks for reading! edit: edited title to clarify I'm talking about a Keyboard-Video-Mouse switch, not a Kernel-Virtual-Machine.

Linux dingdongitsabear • 5 months ago • 97%

I'm considering upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5600, they've finally come down to $100 locally (tray version sans cooler). currently, I have a 1600AF (lower binned 2600, so Zen+) on a B450 board. the upgrade should be straightforward, my board supports it (latest BIOS) and it has the same power rating, so my cheap-ass PSU and stock cooler don't need upgrading. reason I want to upgrade is I have a number of issues with it under linux so I'd like to check if someone runs a similar setup. first, I have Cool & Quiet and C-states disabled and Power Idle Control to "Typical Current Idle"; otherwise the machine freezes when waking from suspend after a short while. the second issue is, I have 3600 MT/s Kingston Hyper-X modules that I have to run at 2400 because both XMP profiles (XMP1-3000 and XMP2-3600) are unstable and cause apps to crash (the latter sometimes won't boot at all, can't unlock LUKS). supposedly, both those issues are fixed in newer gens; old Zen/Zen+ had issues with faster RAM, and the C-state handling is also better in Zen3. also, I can use the new amd-pstate driver. my PC is plenty fast as is, I'm only considering upgrading to fix them two issues. if it's the same on the other side of the fence, I'd rather skip it. anyone had first-hand experiences with this? edit: thanks everyone who took the time to share their setup, I'm way more optimistic about making the jump!

Selfhosted dingdongitsabear • 7 months ago • 85%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11999240 > anyone **know** what the last option does? I want to remove movies that were added by the list but were then taken off it. but the way it's written, it sorta implies that *all movies* that aren't on a list will be removed, which is what I very much don't want.

Servarr dingdongitsabear • 7 months ago • 78%

anyone **know** what the last option does? I want to remove movies that were added by the list but were then taken off it. but the way it's written, it sorta implies that *all movies* that aren't on a list will be removed, which is what I very much don't want.

Android dingdongitsabear • 9 months ago • 86%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/10113624 > what's a reliable way to determine my device's battery health? something like Coconutbattery for macOS - charge cycles, health, factory/remaining mAh, etc... > >  > > tried CPU-Z, says health is "Good". gee, thanks... out of what, "Excellent" through "Shit" or what? > > backstory, I got a Samsung Tab S6 used, wiped it and installed LineageOS 20 and I'm using for a couple of months. the battery kinda sucks. granted, I have like 3-4 hours SOT/day but a 7000 mAh battery should last a couple of days; pure guesstimation, I had an iPad some years ago and that thing lasted for eons. > > if I leave it overnight with 10ish% battery remaining and battery saver on, it's dead by morning. that sort of drain can't be normal? on the other hand, I don't have google services so every app has its own running service - syncthing, KDE Connect, Allcast, Jellyfin Player, etc. > > there's the stuff I can read from `/sys/class/power_supply/battery/` but nothing useful in there; like `charge_full` and `charge_full_design` are the same (70400) and other promising sounding items are unset or nonsensical. > >  > > tried the same on my Redmi phone w/LOS, completely different files there and equally useless. > > I don't wanna go through sourcing the battery, prying the thing open and replacing it, only to find out that's how it's supposed to work. any ideas? >

Android dingdongitsabear • 9 months ago • 92%

what's a reliable way to determine my device's battery health? something like Coconutbattery for macOS - charge cycles, health, factory/remaining mAh, etc...  tried CPU-Z, says health is "Good". gee, thanks... out of what, "Excellent" through "Shit" or what? backstory, I got a Samsung Tab S6 used, wiped it and installed LineageOS 20 and I'm using for a couple of months. the battery kinda sucks. granted, I have like 3-4 hours SOT/day but a 7000 mAh battery should last a couple of days; pure guesstimation, I had an iPad some years ago and that thing lasted for eons. if I leave it overnight with 10ish% battery remaining and battery saver on, it's dead by morning. that sort of drain can't be normal? on the other hand, I don't have google services so every app has its own running service - syncthing, KDE Connect, Allcast, Jellyfin Player, etc. there's the stuff I can read from `/sys/class/power_supply/battery/` but nothing useful in there; like `charge_full` and `charge_full_design` are the same (70400) and other promising sounding items are unset or nonsensical.  tried the same on my Redmi phone w/LOS, completely different files there and equally useless. I don't wanna go through sourcing the battery, prying the thing open and replacing it, only to find out that's how it's supposed to work. any ideas?

Linux dingdongitsabear • 9 months ago • 92%

so, I have a weird problem with a Dell Latitude 5285, that's a 2-in-1 with a detachable keyboard akin to the MS Surface Pro 5. it has an i5-7300u, 16 GB LPDDR3 (on-board), 500 GB NVMe, 12.3" 1920x1280 3:2 touch screen. I got it second-hand, unknown history, without a battery. they're stuck at 400 MHz without one, but Thottlestop in Windows and msr-tools in Linux fix the BD_PROCHOT throttling and the machine performed adequately for months. I've sourced a replacement battery, removed the patch and my problems started. there's weird screen flickering, looks like bad video ram or a flaky connection. it's intermittent, sometimes it runs without issues for hours, sometimes minutes and sometimes it flickers from the start, so troubleshooting and checking if this or that fixed things takes days. the artefacts are inconsistent with anything that is or isn't happening (load, temps, etc) or power source. the problem is mostly exacerbated when the battery is full and/or when waking from sleep, it's almost always super glitchy then. [here's a demonstration:](https://imgur.com/a/WnsL2Jj) would be great if I could try a different battery or try this one in another device, but don't have that option. at no point are there ANY glitches on the external display (tried DP-Alt over USB Type-C and HDMI over Dell WD19 Dock), regardless if the internal screen is enabled or not. so, bad luck - faulty screen or backlight or RAM or something, right? except, when I unplug the battery (but leave it in place) and connect it to power and reenable the BD_PROCHOT patch - zero glitches! it runs for hours - videos, GPU and CPU stress test, not one hiccup, tear, nothing! if it were a normal laptop, I'd just leave it be and use it as a desktop. it feels like such a waste with the functional touchscreen though. what I've tried: - different USB Type-C chargers - fresh paste on CPU, clean vent - latest firmware, tried downgrading, no change - memtest passed twice on thorough, all clear - internal diagnostics also - it never froze or crashed - screenshot during glitches doesn't contain them - disabling turbo, upping/lowering the max/boost GPU clock, forcing cores offline, limiting max frequencies with TLP - the battery isn't deformed and doesn't exert pressure on the screen or any cables; also tried running it with the screen slightly lifted from the case, no change - pressing, jerking, wiggling of the internal display cable/connector, no change - same issues in Windows 11, Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora WS 38; rarely but sometimes in BIOS/during boot - sadly, can't undervolt the CPU/GPU (Throttlestop FIVER says it's locked) but some MSR writes are apparently OK (like disabling BD_PROCHOT works). at some point, it had both charger and dock with PD attached at the same time to both USB Type-C ports; it's possible this fried something, although I have no evidence of that. so, I'm sure this is NOT a linux hardware problem, but I would like to use linux to fix the problem. at this point, I am sure it's defective, whether it's age or physical or manufacturing defect or whatever; but since it definitely works perfectly without the battery, I'm looking for some tweaks that makes it perform *with* the battery the same as *without* it. seriously doubt anyone's seen anything similar but are there any ideas what to look at? what to try? edit: I'm not asking for free hardware troubleshooting, maybe I haven't expressed myself succintly. what I'd like is some sort of snapshot of all relevant registers with battery working. and then one without. and then have somehow the difference between those two computed, so I can see which setting I need to tweak. would this be doable?

I can't resolve (ping, ssh) any computer on my network from a newly installed [minimal](https://old.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/lobnfm/guide_fedora_gnome_minimal_install/) Gnome Desktop F39 on a laptop; since it's minimal, it's possible something's missing from the installation. trying from the laptop gives: ``` $ ping server.local ping: server.local: Temporary failure in name resolution ``` pinging .box static DNS entries as well as IP addresses works. all other computers can resolve each other **and** the new laptop (1 debian, 1 fedora, 1 macOS), some have static, some dynamic IPs. they all get the DNS IP of my pi-hole, which resolves everything fine. resolve.conf and all other relevant files are stock. avahi and systemd-resolve are running and report no issues. same behaviour with WiFi and LAN. I could switch to static IPs and assign e.g. .box suffixes all around via local DNS but I don't want to do that, this setup is/was working on every other PC. any ideas what I'm missing? edit: just booted off of a live USB with F39, resolves server.local just fine. so I'm missing something in my installation, right? edit II: installed it (minimal) on another laptop, same deal - no .local resolution.

Piracy dingdongitsabear • 10 months ago • 88%

I haven't had anything to do with windows in like 5+ years. I need to set up a laptop with it for someone tomorrow, I'm guessing W11 is nowadays recommended? what's currently the best option for a hassle free experience (no ads, no random game installs, no migrations to onedrive, etc)? last time I did it, I used the W10 ISO from Microsoft, applied the hwidsomething and ran some debloater from github. back then there were some ~~ESR~~ LTSC ISOs available on torrent sites, is that still a thing? the install is going to use firefox, chrome, skype, libreoffice, etc., they all autoupdate themselves, so it's going to be reasonably secure. what's my best bet for a set & forget situation? thanks.

Mastodon dingdongitsabear • 10 months ago • 100%

is there some API or other mechanism that allows me to create a contact form on **my site** and have the messages delivered to my mastodon inbox?

Linux Gaming dingdongitsabear • 10 months ago • 100%

just added a second cheap NVMe drive to my system and am in the process of moving my games folder to it. the folder has a coupla prefixes and individual game folders. presently it's ext4, my boot drive is btrfs and encrypted LVM, the ext4 drive gets mounted to ~/Games via fstab. is there a better combination? like, would I benefit from CoW or compression for this use case? or even going with ntfs? edit: went with btrfs. super easy to convert from ext4, just unmount the 2nd drive, `btrfs-convert` and change the UUID in fstab. also added the `compress=zstd:1` option. looks like everything is working thus far.

Linux Crack Tips dingdongitsabear • 11 months ago • 80%

that's the sequel to FC 5. tried a couple of times to get it to work with various wine versions, had no luck. apparently, it has some unbreakable protection. not sure if that's correct, I can run both Far Cry 5 and 6 without issues, why would they just protect the interim version?

KDE dingdongitsabear • 11 months ago • 100%

tried plasma a year back and gave up because I couldn't get the above setup to work (annoying lines appearing while typing) on three different laptops (125, 133, 150%). there was supposedly a fix (increasing line spacing) but that didn't work for me. just checking in to see if some workaround came to light? thanks.

Android dingdongitsabear • 1 year ago • 95%

same thing with lemmy clients, manually clicking through 100 check boxes of supported domains... can't the app ask to do it on first launch? or is my setup to blame?

Lineage OS dingdongitsabear • 1 year ago • 100%

so I found a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Wifi, one of the few tablets that have official LOS support. the specs aren't too bad either, 10" 2000x1200 screen, 4/64GB, 7000 mAh battery (remains to be seen in what condition); for $120 with some shitty cover/stand and dubious charger, one hell of a deal. only problem is, it can't be reset or it'll lock itself. thought on passing, but the dude assures me it's not stolen as he has a bunch of these, so most likely scenario is some corporate client dumped these and upgraded to newest and best without unenrolling them from this knox bullshit. either that or there's a crew ripping exclusively gta4xlwifis all over Germany. although I can endure Samsung's OneUI for basic shit, I happen to know a little bit about Android, bootloaders and stuff and I'm fairly confident I can wipe this crap and install LOS without issues. what is the saying, a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing? so let's start. first off, LOS instructions say you gotta have the latest firmware on the device. this one's on Android 11, so launch software update. update, reboot, hold breath - will it lock itself, annnd... booted just fine, we're done! except, no we're not. inspecting software properties shows it's on A12 and the update process is already downloading another package. current LOS ROM is 20/A13, so we need A13 and latest patches, looks like it's gonna take a while. well we're finally done. all in all, FIVE different upgrades, one after another, and then each does some "optimising" shit, took hours. dios mio, you couldn't just ship a cumulative update, it had to be piecemeal? anyhoo, tried each of the versions for a couple of minutes - sluggish, stuttering, occasional single-digit fps animations, boatloads of G and S services running in the background, each one is sending you Super Important Notifications All The Time, can't wait to be rid of this crap. alright, A13 and latest patches in the house. now comes the step I'm dreading - according to LOS instructions, I have to boot in download (proprietary fastboot) mode where I should unlock bootloader and thus erase user data. this equates to doing a factory reset which, according to the seller, should lock the device. although I've tried to educate myself on what this knox business actually is, I've come up short (chip busts a fuse when tripped, what?!?) so in lieu of succinct info I guess I'm learning by first-hand experience. so, power off, disconnect USB cable. press both volume keys and connect the USB cable. one disgusting turquoise screen appears, instructing you to press vol up once for download mode or to longpress vol up for device unlock; not what LOS instructions say. so press volume up for a couple of seconds and the screen asks for confirmation you really wanna unlock it, calls you a bad person and an even worse user but it acknowledges your intention. reboot and... it stays for eons on the samsung loading screen. I'm fucked, right? eventually, the system boots up, says it's knox locked and wants access to the wifi. it connects and the onboarding process begins. I've tapped "Skip" everywhere I was allowed and eventually the desktop appears! we're off to settings, re-enable developer mode, USB debugging and check the unlock bootloader switch is on. then we have to turn off this bixby whatever-the-fuck-this-is popping up when we wanna shut the tablet down. alright, tablet is off, disconnect cable. press both vol keys and connect the USB cable. ugly screen appears. this time, press vol up once and we're in download mode. `heimdall detect` and... not detected. wtf. ~~different USB port?~~ that works, flash successful! edit: turns out, you have to disconnect the USB cable after ugly screen appears and then reconnect it after launching download mode. now to rebooting. as [this tortured soul found out](https://old.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/1236s8t/cant_figure_out_how_to_reboot_to_lineage_os/jdtgiyb/), LOS instructions are kinda off, so what's needed is **keep the tablet connected to your PC the whole time**, press vol down and power until the screen turns black, let go for a split second and **immediately** press and hold power and vol up and **don't let go** until you see the LOS recovery. you mess up any of these steps, a) you won't get into recovery and b) your recovery will get overwritten by the stock recovery and you have to start over with heimdall. so, finally in the recovery, we select factory reset and then adb sideload. first comes the LOS zip. when it's done, select adb sideload again and send magisk (you have to rename .apk to .zip before you do). done, reboot. here we go... and it works! no knox nothing, no google, no samsung crap, I have a beautiful, fast, thin device, bereft of any bloatware. without dicking around with animation scales, the UI is infinitely faster and more responsive. now getting f-droid and installing essentials. have to research these questions: 1. the annoying nag screens while booting (you're a bad person for unlocking it, press power if you agree, etc.) can't be removed? 2. does LOS support the pen? I haven't got it, but might consider getting one if it works. thanks for reading!

Lineage OS dingdongitsabear • 1 year ago • 100%

some junkers are selling several tablets here and they all have the knox bypass installed. you can install whatever you want from the play store but no system resets or it'll lock itself. there are tutorials on how to bypass knox and it all seems pretty straightforward. I don't really want Samsung's bloatware and have zero use for any google services, so I'd like to flash LOS. so, if I flash TWRP, wipe it and then LOS, will that work? don't wanna buy it if I can't. thanks!

Headphones dingdongitsabear • 1 year ago • 100%

anyone had any luck with sourcing replacement earbuds? seems kinda wasteful to junk the whole thing because one earbud is gone. Soundpeats Air3 Deluxe HS, if it matters. searching turned up nada, same with filling out the contact form on their site.

Lemmy dingdongitsabear • 1 year ago • 95%

I'd like to host lemmy on my LAN and I'd be the only user, no registration open. I would subscribe to communities on other instances and my instance would get the posts and comments. would that work? I don't need it to be accessible from the internet.

 snagged one for $60, busted screen AND torn out hinges, guess someone was having a really bad day... honestly, was hoping for just the board to work so I can turn it into a ghetto AiO. however, everything works - i5-8350u, 8 GB soldered + 1 empty slot, 93÷ battery health, keyboard and touchpad work, unlocked BIOS, super decent condition... I guess I'll restore it instead. need to get me a cheap nvme and 8 GB expansion. I reserved a panel for monday (found a basic 250-nit model) and then check if I can repair the panel's housing or get a replacement.   edit: guess jerboa ate the bottom part of my post... so I'm looking for an alternative panel, preferably one with 300+ nits and/or 8-bit color (stock ones are 250 nit and 6-bit) specifically ones that can be sourced from junkers (people who disassemble laptops to sell parts); ordering new panels from Ali or wherever is not an option for me. as to the display housing, I'm not sure this would be solid, even if I could glue this together with epoxy or something similar, it seems superflimsy... anyone been down that road? edit 2: so, apparently this is a [well-known issue](https://old.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/u4qjsl/t480s_cracks_near_screen_hinges/) with T480s specifically; the T480 have plastic display covers whereas T480s have some carbon mix that is layered and is prone to crack if the hinges are too tight.   in other news, covers from T470s and T490s should fit as well, so I have that to fall back on if my epoxy attempt doesn't succeed. edit 3: clean and repaste   edit 4: added 8 GB DDR4 3200 (running at 2400) and a 1 TB NVMe. dirt cheap, works fine. ~~only bummer though, the memory runs at **single** channel. fuck you very much lenovo, this ain't a $200 budget netbook, you couldn't spend the extra 13 cents for this!?~~ nope, runs dual channel; the disinfo is from Lenovo UEFI diagnostics and that's a known issue. lubed the hinges a bit, don't want to overdo it. going to get the panel mañana and then attempt the epoxy patch job. edit 5:  epoxy holds, cured in like 10 minutes. with the lubed hinges it feels solid, doesn't look like it's coming off.  the new screen! well, new to me, came off of some unknown donor. was super-scared because of the specs (250 nit, 6-bit) but in use it looks gorgeous, angles are good, colors OK, brightness has a sensible range, no complaints here. routing them cables, what a chore though... and the antennas on the wifi card, madonn' - took like half an hour. as to optics - honestly, looks like shit, especially with the lid closed. but this is a temporary arrangement until I can source a display cover for normal money. some local junker is asking $40 for a "slightly" used cover; by his metric I'm slightly not a teenager. even if it's an accurate description, I'm not paying that for a piece of plastic.  the final product! everything works, sleeps/wakes, fan turns on rarely... haven't dicked around with tlp yet, let's see how it works without it. presently runs debian 12, plasma desktop with flatpak apps. ~~I'd like again to extend my sincere fuck-yous to lenovo for making this gorgeous thing single-channel only. this is why nobody likes you, you hacks!~~ wrong, as stated above.

SimpleX Chat dingdongitsabear • 1 year ago • 100%

like, if I send the QR code to someone I want to talk to via email, anyone intercepting this message will at the very least know my SimpleX address; same thing if I send it via messenger. edit: let's assume we don't have an established and trusted channel. furthermore, they're not expecting this info.

Linux Hardware dingdongitsabear • 1 year ago • 100%

apologies if this community is just for news, feel free to remove. anyhoo, having trouble getting my WD19 dock to display 4K@60Hz. the laptop is a Dell Latitude 5290 2-in-1, it supports DP-Alt over USB-C (no Thunderbolt) and a direct connection from the laptop to the screen works. however, attaching the monitor to the dock via DP, and then connecting the dock to the laptop with its USB Type-C cable with PD yields 4k@30Hz max. Dell has a bunch of newer WD19 models (TB, S, etc.) but I don't have those. it is *possible* that my hardware is faulty as I've sourced it nth-hand, but before I start replacing it one-by-one, maybe someone got it to work? thanks.

Jerboa dingdongitsabear • 1 year ago • 100%

or is it possibly due to my shitty phone (low RAM)?

Lemmy dingdongitsabear • 1 year ago • 100%

ok, so I get that there's a multitude of lemmy instances and they're not exchanging data, in the sense that if there's community jimbo on instance rambo, all comments are stored there. so if the operator of rambo goes "man fuck this" and shuts it down, the posts/comments are gone? there's no way to replicate them or sync them or whatever? if there's multiple jimbos on different instances is there some aggregation type of deal or do I have to subscribe to all the jimbos out there? and if I have something important to say about topic jimbo, I just spam/crosspost my idea to all the jimbos out there?