If you try to edit a new Blog Post on WordPress (Current Version 6.XX) with the default “Block Editor” and you got a White Page and no Error Logs marked , then try a other current new Browser cause Block Editor uses Java Scripts which can fail. If you can not install a brand new […]
Category: Workarounds
Ubuntu 24.04 fails to dim Acer Backlight
Solution: Open a terminal and create the following configuration file, if it does not exist: sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf Now we need to edit this file. You can use any editor be it a terminal one or graphical. sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf Add the following lines to this file: Section "Device" Identifier "card0" Driver "intel" Option "Backlight" […]
Linux Samba as NAS USB Disk Spindown Issues
If you use a small PC as Home Server NAS with a attached USB Drive you perhaps remark that the drive ALWAYS spinning if the Samba Daemon is active. I researched this behavior and found out that the Samba Deamon (smbd) locks the drive access via VFS to the Kernel for the Powermanagement Tools like […]
IPFS on private Network Webui broken Workaround Fix
If you Setup IPFS on a private Linux Server and you wont share Files over Internet you must do this: Setup Debian Download and install https://dist.ipfs.tech/kubo/v0.32.1/kubo_v0.32.1_linux-amd64.tar.gz (inside the ipfs copy to /usr/local/bin) Create a new Linux User called Pluto and login on console to Pluto run “ipfs init” as User Pluto now start ipfs by […]
Linux Samba User Add Script
Problem: The User Password Sync on Standalone Samba Server like Debian & Ubuntu without LDAP is broken since years! So i wrote a small Script called add-user-smb.sh: #!/bin/bash # Prompt for username read -p "Username: " username # Prompt for password without echoing read -p "Password: " password # Add a new User to Linux […]
Android: DNS Client fails to lookup LAN Hosts
Android enforces DNS over IPV6 “first” to Google Servers as Backup DNS Solution. Google wants to catch EVERY DNS request for their DNS Logging (Spyware)! If any IPV6 DNS Google Server answere’s Android stops DNS over IPV4 of LAN to prevent AD’s BLOCKING!! So no LAN Server is seen on Android Browsers Solution: Disable IPV6 […]
Bug: XDM Login Manager fails start on Boot
Seen on ubuntu 22.04 after do-release-upgrade the xdm Login Manager fails to start, cause a old xdm.pid file hangs from last shutdown on “/run/xdm.pid”. XDM prevent start on a old PID File!! Workaround edit Roots crontab to purge it: sudo crontab -e @reboot rm -rf /run/xdm.pid > /dev/null 2>&1 quit and save with “:wq!” ..reboot
Ubuntu: Chromium install without snap
Howto: Remove all snaps and install chromium on ubuntu 20.XX-24.XX sudo snap remove "package-name" (first all gtk-XX,gnone-xx and all "base+core") sudo apt-get remove snap snapd sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xtradeb/apps (Answere Question ENTER) sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install chromium