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Ralphred

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  1. ^^ This. Put (or make sure) GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_PARTUUID=false into /etc/defualt/grub before updating, then grub will default to the "last OS you booted" if you don't interact with the menu, saves you having to hand hold windows update reboots and similar. A guy wrote some "you must hold down shift for the grub menu to appear" hooks that work well, if you want the whole dual book thing to be completely opaque during normal use.
  2. Hmm, something is throwing a spanner in the works, I think it would be unwise to assume that it's a "same" issue causing all the devices problems, but I wouldn't be surprised to read "I checked <this box> and now everything is working great!" either. From a diagnostic point of view, you can set some devices with static IP's from outside of the DHCP pool and a 3rd party DNS server at the same time; If they STILL have issues that's a quite a few things you don't have to look at for that particular issue. Yes!
  3. Lets start from scratch: 1: Delete these files and directories: 2: Run WINEPREFIX=~/.tmnf wine /home/jonathanliu/Downloads/tmnationsforever_setup.exe
  4. A lot of people would be shocked at how much "trial and error" goes on with regards to silicon production. I had a friend who used to build satellites, did a *lot* of circuits with built in redundancy and was very VERY careful about his component sources. In a casual conversation he was having with a manufacturer, the question of "how many things like 1n4007's do you have to throw out because they're not quite good enough?" was answered with "Oh, we don't throw them out, we just package them as 1n4006/7's for the consumer market. They are still better than most of the stuff that was produced *for* that market, just not good enough to sell to you." ^^ Why this rambling and apparently unrelated story? ^^ I always remember it when reading things about "matched pairs", and can't help imagining that somewhere in Taiwan there are some QA's workers matching DIMM's into pairs, the same way I have to match socks into pairs when emptying the washing machine, only they have to use some complicated test bench to work out what "colour" they are...
  5. So, the standard "kettle lead" stuff: The female "plug" (actually a socket) on the end of the power cord is an IEC C13 The male "socket" (actually a plug) in your average PSU is an IEC C14 For the "big square kettle lead" stuff: The female "plug" (actually a socket) on the end of the power cord is an IEC C19 The male "socket" (actually a plug) in your Dark Rock Pro 12 1200W PSU is an IEC C20 So you'll need something like this (i assume I'm not familiar with US mains wiring, or laws that say suppliers have to give you a suitable one with the product etc)? and something like this to replace the extension you already have. That said, that extension is obviously way too long, something like this or this coupled with something like this or this is going to give a much cleaner result. I know it's a lot of "this" links, I'm not trolling, the links are really just for the images attached to the products. Personally, if I had to do it properly myself* (and didn't need the right angled plug inside the case), I'd get a power cord that is a bit too long, a C20 "socket" that fits nicely in the case, and a C19 screw fit "plug". Then plug the C19 on the power cord into the PSU, cut the power cord so the tail on the from the PSU reaches the new C20 in the case and fit it, and attach the "screw fit" C19 onto the end of the now "plug-less and shorter" power cord. The prices in the links seem a bit strong to me too, you may be better off finding some local mom and pop shop or electrical wholesaler with a trade counter. Obligatory Warning** If you aren't confident in your ability to do any of this safely, then don't, seek help from suitable professional/competent person. *In reality, I'd cut the C13 off the end of the extension cable in the case and replace it with a C19 screw on, then put a 10 amp fuse in my existing power cord and only do it properly if the fuse ever failed, but i could never recommend anyone else do this, and I don't think you have fused plugs so the cost of buying a mains power monitor like this one to test and do it safely is about the same as doing it properly. **I know it's not rocket science, but it is a step above the "electronic Lego set" that is modern PC building, and I'd hate to have a hand in someone getting hurt/breaking their PC/house.
  6. I need to reinstall my VM (with a bigger virtual drive), then I'll make a similar video but for gparted. I'm afraid it's half past yesterday here, so it'll have to be a tomorrow thing. To be honest, considering the size of your SSD, if you do the "gparted thing" and move /home to nvme0n1p3, because of the way Linux's "user" and "system" files are separated anyway, you'll be good to install kdenlive and just start using it. I am predicting a possible "less than optimal" situation with kdenlive's file open/save dialog, but I think I have a fix. I'll test it tomorrow also, if the problem exists I'll test the solution, if it works I'll do a video for that too. As a side not, I've not touched Cinnamon in a long lite, it's quite nice and clean isn't it, I'm normally "Yes, yes, very pretty. Now how do I open a terminal so I can see the bits I understand please?". Actually, thinking about, gparted is the only GUI system configuration tool I use...
  7. ^ You mean like this ^ If yes, try this short video, let me know if it works.
  8. Like a "favourites" kind of thing? I don't think I've understood completely...
  9. Ah, lol, press Ctrl+C. You are missing a chunk of the first line and have an un-closed "
  10. I have some experience with this Supermicro form factor, and @LIGISTX suggestion sounds solid. From the point of view of "maintenance in a few years" and upgrades you can practically treat it as a rack mount server and JBOD, just in the same chassis. I've been on runways that are quieter than an "overheating" 1 or 2u server. Depending on how deep it is and how much airspace there is around the hardware (re: getting a "network" rack instead of "server" rack) this can be a double edged sword, as in you go for glass, it gets hotter inside, and you hear the fans ramp up to deal with the increased ambient temperature (or the roof fans you fitted to lower the temps inside), or you go with mesh and just hear the same levels of noise without the temperature rises. That said, there are some nice, split, double mesh door racks that are great for getting easy access if you are tight on space, saves you inevitably tripping over the door panels you had to take off. I've seen some nice "designed to share space with humans" racks, though they are normally only ~10-20u, bigger than your average rack too (to make space for quiet airflow designs), but very aesthetically pleasing, they just looked like some smart office furniture.
  11. Yep, and that's totally fine. Personally, I save my OBS output to a "scrapbook" folder on my nvme, then have kdenlive render the final project output to the HDD storage drive, after which I clean my scrapbook folder. The way linux works makes this unnecessary, but looking at what you are trying to achieve, and the drive sizes you are using, I would be looking to partition your ssd slightly differently. I'll make a "fake" lsblk output then explain what has been done and why: ├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi ├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 200G 0 part / └─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 1.6T 0 part /home So, 200gig is 2x enough to install your base OS*, giving you about 8-10 years worth of software "upgrades" without causing an issue. By mounting a third partition as /home, in the event something goes wrong you have isolation between your "personal files" and your "system files", you could literally format your system partition, make a fresh install, and after setting it up - everything would "still be there", from your video project files right down to your browser bookmarks and desktop background settings, it would all still be in place in /home/ladydragon. Good news is you can make this change using gparted (resize nvme0n1p2 and make a new nvme0n1p3 partition in the free space) without having to re-install anything. If this is something you are interested in doing I can make a video demonstrating it in a VM? On to the next thing: Using the nouveau driver for your nvidia card means you have to jump through many hoops to make "GPU video encoding" work. It's not the jumping that is the issue, just the fact you might have to keep doing it after system updates etc. My advice on this would be to install the proprietary nvidia driver, then once it's working your package manager should take care of it for you. Checking the Mint user forums would be the best place to find this procedure, and it will probably fix "Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting" too (might be right, seems off to me tho). Other than that your seem all set to go. Yeah, nice, if I had that much ram I'd have all of kdenlive, its dependencies and the video I'm working on all stored on a "ramdisk" so all the IO calls are just "memory to memory" and it runs at the speed of light. I'd also compile firefox with the build directory on a tmpfs, just because I can .
  12. No, just been doing *nix a long time. Yeah, I semi predicted this when I read "I did not use your 3-4 lines since no one else will access my computer", but from your above command output ^^ That's another issue, your drive has been auto-mounted as "removable" media, it's easy to fix both: sudo su echo "UUID=65cb9960-4273-4d56-aac8-289847cedb3f /mnt/storage1 ext4 noatime 0 2" >> /etc/fstab umount /dev/sda1 mount /mnt/storage1 chown ladydragon: /mnt/storage1 exit touch /mnt/storage1/testfile && echo "It's working!" && rm -f /mnt/storage1/testfile That's because the nvme is mounted by default (using fstab), as your HDD will now be too. I'll cover the rest of the inxi output in another post...
  13. Best way to test this is plug one of the PC's directly in to the pfsense machines LAN port, and leaving it overnight (when no one cares there is no wifi or internet anywhere else). If it's still working in the morning it's time to take the switch back, if it's a TP-link switch just bin it now and buy something nice(er). Digressing a little, how many ethernet ports are on the AirPort, can you "cut the switch out altogether", and have a working network, just for a test period?
  14. Doesn't matter as long as you run it before trying to run the game.
  15. It's not STP you need, it's bonding (or etherchannel, or whatever the manufacturers are calling this week), which is basically "slaving" two ethernet ports together under a "master" dummy interface, then selecting the right "bonding protocol" to provide link aggregation (and thus making use of the full 2 gigs). Then a single IP address is assigned to the dummy interface instead of the real ones. The rub comes because you probably aren't going to have and LACP or similar supported by the switch, but you might be able to "break the loop" by seeing what settings you can mess with in the TP-Link manager software. You won't get the "full two gig for a single connection" but might get a close approximation, like transferring two files simultaneously, both at 1gig each, by using a "load balancing" bonding protocol on the NAS, or the switch might just get confused by it's arp table and shit itself, it's hard to tell.
  16. Cool /home/jonathanliu/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/TmNationsForever/TmForeverLauncher.exe This is the one you are after. So alter your ~/bin/tmnf file to read: #!/bin/bash WINEPREFIX=~/.tmnf wine "/home/jonathanliu/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/TmNationsForever/TmForeverLauncher.exe" BUT, you haven't moved your .wine directory to .tmnf, so run mv ~/.wine ~/.tmnf Once the command tmnf works from a command line, we can look at altering your menu entries so it works from there.
  17. Hmm, whats the name of the game under the icon in your applications menu?
  18. you missed out sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 and your mount command should be: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/storage1 or, to save messing around elevating to root just for one command: sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/storage1 Yeah, this is just a catch all "give me root command" I use for unfamiliar distros, || means or, so in this case its basically saying: run "sudo su" but if it fails then run "sudo -i" and if that fails then run "su"
  19. Lets go about this a different way. Run sudo apt install mlocate sudo updatedb locate -i tmnf.desktop and post the output of the last command.
  20. So, the lines in the post after "sudo fdisk /dev/sda" are commands to give to fdisk. Does the below make more sense? Command (m for help): g <enter> (created new gpt table or similar feedback) Command (m for help): n <enter> some question?: <enter> another question?: <enter> a third question?: <enter> (some more feedback) Command (m for help): w <enter> (something about writing changes and running sync) [fdisk exists, you are back in your terminal]
  21. Get a black cable from one PSU, and attach it to a black cable on the other PSU. If they are all black use one of these web pages to identify "common/ground" pins to connect together (pay attention to the square molex pins/holes). While I'm at it, you can use this page to show you how to "jump your PSU with a paperclip", connect your \PS_ON to a GND too. Hardwarebook.info is great, I've been using it since they used to archive the site and give it to you on the front of monthly computer magazines on a CD, because that was faster than the internet at the time.
  22. Ahh, you need to replace [path to exe] with the actual path to the tmnf.exe file in your wine prefix, so something like #!/bin/bash WINEPREFIX=~/.tmnf wine "/home/user/.tmnf/drive_c/Program Files/MyGame/tmnf.exe"
  23. So this is a self assigned APIPA address, meaning your computer couldn't reach the DHCP server or it didn't like the reply etc. You said earlier you tried the PC with a static IP and it still didn't work? We know the DHCP server works because it works when plugged into the Airport, this is firmly in the "hardware error" camp*. Whether that is "pins on an RJ45 crimped down a bit hard" and not making contact with the switches port, or the the swicthport is literally on it's way out (some switch hardware nearly dead). Let the PC run through the Airport for a time, and see if the problem re-occurs, or see if it works on the "spare" LAN port. *Unless you have been adding firewall rules and managed to block the "renew my lease please" traffic but not the "hello can I have an IP please" traffic (it's possible, I've done it) and windows is confused. It's not a managed switch is it?
  24. Open a terminal and type cat ~/bin/tmnf , then use the <> icon to copy and paste the contents within "code" tags.
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