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" […]
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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 […]
Cups Linux Chrome Chromium Browser fails Color Printing only greyscale
If you use the Google Chrome Browser or Chromium and all Prints over Cups / Cups-PDF or Color Printers are all greyscale there is a known Bug at the Printing Menu of the Browser! This is NOT a Problem with you Cups Printing Setup or Operating System!!! (Alternate you can test your Cups-Printing-System with Firefox here […]
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 […]
Ubuntu/Debian: Remove all Asian Fonts
To Speedup LibreOffice reduce the Font Packages: open Terminal enter by copy & paste: sudo apt purge \ fonts-beng-extra \ fonts-beng \ fonts-deva-extra \ fonts-deva \ fonts-gargi \ fonts-gubbi \ fonts-gujr-extra \ fonts-gujr \ fonts-guru-extra \ fonts-guru \ fonts-indic \ fonts-kacst-one \ fonts-kacst \ fonts-kalapi \ fonts-khmeros-core \ fonts-knda \ fonts-lao \ fonts-lklug-sinhala \ fonts-lohit-beng-assamese […]
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 […]
Linux: Perfect Secure Travel Laptop
If you want to Travel to other Countries (Border-Control), you should know some things: Buy a older Acer Laptop with Micro SSD Harddisk and SATA CDROM Slot Buy a SATA CDROM Adaptor for 10$, open the Laptop and remove the SATA Drive put it into the SATA Adaptor Don’t put Screws into the Laptop to […]