I released a small open source DIY project that converts Panasonic LCD TV IR remote signals to serial control signals for a Rotel RA-12 amp. If anybody needs that (?), have fun! https://github.com/alexte/PanasonicRotelRemote
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Problem: Two FortiGate firewall show “not synchonized” in the HA status. Discussion: the problem with this is, that FortiGate does not show why it fails. I found no log file with a reasonable error message. So I tried to synchronize the config myself, which is exactly what should NOT be necessary when using HA synchronization. Solution: When an
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Facebook gives a list of companies who run Facebook ads, and sent my contact information (tel, email) to Facebook. This list for my account lists some obvious companies, some companies I never heard of, and some companies who really should never have forwarded my contact information to Facebook! Look up your own list by: Click
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After unboxing and starting two Fortigate 100E firewalls the following things failed. Fortinet should really work on QA I think: When starting the Webgui for the first time the box asks to register or login to activate the box. I tried to register and the box asks so many questions, doesn’t Fortinet know GDPR ?
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Problem: F5 iRules with “class match” crash sometimes with this message: /Common/UA_DETECT – ambiguous option “-“: must be -all, -index, -element, -name, or -value while executing “class match [string tolower [HTTP::header User-Agent]] contains UA_STRINGS” Discussion: the class match command has optional parameters, when the HTTP header User-Agent starts with a “-” it gets intepreted by
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Problem: After upgrading a system to NVME, Linux boots without textconsole, or sends the text console to the wrong graphics card. Discussion: The NVME upgrade needed to change from BIOS boot to UEFI boot. UEFI boot disables the pure text console, and the kernel uses whatever frame buffer is available, or without text console if
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I bought a new notebook, and installed a minimal Linux distribution on it. While setting everything up, I put together a collection of configuration files and scripts, and compiled them in this github repository: https://github.com/alexte/mate-book-pro-x-linux-config
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1. Check the current version: 2. go to https://support.juniper.net/support/downloads/ and select MX204, and search for newer version3. Select “Install Package” -> “VMHOST 64-BIT” -> “tgz”4. After login you will see a URL. Copy this URL5. Download the file onto your Juniper MX204, with this command 6. You may validate the image with: 7. Install the software
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The new Vim 8 on Debian tries again to appeal to the 95% of the people (the noobs) and adds features the are annoying to professionals. When these new features are buggy it’s even worse. Problem: vim 8 on debian 9 has some annoying default settings for vim paste uses a vim internal clipboard instead the
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Problem: I had problems with an audio driver (no not on Linux). The sound started with a delay after every gap of silence. This bug cuts off about 1/2 of a second of the attack of the sound. This is a problem when you try to make music in particular. Workarround: I made a little webpage that