I’m using Plasma 6 (KDE) on Linux (arch) in a Ghia OnlyDue 2 in 1 laptop/tablet. It uses a silead touch screen (identified as MSSL1680). I’ve added the driver in /lib/firmware/silead and when I load it using modprobe silead, the touchscreen is detected as rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise i.e. if […]
Monthly Archives: July 2025
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At one of our systems I have a strange phenomenon: With a long touch Windows first shows the touch circle and then the right click rectangle, but after the finger is released the displayed rectangle does not go away. The system setup is a bit special: from a panel PC […]
Here’s the problem: wanted to reinstall Windows current installation has BitLocker hardware encryption (Samsung 990 PRO) rebooting and choosing to boot from a USB flash drive never works, existing installation starts instead On the 1st reboot, it asked for BitLocker key, entered it, existing installation starts. On subsequent reboots, it […]
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Postgresql-18 beta is out, there are lots of packages for postgresql-18 in the debian apt repo, but postgresql-18 has no installation candidate. I assume this is to prevent accidental installs before the final release. Is it possible to install postgresql-18 beta from the apt repo? If so which packages are […]
I bought a USB 3.0 extension cable (3 feet) from Amazon. The cable works fine with USB flash drives. It connects the USB flash drive at USB 3.0 capabilities. However when I connect my 2.5” HDD enclosure to it (Toshiba 2.5″ Laptop 500GB HDD), it takes 2-3 seconds to mount […]
Version 137.0.7151.120 (Official Build) (64-bit) I have tried several solutions posted on the Internet like Third-party sign-in “Block sign-in prompts from identity services. Nothing seems to work. You would think if you clicked “Stay signed out” that would be enough. But every time I launch Chrome on my Windows 10 […]
I am attempting to set a specific kernel version to use on my desktop, which is running Fedora Workstation 42. The version in question is 6.6.14, as this is the newest version available of 6.6.x in Koji. I have attempted the following various steps: 1: Use Koji + Grubby. Download […]
I don’t know the username or the password on Kali Linux. How do I get in and either find out what it is or change them?