https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/ 2026-04-15T16:38:19+00:00 https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/ https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2021-06-02T19:12:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=btrfs_disk_maintenance&rev=1622661146&do=diff Dealing with a failed disk in a Btrfs RAID array is not as intuitive as it could be. btrfs device delete missing does not just delete the disk from the list of devices used by the array, instead it will re-allocate all chunks that existed on that disk. This means that: text/html 2023-02-18T14:14:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=compiling_tbs_drivers_on_artix&rev=1676729649&do=diff * Add the Universe repository (for the Arch repos) * Add the Arch repositories (for perl-proc-processtable) * Install trizen and fakeroot (required for the build process) * trizen -S --noconfirm tbs-linux_media-git text/html 2020-02-12T12:38:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=compiling_tbs_drivers_on_ubuntu&rev=1581511102&do=diff sudo apt install unzip build-essential patchutils libproc-processtable-perl git sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade sudo reboot sudo apt-mark hold linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic git clone https://github.com/tbsdtv/media_build.git git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media.git -b latest ./media cd media_build make dir DIR=../media make allyesconfig make -j4 wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/linux/tbs-tuner-firmwares_v1.0.tar.bz2 sudo tar jxvf tbs-tu… text/html 2024-03-16T15:56:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=encrypted_disks&rev=1710604603&do=diff :!: Do not use this for securing important data! :!: The method described below is like writing your password on a post-it note in your top-drawer! It only provides any security at all if you remove the encrypted disk from the machine permanently! text/html 2024-01-06T15:52:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=installing_webmin_virtualmin_on_ubuntu&rev=1704556322&do=diff You need to install gnupg2 manually, as the scripts don't quite seem to get this one right then fail when adding the GPG key for the Webmin repositories. To update the themes (manually or automatically) you also need to install git manually. Now that Debian has moved to text/html 2023-09-09T06:13:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=lessons_in_glustration&rev=1694239988&do=diff Lessons in Glustration Despite the negative sounding title, I am now finding gluster easy(ish) to use, now I am getting used to some of its quirks. This page is intended as documentation of the things I have learned along the way, and a “do this” text/html 2024-12-12T10:58:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=miscellaneous_commands&rev=1734001113&do=diff Ubuntu/Debian Packages This is partly a list of the common packages I install on Ubuntu (because I forget odd ones all the time, or can't remember the exact package name), and partly config relating to the common packages I use. msmtp-mta A light SMTP MTA, providing reliable mail delivery to get mail off the box. Most light-weight solutions are text/html 2020-10-17T20:35:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=raspberry_pi_mythtv&rev=1602966906&do=diff How To - Making a Raspberry Pi into a MythTV client Pieced together from the MythTV Wiki, links on the Wiki, and my own knowledge/testing/experience/preferences. Starting from a new, clean image of NOOBS: * Boot NOOBS * Open the Terminal * text/html 2023-05-29T16:35:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=sidebar&rev=1685378156&do=diff Desk Potato ---------- Wiki Home Page * Ubuntu * MythTV Server * MythTV Client * TBS Drivers * Webmin / Virtualmin * Artix TBS Drivers * Raspberry Pi MythTV * Encrypted Disks * BTRFS Disk Maintenance * SSH Certificates * Miscellaneous Commands * Lessons in Glustration ---------- * Login text/html 2020-02-28T12:50:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=ssh_certificates&rev=1582894221&do=diff SSH Certificates Generating the Master Key First you need a master key (CA). Make sure you create it somewhere secure (i.e. a machine you can trust) and preferably as a privileged user (i.e. root). Obviously you only need to do this once. mkdir my_ssh_ca cd my_ssh_ca ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "My SSH CA 2020-02-28" -f my_ssh_ca_key text/html 2023-03-17T08:41:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start&rev=1679042495&do=diff * Ubuntu MythTV Server * Ubuntu MythTV Client * Raspberry Pi MythTV * Compiling TBS Drivers on Ubuntu * Compiling TBS Drivers on Artix * Installing Webmin/Virtualmin on Ubuntu * SSH Certificates * Encrypted Disks * Btrfs Disk Maintenance * Miscellaneous Commands * Lessons in Glustration text/html 2023-04-24T18:31:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=ubuntu_mythtv_client&rev=1682361084&do=diff Ubuntu MythTV Client Based on Ubuntu 18.04 / MythTV 0.29, differences for newer versions noted in the text. Configuring Ubuntu 18.04 * Install Ubuntu Server. * Ubuntu 22.04 does not appear to set the timezone correctly, run sudo timedatectl set-timezone Europe/London text/html 2023-02-26T13:30:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://admin.deskpotato.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=ubuntu_mythtv_server&rev=1677418206&do=diff Ubuntu MythTV Server Installing Since Ubuntu 20.04 the mythtv packages now pull in a full desktop suite if you accept the defaults. To avoid this use --no-install-recommends for apt, or --without-recommends for aptitude. The mythtv-backend-master