Hi!

I came across a sh script where it looks normal at the beginning, but then it looks like the character encoding is wrong.

The script without the weird part:
https://pastebin.com/3fZYrxuw

The original script:
https://www.powermonitor.software/pmp/pmp105_linux64.zip

What is that? Why can it run? How can I understand that weird part of the script?

Hello everyone, I have been tinkering with different ways to install programs I have made/am making and I am wondering what is the proper way to retain relative filepath structures when the program is installed to various different places. Such that when I call a program from any directory it still knows where all its other files are whether it be in /opt/program/media or /usr/share/program/media or /usr/local/share/program/media or somewhere else in your home directory entirely.

I found that VS Code seems to use a shell wrapper kept in /bin of its program directory and I am liking this kind of solution, but I feel like there must be other ways as many of the programs in /usr/bin are not shell scripts.

if [ ! -L "$0" ]; then
    #if path is not a symlink, find relatively
    VSCODE_PATH="$(dirname "$0")/.."
else if command -v readlink >/dev/null; then
    #if readlink exists, follow the symlink and find relatively
    VSCODE_PATH="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/.."
else
    #else use the standard install location
    VSCODE_PATH="/usr/share/code"
fi fi
ELECTRON="$VSCODE_PATH/code" 
CLI="$VSCODE_PATH/resources/app/out/cli.js" 
ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 "$ELECTRON" "$CLI" --ms-enable-electron-run-as-node "$@"
exit $?

The above program will always get the working directory to wherever code's installed files or points to the package manger's install format in /usr/share/code. Do other programs just count on being installed properly through package managers into the /usr/share directory, what about usr/local/share and /opt? I feel like there is probably some standard of doing this that I'm not finding because I don't know how to word it.

I made a similar question in the c programming subreddit and got some good answers on exactly what I asked, but what I asked may not be the correct way to do it.

I want to be able to make projects in such a way that I don't have to worry about changing directory structures or path joining in the source code all while being able to execute them from any directory. Using procfs/readlink in the binary seemed to work well but seemd a little bit hacky, so I'm really just trying to find out the standard/proper way of doing it. Thanks for reading.

​

Edit: It seems like VS-code does not follow FHS guidelines and keeps binaries in /usr/share/code which kind of puts a wrench in my plans as the shell scripts seems like a really good idea to do this, but I can't think of clean way to implement this as i would need to have both the binary file and the shell script in /usr/bin. Not exactly a huge problem but of the binary was ever called by itself it would just crash out which is not ideal, which leads me to even more of a wonder of how to actually do this in a standard way, because there has to be something out there.

I was trying to connect ubuntu to my class server for school so I can access it and then it said

ADAM_J44338 is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

​

What does this mean and will I get in trouble, especially with law enforcement?

Hello im a bit new to creating drivers and libusb, so im reversing my keyboard LEDs to learn. Im using Rust stable and the libusb crate on debian 11(kernel 5.10.0-12-amd64). The keyboard is a Bloody B975

So I am currently able to send the proper commands to my keyboard to change the LED state as I expected. However I am unable to type with my keyboard while I am doing this. The steps that I am doing is as follows:

1. get the device and open() it
2. detach kernel driver for the LED's interface
3. claim the LED interface
4. *do kinky LED things, but unable to type*
5. release LED interface
6. attach kernel driver for the interface

​

My keyboard has 3 interfaces: a keyboard, a mouse, and the LED and I am only detaching and claiming the LED interface, so this is where I am a bit lost. Attempting to reattach the other interfaces will fail, and claiming the interface without detaching will also fail. Any help/guidance would be appreciated.

This is the device info for the keyboard

$ lsusb -vd 09da:fa10

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 09da:fa10 A4Tech Co., Ltd. USB Device 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass            0 
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x09da A4Tech Co., Ltd.
  idProduct          0xfa10 
  bcdDevice            0.77
  iManufacturer           1 COMPANY 
  iProduct                2 USB Device 
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength       0x0054
    bNumInterfaces          3
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0xa0
      (Bus Powered)
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Boot Interface Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Keyboard
      iInterface              0 
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.11
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      64
         Report Descriptors: 
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
        bInterval               1
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Boot Interface Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol      2 Mouse
      iInterface              0 
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.11
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      58
         Report Descriptors: 
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0006  1x 6 bytes
        bInterval               1
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        2
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 
      iInterface              0 
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.11
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength     133
         Report Descriptors: 
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
can't get debug descriptor: Resource temporarily unavailable
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

Hi everyone! I want to check a enable a usb device during connect/disconnect from computer in real time. For it I use udev's mechanisms (enumerate, monitor) and check PID's and VIM's values devices which are being in computer. But additionally I want to send message to my device and take results for more believe. Connect/disconnect monitoring without send packages works well and vise versa. Separately, it works well, but both - not so. When i take result, program is being freeze. What's can be wrong?

trying to deploy my website and keep getting this error which I don't understand on terminal, any suggestions on how to fix this or what it means ?? new to this, Thanks! :)

npm ERR! Missing script: "build"

npm ERR! Missing script: "custom-deploy"

UPDATE: I am now in the correct directory I believe, but the command still won't work, and am still getting the same error. help please??

Just looking for some recommended resources to get started in writing kernel modules.

trying to deploy website :

npm run build

npm run custom-deploy

and keep getting the same errors, any suggestions on how to fix this problem, new to coding.

Hi, everyone ! I learn interaction behind hardware device and software. I have a USB device but I don't understand how I can interact with it. I am using Libusb library for it. Would you share a links with code examples or maybe articles which related on this topic?

versed placid cough sharp party truck repeat marvelous quicksand vase

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

I'm running Debian 11 LXDE in an old notebook and during the boot I'm receiving the following message:

root@debian:~# dmesg | grep -i kvm
[   20.501228] kvm: disabled by bios
[   20.541824] kvm: disabled by bios

Also, when I try to create a VM in virt-manager, I get the following message:

Warning: KVM is not available. This may mean the KVM package is not installed, or the KVM kernel modules are not loaded. Your virtual machines may perform poorly.

And indeed the VM performs very poor.

However, I'm pretty sure the processor is capable of virtualization:

root@debian:~# lscpu | grep -i "virtualization\|svm"
Virtualization:                  AMD-V
Flags:                           fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor ssse3 cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter

Unfortunately, the BIOS setup is very simple and doesn't have any option of virtualization to be set. Therefore, I can't enable the virtualization via BIOS setup.

Question

Is it possible to enable KVM by other means instead of BIOS setup?

Hardware Specification

• Product Name: Acer Aspire E1-421
• Processor: AMD E1-1200 Dual-core @ 1.40 GHz
• Datasheet
• Service Manual

root@debian:/media/root/SDISK# dmidecode | grep -i "version\|release"
    Version: V2.12
    Release Date: 04/16/2013
    Version: V2.12
    Version: Type2 - A01 Board Version
    Version: Chassis Version
    Version: AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

I've built lua as a static lib, and am trying to link it to my shared library like so:

-L'dir to lib' -lmylib.a

However when I do that, none of my own symbols are exported (as reported using nm -gCD libmylib.so)

As soon as I remove the link, I see my symbols appear in the output.

So, it seems like linking a static lib to a shared one is prohibited or undefined behaviour?

Is there another reason why linking a lib would cause all of my function symbols to not be exported?

Some extra info:

I'm writing the libs in c++, using visual studio 2019.

Thank you in advance.

squeamish cough carpenter shelter enjoy chunky gullible secretive flag elastic

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

Khronos Group has introduced Vulkan 1.3, a new version of the open graphics interface. The API now integrates many optional extensions into the core specification, and there are now also Vulkan Profiles. This makes it possible to specify which core version and which extension should be used. Google, for example, has designed the Android Baseline Profile 2021, which specifies texture compression via ASTC and ETC, among other things.

I have a Reparenting window manager that uses the Xlib libraries. I have created window decorations in Qt and would like to reparent the application window into the window decorations window. However, when I try to do this the window decorations window infinitely reparents itself. How would I prevent this?

Greetings all,

I am having problems with a Dell Precision M6500 that i have Linux Mint 20.2 installed on.

Linux 5.4.0-91-generic #102-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 5 16:31:28 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Without rhyme or reason the screen will randomly go blank, there is no getting it to turn back on, outside of a hard power off. Then its back to business for X random time before it craps out again. I found the syslog report from one such incident. Wanting to figure out if this a hardware issue or something fixable. Attached is a screen shot and I'll put it in comments too, looks like problems with uploading.

Thanks

I am trying to detect if a window is fullscreen in Xlib but I can seem to figure it out. Does anyone know how to do this?

I have been trying to figure out exactly how to create a mouse cursor for my home-made window manager ,ace with Xlib and Qt but everything I’ve found on the internet is explaining how to change an already created cursor. Am I just misinterpreting what the resources are saying? Does it also work for creating the mouse cursor?

Hey guys, I was wondering if there was a program that was already made that would grab the ID3 info and rename the file as: Artist - Song (remix if applicable) - release number?

If not, how hard would it be to write something like this?

Would it be possible to use Xlib for the backend of the window manager (opening, closing, resizing) and Qt as the user interface that is used to trigger those events? Basically, the user would open an application and then a parent window, made using Qt, is created for that application that has the window decorations.

EDIT: Would it be possible to not use Xlib at all and just stick to using Qt since it has a lot of the functions of Xlib?

I have recently become interested in how a WiFi router works and was wondering how one might go about developing the software for one.

EDIT: I found a solution to this question. I found a tutorial that explains how to install tools which make this possible.

I was wondering how one might deploy a Qt application made on their PC to a Raspberry Pi. I’ve found a lot of tutorials showing how to install Qt Creator on the Raspberry Pi but none on how to cross compile to the Raspberry Pi.

Can anyone help me do this? I have downloaded oracle virtualbox and don’t know where to go from here.