diff --git a/web/lukegbcom/lib/posts.js b/web/lukegbcom/lib/posts.js index 7ec27d09f1..83ef9aa87e 100644 --- a/web/lukegbcom/lib/posts.js +++ b/web/lukegbcom/lib/posts.js @@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ export async function getSortedPostsData() { delete x.sortKey return x }) -} \ No newline at end of file +} diff --git a/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-01-25-setting-the-scene.md b/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-01-25-setting-the-scene.md index ff9a4a788a..1efd026efc 100644 --- a/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-01-25-setting-the-scene.md +++ b/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-01-25-setting-the-scene.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: Setting the Scene -date: 2016-01-25T16:44:00 +date: 2016-01-25T16:44:00Z layout: Post hero: https://source.unsplash.com/7P_2hzKryQE/1270x952 hero credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/7P_2hzKryQE diff --git a/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-02-09-fixing-my-desktop-again.md b/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-02-09-fixing-my-desktop-again.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b604fa6693 --- /dev/null +++ b/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-02-09-fixing-my-desktop-again.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +--- +title: Fixing my Desktop (again) +date: 2016-02-09 +layout: Post +hero: https://source.unsplash.com/Kw_zQBAChws/1270x952 +hero credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/Kw_zQBAChws +hero credit text: Ashim D'Silva +classes: + header: header-black-gradient +tags: + - linux +--- +I successfully broke my computer again. Oops. I can watch systemd boot my system +and then once my display manager (in my case, sddm) takes over, kaput. +--- + +Once that's happened, I can't do anything else. I can't switch to a text console +because my displays switch themselves off, nor can I start a graphical session +because, again, my displays switch themselves off. + +Rebooting yields this: + +![Will this ever reboot?](/assets/2016-02-09-linux-on-the-desktop.9b0ec6532b5e.jpg) + +(and clicking the reboot button does nothing) + +I managed to fix this by booting into EFI shell, then specifying runlevel 3 by booting +the kernel's [EFISTUB](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/EFISTUB). My EFI shell didn't +like the leading slash for some reason. Whatever. + +Once that was done, a `pacman -Syu` (which updated the `nvidia` package, among some other things) +and a `mkinitcpio -P linux` got me back up and running. + +Simples! diff --git a/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-02-15-ard-installers.md b/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-02-15-ard-installers.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5dc214dbe5 --- /dev/null +++ b/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-02-15-ard-installers.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +title: 'Apple Remote Desktop: Creating Installers' +hero: https://source.unsplash.com/_NGCma7mAw4/1270x952 +hero credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/_NGCma7mAw4 +hero credit text: reza shayestehpour + +hero-align: center 65% +classes: + header: header-no-gradient +# hero credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pslee999/15589950511/ +date: 2016-01-25 +layout: Post +tags: + - university tech +--- + +As a followup to my previous post, I was trying to create an Apple Remote Desktop installer. This is usually something that's fairly trivial: + +--- + +1. Open Apple Remote Desktop +2. Open `File` > `Create Client Installer...` +3. Answer wizard questions +4. Profit! + +However, on trying this on my 10.11 Server install, I was instead presented with this: + +![Apple Remote Desktop error](/assets/2016-01-25-ard-error.6f44efe96257.png) + +In theory, ARD is supposed to automatically download components (like the client) which it doesn't have, and I actually managed to coax my local install of ARD, which had previously been giving the same error message, to do so. + +In any event, if this happens, you can actually cheat and grab the client yourself from Apple's servers: + +[http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/59/10/031-23124/x0sj4t1vbimv6h3ejhjzf3nwa6vt9ekxgd/RemoteDesktopClientShell.pkg](http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/59/10/031-23124/x0sj4t1vbimv6h3ejhjzf3nwa6vt9ekxgd/RemoteDesktopClientShell.pkg) + +Not really sure if this is a good idea or not, but it fixed the problem for me! diff --git a/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-11-11-secure-boot-shenanigans.md b/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-11-11-secure-boot-shenanigans.md index 7855e70080..a5b3cfba5d 100644 --- a/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-11-11-secure-boot-shenanigans.md +++ b/web/lukegbcom/posts/2016-11-11-secure-boot-shenanigans.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: Secure Boot Shenanigans -date: 2016-11-11 +date: 2016-11-11T16:30:00Z layout: Post tags: - linux diff --git a/web/lukegbcom/posts/2017-02-17-yubikey-neo-gnupg.md b/web/lukegbcom/posts/2017-02-17-yubikey-neo-gnupg.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bbab3bedc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/web/lukegbcom/posts/2017-02-17-yubikey-neo-gnupg.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +title: YubiKey Neo GnuPG on Linux +date: 2017-02-17 +layout: Post +hero: https://www.yubico.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/YubiKey-NEO-+-finger.jpg +hero credit: https://www.yubico.com/press/images/ +hero credit text: Yubico +classes: + header: header-black-gradient +tags: + - u2f + - linux +--- + +Just a quick note to remind myself, when I inevitably forget. + +The built-in GnuPG smartcard support doesn't really work particularly well, in my experience, with the YubiKey Neo. To fix this (and use pcscd) instead, put the following in `~/.gnupg/scdaemon.conf`: + +--- + +```txt +pcsc-driver /usr/lib/libpcsclite.so +card-timeout 5 +disable-ccid +```