FIX: Plasma 5, Konsole, & TMUX

The Problem:

I recently fired up Konsole and tried using tmux when I suddenly realized that Control-B wasn't working.

Plasma, in one of their recent updates, seems to have added an "Add Bookmark" global shortcut to all Plasma apps mapped to Control-B. While it's active, Control-B in … Continue Reading ››

Fix Unity Editor Crashing In KVM

Or: How to fix Unity error 0x0000142

I wish I could re-find the Unity Community article where I found this solution so I could credit the original source. If I find it I'll link here.

Anyway, if you're here you might be getting error 0x0000142 trying to … Continue Reading ››

Fixing the Windows 10 Photos App

I recently upgraded a whole bunch of Windows 10 desktops to build 1903. There were almost no issues, but I found a that more than a few had trouble with the Windows Photos app afterwards.

Here's the collective wisdom I've found on how to fix it:

The … Continue Reading ››

Adventures in Plasma Land

Or, can a man fall in love with KDE, 20 years later

KDE has never been able to capture my heart. I remember trying KDE 1.1 or so on Madrake Linux 6 in the late 90s. It just never clicked for me. I opted instead for Continue Reading ››

Home Server With Ubuntu

I finally picked up a used Dell PowerEdge R720 from the fine folks at ServerMoney to replace my current home server (a Frankenstein of workstation parts).

I thought I'd document my setup for anyone that might be interested and for … Continue Reading ››

Upgrading to PostgreSQL 11 on Centos 7

Since my previous article Upgrading to PostgreSQL 10 on Centos 7 was so popular, I though I'd do a follow-up for anyone looking to upgrade a very simply configured PostgreSQL 10 server to PostgreSQL 11 on Centos … Continue Reading ››

Audio Fix for Mass Effect on Steam for Linux

Update: This is for the original Mass Effect release on Steam, not Mass Effect Legendary Edition. It's possible it will work for both, but I haven't tried it.

I'm a few days late for N7 day, but I figure this information is useful nonetheless!

I've always … Continue Reading ››

Rescuing Fedora When EFI Grub Goes Bad

On a very ordinary day I decided to upgrade my Plex server from Fedora Server 27 to version 29. When I rebooted, Grub failed to find anything bootable. Then my day stopped being ordinary.

Luckily I snapshotted the VM first, since figuring this out involved restoring and trying again more … Continue Reading ››