These are all the issues we discussed on a live stream. I took all the community questions and made this webpage for them.
Windows 10 - Automated Tasks
Q: How can I make a YouTube video sit there paused on someone’s screen in Windows 10 and instantly start playing aloud upon unlocking the screen/waking from sleep?
A: Task Scheduler can do all sorts of tasks and you can set the triggers to be on login or at certain times of the day.
Linux - Display Issues
Solution for Display constantly resetting or getting incorrectly configured
3 Solutions (All will work)
- Xorg Custom Settings
- When display render is launched it will automatically configure each display to these specification from
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf
- When display render is launched it will automatically configure each display to these specification from
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- Autorandr - Automatic monitor settings
- https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr - This automatically selects a display configuration based on connected devices
- Xrandr Script
- Make a custom bash script and set with login manager, cron job, or set in
~/.xinitrc
- Make a custom bash script and set with login manager, cron job, or set in
Sample xrandr script:
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Note: You can use the tool arandr to grab the proper display script
Windows/Linux/MacOS - Flashing Images to SD-Card or USB
There are so many solutions for this one:
- Windows - Rufus (https://rufus.ie)
- Windows/Linux/Mac - Etcher (https://www.balena.io/etcher/)
- Linux/Mac -
dd
terminal commanddd if=~/Downloads/image.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=1M
- if = input file/device | of= output file/device | bs= block size
- Windows - Win32 Disk Imager https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
- for images that aren’t working or using special media like sd cards
Linux - Boot Time High for KDE
Analyze systemd and figure out why… (systemd-analyze
)
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Note: Also try systemd-analyze critical-chain
or systemd-analyze plot > boot.svg
as this shows the chain of the startup
Linux - USB Port stops working
- Check to see if device shows on
lsusb
- Check dmesg for errors
dmesg | grep -i USB
- Run
usb-devices
- Disable Auto Suspend
cat /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend
result should be2
which means enabled- Modify Grub or bootloader to disable auto suspend (for grub modify
/etc/default/grub
)GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash usbcore.autosuspend=-1"
sudo update-grub
- Verify by running cat command again
Linux - Fixing No Display Drivers or Black Screen or Missing Desktop Environment
Ctrl + Alt + F1 or F2
This drops you to TTY and no display drivers are needed. From this console you can fix things by installing display drivers or missing packages you need.
All Computers - Can’t Get into BIOS
Open it up and remove the CMOS Battery. Press the power button without it plugged in to fully discharge. Then wait 60 seconds and put CMOS battery back in.
General PC Maintenance - Updates & Shuting them down
Updates should be done weekly with security only one applied. Feature Updates should be delayed at least 1 year. This is universal across all operating systems. I also recommend shutting down your PC every day and not using suspend/hibernate. If you want to schedule the updates you can leave your PC once a week overnight.
Windows/Linux - Time Maintenance
You should use UTC time everywhere. Windows uses local time and it is terrible. Change this with a registry setting
- Disable Internet Time on Windows 10
- Head to Settings > Time & language and disable “Set time automatically”.
- Modify Windows Registry to use UTC
- Start - Run -
regedit
- Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation
- Create new DWORD (32-bit) Value
RealTimeIsUniversal
- Set Value to
1
- Start - Run -
- You can also use REG files from this project https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/Windows-10-UTC if you don’t want to manually edit registry
MacOS - OpenCore and Safety
Opencore is a completely open project and is safe. Here is the github of OpenCore where they expose all their code for review https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg and the complete install guide is here https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/
Linux Battery Life and Laptop Heat
There are a variety of packages you can use, but highly suggest two:
- tlp
- xfce4-power-manager
TLP will throttle your CPU and use less power and XFCE power manager will take care of brightness, suspend, and other power saving features as a standalone package even if you aren’t using XFCE as a desktop environment.
MacOS - OpenCore Audio Issues
This typically comes from using two codecs or the wrong one. Use ONLY ONE!
- AppleALC - https://github.com/acidanthera/AppleALC
- VoodooHDA - https://sourceforge.net/projects/voodoohda/
Linux - App won’t launch it just disappears…
Run Application in Terminal and look at the errors. Chances are it is missing a dependency.
Windows - “these settings are managed by your organization”
Chances are you ran a powershell script (maybe mine…) and you are now locked out of changing the lock screen on your Windows Box. Run this command in powershell to gain control of your lock screen again:
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OR
You can also open up Start - Run - gpedit.msc
and then go to All Settings and look for enabled features and set them to Not Configured
Windows - Reinstall OneDrive
Open Up PowerShell Admin (Right Click Start Button)
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