Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Lenovo laptop keeps waking itself up

Posted on October 6, 2023 by paulroberts69

I’ve been dealing with an annoying problem for a couple years now whereby I’ll come into the office in the morning and find my laptop has turned itself on during the night and is set there at the logon screen. … Continue reading →

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Interpreting ntpq output

Posted on August 2, 2022 by paulroberts69

Once again I had to google what a specific character meant (“o”) in the output from ntpq, here’s my output: pi@ntp1:~ $ ntpq -pn remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== o127.127.22.0 .PPS. 0 l 11 … Continue reading →

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DEC VAX nostalgia

Posted on September 3, 2019 by paulroberts69

Between 1988 and 1996 I worked for a couple of companies that operated DEC VAX computer systems. I was initially employed as an Analyst/Programmer for Westland Helicopters in Yeovil, Somerset, and used a DEC VAX 11/750 in their Composite Systems … Continue reading →

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Torrent trackers – June 2018

Posted on June 7, 2018 by paulroberts69

Torrent trackers come and go, and it can be hard to find a reliable list. I just re-seeded the RN510 firmware for the upgrade post I wrote here and needed to find a new list of trackers. After some googling I … Continue reading →

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Configuring the Audi MMI WiFi hot-spot

Posted on November 17, 2017 by paulroberts69

If you want to use the Audi MMI WiFi hot-spot to route data over your phone’s 4G/LTE connection rather than the embedded (eSIM), there are a couple things you need to know. Firstly, the eSIM does not come with the … Continue reading →

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Installing racadm on CentOS 6

Posted on November 15, 2017 by paulroberts69

I needed to install Dell’s racadm utility on CentOS recently. The bundles that you can get from Dell only seem to support RHEL, and whilst CentOS is supposed to be compatible, the Dell installer unfortunately performs an O/S level check … Continue reading →

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Oracle, stop trying to install crapware with Java updates!

Posted on April 8, 2016 by paulroberts69

If Oracle really want people to keep their Java installations up to date, they really must stop trying to trick people into installing crapware, it’s no wonder that whenever I visit my elderly Mum I find her laptop infested will … Continue reading →

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Adding a second wifi antenna to Acer Idea 500/510

Posted on February 24, 2016 by paulroberts69

I upgraded the Wifi card in my Acer Idea 510 some time ago to a 802.11n model that supports 300mbps, but for some time I have known that I have not been getting the full performance from this card, mainly … Continue reading →

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DRAC 5 “Error when reading from SSL Socket”

Posted on January 14, 2016 by paulroberts69

I had this error this morning, it has something to do with later versions of Java disabling support for SSLv3, I know there have been some serious SSL vulnerabilities of late so it may be related to that. Anyway, it … Continue reading →

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Upgrade to 2TB HDD in Sky+ HD Box (Amstrad DRX890)

Posted on November 19, 2015 by paulroberts69

Like many people, I was finding the default HDD size in the Amstrad DRX890 Sky+ HD box to be a bit small. Too many HD recordings were taking up too much space and it was a constant battle to watch … Continue reading →

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