Just found an another Dockstar I forgot I picked up for cheap but it's kinda disgustingly yellowing. Have a plan to spray paint it aluminum color to match a USB DAC I have. Getting around to that project sometime within the next decade lol.by LeggoMyEggo - Off-Topic
Been tempted to do the same thing, there is no possible way I can use all my plug type devices. If you try to sell them, no one wants to pay much more than shipping for it. It's a shame as they are still capable of providing some neat functions but it takes a rare breed to want to tinker with them.by LeggoMyEggo - Off-Topic
Gotta say rayknight, your addiction is goingterminal and there is no cure. Holy cow that's alot of devices.by LeggoMyEggo - Off-Topic
I didn't even want to talk about you Mr Bodhi. Shame on you for enabling a helpless tech junky. How do you sleep at night? :{\by LeggoMyEggo - Off-Topic
I'de buy out everything in Microcenter if given the chance. True sickness for me this tech stuff is! Example: I have 12 Pogoplugs (3 E02, 3 V4 Mobile, 2 V4 A3 and 6 Pros/Biz) , 6 Kace M300, 2 Dreamplugs, 2 Cisco Onplus, 2 Guruplugs, 4 RasPi (a 4B, 2 3B and 1 Zero), 1 Akitio Myclound, 2 Dockstars and one Odroid C1+. All of them running Debian. That's not including the thin clby LeggoMyEggo - Off-Topic
Great score habibie. Got my card and flash drive for FREE. Too broke to by anything else unfortunately :(by LeggoMyEggo - Off-Topic
Try searching for someone that has compiled it for Raspberry Pi 3. I've compiled drivers for armv5te using Raspberry Pi modified code for rtl8812 and rtl8821. It doesn't always work automagically so you may need to make minor mods to the makefile to get it to work.by LeggoMyEggo - Debian
So I'm curious bodhi, with the latest kernel upgrade for Oxnas, it's now very close to Kirkwood. Given the very limited manufacturer support available for Oxnas, what functions / drivers / other low level stuff does it not offer that the Kirkwood kernel offers or is there no difference now? I have to confess that my Oxnas devices have been a little neglected as I have been devotiby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
Wow bodhi, that's a lot of posts and let's face it, if it weren't for your work there would be no forum. Think of all those precious 'plug's saved from the landfill re-purposed into productive devices. Much appreciation to you!by LeggoMyEggo - Off-Topic
Dougdeep, Don't forget to label the sata drive with e2label to "sata_rootfs" and you need to change the first line in /etc/fstab (on the sata drive) to sata_rootfs from rootfs. This assumes you already adjusted the uboot environment per bodhis directions. I've made this oversight half a dozen times so I know from experience. LMEby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
Backed up and compressed I assume.by LeggoMyEggo - Debian
I've had good luck with both the rtl8812au and rtl8821cu chipsets on kirkwood. Both chipsets support AC and are 433mbps which is about all the USB bus capacity. Some of the 8821cu devices have coexisting Bluetooth radios so they makes a nice single solution device for wifi and BT. I usually compile using githubs for Raspberry Pi 3, google searching will bring up some of the most popularby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
dougdeep Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just picked up a pair of M300's still in the > factory boxes. Is there anything I can do to > verify the operation of the devices before trying > to replace the OS? I take it that out of the box > these things are web page driven. Is it a good > idea to not expose it to the internet (and lby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Long ago syong sent me his picture of a vertical stack of 10 HP T5325's (iirc), all with audio-jack connector for serial console. That was from a PM so I could not post here. I remember that mod and at one point was going to implement it in all my plugs. Had the parts list and everything. But as I am fickle, fby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Leggo, > > Very nice mods! You always have a really > architectural-driven mods :) > > This box is a nice NAS, and could be a basic > 2G/2G desktop with a USB VGA adapter too. A VESA > mounted desktop. Or a portable NAS. Bodhi, Still working on my ultimate mod for this device, an inteby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
Wanted to post some pictures of the 128GB Microcenter SSD I mounted in the M300. I used a 12 inch 22 pin combo SATA / power extension cable to allow mounting with Velcro to the bottom cover of the case. Works great and puts the SSD at the bottom of the case further away from the heat of the SOC. Nice mod to try that doesn't require cutting or other risky activities.by LeggoMyEggo - Debian
habibie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When I tested with > F3 > utility by Digirati, I could only get their > throughputs as advertised. Considering the USB > Flash Drive is a USB3.1, I believe its throughput > is very low, unfortunately. From reading reviews, Microcenter branded flash is hit and miss depending on the OEM that made thby LeggoMyEggo - Off-Topic
Thanks habibie, picked up this deal and scored a 128gb SSD for $17.99 for one of my Kace M300s. Nice having SD and flash for more options to hack all my Plugs and other devices.by LeggoMyEggo - Off-Topic
daviddyer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can create the root file system disk on ANY > linux / unix computers, eg, raspberry pi with > raspbian, Intel / AMD computer systems with Linux > live CD / live USB, etc Another option: I spun up a Debian 10 x86 server image on VirtualBox running on a Windows 10 device. Also available on Mac. Coby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
1000001101000 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > try something lighter that doesn't come with > libreoffice like icewm.... unless you were > planning on using this for libreoffice that is. This is true but I got lazy and just used dpkg to load a gui and desktop. I had researched loading a more basic desktop but got overloaded with links, some ofby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
Bodhi, So I did get it working following directions to load LXDE from above but I ran into the same problems with ca-certificates java that I experienced before. I control C'ed out of its configuration during the load process to skip it as it had been running for 12 hours not completing. I believe it's a dependency of libraoffice, everytime I load a libreoffice program it hangs loaby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Leggo and JT, > > Quotecompiling the "ca-certificates java" > portion of the dpkg > > Is this something you need to do using MATE > desktop? why can't the Debian package be used > (ca-certificates-java)? bodhi (and RenoJim), Poor choice of words on my part, it's notby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LeggoMyEggo, > > Adding this to the bootargs would help: > > > vmalloc=384M > Will do. Enabled the MATE gui in tasksel, was 91% completed but it was 100% cpu for over 12 hours compiling the "ca-certificates java" portion of the dpkg. I gave up. This is on a M300 booting from USBby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
Just tried this, kinda nice to see random ASCII art in my splash screen: How to randomly display ASCII art on your linux terminal login. If the extra-terrestrials try to make contact via this medium, please share :)by LeggoMyEggo - Off-Topic
This M300 is using the internal SATA as boot and root. Have a 8821cu compatible combo Wifi / Bluetooth USB dongle that I compiled the driver for. The BT is connected to a BT speaker that I play from Logitech Media Server I have running. And a wireless Microsoft KB and mouse. Dmesg: [ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0 [ 0.000000] Linux version 5.5.1-kirkwood-tld-1 (root@by LeggoMyEggo - Debian
I know this may seem like getting excited over nothing when you can go out and get a Raspberry Pi 4 that supports 2 displays out of the box.....for $35....however this goal goes back to 7 years ago when scoring a $25 Pogoplug or Dockstar was a steal............... Anyway, So I was curious................ Bought a cheap DisplayLink compatible USB 2.0 to DVI adapter. Zettaguard somethingby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > dd should only be used in this >procedure to write to a raw unused >sector. That's where the magic dust >is written to. Don't use it casually in >anything related to writing to HDD. LOL in remembering DD's nickname is "disk destroyer". Looking down in shame having proven iby LeggoMyEggo - Debian
Um, no mention of drive power. I would be curious of how the drive is being powered, in addition to the data cable.by LeggoMyEggo - Debian
Nuno Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Probably a dumb question, but I couldn't find any > answer anywhere, so here it goes... > Why are some files named using "kirkwood" and > others using "kikrwood"? > Kernel installs just fine, but should we leave > this naming alone, and do not try to rename > "config*&qby LeggoMyEggo - Debian