Recently, I stumbled upon the following issue when creating new openSUSE Leap 15.1 Vagrantboxes from the generic and roboxes projects: [ TIME ] Timed out waiting for device dev-sda2.device. [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Resume from … Read more
Uyuni: Cannot read/write ‘/var/lib/salt/.ssh/known_hosts’. Please check permissions.
Recently I stumbled upon the following error when registering a new openSUSE system in Uyuni: The appropriate file simply did not exist – but the folder was created: # file /var/lib/salt/.ssh/known_hosts known_hosts: cannot open `known_hosts’ … Read more
DIY voice assistant part 4: Internet radio and other (bad) jokes
In the last part of this series, we enabled the voice assistant to read temperature sensors and checking the weather over the internet. In this article, we will ensure entainment by implementing a DIY internet … Read more
Spacewalk and already installed outstanding patches
Sometimes Spacewalk still suggests updates and errata for a system even though they have already been installed. Especially for bigger system landscapes this is confusing as planning maintenance using the web interface is hard in … Read more
Short tip: FreeIPA – CA did not start in 300.0s
During a recent installation of Red Hat Identity Management or FreeIPA I stumbled upon the following error message: DEBUG The ipa-server-install command failed, exception: RuntimeError: CA did not start in 300.0s ERROR CA did not … Read more
There’s life in the old dog yet: OpenVMS to run on x86
Beside UNIX, OpenVMS is one of the oldest but still actively developed operating systems. Since its introduction back in 1977 for the VAX architecture (Virtual Address Extension) it already survided two major platform switches: DEC Alpha … Read more
Cooling your Raspberry Pi – reasonable or a waste?
There are plenty of radiators and fans for the small single-board computer – but how big is the impact of using cooling? Don’t get me wrong – having a cooling system is always better than … Read more
DIY voice assistant part 3: Temperature sensors and weather information
In the last part of this series we linked Rhasspy and Node-RED to teach the assistant its first function: reading the current date and time. In this part we will focus on measuring temperature via … Read more
Short tip: Forgot WSL root password
If you forget the root password (or a user password) of your WSL installation (Windows Subsystem for Linux), using the registry might help you. Because WSL is rather a lightweight kernel expansion than a full-featured … Read more
DIY voice assistant part 2: Linked components and first function
In the last part of this series we checked-out and installed software for building our own voice assistant without leverage cloud resources. In this article we will focus on linking both Rhasspy and Node-RED. At … Read more