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by Chris
Sun Apr 19, 2026 6:43 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: 'unknown': I need something more specific.
Replies: 0
Views: 4

'unknown': I need something more specific.

I get the following errors when cron executes scripts

'unknown': I need something more specific.

It is new, since the last update of cronie.
It happens on several script. (But not all)
The version is : cronie (OpenRC) 0.63
by Chris
Wed Apr 15, 2026 7:02 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Opera password
Replies: 1
Views: 727

Re: Opera password

You can turn it off in
opera://password-manager/settings
by Chris
Tue Oct 14, 2025 7:21 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: system crashes at boot
Replies: 1
Views: 95864

Re: system crashes at boot

Sure it is crashing because of disk ?

You can disable mounting the disk in /etc/fstab
Just comment it out with #
or you can add noauto , so it doesn't mount at boot.
like for a cd-rom
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
/dev/cd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0

Or you can add nofail, so ...
by Chris
Mon Sep 29, 2025 1:15 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: SOLVED: test disk speed
Replies: 2
Views: 74721

Re: test disk speed

You can use:
sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda

You should see something like this:
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 15132 MB in 1.99 seconds = 7586.99 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 330 MB in 3.00 seconds = 109.86 MB/sec

or for M2 SSD:
/dev/nvme0n1p2:
Timing cached reads: 17356 MB in 2.00 seconds ...
by Chris
Wed Sep 10, 2025 7:01 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: swap partition not present
Replies: 1
Views: 67928

Re: swap partition not present

You can choose to add a swap-file.
Similar to what windows does.

you create a swap-file, usually in root. But do it on the partition with the most space.
sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile

Usually you take 2 times the available ram, 1G ram x 2 = 2G swapfile.

Assign it read/write permissions for ...
by Chris
Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: openvpn Authenticate/Decrypt packet error: packet HMAC authentication failed
Replies: 1
Views: 616112

Re: openvpn Authenticate/Decrypt packet error: packet HMAC authentication failed

This usually means you have the wrong ta.key installed on Server or client.

Check

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tls-auth /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/pki/ta.key 0
or

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<tls-crypt>
Make sure the are the same.
by Chris
Sun May 19, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: ping scan LAN network
Replies: 1
Views: 602574

Re: ping scan LAN network

Excellent tools are nmap and fping
nmap -sP 192.168.1.1/24

fping -a -r 0 -g 192.168.1.1/24

But if you don't want to install a new tools,
you can try with the default ping.

for i in {1..254}; do (ping -vc 1 -t 4 192.168.1.$i); done

Or, if you want a clearer output, add grep:
for i in {1 ...
by Chris
Sat May 06, 2023 5:58 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: openvpn Authenticate/Decrypt packet error: packet HMAC authentication failed
Replies: 2
Views: 344510

Re: openvpn Authenticate/Decrypt packet error: packet HMAC authentication failed

It looks like there is problem with the key.

If you can post part of your server/client config
we can verify a little more.
by Chris
Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Remove write protection on a usb drive
Replies: 2
Views: 353088

Re: Remove write protection on a usb drive

You can check with hdparm :
sudo hdparm /dev/sdc

/dev/sdc:
multcount = 0 (off)
readonly = 1 (on)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 15904/64/32, sectors = 32571392, start = 0

Change it with:
sudo hdparm -r0 /dev/sdc1

If it doesn't work, it might be a problem with the USB drive.
by Chris
Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: Remove write protection on a usb drive
Replies: 2
Views: 353088

Re: Remove write protection on a usb drive

Best is to erase the partitions with fdisk or gparted
and create new ones.