Category Archives: Linux

Configuring the Pi Zero USB port as a keyboard

Posted on 28 Sep 25 by mike632t

Since the Pi Zero allows you to configure the USB port as a USB slave you can make it behave as like a USB serial interface, network interface, keyboard or mass storage device – all of which can be very … Continue reading →

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Enabling Two Factor Authentication on WordPress using ‘oathtool’

Posted on 17 Nov 24 by mike632t

The solution turned out to be quite a bit easier then I expected.

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Cross compiling ‘C’ programs for CP/M using ‘sdcc’

Posted on 21 Sep 23 by mike632t

I have always maintained an interest in programming on CP/M long after it really ceased to be actually useful, and I still have my original copy of the Microsoft FORTRAN compiler that I brought way back when.

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Evolution failed to authenticate

Posted on 02 Sep 23 by mike632t

Just posting this here to remind me the next time this error occours.

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Installing Debian 12 (bookworm) on a Raspberry Pi 3B+

Posted on 28 Aug 23 by mike632t

There are a couple of issues but in the end I successfully managed to get Debian running on a Raspberry Pi 3B+.

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Finding files based on their modification date

Posted on 10 Jul 23 by mike632t

To list any files in the current folder that have been modified today, you need to search for files that are less than one day old.

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Connecting to a free WiFi without using a GUI

Posted on 22 Jun 23 by mike632t

I don’t tend to use a graphical network manager these days and find it simpler to just configure my wireless connection ‘manually’ by modifying the configuration files as my network configuration is a little complicated.

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Pinning packages with APT

Posted on 24 May 23 by mike632t

We all know that we should really, really keep our systems up to date so we should always use the latest version of a package right?

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Installing Open VMS 9.2-1 on QEMU

Posted on 06 May 23 by mike632t

Since Open VMS 9.2-1 field test installation media and licences are now available to community members I decided it might be time to upgrade my old MicroVAX and switch to VMS on x86_64.

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QEMU unable to start virtual machine after upgrade

Posted on 09 Apr 23 by mike632t

After a routine upgrade I was unable to start any virtual machines that were configured to use a bridge network interface. This did cause a bit of a panic as these days I use a virtual machine when browsing the … Continue reading →

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