dingdongitsabear 3d ago • 100%
found the culprit: I've connected my jellyfin-media-player apps to a CNAME alias provided by my Pi-hole (jellyfin.box) and a matching nginx proxy entry:
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name jellyfin.box;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8096/;
}
so when I disconnected the app from the jellyfin.box server and connected it to the "new" server at server.box:8096 it started working immediately. looks like I'm missing some headers in that proxy so I'll look into it.
edit: yepp, adding headers fixed it, I can connect to the jellyfin.box server and have it detected by all other devices on the network.
location / {
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection $http_connection;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8096/;
}
dingdongitsabear 3d ago • 100%
glad it's working for you but no dice here. installed it fresh on a laptop, same deal, doesn't detect either of them.
both installs are flatpaks, how about yours?
dingdongitsabear 4d ago • 100%
this right here. remove partition and apply and then start the installer. there is a way to map this partition in the installer, but that's such a horrific UX mess that it's a challenge even for experienced folks.
so, up until recently (week or two maybe?) I was able to connect to the jellyfin-media-player from the jellyfin android app and initiate and control playback, change subtitles, the works. well, it's not there any more, when I click on "Play On" I can only connect to the jellyfin-mpv-shim instance, which works same as before. now before I start troubleshooting and pulling stuff apart, can anyone chime in if it works for them? edit: same thing when using the web client in firefox, isn't detected.
dingdongitsabear 7d ago • 97%
first off, I have serious doubts that any one dude - or even a group of those for that matter - can ascertain the security of such a complex system; a browser is essentially an operating system, with all the layers and complexities that entails.
even if you're somewhat successful in such an endeavor, I don't really care if it potentially is. chromium comes from those shitmakers and I'm not willingly using anything they had their nasty fingers in. they threw one shovel of shit too many on the heap and they are now forever on my ignore list. if that means that I don't get to access certain domains, sites, and/or apps - so be it, I'll make do without.
dingdongitsabear 1w ago • 100%
I can't speak to the doom scenarios (death trap and whathaveyous) but I can share my experience. I was faced with buying what's considered a new "decent" bike for close to $1K and went the other way - I bought a used one for $80 in sorta OK shape; no idea who made the frame but the majority of its components are of chinese origin.
the rationale was a) to see if I even want the thing - what if I ride it a couple of times and then decide it's too much bother, and b) I should learn how to maintain it and fix the usual stuff.
three years later, I've replaced close to all of the key components by myself - wheels, crank shaft, pedals, front and rear derailleurs, brakes, calipers, cables, chains, tyres, etc. I had no experience fixing anything and got all my education from youtube. some of the gear failed and was replaced, other was upgraded preventively, mostly with shimano's value line. I'm not blaming the original components for failing, there's ample wear and tear the way I ride it and I also happen to be kinda oversized for this bike, shoulda gotten an XXL frame.
my advice is, ride the bike as is and replace components as they fail, you'll learn how to fix stuff in the process and the replacements are super cheap. only then, when you're a seasoned rider start looking into better alternatives.
dingdongitsabear 1w ago • 90%
fucking edgelords... IA has trouble staying on its feet without this sorta crap.
this has "kicking puppies for palestine" energy - not sure where I've read this but it's an apt analogy.
Anyone installed calyxOS on a Motorola G32? I have a 8/256GB version locally available for $150 NiB. SD680 isn't the most awesomest of SoC and the screen is IPS, but I'd swallow that if it works without issues. Thanks!
dingdongitsabear 2w ago • 100%
you can still run both tools, I do so on my main workstation. they stay in the status bar and don't bother you none. when you're done working and recline on your sofa, you can send e.g. youtube videos to the rig and they play fullscreen by way of mpv.
dingdongitsabear 2w ago • 100%
I've gone the other way - there is no interacting per se with the media PC; instead, it's a dumb sink that plays back everything you send it, by way of macast and jellyfin-mpv-shim. you use android apps to send it stuff (e.g. newpipe share to allshare which connects to macast and jellyfin android app which connects to JMS) and to control playback (pause, skip, change subs, etc.). so, all media selection and playback control is done from the mobile device, no need to touch the media PC doing the playback.
not sure this will fit into your use case because of spotty internet, but that should prompt you to install jellyfin post-haste. then you have two options, the mentioned android app + JMS or just the jellyfin media player which can run in TV mode with a pared down controller (up/down/left/right/enter/back) - I've successfully repurposed an ancient Apple Remote that has just those six keys.
dingdongitsabear 2w ago • 100%
can you run it on multiple devices and have them all synced? how about chat export in a readable format?
dingdongitsabear 2w ago • 100%
hey E., tell Sloane I said "What up"
dingdongitsabear 2w ago • 100%
so I'm gonna pick this as a runner in Lutris, instead of e.g. wine-ge-8-26-x86_64 or whatever? sorry to reply to you, but I've read the initial github "explanation" what this does, reread it several times over the months, and now for the final time when it got official and I still don't understand how this fits into my use case.
dingdongitsabear 2w ago • 100%
tmdb link for upcoming docu, in case you wanna add it to radarr.
dingdongitsabear 2w ago • 100%
is this the "shot marvin in the face" or "say WHAT again" gun?
dingdongitsabear 2w ago • 100%
Imma take issue with those "reasons".
#7. the red nubbin
I know what communtiy I'm in but still - it's the doghittest pointing device. when you add its additional button group IN BETWEEN the keyboard and the touchpad, you're left with irritants your fingers bump against while trying to actually use the laptop.
they come from a time when it was the only sensible way to navigate a 800x600 GUI. its competition were trackBALLS (remember those fucking things?) and stamp-sized touchpads of the negative precision variety. today, they're just an irritating anachronism.
#6. repairability
that persists even today. it's no framework, but I can upgrade and replace almost anything on my T14 and T480s with just standard tools and the replacements are plentiful and cheap. six or seven generation older upgrades aren't adequately cheaper, it's often the inverse.
#5. imagine not needing a docking station
the docking station is the greatest thing ever! instead of manually connecting/disconnecting 5+ cables, I connect one cable or i just click the laptop in place and presto - all my shit is connected. if I had to connect my PSU, external monitors, mechanical keyboard, mouse, LAN, sound, etc. one-by-one, I'd go insane. because multiple gens share the same expansions, they are ubiquitous and cheap.
#4. the good, old keyboard
granted, it feels good. the main reason is there's like a kilo of metal underneath it - no wonder it's a superb typing experience, moving from that to a consumer grade laptop is verily torture. not so on any reasonably modern thinkpad, the keyboards are better than unibody macbooks, which were the yardstick then.
#3. the upgrades
yeah, you can upgrade your 2nd gen i5 in ridiculous ways - CPU, screen, storage, RAM, cards, etc.. but the question is - upgrade it to what? and for how much? by the time you upgrade all those items, you're still stuck with an ancient device, that's bulky, heavy, double-digit idle W/hr, etc. as to prices for such activities, don't even bother.
#1. linux support
is exceptional even on modern devices.
bottom line: when you can have a base modernish thinkpad in the $100ish region that outruns, outbatteries, outdisplays, outconnects even a heavily upgraded device, you're left with a shitty value proposition. so the only reason you'd be into this is as a hobby, and bear in mind it's an expensive one. the best analogy I've seen is it's like working on a classic car - the time and expenses and the result are acceptable only to hobbyists.
dingdongitsabear 2w ago • 75%
good messenger for what?
if you want a solution for you and a bunch of your henchmen to coordinate and discuss totally-not-crimes with ephemeral comms, practically any E2EE solution will work; once the not-crimen is done, burn your accounts and toss the devices for good measure and you're scot free.
if you want a secure messenger that's part of a widely used communication platform where you can also do normal people shit and also convert normal people to actually use it (think getting contact deets from cute boy/girl at a bar or giving yours to a business correspondent without an elaborate powerpoint presentation on how to use it) and you want to enjoy the fruits of 20+ years of continuous IM development, like having top-notch UX, battery efficiency, network resiliency, quality voice/video calls, etc., without being spied on then such a thing doesn't exist.
how come? meredith baxter recently stated that it costs signal $50MM/yr to run their infra. that money has to come from somewhere. if there are no advertising dolts dumping cash on spying on your social graph and convos, the remaining avenues for financing are few and far between.
in closing, there aren't any super awesome messengers you weren't aware of, everything is shit.
dingdongitsabear 3w ago • 100%
not to trample on your experiences, but you can make it work. it's true it's super cumbersome and involved though.
I've had/got it working on a T420s, T480s, T14, MBPr 2012, on debian, fedora, and arch. it helps if it's not your primary/only workstation so you can tweak it without pressure. keep at it, it's worth it, I can't imagine using my laptops any other way.
maybe do I write-up one of these days.
dingdongitsabear 3w ago • 100%
you should enable suspend-then-hibernate instead. laptop suspends normally and if not woken in, say, an hour, the RTC hibernates it to disk.
dingdongitsabear 3w ago • 100%
you're obviously not a golfer
dingdongitsabear 3w ago • 100%
correct, no idea how I managed to do that.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20403604 > if you're a long time PC games pirate, I'd like to divert your attention to an area you probably haven't looked at (I know I haven't) - Playstation 3. > > you're free to look up its [history](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3), but in short, it's tech that premiered in 2006, so def on the old side. nevertheless, it's still in active use with game development reaching into 2017. > > the kicker here is - it's almost flawlessly jailbreakable, allowing you to play anything that was produced for it, *including* games for PS1 and PS2! two caveats: a) I haven't registered nor used a PSN account, as I see no value in it so no idea if network play works and b) I only tried 15 or so games. > > they can be had in the $30-50 range, the older models (fat and earlier slim) being preferable because they support the persistent hack, while later slims and superslims are less so, but still hackable with a non-persistent hack (you need to patch it every time it powers on). > > [the hack](https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=LIVu3Px3eXY) is super easy and straightforward and involves no hardware mods of any kind - it wouldn't hurt to clean and repaste a 20 year old device, though. the new hack with the custom firmware (CFW) is persistent, so it's there forever unless you decide to flash the original firmware (OFW). > > because it's such an old platform there isn't super active resistance from sony towards the hack scene, so you should be good on that front for many, many moons. in contrast, the rare PS4 hacks are quickly patched and rendered useless, even though it's pretty ancient tech from 2012. > > I stumbled onto one by chance, [found a broken device sans Blu-Ray drive](https://lemmy.ml/post/17919547), seemingly useless for normies. thanks to the super-active community at [psx-place](https://www.psx-place.com/), I was able to resurrect it, flash the latest 4.91 CFW with a noBD patch, got me a fake sixaxis game pad and an old 500 GB drive and everything works beautifully! > > you can get games from dedicated "ROM" sites as well as torrents; I'm not overly familiar with the malware situation but I doubt it's a serious concern. the games can be transferred over the network using plain ol' FTP, copied from USB drives or even played directly from those. although it was the primary method of game distribution, I haven't needed the BD once. there are mods with store-like interfaces that allow you to directly download games from the internet and install them to the disk. also, DLNA is supported, I managed to play movies from my Jellyfin server! > > although it won't hurt it, SSD are probably overkill. the SATA1 interface it has is congruent with transfer speeds of mechanical drives, so you're fine with repurposing one of those, as they can be had for next to nothing; max size is 1.5TB. > > I've gotten a cheap sixaxis clone; cost me $10 NiB and it works. I don't know if I suck at playing dynamic games because it's shit or because I plain suck (never played with a gamepad before), that remains to be seen. I'm def not buying an original because they cost like $50+, and I'm not getting them used because yuck - who knows who sweated on them and what else they did with it. > > a word of warning - you shouldn't spend a ton of money on them because it's decade+ old tech that's on the uptick part of a bathtub curve. the graphics chips they had, especially the early models, are prone to die and repair isn't viable. > > it took me a while to piece together all the info as I've never had any interactions with consoles of any kind, let alone the hack aspects of it. if you're similarly challenged, ask away here or on [ps3piracy](https://lemmy.ml/c/ps3piracy@lemmy.world) and I'll try to help!
if you're a long time PC games pirate, I'd like to divert your attention to an area you probably haven't looked at (I know I haven't) - Playstation 3. you're free to look up its [history](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3), but in short, it's tech that premiered in 2006, so def on the old side. nevertheless, it's still in active use with game development reaching into 2017. the kicker here is - it's almost flawlessly jailbreakable, allowing you to play anything that was produced for it, *including* games for PS1 and PS2! two caveats: a) I haven't registered nor used a PSN account, as I see no value in it so no idea if network play works and b) I only tried 15 or so games. they can be had in the $30-50 range, the older models (fat and earlier slim) being preferable because they support the persistent hack, while later slims and superslims are less so, but still hackable with a non-persistent hack (you need to patch it every time it powers on). [the hack](https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=LIVu3Px3eXY) is super easy and straightforward and involves no hardware mods of any kind - it wouldn't hurt to clean and repaste a 20 year old device, though. the new hack with the custom firmware (CFW) is persistent, so it's there forever unless you decide to flash the original firmware (OFW). because it's such an old platform there isn't super active resistance from sony towards the hack scene, so you should be good on that front for many, many moons. in contrast, the rare PS4 hacks are quickly patched and rendered useless, even though it's pretty ancient tech from 2012. I stumbled onto one by chance, [found a broken device sans Blu-Ray drive](https://lemmy.ml/post/17919547), seemingly useless for normies. thanks to the super-active community at [psx-place](https://www.psx-place.com/), I was able to resurrect it, flash the latest 4.91 CFW with a noBD patch, got me a fake sixaxis game pad and an old 500 GB drive and everything works beautifully! you can get games from dedicated "ROM" sites as well as torrents; I'm not overly familiar with the malware situation but I doubt it's a serious concern. the games can be transferred over the network using plain ol' FTP, copied from USB drives or even played directly from those. although it was the primary method of game distribution, I haven't needed the BD once. there are mods with store-like interfaces that allow you to directly download games from the internet and install them to the disk. also, DLNA is supported, I managed to play movies from my Jellyfin server! although it won't hurt it, SSD are probably overkill. the SATA1 interface it has is congruent with transfer speeds of mechanical drives, so you're fine with repurposing one of those, as they can be had for next to nothing; max size is 1.5TB. I've gotten a cheap sixaxis clone; cost me $10 NiB and it works. I don't know if I suck at playing dynamic games because it's shit or because I plain suck (never played with a gamepad before), that remains to be seen. I'm def not buying an original because they cost like $50+, and I'm not getting them used because yuck - who knows who sweated on them and what else they did with it. a word of warning - you shouldn't spend a ton of money on them because it's decade+ old tech that's on the uptick part of a bathtub curve. the graphics chips they had, especially the early models, are prone to die and repair isn't viable. it took me a while to piece together all the info as I've never had any interactions with consoles of any kind, let alone the hack aspects of it. if you're similarly challenged, ask away here or on [ps3piracy](https://lemmy.ml/c/ps3piracy@lemmy.world) and I'll try to help!
I guess this should be an appropriate community, participants possibly on the older side... so, I only recently got my first gamepad. played with keyboard and mouse up until then. so, with a couple of games I tried (tomb raiders, uncharted, NFS, etc) it's kinda going but I suck at anything that needs fast responses, like aiming and hitting moving enemies; don't think I'd have any trouble with a mouse. so I guess my question is - any old timers around that got good at this late in their gaming career?
have issues with my feet in the metatarsal region. no idea if it's temporary or there for good. just checking if this means no running for me ever or are folks out there running with this condition. thanks.
I know some wobble is OK, but is [this](https://imgur.com/a/rcbAoU4) too much wobble on the rear axle? replaced the axle and the bearings, greased them up, screwed all into place. can't remember what it was before I replaced it, am I good here?
found a Playstation 3 (model CECHH04) by the dumpster. cleaned it up and inspected - it's missing the BD and the HD and its cage; I jammed a normal 2.5" HDD in there and stuck some cardboard around. the light turned green, the HD spins up, the fans are spinning and the TV shows it's alive - no OS though. I've downloaded Sony's official firmware and also some [evilnat CFW jailbreak](https://www.psx-place.com/threads/cfw-4-91-2-evilnat-cobra-8-5-beta9-cex-dex-pex-d-pex.39743/); tried both but the prompt on the TV is to attach a controller to the USB and press the PS button, which I haven't got. can I do something without it? tried a noname PC gamepad and keyboard but no go...
anyone got Chromecast with Google TV 4K working with Jellyfin? it runs Android TV, gets the Jellyfin app and then stuff starts breaking. It can't connect to the server intermittently, playback stutters, stops, breaks... the server reports the file is direct play and no issues. Five other devices have no problems of any kind, only this fucker has spells constantly.
anyone managed to attach a monitor to a Poco F1 or Oneplus 6/6T?
can someone explain leverage to me as practised by those RE ~~bullshitters~~ finfluencers. I feel their whole spiel is just bullshit but I don't know enough to be sure about it. according to them, you "buy" a home - you put X% down and pay your first monthly (and then post on r/firsttimehomebuyer). then you go to (another?) bank and say "look I got this house I wanna use as collateral" and they go "wow you own a house! sure, have this bag of money"... repeat until you "own" like a city block. like, how does that not crash and burn at the first step, just a cursory glance at the asset's status? how are they not "lol you ain't *got* no house dumbass come back in 20 years when you actually own it"?
I want to create a minimal install for `mpv` playback through [jellyfin-mpv-shim](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim) and [macast](https://github.com/xfangfang/Macast). this is going to be a base for a FOSS media sink akin to a Chromecast. you attach it to your TV and it plays whatever you send it, like movies from your jellyfin server and youtube/vimeo/piped/etc videos. otherwise, there's no interaction with it, it doesn't handle input (remotes, mice, keyboards, etc.), it's controlled via apps (jellyfin android and allcast). I've already made a proof-of-concept device running debian 12 with Plasma and it (mostly) works. now I'd like to trim the fat and install only what's absolutely necessary as I currently only have a 2006 macbook with busted screen and GMA950 with a mechanical HD. I'm gonna go with LAN only so I don't have to dick around with broadcom WLAN. what do I need in terms of DEs and/OR WMs? do I need those at all? I seem to remember that I could run firefox in kiosk mode without anything else but X11, could I run mpv like that? or possibly wayland? what would be the absolute minimum package-wise to achieve this? to reiterate, it's only going to display full-screen mpv when there's video to play, no menus, navigation, nada. possibly some slideshow-while-idle thingy in the future if it doesn't add too much in terms of software needed, but not right now.
I hate spending money on hardware when there's a software solution. like, I've got a subwoofer from a 2.1 system (without satellites) for free. instead of sourcing speakers for it, however cheap they might be, I'll just utilize the speakers from my monitor. `pipewire` to the rescue, it creates a combined sink that outputs sound to both DP and analog audio, et voila - a 2.1 sound system. people are like "your monitor sounds like *that*!?" and usually I play dumb: "yeah, yours doesn't? well that's linux for ya". so, I have a desktop and a laptop and I'd like to share the same monitor, keyboard, and mouse. modern monitors have a KVM switch integrated, you connect your keyboard/mouse/etc. to it, one USB Type-C cable to the laptop, a couple to the desktop and you have a seamless switch; it even charges the laptop, how cool is that! however, my monitor works just fine and I don't replace my hardware unless I really have to. USB KVMs with similar functions aren't cheap. also, the monitor already has multiple display inputs so I got to thinking, how do I re-create this with no money, or as little as possible, with DIY tech? first, switching the display; this one took me no time at all. I have a USB Type-C to DP cable (with DP-Alt) and with the power of `udev` (detect a connection then trigger stuff) and `ddcutil` (sends commands to the monitor) I got it working as seamless as possible - I connect the laptop and it automagically switches the monitor over. when I disconnect it, the monitor falls back to an active connection, which is the desktop. awesome! now how about switching the keyboard and mouse over? I'd like to do it in software, like barrier/inputleap does it but without having to move the cursor to the adjacent monitor. also, both machines are on wayland which isn't supported. eventual input lag to the laptop is unimportant, I game on the desktop. no idea if that can be accomplished or if that's even a thing... that **is** a thing - it's called [USB/IP](https://usbip.sourceforge.net/), i.e. sharing your USB device over TCP/IP; it's a kernel module included by default for a long time now and that thing **rocks**! not only does the USB keyboard work without any perceivable lag on the laptop, it get's "disconnected" from the host, so your keypresses aren't disturbing the host. since it's a kernel module, no need to convince wayland to play ball! this also works for webcams, scanners, readers, etc., the client system thinks this is a local device and it just works. so all we have to do is expand the shell script to bring over the keyboard and mouse along with switching over the monitor once the USB-C connection is detected annnd... success! well, sorta. my wireless mouse is second-hand and I haven't got the USB receiver for it, so it connects over bluetooth. tried sharing with `usbip` and it works, but the radio connection gets interrupted or something and the mouse doesn't work there. maybe there's a workaround but I don't want to dig further. also, how do I switch back to the desktop to shoot some peggies? I don't want to disconnect the laptop manually so I could come up with a slew of shell scripts and udev triggers and I'd also need a ssh tunnel, I don't want my keyboard input to travel over the LAN in cleartext, etc... kinda cumbersome. also, once the novelty wears off, the automagicallity gets tired, I'd prefer manually switching between devices with a keyboard combo. enter [rkvm](https://github.com/htrefil/rkvm). it's written in rust and as everybody knows that's super awesome. unlike `usbip`, comms are encrypted, so no sniffing possible, **and** hotkey switching is a default function, **and** it also handles the mouse! now, `rkvm` currently doesn't support triggers, like "do X when hotkey combo pressed", but Plasma can handle running the monitor switch script on each device separately by listening to the same hotkey combo. both solutions have their advantages and disadvantages, `usbip` requires more legwork but is more powerful whereas `rkvm` is simpler and easier to set up. the final step, powering the laptop over the same cable. sadly, can't handle that in software, but there are power delivery injectors out there, some as cheap as $7. also, there's [this cool project](https://github.com/Jana-Marie/PD-Injector), looks easy enough to source and implement. not sure if I'm going that way or just go with a used dock station, as those can be had for a song for popular business ex-flagships, like the Thinkpad T-series, HP Elitebooks, Dell Latitudes, etc.. are there downsides? sure there are. numero uno, the host (desktop, in my case) has to be on all the time. not a big deal for me, it gets woken in the morning and suspended late at night. there are edge cases when rkvm geeks out, but for a thing that's in its 0.x version, this is *more* than usable. so, I've been using this setup for the past week or so and haven't yet found it to break or have any negative side-effects. gaming on the desktop is as snappy (or shitty) as ever and using my mech keyboard and giant screen on the laptop allows me to easily compartmentalize my business and private stuff. thanks for reading! edit: edited title to clarify I'm talking about a Keyboard-Video-Mouse switch, not a Kernel-Virtual-Machine.
I'm considering upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5600, they've finally come down to $100 locally (tray version sans cooler). currently, I have a 1600AF (lower binned 2600, so Zen+) on a B450 board. the upgrade should be straightforward, my board supports it (latest BIOS) and it has the same power rating, so my cheap-ass PSU and stock cooler don't need upgrading. reason I want to upgrade is I have a number of issues with it under linux so I'd like to check if someone runs a similar setup. first, I have Cool & Quiet and C-states disabled and Power Idle Control to "Typical Current Idle"; otherwise the machine freezes when waking from suspend after a short while. the second issue is, I have 3600 MT/s Kingston Hyper-X modules that I have to run at 2400 because both XMP profiles (XMP1-3000 and XMP2-3600) are unstable and cause apps to crash (the latter sometimes won't boot at all, can't unlock LUKS). supposedly, both those issues are fixed in newer gens; old Zen/Zen+ had issues with faster RAM, and the C-state handling is also better in Zen3. also, I can use the new amd-pstate driver. my PC is plenty fast as is, I'm only considering upgrading to fix them two issues. if it's the same on the other side of the fence, I'd rather skip it. anyone had first-hand experiences with this? edit: thanks everyone who took the time to share their setup, I'm way more optimistic about making the jump!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11999240 > anyone **know** what the last option does? I want to remove movies that were added by the list but were then taken off it. but the way it's written, it sorta implies that *all movies* that aren't on a list will be removed, which is what I very much don't want.
anyone **know** what the last option does? I want to remove movies that were added by the list but were then taken off it. but the way it's written, it sorta implies that *all movies* that aren't on a list will be removed, which is what I very much don't want.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/10113624 > what's a reliable way to determine my device's battery health? something like Coconutbattery for macOS - charge cycles, health, factory/remaining mAh, etc... > >  > > tried CPU-Z, says health is "Good". gee, thanks... out of what, "Excellent" through "Shit" or what? > > backstory, I got a Samsung Tab S6 used, wiped it and installed LineageOS 20 and I'm using for a couple of months. the battery kinda sucks. granted, I have like 3-4 hours SOT/day but a 7000 mAh battery should last a couple of days; pure guesstimation, I had an iPad some years ago and that thing lasted for eons. > > if I leave it overnight with 10ish% battery remaining and battery saver on, it's dead by morning. that sort of drain can't be normal? on the other hand, I don't have google services so every app has its own running service - syncthing, KDE Connect, Allcast, Jellyfin Player, etc. > > there's the stuff I can read from `/sys/class/power_supply/battery/` but nothing useful in there; like `charge_full` and `charge_full_design` are the same (70400) and other promising sounding items are unset or nonsensical. > >  > > tried the same on my Redmi phone w/LOS, completely different files there and equally useless. > > I don't wanna go through sourcing the battery, prying the thing open and replacing it, only to find out that's how it's supposed to work. any ideas? >
what's a reliable way to determine my device's battery health? something like Coconutbattery for macOS - charge cycles, health, factory/remaining mAh, etc...  tried CPU-Z, says health is "Good". gee, thanks... out of what, "Excellent" through "Shit" or what? backstory, I got a Samsung Tab S6 used, wiped it and installed LineageOS 20 and I'm using for a couple of months. the battery kinda sucks. granted, I have like 3-4 hours SOT/day but a 7000 mAh battery should last a couple of days; pure guesstimation, I had an iPad some years ago and that thing lasted for eons. if I leave it overnight with 10ish% battery remaining and battery saver on, it's dead by morning. that sort of drain can't be normal? on the other hand, I don't have google services so every app has its own running service - syncthing, KDE Connect, Allcast, Jellyfin Player, etc. there's the stuff I can read from `/sys/class/power_supply/battery/` but nothing useful in there; like `charge_full` and `charge_full_design` are the same (70400) and other promising sounding items are unset or nonsensical.  tried the same on my Redmi phone w/LOS, completely different files there and equally useless. I don't wanna go through sourcing the battery, prying the thing open and replacing it, only to find out that's how it's supposed to work. any ideas?
so, I have a weird problem with a Dell Latitude 5285, that's a 2-in-1 with a detachable keyboard akin to the MS Surface Pro 5. it has an i5-7300u, 16 GB LPDDR3 (on-board), 500 GB NVMe, 12.3" 1920x1280 3:2 touch screen. I got it second-hand, unknown history, without a battery. they're stuck at 400 MHz without one, but Thottlestop in Windows and msr-tools in Linux fix the BD_PROCHOT throttling and the machine performed adequately for months. I've sourced a replacement battery, removed the patch and my problems started. there's weird screen flickering, looks like bad video ram or a flaky connection. it's intermittent, sometimes it runs without issues for hours, sometimes minutes and sometimes it flickers from the start, so troubleshooting and checking if this or that fixed things takes days. the artefacts are inconsistent with anything that is or isn't happening (load, temps, etc) or power source. the problem is mostly exacerbated when the battery is full and/or when waking from sleep, it's almost always super glitchy then. [here's a demonstration:](https://imgur.com/a/WnsL2Jj) would be great if I could try a different battery or try this one in another device, but don't have that option. at no point are there ANY glitches on the external display (tried DP-Alt over USB Type-C and HDMI over Dell WD19 Dock), regardless if the internal screen is enabled or not. so, bad luck - faulty screen or backlight or RAM or something, right? except, when I unplug the battery (but leave it in place) and connect it to power and reenable the BD_PROCHOT patch - zero glitches! it runs for hours - videos, GPU and CPU stress test, not one hiccup, tear, nothing! if it were a normal laptop, I'd just leave it be and use it as a desktop. it feels like such a waste with the functional touchscreen though. what I've tried: - different USB Type-C chargers - fresh paste on CPU, clean vent - latest firmware, tried downgrading, no change - memtest passed twice on thorough, all clear - internal diagnostics also - it never froze or crashed - screenshot during glitches doesn't contain them - disabling turbo, upping/lowering the max/boost GPU clock, forcing cores offline, limiting max frequencies with TLP - the battery isn't deformed and doesn't exert pressure on the screen or any cables; also tried running it with the screen slightly lifted from the case, no change - pressing, jerking, wiggling of the internal display cable/connector, no change - same issues in Windows 11, Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora WS 38; rarely but sometimes in BIOS/during boot - sadly, can't undervolt the CPU/GPU (Throttlestop FIVER says it's locked) but some MSR writes are apparently OK (like disabling BD_PROCHOT works). at some point, it had both charger and dock with PD attached at the same time to both USB Type-C ports; it's possible this fried something, although I have no evidence of that. so, I'm sure this is NOT a linux hardware problem, but I would like to use linux to fix the problem. at this point, I am sure it's defective, whether it's age or physical or manufacturing defect or whatever; but since it definitely works perfectly without the battery, I'm looking for some tweaks that makes it perform *with* the battery the same as *without* it. seriously doubt anyone's seen anything similar but are there any ideas what to look at? what to try? edit: I'm not asking for free hardware troubleshooting, maybe I haven't expressed myself succintly. what I'd like is some sort of snapshot of all relevant registers with battery working. and then one without. and then have somehow the difference between those two computed, so I can see which setting I need to tweak. would this be doable?