Category: SysAdmin

  • Tidying Up

    Things I learned this week: Windows Open Settings > System > Storage, and then click on Apps & Features. Under the Sort By dropdown, select Install Date. Go through and remove anything you don’t need. If an app is unfamiliar, search for it online to see if it’s something you need or if you can…

  • The IP address conflicts with the WAN IP subnet. Please enter a different IP address.

    I have been trying to configure my Netgear R6400, the DHCP scope and reservations, to setup my home network with some fixed addresses for my pihole and what not. And all I have been getting for quite a long time, is that frustrating error. Netgear previously told me to wait for a new firmware update…

  • Brother HL-L2380DW Printer Problems are Black and White

    Why this fools me like it does is because every time I fix it I think I will remember it, and I don’t. Windows 10 will find the printer and add it and then the text is white and all the background is black. This is from all software and applications. The fix is to…

  • NOOBS for Raspberry Pi

    Where did the day go? Down the rabbit hole of SysAdmin work and so, while not particularly wasted, wasn’t time well spent. It started when I decided to upgrade my server to Fedora 30, surprisingly enough, that went smoothly, took a coffee break and a lunch hour and everything came up smelling like a rose.…

  • SOLVED: tt-rss Update Deamon Not Running after Update

    I solved the problem where after an update tt-rss displayed a red box “Update Deamon not Running” [regrets for not having a screen shot of that]. What I found, and I am sure it is in the documentation is that in the tt-rss/lock directory, there are two files: update_deamon.lock and update_deamon.stamp and mind had significantly…