one #goBags tip i have is to get some of #Waterfield (aka #sfbags) gear pouches or #bellroy's fantastic zipper tech valets. you can put a large capacity 29000mAh+ power bank, some a-to-c c-to-c a-to-mini|micro #usb and room for adapters and wall chargers too. zip the little guy together and toss in your bag. i have two and i pull one when i am taking a trip that doesn't involve fleeing the country.
again, bellroy is a #bcorp and you'll love their gear.
Hello Linux friends. Is there any way to use my computer to test USB-C cables?
I want to plug both ends of a cable into two different USB ports on my laptop.
I want to see the emarkers, resistors, and any other data about the cable. Maybe even run a speed test?
Is there a Linux utility which will do that?
(Yes, I know I can get external dongles. I want to do it locally without buying more stuff.)
The best thing about things like that would be if they persuaded every operating system to handle the Unicode usage page (0x10) for USB HIDs, something that custom wacky keyboard builders have been asking about on WWW fora for a decade.
And can we just declare by fiat that it is de facto UTF-16 whatever the spec says?
Hmm. I must put this on the check list for my keyboard driver, I suppose. Practice what one preaches and all that. (-:
As we're aware, the USB portal was merged a few months ago. All that's needed is for apps and desktops to implement them, so we can use them inside sandboxes without compromising security.
Just today, the USB portal implementation for xdg-desktop-portal-gnome was merged! Apps that use the USB portal will be able to request specific USB devices without giving unfiltered access to all your USB devices.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome/-/merge_requests/159
#Tech question:
I have two #USB 3 slots on my computer, but it seems like they cannot perform I/O operations simultaneously, e.g. moving files from one connected flashdrive to the other, whilst it is no problem to do so from a device connected to one of the USB 2 slots to one connected to a USB 3 slot.
Is this normal behaviour, is it a #Linux issue or is it just my computer?
Note: I can connect 2 devices to the USB 3 ports, use them after the other, without disconnecting one.
I built a Giant USB Button that is, if I'm honest, probably *too* big. But hey, I just make what the people want...
Do any of the Linux heads around here know anything more about this error, except that -110 appears to be a timeout error?
I'm getting this regularily. It seems to be related to my two Oculus Rift Sensors (essentially USB cameras) connected via a 4 meter USB 3.0 extension cable. Windows, however, never has an issue with them.
I'm curious. What exactly is happening here?
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My theory is that EmulationStation races to open this ephemeral device, and segfaults.
Fortunately, the two devices have the same vendor ID (VID) but different product IDs (PID). So, the solution is telling the usbhid driver to ignore the first device.
This is done by adding an "options usbhid quirks=VID:PID:0x4" line to some "/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf" file, and regenerating the initramfs (usbhid gets loaded on early boot).
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Got an arcade stick. It's not the cheapest of the cheap, but far from expensive. The switches are somewhat loud, but not louder than I remember cabinets being. I'm happy.
Of course, it took me a whole minute to crash EmulationStation just by connecting it. And an hour to find a solution.
What happens is an USB device appears on the bus, and disconnects almost immediately, being replaced by another device which then stays around.
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Georges Stavracas blogged about the Flatpak 1.16 release!
It's apparently National Sticker Day so here's something I came up with as a practical application: USBoo.
Marking the port in this manner indicates that it still works, but is slightly haunted.
I have a whole sheet of these stickers, but if I start marking every bit of haunted technology in here, I'd run out fast. It's magic smoke and ghosts all the way down.
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This USB-C cable can rotate 360 degrees for optimal cable management
USB-C was a great step forward, removing the awkward “try to plug in the cable, doesn’t fit, rotate 180 degrees, still doesn’t fit” dance, but cable management is still a pain. If you wish your cables didn’t stick out at awkward angles and could rot ...continues
See https://gadgeteer.co.za/this-usb-c-cable-can-rotate-360-degrees-for-optimal-cable-management/
How to Save the World With ZFS and 12 USB Sticks: 4th Anniversary Video Re-Release Edition · Constant Thinking
2011:
「About 4 years ago, a few colleagues and myself got together and we created a short video about the coolness of two of the most innovative products from Sun of the last decade: ZFS and the X4500 Server.
Today, nearly 4 years later, the video has been downloaded more than 100,000 times …」
One of the things I realized during my recent #travel is that although the world is gradually moving toward standardizing on USB-C, a significant proportion, perhaps even a majority, of the currently operating public #USB #infrastructure available to #airport and #train passengers is still USB-A and is likely to remain so for some time.
I did not bring a USB-A cable with me on my last trip, and I found myself regretting that choice. So, I am adding a USB-A cable back into my travel kit.
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