smeg

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[@alexkrokus] Elders in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 45 points 1 day ago

It's the opposite for me. Using a modern browser is a real struggle, but running old games, watching DVDs and listening to MP3s? As good as ever!

The Issue With Wii U Gamepads And How To Clone Them in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago

I often wondered why they didn't do a Nintendoland-style game for the Switch once they started pitching it as a per-person device rather than a per-household device, having some games which use one Switch connected to the TV and another replicating the gamepad could have made for some cool mini-games

The Issue With Wii U Gamepads And How To Clone Them in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

What devices are supported?

  • Steam Deck
  • Linux (check Wi-Fi hardware compatibility)
  • Nintendo Switch (requires Broadcom firmware patch or external Wi-Fi adapter)
  • Android (currently frontend only)
  • Windows (currently frontend only)
  • Raspberry Pi (requires external Wi-Fi adapter)

Sounds like it!

The Issue With Wii U Gamepads And How To Clone Them in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 36 points 5 days ago (3 children)

this finding was immediately turned into a GitHub project called Vanilla Wii U, that enables a Steam Deck to be used as a gamepad, as well as any Linux – and presumably BSD – system with a compatible WiFi adapter

Look at me, I'm the gamepad now

Seriously though, this is a really cool discovery!

Xbox 360 superfan amasses all 1,353 North American discs after two‑decade collection spree in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago

It sounds more fun if you read it in an Aussie accent

GB and GBC in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

If you're playing pokémon red and blue there's one colour palette which makes it quite simple to navigate rock tunnel without flash

Discord's IPO could happen in March in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 9 points 5 days ago

Depends what you use it for. I see people use it for group chats, video calls, and forums, all of which would have different replacements.

GB and GBC in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago

Pokémon gold and silver were also GBC games but in a GB cartridge

The Witcher 3 is reportedly getting a surprise new expansion this year in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago

Pottering? Or is this the long-awaited golf expansion?

Clicks debuts its own take on the BlackBerry smartphone, plus a $79 snap-on mobile keyboard in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago

Android 16 with 5 years of security updates

Makes a nice change for a niche device

World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

More than things like the Phillips CD-i which makes the Wikipedia list, so they're at least distinguishing between consoles and PCs

tough choice? in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week ago

it’s doing something right

That's where the problem lies, we know it's doing something right but we don't understand what or how it works, we're too reliant on it to change it, and the workarounds we have to make to accommodate it are a pain in the arse.

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Alternative software recommendation request: Google Photos (feddit.uk)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by smeg@feddit.uk to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I've stopped using Google Photos but haven't really found a suitable android app (or two separate ones) which can replace two main features:

  1. One-click post-processing - I think Google called it something like "auto awesome", basically a single button which slightly tweaked brightness, contrast, and presumably a few other things to make snaps look a bit better
  2. Automatic backup - I've tried proton drive but the app is a bit slow to load thumbnails, and critically it's a one-way copy so you have to manually re-delete everything from your phone

Any recommendations for apps which can replace these features? Doesn't have to be all-in-one, and FOSS is preferred!

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[SOLVED] Heroic games have stopped launching, any ideas? (feddit.uk)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by smeg@feddit.uk to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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I tried to launch a game from Heroic on the Deck for the first time in a month or so and it's loading for a few seconds and then exiting.

  • Same from game mode or desktop
  • Same for different proton versions
  • Same for Epic, GOG, and Amazon games
  • Same after reinstalling a game
  • Other Steam and non-Steam games run fine

I've probably applied several updates since I last ran a game so no doubt a huge number of things have changed since the last good state. I can't see anyone else reporting similar issues so I know it's very optimistic from me, but does anyone have any suggestions? Even an idea of how to get some logs out would be useful!

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Those of you who complain about it on every post might be interested to know they're (slowly) moving towards a Proton Drive app for Linux (proton.me)
 

Many in the Proton community have been asking for an update on the Proton Drive SDK — especially developers eager to help build new clients or to integrate Drive into their apps. Linux users will be happy to hear that this SDK is a step toward offering a client, something we know is highly anticipated. Today, we’re sharing an early preview of our SDK work.

Important: This SDK is a work in progress. It’s not ready for production use or third-party apps yet. We’re sharing it to give you a look at what we’re building and to get insights on how you could use it — not for you to start building with it just yet.

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PostmarketOS rant / plea for help (feddit.uk)
 

cross-posted from the Linux phones community as nobody there knew

Has anyone actually successfully installed PostmarketOS on an old device recently? I've had a long struggle through trying to prepare a Nexus 7 (2012) and the result seems to be a dead device before I even got to actually installing PostmarketOS.

The rough steps I followed are listed here:

  • Create backups
  • Get SBK
  • Build and prepare U-Boot
    • Actually flashing U-Boot seems to be where things went wrong
      • Running ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../re-crypt/repart-block.bin or ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../generated-wheelie-blobs/AndroidRoot/blob.bin from fusee-tools hung on waiting for bootloader to initialize
      • Running ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../u-boot/u-boot-dtb-tegra.bin failed like this
      • skipping that step and running ./utils/nvflash_v1.13.87205 --resume --rawdevicewrite 0 1024 ../re-crypt/repart-block.bin hung on [resume mode]
      • Consulting a different version of the docs and running ./wheelie --blob ./generated-wheelie-blobs/AndroidRoot/blob.bin seemed to work so I ran ./nvflash --resume --rawdevicewrite 0 1024 ./re-crypt/repart-block.bin which also seemed to work
      • I then powered off as instructed and the device has been completely unresponsive since

I've tried connecting to a charger, disconnecting and reconnecting the battery, and every combination of holding down buttons but it appears to be completely dead. Any suggestions as to what I did wrong or anything I might be able to do now? Obviously it's not the end of the world to have lost a 13 year old tablet that was just gathering dust, but at the moment I'm not feeling positive about ever trying this again on another device!

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PostmarketOS rant / plea for help (feddit.uk)
 

cross-posted from the Linux phones community as nobody there knew

Has anyone actually successfully installed PostmarketOS on an old device recently? I've had a long struggle through trying to prepare a Nexus 7 (2012) and the result seems to be a dead device before I even got to actually installing PostmarketOS.

The rough steps I followed are listed here:

  • Create backups
  • Get SBK
  • Build and prepare U-Boot
    • Actually flashing U-Boot seems to be where things went wrong
      • Running ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../re-crypt/repart-block.bin or ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../generated-wheelie-blobs/AndroidRoot/blob.bin from fusee-tools hung on waiting for bootloader to initialize
      • Running ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../u-boot/u-boot-dtb-tegra.bin failed like this
      • skipping that step and running ./utils/nvflash_v1.13.87205 --resume --rawdevicewrite 0 1024 ../re-crypt/repart-block.bin hung on [resume mode]
      • Consulting a different version of the docs and running ./wheelie --blob ./generated-wheelie-blobs/AndroidRoot/blob.bin seemed to work so I ran ./nvflash --resume --rawdevicewrite 0 1024 ./re-crypt/repart-block.bin which also seemed to work
      • I then powered off as instructed and the device has been completely unresponsive since

I've tried connecting to a charger, disconnecting and reconnecting the battery, and every combination of holding down buttons but it appears to be completely dead. Any suggestions as to what I did wrong or anything I might be able to do now? Obviously it's not the end of the world to have lost a 13 year old tablet that was just gathering dust, but at the moment I'm not feeling positive about ever trying this again on another device!

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Some image posts do not load (feddit.uk)
 

Some posts (e.g. this and this) do not load the images in Summit but load fine in the web ui. Summit gives this error:

stream was reset: PROTOCOL_ERROR
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Possible issue rendering markdown (feddit.uk)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by smeg@feddit.uk to c/summit@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink
 

This post contains quite a lot of formatting. It looks fine in the web ui but Summit seems to mess it up (I think maybe it's trying to put it all under one of the >?)

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Classic SMBC: Funding (www.smbc-comics.com)
 

Source and bonus panel

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Bug report: post link is not showing (thumbnail only) (feddit.uk)
 

I looked at this post in Summit and it's just showing an image post, but when I view it in the web ui there's a linked article. Have I hidden it in some setting or is Summit not showing the link?

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Bug report: embedded video isn't loading (feddit.uk)
 

There's a video in the description of this post which Summit can't display, the Lemmy web ui doesn't load it either but apparently it loads in other clients

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Bug: code block not rendering (feddit.uk)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by smeg@feddit.uk to c/summit@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink
 

This triple-backticked comment loads in the Lemmy web ui but not in Summit, though weirdly it works fine on the original instance!

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Crash when trying to view imgur thumbnail/link (feddit.uk)
 

This post is a link to imgur. The web ui shows a thumbnail but Summit does not, and when I click the link Summit crashes.

Summit version 1.49.5 on Android 14

@idunnololz@lemmy.world can you recreate or do you need more info?

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