Banzai51

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The VoIP in progress binary sensor ... in c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 1 points 1 hour ago

Thanks, clicking submit disabled the binary sensor call_in_progress. But the main VOIP is set to assist_satellite.

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The VoIP in progress binary sensor ... (midwest.social)
 

Hey all, anyone know if there are any directions on how to swap out to the assist_satellite from this depreciated sensor? Normally when there is a swap like this, the Home_Assistant folks give us some directions, but I can't find squat on this.

Linux equivalent to Robocopy? in c/pop_os@lemmy.world
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Ok, after some looking around and testing, think I finally got what I wanted.

First, map the share, err mount the network share. Gotta use the Linux lingo. :P
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=MyUserName //PlexServerName/Sharename /mnt/movies/
Will have to enter both the sudo password and remote Plex server password manually, but that works for me as this is a manual, not automated, process.

And to sync:
sudo rsync -hvrPt --ignore-existing /Drive/SourceFolder/ /mnt/movies/

I was reading somewhere that using -a would add more options that might gum up the works, so I manually expressed what I wanted instead. But I finally got what I was looking for. If you have any suggestions, chime in. Thanks!

Linux equivalent to Robocopy? in c/pop_os@lemmy.world
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago

And after letting it run a couple of hours, it copied nothing. This is really odd. It looks like it is evaluating every file, but again not coping the stuff missing on the destination. Robocopy would take a couple of seconds to run through everything if there was nothing to copy.

Linux equivalent to Robocopy? in c/pop_os@lemmy.world
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I'm trying rsync right now, and it definitely is copying some existing files. Not all but some. Can't figure out why.

Or maybe it is evaluating them? Any way to force it to only look at folder and file names?

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Linux equivalent to Robocopy? (midwest.social)
 

Hey All, When my desktop was Windows, I'd use my desktop to rip DVD/Blu-rays, move them to the movies folder, then use robocopy to copy just new files from my desktop to my Plex server. Used switches to copy just the new files and folders.

What is the Linux equivalent to do this?

Beware Hollywood’s digital demolition: it’s as if your favourite films and TV shows never existed in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 42 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I remember being laughed at when I admitted I still buy CDs, DVDs, or BluRays a few years ago.

PS5 Dashboards Flooded with Unwanted Ads—Sony Claims It Wasn't Intentional in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

...yet!

*Permanently Deleted* in c/politics@beehaw.org
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

Trump doesn't want plans. He just wants fear.

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VOIP softphone in Linux (midwest.social)
 

Hey All,

I'm looking for a good softphone in Linux. I tried Linphone, but it had the same issue I had in Windows where I could send texts ok, but can't send and receive calls. In Windows, I used Microsip since it worked as soon as I configured it. Linphone seems to be "special." Any suggestions?

And I don't care about video calls.

Is AI Going to Replace Software Engineers? in c/technology@midwest.social
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

Yes, every office job in the world will be replaced by AI. Not with the current tech, but it is coming.

8 years of Pixel: How the Google phone changed the industry in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'd say the Nexus phones (pure Android) were way more a game changer than the Pixels.

Donald Trump questioned Kamala Harris’s racial identity in a confrontational appearance at a Black journalists’ conference. in c/politics@beehaw.org
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

Trump and his supporters want clarification on which racial epitaphs to use.

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Dark Mode Question (midwest.social)
 

Hey all, noob here. In the system settings of Pop OS I chose dark mode. At first everything was fine. But something happened. This issue is only happening in the Show Applications area. It is dark mode, but the text is all black instead of switching over to a lighter color like it did before. Makes it tough to read as you can see in the screenshot. I've tried flipping to light mode and then back to dark mode several times of varying length with no success. Any tips to get it back to normal?

Bonus issue: I have uninstalled OpenRGB, but it is still showing up in the app list as you can see in the screenshot. Any way to remove it? If I reinstall OpenRGB, I get a second icon.

How to install apps in other locations? in c/pop_os@lemmy.world
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

I've run a Raspberry Pi with PiHole for years on top of playing with Pi's and trying out distros with USB boot. I'm new to the day to day reality of living with Linux. So yeah, I'm still shifting my mindset to full time Linux. Great thing is Linux has improved so much. It's a long way better than trying to install Slackware in the late 90s.

And I went burn-the-ships with this move. I'm not dual booting, I backed up files, and formatted everything.

How to install apps in other locations? in c/pop_os@lemmy.world
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

I found a comment on another website that said you have to install Steam/Lutris from the PopOS Deb package and not the flatpak. I know they were installed by flatbak from the Pop OS store. So uninstalled and reinstalled as the Deb package and I can know swap the install directory for games to another drive. One more step down in my Linux switch.

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How to install apps in other locations? (midwest.social)
 

So just got my computer switched over to Pop! OS.

When I open the Pop Shop, the installers don't give me an option to change the location of the app installs. I have 4 disks, 2 nvmes, 2 hard disks. I would prefer to install some of my apps to the 2nd nvme, which I have mounted to /Apps. Mainly the games I will play, along with Stream and Lutris.

Would I need to install from the terminal with apt or nala? I installed nala because it looks cleaner, but we'll see.

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4k80 (midwest.social)
 

Hey everyone, I recently acquired the 4k77, 4k80, and 4k83. However, the 4k80 one looks grainy. 77 and 83 look clear in comparison. Did I just get a bad copy, or does 4k80 have issues?

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IP Phone to Home Assistant (midwest.social)
 

Has anyone got Home Assistant to work with an IP phone as a local voice control?

I have a Grandstream GXP 2140, and I cannot get it talking to HA for the functionality. It doesn't have the same settings as the Grandstream pots to IP Phone device from the article.

https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/worlds-most-private-voice-assistant/

I have Whisper and Piper installed, and showing up under the Wyoming protocol. I have the IP Phone addon installed, but it never detects my phone.

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Assist Widget (midwest.social)
 

Hey everyone, I've started playing around with Assist to use voice to kick off actions. However, I want to put an Assist widget on my Android home screen. The directions from HA say to open your widgets, go to Home Assistant, then long press the Assist widget. However, when I go to select a widget, there is no Assist widget available.

I have Assist setup and I can access it from the mobile app. But I would like a shortcut so I can quickly access it.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Or is the documentation out of date?

Phone: OnePlus 9, running Android 13.
Hopefully this isn't an OxygenOS issue.

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