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Fixing AWS ECS execute-command TargetNotConnectedException when using Fargate

In the past week I've encountered an error when trying to run aws ecs execute-command on a Fargate container running platform 1.4.0.

This worked fine on containers created …

Installing Debian 11 on existing LUKS/LVM drive

This is an update to by previous post for Debian 11.

If you want to install Debian on an existing luks encrypted device then the easiest way I've found is …

Optional home mount on Debian 11 bullseye

This is one of those weird edge cases that probably few people will ever encounter.

The Problem

In a probably over complicated attempt at simplifying my working life I wanted …

Fixing flickering screen on Lenovo X270 under KDE

I recently purchased a refurbished Lenovo X270 and installed Debian testing on it using KDE as the desktop environment.

After logging in the screen brightness flickered, this was most noticeable …

Fix gnucash colours on kde breeze dark theme

Updated for Gnu Cash 4.4 on KUbuntu 21.04

The register input shows as black text on a black background even with the old overrides.

This snippet makes the …

Fix "Failed to set MokListRT: Invalid Parameter" on a Mac Book Pro 2015

In Ubuntu 20.04 on some macs (mine is a 2015 MBP), at boot there is the message "Failed to set MokListRT: Invalid Parameter"

To solve it run

apt-get purge …

Automatically fsck motioneyeos data partition on boot

One of my motioneyeos cameras was stuck in a boot loop due to a corrupt /data partition. The usual kernel fsck parameters didn't work so I modified /etc/init.d …

Fixing immediate wake from sleep on a Mac Book Pro 2015

I have a late 2015 Mac Book Pro running KUbuntu (19.10 at time of writing).

When closing the lid or choosing sleep from the KDE menu it will wake …

Fixing SG_IO: bad/missing sense data on a raspberry pi using Seagate USB hard drives

When using hdparm -I on a group of Seagate USB hard drives attached to a raspberry pi 4 the output included the following error:

SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb …

Installing Ubuntu using debootstrap (2019)

This is an updated version of my 2017 post

In some scenarios you may wish to install vanilla Ubuntu without the ability to use an iso.

In my case this …

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