I was having a lot of interface errors (mostly overruns and frame errors) on one of my #RaspberryPi w/ high traffic... I checked for large MTUs (one of my routers w/ a VLAN running over a bond was making frames too big for the switch, so I fixed that), but the switch didn't have any config issues... I even tried replacing the cable.

Turns out, it was probably the ring buffer on the Pi being too small. Bumped it up w/ a "ethtool -G eth0 rx 8192" and no more errors so far.

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Looks like a bad #Ubuntu 20.04 kernel update broke #VirtualBox 6: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/2073267

VirtualBox 7 had some issues with certain versions of Windows which I'm not sure if they've resolved yet, so if you need to go back to a working kernel, you can:

- "sudo apt install linux-image-5.15.0-113-generic"
- Set your GRUB_DEFAULT to "Advanced options for Ubuntu>Ubuntu, with Linux 5.15.0-113-generic"
- "update-grub"

And that should get you back to a usable system.

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Earlier my Windows gaming PC which I hadn't booted for a while was freezing on a black screen on login... I couldn't even open the Task Manager. Turns out the NAS jail joined to the domain that serves user stuff was locked and needed restarting.

Additionally, I was trying to run my engine on WASM and it was failing with "getWasmTableEntry is not a function"... I was trying to pass NULL to set_main_loop(). Still getting random freezes, tho. All NULL derefs so far. Quality.

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So I dug out a 486, put a #PicoGUS in, installed Windows 3.1, and:
- From the drivers control panel, installed unlisted: typed: c:\ultrasnd\windows
- Install failed w/ error.
- Checked that grvsultr.386 was in C:\windows\system and in system.ini under [386Enh]. Ultrasnd.drv was in c:\windows\system.
- Exited windows.
- Reentered windows.
- Checked drivers cpl again... nothing new listed.
- Repeated step 1, chose "current."
- Driver installed w/out issue.

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Finally managed to parse the new CDC #COVID data in #HomeAssistant:

- resource: "https://www.cdc.gov/wcms/vizdata/NCEZID_DIDRI/NWSSStateMap.json"
scan_interval: 86400
sensor:
- name: New York COVID-19 Wastewater Levels
value_template: "{{ value | regex_findall( find='\"state_name\".\"New York\",.*\"activity_level\".\"([0-9]*)\"' ) | first | float }}"
unique_id: rest_covid_ny
icon: mdi:molecule
state_class: measurement

Had to use a regex 'cause the CDC is serving invalid JSON. 😌

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If you wanna get your #PicoGUS working under Windows 3.1, I think I've figured it out:

* Install GUS drivers through the Control Panel > Device Drivers / Browse to C:\ULTRASND\WINDOWS
* This always gives an error. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52561 says to copy stuff from C:\ULTRASND\WINDOWS\SYSTEM to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM but I got away with just trying to do it again and choosing "Current Driver."
* Select your ULTRASND IRQ (5 by default) for >BOTH< GF1 & MIDI!

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Trying to write a quick wrapper to add items to the new #HomeAssistant TODO lists a la todo.sh. The CURL syntax seems to be:

curl -s \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"entity_id\": \"$HA_LIST\", \"item\": \"$HA_ITEM\"}" \
"$HA_URL/api/services/todo/add_item"

Where $HA_LIST is the entity ID of the list and $HA_ITEM is the text of the new item, $HA_KEY is the script token, and $HA_URL is the Home Assistant URL.

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