Re: looks like I need an hid interface
On Thursday 22 April 2021 09:52:57 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 07:59:19PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Monday 19 April 2021 14:24:09 deloptes wrote:
> > > Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > A warning to others, a "sudo apt install avrdude" did a just
> > > > barely announced reboot of my machine, and it has taken me
> > > > nomonally half an hour to restore everything that had x jerked
> > > > out from under it. It killed x before it announced it on a text
> > > > screen. The reboot was, shall we say, messy. No /var/run/locks
> > > > were removed, so kmail had a cow when it was restarted.
> > > >
> > > > That was on my stretch system, it did not repeat on a buster
> > > > install. But no TDE is in use there either.
> > >
> > > You've still not updated this stretch of yours - shame on you!
> >
> > Well, I did buy some 1/2T samsung SSD's a week ago, so I am making
> > progress. Breaking in one of them in another machine right now.
> > Working well in fact. Makes an elderly Dell act like the latest
> > hardware.
> >
> > How soon is bulleye going live?
>
> Call is out for the final release to be in late May - 22nd, maybe?
> [amacater is on the Debian images team].
>
> The bullseye-RC1 iso files are out: Bullseye is frozen so there aren't
> many files moving at the moment - now would be quite a good time to
> try an installation - and tell folks how it went.
>
Well, it won't do a lot of good to keep the .ISO's URL a secret, now will
it?
> > > > This device, a usb dongle labeled "USB ISP version 2.0" is
> > > > apparently not well supported by avrdude. And unforch, the ATmel
> > > > address in the man page is now re-directed to a Microchip site,
> > > > ATmel I assume having since been bought by microchip, the
> > > > product listing on that web page does not include the
> > > > ATmega1284p, and while an option "-c usbtiny" gets a device
> > > > listing that includes the ATmega1284p, this isn't a usbtiny. I
> > > > am guessing from the instructions that this dongle has a memory
> > > > area where the patches for marlin, the printers rs-274d driver,
> > > > are kept, accessed and uploaded to the flash in the printers
> > > > controller. But thats a WAG.
> > > >
> > > > I'll email the author by cc'ing, maybe he can help.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody have a better idea?
> > >
> > > I use mySmartUsb light (~16,-) with the avrdude and with a self
> > > soldiered Atmel programmer board for ~12,-, but knowing your
> > > skills and context, I am sure you need only the USB stick.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > --
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> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law
> > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis
> > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
>
> All best,
>
> Andy C.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
--
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
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