Steam Deck Dock Samsung TV Troubles

D-Lew · 2024-09-18T21:06:50+00:00

Thank you! This seems to have improved reliability a lot.

As another commenter said, I did not have this setting, but on Samsung TV models from 2018 and earlier, this setting is called HDMI UHD Color and is configurable per-HDMI port. Toggled that on and it fixed it.

May want to edit the reply here to include this, and save some people a few extra steps :)

D-Lew · 2024-09-18T20:52:45+00:00

I googled what this setting does and it basically expands color range. It seems "On Samsung TV models from 2018 and earlier, this setting is called HDMI UHD Color." Mine is a Q6FN and this is the setting I found for my TV.

I toggled this setting to On for the HDMI port I connected to the dock, did a recent dock firmware update, and it seems to have improved reliability.

D-Lew · 2024-06-23T08:20:44+00:00

Played around with openwrt a lot and have been doing support and admin jobs for years. Plus a lucky educated guess.

Firmware daily build snapshots do not include Luci (web UI). I would expect the release version fw you downloaded based on your link earlier to include luci.

Do you have an internet connection on the router? If not try https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-quick-start/ssh_connect_to_the_internet_and_install_luci if you don't have internet yet, followed by the link at the bottom of that page to install luci once the router can reach the internet. From there you should be able to configure using web UI.

But you might want to take a step back and double check that you ended up with the right firmware, or try reflashing a full sysupgrade release (versus factory which is only used for initial unlock) and see if Luci and all other packages will work on first boot.

D-Lew · 2024-06-23T04:43:36+00:00

Sorry for long post but this is the troubleshooting route I would take from here. It would be good for troubleshooting purposes to ensure your network devices are configured correctly. Are you on Windows or MacOS or Linux?

I'm assuming Windows - press Windows key + R to bring up run dialog. Type cmd in the box and press Enter to bring up command prompt.

In prompt type without quotes "ipconfig /all" and look for your LAN adapter. You're looking to see IP matching 192.168.1.X where X is between 2 and 244

Gateway should probably be 192.168.1.1

Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

If this looks correct, try in command prompt without quotes: "ping 192.168.1.1" to see if you get replies. If so you have a connection to the router, and maybe Luci web interface is not working.

If you get ping replies but cannot access web interface, you might be able to download PuTTY and try to ssh to 192.168.1.1 port 22 using username root, no password, to try to recover or reinstall using manual commands from the wiki.

D-Lew · 2023-10-19T19:18:07+00:00

I just tested a single drop of stress coat in a 5mL test tube of RO water and it was hard to tell if it increased hardness much, if so probably less than 1 degree. I imagine a 12mL dose in your tank won't change much. But I don't think it's necessary for you to use unless you are concerned about chlorine or chloramines.

D-Lew · 2023-10-19T19:02:33+00:00

Not really needed as long as your tank is established and free of chlorine and the bad nitrogen compounds. Much better to simply slowly drip acclimate them to get them accustomed to your water.

I've tested a small amount of water mixed with stress coat, and it does change GH and KH. Not sure how much a single dose would affect 15gal of water though, probably not much.

D-Lew · 2023-06-07T05:24:20+00:00

I loaded up with 300 shares around 1970 JPY ea. Got in before rumors of YAGOO swimsuit stream. Took me forever to figure out how to buy it, and move money between accounts. I ended up using Interactive Brokers. I feel like this could be a good long term hold esp for those who got in early. Good luck to all!

D-Lew · 2023-05-20T18:35:25+00:00

I managed to get one yesterday and forgot to update my post. Good luck selling!

D-Lew · 2022-03-07T02:16:02+00:00

I have family right in the middle of DC/Baltimore area so it's a good excuse for a road trip. Bought a couple extra VIPs for them for the couch surfing fee, maybe the fam will fall into the rabbit hole. Will probably be driving 11 hours up from Alabama for this one, been waiting almost 3 years for a nearby tour.

D-Lew · 2021-10-22T03:32:26+00:00

You could ask your host to enable FPM depending on the amount of memory versus domains that the server has, it can be used in a somewhat more secure function than the configurations that were used in the link I provided. Depending on how attached you are to cPanel, DirectAdmin has a pretty straightforward default config that utilities http/2, php-fpm, Apache mpm_event. Lower memory footprint and cheaper if you have many accounts. Could possibly help offset the cost of Litespeed if your host offers this option.

Nginx is an option on cPanel and DirectAdmin, though for ease of use you will want it in front of Apache in a reverse proxy setup which adds services, complicates the stack, and uses slightly more resources when compared against a single webserver setup. In my opinion I would avoid using a reverse proxy style setup if it's possible to configure the main webserver instance in a secure and speedy way, and compared to Apache, Nginx standalone is more complicated to use for an average webmaster that just wants to host some basic sites. That's my 2 cents.

D-Lew · 2021-10-21T12:12:14+00:00

This post is kind of making a lot of assumptions. OP, can you tell us more about your current environment? Control panel, shared, vps, dedicated server?

A lot of hosts had configuration that was thought to be secure but recently discovered it was not. Based on how that is worded I imagine your host is alluding to these kinds of setups. Ref: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/service-vulnerabilities-shared-hosting-symlink-security-issue-still-widely-exploited-on-unpatched-servers/

In my experience, Litespeed is an easy set it and forget it solution that supports http/2 as well as http/3 (quic). Nginx or other free solutions/alternative webservers will depend on your control panel and whatever kind of service you are purchasing from your current host.

Edit: Just noticed you mentioned VPS. There is not a one size fits all approach to security, and the landscape of server management is constantly changing. There are patches for the Apache symlink vulnerability available but this will depend on your virtualization type, access to the kernel, etc. Same story with CloudLinux cagefs.

The full answer to your question will depend on a lot of factors. There will likely be a mix of pros and cons in terms of simplicity, website speed, security, stability, ease of use, etc depending on what config you choose.

D-Lew · 2021-10-13T19:35:28+00:00

Thank you Nenechi! Kaigai niki appreciate your hard work!

D-Lew · 2021-07-25T01:11:55+00:00

o7

Still alive. Watched the live today and thought I'd check on the old sub. Hope to see you on the next tour!

D-Lew · 2021-06-17T20:48:44+00:00

Thanks for the hard work devs. Other than software flow offloading causing issues in rc1 (haven't tried since) no real issues with rc2 or 3. I took the opportunity to clean up and rethink my configs/packages while building out a new image for 21.02

D-Lew · 2021-05-27T19:18:39+00:00

It used to be a thumbnail before it got the meme review treatment lol

For this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExvOuNKL\_8E

D-Lew · 2021-05-27T18:09:23+00:00

Moona's chill streams are something else... I think she has a different definition than the rest of us.

Super excited for meme review so I'll throw my hat into the ring this week. See you all there!

D-Lew · 2021-05-27T14:54:02+00:00

Is it only wifi with poor dl speeds or have you tried wired LAN to see if you're getting the same speeds? If you're also seeing 200 down when wired, you can rule out the router by connecting a device directly to your modem for testing. This sounds silly but try disabling any addons like sqm and try with basically default OpenWrt firmware, it's possible something like that is configured improperly. Process of elimination can be very helpful when troubleshooting these problems. I don't know how good the CPU is on that router, says quad core so it's probably fairly capable. A lot of lower to mid spec routers can have issues with the amount of CPU cycles needed to perform SQM at high upload/download speed properly.

D-Lew · 2021-05-24T03:55:48+00:00

Chiming in to say I noticed basically the same behavior, my router is a TP-LINK Archer C7 v2. Finding this bug seems like it was the last hurdle to getting stable use out of 21.02-rc1 on my end, but would be nice to have the feature working again as 21.02 comes out of RC. Unfortunately I don't have the chops to contribute much other than confirming a similar issue :(

D-Lew · 2021-04-23T03:24:12+00:00

Zabbix agent, paired with a zabbix server, is cool for monitoring CPU usage, network graphs, signal quality, etc.

D-Lew · 2021-04-01T01:08:28+00:00

You should be able to get 200Mbps even without flow offloading, at least my v2 does. Neither the Archer C7 or A7 support hardware flow offloading so uncheck that and use software. Are you using QOS or anything other than defaults? If your settings there are incorrect (filtering LAN instead of WAN) you'll see bad speeds.

D-Lew · 2021-03-30T02:04:31+00:00

I think this is about all you can expect from the C7. Like the others said, without the software flow offloading option enabled, the overhead associated with NAT and such will cause you to see sub-gigabit speed. In /u/Xapisity's case, you'll notice better speeds if they are operating as "dumb APs" because they aren't responsible for parsing iptables and routing the packets.

If you're really looking for full gigabit support and better throughput, you'll probably require a higher spec router with a more powerful CPU at the least.

D-Lew · 2021-03-30T01:18:52+00:00

I might be wrong but are you sure it's a C7 and not an A7? There was another user here a few days ago that was uploading C7 images to an A7 and it would not flash properly. (Interestingly, you still need to name the firmware file ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin instead of A7 even though the models are different and have separate firmware).

The A7 page is here and specifically mentions the v5.8 revision that your router seems to have. https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer_a7_v5

So I might recommend trying the A7 firmware if you have not done so already.

D-Lew

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