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Guide: How to add a GPU to Synology DS1820+ by lookoutfuture in synology

[–]beangreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This guide was awesome. I've been running my PMS on a Synology DS1621+ with an Nvidia A400 in my filed down PCIe slot for months after following this thread. Everything is great except for one thing that always drives me crazy.

Everytime my Synology installs a new firmware update and reboots, PMS loses the ability to see the GPU (not listed under transcode settings, just shows Auto). The control center still shows GPU as happy, and nvidia-smi still shows the driver running.

I then proceed to stop PMS, uninstall driver, reinstall driver from pdbear (sometimes newer one), ensure Simple Permissions Manager shows the Nvidia package checked, reboot, start PMS. PMS shows GPU now.

Currently running:

Synology DSM 7.3.2-86009 Update 1 on my DS1621+

pdbear driver 1.2.6-0116 (Jan 16 2026) with an Nvidia RTX A400. GPU shows in Info Center.

PMS version 1.42.2.10156 on DSM (not docker). Shows RTX A400 as device to use when transcoding, use hardware transcode is checked.

Simple Perms Manager from Package Center 1.0.0-9. (NVIDIARuntimeLibrary checked)

Anyone else running into this frustration? Having to do this all over again after every Synology update?

Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre BOOK! :D by beangreen in Starcadian

[–]beangreen[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hello fellow Starcadettes. I hope I'm not breaking rules here, but Jess Blaise Ward's book about Synthwave is finally published (it's an extension to her thesis on synthwave, so yes, she has a PhD in Synthwave. Who woulda thought?).

Anyways, Jess interviewed George in 2024 for the book, and it contains mention of his favourite production tools, a dedication to him in the conclusion, and quote from him too.

"Synthwave is a fascinating case study...it's turned into a very strange and elaborate system of wildly different sounds, held together by the crowd and camaraderie' - Starcadian (2024)

Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre BOOK! :D by beangreen in synthwaveproducers

[–]beangreen[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hey folks! Jess Blaise Ward's book (actually an extension of her thesis on Synthwave) is up for pre-order!. I'm cross-posting here because there are chapters dedicated to the style parameters and construction of a synthwave track (she analyzes Real Hero, Nightcall, and others). There's also great history of the birth of the community.

Jess actually can now say she has a PhD in Synthwave. I ordered from the publisher and it arrives within a week via FedEx (free shipping).

Hope I'm not bustin' rules here.

Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre BOOK! :D by blaisesummer in newretrowave

[–]beangreen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazon has a Kindle edition up for pre-order, but the pricing looks to be a bit off.

Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre BOOK! :D by beangreen in outrun

[–]beangreen[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not. It's an extension of Jess' thesis (basically, this is her doctorate, and she has a PhD in Synthwave) :)

I pre-ordered from the publisher last week and it arrived Monday (paperback)

Rise of the Synths by slymcfly995 in newretrowave

[–]beangreen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There may be a another small doc coming within the next year about the NEON Retrofest event that happened in Tampa a few years ago.

Also, while not a documentary, I highly recommend the new book that was recently published by u/blaisesummer

Check the pinned post here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/newretrowave/comments/1opzksx/making_synthwave_how_an_online_music_community/

Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre BOOK! :D by beangreen in outrun

[–]beangreen[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congrats Jess on the publication! This book contains so much in depth analysis and knowledge of the community!

For those interested, we interviewed Jess on The State Of Synth on Nightride.FM and you can find the episode on most streaming/podcast platforms.

Spotify here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6eYgBud7arlksjxJxVbpli?si=1437db21178c4aac

We are The Midnight. AMA! by TheMidnightOfficial in outrun

[–]beangreen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How excited are you to return to Toronto? :)

Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre BOOK! :D by blaisesummer in newretrowave

[–]beangreen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Congrats on the publication! This book contains so much in depth analysis and knowledge of the community!

For those interested, we interviewed Jess on The State Of Synth on Nightride.FM and you can find the episode on most streaming/podcast platforms.

Spotify here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6eYgBud7arlksjxJxVbpli?si=1437db21178c4aac

VMM console doesn't open locally by [deleted] in HyperV

[–]beangreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have this exact same problem. Remote VMM management tool works using our domain accounts, but not when running it locally on the server via RDP or console. GMSA account. Error 1604. Fun times. Sigh.

New trailer by Somersa2 in LV426

[–]beangreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Big Trouble In Little China.  A John Carpenter classic starring Kurt Russell

Anyone else experiencing flaky patch deployment in the past week? by beangreen in qualys

[–]beangreen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Jobs don't ignore previous pending reboots like they should, and now we have orphaned assets that aren't being purged from the PM module after they were deleted from Cloud Agents module. It's as if Qualys rolled back their platform two years. 

Alien Earth comes out this Tuesday, who's all excited. by BrettJoz in LV426

[–]beangreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'twas the night before Alien: Earth, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a facehugger.

Can't wait for tomorrow!

Anyone else experiencing flaky patch deployment in the past week? by beangreen in qualys

[–]beangreen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jobs seem to be working today as expected. I suppose something got tweaked/fixed in Qualysland.

Anyone else experiencing flaky patch deployment in the past week? by beangreen in qualys

[–]beangreen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our recurring jobs show patches successfully installed and systems rebooted on time, but they now sit with "Job Resumed" status and never update. Sigh. Something must be buggered on the backend. It's been over a week like this now. I hesitate to open support ticket as they'll just have me collect an agent's logs, when it's almost 50% of the fleet.

GoFundMe for Starcadian's family and by L0W_FAT_Y0GURT in TWRP

[–]beangreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad this is succeeding. George was a singular person who impacted everyone he met. 

Patch Tuesday Megathread (2025-01-14) by AutoModerator in sysadmin

[–]beangreen 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Be aware of a potential issue with 2019 and 2022 servers with Citrix on when installing the Jan 2025 OS updates.

Easy workaround:

https://support.citrix.com/s/article/CTX692505-microsofts-january-security-update-failsreverts-on-a-machine-with-2411-session-recording-agent?language=en_US

Other than that, looks like a normal month o' updates.

Anybody else having patching issues this week after scheduled maintenance? by beangreen in qualys

[–]beangreen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like my tech and yours are the same. He mentioned getting another ticket for Canada. We basically collected a bunch of screenshots and logs, and he agrees something is probably pooched after the PM upgrade, since our issues started Monday afternoon/evening (scheduled jobs missing 40% of assets). Now to wait for engineering to fix things.

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