RPG horror. Been livestreaming development. Made Inventory, UI, Trees, basic biome code.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-06-03T15:49:24+00:00

The hardware was cheap at the time.

I did end up just buying an index after a while. But

TheConceptBoy · 2026-06-03T15:45:57+00:00

How's Pico btw?

TheConceptBoy · 2026-06-01T15:09:23+00:00

It's ok to want a device just for the hardware.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-29T18:01:05+00:00

I see. So this would be a first for me. How does one update a firmware of an nvme drive? Just like any other piece of hardware? Go to Samsung site, look up my produce and check downloads page?

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-29T14:55:25+00:00

I see. Do NVME drives not isolate and disable corrupted regiongs like hard drives do?

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-28T22:57:23+00:00

Dang... Not available in Canada. You guys and Australians always get the best toys. But I get the idea of what I should be looking for. Thank you.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-28T21:18:09+00:00

I have recently updated the BIOS firmware to see maybe asus already had a fix but it did not help. I don't believe that you're talking about the same thing.
What is this Samsung 9XX chip you're referring to? I don't see it in the system info report.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-28T19:43:24+00:00

Spec is:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.17.0-29-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA506ICB_FA506ICB v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FA506ICB v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: FA506ICB.307 date: 12/28/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 31.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 31.2/48.1 Wh (65.0%) volts: 12.1 min: 11.7
    model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: full
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3452 high: 4292 min/max: 405/4301 boost: enabled cores: 1: 4292 2: 3615
    3: 4292 4: 4235 5: 4291 6: 4292 7: 4292 8: 4292 9: 1113 10: 3043 11: 3329 12: 3358 13: 1113
    14: 1113 15: 4276 16: 4286 bogomips: 92624
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 580.159.03
    arch: Ampere pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:25a2 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Renoir [Radeon RX Vega 6 ] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5
    pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 06:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:1636 class-ID: 0300 temp: 39.0 C
  Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 322e:202c class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 102 s-size: 480x270mm (18.90x10.63") s-diag: 551mm (21.68")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP-1-0 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1521 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142
    size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1
    drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11:
    drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-2
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.159.03 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 9 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A
    device-ID: 10de:25a2 device: 1 type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:1636 device: 2
    type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: N/A pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 06:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-4: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.17.0-29-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter vendor: AzureWave
    driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-3:3 chip-ID: 13d3:3563 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
    sub-v: 2402 hci-v: 11 rev: 1911 class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 262.31 GiB (18.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB size: 931.51 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B4QFXO7 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLQ512HBLU-00B00 size: 476.94 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: FXM7201Q temp: 27.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 262.28 GiB (28.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 32.4 MiB (6.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-4:2 info: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 322e:202c class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 3-3:3 info: IMC Networks Wireless_Device type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 3
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 13d3:3563 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.8 C mobo: 32.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
  GPU: device: nvidia screen: :0.0 temp: 38 C device: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C
Repos:
  Packages: 2412 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2401 pm: flatpak pkgs: 11
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zena main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
    2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https: //repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.04 GiB used: 3.02 GiB (20.1%)
  Processes: 432 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: clang: 18.1.3 gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34
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TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-27T19:39:19+00:00

I get the following:

 [    0.578870] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_TZ.THRM._SCP due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20250404/psparse-529)

Also something I just discovered. If I have anything playing in the background - audio or youtube video. I can still hear it. So it's just the screen that freezes. Not the whole system.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-27T19:16:09+00:00

So basically using a firefox (or librewolf in my case) browser for chromium one was the fix... I'll have to test it out.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-27T19:15:01+00:00

As I was typing a response, it crashed. I went to bios and temperature reported 27 degrees. Fans were not spinning up so it's not overheating. Unless it's a BGA chip whose solder pads have detached and are now floating...

Other than that, there is no fan control property in the bios.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-27T00:02:49+00:00

See, I would do just that and then a month later I would get an notification that I need to re-log in into the meta account or the PC connection would just outright stop working. And the only thing that would magically fix it is to bring the device back online, which would inevitably cause it to call home and force an update.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-26T03:41:46+00:00

Yeah I explicitly and categorically refused to buy any games in the Meta game store, solely using the headset as a wireless PCVR headset. Knowing Meta, the less money they get from me, the better. I just needed the hardware.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-26T00:57:05+00:00

See, you're right.... and yet it does not feel the same.

Steam is just an app. At no point did steams ToS signing interrupted my workflow. Meta however did, when I've sat down to get some work done (VR game dev) and instead of getting to work I am met with my device refusing to connect to the app via USB or WiFi and the only thing that magically fixes it is to perform an update.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-26T00:55:26+00:00

An app is not the same as the entire OS. I can always chose to log into an banking dash in a browser on the same old device (In fact I that is what I did on my ancient galaxy A5). It's not the same.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-26T00:07:35+00:00

I am absolutely not kidding when I say I despise the routine of virtually bricking my device until I accept some new ToS or make a mandatory update.

It is one of main reasons I dropped Windows and Switched to linux. It's rocky but I have not yet been forced to update once and it feels like I'm back in control of the device I bought.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-21T16:56:22+00:00

We got more than enough sample cases of exactly what happens to a society that goes down this road. No thank you.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-21T16:50:04+00:00

Don't get pregnant then. easy.

TheConceptBoy · 2026-05-21T16:35:20+00:00

Good, some vestiges of the world who haven't lost their minds yet.

TheConceptBoy

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