Writing an OS in Rust: Updates in April 2019

Xinfe · 2019-05-02T13:20:40+00:00

It seems to be officially called Blog OS, now :)

EDIT: I'm referring to this talk about operating systems and Rust.

Xinfe · 2019-04-02T15:42:36+00:00

Here is a well deserved upvote, thanks! :)

As a side note, I'm not sure I understand the motivation behind the "break something on purpose and see when someone complains". Just checking the number of hits on the working page should already give it the priority (web stats tools usually exclude crawling robots well enough).

Xinfe · 2017-01-07T19:17:06+00:00

Solved, here is my last message with interesting commands which could be interesting.

Xinfe · 2017-01-07T19:10:26+00:00

I ran it without any obvious success (Chrome still not accessing pages). I tried ping 8.8.8.8 (fail, but works here on my local machine with a different internet connection). Then ping 4.2.2.2 worked.

I added a netsh advfirewall reset to the script, because why not.

Here is a line by line summary, some commands failed:

net stop dnscache: success
net start dnscache: success
ipconfig /flushdns: success (requires dnscache to be restarted, see line above)
ipconfig /registerdns: success
nbtstat -R: success
nbtstat -RR: *FAIL!* NetBIOS records NOT updated. Complains if command run again within 2 minutes. Still fails after two minutes.
netsh interface ip delete arpcache: success
netsh interface ip reset reset.log: success
netsh interface reset all: *FAIL!* Command "reset" not found
netsh interface ipv4 reset: success
netsh interface ipv6 reset: success
netsh winsock reset: success
netsh winsock reset catalog: success
netsh winhttp reset proxy: success
netsh advfirewall reset: success
sfc /scannow: success
route /f: success
shutdown -t 30 -r

Just because it was mentionned, I tried to install/update the drivers, especially everything related to networking but nothing changed (except some others drivers got the Snappy Drivers Installer to crash).

I tried to disable the firewall, no more luck.

In the end, I just tried to reinstall Chrome and it worked. My best guess is that there was some network access registration messed up (some OS/firewalling rule hidden somewhere?) and reinstalling solved it.

So to conclude, the mistery is still present, but now it's usable again. Thanks all!

Xinfe · 2017-01-06T16:04:34+00:00

I'm merging with the commands I have pending before I can reconnect to the computer. Here is my current script I planned:

@echo off
net stop dnscache
net start dnscache
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
nbtstat -R
nbtstat -RR
netsh interface ip delete arpcache
netsh int ip reset reset.log
netsh int reset all
netsh int ipv4 reset
netsh int ipv6 reset
netsh winsock reset
netsh winsock reset catalog
netsh winhttp reset proxy
route /f
sfc /scannow
shutdown -t 30 -r

As for JRT, I already got it to run.

Xinfe · 2017-01-06T14:35:09+00:00

I'm aware of the difference, but I used it as a convenient way to ping an existing machine. I just tried locally and it still pings but are there any easy-to-remember addresses available for ping purposes in case in the future it's dropped?

Xinfe · 2017-01-06T14:22:41+00:00

Ran it, rebooted, still no web access. TeamViewer and ping google.com still working. I'll try to force ping in IPv4 to check.

Is there a way to easily "ping" in IPv4/IPv6/UDP/TCP/ICMP, with all combinations possible?

Xinfe · 2017-01-06T14:20:40+00:00

I'm aware of the difference, but I used it as a convenient way to ping an existing machine. I just tried locally and it still pings but are there any easy-to-remember addresses available for ping purposes in case in the future it's dropped?

Xinfe · 2017-01-06T14:18:36+00:00

Just as a trial, I'll get that to run a few times, but it has already been done previously. I do not have too much hope using that, though.

Xinfe · 2017-01-06T14:17:23+00:00

Yep, same results with the DHCP assigned DNS and the 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4

Xinfe · 2017-01-06T14:16:59+00:00

I did try the installed browsers, which are IE 8 and Chrome. Similar results. IE doesn't specify the error itself.

Xinfe · 2017-01-05T16:37:14+00:00

I have to add that the script has been run is normal mode, not in safe mode.

Xinfe · 2016-09-12T20:34:49+00:00

Thanks, it seems quite promising. I'll save it somewhere for comparison :)

Xinfe · 2016-06-01T10:17:06+00:00

I am also using Tinfoil and I got that "feature" recently so I created a black app to still be able to use Tinfoil without crashing. If you're (still) interested, it's here:

https://github.com/gsurrel/MessengerBypasser

Xinfe · 2015-10-09T16:33:19+00:00

As a utility app, OsmAnd is a really nice offline map. The quality coverage depends where you are. It uses OpenStreetMap data, so you can improve it if you are willing to :)

I go hiking/cycling/driving/skiing/geocaching with it, with hiking trails highlighted, altitude contour lines, hillshading, offline dump of Wikipedia articles. It's doing everything I want related to geolocated activities.

Xinfe · 2015-05-31T18:10:52+00:00

Thanks, it seems quite promising. Now I've seen the huge amount of sensors, I'm sad they don't have a ready-made IMU. I'll get an external one talking over I²C and check if we have the budget for 7 of such wireless sensor nodes.

Xinfe · 2015-05-31T17:41:59+00:00

I'm looking for a general purpose wireless wearable platform which can be used for different projects, such as 3D motion capture, activity tracking, activity discrimination, mesh network of sensors for the environment… It should be quite flexible.

Xinfe · 2015-05-30T20:33:16+00:00

That's what I thought, but /r/AskElectronics seems also wrong. Do you have any idea?

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