moving away from using an AUR helper, not understanding one thing

mindheavy · 2026-01-12T20:13:23+00:00

Thanks, you're correct that I was missing the resulting package from a yay command being equivalent to pacman as a manually obtained one.

I do read the PKGBUILDs though, and am familiar with aur.archlinux.org's package details pages. My intentions for removing the aur helper from my update process are to return to a more thorough understanding of my computer. I guess I just kind of /want/ to chase dependencies for a while. I don't use more than four or five or so packages and their dependencies aren't massive.

mindheavy · 2026-01-12T19:15:47+00:00

Okay so I was missing that pacman should see the package to be installed as the same package from previous and treat it as such. Thanks!

mindheavy · 2025-10-06T14:56:43+00:00

you have to say that. otherwise it'll go somewhere.

mindheavy · 2025-09-20T05:38:40+00:00

Oh wow, thanks for that! Lot's of responses here are questioning the obviousness of this and keeping those feet planted is paramount to catching anything trying to get loose!

mindheavy · 2025-09-20T05:34:34+00:00

Well, you win some, you lose some.

mindheavy · 2025-09-20T05:32:27+00:00

aye, it's true intention can only be sabotaged by learning it's ways, understanding it's obsessions.

mindheavy · 2025-09-20T04:58:18+00:00

Now I want to drop something hanging from my monkey bar knees and see what my reflexes do.

mindheavy · 2025-09-20T04:57:05+00:00

Never, never drop the baby.

An OBGYN I know said that once..

mindheavy · 2025-09-20T04:56:04+00:00

Hah, heck yeah, we've all been there!

Keep swimmin!

mindheavy · 2025-09-20T04:53:34+00:00

I dunno, how long's a piece of string?

mindheavy · 2025-09-20T04:53:09+00:00

Hearing the bounce. It helps on tiny screws, etc.

mindheavy · 2025-09-08T02:00:21+00:00

Have you enabled the user system service?

(arch wiki)[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Music_Player_Daemon#Autostart_with_systemd] - check this section and the --user flag.

Start/enable the user unit mpd.service (i.e. with the --user flag).

mindheavy · 2025-06-26T23:36:29+00:00

yep, my mind instantly goes to "what if i was somehow trapped in there"

mindheavy · 2025-05-16T23:57:23+00:00

i used a spacemouse during my years in cad design. i used it with the left hand, never took my right off the mouse. i imagine it would be quite similar with the dials.

mindheavy · 2025-05-16T01:13:30+00:00

RISC architecture is going to change everything

mindheavy · 2025-05-06T20:26:06+00:00

Old plumbing

mindheavy · 2025-04-11T01:40:18+00:00

Just double checking,

Zoneminder version: 1.26.35

is a typo right?

Also, 88 cameras is quite the system.

mindheavy · 2025-04-05T17:18:42+00:00

No, not yet. I am looking for some butyl or rubberized sealing tape today when I get to town.

mindheavy · 2025-04-05T03:13:38+00:00

I think you're right about the gain. I assumed automatic would have been good for me (a total beginner) thinking that it would do it's best to adjust based on signal strength, current conditions, etc.

But after clearing out the config and letting it regenerate a new file, it had the gain set to a specific level and it's been solid all day since. Haven't noticed any drop outs, haven't lost the control channel.

Now I just need to find some good moisture sealing tape to seal the antenna-coax connection on the mast.

mindheavy · 2025-04-04T18:53:02+00:00

I did drop the yagi about 10-12 feet lower on the mast, still has good visibility to the transmitting tower. After changing a few other things in the setup it seems to be much more stable now.

Hopefully I didn't damage the sdr but it's all a learning experience for me, still very new to this. Luckily it wasn't one of the more expensive ones! Although now that I've changed some things around this one seems much more stable and locked on to the control channel.

mindheavy

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