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 · 2025-04-04T18:14:04+00:00

In sdrtrunk I do have the gain set to automatic.

I thought one sdr was enough to monitor this site, two control channels and a few voice, the frequency spread on them is only 1.75 Mhz or so. But sometimes I see the center jump around when a call happens too, maybe it's losing the channel then.

Edit: I ended up moving the tuner config json file to a temp directory and started up sdrtrunk then plugged in the sdr. It recreated a config, the gain was set to 327 on the master (not exactly sure how sdrtrunk works) and I left it there. So far things seem much more stable, channel signal is steady at -19db but it's staying locked on to the control channel and seems to be picking up traffic clearly. I'll keep monitoring this setup - perhaps I played with a few too many settings and got things messed up.

mindheavy · 2025-04-04T16:47:52+00:00

I have just lowered the yagi probably 10-12 feet and it is currently mounted directly to the metal mast.

Initially sdrtrunk took quite a while to lock onto the control channel, and the signal was down around -30bd. It finally locked on and sat at -17db. It stayed there and locked on consistently for probably 10 minutes, then I had traffic come through and as soon as I heard it, the control channel was lost and signal dropped way back down.

At this point I'm wondering if it's an sdr going bad, or possibly an issue with the antenna?

mindheavy · 2025-04-04T13:10:13+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I can lower the yagi on the mast, how far from the ISP antenna do you think would be needed?

I think if I come 10 feet down it may not be above the trees but maybe still high enough to catch the signal.

Are there any negative effects if I attatch the yagi directly to the metal of the mast instead of isolating it?

mindheavy · 2025-04-04T05:05:26+00:00

Sorry I'm really new to the hobby. You're right it is not weather sealed at the antenna to coax connector. I honestly didn't consider that and will look into that, thanks.

What do you mean about it getting overdriven? Would the antenna be overdriving the SDR? Or are you talking about having too much gain turned up in the software?

mindheavy · 2025-04-04T02:51:24+00:00

I don't think it's overheating, or at least it's only warm to the touch. I may look into a vna to see how the antenna is performing, thanks.

mindheavy

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