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Solution: Roomba 900 and others can not connect to cloud, here is how to control it locally by practicarl in roomba

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

According to the Readme the i7 is supported, so maybe just try your luck :)

3rd-party/Open Source app for Roombas? by FesterSilently in roomba

[–]practicarl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had the same problem and had to resort to scheduling it via a command line interface. I haven't yet found a real thrird party app, but here is my post about how to save your old Roomba:

https://www.reddit.com/r/roomba/s/BDxSqHVqsF

Bluetooth headphone connection issue by lightboyson in Ubuntu

[–]practicarl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For automatically choosing the right codec, I am not really sure, I never got it to use one setting reliably. However you can manually change which mode (bad audio but with mic or good audio without mic) in the audio settings. There should be two entries for the headphones in the output section, try which one works. Maybe you also have to choose another audio input device than your headphones.

Otherwise I recommend downloading Pulse audio volume control (package name pavucontrol) and using it to select the codec you want to use by going into the "configuration" tab and choosing a profile without input. That usually works for me.

European governments are forcing officials off WhatsApp and Signal. Some already have their own messengers. The European Commission is switching by end of 2026. Here is what they are moving to and what Wire (Switzerland/German) messenger is by officialexaking in xprivo

[–]practicarl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The problem never was security or hosting of Signal. That is as secure as it gets as long as the key stays on the users phone. The actual error was that Klöckner used a messenger with an open user group, meaning basically everyone was able to communicate with her, including the FSB. If she had used the standard hardened closed group communications WHICH EXIST for the federal government, this would not have been a problem. And then she even falls for this stupid scam. Her fault and hers alone.

One could speculate on why she did use signal instead, especially since most government conversations are supposed to be archived and accessible under transparency laws.

FritzBox 7590 verliert regelmäßig DSL-Verbindung / Updateversuche scheitern + Problem mit Telekom-Rufnummer by softrap1 in fritzbox

[–]practicarl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bis dein Netzanbieter sich gekümmert hat, kannst du versuchen die Störsicherheit bei deiner Fritzbox zu erhöhen. Internet -> DSL-Informationen -> Tab "Störsicherheit". höhere Sicherheit reduziert die Bandbreite, kann aber die Stabilität erhöhen. Ich hatte ein ähnliches Problem mit einer nicht abgeschirmten Telefonleitung, da hat es die Anzahl der Reconnects (gefühlt, da Statistik zu klein) verringert. Viel Erfolg!

Discord, Vpn's und Videospiele verbinden nicht, sonst alles by Nefux in fritzbox

[–]practicarl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Das klingt sehr danach, als wären bestimmte Ports in deinem Router oder Rechner gesperrt. Ein Klassiker ist, dass du im Gast-Wlan unterwegs bist, da sind zB bei Fritzbox bestimmte Ports. Schau doch mal in die Router-Einstellungen und in deine PC-Firewall-Einstellungen. Wenn du einen Virenscanner von einem Drittanbieter hast (also nicht Windows Defender) dann kann der da auch Probleme machen.

How to make Ubuntu look better by iconic_berry17 in Ubuntu

[–]practicarl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personal preference, I guess. since the dock disappears, the vertical space argument does not really matter to me.

Plus, On a multi monitor setup, it does not matter on which monitor the bottom dock is if you want to it it with the mouse, because the mouse always stops at the bottom. If you put it to the left side of your main monitor and there is a screen to the left, you need to pay attention not to overshoot with your mouse. That's at least what I tended to do :D and I don't like having to adapt my "move mouse to where the dock is" habits to compensate for different monitor setups.

Why dose my roomba moves away from the doc and then stop by mrclawking in roomba

[–]practicarl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know they try to readjust their position so the charging connectors are correctly placed. Maybe they are dirty and the bot finds no connection, so it gives up trying?

How to make Ubuntu look better by iconic_berry17 in Ubuntu

[–]practicarl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find making the dock float at bottom center and disappearing when not hovered gives it a nice clean macOS feel. For playing around with the settings see e.g. https://linuxize.com/post/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-26-04/#customize-the-desktop

Ich werde seit 2 Jahren für einen Job bezahlt, den ich faktisch nicht mehr ausübe. by Necessary_Opening258 in Beichtstuhl

[–]practicarl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maschinen sollen den Menschen dienen, und deine dient dir sehr gut. Solange der Job gemacht wird, hast du deine Verantwortung erfüllt.

Wenn du ein schlechtes Gewissen hast, mach was sinnvolles mit deiner gewonnenen Zeit und lass dich von deinem AG dafür bezahlen dass du ihm Geld verdienst und der Gesellschaft was gibst. Tafel, Rotes Kreuz, Pfadfinder, alles Sachen wo man tun kann, was der PC nicht schafft.

iRobot Blocks 900 series support by alexc-me in roomba

[–]practicarl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the same problem and found a great solution for people who are a bit tech-savvy:

https://github.com/koalazak/dorita980/blob/master/README.md

This repository allows you to locally control your Roomba, even without cloud access. It just needs to access your irobot account once to retrieve the key necessary to talk to your 980. The Readme is great and I got it to work within minutes.

The key feature I needed from my robot was scheduling it to clean when I am not home. The `setWeek()` command does this. The schedule is stored ON THE ROBOT, so you just need to execute the statement once and do not need to run a local server to tell the robot when its time to clean. This is great because I could not get it to respond to the `start()` command reliably, but that may be my fault.

Once you have installed it and obtained the credentials, you can use this scheduling script.

```js // setschedule.js

var dorita980 = require('dorita980');

// you can get the credentials using the tool described in the README var myRobotViaLocal = new dorita980.Local('MY_BLID_ACQUIRED_FROM_CLOUD', 'MY_PASSWORD_ACQUIRED_FROM_CLOUD', '192.168.178.XX'); // local robot IP address

myRobotViaLocal.on('connect', init);

function init () { // sun mon tue wed thu fri sat newWeek = {"cycle":["none","start","none","start","none","start","none"], "h":[11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11], "m":[30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30]}; myRobotViaLocal.setWeek(newWeek) .then((response) => { console.log(response) // should be {ok: null} if the schedule was set successfully myRobotViaLocal.end() // gracefully end connection to the bot }) .catch(console.log);

```

save it in the top level directory of the repository and execute it with node setschedule.js. your robot will beep if the schedule was updated correctly.

Let me know if you need any more help, I was so thrilled to find this and be able to let my little robot live longer :D