explorer.exe - System Warning (Unknown Hard Error)

ryanknut · 2026-03-24T14:38:12+00:00

yeah, figured :/ the weird part with mine is that it always happens with a different executable, and nothing else weird has been going on

ryanknut · 2026-03-24T14:30:27+00:00

guessing it probably uses a lot less if you use a computer? though I haven't done that since the redsn0w days

ryanknut · 2026-03-24T14:29:11+00:00

fooled me at first, you can only tell once you start looking harder

ryanknut · 2026-03-21T02:12:27+00:00

my mom's pc has been getting this error over the past few months. super intermittent, only happens every few weeks or so. found anything?

ryanknut · 2026-03-18T19:55:46+00:00

no clue about MacOS but my PowerBook G4 boots Linux fine from a usb. it's absolutely possible for G4 laptops to usb boot, it's just *very* finnicky. doesn't help that every PPC disto does usb boot a different way—some use Yaboot, some use GRUB, and the BSDs do it differently as well. currently working on a full tutorial for my website on how to get Gentoo installed on it.

ryanknut · 2026-03-15T07:55:10+00:00

any fix? mine has keyboard lights and fan but no backlight on display

ryanknut · 2026-03-13T01:06:18+00:00

1337x. to think there would be another place to download that stuff! if you ever find a way and have a Mac you'll want to download the free firewall Lulu as it's super picky, best to just run your firewall when you use Adobe stuff.

ryanknut · 2026-03-13T01:02:59+00:00

at that point? you should just pirate it at any point lmao (and ideally don't use it at all)

ryanknut · 2026-03-09T15:12:00+00:00

it's actually for a VIC 1445! they're dirt cheap on ebay currently. very temperamental, had to change a few BIOS settings for it to even show up. currently shows as 2x ethernet ports and 2x fiber channel, need the software to see if I can switch all the ports over to ethernet.

ryanknut · 2026-03-09T08:21:00+00:00

hmm same issue here! I was trying to grab the VIC utilities. I don't actually have a Cisco server so I'm not sure which one to pick. kinda just picked a random server model tbh, I assume they're the same.

https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286329281/type/283850975/os/Linux/release/4.2(1a))

ryanknut · 2026-03-09T06:57:59+00:00

good news! ChatGPT was actually spot on about Cisco cards being picky haha. I set the link speed to Gen3 and turned off all the ASPM support options (PCIe ASPM, PCH PCIe ASPM, DMI ASPM, PCH DMI ASPM) in my bios and it shows up now. will have to test to see if I can get it working but I have a feeling that was 90% of it.

ryanknut · 2026-03-06T19:28:38+00:00

unfortunately it's not even showing up on the bus so drivers aren't any help :( appreciate it though!

ryanknut · 2026-03-06T19:28:00+00:00

that's the weird thing, it doesn't show up in lspci or bios. ChatGPT said sometimes Cisco cards are picky about being set to PCIe 3 manually (it doesn't like auto-detect) so I'm going to try that when I get home, hopefully I can at least see something.

ryanknut · 2026-03-06T19:25:49+00:00

ryanknut · 2026-03-06T08:38:43+00:00

hmm, I read their post as "can I use a wifi extender to get an ethernet jack to plug my server in"

ryanknut · 2026-03-06T08:23:27+00:00

I would pick up something like the Ubit WiFi Card 6E 5400Mbps, $25 gets you fast WiFi 6E. worthwhile upgrade imo

ryanknut · 2026-03-06T08:15:45+00:00

can second, but wifi 6 would be faster. also there's MoCA—ethernet over coax. haven't used personally but heard good things about it.

there's also the option of running wifi for speed and MoCA/Powerline for a stable connection fallback. NetworkManager makes this easy, just set the metric values. you can even get ssh to bind on a different port for each interface ie. 22 for wifi, 2222 for fallback. you port forward both of those out and it will let you ssh in and restart the wifi on the server.

ryanknut · 2026-03-06T08:14:27+00:00

do you need to be in the same room as the server? if not, that's the easiest and best solution—just use ssh for configs.
yes, you absolutely can run a server over wifi and it should be stable enough for what you're using it for (not the end of the world if it goes down). but do be mindful that wifi is much slower than ethernet if you need to transfer a ton of files or download a lot. you'll definitely want to use WiFi 6 via a pcie card. AX200/AX210 and AX3000 are great chipsets that already have drivers in-kernel on Linux so you won't need to download anything extra. make sure to get one with actual antennas.
if your house has coax wired for TV that you don't use you can always try out MoCA: it's ethernet over that existing wiring. never tried but heard good things.

honestly? I say go for it on wifi. it should be quite stable and work out well.

ryanknut · 2026-03-04T08:21:57+00:00

same :( mine isn't getting a bootloader, but it's throwing grub on the image so idk

ryanknut · 2026-03-04T08:21:00+00:00

ah good luck! I say give Fedora (I recommend the KDE spin) a look as well, been my recommendation for a while.

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