Category Archives: Operating Systems

Configuring RAID on Auros Z390 mainboard

I installed Intel RST driver:

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Installing GCC13 on Ubuntu 22.04

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gcc-13 g++-13
ll /usr/bin/gcc-13
ll /usr/bin/g++-13
update-alternatives --display gcc
ll /etc/alternatives/g*
sudo update-alternatives --remove-all gcc 
sudo update-alternatives --remove-all g++
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13 10 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-13
g++ --version
gcc --version

App execution aliases on Windows

Turn them off to make Python work:

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Sharing Android phone over TCP with ADB

I was able to share my Android phone over TCP with the following commands:

adb kill-server
start cmd /k adb -a -P 5037 nodaemon server start
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Building RenderDoc for Android on WSL

I cloned the repository, created build directory, set environment variables and run CMake:

git clone https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc.git
cd renderdoc/
mkdir build-android
cd build-android
export JAVA_HOME=~/dev/repos/graphicsprofiler/tools/buildtools/jdk
export ANDROID_SDK=~/dev/repos/graphicsprofiler/tools/buildtools/android
export ANDROID_NDK=~/dev/repos/graphicsprofiler/tools/buildtools/android/ndk-bundle/android-ndk-r20b
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
cmake -DBUILD_ANDROID=On -DANDROID_ABI=armeabi-v7a ..
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Running GUI apps on WSL

Updating existing WSL installation

I updated WSL according to this MS guide:

wsl --update
wsl --shutdown
wsl --version
WSL version: 1.2.0.0
Kernel version: 5.15.90.1
WSLg version: 1.0.51
MSRDC version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.2604
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How I installed VNC on Ubuntu 22.04

I followed this guide, run the following command from WSL:

ssh -L 59000:localhost:5901 -C -N -l dmitriano $VNC_IP

and was able to connect with UltraVNC client:

Installed FireFox browser as described here.

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Connecting to Ubuntu 22.04 with Remote Desktop

I simply installed:

sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop-minimal -y
sudo apt install xrdp -y
systemctl status xrdp

and was able to connect with Remote Desktop from Windows as root user:

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Building QT6.4 for Windows with Vulkan support

Installed Vulkan SDK and built QT6.4.2 for windows with the following script:

set PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64

set MY_DRIVE=D:

%MY_DRIVE%
mkdir \dev\build\qt
cd \dev\build\qt
       
set "CMAKE_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\cmake-3.24.2-windows-x86_64\bin"
set "NINJA_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\ninja-win"
set "PERL_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\Strawberry\perl\bin"
set "PYTHON_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\Python35"
set VULKAN_SDK=%MY_DRIVE%/dev/tools/VulkanSDK/1.3.239.0
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Black screen on starting QT Android app

I noticed this about five years ago and hoped that it had passed away, but a few days ago a user reported the following:

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