My ramblings…
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Workaround: Flaky micro USB port on Motorola MBP36XL
After 3 or so years of use, the micro USB port on our Motorola monitor stopped working. The symptom was that the cable had to be held in a specific position to charge the monitor. We often struggled to find the right angles, and even when we did, the cable frequently moved in the middle…
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Workaround: low frequency noise from Sony ICF-C1
I bought a Sony electronic clock for one of our bedrooms. No sooner had I plugged it in did I notice a low frequency humming noise. It took me a while to figure out that the annoying noise was indeed coming from the clock (I had to convince myself that it wasn’t tinnitus or that…
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How “earlycon” saved the day
While bringing up a new platform recently, I was surprised by what I saw (really what I didn’t see) on the serial console – which was nothing. I saw BIOS printouts, I saw the usual GRUB mumblings, but absolutely nothing after GRUB handed control over to the kernel. Being an embedded system, connecting to the…
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Prospice
Robert browning Fear death?—to feel the fog in my throat,The mist in my face,When the snows begin, and the blasts denoteI am nearing the place,The power of the night, the press of the storm,The post of the foe;Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form,Yet the strong man must go:For the journey is…