Articles by Mate Lakat

  1. Adding IKEA VALLHORN to my home automation regimen (Zigbee2mqtt)

    Looks like this is supported by Zigbee2MQTT: https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/E2134.html

    Back in the days I had to amend /etc/zigbee2mqtt/configuration.yaml, but looks like the new mode is somewhat different, I need to publish a message:

    I first started to watch the logs:

    # journalctl -f …

  2. Updating Home Server

    Wuff, that was a long time ago. Let me see how I can log in to that machine at all.

    $ ssh homer

    That worked, but I need to be superuser as well.

    [matelakat@homer ~]$ sudo -i

    Ok, worked like a charm. Let me see what VMs are running on it …

  3. Install error when updating kernel

    So I want to update my machines. And I was using ansible to do it with the yay module. Then I was unable to boot up my machine.

    The truth to be told I have a bit of esoteric configuration, because I am mounting my efi root under the /efiroot …

  5. Home Server from a laptop - homer

    I recently acquired a Lenovo L470 laptop for cheap, and I will be using it as a hypervisor to run my home automation VM on it.

    Basically the benefit is that it consumes low power, has a built-in UPS, a built-in keyboard and screen.

    First, I create a USB drive …

  6. Sous Vide Pork Shoulder Chops

    I am cooking pork shoulder the second time. Previously I cooked it in one piece then chilled and cut it to slices, based on this video. He said

    • Use collar cut
    • 0.5% salt per mass
    • 16...48 hours
    • 60 degrees celsius

    Now wife brought me some chops, quite thin …

  7. Zigbee to MQTT evaluation - Step 2

    My attempt to actually control anything with my setup. Actually a lamp. So what I had is exactly this lamp: SmartWise Lamp and the seller was claiming that it is compatible with zigbee2mqtt.

    So I enabled my z2m to allow parties to join by setting permit_join to true.

    Then turned …

  8. First Post Using Pelican

    This is my attempt of an Article with Pelican. You can call it a blog. Basically, I had to configure pelican as follows:

    ARTICLE_PATHS = ('articles',)

    Then created a file under content/articles/first-post.md with the content:

    Title: First Post
Date: 2024-11-01

... What you read went here

    And that is …

  9. Virsh not listing me domains

    I used this: virsh list and then virsh list --all, but none of the vms defined in my virt-manager are visible.

    When running it with sudo it worked, but who wants to do that?

    Then I found this link that solved my pain. Making a note here for myself as …