Wednesday, 15 June 2016

autoconf, check arguments

If you used several arguments to configure your source:
$ ./configure --disable= etc....

Later you can print the build arguments with:
$ ./config.status --config

Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Windows 10 DirectX debug layer issue

Visual Studio lack of support DirectX 11 Debug layer. You can fix it:

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU 
UseWUServer set to zero

-Restart Windows
-Install Graphics tool
-Settings/System/Apps&Features/ManageOptionalFeatures/AddFeature/GraphicsTools

Friday, 13 May 2016

Proper partitioning WD Red 4T disk

I partitioned my disk in NAS by the following way:

parted /dev/sdc


at the parted prompt 

mklabel gpt mkpart primary ext4 4096s 100%

align-check opt 1

quit


Formating the drive:

mkfs.ext4 -L lia_store /dev/sdb1

reboot

Friday, 22 April 2016

Asus RT-N66U random wifi disconnect fix

A bought a N66U wireless router that works perfectly while I started upgrading the firmware. I met a problem mentioned in title different time interval (there were 10 minutes or 1hour not dependent the throttling). My first think about the heating problem but the extra fan don't solved my issue.
After a long search I a find a solution that fix my problem: Under Advanced Settings/Wireless I had to turn off the "Optimized for Xbox" option.

Friday, 18 March 2016

Remove VS2015 git provider

I was unable to disable VS git provider. When set to 'None' in options at restart of VS it was enabled.

You can totally disable in regedit:
 
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0_Config\SourceControlProviders
 
Delete 11b8e6d7-c08b-4385-b321-321078cdd1f8 This one is the GitProvider but you can delete other ones.

Friday, 12 February 2016

Git disabe auto gc

I saw several times the following message from git: "Auto packing deferred; not on AC". This is very annoying because of the Google Repo tool for Windows create symbolic link to the git folders and this one block to use the 'git gc' command. You can disable permanently the working of gc: git config --global gc.auto 0