CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV

joined 2 years ago

I have replaced it and it just clipped in and out of a round little thing it sits in. I happened to have the right battery on hand.

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'll make sure to replace the CMOS and use disk encryption next time. My sensitive data is encrypted separately so I'll be fine for now. I thought that with a bios password someone couldn't just boot from a USB on my system but clearly it only delays such actions by a minute or two.

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

You're totally right, it only makes sense. Maybe my brain needs its battery replaced as well.

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Thank you, that makes sense. I guess it was almost dead and now it is really dead. I don't understand how that makes Linux freak out over the login password though.

 

I'm running Artix Linux for many years without problems. Since a while, the system clock would lag behind between boots. I thought the CMOS battery was dead so I just synced the time with ntpd every time.

Just recently my bios password was gone all of the sudden! I didn't disable it at all. It just boots into Linux without asking for the password. I got the message "account [account name] has password changed in the future". My login password has not changed and I didn't attempt to change it.

Just now it took a few tries before booting which spooked my out. The bios password still gone and the same message upon login. All of the sudden the date is set to 2018-01-01 (usually it is just a few hours behind).

Is my motherboard just dying? If the bios password can just disappear it doesn't provide much security lol.

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago (6 children)

There seem to be way more people that keep saying that they hate Arch users who keep saying that they use Arch than Arch users that keep saying that they use Arch.

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Starting to feel like a boomer with st/dmenu on xorg.

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

less or bat, but I usually use by paging up and down so it's not that different from more... My terminal emulator only pages up and down, I like it that way.

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I understand the problem of "code it yourself". But if they won't code it themselves, and it ought to exist, who has to? Everything that is provided is provided for free and with love and passion. If something is lacking in that there are only a few options. Including code it yourself or pay someone to code it for you. The only reason you get anything at all is because of the "code it yourself" attitude of the people who developed the software in the first place, as well as their willingness to share it.

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Yes, indeed. Even agreed! Joking i was, poking some fun. All in jest, even the emoji couldn't put the overly serious answers to rest!

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 61 points 4 months ago (15 children)

Debian users analyzing graphs in order to estimate when they can upgrade from really old software to slightly less old software 🤣

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