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During a docker buildx run i ran during the image import into the following error: 1 ERROR: failed to solve: rpc error: code = Unknown desc = failed to extract layer sha256:f877be71d5628e2b297798c066b860bd2c3542b96a80f69367ff0bdebcc06f9e: failed to get stream processor for application/vnd.in-toto+json: no processor for media-type: unknown Possible Solution: By default, BuildKit v0.11 and later adds provenance attestations  to images you build. Set BUILDX_NO_DEFAULT_ATTESTATIONS=1 to disable the default provenance attestations. ...

Ollama, the open-source platform for running powerful AI models locally on your hardware, is gaining traction for its ease of use and accessibility. While it primarily leverages NVIDIA GPUs through CUDA, the world of open-source extends beyond NVIDIA. Today, I’ll show you how to harness the power of an AMD RX 6700 GPU with ROCm to run Ollama, bringing powerful AI capabilities within reach of a wider range of users. ...

Recently i stumbled across the fact that my Sonoff TRVZB (Zigbee Thermostat available via Amazon* ) had the old firmware and i had no update offering in my Home Assistant Instances. Since i’m running ZHA i started investigating why. First of all, i believe it is interesting to see that ZHA is based on zigpy  which implements all the ZigBee features in a handy python library. So whenever something cannot be found or is unclear in the ZHA help pages, a look into the repo of zigpy might help. ...

With the update to ESPHome greater 2024.06, some of my devices couldn’t be updated as they showed the following error: 1 'ota' requires a 'platform' key but it was not specified. The solution was to edit the config file where i originally had a section like this: 1 2 ota: password: !secret esphome_ota_password Which, since the merge of a specific PR  into 2024.06 has to look like that (also described here  ): ...

For some applications (like when you want to connect the BIGTREETECH E3EZ* ) you might want to increase the timeout for the shutdown of the BIGTREETECH Relay 1.2* . Especially in the case of the E3EZ the issue is that the power of the PSU is also the power for the Onboard CPU (e.g. CB1* or CM4). So when this power cuts too fast, the PSU would be switched off before the CPU has shutdown. Lastly you might want to be able to start the relay through the pins (and not just shut it down) instead of resetting the device. ...

Recently i wanted to flash another Wemos D1 Mini but actually had no chance to do it from my Windows 10 PC. Symptom: 1 failed to execute 'open' on 'serialport': failed to open serial port. Solution 1: Downgrade the Driver of the Serial Port to an older one  as described here  . Solution 2: Change the Baud-Rate of the Serial Port via the Device Manager. Right click on the USB serial port > Properties > Port setting > change the bits per second from 9600 to 115200. ...

Recently i had moved my gitlab instance to another domain in my private network. With that unfortunately some of the functionality (e.g. git-lfs) didn’t work properly as it was still announcing the old url. The solution was found here  : ...

Recently i managed to change a file in the Home Assistant configuration and then i forgot about that change… a bit later i started the upgrade to the latest version of Home Assistant which doesn’t check if Home Assitant could be started with the current configuration … of course i had managed to break it and so home assistant “core” didn’t start. The solution was to logon either via SSH (if you have the addon installed and configured) or to have access to the console of the Home Assistant OS. Once you are logged on, follow these steps: ...

Since a while my printer, HP Officejet Pro 8620, shows that some functions have been locked by the administrator (which i am) but unfortunately i wasn’t able to unlock these. So i went the reset route: Press the “Go Back” (looks like a twisted arrow) button 4-5 times in a row Press “Support Menu” Hit the “down” button to “Reset” Menu Hit the “down” button to “Semi-Full Reset” This will turn off the printer. Then turn it back on and start from scratch. ...

Today i wanted to use the command unzip on my Synology NAS but it couldn’t be found. The solution was easy: Synology only delivers 7zip instead - which is indeed good since it is a bit more universal. So to unpack a zip-file, the command is: 1 7z x filename.zip