joulethief

Hey there, I could use a little help.
I'm running Kubuntu 24.10 (the non-LTS variant) and after some system updates through KDE's Discovery, I'm unable to boot.

First off, some specs:
Kernel: 6.11.0-14-generic
GPU: GTX 1080 w/ proprietary drivers, version ~~560~~ 550 stable

I was first greeted with these lines:
[ TIME ] Timed out waiting for device dev-disk-by/x2duuid-[...].device
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for mnt-games.mount

This is not the first time this happened, so I went into recovery mode, opened /etc/fstab to comment out the device-specific line, saved, and rebooted.

The error disappeared, however the system still won't boot and I'm left with these entries visible on screen (abbreviated for clarity):

[ OK ] Started cups.service
[ OK ] Reached target printer.target
[ OK ] Started ipp-usb.service
[ OK ] Finished NetworkManager-wait-online.service
[ OK ] Reached target network-online.target
[ OK ] Started update-notifier-download.timer
[ OK ] Started update-notifier.motd.timer
[ OK ] Reached target timers.target
[ OK ] Started cups-browsed.service
Starting kerneloops.service
[ OK ] Started kerneloops.service
[ OK ] Reached target multi-user.target\
Starting power-profiles-daemon.service
[ OK ] Started power-profiles-daemon.service
[ OK ] Reached target graphical.target
Starting systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service
[ OK ] Finished Starting systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service

...and then nothing.

~~I need to leave, I'll fix the formatting and provide further information as soon as I'm back at my desk.~~

Hey, I've got a faulty oven here that won't heat up properly. The previous owner suspected a defective heating coil, but they are all functional. I tested it with an oven thermometer: if only bottom heat is on, the thermostat switches correctly and the oven heats up as it should. However, as soon as top heat is (also) on, it only heats up to about 80°C (144°F) below the target temperature.

The sensor is located directly behind the upper coil, so it doesn't seem too far-fetched that it switches sooner in this case, but 80 degrees too early? It has been working for the past 12 years... In YouTube videos, a faulty thermostat seems to cause the stove to heat non-stop.

Any idea on how I can fix this? I don't want to buy a spare part only for the problem to persist in the end.

Edit: This is about an IKEA FRAMTID OV9 featuring an EGO 55.17253.120.

Hey there, not entirely sure where to post this, hope it fits.

This morning, for the first time ever, my phone (a Huawei P20) showed a malware warning to me. The app 'Idealo', a german portal for price comparison, was supposed to be infected with 'mirai-gx'. I tapped uninstall and began researching.

I consider myself very tech- and IT-savvy, but I lack deeper knowledge of malware.

Apparently, mirai was (is) a worm that primarily infects IoT devices to join them into a bot net. The BSI (german authority for cyber security) states that it resides in volatily memory only, so that a reboot should suffice to get rid of it.

The warning was issued by Huawei's UI 'MIUI' as far as I can tell, not Play Services. I am aware that the latest security patch for my phone is from 2022, I just couldn't afford to buy a new one up until now.

Some questions that arise:

(1) How can I trust that the information presented by my phones notification is correct? I mean, how would an IoT worm infect an app that was downloaded from the Google Play Store, is that even possible without root access to the phone or accessing the developers Play Store account?

(3) Right now, I'm combing through recent DNS queries in my PiHole log that originated from my phone. How can I tell regular queries from those of a bot net?

(4) What does the -gx suffix even mean? Information on this is very scarce.

(5) Just how bad of an idea is it to use a phone that has already gone two years without patches?

First off: I am still undiagnosed. I've followed the ADHD topic for more than a year now since I seem to match a whole lot of symptoms and behavior patterns. An official diagnosis will most probably still take another year. I live in Germany.

One thing that got me wondering was caffeine. As I've heard, drinking coffee will make ADHD folks not feel any more awake, maybe even a little tired.

While it doesn't make me feel awake as well, I very vividly remember my first coffee a long time ago that caused a massive outburst of productivity when all of the time I was known for being 'lazy' and distracted. However the effect quickly diminished with each subsequent coffee over the next year.

Isn't this a contradiction though? If I actually had ADHD, why did coffee have this awakening effect on me back then?