Saturday, October 13, 2018

When Linux wireless does not awake from suspend mode-here's how to fix it

r8169                  34108  0 
mii                     4381  1 r8169
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
videodev               34361  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            13251  2 uvcvideo,videodev
rt3090sta             905769  0 
vboxdrv               230432  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
joydev                  8740  0 
...
The Realtek 8169 ethernet device network connection is lost after returning from sleep.
So go into the hardware specification

type in Terminal

sudo lsmod
 
the result for this search is
 
...
r8169                  34108  0 
mii                     4381  1 r8169
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
videodev               34361  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            13251  2 uvcvideo,videodev
rt3090sta             905769  0 
vboxdrv               230432  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
joydev                  8740  0  


 So name I was looking for is the name of "r8169" kernel module from the list above. Next thing is to add this kernel module to the list of kernel modules to unload before going to sleep and reload after returning from sleep.  Do this by editing (creating it if it doesn't exist)
 /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules file like this:
sudo gedit /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules
Now we add following to that file (you should replace "r1869" with the name of kernel module that is making problems for your configuration):
SUSPEND_MODULES="$SUSPEND_MODULES r8169"
That is it. Now put your PC to sleep and test is your troublesome hardware working after resume.


Courtesy of Techy Talk

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Be careful with Bing Search Engine

This article is courtesy of How to Geek this morning...I recommend using Duck Duck Go for your search engine for safety's sake

PLEASE READ

Sunday, October 7, 2018

For those of you who are getting the message on Facebook that someone who is already your friend wants to be your friend (again)....do not click on it or anything...

Run CCleaner and clear out the cache, cookies and temp files on your computer browsers....also create a NEW password on your FB page and then log out and log back in....

Try to keep safe in the great big web world.
Hello FINALLY!
Due to cancer and being laid up for a long time I have decided to post some things that I feel needful
right now.
Welcome back to Tekkie's Tips!


For those of you who use LASTPASS and also have it running in Firefox....there seems to be an issue sometimes where the icon in the toolbar will not work anymore when installing or upgrading....you cannot get to the drop down menu....

here is the fix:

Click right on the add-on icon in toolbar. On top of pop-up window will be "lastpass". Click on it will open the login page and after login everything works just fine!