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My current setup is a TP-Link wireless extender. From that I have my own little network that connects my computer, wireless devices and a Raspberry Pi 4. The RPi4 runs the Home Assistant OS for my small network of lights and switches. The TP-Link extender does not have enough memory to support OpenWRT which means I am dependent on the proprietary android app to configure it.
I thought I could use the integrations in HA to add OpenWRT and Pi-Hole but it looks like those integrations are for communicating with instances and devices not within the HA operating system.
What I was hoping to accomplish was to run HA, OpenWRT and Pi-Hole on the same RPi4 device and re-use the TP-Link extender elsewhere in the house to serve ad-blocked internet that extends beyond my little network of devices.
Would running multiple services like this be too demanding for the RPi4? And if it is possible, where is a good place to start?
I'm in the beginning stages of planning a trip this winter to see the northern lights. The days are getting real short and I'd love to take advantage of that.
I'm currently in southern Ontario and would like to head north a bit to get away from all the light pollution. I'll also be travelling alone so heading off to a park is probably not a wise decision for myself. Also, since I'm going alone, I'd prefer staying at a hostel where I have a chance to meet people but that's not a strict requirement. I know hostels are not a big thing here.
Any information, tips or experiences to share would be greatly appreciated.
I have a Dell G5 SE 5505 laptop running Linux Mint
System Information
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-82-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM
Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G5 5505 v: 1.16.0
serial: Chassis: type: 10 v: 1.16.0
serial:
Mobo: Dell model: 0M8C1F v: A02 serial: UEFI: Dell
v: 1.16.0 date: 04/21/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 24.9 Wh (86.5%) condition: 28.8/51.0 Wh (56.4%)
volts: 11.5 min: 11.4 model: LGC-LGC4.474 DELL 415CG0C serial:
status: Discharging
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 4900H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1402 high: 1478 min/max: 1400/3300 boost: enabled
cores: 1: 1397 2: 1395 3: 1397 4: 1396 5: 1397 6: 1397 7: 1396 8: 1397
9: 1397 10: 1397 11: 1478 12: 1441 13: 1397 14: 1396 15: 1396 16: 1368
bogomips: 105404
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT]
vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: none empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:731f
Device-2: AMD Renoir vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-2 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:1636
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,ati
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: eDP res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 diag: 395mm (15.5")
OpenGL: renderer: RENOIR (renoir LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.42 5.15.0-82-generic)
v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab38
Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
Device-3: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Dell Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Processor
driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 07:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
Device-4: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-82-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 2000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp5s0 state: down mac:
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 vendor: Rivet Networks Killer
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2723
IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac:
IF-ID-1: moz0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-3.1:3 chip-ID: 8087:0029
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address:
bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2 sub-v: 237e
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 179.87 GiB (18.9%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital
model: PC SN730 NVMe WDC 1024GB size: 953.87 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
serial: temp: 46.9 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 914.69 GiB used: 179.86 GiB (19.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
mapped: vgmint-root
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 976 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/dm-1 mapped: vgmint-swap_1
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 45.0 C mem: 48.0 C fan: 65535 device: amdgpu
temp: 45.0 C
Repos:
Packages: 2344 apt: 2308 flatpak: 36
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozillacorp-mozillavpn-jammy.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/mozillacorp-mozillavpn-jammy.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillacorp/mozillavpn/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/linuxmint-packages victoria main upstream import backport
2: deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 433 Uptime: 2m Memory: 14.99 GiB used: 2.11 GiB (14.1%)
Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12
Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13
I'm currently running Linux without updates for a couple weeks now so I can continue to play. However, Any update I install causes any game to stay stuck on the integrated GPU instead of switching to the dedicated GPU. Some games will just close while others will run but it's super slow and choppy.
I've tried running steam with the dedicated GPU option but that causes steam to launch, attempt to open the library window several times before the system freezes for a moment. After the system unfreezes, I can move the mouse but nothing on the desktop is responsive.
I also get the freezing issue without running with the dedicated GPU when I launch steam but found that launching directly to the steam settings window from the menu reduces the chances of freezing.
Any help would be appreciated.
I've recently switched from windows to Linux Mint after learning about how much support steam has put into Linux gaming. I've found my way around packages and alternatives to set myself up similar to my windows experience except for 7.1 surround sound that Razer offered for my 3.5mm connection headphones.
From what I understand, PulseAudio has a module that can be added to simulate surround sound.
The documentation also says to select an audio file that sounds best to me but I have no idea what to do with it, and no idea where to place that HRIR.wave file.
I've only used Ubuntu very casually in the past so this is slightly above what I understand. My experience using with using a terminal is limited to super basic things and deleting apps on my android phone from PowerShell in windows so I only really half get what I'm supposed to do at the moment. Any help would be appreciated.