Lawnman23
@Lawnman23@lemmy.world
- Comment on Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory prices 1 week ago:
Keeping it positive, nice.
- Comment on Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading 1 week ago:
It’s been a few months since I worked on it but IIRC Windows VM saw it as a controller, which made it that much more confusing as to why the app wouldn’t recognize it.
I was using QEMU/KVM on my Fedora box for the VM. It’s possible it would work using a different client such as VirtualBox or the likes. I had spent enough time on it by that point so I just went the Win10 on spare laptop route to get it done as I was sick of screwing around with it.
The irony is I spent almost 20 years in IT supporting Windows and solving all kinds of unique issues that arose from unconventional business needs. Glad to be out of the MS world now.
- Comment on Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading 1 week ago:
Do you have a spare machine at all? Windows install is easy, you don’t need a key for activation or anything. Just pull down the official iso from Microsoft and install Win10 Pro. Let’s you setup a local account when you select domain join machine.
Again, it’s a pain in the ass that you have to do it all but it gets the job done.
The linchpin of needing Windows is because Microsoft only lets you update the firmware on the controller two ways, either via a Xbox console itself or via the Xbox Accessories app via a Windows machine. There is no standalone client or web version to do it. It’s a longstanding “problem” for Linux or MacOS users who just want to use the damn controller via its BT connection.
- Comment on Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading 1 week ago:
I tried passing the controller through to a VM, no dice. Windows would detect the controller, but the Xbox Accessories app itself that handles the updates could never detect it. After tinkering for a while on it, I just went the Win10 on spare machine route. Fast enough and worked fine.
- Comment on Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading 1 week ago:
Have a spare computer?
Just throw Win10 on it to update the controller. It’s what I did recently for two new controllers.
PITA? Yes, but ehh.
- Comment on Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn 3 weeks ago:
Or gin. Porn or gin…
- Comment on When ducks fly here illegally from Canada 3 weeks ago:
Yarp.
- Comment on I watch the first Star Trek Discovery episode, I didn't like it. 4 weeks ago:
You take that back right now, right now!
- Comment on Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on NEVER OBSOLETE 4 weeks ago:
I still have two of these towers in my collection.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Well according to Ministry, Jesus built my hot rod, so yes.
- Comment on I heard that this offer applies to more than just turkeys 4 weeks ago:
This man knows how to turkey jerky.
- Comment on An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026 5 weeks ago:
Yep, discovered that looking for a 2x16 sodimm kit for one of my mini pc’s. It’s nuts.
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- Comment on Is God a Taoist? 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading 1 month ago:
Yes.
- Comment on Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading 1 month ago:
Far Cry 1 times.
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 1 month ago:
- Comment on Interesting looking ring. Wonder what it means? 1 month ago:
- Comment on What the democrats just did. 1 month ago:
They do. Get rid of the ACA and make you pay for insurance directly with funds they will supposedly give to you based on…TBD.
And yes, it’s true.
- Comment on Reddit’s CEO Debuts As A Billionaire 20 Years After Cofounding The Company 1 month ago:
Fuck spez.
- Comment on "Biden Administration Policies Led to a 0% Market Share in China", Claims NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, as He Hopes for a Breakthrough in the Region 1 month ago:
- Comment on School pickup lines are wild 1 month ago:
- Comment on Capcom doubles down on its decision to go pay-per-view during the Street Fighter League despite the fact that nobody really likes it 2 months ago:
- Comment on Or two generations... 2 months ago:
Yes.
- Comment on Why would I buy this? 2 months ago:
This is the way.
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 2 months ago:
It’s what I run on my laptop and gaming mini-pc’s and everything runs great.
- Comment on Well do you? 2 months ago:
