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Fixing bcachefs TERRIBBLE performance
I want to convert my bcachefs filesystem to RAID6 and drain some disks afterwards. This sounds like something a filesystem with online redundancy changes should be able to do. Unfortunately, reconcile was crawling along at around 2 MB/s while most of the disks were doing absolutely nothing. There are 69 devices in this filesystem. wtf.…
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Remapping the stupid Samsung remote buttons to Jellyfin and Plex
In the previous post I learned how to run processes as root on my Samsung TV by putting shell syntax into a password field. Today we are finally using this to do something useful: remap the damn stupid buttons on the seemingly not so smart remote control. The remote has dedicated Netflix and Rakuten buttons.…
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Rooting Samsung TV through a password field
I have a 2020 Samsung Q70T, model GQ75Q70TGTXZG, running Tizen 5.5 with firmware T-NKMDEUC-2743.0. I wanted to improve its Jellyfin setup and ended up looking at the built-in Remote PC feature. Apparently a password field can do more than log you in. Remote PC lets the TV connect to an RDP desktop. Its toolbar also…