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RPI OpenVPN PIA Connection Check Cron Script

The following shell script will check your Raspberry Pi (RPI) openvpn connection periodically and automatically restart openvpn if the connection has stopped working. Handy when using RPI OpenVPN with Private Internet Access (PIA) and if you have connection instability.

RPI Deluge PIA Port Forward Script

Trying to get Private Internet Access (PIA) Port Forwarding working your Raspberry Pi (RPI) and Deluge - look no further this script will get you up and running. Also includes cron script to run this periodically.

Airstash A02 Disassembly / Teardown / Repair Photos

How to open the Maxell Airstash A02 Wifi USB SD Card Reader

How to get Radarr working on freenas 11.2 with iocage as media user

By default Radarr installs with the radarr user, but other plugins like transmission / sonarr / etc. require the media user. If you change the user to media then radarr does not start / boot and does not show any errors. Follow the guide to fix it.

Google Chrome chopped off / missing toolbar

How to fix Google Chrome when windows get cut off / are missing or can't be moved

Rescue RPI with “Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked.”

How to fix a Raspberry Pi that wont boot and is showing the "cannot open access to console" error message.

How to fix a Dell XPS15 that keeps restarting with no BIOS

How to fix a Dell XPS 15 which won't startup / boot. The keyboard lights keep flashing and the laptop keeps restarting repeatedly with no BIOS screen.

How to synchronise Tempur Ergomotion Essentials King base

How to synchronise two long single Tempur ErgoMotion bases so they move together with a king mattress.

How to use KERBEROS.IO with Docker and Raspberry Pi to monitor multiple IP Cameras

How to get KERBEROS.IO working with multiple cameras on your Raspberry Pi (RPI). Works great with KERBEROS.CLOUD too.

How to fix Sonarr Couldn’t add report to download queue syntax errors

Fix errors with Sonarr not fetching any jobs from the indexers. Errors like: Couldn't add report to download queue, Syntax Error after '<' character: