When my wife bought a new Mazda, the dealer made her sign a form that said the remote start app would only be free for one year. He told her it was just boiler plate; the remote start app would be free forever. I knew when she bought the vehicle the remote start app would be a monthly charge starting in precisely one year. lol!
I wish that were true but 99% of the time, it’s executives first, then shareholders. Executives give themselves massive bonuses, even when companies are losing money. They don’t need shareholder approval, just the board of directors who rarely represent the shareholders or are even the top shareholders.
Reddit used to be a really nice thing with good conversations and good people. That’s all gone but I can’t help but think every community will go toxic, at some point. Sooner or later, any group of people is taken over by people who either don’t understand how to respect people or actively seek to abuse people who do not share their view. Perhaps Lemmy will go that way, one day. I hope not but I will enjoy Lemmy while it’s a terrific place.
The problem seems to be lack of ability to give the board a magic serial number. The vial app looks for a specific string in the serial number (“vial:<anything>”) to identify a vial capable keyboard. My R75 won’t accept a serial number, no matter what I do.
Apparently, this is a limitation of some cheap USB controllers (always answer 0 to all serial requests). I don’t know if that’s true but ChatGPT tells me it’s so.
udevadm info -a -n /dev/hidraw$(ls /dev/hidraw* | tail -1 | tr -dc ‘0-9’) | grep -i serial 2 ✘ ATTRS{serial}==“00000000000000000000000000000000” ATTRS{serial}==“0000:09:00.0”
Apparently, the magic number can be coded into the UID, also. I’m working on that, too, with no success so far. Apparently, USB controllers don’t stand in for UID in any case.
I’m struggling with this. If anyone has some ideas or clear direction, I would consider it a favor. If I can manage to make it work, I’ll publish the firmware for everyone.
Even if someone got the mossbed firmware to work, that would be helpful to know. I have been banging on it for three days with no luck. This is the most expensive, cheap keyboard I’ve ever purchased. lol!
I want to get one of the first implants possible. VR headsets are so unsightly.
I’m going to take a wild guess that you live somewhere that doesn’t freeze. lol!
Kudos to you. Where we live, it’s cold AF.