Australis13

Thanks - I'm going to have to do a bit more reading to get my head around that. Secure Boot is not my forte!

I think I've found one of your previous posts with the links you were referring to: https://fedia.io/m/linux@lemmy.world/t/113434/UEFI-Secure-Boot-keys-replacement-guide-please-help-sanity-check

And also some more comments here that looked useful: https://lemmy.world/comment/11384715

So based on @j4k3@lemmy.world's advice, I had a look at RHEL and found this:

https://github.com/rhboot/shim/ https://github.com/rhboot/shim/blob/main/SbatLevel_Variable.txt https://github.com/rhboot/shim/blob/main/SBAT.md#uefi-sbat-variable-content

Debian's own shim repo (https://salsa.debian.org/efi-team/shim) seems to derive from this. Shim is apparently the bootloader application that is reporting the error I'm seeing.

Unfortunately still no idea what causes the issue (let alone why it's correlated with the keyboard), but it makes me wonder if somehow the contents of the SbatLevel variable aren't formatted correctly in the absence of the keyboard cover.

More digging required.

Thanks, I will check out those resources and see what I can find.

Something something deflector dish...

That was Jon Pertwee's go-to for technobabble when he was in Doctor Who (although the full line "I've reversed the polarity of the neutron flow" only appears twice, IIRC).

Yeah, that's got my attention too. Definitely going to try them out now since I need an alternative for remote support for family.

This will be handy for those couple of Windows-only applications I have that need an Internet connection and don't yet work under Wine. Gives me a bit more time to try to debug them and see if a fix is possible.

Something doesn't quite add up for me, though, with the "free" option of "Use Windows Backup to sync your settings to the cloud" or a $30 payment instead. Is Microsoft really that keen to get everyone's settings, or is this an error in the press release and what they really want is everyone to use Windows Backup to transfer all their files to Microsoft's cloud (OneDrive) in preparation for Windows 11?

In my experience becoming non-verbal may also depend on who you're with. It might be that your partner goes non-verbal with other people first and you last (since you are the most accepting of this).

If you're able to speak for your partner in those situations (I suggest discussing how they should signal to you that this is needed, plus in what situations it would be appropriate) that can be a big help.

Also, as a couple of other commenters have mentioned, look into other forms of communication. Texting or email is often still possible if not too overwhelmed, so again discuss with your partner - perhaps there is a shorthand set of messages or emojis they can use when they're struggling to communicate that will allow them to convey what's happening and what they need.

Thanks.

Really appreciate you taking the time to explain that. Unfortunately the journalism issue is one of those that I haven't had a chance to look into. I like to think I'm aware of the Murdoch propaganda (and the other major "news" outlets here) but there's still clearly some topics which don't register as problematic until I dig into them.

As an Australian, my government can go for it. None of the tech companies have appreciated the Australian government's attempts to regulate them ~~(e.g. trying to make Google and Meta pay for using our journalism).~~ (edit: not a good example)

That said, we have had idiots in power from time to time that definitely have worked against us, usually arguing the "security over privacy" nonsense (metadata collection laws, encryption backdoor legislation, etc.).

This is precisely why all the banks I am with use their own app for 2FA rather than send codes via SMS. Even our government services system (myGov) has an app you can use instead of SMS.

Of course, none of these are completely secure, but it's a significant step up from plaintext SMS.

I am glad to see this happening. Unfortunately a lot of the damage is already done, though - staff have been lost and may not be easily replaced, studies have been interrupted at critical points and cannot simply be resumed from where they left off, etc. At least this pushback from the courts may reduce the likelihood of further such cuts.