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$EDITOR

1 min read · system

The System's default text editor can be defined within /etc/profile. It's given the variable EDITOR. Add these lines to /etc/profile.d/custom.sh: 1echo 'export EDITOR=vim' >> /etc/profile.d/custom.sh 2echo 'export VISUAL=$EDITOR' >> /etc/profile.d/custom.sh Then reload that profile with: 1source /etc/profile If you …

Ach Linux GPU Setup

1 min read · arch GPU

Step 1: Multilib Enable multilib (32-bit) support in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist: 1[multilib] 2Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist And update: 1sudo pacman -Syu Step 2: Check Card Manufacturer Check your graphics card type: 1lspci | grep VGA Step 3: Install Drivers Step 3A If you see Nvidia, then install the intel drivers: …

Aeroplane Mode in Void

1 min read · void

Put your device in 'aeroplane' mode (e.g. where no trace of signal leaves it) by turning off Wi-Fi and blue-tooth. 1su root 2sv stop wpa_supplicant bluetoothd Find your device's name with ip -color addr. If unsure, try this: 1name=$(ip a | grep -Eo 'wlp\w{3}') 2echo $name Then set that device down: 1ip link set $name …

Agate on Arch Linux

1 min read · networking arch gemini

Docs are here. You will need DNS set up before proceeding. Install agate. yay -S agate Be root! In my case the domain is 'splint.rs'. DOMAIN1=splint.rs You can set up any number of domain names. DOMAIN2=ttrpgs.com Make a directory to serve the gemini files from: GEMDIR=/srv/gemini mkdir -p $GEMDIR/$DOMAIN1 mkdir -p …

android

1 min read · system phone

mtpfs Start Install: 1yay -S simple-mtpfs List available phones: 1simple-mtpfs -l Make a mount point: 1mkdir phone Check your phone, and tell it to allow access to the USB. 1simple-mtpfs --device 1 phone Stop 1fusermount -u phone 2rmdir phone

Ansible Basics

2 min read · system ansible orchestration

Start Locally Start by doing normal actions on the computer. Say 'hello' to yourself: 1ansible --module-name=ping localhost Ansible takes a lot of information about each machine during setup: 1TMP=$(mktemp) 2ansible --module-name=setup localhost | tee $TMP 3less !$ If you have jq, you can pull out info: 1sed -i …

Ansible with Docker

2 min read · system ansible docker

'Docker module', you say? No need for that fancy stuff. We're just going to set up a couple of docker containers and connect to them like any other machine. Set up two containers: deb and arch, add them to an ansible hosts file, then do a 'ping' to see if they respond. Required Packages ansible jq docker Debian …

apt

1 min read · distros

apt Configurations? Messed up a package's configuration files? 1sudo apt-get purge [thing] 1sudo apt autoremove Check if you still have related things: 1apt search [thing] 1sudo apt-get install [ thing ] Still have problems? 1sudo dpgk --force-confmiss -i /var/cache/apt/archives/[thing]

Arch Maintenance

1 min read · arch

Package Cache Clean the cache of old packages in /var/cachepacman/pkg/: 1ls /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ | wc -l 2sudo pacman -Sc 3ls /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ | wc -l New Configs If you chance a configuration file, such as /etc/environment, and pacman wants to update the file, it will place /etc/environment.pacnew. Check the …

Arch Maintenance with yay

1 min read · arch

Package Cache Just like pacman 1ls ~/.cache/yay/ | wc -l 2yay -Sc Use -Yc to remove old dependencies: 1yay -Yc 2ls ~/.cache/yay/ | wc -l