• Agate on Arch Linux

    1 min read · networking arch gemini

    Requirements Install Arch Install yay 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 …


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  • Arch Linux GPU Setup

    1 min read · arch GPU

    Requirements Install Arch Install yay Step 1: Multilib Enable multilib (32-bit) support in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist: [multilib] Include = /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 …


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  • 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 …


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  • Arch maintenance with yay

    1 min read · arch maintenance

    Requirements Arch Maintenance Package Cache Just like pacman with a couple of extras. 1ls ~/.cache/yay/ | wc -l 2yay -Sc Use -Yc to remove old dependencies: 1yay -Yc 2ls ~/.cache/yay/ | wc -l


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  • autologin

    1 min read · distros arch

    Automatic Login Edit /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf by typing: 1sudo systemctl edit getty@tty1 The put in the following, changing [ USER ] to your username. [Service] ExecStart= ExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin [ USER ] -s %I 115200,38400,9600 vt102 Automatically Start X In .bashrc. 1 if [ …


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  • Install Arch

    2 min read · arch

    Requirements partitions Keyboard layout changed. 1ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/**/*.map.gz 1loadkeys uk.map.gz Check if boot mode is UEFI 1ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars Without efivars, the system must boot with BIOS. Check network's up 1ping archlinux.org Set system clock properly 1timedatectl set-ntp true Check disks …


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  • Install yay

    1 min read · distros arch

    Requirements Install Arch partitions 1pacman --sync --noconfirm --needed base-devel gcc git 2git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git 3cd yay 4makepkg -si The flags are mostly the same as in pacman. But running yay without flags will do the update like yay -Syu and with package name it will search packages in the …


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