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 …

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To automatically stick the logo onto your background, do these commands in the directory. Get the void linux logo from wikipedia 1wget https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Void_Linux_logo.svg/256px-Void_Linux_logo.svg.png?20170131170632 Rename it, and resize it (the standard size is too small for …

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Monitor all processes: 1extrace Monitor one process: 1extrace ls Monitor a script: 1./script.sh | extrace

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Jenkins on Void Jenkins is janky. Start Start the service file. 1su root 2ln -s /etc/sv/jenkins /var/service 3sv start jenkins Then visit the web interface with $BROWSER localhost:8080. If it's not working, try running the command from the run file the first time: 1chpst -u jenkins java -jar /opt/jenkins/jenkins.war …

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List Services All possible services are in: 1ls /etc/sv The computer only uses those in /var/service, so symbolic links are made to start and stop services. 1ls /var/service Start Services Enable the sshd service, so that ssh will work every time you boot up: 1sudo ln -s /etc/sv/sshd /var/service Then start the …

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Make the autologin service: 1cp -R /etc/sv/agetty-tty1 /etc/sv/agetty-autologin-tty1 1if [ -x /sbin/agetty -o -x /bin/agetty ]; then 2 # util-linux specific settings 3 if [ "${tty}" = "tty1" ]; then 4 GETTY_ARGS="--noclear" 5 fi 6fi 7 8GETTY_ARGS="--autologin [ your username ] --noclear" 9BAUD_RATE=38400 …

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Updates Update all packages with 1sudo xbps-install -Su See xbps for more. Remove old packages Void keeps every version of everything you install, so you can roll back to them. Remove old packages with: 1sudo xbps-remove -O vkpurge Old Void kernels are left on the boot partition. List them with: 1vkpurge list Remove …

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Check the current locales: 1locale -a Add the languages you want by editing /etc/default/libc-locales, and uncommenting your choice: 1#en_DK.UTF-8 UTF-8 2#en_DK ISO-8859-1 3en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8 4en_GB ISO-8859-1 5#en_HK.UTF-8 UTF-8 6#en_HK ISO-8859-1 Now you can generate what you need for those languages. However, instead …

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Search Look for cowsay in the repository: 1xbps-query --repository --search cowsay Short version: 1xbps-query -Rs cowsay Search with regex: 1xbps-query --regex -Rs 'cow(s)?\w' List what's required for cowsay 1xbps-query -x cowsay What packages are orphaned (i.e. installed as a dependency for another package, which has …

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