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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Install and enable tlp. Decide how to handle events like the lid closing in /etc/acpi/handler.sh.

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Install bluetooth. 1 2sudo xbps-install bluez bluetui 3sudo ln -s /etc/sv/bluetoothd/ /var/service/ 4sudo sv start bluetoothd 5bluetui If this doesn't work, try a search for bluetooth firmware and such. Check the mouse is ready to pair. Remember bluetooth isn't secure. Also, bzmenu is good: 1 2bzmenu --launcher rofi

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Requirements sv 1xbps-install socklog-void 2 3ln -s /etc/sv/socklog-unix/ /var/service/ 4ln -s /etc/sv/nanoklogd/ /var/service/ 5 6sv start nanoklogd socklog-unix Logs are stored in categories. 1cd /var/log/socklog 2ls 3svlogtail messages 4svlogtail kernel | grep audio 5svlogtail daemon messages | grep audio 6watch -d …

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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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The virtual terminals are run as services. Make a new service by making symbolic links to the generic one. 1login=agetty-autologin 2sudo cp -rs /etc/sv/agetty-generic/ /etc/sv/${login}/ Copy the configuration file for the agetty-tty1 service, and add the --autologin argument. 1sed "s/--noclear/--autologin ${USER} &/" …

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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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