dotfiles-old/.local

My Dotfiles

This repo contains my config files for the programs I use in my linux setup, as well as any scripts I write for those programs.

Installers are located in ~/.local/installers/ to automate installation. Currently available for Void Linux and Artix Linux. in the future.

Overview

Applications used

• Window Manager - dwm
• Terminal Emulator - st
• App Launcher - dmenu
• File Browser - lf

Installation

Install git

and then clone this repo

$ cd ~

$ git clone --bare https://gitlab.com/ahub/dotfiles.git $HOME/.cfg

ensure the config alias is defined

alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME'

then checkout contents of bare repository to populate your home directory.

config checkout

for more info read this article

finally run the install script in ~/.local/installers/

bash ~/.local/installers/void-install.sh

Post Install

Change Mirrors for Void

(NOTE: this is done for you in the void-install.sh script now.) Default mirrors for void are located in Europe. Recommend changing them to a closer location. A list of mirrors can be found at voidlinux.org/download at the bottom of the page. Follow instructions on voids documentation at docs.voidlinux.org to change to desired mirror.

Mount Secondary Drives

Modify /etc/fstab to add any secondary drives. Example entry can be seen below. Replace UUID value with UUID of the device you wish to mount, and the <dir> entry with the directory you wish to mount to. Ensure the directory you are mounting to exists. If the directory does not exist, the system will likely have issues booting.

To see a list of devices and their UUIDs, run: $ blkid. Recommend using UUID instead of device files such as /dev/sda1 because drives may not always be mounted to the same /dev/ file. For more information read the arch wiki entry.

#<device>                                        <dir>            <type>    <options>   <dump>  <fsck>
UUID=b7d683d4-9337-433b-8d33-1035ef7dbcdf       /home/user/HDD   ext4      defaults      0       2

To mount a NAS drive at boot:

//IP_ADDRESS/storage/ /path/to/mount/dir/ cifs workgroup=WORKGROUP,users,auto,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD 0 0

Enable Apparmor

Add apparmor=1 and security=apparmor to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub.

Also edit /etc/default/apparmor and add line:

APPARMOR=complain or APPARMOR=enforce

Then generate grub config:

$ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Notes

wifi

ensure you enabled the wpa_supplicant service with:

$ sudo ln -s /etc/sv/wpa_supplicant /var/service

if you know the name of the network you wish to connect to:

1. change to root user: $ su

2. run command: $ wpa_supplicant -B -i INTERFACE -c <(wpa_passphrase SSID PASSWORD)

INTERFACE = name of wifi interface, likey: wlp3s0 or wlan0

SSID = name of the network

PASSWORD = the password of the network

use command: $ ip link show

to get a list of network interfaces available

3. If you can now connect to the internet then you can add this network to your config file so that your computer will automatically connect to it. to do this run:

sudo sh -c 'wpa_passphrase SSID PASSWORD >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'

Your wifi should now work at startup. It may take a moment to connect. this will need to be done for any wifi network you wish to connect to.

st

If you have weird issues with st such as a key writing multiple characters, backspace not working etc try running the following in the st directory (~/devel/repos/st/ if using the installer):

$ tic -sx st.info

add locales

uncomment locale(s) you wish to add in /etc/default/libc-locales then run:

$ sudo xbps-reconfigure -f glibc-locales

set system fonts

modify alias tags within in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

<alias>
    <family>FONT TYPE</family>                               #serif, sans-serif,sans, monospace
    <prefer><family>NAME OF FONT TO SET TO</family></prefer> #NotoSerif,NotoSans, Hack, etc.
</alias>

modify visudo

To be able to use reboot, poweroff and shutdown without password(needed for sxhkd bindings to work):

$ sudo visudo

Add this line replacing user_name with your user name

user_name ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff, /sbin/reboot, /sbin/shutdown

fix low resolution in grub/tty

To get list of available resolutions press c in grub then type vbeinfo at the prompt

Then add line to /etc/default/grub

GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1920x1080x30

then generate grub config:

$ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg