stuff.md

Things to do after a clean install

PC Speaker

In file /etc/modprobe.d/nobeep.conf

blacklist pcspkr

Backlight

ls /sys/class/backlight/ will show the name, likely intel_backlight or acpi_video0. Replace below accordingly.

Then in file /etc/udev/rules.d/backlight.rules

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", KERNEL=="acpi_video0", GROUP="video", MODE="0664"

or for intel:

RUN+="/bin/chgrp video /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness"
RUN+="/bin/chmod g+w /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness"

Systemd-boot timeout

In file /boot/loader/loader.conf

timeout 0

Groups

Add your user to these groups:

sudo usermod -aG audio,video,wheel $USER

Touchpad

In file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "system-touchpad"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        Option "Tapping" "on"
        Option "ClickMethod" "clickfinger"
        Option "NaturalScrolling" "true"
        Option "ScrollMethod" "twofinger"
EndSection

Traditional network interface names

In file /boot/loader/entries/<whatever>.conf, add net.ifnames=0 at end of options line.

Locales (add German)

In /etc/locale.gen uncomment de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8, then run sudo locale-gen

Run slock on suspend

Create file /etc/systemd/system/slock@.service

[Unit]
Description=Lock X session using slock for user %i
Before=sleep.target

[Service]
User=%i
Environment=DISPLAY=:0
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/xset dpms force suspend
ExecStart=/usr/bin/slock

[Install]
WantedBy=sleep.target

then run

sudo systemctl enable slock@$USER.service

Link sh to dash

Run this once:

sh_loc="$(which sh)"
sudo rm "$sh_loc"
sudo ln -rs "$(which dash)" "$sh_loc"

Unlock gnome-keyring on login through ly

Edit contents of file /etc/pam.d/ly to this:

#%PAM-1.0

auth       include      login
auth       optional     pam_gnome_keyring.so

account    include      login

password   include      login

session    include      login
session    optional     pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start

Discord allow translucent backgrounds

Replace the line Exec=/usr/bin/discord in /usr/share/applications/discord.desktop and other Discord desktop files with the following:

Exec=/usr/bin/discord --enable-blink-features=MiddleClickAutoscroll --use-gl=desktop