#linux #macos

Asahi linux

→ Installation

→ Screen problems

asahi linux does not really support Xorg
wayland has some drawbacks such as :
- no support for sharing screen
- problem to identify pop-up / notification in the swaymsg -t get_tree -> use mako

→ Keyboard troubles

xkb setup
apparently there is also a keyd tool for that

f-keys needs fn. however it is possible to change that behavior. see details

# this works but disapears at reboot
echo 2 | sudo tee /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode
# This needs to rebuild the boot
echo options hid_apple fnmode=2 | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/hid_apple.conf
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
sudo reboot # optional

→ Browser troubles

snap chromium does not work with slack
snap chromium only share tabs during meet
there is no arm64 chromium without snap on ubuntu (mint only support amd64)
snap chromium does not support password store
~~firefox does not share tabs during meet~~
~~firefox 120 seg fault with arm64 (snap and deb)~~ fixed with 120.0.1
firefox-esr (115) deb works fine
firefox shortkey can be removed (see wiki web browser)
firefox supports natively wayland
vivaldi allows to share tabs
vivaldi provides deb arm64
vivaldi supports slack
vivaldi supports password store
vivaldi natively supports wayland via configs but I got tabs freeze and focus lost from tabs so I don't use it
vivaldi lags i don't know why

→ Intellij troubles

there is no insert key, then copy via vim can be enabled
idea works with xwayland, but support for wayland is coming
markdown fails with error but there is a workaround
idea does not honour xkb_variant nor xmodmap
however it honours xkb_options

so I did:

default layout : ctrl_l - alt_l - super_l - space - super_r - alt_r
caps:escape,ctrl:swap_lwin_lctl,lv3:ralt_alt,lv3:lalt_switch,altwin:alt_super_win
resulting layout : iso_lv3_shift - ctrl_l - space - alt_r - alt_r
used keys : iso_lv3_shift - ctrl_l - space - alt_r

Thats a good compromise with my other pc which:

default layout: ctrl_l - fn - super_l - alt_l - space - iso_lv3_shift - menu - ctrl_r
caps:swapescape,ctrl:swap_lalt_lctl,lv3:ralt_alt,lv3:lwin_switch,ctrl:menu_rctrl
resulting layout super_l - fn - iso_lv3_shift - ctrl_l - space - alt_r - menu
used keys iso_lv3_shift - ctrl_l - space - alt_r
a long standing bug with tmux can be fixed by seting :set status-position top

→ Trouble with gtk

gtk configs are not honoured
the only way to apply dark theme was to use this workaround by ADW_DEBUG_COLOR_SCHEME=prefer-dark to /etc/environment
emacs key binding or gtk.css does not work either
apparently related to recent gnome

→ gnome-text-editor

Gtk-WARNING **: 20:28:39.175: Theme parser error: gtk.css:1:1-13: Unknown @ rule
Gtk-WARNING **: 20:28:39.175: Theme parser error: gtk.css:43:3-19: No property named "gtk-key-bindings"
Adwaita-WARNING **: 20:12:48.637: Using GtkSettings:gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme with libadwaita is unsupported. Please use AdwStyleManager:color-scheme instead.

it uses gtk4 (no way to set key binding ?) -> remove .config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css
dark theme works by setting ADW_DEBUG_COLOR_SCHEME

→ file-roller, evince, firefox ...

Using GtkSettings:gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme together with HdyStyleManager is unsupported. Please use HdyStyleManager:color-scheme instead

apparently gtk3+
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme default fixes the dark theme
copy /usr/share/themes/Emacs/gtk-3.0/gtk-keys.css into .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css then emacs key binding works

→ Sound

only jack sound works
install pavucontrol to allow configuring both head/mic sound
install pactl to allow up/down on head sound from keyboard

worked with gnome but not in sway initially (both wayland)
installed sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal-wlr (not sure useful?)
got some working advices here
exec the below in sway:

# cat bin/screen-sharing
dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway
systemctl --user stop pipewire pipewire-pulse.socket  xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr wireplumber pipewire.socket
systemctl --user start pipewire pipewire-pulse.socket  xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr wireplumber pipewire.socket