#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

→ Screen sharing

• 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