Friday, December 26, 2025

Gentoo: Only dummy output in PipeWire shown in pavucontrol and no sound

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sudo emerge -av sys-firmware/sof-firmware https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2280101#p2280101
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Gentoo: Please select pinentry-gnome3 as default pinentry provider

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Create `/run/host/etc/portage/package.use/gcr` with the content of: app-crypt/gcr gtk app-crypt/pinentry gtk Then rebuild: `sudo em...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

gentoo: install xdg-open

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sudo emerge -av x11-misc/xdg-utils

gentoo: distrobox-host-exec on gentoo host does not do notthing

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Have to install flatpak on gentoo host: sudo emerve -av flatpak https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/issues/1198#issuecomment-19510...

Oklular: Doesn't open epub files

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yay -S ebook-tools kdegraphics-mobipocket
Monday, December 15, 2025

lsblk: list model name of hard drive

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lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,SIZE,MODEL

gentoo: VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode

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sudo modprobe -r kvm_amd sudo modprobe -r kvm_intel

Arch: Install matlab

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mpm install --release=R2024b --destination=/mnt/b/opt/matlab MATLAB Parallel_Computing_Toolbox https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MATLAB

X forwarding from a distrobox on a remote host

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X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. Assuming ssh is set to allow X11Forwarding, on a remote host .Xauthority will b...

tigervnc: Service deactivets immedietly after start

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cd /etc/X11/Sessions mv Xsession Xsession.backup ln -s fluxbox Xsession from: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1150142.html