I guess I borked my System in c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

[–] gpstarman 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

did you try to restore the root partition while it was mounted to root?

If you mean to ask if I restored the OS subvol while I am on the OS itself. Then, yes.

But, I've done this before and it worked just fine.

Maybe boot up a linux from USB and restore the root partition from there?

(from live mint) I tried to rename the @ (root) to @_2 and original subvol backup to @. And booted. OS successfully boots. But now my root partition is @_2, which should be @ ?

And the OS was in the state of prior restoration i.e. after system update.

Also please look at the edited part of the post

I guess I borked my System in c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip

[–] gpstarman 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not yet.

I kindly request you to see the edited post too.

Mangohud not showing GPU stats after update in c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

[–] gpstarman 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can you tell me how to do it ?

Because I don't think I am seeing my dedicated GPU in Goverlay. Only seeing integrated card.

What to do if packages are in Conflict ? in c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

[–] gpstarman 1 points 1 month ago

Thank You.

Dependencies 😵‍💫

What to do if packages are in Conflict ? in c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

[–] gpstarman 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you.

wine-gecko as well ?

Is this the case for every Conflicts ?

What to do if packages are in Conflict ? in c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

[–] gpstarman 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thank you.

Is this the case for every Conflicts ? ( I guess not )

EXE icons out of nowhere in c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

[–] gpstarman 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Windows partition does get automounted. But, it's because I wanted it to.

But, even before windows and another ntfs drives are automounted, there was no icons.

It's (icons showing) only after the update.

Also, I have no reason to suspect of any malware. Why do suspect that though?

I simply thought I might be some changes in dolphin or arch or plasma or Wayland.

Thank you for the script though. Looking for something like this for a long time.

EXE icons out of nowhere in c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

[–] gpstarman 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah

Except for some .dlls, I'm seeing icons on linux and not on windows.

EXE icons out of nowhere in c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

[–] gpstarman 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What's strange is, I didn't even installed anything new. Just updated existing.

EXE icons out of nowhere in c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

[–] gpstarman 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Don't have icoutils installed.

But now that I checked there is a option on Dolphin. I don't know if this is a new feature or something.

Also, I found this on reddit, which is 4 years old. So, I don't know.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/njldq3/dolphin_now_shows_icons_for_exe_files/

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EXE icons out of nowhere (self.linux4noobs)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gpstarman to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

5 comments fedilink

I haven't updated my Arch (Plasma) for some time.

When I updated it yesterday, suddenly all the exe icons started to show up ( I'm dualbooting with Win ), which is not the case before.

As far I looked up, I can't find anything on internet.

I don't know if it's whether WINE or Dolphin or some other package.

So, what's changed ?

[SOLVED] Unable to hide 'tools' in rEFInd in c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

[–] gpstarman 2 points 3 months ago

Thank You.

showtools in main and theme config are both commented out.

Even if my theme config's showtools is not commented, rEFInd shouldn't show firmware and about. Since, they are not included in the showtools anyway.

And You are correct, I need it more like second picture.

Some, other person told me that, this is a rEFInd problem in latest version.

https://lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz/comment/16257252

Looks like I have to edit and rebuild it myself. Unfortunately, I'm not really that familiar with building packages myself.

Guess, I have to wait it out.

[SOLVED] Unable to hide 'tools' in rEFInd in c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip

[–] gpstarman 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thank you. Looks like that's the problem.

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[SOLVED] Unable to hide 'tools' in rEFInd (self.linuxquestions)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gpstarman to c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip

2 comments fedilink

I want to hide the about tag in rEFInd. So, I did according to the info in config and website, which is to add a showtools line with no options.

And, nothing happens. I still see About, Shutdown, Reboot, Firmware tools in the rEFInd screen

# Default is shell,memtest,gdisk,apple_recovery,windows_recovery,mok_tool,about,hidden_tags,shutdown,reboot,firmware,fwupdate
# To completely disable scanning for all tools, provide a showtools line
# with no options.
#
#showtools shell, bootorder, gdisk, memtest, mok_tool, apple_recovery, windows_recovery, about, hidden_tags, reboot, exit, firmware, fwupdate
showtools

Eventhough the previous showtools line is a just a comment, I removed it too. And still nothing happens.

Does anybody have any idea?

I only want Shutdown, Reboot.

SOLVED

It seems like a rEFInd problem in latest version.

https://lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz/comment/16257252

Looks like I have to edit and rebuild it myself. Unfortunately, I'm not really that familiar with building packages myself.

Guess, I have to wait it out.

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[SOLVED] Unable to hide 'tools' in rEFInd (self.linux4noobs)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gpstarman to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

2 comments fedilink

I want to hide the about tag in rEFInd. So, I did according to the info in config and website, which is to add a showtools line with no options.

And, nothing happens. I still see About, Shutdown, Reboot, Firmware tools in the rEFInd screen

# Default is shell,memtest,gdisk,apple_recovery,windows_recovery,mok_tool,about,hidden_tags,shutdown,reboot,firmware,fwupdate
# To completely disable scanning for all tools, provide a showtools line
# with no options.
#
#showtools shell, bootorder, gdisk, memtest, mok_tool, apple_recovery, windows_recovery, about, hidden_tags, reboot, exit, firmware, fwupdate
showtools

Eventhough the previous showtools line is a just a comment, I removed it too. And still nothing happens.

Does anybody have any idea?

I only want Shutdown, Reboot.

SOLVED

It seems like a rEFInd problem in latest version.

https://lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz/comment/16257252

Looks like I have to edit and rebuild it myself. Unfortunately, I'm not really that familiar with building packages myself.

Guess, I have to wait it out.

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[SOLVED] Unable to hide 'tools' in rEFInd (self.linux4noobs)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gpstarman to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

2 comments fedilink

I want to hide the about tag in rEFInd. So, I did according to the info in config and website, which is to add a showtools line with no options.

And, nothing happens. I still see About, Shutdown, Reboot, Firmware tools in the rEFInd screen

# Default is shell,memtest,gdisk,apple_recovery,windows_recovery,mok_tool,about,hidden_tags,shutdown,reboot,firmware,fwupdate
# To completely disable scanning for all tools, provide a showtools line
# with no options.
#
#showtools shell, bootorder, gdisk, memtest, mok_tool, apple_recovery, windows_recovery, about, hidden_tags, reboot, exit, firmware, fwupdate
showtools

Eventhough the previous showtools line is a just a comment, I removed it too. And still nothing happens.

Does anybody have any idea?

I only want Shutdown, Reboot.

SOLVED

It seems like a rEFInd problem in latest version.

https://lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz/comment/16257252

Looks like I have to edit and rebuild it myself. Unfortunately, I'm not really that familiar with building packages myself.

Guess, I have to wait it out.

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Why I shouldn't use Discover on CachyOS (Plasma) ? (self.cachyos)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gpstarman to c/cachyos@sopuli.xyz

3 comments fedilink

I installed CachyOS with Plasma DE and found it has no discover in it. When I searched on their sub lots of people say that one shouldn't use Discover with any Arch distro as it will break the system. Can anybody clarify why?

Also if I am not supposed to use Discover, can anybody suggest an actual GUI application store? Unlike Octopi (which I consider just as a TUI with check boxes and columns)

Edit: I only use Discover for find and install new apps.

For updating, I just use paru.

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Why I shouldn't use Discover on Arch (Plasma) ? (self.archlinux)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gpstarman to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

10 comments fedilink

I installed CachyOS with Plasma DE and found it has no discover in it. When I searched on their sub lots of people say that one shouldn't use Discover with any Arch distro as it will break the system. Can anybody clarify why?

Also if I am not supposed to use Discover, can anybody suggest an actual GUI application store? Unlike Octopi (which I consider just as a TUI with check boxes and columns)

Edit: I only use Discover for find and install new apps.

For updating, I just use paru.

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Why I shouldn't use Discover on Arch (Plasma) ? (self.linux4noobs)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gpstarman to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

10 comments fedilink

I installed CachyOS with Plasma DE and found it has no discover in it. When I searched on their sub lots of people say that one shouldn't use Discover with any Arch distro as it will break the system. Can anybody clarify why?

Also if I am not supposed to use Discover, can anybody suggest an actual GUI application store? Unlike Octopi (which I consider just as a TUI with check boxes and columns)

Edit: I only use Discover for find and install new apps.

For updating, I just use paru.

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Why I shouldn't use Discover on Arch (Plasma) ? (self.linux4noobs)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gpstarman to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

9 comments fedilink

I installed CachyOS with Plasma DE and found it has no discover in it. When I searched on their sub lots of people say that one shouldn't use Discover with any Arch distro as it will break the system. Can anybody clarify why?

Also if I am not supposed to use Discover, can anybody suggest an actual GUI application store? Unlike Octopi (which I consider just as a TUI with check boxes and columns)

Edit: I only use Discover for find and install new apps.

For updating, I just use paru.

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Did they changed the logo? (self.cyberpunk2077)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by gpstarman to c/cyberpunk2077@lemmy.world

4 comments fedilink

Did they change the Cyberpunk logo in new versions?

Just started my blind playthrough (no spoilers please) and noticed the cyberpunk logo is different from what I saw before.

Old Cyberpunk 2077 (not 2.0) 👇

New Cyberpunk 2077 (after 2.1) 👇

At first I thought there is something wrong with my GPU driver ot something.

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How to Encrypt Drives ? (self.linux4noobs)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by gpstarman to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

7 comments fedilink

This is my disk layout:

500 GB Linux - BTRFS

100 GB Windows - NTFS

400 GB Storage - NTFS (shared between linux and windows)

I want to encrypt everything. For Linux I can use luks2 but what I'm supposed to do for Windows ? (No bitlocker please)

Will veracrypt replace refind boot manager?

Note: I am talking about the one that asks password before boot (full encryption)

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How to Encrypt Drives ? (self.linux4noobs)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by gpstarman to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

8 comments fedilink

This is my disk layout:

500 GB Linux - BTRFS

100 GB Windows - NTFS

400 GB Storage - NTFS (shared between linux and windows)

I want to encrypt everything. For Linux I can use luks2 but what I'm supposed to do for Windows ? (No bitlocker please)

Will veracrypt replace refind boot manager?

Note: I am talking about the one that asks password before boot (full encryption)

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[SOLVED] What I can delete on my EFI partition? (self.linux4noobs)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by gpstarman to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

0 comments fedilink

I installed lots of OSs on my PC. The mistake I did was not backing up my EFI partition beforehand.

Now I deleted all the OS except CachyOS (Arch) and Windows.

Now I want to tidy up my EFI partition. I want to delete everything (even rEFInd) except Windows and Default ones like OEM. (I am gonna reinstall CachyOS ) Can anybody please assist me?

I already deleted the obvious ones like ubuntu and fedora. Anything else?

I know this is not necessarily a linux question but anyways 😅

Solved

Before proceeding with any of the following, I STRONGLY suggest you to make a full backup of your ESP (efi) partition.

I deleted everything on boot folder, since I didn't need grub or any of those files ( after searching everything individually on internet)

I deleted refind folder, since I didn't need refind boot manager.

I kept insyde folder, since they are my uefi provider.

I kept OEM , microsoft folders because I need windows and whatever my OEM provides.

I kept tools folder since that's just an empty folder ( I didn't know which OS created it)