Welp, I might just have to throw a grenade on this. Lets see if bcachefs fsck -pvk can work some miracles....

Final update (hopefully): It seems that I have been able to fix the issue. I'm not sure what exactly caused the problem but either removing fluidsynth or installing the wireplumber ppa fixed the issue and I have working audio again. I've also removed pulseaudio and undid my edit to the modprobe blacklist, as they were only done as a temporary solution and they are no longer necessary.

For the past three days, I've been having this issue where my computer starts with no audio and the only sound device listed is a "dummy output" device. I've tried looking online for solution but the only solution I found has to be redone manually every time I start/restart my computer. It also seems like this issue is common with and possibly specific to the sound card my computer has, which is an "Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio".

The solution that worked for me was to add blacklist snd_soc_avs to the modprobe blacklist and then run the two commands sudo alsa force-reload and pulseaudio. Adding snd_soc_avs to the blacklist permanently brought back my actually audio devices but it didn't fix the audio nor did it remove the dummy output device. The two commands I listed do restore the audio and remove the dummy output device but they only work for the current session and I have to run them again after starting/restarting my computer.

I have no problem doing this if there isn't a permanent solution but I would like a permanent solution, if possible.

I use i3wm, and to map cap lock to escape, I run:

setxkbmap -option caps:swapescape

This works fine, but sometimes while hitting the F1 key, my pinky can accidentally hit the Escape key, which turns on CapsLock.

Gnome has a very nice way to do this, where Shift + Escape = CapsLock. Hitting Escape on its own will do nothing.

Hello everyone!

I have been learning QEMU for the past day and so I've almost finished building my perfect VM from the qemu cli, and I was wondering if there is any method to say, copy a partition(+bootloader) of a physically installed system (in this case, Windows) over a hard disk image and run it with QEMU

Unfortunately I've had no luck searching online about it and I'm unsure how to proceed myself since I've never done any disk-cloning or anything like that

My best guess would be to dump the contents of the partitions into a shared folder with the VM, then use a live media to copy those contents over into the hard disk image and finally install a bootloader to work with the Windows boot manager, but I'm all ears for what anyone has to say about it.

Thanks for reading and please let me know what you know!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28215475

Merged on Friday for the nearly-over Linux 6.15 merge window were the RISC-V CPU architecture updates for this next kernel release.

RISC-V with Linux 6.15 brings build improvements thanks to a re-architecting of the Kconfig build system options around RISC-V for selecting sub-architecture features.

For the Linux 6.15 kernel with RISC-V there is also support for building relocatable non-MMU kernels, support for huge PFNMAPS to improve TLB utilization, support for runtime constants, new RISC-V instructions supported, and a variety of fixes.

Hi all!

I know that AMD has software for controlling RGB on Windows. I found some old threads where someone suggested disconnecting the LEDs themselves, which is not something I'm willing to do with my 2-day old card.

I also would love not having to switch to Windows just to turn the bloody RGB off.

I've never used OpenRGB and I don't quite understand their compatibility guide for the 9070, so I'm not sure if it's doable there.

So! Does anyone here have that card and was able to disable RGB on Linux?

As a sidenote: I just realised that my OS sees two GPUss - the dGPU and the iGPU. Is there a way I can turn iGPU off so that it doesn't get in the way?

Any help appreciated!

Oh, I should probably mention - I'm on:

OS Garuda Linux x86_64
├ Kernel Linux 6.13.8-zen1-1-zen
├ Packages 1366 (pacman)[stable]
├ Shell fish 4.0.1

DE KDE Plasma 6.3.4
├ Window Manager KWin (Wayland)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/32192355

Just found out about this guy on YouTube named Nuxttux because I've been trying to make some social media videos.

Kdenlive is a completely different beast than the one that I remember using a couple of years ago. It has so much functionality in it, like all the "TikTok effects", proxy clips, rendering previews, visualizing effect curves between keyframes... like damn. This is actually legit software now for my basic needs.

The thing is, it seems like these were all added in the past 2 years, because I had 23.x installed through the Debian repo and I upgraded through Flatpak to 24.12 and it seems to have added all of these?

Anyway holy shit. Go give these guys some money. This is game changing

XY: I installed bazzite and goofed up. The username is wrong and my home is /home/bazzite instead of /home/ludrol

I am trying to run usermod -l ludrol bazzite in tty3 with sudo su - but the bazzite user is logged.

Solution:
Added password to root with passwd
Logged in as root
Ran required usermod commands
Disabled root with passwd -l

I want to be able to format my system without formatting my home, I know I can keep them seperate partitions but I would prefer if I can have dynamic sizes of each, can I achieve that by creating a sub volume for each? Would I be able to distrohop without removing my home while keeping the sizes dynamic? I never sat up a BTRFS before so I'm clueless

Hi!

I'm trying to install linux lite on my wife's old laptop, and I when I try to boot from the flash drive I get the following message:

ERROR Verification failed: (0x1A) Security Violation

Here are some details that may be relevant:

• It's her personnal computer (not managed by a corporation
• I'm using ventoy on a usb stick
• I've only put Linux Lite 7.4 on the usb stick
• I've tried launching Lite live on my own computer and it works just fine

I'm still a noob when it comes to linux, so I'm stuck with this error message. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks,

So I got a new HP Victus 2023, and I want to install Fedora on it, it has an RTX 4050 and has win11 preinstalled, my last laptop was a 2014 Toshiba and I only had to disable secure boot for Linux to run, is there something else to disable before installing Fedora ? Maybe TPM?

I would like to buy myself a second hand and install Linux on it. I was looking into ThinkPad T14 gen1 or gen2 devices because of their maintainability and repairability. I found one where I live with a Ryzen processor but it has the wrong keyboard. How easy and expensive would it be to swap this with US English? Are there any good alternatives to the ThinkPads? I fancy the X1 but don't like the fact that I cannot change or swap anything on it. The T14 looks very bulky and unattractive but at least can have the RAM upgraded and the battery changed.

I fancy the Framework laptops, but don't want to spend so much on a laptop. Especially the latest 16 inch with Ryzen AI CPUs.

The T14 G1 is at least cheap, like 350€ with the 400 nits low power display and the battery is at 99%. I guess with tlp installed and autocpugfreq I can get 5-6 hours out of it.

OK so after finally learning fcitx5, I can't even type on half my apps, which are either on distrobox or flatpak.

How can I make my fcitx5 usable on distrobox and flatpak programs?

I have been banging my head against the desk over this. I can use u-boot on the SD card to boot alpine off a flash drive. I cannot get the entire thing running off SD card though. It keeps doing this. What am I missing?

Hello everybody! I want to escape Microsoft and windows, and I am looking for a Linux distro. I have some experience with Unix and a very old Ubuntu distro. But that's quite some years ago. I am looking for a Linux distribution where i can play World of Warcraft on. I mainly use Nvidia graphics (RTX 3070).

I have found some distributions that are supposed to be good for gaming. I suppose, as i am still a Linux Noob, I am also looking for a distribution which is easy to get into. Especially for an older gamer ;)

I came with these distro's myself. What does the Linux community say?

Bazzite

• Based on Fedora Atomic
• Pre Installed Steam
• Nvidia drivers and support https://bazzite.gg/ https://docs.bazzite.gg/Gaming/index.html

Developer: Universal Blue (US?)

Drauger OS

• Based on Ubuntu LTS using KDE Plasma
• Pre for AMD https://draugeros.org/

Pop!_OS

• based on Ubuntu
• Optimized for gaming on Nvidia GPU's https://system76.com/pop/

Developer: system76 (Denver, US)

SteamOS -based on Debian 8 (Jessie) -designed to run steam and steam games -set to auto update their OS from Valve repo's https://store.steampowered.com/steamos

Developer: Valve (US)

Manjaro -based on Arch (rolling release model for latest software/drivers) -KDE plasma desktop (Pro-tip: enable flatpak and install ProtonUp-QT) https://manjaro.org/products

Developer: Majaro (EU - Austria, France, Germany)

Ubuntu: -the go-to linux distro for millions of users, incl gamers -best for beginners and gamers who want stable well supported distro -works seamlesssly with steam, lutris, wine (pro-tip: install the gamemode package (sudo apt install gamemode)) https://ubuntu.com/download

Developer: Canonical ltd. (UK)

Nobara -based on Fedora -optimized for gaming on newer Nvidia graphics (drivers come installed) https://nobaraproject.org/download-nobara/

Developer: Thomas Crider (Denver, US)

Mint -based on debian and Ubuntu -friendly OS, works out of the box, extremely easy to use https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

Developer : Linuxmint (French, Dutch, UK)

I'm using yay -S cmake to install. This is the output it returns:

cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst failed to download error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.moson.org : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.moson.org : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.mirror.constant.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.mirror.constant.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.pseudoform.org : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.lty.me : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.lty.me : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.pkgbuild.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from iad.mirrors.misaka.one : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from iad.mirrors.misaka.one : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archlinux.thaller.ws : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archlinux.thaller.ws : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from america.mirror.pkgbuild.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.wtnet.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.wtnet.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arlm.tyzoid.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arlm.tyzoid.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from phinau.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from phinau.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.hu.fo : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.hu.fo : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.chaoticum.net : Could not resolve host: mirror.chaoticum.net warning: fatal error from mirror.chaoticum.net, skipping for the remainder of this transaction error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archmirror1.octyl.net : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archmirror1.octyl.net : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.jensgutermuth.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.jensgutermuth.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.hackingand.coffee : Could not resolve host: mirror.hackingand.coffee warning: fatal error from mirror.hackingand.coffee, skipping for the remainder of this transaction error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.mirror.zachlge.org : Could not resolve host: arch.mirror.zachlge.org warning: fatal error from arch.mirror.zachlge.org, skipping for the remainder of this transaction error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.arizona.edu : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.arizona.edu : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.mikrogravitation.org : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.mikrogravitation.org : Connection timed out after 10001 milliseconds error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.lug.mtu.edu : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.lug.mtu.edu : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.bethselamin.de : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.23m.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.23m.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.moson.org : The requested URL returned error: 404 warning: too many errors from mirror.moson.org, skipping for the remainder of this transaction error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.ubrco.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.ubrco.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.niyawe.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'cmake-3.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.niyawe.de : The requested URL returned error: 404 warning: failed to retrieve some files error: failed to commit transaction (failed to retrieve some files) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. -> error installing repo packages

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Fixed with sudo pacman -Syu

I am planning to buy a Lenovo T14s (4th generation) with eSIM-cpability. Does anyone here know or can anyone tell me how modern Linux-distros like Fedora, EndeavourOS, Manjaro or Mint do handle eSIM-functionality?

Is it available without going with additional packages, can I directly scan the QR-code to active the eSIM on the system? Any experiences here?

Thanks in advance!

In case anyone is using Debian Testing/Unstable and experiencing audio issues, I thought I'd share this.

Until the bugs get fixed, there are two workarounds:

1. Uninstall FluidSynth
2. Add systemctl --user restart pipewire to your session startup; this eliminates the problem.

As I want FluidSynth, I went with the latter.

In light of Mozilla’s recent policy changes, we no longer feel assured that Firefox aligns with our commitment to protect your privacy. This prompted us to revisit the choice of default web browser in Zorin OS 17.3.

This just warms my heart. The year of the Linux desktop isn't here, but the decade of it is.

What I want:

To boot into a BTRFS snapshots from rEFind boot manager. But rEFInd doesn't show the snapshots.

Additional Info:

1. So, apparently, to restore the BTRFS snapshot of a root subvolume, I shouldn't do it with the root partition being actively used.

2. So, I need to boot into the desired snapshot from the boot manager itself.

3. GRUB has grub-btrfs, which lets you boot into snapshot from OS selection screen itself.

4. rEFInd has refind-btrfs, which should do the same as grub-btrfs. But it didn't in my case. I am not seeing any way to boot into a snapshot from rEFInd.

5. I use BTRFS Assistant with snapper to manage snapshots.

6. I am not seeing any way to restore the snapshot from live environment too.

7. I am using CachyOS (Arch) with Plasma DE.

8. I suspect the reason is my unusual /efi /boot partition layout. (attached below)

9. I did my partition this way because, my initial EFI partition had less storage (as seen on image), so , I created another boot partition and mounted my pre-existing EFI partition to /boot/efi. I did this by referring a Youtube video (I know, I should've known better)

10. I also encrypted my BTRFS / partition

11. If you need any other info, please ask.

I know this is a general community, but this is the 7th community that I'm asking this 🥲

Some people suggested Limine bootloader, but I like rEFInd for its versatile theme support.