From b6c6419ba9bc69acb431bbbd65d0981d7d0ded87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 02:50:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] nvidia: fixed compatibility packages for nvidia --- wiki/linux/nvidia.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/wiki/linux/nvidia.md b/wiki/linux/nvidia.md index b206849..a92050f 100644 --- a/wiki/linux/nvidia.md +++ b/wiki/linux/nvidia.md @@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ drivers are not compatible with Pascal GPUs anymore as explained in This is due to the drop of support for these cards from Nvidias site. If Pascal-GPUs are still used some minor changes need to be performed and some packets need to be replaced. -On Arch Linux-based systems this can be achieved by replacing the packages `nvidia-open` and -`nvidia-open-utils` with `nvidia-580xx-dkms`, `nvidia-580xx-utils` and `lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils`. +On Arch Linux-based systems this can be achieved by replacing the packages `lib32-nvidia-utils`, +`nvidia-open` and `nvidia-open-utils` with `nvidia-580xx-dkms`, `nvidia-580xx-utils` and +`lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils`. If upgrading from a Pascal-GPU to a newer version this change needs to be undone. After the packages are changed it is important to From a218eb11fbb9edad00538e288f0c82dd9b8c5a78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:14:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] steam: make sections more universal --- wiki/game/steam.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/wiki/game/steam.md b/wiki/game/steam.md index 5143f29..13222b0 100644 --- a/wiki/game/steam.md +++ b/wiki/game/steam.md @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ The data stored this way can be accessed on the Games can also be synchronized without the Steam Cloud by using [Syncthing](/wiki/syncthing.md) as described in [the games entry](/wiki/game.md#syncing-game-saves-across-systems). -## Error Handling +## Troubleshooting The following section addresses errors that can handle inside Steam or game errors that are specific to Steam. From 9e8af09d5e7c63905debd34913c490b5b583b1cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:15:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] linux/suckless: add full screen fix for games --- wiki/linux/suckless.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/wiki/linux/suckless.md b/wiki/linux/suckless.md index 6050a8e..f3e898f 100644 --- a/wiki/linux/suckless.md +++ b/wiki/linux/suckless.md @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ new `feature` This section addresses various errors that can happen when using suckless programs. -### suckless program crashes or struggles with colored emojis +### Suckless Program Crashes Or Struggles With Colored Emojis Suckless programs especially `st` and `dmenu` can not display colored emojis. @@ -58,3 +58,13 @@ libxft is the client side font rendering library to display anti-aliased text. To change this [libxft-bgra](https://github.com/uditkarode/libxft-bgra) needs to be installed. This is a patched version especially for running with the suckless programs. + +### Display Manager Problems with Full Screen Windows + +Using `dwm` or its [Wayland](/wiki/linux/wayland.md) counterpart `dwl` there may be some problems +with full screen programs. +Some of these programs (especially [Steam](/wiki/game/steam.md) [Games](/wiki/game.md)) might +apparently freeze. +However, this may be not the case as they may be only displaying a freeze frame. +This can sometimes be fixed by navigating out of the window managers full screen, then making it a +floating window and then setting it to be full screen again. From a3beb517688be19aa4180424bbad8a13dd19dac9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:24:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] presentation: added pdfpc and reformatted --- wiki/presentation.md | 21 +++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/wiki/presentation.md b/wiki/presentation.md index 3224862..f7f00e5 100644 --- a/wiki/presentation.md +++ b/wiki/presentation.md @@ -8,10 +8,19 @@ Presentation tools are often used to support the presentation. The following is a list of these tools. - PowerPoint is a tool often used for creation and presenting in [Windows](/wiki/windows.md). - It can be used on dual screen setup to give the presenter an additional slide for comments. + It can be used on dual screen setup to give the presenter an additional slide for comments. - PDF files can easily be used for presenting cross-platform but often used for - [Linux-based operating systems](/wiki/linux.md). - They can easily be generated by [LaTeX](/wiki/markup_language.md#latex). -- [pympress](https://github.com/Cimbali/pympress) is a cross-platform tool for the presentation via - PDF files. - It is also usable for dual screen setups. + [Linux-based operating systems](/wiki/linux.md). + They can easily be generated by [LaTeX](/wiki/markup_language.md#latex). +- [pympress](https://github.com/Cimbali/pympress) is a cross-platform tool for giving presentations + using PDF files. + It is usable for dual screen setups and features basic notes and timer functions. +- [pdfpc](https://pdfpc.github.io/) is a cross-platform tool for giving presentations using PDF + files. + It is usable for dual screen setups and features basic notes and timer functions. + In contrast to pympress it features more elaborate functions and abilities to include timer + and other options inside the PDF using the `pdfpc` LaTeX package. + However, it also works well with LaTeX's default `\note` function. + Basic guides for this can be found on the pages of + [toromtomtom](https://www.toromtomtom.com/blog/2021/10/17/pdfpc.html) and + [Utah university](https://ctan.math.utah.edu/ctan/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfpc/pdfpc-doc.pdf).