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How to customise keyboard mappings with Wayland

August 10, 2022 by Magenaut

I use Linux on a Macbook with a UK/GB keyboard and I customize the keymap to solve some problems Apple’s weird keyboard layout causes. I use xmodmap to do this. I’d like to try Wayland, but xmodmap doesn’t work in that. How can I achieve a similar result in Wayland? The .Xmodmap file I use contains the following:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags keyboard-shortcuts, wayland Leave a comment

Set environment variables for gnome on wayland and bash on virtual terminals (or ssh)

August 10, 2022 by Magenaut

Gnome 3.22 uses wayland by default. Gnome on wayland does not read ~/.profile (or ~/.bash_profile or /etc/profile). See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736660.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags environment-variables, gnome, profile, wayland Leave a comment

How does Linux’s display work?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

The Linux’s display system uses multiple technology, protocols, extensions, applications, servers (daemon), drivers and concepts to achieve the windowing system for instance:
Xorg, Wayland, X11, OpenGL, RandR, XrandR, Screen Resolution, DPI, Display server, etc.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags linux, resolution, wayland, xorg, xrandr Leave a comment

Configure extra mouse button as a second middle click under Wayland

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I use a 10-button mouse (Logitech M705). Under X11, I was able to configure one of the extra buttons to behave as a second middle-click by modifying files in etc/X11/xorg.conf.d.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags libinput, mouse, wayland Leave a comment
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