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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[CLOSED] after any any pacman manipulation my layout set up is broking (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I using sddm and installed awesomeWM. And using /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup for my dvorak layout(setxkbmap us -v dvorak). But after each pacman update or installation my configuration is not working. I'm new to artix/arch, so can you help me?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Don't overwrite system files managed by pacman and it won't break your setup.

Put your script in the corresponding place in /etc where it'll be handled properly, or better yet, do it correctly and set it up directly in your xorg.conf config. Or just use localectl set-keymap dvorak which will do the same thing but also handle non-X11 use cases such as the virtual consoles and Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

thx, I'll don't do it anymore

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

A bit of an extra tidbit of information, that's why things like /usr/local exists: to keep things separate from the distro provided packages. A lot of things have directories in /etc for the sole purpose of isolating "what the distro provides" vs "what the user provides". Often you can mask distro-provided settings by symlinking the same in /etc to /dev/null.

So it's best to assume /usr is managed by your package manager and you shouldn't touch it because it'll be overwritten on next update. Or in the case of immutable distros, you can't even write there yourself.

Plus when you do backups and restores, you can backup /etc, reinstall your distro, then restore your /etc and you should mostly end up back where you were.