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Force libinput Device Driver in Wayland
  • I looked at some info for reporting this to the kernel developers but the process is too complicated at the time. I'm currently a bit short on time but I did report it to libinput, maybe they can give pointers where exactly to report this.

  • Force libinput Device Driver in Wayland

    I have an issue on my Lenovo Laptop where the Lenovo Active Pen 2 under Arch / CachyOS with GNOME on Wayland always recognises the eraser as pressed. While this is probably a libinput issue, I can’t wait for possibly months to get a fix on that side. While I will report this issue to them, I would like to fix the problem intermediately.

    This was never a problem under Fedora with GNOME on Wayland. I think the problem might be that libinput on Arch loads the Wacom driver, while Fedora probably just fell back to the generic libinput driver. I got that idea because in GNOME settings my screen now is configurable in the Wacom settings, that never was the case on Fedora.

    I stumbled across this thread, however, that is not viable in Wayland any more since there is no config file available for libinput. Is there any way I can force the libinput driver for the “Wacom HID 52C2 Pen” device under Wayland, while GNOME is not specifically exposing this setting?

    Any pointers would be greatly appreciated :)

    Edit: Scratch all that, I just tried the live ISO for Fedora 41 and found out it's not related to Arch. After some trial, it seems like this might actually be an issue with the 6.11 Kernel. After downgrading to 6.10.10 everything works fine again. I guess my new question is now where would I report this? Is this still a libinput or a Kernel upstream issue?

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    Looking to have a common disk for my Linux / Windows dual boot pc. with BTRFS the way to go?
  • I've been using WinBTRFS for quite some time without issues. It seems a lot of people recommend NTFS. But be aware, if you plan on using it for things like games, NTFS will absolutely break at some point. It is not compatible with Proton and will break things like updates for Steam. It always has for me up until very recently. Valve also says the same about using NTFS for games. I'm not sure this can be fixed with the NTFS driver unless they do workarounds like renaming things automatically because some things Proton does are not compatible with the filesystem spec.

  • Making GUIs, how do you pick?
  • What about Tauri? I don't know what exactly your app is but since you mentioned Electron as an option I guess Tauri could run it. Offers more choice for frontend frameworks hence less „language lock-in“ than Qt.

  • Some tips and apps for students
  • I'd definitely recommend Anki over Quizlet. Among many things it is very versatile, doesn't cost a subscription, and has a better retention algorithm in my experience. Can't comment on the rest although Photomath definitely helped me a few times :)

  • Has anyone here ever been permanently banned from reddit? If so, is there any way to get unbanned?
  • Just know that sites like this are useless if you don't understand the results. There are anti-fingerprinting techniques that add random noise to your fingerprint. This might result in these kind of tests claiming you have a completely unique fingerprint, even though the anti-fingerprinting mechanisms randomise the fingerprint for every site, browser session, etc. (depending on the config). This would mean that you are relatively „safe“ from fingerprinting because you never have the same print twice but tests think you are very vulnerable because it's still a random “unique“ fingerprint.

  • Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector
  • I get what you mean. But there are a few independent organisations in Switzerland that regularly challenge these kind of bogus claims and also win, and so far multiple projects like the Covid vaccination app or the contact tracing apps for example are open source. So, it's definitely not pointless :)

  • Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector
  • I mean realistically what did you expect? I don't think we'll see a law mandating open source for everything in any country. That would effectively lay open the complete inner workings of all agencies including any intelligence services etc, no?

    I think calling it useless is detrimental for the effort since FOSS experts call it a huge step forward and it's certainly better to have this than not have it because it's „not perfect“.

  • VW will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian as part of new EV joint venture
  • Don't worry, I don't think you are. I just think there's a reason they admitted so easily. Probably just another calculated fallout to save all their other brands from their own mini backlash which would ultimately cause more damage.

    But yes, the whole industry is a dumpster fire when it comes to regulations and also lobbying.

  • Mozilla Did a Reddit AMA About Their 2024 Firefox Priorities… See What You Missed
  • Honestly, as much as I would like that as the next guy.. I doubt they would've gotten anywhere close to engagement in the range of 400 comments sadly.

    When it comes to reach this is still not the place to be. Now, how meaningful the comments are? That's a different question.

  • Switching from Nvidia to AMD Graphics

    I finally did it and got an used RX 6950 XT to replace my GTX 1080 Ti. I've been using this card ever since I moved to Linux and now I'm wondering what exactly I have to do. On Windows it's mostly run DDU and install the new AMD drivers, everything else will probably work the same with Afterburner etc.

    However, on Linux the only things I know are uninstalling the Nvidia drivers, removing GWE since that obviously won't work and installing Mesa.

    What other steps do people recommend? I'm hyped to finally get properly working GPU acceleration in Firefox and other things like Steam, but is there anything I have to do to get that running? Also what tools are currently a must with an AMD card for some undervolting / overclocking and other functionality y'all can recommend?

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