SteamTinkerLaunch worked like a charm! Here's what I had to do to get it to work, for anyone who stumbles across this post:
- Install the package
pacman -S steamtinkerlaunch - Run the command
steamtinkerlaunch compat addto initialise it - Add it as the required compatibility layer in the game I wanted (SH3) then restart steam
- Launch the game - the steamtinkerlaunch window opens. Click on the MAIN MENU button before it launches the game
- From the new steamtinkerlaunch window that opens, click on "One time run". This opens yet another window
- In the field "One time command" navigate to where I had LSH3_2022 downloaded, and select it
- Click on RUN COMMAND
- Follow the install steps in the LSH3 manual
- Repeat the steps related to "One time run" again but this time select the JSGME installer, and go through that installation
- Launch JSGME again using "One time run" and enable any mods I need (although LSH3 has a 1920x1080 widescreen mod included, this doesnt seem to work at least on my setup. I had to enable the Ahnenerbe WideGui 1920 x 1080 Final mod)
- Launch the game. It should work.
So far I completed the first training mission to make sure most things work. Hopefully there aren't any issues further on down the road. Thanks for the suggestion, I had no idea this tool existed, but now I will probably be using it quite a bit!
Hello guys! Recently re watched Das Boot (amazing film btw for those who haven't seen it, highly recommend) and that inspired me to install my SH3 from steam. The thing is its the first time I'm going to be playing on Linux, and I'm a bit stumped on how I can install the LSH3 supermod. The instructions for the 2022 version of LSH3 state that you simply run the provided .exe (due to this being steam proton I placed it in the game directory but this doesn't seem to be required) and run it. However I can't seem to figure out how I can use an existing proton environment to run an executable which is not the actual steam game for that environment. Can anybody help with this?
As a bonus question, because this game is quite old there are quite a few mods available for it, and the best way to activate them after downloading (on windows at least) is through JSGME. However I also cant figure out how to install that in the game directory. I have downloaded its installer but dont know how to actually run it.
I have included the link to the LSH3 2022 install manual as well as a screenshot of my game directory with files related to this post circled.
Any insight would be amazing!
Yea, why are Microsoft forums so bad? I have to use them sometimes as I work in IT and all our PCs run windows. Googling often leads me to their forums. The forums rarely lead me to a solution however
What you do for work might be a factor, but i dont think pain to that extent is normal. I would stress to your doctor that basic tasks are painful and that youd like to get checked out anyway. Youve got nothing to lose by getting it checked, only to gain. Im in my mid 20s too and while i get aches in my knees/back occasionally its not debilitating as you describe it.
What you do for work might be a factor, but i dont think pain to that extent is normal. I would stress to your doctor that basic tasks are painful and that youd like to get checked out anyway. Youve got nothing to lose by getting it checked, only to gain. Im in my mid 20s too and while i get aches in my knees/back occasionally its not debilitating as you describe it.
Ok so even though glibc is quite deeply integrated at the system level, its okay to replace it with the eac version(?). And what about the glibc-eac-locales? What are they for and why is it necessary to manually install them?
Yea, I learned my lesson about -bin packages a while ago with electron or something related to it. When I tell you it was taking several hours to compile and I was getting worried because while I dont have a supercomputer its on the high-end for an average user... xD I immediately grabbed the bin package right after that update finished.
Do you mean you removed the non eac version of glibc?
Hello everybody! My brother plays Insurgency Sandstorm a lot and I wanted us to be able to play together, so I got it and after some messing about got it working on my system. One of the things I read in forum posts to do to get it to work on an Arch based system is to install glibc-eac-bin which has some patches to make certain games work (I hope I understood that correctly).
Today when I try to update my system I get the following message and it will not allow me to continue:
``` :: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: glibc-2.40+r16+gaa533d58ff-1 and glibc-eac-bin-2.40-1 are in conflict. Remove glibc-eac-bin? [y/N] ```
I dont want to remove glibc, but i want the message to go away and to be able to proceed with my updates. Any suggestions on what I should do?
Thanks in advance
This. And have a snack before going grocery shopping. Two golden pillars of life
I meant any location you select on the map, not custom pins or anything :)
I just tried it from the web version of google maps and it works. The app version just give a link, which does not contain any coordinates so thats why OsmAnd+ cant interpret it.
App google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kGiSocirt8b73pHN8
Not sure if there is a way to get the top format from the app
Im using OsmAnd+ and when I share something from Google maps to it it either doesnt find it at all, or gives me a location way off. I just shared a pin relatively nearby to me, and in OsmAnd+ it thought the location was in the middle of the ocean.
I really want to switch away from Google maps, could you please explain a bit more what you are exactly doing and getting it to work?
So far this week im playing Wifi troubleshooting on my Arch ;)
But seriously, ive been giving Hogwarts Legacy a tr and I enjoy it
I think it might be for the older models, I'll check the manual for it.
I tried updating the BIOS but you need a battery with at least 25% charge plugged in as well as the AC adapter for it to let you even begin the update process (actually an amazing safety feature). Since mine has 0% I cant do that xD
I assume you have tried the BIOS reset procedure? I think it’s holding FN + S + V while the system is powered off.
Is this the same as what @Evv1L@mastodon.ml mentioned?
Also there is a reset button in the bottom of the laptop near ThinkEngine controller: Power off the laptop, disconnect both batteries and CMOS and hold reset button for a minute.
If yes I'm going to try it now and get back to you
EDIT: I tried the Fn + S + V but wasn't sure if I need to do it while batteries are disconnected, or if I needed to hold it for the full 1 minute, so I held it down for about 20 seconds with the battery plugged in. Didn't seem to fix it.
As for the BIOS, some stuff I read in forum posts etc leads me to think that the the check isn't actually in the BIOS but in the EC chip, so replacing the BIOS wouldn't do much. Is this truly the case, or does a replacement BIOS also circumvent the EC check? Many thanks for your help.
@promitheas Never heard about battery whitelists. What BIOS version do you have?
$ dmidecode -s bios-version
N24ET72W (1.47 )
Also there is a reset button in the bottom of the laptop near ThinkEngine controller: Power off the laptop, disconnect both batteries and CMOS and hold reset button for a minute.
Will try this now and update this comment once I'm done
EDIT: I tried that but it doesn't seem to work. Note that I don't seem to have the internal battery, just its cover. After setting the date and time correctly in the BIOS it boots but still shows the message about the battery not being genuine.
Hello everyone. I just got a new battery for my T480 from my work supplier. It is a Greencell LGC 11 Model: 01AV424 and I get a BIOS message before my bootloader:
> The battery installed is not supported by this system and will not charge. Please replace the battery with the correct Lenovo battery for this system. Press the ESC key to continue.
Once I plugged it in and booted up the battery had 74% charge, and I let it discharge until 6% without the AC adaptor plugged in as per the instructions, so that I could then fully charge it (and repeat the process 3-5 times). However, once it reached 6% and I plugged it in it wasn't charging and ended up dropping to 1% where it remains even now. Below I'll include outputs from some commands.
Everything I read online mentions flashing the EC chip to whitelist the battery, or changing the BIOS to something like coreboot. I'd like to avoid flashing any chips unless absolutely the only option, in case something goes wrong and I brick my motherboard. I've tried also resetting the EC chip by pushing the button in the pinhole at the bottom of the laptop with a paper clip, but with no effect.
``` $ upower -e /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT1 /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_ucsi_source_psy_USBC000o001 /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_ucsi_source_psy_USBC000o002 /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice
$ upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT1 native-path: BAT1 vendor: LGC 11 model: 01AV424 serial: 14050 power supply: yes updated: Tue 11 Jun 2024 12:46:25 EEST (19 seconds ago) has history: yes has statistics: yes battery present: yes rechargeable: yes state: pending-charge warning-level: none energy: 0.41 Wh energy-empty: 0 Wh energy-full: 22.23 Wh energy-full-design: 22.23 Wh energy-rate: 0 W voltage: 10.296 V charge-cycles: 1 percentage: 1% capacity: 100% technology: lithium-ion icon-name: 'battery-caution-charging-symbolic' ```
As you can see the state it is stuck in is "pending-charge"
Any help would be appreciated. Also, if you need any additional info please let me know and I will provide it.
EDIT: Supplier will pick it up from my work in a couple days and try to solve the issue. Hopefully that works, otherwise I'll have to see about flashing the EC chip with the patched firmware to remove the whitelist.
I just tried it by commenting that line out in the config and running in a terminal the following:
bspc config -m HDMI-A-1 bottom_padding XX
where XX are different values I played around with. I tried 20, 1 and 3. They seem to get set correctly. 3 is the value I had in my config. I'm thinking it might be something like a race between bspwm restarting itself and running the command in the config file (config files are basically just commands to the WM). I'll try moving that part of the config further down in the config so hopefully it has a chance to set its default values on restart and after that set my values.
Ive tried commenting out those lines, but Ill give it a shot again and see what happens
<EDIT>Solution at the end of the post</EDIT>
Hello guys. I've recently started experiencing an odd issue with my bspwm setup where on a reboot or upon restarting bspwm in-place I either don't get the top polybar (fixed this by explicitly killing all polybar processes from my bspwm script if they exist and then on a separate line running my launch script), or the gap between the bottom of the windows on my top (secondary) monitor and the bottom edge of the monitor is far too wide. Here is a screenshot of what I mean:
Out of the 20 times give or take that I will restart bspwm either from the terminal or through the sxhkd keybind I set, only once will it actually size itself correctly with the proper gap. The next time I restart it will revert back to this large gap. Here is also my bspwmrc file
``` #! /bin/sh
pgrep -x sxhkd > /dev/null || sxhkd -s &
pgrep -io "sxhkd" || { killall sxhkd; sxhkd > /dev/null 2>&1 & }
pgrep -io "sxhkd" | xargs kill sxhkd -s & pgrep -x copyq > /dev/null || copyq & pgrep -x xfce4-power-manager > /dev/null || xfce4-power-manager & pgrep -x dunst > /dev/null || dunst & pgrep -x nm-applet > /dev/null || nm-applet & pgrep -x picom > /dev/null || picom -b pgrep -x polybar > /dev/null || $HOME/.config/polybar/launch.sh if [[ $(xrandr -q | grep "HDMI-A-1 connected") ]]; then xrandr --output HDMI-A-0 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal xrandr --output HDMI-A-1 --mode 1920x1080 --rotate inverted --above HDMI-A-0 bspc monitor HDMI-A-0 -d 1 2 3 4 5 bspc monitor HDMI-A-1 -d 6 7 8 9 0
# Fix gap appearing above windows on first monitor after restarting bspwm bspc config -m HDMI-A-0 top_padding 3 bspc config -m HDMI-A-0 bottom_padding 40
# Fix top/bottom margins for secondary monitor bspc config -m HDMI-A-1 bottom_padding 3 bspc config -m HDMI-A-1 top_padding 40 bspc wm -O HDMI-A-0 HDMI-A-1 else # bspc monitor -d I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X bspc monitor HDMI-A-0 -d 1 2 3 4 fi $HOME/.fehbg & setxkbmap us $HOME/.bin/remap-caps-esc bspc config border_width 2 bspc config window_gap 10
bspc config
bspc config split_ratio 0.52 bspc config borderless_monocle true bspc config gapless_monocle true
Dracula theme
bspc config normal_border_color "#44475a" bspc config active_border_color "#6272a4" bspc config focused_border_color "#8be9fd" bspc config presel_feedback_color "#6272a4"
Make sure theme cursor is shown when mouse is not over a window, instead of the standard default one
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr bspc rule -a Gimp desktop='^8' state=floating follow=on bspc rule -a Chromium desktop='^2' bspc rule -a mplayer2 state=floating bspc rule -a Kupfer.py focus=on bspc rule -a Screenkey manage=off bspc rule -a Zathura state=tiled bspc rule -a Passy state=tiled
bspc rule -a scpad sticky=on state=floating rectangle=1896x400+10+50
betterlockscreen -u $HOME/Pictures/wallpapers/ --fx dim --dim 50 ```
The lines where I set bottom_padding for the secondary monitor and top padding for the primary monitor I just commented out but they did not have any effect.
I would really appreciate any help for this. Thanks in advance!
<EDIT>
Solution for polybar not launching both bars is to change the single polybar line that checks for any existing instances and runs the launch script if none are found, to 2 lines that will explicitly kill all polybar processes and then run the launch script. I also moved this a bit further down in the file.
pgrep -x polybar > /dev/null | xargs kill $HOME/.config/polybar/launch.sh
The solution for the gap on the bottom of the second monitor was to move the if check further down in the file, hopefully giving bspwm enough time to set its defaults and then have my values set. It now looks like this: ``` #! /bin/sh
pgrep -x sxhkd > /dev/null || sxhkd -s &
pgrep -io "sxhkd" || { killall sxhkd; sxhkd > /dev/null 2>&1 & }
pgrep -io "sxhkd" | xargs kill sxhkd -s &
pgrep -x copyq > /dev/null || copyq & pgrep -x xfce4-power-manager > /dev/null || xfce4-power-manager & pgrep -x dunst > /dev/null || dunst & pgrep -x nm-applet > /dev/null || nm-applet &
pgrep -x picom > /dev/null | xargs kill picom -b
THESE ARE THE 2 POLYBAR LINES WHERE THE FIRST KILLS ANY EXISTING PROCESSES AND THE SECOND RUNS THE LAUNCH SCRIPT
pgrep -x polybar > /dev/null | xargs kill $HOME/.config/polybar/launch.sh
$HOME/.fehbg &
setxkbmap us $HOME/.bin/remap-caps-esc
bspc config border_width 2 bspc config window_gap 10
bspc config
bspc config split_ratio 0.52 bspc config borderless_monocle true bspc config gapless_monocle true
Dracula theme
bspc config normal_border_color "#44475a" bspc config active_border_color "#6272a4" bspc config focused_border_color "#8be9fd" bspc config presel_feedback_color "#6272a4"
THIS IS THE CHECK FOR WHETHER THERE ARE 2 MONITORS CONNECTED WHICH I MOVED DOWN IN THE FILE
if [[ $(xrandr -q | grep "HDMI-A-1 connected") ]]; then xrandr --output HDMI-A-0 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal xrandr --output HDMI-A-1 --mode 1920x1080 --rotate inverted --above HDMI-A-0 bspc monitor HDMI-A-0 -d 1 2 3 4 5 bspc monitor HDMI-A-1 -d 6 7 8 9 0
# pgrep -x polybar > /dev/null || $HOME/.config/polybar/launch.sh
# Fix gap appearing above windows on first monitor after restarting bspwm bspc config -m HDMI-A-0 top_padding 3 bspc config -m HDMI-A-0 bottom_padding 40
# Fix top/bottom margins for secondary monitor bspc config -m HDMI-A-1 bottom_padding 3 bspc config -m HDMI-A-1 top_padding 40
bspc wm -O HDMI-A-0 HDMI-A-1 else # bspc monitor -d I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X bspc monitor HDMI-A-0 -d 1 2 3 4 # pgrep -x polybar > /dev/null || $HOME/.config/polybar/launch.sh fi
Make sure theme cursor is shown when mouse is not over a window, instead of the standard default one
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
bspc rule -a Gimp desktop='^8' state=floating follow=on bspc rule -a Chromium desktop='^2' bspc rule -a mplayer2 state=floating bspc rule -a Kupfer.py focus=on bspc rule -a Screenkey manage=off bspc rule -a Zathura state=tiled bspc rule -a Passy state=tiled
bspc rule -a scpad sticky=on state=floating rectangle=1896x400+10+50
betterlockscreen -u $HOME/Pictures/wallpapers/ --fx dim --dim 50 ```
Note: On booting into the WM the secondary monitor polybar doesn't launch, but it appears after restarting bspwm.
Im not entirely sure if my way of thinking is correct with regards to how bspwm handles the timing of setting default values and then reading its configuration file, but it seems to at least half work now.
</EDIT>
I think it refers to producing a single baby, rather than just a baby every month
Hello everyone! I just wanted to ask if its possible to make mods for Hogwarts Legacy entirely on a Linux machine, and if it is if anyone can point me to any resources to get started with setting it up on Linux (guides specific to making actual mods I can probably find easily and I guess will be relevant regardless of if the guide is made on a Windows machine).
That's all, and thanks in advance!
Hello guys! While I am a relatively experienced programmer, I have practically zero experience on the hardware/electronics side of things. I really want and need (I'd like to work in embedded systems) to get this stuff in my "tool belt" of skills, but I am really worried that I will do something wrong or order the wrong parts because it is quite an old project I will be trying to build.
I would like to make this project (EDTracker github) so that i can play all my sim games that benefit from head tracking again. I had one which was pre-built but the connector broke. I would prefer a version with the magnetometer (9150 or 9250). The problem is that due to my inexperience I have no idea where to search for cheap(ish) components, or even if the components listed in the docs are still available or if there are better ones that do the same thing.
I realise this is not much (almost nothing) to go on, but I would really appreciate any help at all that can push me in the right direction. Also, please be understanding of my possibly ignorant questions. When you have no knowledge in a field it is often hard to know what the right questions are :)
Many thanks in advance!
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