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antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:37 PM

you might be able to nuke a subdir and skip the trouble

antheas

Aantheas whats the problem?

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:42 PM

blinking _ half the time I boot my system and it tries to load gamescope

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:43 PM

yeah... sounds like you should nuke

antheas

Aantheas you might be able to nuke a subdir and skip the trouble

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:43 PM

did ~/.config and ~/.local and ~/.steam and still persists.

antheas

Aantheas yeah... sounds like you should nuke

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:44 PM

could it be from there? https://paste.centos.org/view/4554e659

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:44 PM

0 clue

dnkmmr

Ddnkmmr I am gonna back up my files and run this command. See you at the other end

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:45 PM

dont, just mv the deck folder to deck2

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:45 PM

then selectively move back dirs

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:46 PM

set a root password beforehand

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:46 PM

in case your user shell breaks

antheas

Aantheas set a root password beforehand

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:47 PM

I am copying anything in /etc/skel to my home after

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:47 PM

yep

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:48 PM

but you dont need to backup, just move /var/home/deck to /var/home/deck2

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:48 PM

saves you the trouble

antheas

Aantheas but you dont need to backup, just move /var/home/deck to /var/home/deck2

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:49 PM

with this command sudo mv /var/home/deck /var/home/deck.backupsudo mv /var/home/deck /var/home/deck.backup?

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:49 PM

yep

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:49 PM

just mind the fact that your bashrc will move too

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:49 PM

so your shell will temporarely break

antheas

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:49 PM

what flag makes it recursive?

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:49 PM

there is no recursive flag for mv

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:50 PM

it grafts the complete dir

antheas

Aantheas there is no recursive flag for mv

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:51 PM

and what about making the dir? how do I get the permissions right?

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:51 PM

if you run that command it will work

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:51 PM

as it is

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:52 PM

no permissions changed

antheas

Aantheas if you run that command it will work

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:52 PM

chown is needed too?

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:52 PM

maybe the top level dir will change permissions but the files inside wont

antheas

Aantheas maybe the top level dir will change permissions but the files inside wont

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:52 PM

I am making a new home dir

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:52 PM

and it should be instant too

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:53 PM

no, youre just renaming it, so nothing changes

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:53 PM

you can rename it back if it wasnt a problem afterwards

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:53 PM

but make sure a new deck dir did not get created first

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:53 PM

if it did, remove it before running the mv command

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:54 PM

got this so far

#!/bin/bash
sudo mv /var/home/deck /var/home/deck.backup
sudo mkdkr /var/home/deck

#!/bin/bash
sudo mv /var/home/deck /var/home/deck.backup
sudo mkdkr /var/home/deck

dnkmmr

Ddnkmmr got this so far ``` #!/bin/bash sudo mv /var/home/deck /var/home/deck.backup su...

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:55 PM

I am actually gonna do something a little different

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:56 PM

#!/bin/bash
sudo cp -R /var/home/deck/* /var/home/deck.backup
sudo rm -rf /var/home/deck/*

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:56 PM

nonono

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HikariKnight•3/1/24, 2:56 PM

honestly i would go into tty and sudo susudo su then do the mv operation and mkhomedir_helper deckmkhomedir_helper deck

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:56 PM

sudo su
mv /var/home/deck /var/home/deck.backup
mkhomedir_helper deck

sudo su
mv /var/home/deck /var/home/deck.backup
mkhomedir_helper deck

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:56 PM

thats it

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:56 PM

nothing else

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 2:57 PM

if you do cp -R you will break it

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HikariKnight•3/1/24, 2:57 PM

mkhomedir_helpermkhomedir_helper will make the homedir, set the permissions and copy skel in 1 go

HikariKnight

HHikariKnight `mkhomedir_helper` will make the homedir, set the permissions and copy skel in 1...

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:58 PM

never knew that was a thing. see you at the other side. may be the last message from me for a little while.

HikariKnight

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HikariKnight•3/1/24, 2:59 PM

i would recommend doing that process through a root prompt though due to you messing with your shell and homedir

HikariKnight

HHikariKnight i would recommend doing that process through a root prompt though due to you mes...

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•3/1/24, 2:59 PM

I typed sudo susudo su

HikariKnight

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HikariKnight•3/1/24, 2:59 PM

yeah

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HikariKnight•3/1/24, 3:00 PM

just double check everything you type in while on root prompt

HikariKnight

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HikariKnight•3/1/24, 3:00 PM

and exit as soon as youre done

antheas

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antheasOP•3/1/24, 3:07 PM

good idea to set a root passwd too