Config Details for i3 Manjaro

manjaro-config-stuff.md

Config Details for i3 Manjaro

Persisting Nvidia Graphic Card Settings

My excellent GeForce GTX 980, still going strong after a number of years, uses the non-free drivers on Manjaro.

The issue with Manjaro out of the box seems to be that the nvidia-settings app doesn't save the monitor config you set, and when you reboot you end up with the default settings.

To solve this issue:

1. Run sudo nvidia-settings from a terminal.
2. Make the desired configuration changes under the X Server Display Configuration tab, and click the Save to X Configuration File button.
3. Name the file 20-nvidia.conf and save it to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
4. Reboot and the settings should persist.

This guy, DASGeek on YouTube, what a ledge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsa0ebZKfys&t=1s

Enabling the AUR

Go to the GUI package manager settings and find the checkbox that enables the AUR. Just don't fight with the command-line package manager kid.

URXVT Config

This Luke Smith video covers the most important stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaBf_yFHps8

Snap

• just use Snap for GUI apps pls.

Setting Up i3 Workspace Assignments for Applications

To ensure that a particular application opens in a specific workspace:

1. Open a terminal and run xprop | grep -i "class" and click on the window you want to assign to a workspace.
2. Get the CLASS name of the application.
3. Add a binding to the workspace in the ~/.i3/config of the following format:

assign [class="CLASS_NAME" $wsX

Replace CLASS_NAME with the name of the app, and the X with the number of the workspace.

Docker Install

1. Run sudo pacman -S docker
2. Run sudo systemctl start docker
3. Run sudo systemctl enable docker
4. Give current user permissions in Docker group: sudo usermod -a -G docker $USER
5. To test docker is working: docker run hello-world