Linux setup

Fedora 44 with a Hyprland desktop built from parts of Omarchy. Omarchy targets Arch, so on Fedora some of its pieces break. This is the running log of every fix, newest at the bottom.

## Changes made to this copy of Omarchy 4.0.4 (copied from the Try Omarchy VM, 2026-10-18)

• bin/ held symlinks to /usr/bin in the VM; replaced with the real scripts.
• These theme hooks are no-ops (originals kept as *.orig), so a theme switch only touches Hyprland, the Omarchy shell, terminals and btop: omarchy-theme-set-{gnome,obsidian,claude,vscode,browser,browser-policy,pi,hermes,t3code,keyboard,keyboard-asus-rog,keyboard-f16}
• default/hypr/bootstrap.lua and paths.lua: fallback for OMARCHY_PATH is ~/.local/share/omarchy instead of /usr/share/omarchy (GDM does not set it).
• shell/plugins/services/idle/Service.qml: Try Omarchy VM host-window poll disabled (the helper only exists inside the VM; it failed every 5 s).
• shell/plugins/lock: LockView refocuses the password field after a failed check; Service re-evaluates locked after lock/secure/unlock events (stuck-locked bug hid notifications and blocked Super+Ctrl+L). Originals: *.orig

## System packages (outside this tree), 2026-10-19

• hyprland-guiutils (hyprland-dialog, hyprland-run, update screen) from COPR sdegler/hyprland, with excludepkgs=hyprland,hyprland-devel,hyprland-git, xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland so it never replaces ashbuk's Hyprland.
• Trap: ashbuk's hyprland vendors its libs in /usr/libexec/hyprland/vendor/lib64 and still Provides their sonames, so dnf skips the real lib packages. Install them by name: hyprutils hyprtoolkit hyprlang hyprgraphics aquamarine. Check: ldd $(command -v hyprland-dialog) | grep 'not found' (empty = good)

## Time sync, 2026-10-21

• bin/omarchy-update-time: restarts chronyd and runs sudo chronyc makestep instead of restarting systemd-timesyncd (Arch's daemon; disabled on Fedora, so the menu item did nothing). Original: *.orig
• Found because chronyd was disabled and the clock was 7 days slow: gateway.discord.gg's cert (notBefore Oct 18) was rejected, so Discord could not connect, and rpm flagged new package signatures as "not alive". Fix applied: sudo systemctl enable --now chronyd; sudo timedatectl set-ntp true Check: timedatectl | grep synchronized (want: yes)

## Power profiles, 2026-10-23

• The Try Omarchy VM shipped stubs ("The VM uses Windows power management"): the power panel and menu said "Managed by the host computer" on this laptop. Restored the upstream GitHub v4.0.4 versions (hash-checked), VM copies kept as *.orig: bin/omarchy-powerprofiles-{list,set}, shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml, shell/plugins/panels/power/Panel.qml
• Added bin/powerprofilesctl: a stand-in for get/list/set over the org.freedesktop.UPower.PowerProfiles D-Bus API that tuned-ppd serves (Fedora uses tuned + tuned-ppd; the real powerprofilesctl is in power-profiles-daemon, which conflicts). It steps aside if /usr/bin/powerprofilesctl ever exists.
• Seeded ~/.local/state/omarchy/powerprofiles/{ac,battery} = balanced, so upstream's "AC defaults to performance" rule changes nothing until you pick a profile. Check: powerprofilesctl list; tuned-adm active
• Other VM-only stubs still in place (not power): omarchy-screensaver, omarchy-toggle-nightlight + services/nightlight (needs hyprsunset, not installed), omarchy-update-*. Compare against upstream before touching.

## Wi-Fi share QR, 2026-10-23 (upstream bug, not Fedora-specific)

• bin/omarchy-network-qr read five nmcli fields from one --get-values call by position. An open network (a guest network with a captive portal) has no 802-11-wireless-security setting, so nmcli prints only ssid + hidden; "no" landed in key-mgmt and the script died with "Could not read the Wi-Fi password". Now one nmcli call per field. Original: omarchy-network-qr.orig. Check: omarchy-network-qr --meta | head -1 (want: meta nopass )
• The QR itself also needs qrencode (sudo dnf install qrencode).

## Ghostty as default terminal, 2026-10-28

• Ghostty 1.3.1 from COPR scottames/ghostty (sudo dnf copr enable scottames/ghostty; sudo dnf install ghostty). omarchy-install-terminal can't do it: omarchy-pkg-add calls pacman. Config copied by hand: config/ghostty -> ~/.config/ghostty.
• bin/omarchy-default-terminal wrote only ~/.config/xdg-terminals.list, but xdg-terminal-exec reads ~/.config/hyprland-xdg-terminals.list first, so a stale Hyprland list (Alacritty, kitty) silently won. Now writes both. Original: *.orig Check: omarchy-default-terminal ghostty; xdg-terminal-exec --print-id (want: com.mitchellh.ghostty.desktop)

## Logout ends the session, 2026-11-05

• bin/omarchy-system-logout ran uwsm stop, but uwsm isn't installed (the session is /usr/bin/start-hyprland; only a uwsm-app shim exists in ~/.local/bin). The command failed into /dev/null, so logout closed every window and left the session up. Now: uwsm stop if uwsm exists, else hyprctl dispatch 'hl.dsp.exit()' (falls back to the legacy exit dispatcher; hyprctl returns 7 on an unknown dispatcher). Original: omarchy-system-logout.orig Check: Omarchy menu -> Logout (want: back at the login screen)