What is the most duct-tape thing you've done to Linux?
tell me the most ass over backward shit you do to keep your system chugging?
here's mine:
sway struggles with my dual monitors, when my screen powers off and back on it causes sway to crash.
system service 'switch-to-tty1.service'
[Unit]
Description=Switch to tty1 on resume
After=suspend.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/switch-to-tty1.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=suspend.target
'switch-to-tty1.service' executes '/usr/local/bin/switch-to-tty1.sh' and send user to tty1
#!/bin/bash
# Switch to tty1
chvt 1
.bashrc login from tty1 then kicks user to tty2 and logs out tty1.
if [[ "$(tty)" == "/dev/tty1" ]]; then
chvt 2
logout
fi
also tty2 is blocked from keyboard inputs (Alt+Ctrl+F2) so its a somewhat secure lock-screen which on sway lock-screen aren't great.
God my current setup is patched together and hanging by a thread. Not super tech savvy so it usually takes a dedicated deep dive for me to set everything up (and all the focus and motivation that entails). So if something goes wrong while I'm trying to work, I'm more likely to find a quick workaround and make a note to fix things later.
Except five years later I haven't truly fixed anything lmao. Gonna just do a clean install one of these days, if I can decide on a distro.