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diff --git a/guides/setups/operating-systems/debian.org b/guides/setups/operating-systems/debian.org index 1d182d5..bf8a810 100644 --- a/guides/setups/operating-systems/debian.org +++ b/guides/setups/operating-systems/debian.org @@ -374,6 +374,26 @@ $ apt install -t buster-backports \ firmware-iwlwifi \ firmware-misc-nonfree #+end_src +*** daily maintenance +**** impromptu IBus +Installing [[https://zoom.us/][Zoom]]'s Debian package somehow enabled IBus[fn:: AFAICT +because ibus recommends im-config, and the latter autostarts the +former by default], which unconditionally set my keyboard to English +for some reason[fn:: Before properly running ~apt install +./zoom_amd64.deb~, I had mistakenly run ~dpkg -i zoom_amd64.deb~, +which failed because of missing dependencies. Perhaps apt omitted +some post-installation configuration hooks because the first dpkg run +had left an error marker somewhere?]. Steps taken: + +1. Tweak IBus preferences, unset shortcuts (Emacs has a better + interface for searching/inserting Unicode characters), check "use + system defaults" for the keyboard layout. + +2. Go on a hunt for whoever spawns ibus-daemon(1); AFAICT it's + im-launch(1), which can be told not to use IBus through im-config + (which eventually just writes ~run_im none~ in =~/.xinputrc=). + +3. Eventually, maybe I should just uninstall im-config. * Someday ** fix xfce4-terminal opening links with firefox-esr ** fix Thunar opening images with Firefox instead of Ristretto |