Questions tagged [nixos]
NixOS is a Nix-based Linux distribution. Thanks to Nix, it supports atomic upgrades, rollbacks and multi-user package management, and it has a declarative approach to system configuration management that makes it easy to reproduce a configuration on another machine.
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Receiving email with OpenSMTPD fails with 550 Invalid recipient
I am trying to set up a mailserver using OpenSMTPD. My configuration is: listen on enp4s0f2 action "save" maildir "/mail/%{rcpt}" match for rcpt-to regex ".*" action &...
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How to remap modifier keys with keyd (ctrl, alt, super)
I've been using a slightly hacky approach with setxkbmap for some time and have a Dvorak layout, but with the modifiers changed so that they are ctrl, alt, super when working from the middle. It's ...
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Which MP3 tagging tool for Linux? -> For Album Folders (Alrady tried a lot)
I'm trying to sort my music by album into folders. I have already tried: Picard easytag puddletag kid3 tageditor eartag beets eyeD3 I think there's an option on puddle tag but i couldn't find it, if ...
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My local DNS server doesn't resolve
I have a laptop that I'm working on, a FreshTomato-based router, and a Raspberry Pi running NixOS, on which I have installed Blocky to try to use it as my DNS server. However, requests from my laptop ...
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How to get the path of installed package in the nix store?
My package is installed with a configuration.nix { config, pkgs, lib, ... }: { environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ my-package ]; } How can I query for the path of my-package in the nix ...
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USB Ports Not Working on Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Across Multiple Linux Distributions
Any help would be deeeeeeply appreciated. I've dealt with this for 3-4 years now and I'm finally wanting to fix this once and for all. System info: Device: Lenovo Thinkpad E14 Gen 2 Linux Kernel: 6....
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File 'darkmode.sty' not found, emergency stop
Description When using vimtex to compile my document, I get the error: File `darkmode.sty' not found. error| Emergency stop. error| Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! This error is ...
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NixOS cannot connect to dual-band mesh home wifi
My laptop running NixOs 24.11 with an Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz adapter cannot connect to my home network using wifi (ethernet is working). Instead of the proper SSIDs showing up (either 2.4G or ...
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Chronic USB MIDI Controller Connectivity Inconsistency
I have a strange issue (which may in fact be a hardware issue, but I will get to that), where my MIDI controller (Hammer 88 keyboard) periodically cuts out with the following dmesg output: [ 268....
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Running sudo from a systemd service
Hi I'm running a script using a self hosted github action runner but when I try to run a sudo command I get the error: sudo: The "no new privileges" flag is set, which prevents sudo from ...
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Audio device profile is changed by different applications
Since recently I have a issue where starting an application that needs access to my microphone changes my audio profile set up in pavucontrol from "Pro Audio" to something else. This ...
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nix builds wrong package
Using nix build with the flake.nix below, the build should fail since the references github repository does not exist. Yet, whenever I build the flake, while it shows ecsdsddsdse.fghfghfghfghgfh as ...
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Changing the GNUPG home directory on NixOS
I'm setting up NixOS 24.05 and I'm using the equivalent version of Home Manager. I'm trying to move the directory for GNUPG to $HOME/.local/share/gnupg also known as $XDG_DATA_HOME/gnupg. I know that ...
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remote encryption nixos server not reachable
I'm trying to setup my server to start remotely. The problem is, it is not reachable, so I can't specify a Password to decrypt my drive. I don't now what the problem is here wake on lan works. I also ...
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docker command not found by systemd service
I am on nixos, but this shouldn't be relevant for this problem. I created a systemd service which starts a docker container (open-webui). Even before logging in, the container starts and the web ui ...
