Skip to main content

6 - Debugging Tutorials

6.1 - How To Fix Fonts?​

Step 1 - Make Directory:

mkdir ~/.config/fontconfig

Step 2 - Create Fonts Confirguration File:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
 <alias>
   <family>sans-serif</family>
   <prefer>
     <family>Noto Sans</family>
     <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
     <family>Noto Emoji</family>
   </prefer>
 </alias>

 <alias>
   <family>serif</family>
   <prefer>
     <family>Noto Serif</family>
     <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
     <family>Noto Emoji</family>
   </prefer>
 </alias>

 <alias>
  <family>monospace</family>
  <prefer>
    <family>Noto Mono</family>
    <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    <family>Noto Emoji</family>
   </prefer>
 </alias>
</fontconfig>

6.2 – How To Fix Unreadable Tooltip Colors?​

Appearance -> Colors -> Options -> Disable the option: "Apply colors to non-QT-applications".

6.3 – How To Return The KDE Menu To Its Default Settings?​

Step 1 – Navigate then delete everything inside:

~/.config/menus/*

Step 2 – Log off or reboot for the changes to take affect.

6.4 – How To Fix Mouse Cursor Theme Problems?​

Step 1 – Open the terminal and type:

sudo systemsettings5

Step 2 – Navigate to: Workspace Theme > Cursor Theme Step 3 – Remove all the cursor themes that you don’t need.

6.5 – How To Find & Replace A Phrase Recursively?​

Step 1 – Open your terminal then navigate to the desired directory.

Step 2 – Type the following:

find -name "*oldphrase*" -exec rename 's/oldphrase/newphrase/g' {} \;

Note: Replace “oldphase” and “newphrase” with the right text.

6.6 - How to resolve the font error with Snap apps like Poedit?​

If you are getting boxes and unknown characters instead of font characters when opening a snap app, do the following:

sudo rm /var/cache/fontconfig/*
rm ~/.cache/fontconfig/*

6.7 - How to resolve the error of Dolphin not showing meta data?​

yay -S kid3

6.8 - How to resolve the problem of (File Mode Changes) in SmartGit?​

git config core.fileMode false
git config --global core.filemode false

core.fileMode tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree is to be honored. Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is marked as executable is checked out, or checks out a non-executable file with executable bit on.

6.9 - How to resolve the wireless adapter problem after Kernel update?​

yay -S linux??-headers

Important Note: Replace ?? with the kernel version number (e.g. 60).

6.10 - How to Resolve KDE Issues After a System Upgrade?​

Many issues can be resolved by cleaning the cache. To do so, follow the steps below:

  1. Open your terminal and type:
rm -rf ~/.cache/*
  1. Log out, then log in again.

6.11 - How to Fix Wine?​

Wine might crash or freeze. You can try the following:

  1. Install Important Packages
sudo pacman -S wine wine-staging giflib lib32-giflib libpng lib32-libpng libldap lib32-libldap gnutls lib32-gnutls mpg123 lib32-mpg123 openal lib32-openal v4l-utils lib32-v4l-utils libpulse lib32-libpulse alsa-plugins lib32-alsa-plugins alsa-lib lib32-alsa-lib libjpeg-turbo lib32-libjpeg-turbo libxcomposite lib32-libxcomposite libxinerama lib32-libxinerama ncurses lib32-ncurses opencl-icd-loader lib32-opencl-icd-loader libxslt lib32-libxslt libva lib32-libva gtk3 lib32-gtk3 gst-plugins-base-libs lib32-gst-plugins-base-libs vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader
  1. Install Required Fonts
sudo pacman -S ttf-ms-fonts
  1. Install Other Packages
winetricks corefonts d3dx9 vcrun2019 dotnet48
  1. Configure dxvk
winetricks dxvk
  1. Run Your App
WINEDEBUG=-all DXVK_HUD=0 WINE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE=1 wine file.exe