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Gentoo: fix “no such command: `fmt`” error

If you installed Rust on Gentoo without any additional steps and run cargo fmt in your project folder, you propably encounter the following error:

error: no such command: `fmt`

help: a command with a similar name exists: `fix`

help: view all installed commands with `cargo --list`
help: find a package to install `fmt` with `cargo ...
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Installing AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT firmware and drivers on Gentoo Linux

Since I had a fairly old GPU (an AMD Radeon RX 570 to be specific), I waited for the release of the Radeon RX 9000 series to finally upgrade. I was amazed how smooth the shift went. To be fair, I waited a several weeks after the initial release to make sure that people will make the necessary firmware and drivers available on Gentoo ...

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phpMyAdmin errors in combination with froxlor and php-fpm

I noticed that my phpMyAdmin installation displayed the following message every time I logged in:

The configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret).
The $cfg['TempDir'] (/var/lib/phpmyadmin/tmp/) is not accessible. phpMyAdmin is not able to cache templates and will be slow because of this.
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Install XTrackCAD on Linux

There are several programs available that will help you to plan your railway model layout. One option is XTrackCAD, a layout builder licensed under the GNU GPLv2 that can be installed on Linux, Mac and Windows.

However, the Linux installation instruction from archive were not completely clear to me and it took me more than one attempt to finally install the program. Since I ...

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Gentoo: Migrate from systemd-utils[udev] to eudev

Update: Unfortunately, eudev has been removed from Gentoo because it isn’t maintained anymore. Switching to eudev is not possible anymore.


While eudev has been abandoned by the Gentoo maintainers in 2021, it has been picked up again by Alpine, Devuan and Gentoo contributors as an independent project. You can rather easily switch back to eudev, if you wish ...

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dotfiles

The dotfiles I use for my Linux environment.