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Category: Cheat-Sheets

  • Fixing KVM spice-vdagent Display Auto-Resize Issue in Debian 12 With KDE Plasma, or desktops other than Gnome.

    You are running a Debian in a KVM VM. You installed spice-vdagent, started and enabled the service, yet nothing works. No screen resizing, nothing. Note: This problem still exists in Debian 12.2 Here’s the fix: Copy spice-vdagent.desktop to User’s Autostart Directory: Edit the Copied File Open ~/.config/autostart/spice-vdagent.desktop with a text editor.

  • Quick Fix for ‘Error code: s4002 (Manifest)’ in Plex on Linux

    Experiencing ‘Error code: s4002 (Manifest)’ in Plex on Linux? This guide addresses the issue, often related to codec support for MP4 files in web browsers. Learn about the removal of libmp4v2 from FFmpeg due to licensing issues and how to resolve this problem by installing FFmpeg and libmp4v2 on popular Linux distributions, ensuring smooth streaming…

  • Setting up fish shell with the tide prompt

    This is a cheat sheet for configuring fish shell with the tide prompt on Linux.

  • Using git to track Linux config file changes.

    This cheat sheet guides Linux system administrators on installing Git and using it to track changes in system configuration files.

  • How to get KeePassXC to work with Librewolf

    I’ll show you how to quickly make Librewolf and KeepassXC work together.

  • Add ssh-agent to Arch/KDE for KeepassXC

    Learn how to set up SSH Agent integration with KeePassXC on Arch-based systems that use the KDE Plasma Desktop environment. Follow this step-by-step guide to configure the SSH agent and KeePassXC for seamless and secure SSH key management.

  • Cheat-Sheet: Adding an Additional Database to an Existing MariaDB Replication

    This cheat-sheet is a quick rundown on adding an additional database to an existing MariaDB master-slave replication setup. The distro-agnostic instructions cover key steps such as creating and exporting databases, granting privileges, and configuring replication settings. Use this guide as a refresher when you need to sync an additional database.

You are running a Debian in a KVM VM. You installed spice-vdagent, started and enabled the service, yet nothing works. No screen resizing, nothing. Note: This problem still exists in Debian 12.2 Here’s the fix: Copy spice-vdagent.desktop to User’s Autostart Directory: Edit the Copied File Open ~/.config/autostart/spice-vdagent.desktop with a text editor.