diff --git a/homepage/knowledge/software.html b/homepage/knowledge/software.html index 60b4677..669bfe9 100644 --- a/homepage/knowledge/software.html +++ b/homepage/knowledge/software.html @@ -244,6 +244,16 @@ Check out the linked pages in the "See also" section.

Use mkfs(8) for creating filesystems and mount(8) for mounting partitions' filesystems.

+

gpart

+ +

+Available as sysutils/gpart in pkgsrc. +

+

+gpart(8) is a tool that scans a file (or block device presented as a file) for drive partitions regardless of any table present on the medium. +

LUKS

+Available as sysutils/pciutils from pkgsrc. Supplies lspci(8), setpci(8), and update-pciids(8). +

+

update-pciids(8) is not part of the pciutils package in Alpine Linux repositories.

@@ -305,6 +318,8 @@ Supplies lspci(8), setpci(8), and update-pciids(
  • NetBSD Guide
  • pkgsrc Guide
  • +

    Battery

    +

    envstat(1) can show the current battery status.

    Mounting ext4 partitions with FUSE

    1. Install filesystems/fuse and filesystems/fuse-ext2.
    2. @@ -395,15 +410,23 @@ You'd be better off using ed(1); the UX is very similar.

      WiFi

      -

      -I use iwd(8) and iwctl(8). -Some prefer NetworkManager and I believe that's the default on Debian. -The Artix wiki suggests connman. -

      wpa_supplicant

      -wpa_supplicant(1) is often used by insane people without any helper scripts. -I haven't had good luck with it but Alpine set it up automatically. +wpa_supplicant(1) is usually good enough for establishing WiFi connections. +

      +

      +Here's an example configuration for a simple WPA-2 PSK access point. +

      +
      +network={
      +	ssid="My SSID"
      +	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
      +	scan_ssid=1
      +	psk="My password"
      +}
      +
      +

      +See wpa_supplicant.conf(5).

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