Gabriel Brown
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settings-hyprland-write-contract failed in full suite runs and passed on its own, reporting "a typed batch did not reach the compositor" with every value at its default. Both it and settings-commit-reset-contract drive the same harness file, and Quickshell identifies an instance by its config path -- not by the environment it was launched with. So when one run's instance has not fully exited, the other's wait for `ipc show` is satisfied by that instance's target, and the whole contract then talks to a shell it did not start. The two directions fail differently, and the second is the alarming one: The write contract lands on the isolated instance, whose compositor write seam is deliberately stubbed. Its writes go nowhere, which is exactly the symptom above. The commit/reset contract lands on the non-isolated instance and drives the DAILY DESKTOP's real compositor while believing it is isolated. Both now refuse to start while another instance of that harness is alive, and say which hazard they are avoiding rather than failing on an assertion much later. One trap worth naming, since it bit me writing this: `rg -c` prints nothing at all when there are no matches, so an unguarded command substitution yields "" and not "0" -- the first version of the guard fired on a perfectly clean machine. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BRvzt4H8XXLPVH5MyYdk9L
Panama
Formerly Sunhat. A personal config for Fedora, with the intention of helping a user set up their Fedora system with one command.
git clone https://git.gbrown.org/gib/Panama.git ~/.local/share/Panama
~/.local/share/Panama/install
install runs everything in setup/scripts/ in order:
| Script | Does |
|---|---|
install-packages |
Repos (RPM Fusion, Terra, Hyprland COPR), then the four package lists in setup/packages/ |
link-dotfiles |
Symlinks config/dot/<name> → ~/.config/<name> |
change-settings |
Copies config/copy/ over /, applies gsettings, enables user services |
Existing configs are moved to config/old/ rather than overwritten.
Desktops
Panama configures two desktops that coexist. Both sessions stay available in GDM, so you can switch back and forth while you settle in.
GNOME
The original setup: Forge for tiling, Dash-to-Dock, Openbar, Vitals,
AppIndicator support. Configured through config/dot/forge/ and gsettings.
Hyprland
A from-scratch replacement built to reproduce the GNOME setup closely enough that muscle memory transfers — same keybinds, same panel contents, same dock, same Tokyo Night Moon palette.
| Piece | What it is |
|---|---|
config/dot/hypr/ |
Compositor config. Lua, not hyprlang — see its README |
config/dot/quickshell/ |
The shell: bar, dock, Continuum overview, Panama Settings, Screen Intelligence, focus sessions, quick settings, notifications, screenshot UI |
config/dot/vicinae/ |
Raycast-style launcher, themed |
config/dot/uwsm/ |
Session environment (see the uwsm caveat in the hypr README) |
config/dot/wofi/ |
Fallback launcher, in case the shell fails to start |
config/dot/xdg-desktop-portal/ |
Portal backend routing |
Start here: config/dot/hypr/README.md — it
covers the Lua migration, the uwsm environment gotcha, the HDR decision, the
full keymap, and troubleshooting.
Log in as "Hyprland (uwsm-managed)", not plain "Hyprland".
Layout
bin/ Small user-facing commands on PATH
config/
bash/ .bashrc, aliases, env (env is gitignored)
copy/ Files copied verbatim over / (needs sudo)
dot/ Symlinked into ~/.config
old/ Backups of whatever was replaced (gitignored)
setup/
packages/ One package per line
scripts/ Run in order by ./install