Nick M Cummins

new rooting method available for LG TVs

For the past few years, after the faultmanager-autoroot method was patched, there were no available rooting methods for LG Smart TVs that were on webOS 24 or higher. I bought a OLED65C3PUA (LG C3) a few years ago. I regrettably installed system updates that updated my TV from webOS 23 to webOS 24.

However, a recent new rooting method called SlopBro has made many models root-able again. You can verify this method works for your device at https://cani.rootmy.tv/.

useful Markdown/Mermaid/OneNote related tools

In prior years, I used Evernote, a very popular note taking service, especially to clip web articles. Unfortunately, Evernote now limits free accounts to 50 notes and 1 notebook. While my preexisting content that greatly exceeds these limits was preserved, I am unable to add any new notes or notebooks. This has prompted me to migrate off Evernote, and I have been using Evernote2Onenote for this. I can subsequently use OneNote to Markdown Exporter if desired.

Linux-ify your PowerShell

For Ctrl+A to move to the beginning of the line:

Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key "Ctrl+a" -Function BeginningOfLineCode language: JavaScript (javascript)

To have Up Arrow autocomplete from command history:

Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Chord UpArrow -ScriptBlock {
    [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::HistorySearchBackward()
    [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::EndOfLine()
}Code language: PHP (php)

automatically push GitHub commits to GitLab instance

Add a .github/workflows/main.yml file in your repository:

---
name: Mirror Repository

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  gitlab:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Update CA certificates
        run: | 
            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates
            sudo update-ca-certificates
            git config --global http.sslVerify false
            
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # This must be set to 0 to avoid shallow cloning.

      - name: Mirror Repository
        uses: nickmcummins/github-action-gitlab-mirror@v1.0.1
        with:
          password: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_PAT }}
          repository_url: https://gitlab.com/forks/archlinux-pkgbuilds.git
          username: username@linuxmail.orgCode language: JavaScript (javascript)

Define GITLAB_PAT in the Settings of your GitHub repository:

How to create Windows shortcuts for launching WSL2 GUI apps running on X410

In my previous article https://www.nickmcummins.com/index.php/2025/06/18/x410-run-wsl-gui-applications-as-native-windows-applications/, I explain differences between X410 and the WSL out-of-the-box GUI support called WSLg. WSLg actually automatically creates desktop shortcuts for launching GUI applications installed in WSL. For example, in my %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\archlinux folder, I see shortcuts

If I open one of the shortcut, I can see its properties:

The shortcut’s target is “C:\Program Files\WSL\wslg.exe” -d archlinux –cd “~” — caja. However, with X410, these shortcuts are not automatically created, and will require a slightly different target due to how X410 works:

C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe -d archlinux /bin/zsh -lc “nohup caja &> /dev/null & sleep 1”

Windows Terminal – change default window split mode (alt+shift+d) to down/horizontal

Open settings.json and add to actions:

    "actions": 
    [
        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "splitPane",
                "split": "down",
                "splitMode": "duplicate"
            },
            "id": "User.splitPane.10B260D2"
        }
    ],Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

add to keybindings section: 

    "keybindings": 
    [
        ...,
        {
            "id": "User.splitPane.10B260D2",
            "keys": "alt+shift+d"
        }
    ],Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Now, after pressing alt+shift+d: Windows Terminal - Split Down Screenshot

useful Unix shell aliases

alias strace-defaults='strace -f -tt -T -y -yy '
alias sudo-strace-defaults='strace -f -tt -T -y -yy sudo'
alias ion='sudo ionice -c 1 -n 0 -p'
alias ionp='sudo ionice -c 0 -p'
alias nm-undefined-symbols='nm -C -D -u --undefined-only --with-symbol-versions -g'
alias nm-defined-symbols='nm -C -D --defined-only --with-symbol-versions -g'
alias psx='ps aux | grep -i'
alias rn='sudo renice -n -20 -p'
alias rnp='sudo renice -n 20 -p'
alias psk='sudo kill -9'
alias c='clear'Code language: JavaScript (javascript)