Alacritty Garuda theme (restoration)

kitwar · 27 December 2020 23:21

I had some Alacritty errors, so I did a config reset (as seen somewhere on this forum):

After deleting the config folder, I solved the errors but ...

I lost the beautiful Garuda theme.

Please help me restore the Garuda theme! (Timeshift didn't work)

dr460nf1r3 · 27 December 2020 23:24

Welcome to the forum
Get the config from /etc/skel

cp /etc/skel/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml

Need to look into whats causing the error (happened since last update of Alacritty)

joojmachine · 27 December 2020 23:26

I had the same error after an update, found out I just had to remove the # before a newly added line into the config file:

 args:
- --login

kitwar · 27 December 2020 23:27

I get

cp: cannot create regular file '/home/kitwar/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml': No such file or directory

I need someone to give me that original alacritty.yml, isn't it?

Zod · 27 December 2020 23:33

You can grab it from the guest account.

kitwar · 27 December 2020 23:54

Awesome, it worked!

So, to formulate the solution for future users:

Here's a link to the default file with the fixed error:
https://yadi.sk/d/EkU_nxOS6k2w9w

You'd copy this to ~/.config/alacritty/ (if the folder is missing, create alacritty it in ~/.config/)

⠶ Manual method

ERROR PROBLEM ( thx @joojmachine )

In the ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml file, replace

# args:
# - --login
with
args:
- --login

THEME PROBLEM ( thx @dr460nf1r3 & @Zod )

cp /home/guest/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml

might need to create the alacritty folder in ~/.config/ first.

or if you messed with the file but didn't delete it:

cp /etc/skel/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml

angshuman · 1 January 2021 15:14

Fix Alacritty config (72718ddf) · Commits · Garuda Linux / Themes and Settings / Settings / garuda-dr460nized · GitLab to get the default file with the error fixed if the above link doesn't work.

caniko · 4 February 2021 23:21

I am having a similar issue in which I created a conf.fish file in ~/.config/fish/. The alacritty configuration is untouched, yet my settings are overwritten (?).

SGS · 4 February 2021 23:29

Please no pictures from terminal output.
Open new thread, this one is solved.
Path is

cd /home/$USER/.config/alacritty/
micro alacritty.yml

or

micro /home/$USER/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml

it must be config.fish
and