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UEFI Entries Lost

The UEFI entries for Kali linux were lost when either swapping drives from a Window's device, or if a drive in parallel was removed and replaced. I was able to perform these commands to add it back from Ubuntu on a USB. The bootloader file path may differ.

$ lsblk -f
nvme0n1                                                                            
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat   FAT32       xxxx-xxxx                             510.8M     0% /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 ext4   1.0         xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx  831.1G     4% /
└─nvme0n1p3 swap   1           xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx                [SWAP]

$ sudo efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 1 -L "Kali Linux" -l "EFI\kali\grubx64.efi"

Free Disk Space

$ free --giga

Display

NVIDIA Drivers

https://www.kali.org/docs/general-use/install-nvidia-drivers-on-kali-linux/

Display Settings not Saved

/etc/UPower.conf

IgnoreLid=true

https://askubuntu.com/questions/996502/display-settings-are-not-saved

Disable Popup Dialog
Display > Advanced > Connecting Display > When New Displays are Connected

Bluetooth

$ sudo apt install bluetooth
$ sudo systemctl enable bluetooth

Mouse

Cursor not Moving to Second Monitor or Not Visible

Temporary workaround is to open the Display settings and it works again.

Metapackages

https://www.kali.org/docs/general-use/metapackages/

Password Manager

pass (Unix Password Manager) https://www.passwordstore.org/

v1.1

Published August 28, 2024 Revised: September 12, 2024

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