diff --git a/project_cyberpunk_wallpaper.md b/project_cyberpunk_wallpaper.md index 8642872..d8b5005 100644 --- a/project_cyberpunk_wallpaper.md +++ b/project_cyberpunk_wallpaper.md @@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ memory setup that motivated adding this command to the homelab quick reference. - Current scrape jobs: `t14-node` (monk's own node-exporter container) and `kscloud1-node` (kscloud1 node-exporter, public IP - do not commit this IP anywhere). Config lives at `~/kitestacks-live/docker/prometheus/prometheus.yml` on monk. -- samurai has NO exporter yet - needs windows_exporter installed (port 9182) and a - new `samurai-node` scrape job targeting `100.74.0.109:9182` added to prometheus.yml. -- Neither Rainmeter nor a windows_exporter is installed on samurai yet. - Wallpaper Engine IS installed, but at a non-default Steam location: `C:\Program Files (x86)\steam2\steamapps\common\wallpaper_engine` (note "steam2" dir name). - monk also runs `kitestacks-metrics-api` (FastAPI/psutil, source at @@ -42,3 +39,54 @@ memory setup that motivated adding this command to the homelab quick reference. added as a Host alias in samurai's ~/.ssh/config. Separate from the `100.85.209.116` config block used for Forgejo git (port 2222, user git, id_ed25519_forgejo) - both entries must coexist, do not collapse them. + +## STATUS: Built and working (2026-06-12) +Both Rainmeter skins are live, persisted in `Rainmeter.ini`, and Rainmeter is set +to launch at login (added to `HKCU\...\CurrentVersion\Run`). windows_exporter +service confirmed `Running`/`Automatic`, `samurai-node` Prometheus job confirmed up. + +- Skins live under `Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\KiteStacks\`: + - `Metrics\Metrics.ini` - "KITESTACKS NODES" panel, 480x373, polls + `fetch-metrics.ps1` (RunCommand plugin, 60s) which queries Prometheus and + writes `metrics.json`; WebParser reads it. Shows CPU/RAM/Disk bars + + ONLINE/OFFLINE per host for samurai/monk/kscloud1. + - `Commands\Commands.ini` - renders `~/obsidian-vault/Homelab Commands/Quick + Reference.md` as a single-column cyberpunk text panel (484x557). Regenerate + after editing the source doc with `Commands\regen-commands.ps1`, then + `Rainmeter.exe "[!Refresh \"KiteStacks\Commands\"]"`. + - `Variables.inc` (shared colors/fonts) included via `..\Variables.inc`. +- Window positions: Commands at (0,20), Metrics at (500,20) on the PRIMARY + monitor, which is **1536x864** (DISPLAY14, at virtual-screen origin (0,0)), + NOT the 1920x1080 secondary monitor (DISPLAY13, at X=-1920..0). Always check + `[System.Windows.Forms.Screen]::AllScreens` before reasoning about coordinates + - GetWindowRect-based tools report positions in this virtual-screen space. +- **Critical Rainmeter gotcha**: a plain `Y=10` on a meter is NOT absolute - it's + relative to the previous meter in file order (previous.bottom + 10), even for + the very first content meter (previous = whatever IMAGE/background meter + precedes it). This caused the Commands panel to balloon to 1240x1356 over + many iterations. Fix: drop separate BorderFrame/Background IMAGE meters; + use `[Rainmeter] BackgroundMode=2` + `SolidColor=R,G,B,A` for the panel + background instead (auto-sized to content bounding box). Single-column layout + only - a 2-column layout re-triggers the same chaining bug because the second + column's first meter still chains off the first column's last meter. +- **Encoding gotcha**: Rainmeter reads `.inc` files as ANSI, so UTF-8 multi-byte + chars (em dash, box-drawing ├└─, arrows →, smart quotes) become mojibake. + `regen-commands.ps1` now replaces these with ASCII equivalents (`-`, `|`/`\`, + `->`, straight quotes) before writing the .inc. + +## Lock screen (2026-06-12) +kenpat asked to also update the Windows lock screen to match. Used the +Wallpaper Engine background kenpat had just subscribed to (Workshop item +2323323193, "Cyberpunk City w/ System 24h Clock... | Skeor") - copied its +`preview.jpg` to `C:\Users\Kenny\Pictures\KiteStacks\lockscreen-cyberpunk.jpg` +and set it via `HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PersonalizationCSP` +(`LockScreenImagePath`/`LockScreenImageUrl`/`LockScreenImageStatus=1`). Note: +this is the MDM/CSP-style override - it greys out the lock screen picture picker +in Settings > Personalization. To let kenpat pick a different lock screen image +via Settings later, these 3 registry values need to be deleted first. + +## Remaining / not done +- Wallpaper Engine background itself: kenpat picks/applies it manually (Rainmeter + renders on top automatically via `WindowZPosition=-2`/OnDesktop). +- "keep track of token and token limit per session always" - kenpat asked for + this as a standing behavior but it hasn't been set up as anything concrete yet.