7 Various Tasks - ivanmrva/gentoo-wiki GitHub Wiki

Install custom fonts

  1. mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
  2. cp ~/Downloads/my-custom-fonts/*.ttf ~/.local/share/fonts/

Update BIOS (HP Zbook Firefly G9)

  1. Check the current BIOS version:
    • dmidecode -s bios-version
  2. Download BIOS installation from HP webpage and extract binaries from .exe file:
    • 7z x -obios-bin ~/Downloads/sp146157.exe
  3. Copy the correct binary (according to the current version) to the (the path has to match and the file has to be called firmware.bin):
    • cp /tmp/bios-bin/U70_01070000.bin /boot/EFI/HP/DEVFW/firmware.bin
  4. Restart, start BIOS menu prompt (ESC/F10) and select Update BIOS/firmware.