[fix] Force software GL for Alacritty on VirGL - #149
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Alacritty installs on aarch64 but paints an empty transparent window under Try Omarchy's virtio-gpu path. Prefer a PATH wrapper that sets LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 when omarchy.qemu_virgl=1, matching the 1Password workaround.
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LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 alacrittyrenders normally./usr/local/bin/alacrittyPATH wrapper that execs/usr/bin/alacrittywithLIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1whenomarchy.qemu_virgl=1is on the guest cmdline (same idea as the 1Password ARM installer software-GL shim).Test plan
python3 guest/tests/verify.pyLIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 alacrittyshows text (reporter/dev repro)alacrittyfrom foot) shows a usable terminal without manually exportingLIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE