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| Archlinux on a macbook. Named after Dean Fog.
| | Named after Dean Fog. |
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| {{ TODO |
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| these install instructions don't belong here.<br>
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| I need a section for archlinux variant installs like archlinux-arm, and this alt-kernel }}
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| | = Notes = |
| | <blockquote> |
| {| class="wikitable" | | {| class="wikitable" |
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| | t2linux install docs || https://wiki.t2linux.org/distributions/arch/installation/ | | | [[t2linux archlinux install]] |
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| | t2linux wifi docs || https://wiki.t2linux.org/guides/wifi/
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| | t2linux pacman repo || https://github.com/Redecorating/archlinux-t2-packages
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| | arch install || https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide#Set_the_console_keyboard_layout
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| | systemd boot || https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-boot
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| |}
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| = Install Media =
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| <blockquote>
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| Download install media
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| {|
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| | raw (out of date) || https://dl.t2linux.org/archlinux/iso/index.html
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| | w/ wifi drivers || https://github.com/t2linux/archiso-t2/releases
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| | | [[t2linux archlinux mbp-16.1]] |
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| | | </blockquote><!-- Notes --> |
| <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
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| diskutil list
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| diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
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| dd if=path/to/archlinux-version-x86_64.iso of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- install media -->
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| = Partition Setup =
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| <blockquote>
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| You can't change the partition scheme from outside of macos unfortunately.
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
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| - macbook, start bootcamp (preinstalled)
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| - drag slider for size (deletes apfs snapshots?)
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| - disk utility
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| - create a partition (any format) for your linux install
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| - restart, holding cmd+r
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| - Utilities > Startup Security Utility:
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| - [x] No Security
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| - [x] Allow booting from external media
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| - restart, holding opt
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| - you don't need to connect to wifi in bootloader
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| - boot from EFI
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- Partition Setup -->
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| = Base Install =
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| <blockquote>
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| {{ NOTE |
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| Use the wifi-enabled ISO, spoke with devs and wired kernel is outdated
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| }}
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| == (archiso) wlan setup ==
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| <blockquote>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| iwctl
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| device list
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| station wlan0 scan
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| station wlan0 get-networks
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| station wlan0 connect ${SSID}
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| ping archlinux.org
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- (archiso) wlan setup -->
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| == (archiso) format && baseinstall ==
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| <blockquote>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| timedatectl set-ntp true
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| pacman -Sy
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| # pacman-key --refresh-keys
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| fdisk -l # find disk/partition
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| mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3 # format partition as ext4
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| mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt # your install
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| mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
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| mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot/efi # reuse macbook's EFI paritition
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| # if necesary, copy/modify /etc/pacman.conf to /mnt/pacman.conf
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| # and use: `pacstrap -C /mnt/pacman.conf`
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| pacstrap /mnt \
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| base base-devel `# base packages/build-tools` \
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| linux-t2 linux-t2-headers linux-t2-docs `# t2-kernel` \
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| efivar efibootmgr dosfstools `# tools to manage efi` \
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| linux-firmware dkms \
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| apple-bcm-wifi-firmware \
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| iwd networkmanager netstat-nat net-tools \
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| neovim git openssh man-db
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| genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
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| arch-chroot /mnt
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- (archiso) format && baseinstall -->
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| == (chroot) Add t2linux repo ==
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| <blockquote>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| cat << EOF >> /etc/pacman.conf
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| [mbp]
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| Server = https://dl.t2linux.org/archlinux/$repo/$arch
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| EOF
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| pacman -Syy
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- (chroot) Add t2linux repo -->
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| == (chroot) Base Settings ==
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| <blockquote>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto /etc/localtime
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| hwclock --systohc
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| echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen
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| locale-gen
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| echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
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| echo "fog" > /etc/hostname
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| mkinitcpio -P # confirm kernel/initramfs in /boot/efi
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| passwd
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- (chroot) Base Settings -->
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| == (chroot) Bootloader ==
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| <blockquote>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| cat << EOF > /boot/efi/loader/loader.conf
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| default archlinux
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| timeout 1
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| EOF
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| # find PARTUUID of 'archlinux' install partition
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| # (not EFI partition, not UUID)
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| blkid
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| cat << EOF > /boot/efi/loader/entries/archlinux.conf
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| title Arch Linux
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| linux vmlinuz-linux-t2
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| initrd initramfs-linux-t2.img
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| # no quotes around PARTUUID
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| options intel_iommu=on iommu=pt pcie_ports=compat root=PARTUUID=${PARTUUID} rw
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| EOF
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| # if you cannot write /boot/efi, use --no-variables
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| bootctl --path=/boot/efi install
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| systemctl mask systemd-boot-system-token
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| # remount efivars as read-only (or kernel panic)
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| # USE EITHER: (1 works for me)
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| # echo efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars efivarfs ro,remount,nofail 0 0 >> /etc/fstab
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| # OR
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| # add 'efi=noruntime' to options in '/boot/efi/loader/entries/archlinux.conf'
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- (chroot) Bootloader -->
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| == Reboot ==
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| <blockquote>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
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| - exit && reboot
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| - hold 'option' while booting to choose boot
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| - after selection, wait for timeout (choosing with enter seems to fail)
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- Reboot -->
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| == Debugging Boot Issues ==
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| <blockquote>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| # from archiso, specify the journal of your chroot
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| journalctl --directory=/var/log/journal
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| === unable to mount /boot/efi unknown filesystem vfat ===
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| do you have an old kernel in <code>/boot/efi</code>?<br>
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| try copying initramfs/kernel from /boot to /boot/efi.
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| this may only work with old kernel though ...
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| </blockquote><!-- Debugging Boot Issues -->
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| </blockquote><!-- Base Install -->
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| = Post Install =
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| <blockquote>
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| == Wifi Drivers ==
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| <blockquote>
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| Boot into macos
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| curl -#O https://wiki.t2linux.org/tools/wifi.sh
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| chmod +x wifi.sh
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| ./wifi.sh
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| Boot into linux
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| sudo umount /dev/nvme0n1p1
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| sudo mkdir /tmp/apple-wifi-efi
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| sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /tmp/apple-wifi-efi
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| bash /tmp/apple-wifi-efi/wifi.sh
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| sudo reboot
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| Now verify output of wifi driver is error-free.
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| sudo journalctl -k --grep=brcmfmac # check for errors
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| ip link # check for wlan0
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| Now you can test a connection
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| systemctl start iwd
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| iwctl
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| > station wlan0 scan
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| > station wlan0 get-networks
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| > station wlan0 connect ${SSID}
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| Finally, use NetworkManager (for wireguard, routing) with iwd as backend
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| cat << EOF > /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
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| [device]
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| wifi.backend=iwd
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| EOF
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| sudo systemctl enable --now iwd
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| sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager
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| route # confirm routing table present
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| ping archlinux.org # test
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- Wifi -->
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| == CPU fan ==
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| <blockquote>
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| Install and configure [[mbpfan]],<br>
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| monitor effectiveness with [[lm_sensors]].
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| </blockquote><!-- CPU fan -->
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| == GPU ==
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| <blockquote>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| lscpi -nn | grep VGA # find gpu
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| pacman -S xf86-video-ati # oss
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| # or
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| pacman -S xf86-video-amdgpu # proprietary
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- GPU -->
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| == Heat/Power Optimization ==
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| <blockquote>
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| Without optimizations, this laptop idles at 60-80*C in linux (where I would normally expect ~30*C)<br>
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| These are some power optimizations that may help.
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| * [[auto-cpufreq]]
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| * [[tlp]]
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| * [[powertop]]
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| * [[thermald]]
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| * [[i7z]]
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| {{ NOTE |
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| within this hardware, I found disabling <code>intel_pstate</code> to give full control to <code>cpupower.service</code> much more effective at reducing heat.
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| current configuration
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| * tlp.service + tlp-rdw (defaults)
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| * thermald.service (defaults)
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| * cpupower.service (defaults)
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| * mpbfan.service (lower threshold for fan)
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| }}
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| {{ TODO |
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| apparently some people have had better results with <code>auto-cpufreq</code>. I'll have to try it.
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| }}
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| monitoring some usage stats
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| sudo i7z
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| watch eval 'sensors | head -n 10'
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| watch eval 'cpupower frequency-info | grep "current CPU"'
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| {{ TODO |
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| determine good settings }}
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| # find warnings with tlp (ex: warning: systemd-rfkill.service is not masked, to correct this...)
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| sudo tlp-stat -s
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| # correct warnings
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| sudo systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.service
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| sudo systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.socket
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- Heat/Power Optimization -->
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| == Trackpad ==
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| <blockquote>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics
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| reboot # for driver to be used
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| # test it out if you like
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| synclient AccelFactor=0.05 # smaller movements travel further
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| make permanent
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="conf">
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| # /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf
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| Section "InputClass"
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| Identifier "touchpad"
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| Driver "synaptics"
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| MatchIsTouchpad "on"
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| # moving mouse-pointer
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| Option "AccelFactor" "0.01"
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| Option "MinSpeed" "1.2"
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| Option "MaxSpeed" "2.5"
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| # scroll momentum speed
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| Option "VertScrollDelta" "250"
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| EndSection
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- Trackpad -->
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| == Function Keys ==
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| <blockquote>
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| {{ TODO |
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| * default to function keys
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| * multimedia keys don't work
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| * following suspend/resume, touchbar doesn't work at all
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| }}
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| </blockquote><!-- Function Keys -->
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| == mkinitcpio hooks ==
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| <blockquote>
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| On updates, kernel/initramfs must be copied to <code>/boot/efi</code> for system to boot.
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| {{ TODO |
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| mkinitcpio hook?
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| }}
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| </blockquote><!-- mkinitcpio hooks -->
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| == Disable Boot Sound ==
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| <blockquote>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
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| # MacOs
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| System Preferences:
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| Sound:
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| - [ ] Play Sound on Startup
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- Disable Boot Sound -->
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| == Default Boot ==
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| <blockquote>
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| Choosing default Disk
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
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| - boot macos
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| - apple-menu > system preferences:
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| - startup disk
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| Choosing default EFI bootloader
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| # show installed bootloaders
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| #
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| # BootOrder: 0080,0000 # boot priority
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| # Boot0080: Mac OS X # macos boot entry
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| # Boot0000: Foo # foo boot entry
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| efibootmgr
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| efibootmgr -o 0000,0080 # change boot priority
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| </blockquote><!-- Default Boot -->
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| == Audio ==
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| <blockquote>
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| TODO
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| </blockquote><!-- Audio -->
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| </blockquote><!-- Post Install --> | |
