Yet another note on Let's make ArchLinux up and running on MacBook Air!
This is one way, or I would say, my way, of running Arch on Air, based on the official ArchLinux on MacBook(Air) wifi and Arch Installation guide.
Buckle up and let's roll!
Her is my air:
Model Name: MacBook Air
Model Identifier: MacBookAir7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 8 GB
I wish it's a quad core with 16GB of memory, but hey, it does a decent job! :)
As I use OSX occasionally, I dual boot the air with OSX. As recommended on Arch on MacBook(Air) wiki, I use the Apple partition tool to shrink the OSX partition to around 180GB to make enough space for Linux.
root@archiso ~ # lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 465.9G 0 disk
+-sda1 8:1 0 200M 0 part
+-sda2 8:2 0 168G 0 part
+-sda3 8:3 0 619.9M 0 part
+-sda4 8:4 0 297G 0 part
Here, sda1 for the EFI system partition, sda2 for OSX, and sda4 for the ArchLinux.
Load Emacs key binding, as always:
root@archiso ~ # loadkeys emacs2
As default WiFi doesn't work out of the box, I just connect TP-Link power over ether adapter and hook into the thunderbolt port:
root@archiso ~ # ip l
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group
default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: ens9: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 38:c9:86:04:85:78 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
and then, run DHCP on top of it:
root@archiso ~ # systemctl start dhcpcd@ens9
root@archiso ~ # timedatectl set-ntp true
Create two LVM partitions by gdisk, one for the base Linux OS and the other
for the libvirt storage pool. As explained in
ArchWiki, use
+128M as the starting point to make a gap after OSX partition:
root@archiso ~ # gdisk /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Command (? for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 977105060 sectors, 465.9 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): D05045F2-0A79-46AD-B240-1E67BE21E787
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 977105026
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 524294 sectors (256.0 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 40 409639 200.0 MiB EF00 EFI System Partition
2 409640 376118559 179.2 GiB AF05 Customer
3 376118560 377388095 619.9 MiB AB00 Recovery HD
4 377650240 713194559 160.0 GiB 8E00 Linux LVM
5 713456704 977105026 125.7 GiB 8E00 Linux LVM
Command (? for help): q
Let's create LVM logical volumes on partition sda4 for the base OS installation:
root@archiso ~ # lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 465.9G 0 disk
__sda1 8:1 0 200M 0 part
__sda2 8:2 0 179.2G 0 part
__sda3 8:3 0 619.9M 0 part
__sda4 8:4 0 160G 0 part
__sda5 8:5 0 125.7G 0 part
Initialize those two partitions as a LVM physical volumes with pvcreate:
root@archiso ~ # pvcreate /dev/sda4
Physical volume "/dev/sda4" successfully created.
root@archiso ~ # pvcreate -ff /dev/sda5
Physical volume "/dev/sda5" successfully created.
root@archiso ~ # pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/sda4 lvm2 --- 160.00g 160.00g
/dev/sda5 lvm2 --- 125.72g 125.72g
Create a logical groups, one for base OS, vg0, and the other for the the
libvirt storage pool, images, with vgcreate:
root@archiso ~ # vgcreate vg0 /dev/sda4
Volume group "vg0" successfully created
root@archiso ~ # vgcreate images /dev/sda5
Volume group "images" successfully created
Create logical volumes for the base OS with lvcreate:
root@archiso ~ # lvcreate -L 32G -n root vg0
Logical volume "root" created.
root@archiso ~ # lvcreate -L 64G -n home vg0
Logical volume "home" created.
root@archiso ~ # lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n var vg0
Logical volume "var" created.
root@archiso ~ # lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
home vg0 -wi-a----- 64.00g
root vg0 -wi-a----- 32.00g
var vg0 -wi-a----- 64.00g
Let's format those three logical volumes as btrfs file systems:
root@archiso ~ # mkfs.btrfs /dev/vg0/root
btrfs-progs v4.6.1
See http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for more information.
Detected a SSD, turning off metadata duplication. Mkfs with -m dup if you want to forc
e metadata duplication.
Performing full device TRIM (32.00GiB) ...
Label: (null)
UUID: 7a0d3277-5c30-4576-a269-f9aa7fff2e1e
Node size: 16384
Sector size: 4096
Filesystem size: 32.00GiB
Block group profiles:
Data: single 8.00MiB
Metadata: single 8.00MiB
System: single 4.00MiB
SSD detected: yes
Incompat features: extref, skinny-metadata
Number of devices: 1
Devices:
ID SIZE PATH
1 32.00GiB /dev/vg0/root
root@archiso ~ # mkfs.btrfs /dev/vg0/home
btrfs-progs v4.6.1
See http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for more information.
Detected a SSD, turning off metadata duplication. Mkfs with -m dup if you want to force metadata duplication.
Performing full device TRIM (64.00GiB) ...
Label: (null)
UUID: 4d9072c7-8ebf-4208-9603-a447c77e0321
Node size: 16384
Sector size: 4096
Filesystem size: 64.00GiB
Block group profiles:
Data: single 8.00MiB
Metadata: single 8.00MiB
System: single 4.00MiB
SSD detected: yes
Incompat features: extref, skinny-metadata
Number of devices: 1
Devices:
ID SIZE PATH
1 64.00GiB /dev/vg0/home
root@archiso ~ # mkfs.btrfs /dev/vg0/var
btrfs-progs v4.6.1
See http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for more information.
Detected a SSD, turning off metadata duplication. Mkfs with -m dup if you want to force metadata duplication.
Performing full device TRIM (64.00GiB) ...
Label: (null)
UUID: 305f28f3-edfd-4656-8ba3-36dad6703d64
Node size: 16384
Sector size: 4096
Filesystem size: 64.00GiB
Block group profiles:
Data: single 8.00MiB
Metadata: single 8.00MiB
System: single 4.00MiB
SSD detected: yes
Incompat features: extref, skinny-metadata
Number of devices: 1
Devices:
ID SIZE PATH
1 64.00GiB /dev/vg0/var
Mount all those LVM based partitions, in addition to the EFI system partition as below:
root@archiso ~ # mount /dev/vg0/root /mnt
root@archiso ~ # for i in home var
\`for> do
\`for> mkdir /mnt/$i
\`for> mount /dev/vg0/$i /mnt/$i
\`for> done
root@archiso ~ # mkdir -p /mnt/boot && mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
root@archiso ~ # df -k
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
dev 4025808 0 4025808 0% /dev
run 4040120 46588 3993532 2% /run
/dev/sdb1 759808 759808 0 100% /run/archiso/bootmnt
cowspace 262144 7244 254900 3% /run/archiso/cowspace
/dev/loop0 328704 328704 0 100% /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs
airootfs 262144 7244 254900 3% /
tmpfs 4040120 0 4040120 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 4040120 0 4040120 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 4040120 0 4040120 0% /tmp
tmpfs 4040120 1200 4038920 1% /etc/pacman.d/gnupg
tmpfs 808024 0 808024 0% /run/user/0
/dev/mapper/vg0-root 33554432 16576 33278912 1% /mnt
/dev/mapper/vg0-home 67108864 16768 66046720 1% /mnt/home
/dev/mapper/vg0-var 67104768 16768 66042624 1% /mnt/var
/dev/sda1 201633 129864 71770 65% /mnt/boot
Bring the closest mirror, kernel.org in my case, to the top of
the mirrirlist file, as shown below:
root@archiso ~ # head -10 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
##
## Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
## Sorted by mirror score from mirror status page
## Generated on 2016-08-01
##
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.2, France
Server = http://archlinux.polymorf.fr/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.3, France
Install the base and linux package with pacstrap:
root@archiso ~ # pacstrap /mnt base linux
Run genfstab
root@archiso ~ # genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
and here you are:
root@archiso ~ # cat /mnt/etc/fstab
#
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# UUID=7a0d3277-5c30-4576-a269-f9aa7fff2e1e
/dev/mapper/vg0-root / btrfs rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=5,subvol=/ 0 0
# UUID=4d9072c7-8ebf-4208-9603-a447c77e0321
/dev/mapper/vg0-home /home btrfs rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=5,subvol=/ 0 0
# UUID=305f28f3-edfd-4656-8ba3-36dad6703d64
/dev/mapper/vg0-var /var btrfs rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=5,subvol=/ 0 0
# UUID=67E3-17ED LABEL=EFI
/dev/sda1 /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 2
You do arch-chroot
root@archiso ~ # arch-chroot /mnt
and will be in the sandbox:
[root@archiso /]# df -k
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg0-root 33554432 697848 32629464 3% /
/dev/mapper/vg0-home 67108864 16768 66046720 1% /home
/dev/mapper/vg0-var 67104768 227932 65832356 1% /var
/dev/sda1 201633 53823 147811 27% /boot
udev 4025808 0 4025808 0% /dev
shm 4040120 0 4040120 0% /dev/shm
run 4040120 0 4040120 0% /run
tmp 4040120 0 4040120 0% /tmp
airootfs 262144 7280 254864 3% /etc/resolv.conf
[root@archiso /]#
Link the zoneinfo file
[root@archiso /]# rm /etc/localtime && ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime
to get your local time.
[root@archiso /]# date
Fri Aug 5 23:15:10 PDT 2016
Uncomment UTF-8
[root@archiso /]# grep -v "^#" /etc/locale.gen
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
and run locale-gen
[root@archiso /]# locale-gen
Generating locales...
en_US.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
Of course, it will be called air:)
[root@archiso /]# echo air > /etc/hostname
root@archiso /]# sed -i.orig -e "s/localhost$/localhost air/" /etc/hosts
Install btrfs-progs
[root@archiso /]# pacman -S btrfs-progs
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (1) btrfs-progs-4.6.1-1
Total Download Size: 0.56 MiB
Total Installed Size: 3.97 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
btrfs-progs-4.6.1-1-x... 571.1 KiB 159K/s 00:04 [###########################] 100%
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [###########################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [###########################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [###########################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [###########################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [###########################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) installing btrfs-progs [###########################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Updating manpage index...
enable LVM
[root@archiso /]# grep '^HOOKS' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck"
and create an initial RAM disk with mkinitcpio
[root@archiso /]# mkinitcpio -p linux
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Starting build: 4.6.4-1-ARCH
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [lvm2]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: 4.6.4-1-ARCH
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
-> Running build hook: [lvm2]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
==> Image generation successful
Do it before you forget:
[root@archiso /]# passwd root
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Let's go with systemd-boot
with bootctl, as we're UEFI!
[root@archiso /]# bootctl --path=/boot install
Created "/boot/EFI/systemd".
Created "/boot/EFI/BOOT".
Copied "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" to "/boot/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi".
Copied "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" to "/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI".
Created EFI boot entry "Linux Boot Manager".
and edit /boot/loader/loader.conf and /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf:
[root@archiso /]# cat /boot/loader/loader.conf
default arch
timeout 4
editor 0
[root@archiso /]# cat /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf
title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root rw
Before reboot, let's exit from the chroot and unmount all the partition:
[root@archiso /]# exit
exit
arch-chroot /mnt 15.90s user 2.04s system 0% cpu 48:35.87 total
root@archiso ~ # df -k
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
dev 4025808 0 4025808 0% /dev
run 4040120 46596 3993524 2% /run
/dev/sdb1 759808 759808 0 100% /run/archiso/bootmnt
cowspace 262144 7280 254864 3% /run/archiso/cowspace
/dev/loop0 328704 328704 0 100% /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs
airootfs 262144 7280 254864 3% /
tmpfs 4040120 0 4040120 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 4040120 0 4040120 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 4040120 0 4040120 0% /tmp
tmpfs 4040120 1200 4038920 1% /etc/pacman.d/gnupg
tmpfs 808024 0 808024 0% /run/user/0
/dev/mapper/vg0-root 33554432 703604 32623804 3% /mnt
/dev/mapper/vg0-home 67108864 16768 66046720 1% /mnt/home
/dev/mapper/vg0-var 67104768 225852 65834468 1% /mnt/var
/dev/sda1 201633 65311 136323 33% /mnt/boot
Unmount all those four partitions:
root@archiso ~ # umount /mnt/{boot,home,var,}
root@archiso ~ # df -k
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
dev 4025808 0 4025808 0% /dev
run 4040120 46596 3993524 2% /run
/dev/sdb1 759808 759808 0 100% /run/archiso/bootmnt
cowspace 262144 7280 254864 3% /run/archiso/cowspace
/dev/loop0 328704 328704 0 100% /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs
airootfs 262144 7280 254864 3% /
tmpfs 4040120 0 4040120 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 4040120 0 4040120 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 4040120 0 4040120 0% /tmp
tmpfs 4040120 1200 4038920 1% /etc/pacman.d/gnupg
tmpfs 808024 0 808024 0% /run/user/0
Cool, let's reboot!
root@archiso ~ # reboot
I usually run provision.yaml Ansible playbook to provision the arch
as a post-installation process. All you need is grab those minimum packages
manually with pacman:
- sudo
- openssh
- git
- make
- python
- python-pip
then, run just run make ansible under this repo, to install the latest
ansible and ansible-playbook:
air$ make ansibleNow, you're ready to provision your air with the simple one liner:
air$ ansible-playbook provision.yamlThis will install all the MVP packages, including X environment.
You can also see it in action localy by running $ make test, as shown in the .travis.yaml Travis configuration file.
Following are more detailed information how to take care of the post-installation steps.
- Console
- Kernel
- WiFi
- Video
- Backlight
- X
- WindowManager
- KeyMapping
- Fonts
- Scrolling
- Power
- Bluetooth
- Web
- Slack
- Audio
- Facetime HD
- Hangouts
- Zoom
Let's disable caps-lock on the console
air$ cat /etc/vconsole.conf
KEYMAP=emacs2
Make yourself NOPASSWD sudo user. I usually does that by putting myself under
wheel group and update the /etc/sudo.conf with visudo command.
To automate the provisioning process, I'll use ansible, ssh based powerful configuration management tool. Here are packages to make ansible up and running:
- git
- openssh
- ansible
I'm a big fan of console apps, and here is part of the list of those cool apps:
- vim
- w3m
- tmux
- mutt
- irssi
- elinks
- ...
And let's install those through the provision.yaml ansible playbook, as below:
$ git clone https://github.com/keithnoguchi/arch-on-air
$ cd arch-on-air
$ ansible-playbook provision.yamlLet's build the kernel(TM)
First get the toolkit,
air$ sudo pacman -S gcc make bc
compile,
air$ curl -LO https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.12.7.tar.xz
air$ tar xfJ linux-4.12.7.tar.xz
air$ cd linux-4.12.7
air$ zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
air$ make oldconfig
...
air$ make
and, install!
air$ sudo make modules_install
air$ sudo cp ./arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-4.12.7.1
air$ sudo mkinitcpio -k 4.12.7.1 -g /boot/initramfs-4.12.7.1.img
Create new boot loader entries under /boot/loader/entries
air$ cat /boot/loader/entries/4.12.7.conf
title 4.12.7 train
linux /vmlinuz-4.12.7.1
initrd /initramfs-4.12.7.1.img
options root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root rw
make the new one as a default kernel
air$ sudo sed -i.old -e "s/arch/4.12.7/" /boot/loader/loader.conf
air$ cat /boot/loader/loader.conf
default 4.12.7
timeout 4
editor 0
and reboot!
Here is the my .config file and the list of modules, for your reference.
Great news!! Now, broadcom-wl-dkms has been maintained under the community
package. All you have to do is just install broadcom-wl-dkms through the
standard pacman command, as below:
air$ sudo pacman -S broadcom-wl-dkms
Just do sudo modprobe wl then boom, you have wlp3s0 on air!
air$ sudo modprobe wl
air$ ip l show wlp3s0
3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 08:6d:41:bc:2d:1c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Install wpa_supplicant with pacman
air$ sudo pacman -S wpa_supplicant
and run it with your config, say
air$ sudo wpa_supplicant -B -c your_wpa_config -i wlp3s0
then you get the link up!
air$ ip a show wlp3s0
3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 08:6d:41:bc:2d:1c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 fe80::a6d:41ff:febc:2d1c/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
Run DHCP, say with systemctl
air$ sudo systemctl start dhcpcd@wlp3s0
and you got the IP over the air!
I like systemd, and systemd-networkd.
To setup the wlp3s0 interfaces under systemd-networkd with DHCP, all you have to do
is just put the following file under /etc/systemd/network directory
air$ cat wlp3s0.network
[Match]
Name=wlp3s0
[Network]
DHCP=yes
air$
Once you place the file above, just enable and start those two services:
air$ sudo systemctl start systemd-networkd
air$ sudo systemctl start systemd-resolved
air$ sudo systemctl enable systemd-networkd
air$ sudo systemctl enable systemd-resolved
Now you're on the wifi!
wifi-menu is a good to have app, to automatically look for the available
wifi, which helps especially at public WiFi. The main app is available
but you need to install dialog package to make it work.
air$ sudo pacman -S dialog
Then, you just run air$ sudo wifi-menu to look for the available wireless.
Let's install xf86-video-intel, as we have Intel GPU
air$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 6000 (rev 09)
air$ sudo pacman -S xf86-video-intel
You can change the backlight through /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness as
air$ sudo bash -c 'tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness <<< 700'
you can check the maximum backlight brightness through
cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness
Install X server and related packages
air$ sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-xsetroot
...
pick mesa-libgl, as a LibGL library
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 4 providers available for libgl:
:: Repository extra
1) mesa-libgl 2) nvidia-304xx-libgl 3) nvidia-340xx-libgl 4) nvidia-libgl
Enter a number (default=1): 1
pick the option #2, xf86-input-libinput. This is needed for the natural
scrolling, which I touch up on later.
:: There are 2 providers available for xf86-input-driver:
:: Repository extra
1) xf86-input-evdev 2) xf86-input-libinput
Enter a number (default=1): 2
As WM is more of based on the personal preference, please skip this section if you use something different. I use dwm these days, for their simplicity and the ease of use.
Install some X libraries and the stuff, first
air$ sudo pacman -S libxft libxinerama pkg-config
then, clone the latest dwm
air$ git clone http://git.suckless.org/dwm
and make && sudo make install
air$ cd dwm
air$ make && sudo make install
I do the same for st and dmenu from suckless to get X going.
I can't live without this on X
air$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
# Left caps lock to ctrl key.
Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps,altwin:swap_alt_win"
EndSection
At this point, I'm with ttf-freefont, as it's simple and clean, and have
free in the name.
air$ sudo pacman -S ttf-freefont
I don't think I can go back to the old way anymore.
Let's install xinput through pacman
air$ sudo pacman -S xorg-xinput
and then, find the mouse, get the propety number and set
air$ xinput | grep -i mouse
_ _ Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
air$ xinput list-props 12 | grep -i natural
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (283): 0
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (284): 0
air$ xinput set-prop 12 283 1
Let's install synaptics, just for the natural scrolling.
air$ sudo pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics
and put the following file under /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
air$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "PalmDetect" "1"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "-111"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "-111"
EndSection
Here is the one I use for synaptics.
Install acpi ACPI client package to retrieve a current battery life
air$ sudo pacman -S acpi
You can get the current buttery status with acpi -b. I set it up
in .xinitrc to periodically check the status
while true
do
xsetroot -name "$(acpi -b),$(date +%l:%M%P)"
sleep 1m
done &
TLP, Linux Advanced Power Management Tool, for suspend/sleep. I'll come back here, once I explore that. Yep, I just shutdown/start when I'm done. Hey, we're in a SSD era, buddy. :)
Install bluez and bluez-utils as explained in
ArchLinux bluetooth guide.
air$ sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-utils
Now, let's start bluetooth.service through systemctl
air$ sudo systemctl start bluetooth
First of all, let's become lp group so that you can omit
sudo when you run bluetoothctl. Then follow the steps
below to connect your mighty mouse.
air$ bluetoothctl
[NEW] Controller 08:6D:41:BC:2D:1D air [default]
[bluetooth]# power on
[CHG] Controller 08:6D:41:BC:2D:1D Class: 0x10010c
Changing power on succeeded
[CHG] Controller 08:6D:41:BC:2D:1D Powered: yes
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller 08:6D:41:BC:2D:1D Discovering: yes
[NEW] Device 04:4B:ED:D0:66:4F mm2
[bluetooth]# pair 04:4B:ED:D0:66:4F
Attempting to pair with 04:4B:ED:D0:66:4F
[CHG] Device 04:4B:ED:D0:66:4F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:4B:ED:D0:66:4F UUIDs: 00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device 04:4B:ED:D0:66:4F UUIDs: 00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device 04:4B:ED:D0:66:4F Paired: yes
Pairing successful
[mm2]#
Cool! Let's mighty mouse! :)
I'm big fan of surf but am forced to use chromium these days...
Install xorg-xprop, gtk3, and webkit2gtk through pacman
air$ sudo pacman -S xorg-xprop gtk3 webkit2gtk
then, clone the latest surf
air$ git clone http://git.suckless.org/surf
and make && sudo make install
air$ cd surf
air$ make && sudo make install
I'm just lazy that I usually use pacman for chromium
air$ sudo pacman -S chromium
And I usually install Vimium extension for Vim key binding.
There is a native Slack app, slack-desktop on
AUR, but I usually use
normal browser. Both surf as well as chromium work just like a native app.
You can also setup IRC gateway,
so that you can slack through IRC client, e.g. irssi.
Let's install
PulseAudio and
ALSA utils,
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture,
through pacman:
air$ sudo pacman -S pulseaudio alsa-utils
We'll use analog PCH device as a default device, as HDMI device doesn't work somehow.
air$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CS4208 Analog [CS4208 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
I use the ~/.asoundrc file to set the default device, as explained in ArchLinux wiki:
air$ cat ~/.asoundrc
pcm.!default {
type hw
card PCH
}
ctl.!default {
type hw
card PCH
}
Let's check the audio by watching OVN with Kubernetes YouTube video.
You can change the volume mute/unmute through amixer or alsamixer
as explained in ArchLinux wiki:
Unmute the sound
air$ amixer sset Master unmute
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 127
Mono: Playback 104 [82%] [-11.50dB] [on]
and mute the sound!
air$ amixer sset Master mute
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 127
Mono: Playback 104 [82%] [-11.50dB] [off]
As explained in ArchLinux wiki, bcwc_pcie driver is the one to make our Facetime HD up and running. Let's make it work as explained in their wiki.
First, install cpio package through pacman
air$ sudo pacman -S cpio
Now, clone the bcwc_pcie driver package and download the firmware, as explained in their wiki
git clone https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie.git
air$ cd bcwc_pcie/firmware
air$ make
Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio
Downloading the driver, please wait...
Found matching hash from OS X, El Capitan 10.11.3
==> Extracting firmware...
--> Decompressing the firmware using gzip...
--> Deleting temporary files...
--> Extracted firmware version 1.43.0
air$ ls -F
AppleCameraInterface* Makefile debian/ extract-firmware.sh* firmware.bin
Then, install the driver into /usr/lib/firmware with sudo make install
air$ sudo make install
Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
Load the facetimehd with modprobe
air$ sudo depmod
air$ sudo modprobe facetimehd
Now, make && sudo make install under bcwc_pcie directory
air$ cd ..
air$ make && sudo make install
If it's not up and running, do sudo modprobe -r bdc_pci.
Once you make both Audio and Facetime HD up and running, google hangouts are up and running.
Enjoy hangouting!
There is a AUR package. Just
download the snapshot, makepkg -f, and do sudo pacman -U to get zoom
up and running.
But before that, let's resolve the dependency by install those by pacman.
air$ sudo pacman -S xcb-util-image xcb-util-keysyms qt5-webengine gstreamer0.10-base qt5-svg pulseaudio-alsa
air$ tar xvfz zoom.tar.gz
zoom/
zoom/.SRCINFO
zoom/PKGBUILD
makepkg
air$ cd zoom
air$ makepkg -f
and pacman -U
air$ sudo pacman -U zoom-2.0.63547.0830-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
Note that please grab
0830version or above for the screen sharing!
Happy Hacking!