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Partionning with cryptsetup

Encrypting root partition

$ PART="encrypted partition number ie. 2"
$ cryptsetup -y -v luksFormat --type luks1 /dev/nvme0n1p$PART
$ cryptsetup open /dev/nvme0n1p$PART root
$ mkfs.btrfs /dev/mapper/root
$ mount /dev/mapper/root /mnt

Mounting boot :

$ mount --mkdir /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

Installing packages on the device

$ pacstrap -K /mnt base linux-firmware linux amd-ucode patch dkms kmod btrfs-progs grub os-prober ntfs-3g efibootmgr efivar networkmanager iwd nano sudo texinfo man-db man-pages

Preparing for chroot

$ genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
$ arch-chroot /mnt

Chroot in Installed Arch

$ ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Montreal /etc/localtime
$ hwclock --systohc
$ echo matt-laptop > /etc/hostname
$ passwd

Localization

Uncomment ca_FR.UTF-8 en_CA.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 fr_CA.UTF-8 and run

$ locale-gen
$ echo LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
$ echo KEYMAP=ca > /etc/vconsole.conf

Edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf for LUKS

$ sed -i 's/BINARIES=.*/BINARIES=(btrfs)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
...
$ sed -i 's/HOOKS=.*/HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf kms keyboard keymap consolefont block encrypt filesystems fsck)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

then run mkinitpcio -P

Grub install

$ grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=wim --boot-directory=/boot/EFI/wim

Edit /etc/default/grub for LUKS

$ CRYPT="cryptdevice=$(blkid | sed -n 's/.*nvme0n1p'$PART': \(.*\) TYPE.*/\1/p'):root"
$ sed -i 's#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT.*#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet loglevel 3 '$CRYPT' root=/dev/mapper/root"#' /etc/default/grub

make sure the UUID is the actual partition inside the LUKS container and run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/EFI/wim/grub/grub.cfg

we can now reboot to the installed Arch

Inside installed Arch

Configure internet access

$ timedatectl
$ systemctl enable --now NetworkManager systemd-networkd systemd-resolved systemd-timesyncd

$ cat << EOF >> /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/wifi_backend.conf
[device]
wifi.backend=iwd
EOF

$ systemctl restart NetworkManager
$ iwctl device list # check if powered on
$ iwctl station wlan0 scan
$ iwctl station wlan0 get-networks
$ iwctl station wlan0 connect SSID

$ cat << EOF >> /etc/iwd/main.conf
[General]
EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
EOF

Configure systemd-resolved

$ ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
$ sed -i 's/#DNS=.*/DNS=100.64.0.1/' /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
$ sed -i 's/#FallbackDNS=.*/FallbackDNS=1.1.1.1/' /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
$ sed -i 's/#DNSStubListener=.*/DNSStubListener=no/' /etc/systemd/resolved.conf

Configure reflector for mirror management of pacman

$ pacman -Sy reflector
$ nano /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf 
$ systemctl enable --now reflector.timer

User management

$ useradd -m matt -G wheel
$ passwd matt

A lot of packages to install

$ pacman -Sy htop pkgfile mlocate rsync tmux mosh usbutils wget git curl devtools mesa lib32-mesa vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon libva-mesa-driver lib32-libva-mesa-driver mesa-vdpau lib32-mesa-vdpau bash-completion fzf
$ pkgfile --update

Install paru

$ pacman -S --needed git base-devel
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru-git.git
$ cd paru-git
$ makepkg -si

$ sed -i 's/#Color/Color/' /etc/pacman.conf
$ sed -i 's/#IgnorePkg.*/IgnorePkg   = linux-xanmod-anbox linux-xanmod-anbox-headers/' /etc/pacman.conf

$ cat << EOF >> /etc/paru.conf
CombinedUpgrade
BatchInstall
BottomUp
NoWarn = plymouth-theme-arch-elegant
EOF

su matt

Audio

ALSA

$ yay -Sy alsa-utils alsa-firmware sof-firmware alsa-ucm-conf

#unmute speakers
$ amixer sset Master unmute

Pipewire

$ yay -Sy pipewire-audio pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse
$ yay -R pulseaudio-alsa
$ sudo systemctl stop pulseaudio.service
$ systemctl --user enable --now pipewire-pulse.service

Download some apps and extensions

$ yay -Sy dconf-editor evolution gnome-nettool gnome-tweaks gnome-usage gnome-themes-extra adwaita-dark extension-manager libayatana-appindicator tailscale-systray-git galaxybudsclient-bin hplip cups nextcloud-client grub-customizer

Fingerprint Sensor Hack

$ yay -Sy python pam-fprint-grosshack
$ sudo systemctl enable --now fprintd
$ fprintd-enroll

Use the reader

add this to the top of every file in /etc/pam.d/ that you want ie. polkit-1, sudo uwu

auth            sufficient      pam_fprintd_grosshack.so
auth            sufficient      pam_unix.so try_first_pass nullok

OR (for gtklock and check for sddm)

auth      sufficient pam_fprintd.so

Plymouth and Silent Boot

By following the wiki pages on watchdogs, silent booting and Plymouth, I edited my grub config and mkinitcpio, installed and setup Plymouth, to get a satisfying booting experience

$ yay -Sy plymouth-git

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf

$ sudo sed -i 's/MODULES=()/MODULES=(amdgpu)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
$ sudo sed -i 's/#COMPRESSION="lz4"/COMPRESSION="lz4"/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
$ sudo sed -i 's/HOOKS=(.* /HOOKS=(base udev plymouth encrypt autodetect modconf kms keyboard keymap consolefont block filesystems fsck)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
COMPRESSION="lz4"

/etc/default/grub

sudo sed -i 's/quiet loglevel 3/quiet splash loglevel=3 systemd.show_status=auto rd.udev.log_level=3 splash nowatchdog psi=1/' /etc/default/grub

Mute watchdog

$ echo blacklist sp5100_tco | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/disable-sp5100-watchdog.conf

Apply changes Theme

$ git clone https://github.com/murkl/plymouth-theme-arch-elegant.git
$ cd plymouth-theme-arch-elegant/aur
$ makepkg -si
$ sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R arch-elegant
$ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
$ sudo sed -i 's/echo/#ech~o/g' /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Here are some random changes and tweaks

Firefox touchscreen tweak

$ echo MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1 | sudo tee -a /etc/security/pam_env.conf

then logout

More Packages that are most likely needed

run toinstall.sh script
$ sudo reboot

Flatpak

$ flatpak install com.github.iwalton3.jellyfin-media-player com.github.tchx84.Flatseal xournalpp stemlink
$ sudo flatpak override --filesystem=xdg-config/gtk-3.0

Finally, install dotfiles

$ mkdir ~/git && cd ~/git
$ git clone git@git.nelim.org:matt1432/dotfiles.git
$ cd dotfiles
$ bash getenv.sh
$ sudo bash setup.sh
$ sudo bash fzf.sh /usr/share/fzf