nixos-configs/README.md

Lenovo Yoga 6 13ALC7

This repo is a documentation of how I installed Arch and got all the drivers for the Yoga 6, to make it work as if it was native. Since I got the touchpad issues, I'll need this once I get it fixed.

Archinstaller

loadkeys ca

Partionning with cryptsetup

Encrypting root partition

$ cryptsetup -y -v luksFormat --type luks1 /dev/nvme0n1p?
$ cryptsetup open /dev/nvme0n1p? 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 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

BINARIES=(btrfs)
...
HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf kms keyboard keymap consolefont block encrypt filesystems fsck)

then run mkinitpcio -P

Grub install

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

Edit /etc/default/grub for LUKS

cryptdevice=UUID=??????:root root=/dev/mapper/root

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

we can now reboot to the installed Arch

Inside installed Arch

Configure internet access

$ systemctl enable --now iwd systemd-networkd systemd-resolved systemd-timesyncd
$ 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

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

htop
pkgfile
plocate
rsync
tailscale
tmux
usbutils
wget
git
curl
devtools
xorg
xf86-video-amdgpu
mesa
lib32-mesa
vulkan-radeon
lib32-vulkan-radeon
libva-mesa-driver
lib32-libva-mesa-driver
mesa-vdpau
lib32-mesa-vdpau
bash-completion
fzf

Install yay and install tweaked NetworkManager

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

$ sudo sed -i 's/#Color/Color/' /etc/pacman.conf

$ yay -Sy networkmanager-iwd
$ sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager

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
$ systemctl stop pulseaudio.service

Install Gnome

$ yay -Sy baobab cheese eog evince file-roller gdm gnome-backgrounds gnome-calculator gnome-calendar gnome-characters gnome-clocks gnome-color-manager gnome-console gnome-contacts gnome-control-center gnome-disk-utility gnome-font-viewer gnome-keyring gnome-logs gnome-menus gnome-music gnome-photos gnome-remote-desktop gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon gnome-shell gnome-shell-extensions gnome-system-monitor gnome-user-docs gnome-user-share gnome-video-effects grilo-plugins nautilus rygel simple-scan sushi totem tracker3-miners xdg-user-dirs-gtk yelp

Download some apps and extensions

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

## Download extensions and restore from Extensions Sync : 
$ yay -Sy gnome-shell-extension-extensions-sync-git

Build and install my fork of Dash to Panel

$ cd /tmp
$ git clone https://github.com/matt1432/dash-to-panel-touch-fix.git
$ cd dash-to-panel-touch-fix/
$ make install

Enable GDM to launch the Desktop Environment

$ systemctl enable --now gdm

Fingerprint Sensor Hack

Flash firmware

$ yay -Sy python pam-fprint-grosshack
$ cd /tmp
$ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/goodix-fp-linux-dev/goodix-fp-dump.git
$ cd goodix-fp-dump
$ python -m venv .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ sudo python3 run_55b4.py

Install experimental drivers

$ yay -Sy libfprint-goodixtls-55x4 fprintd
$ 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

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 gdm-plymouth plymouth-theme-arch-charge-gdm-spinner

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf

MODULES=(amdgpu)
HOOKS=(base udev plymouth plymouth-encrypt ...)

/etc/default/grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash loglevel=3 systemd.show_status=auto rd.udev.log_level=3 splash vt.global_cursor_default=0 nowatchdog ..."
GRUB_TIMEOUT="1"
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE="hidden"
GRUB_GFXMODE="1920x1200x32"
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER="false"

Mute watchdog

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

Apply changes

$ sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R arch-charge-gdm-spinner
$ 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

AUR Packages that are most likely needed

$ yay -Sy iio-sensor-proxy-git spotify-edge vscodium-bin # yoga-usage-mode-dkms-git ?
$ sudo reboot

Flatpak

$ flatpak install com.unity.UnityHub com.vscodium.codium org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet6 org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.mono6 com.github.iwalton3.jellyfin-media-player com.github.tchx84.Flatseal org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze-Dark ch.openboard.OpenBoard
$ FLATPAK_ENABLE_SDK_EXT=dotnet6,mono6 flatpak run com.vscodium.codium
$ sudo flatpak override --filesystem=xdg-config/gtk-3.0

vscodium on Flatpak

$ CD=$(pwd)
$ mkdir /tmp/host && cd /tmp/host
$ curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/1player/host-spawn/releases \
| grep -m 1 "browser_download_url.*x86_64" \
| cut -d : -f 2,3 \
| tr -d \" \
| wget -qi -
$ mv * host-spawn
$ sudo chmod 755 host-spawn

$ mkdir ~/bin
$ sudo mv host-spawn /home/matt/bin

$ cd $CD
$ cp ../conf/settings.json ~/.var/app/com.vscodium.codium/config/VSCodium/User/
$ sudo ln -s /home/matt/bin/host-spawn /var/lib/flatpak/app/com.vscodium.codium/current/**/files/bin/git-lfs

$ sudo mv /var/lib/flatpak/app/com.vscodium.codium/current/active/export/share/applications/com.vscodium.codium.desktop{,.bak}
$ sudo mv /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/com.vscodium.codium.desktop{,.bak}

Finally, install dotfiles

$ mkdir ~/git && cd ~/git
$ git clone git@git.nelim.org:matt1432/dotfiles.git
$ cd dotfiles
$ sudo bash setup.sh
$ sudo chown matt:matt /home/matt/.env
$ sed -i 's/USER=""/USER="matt"/'
$ sudo bash fzf.sh /usr/share/fzf