From b58b66e83e4c13616005d7de01662ec640b6e1f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Inga Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 22:29:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Description for the stuff done last evening --- README.md | 127 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 127 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1617c80..7a12ec0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +--- +gitea: none +include_toc: true +--- + # linux-on-desktop My journey to get Alpine + Wayland + River to work on ThinkPad T14 G3 AMD @@ -46,6 +51,34 @@ XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp river You should see the blue screen of river. Try to open terminal with Win+Shift+Enter. Try to exit with Win+Shift+E. +### Login manager + +To enter username/password in GUI, get to river after that, and get back to logon screen after exiting river: + +``` +doas apk add elogind polkit-elogind +doas rc-update add elogind +doas rc-service elogind start +doas apk add greetd greetd-gtkgreet cage +doasaddgroup greetd video +doas rc-update add greetd +``` + +change `/etc/greetd/config.toml` + +``` +command = "cage -s -- gtkgreet" +``` + +and create `/etc/greetd/environments` with a single line `river` + +and reboot. + +I didn't find a way to make cage+gtkgreet handle HiDPI, the text is very tiny. + +An alternative is agreety, but for some reason it seems that both greeter and standard linux login prompt +run at the same time on the same terminal, making it impossible to actually login. + ### Installing Waybar ``` @@ -59,8 +92,87 @@ and add startup section at the end of river init file (`~/.config/river/init`): riverctl spawn "waybar" ``` +### HiDPI + +``` +doas apk add kanshi +mkdir .config/kanshi +``` + +and create `.config/kanshi/config` with the following: +``` +profile { + output eDP-1 enable scale 2.5 +} +``` + +(`eDP-1` identifier was obtained by installing sway, running sway (by adding it to `/etc/greetd/environments`, +and in terminal inside sway executing `swaymsg -t get_outputs`). + +#### HiDPI - cursors + +And in order to have decently sized mouse cursors instead of the tiniest ones, add the following line to the top of `.config/river/init`: + +``` +riverctl xcursor-theme Adwaita 24 +``` + +This will only affect river itself, the cursor will stay tiny in waybar and firefox and maybe other applications. To solve this: +``` +doas apk add gsettings-desktop-schemas +gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme 'Adwaita' +``` + +## Other software + +### Environment + +In order to not have to create wrapper scripts for all apps: + +Create `/usr/local/bin/inga-river` (and later `chmod +x /usr/local/bin/inga-river`) with the following (found in google): + +``` +#!/bin/sh + +export GDK_BACKEND=wayland,x11 +export MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 +export CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland +export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland-egl +export ECORE_EVAS_ENGINE=wayland-egl +export ELM_ENGINE=wayland_egl +export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland +export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 +export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1 +export BEMENU_BACKEND=wayland + +river $@ +``` + +and replace `river` with `inga-river` in `/etc/greetd/environments`. + +### Clipboard? + +### Firefox + +``` +doas apk add firefox +firefox +``` +go to `about:support` and make sure that Window Protocol is wayland, not xwayland. +(it should be wayland because MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND is set to 1 by inga-river) + ## Hardware +### Sleep + +Laptop goes to sleep after some idle period. When it wakes up, the root fs is readonly, meaning that I have to restart the laptop. + +### WiFi + +At the moment Linux kernel does not support TODO Qualcomm WiFi module installed in this laptop. + +Otherwise, alpine wiki describes how to configure WiFi using `iwd`. + ### Backlight ``` @@ -78,6 +190,21 @@ doas rc-service udev restart ``` Backlight control with Fn+F5/F6 should work now. +(`amdgpu_bl0` is specific for this laptop; value for others can be obtained from `/sys/class/backlight/`) + +### Trackpoint + +``` +find /sys/devices/platform/i8042/ -name name | xargs grep -Fl TrackPoint +``` +to find which serio corresponds to trackpoint, then +``` +echo 70 | doas tee /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/sensitivity +``` +for reasonably low sensitivity (does not persist). + +TODO + ### Sound ```