arch-system-hyprland/original_docs/arch_notes.md

[deprecated] general info: install blender after freecad, because at first install, blender was first installed and when installing freecad, there was a conflict between hdf5 and hdf5-openmpi. (this is probably not mandatory anymore).

AppImage/Manual: process: copy program files, then icons and .desktop files for manually installed apps. copy appimages to /opt/softwarename

These files usually reside in /usr/share/applications/ or /usr/local/share/applications/ for applications installed system-wide, or ~/.local/share/applications/ for user-specific applications. User entries take precedence over system entries.

Bespoke Meshlab Agisoft Metashape + Crack (runs like portable app, put whole folder in /opt) gnome astra monitor shell extension - https://www.debugpoint.com/manual-installation-gnome-extension/ - then, run glib-compile-schemas ./schemas inside the extension dir gnome own smarthome plugin - copy smarthomebar@tobiashuttinger.de to /home/tobias/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/r openframeworks - tar -xf of_v0.12.0_linux64gcc6_release.tar.gz - sudo run both scripts from unpacked archive: scripts/linux/archlinux/ - ensure that all pacman packages installed there are avail. offline - install custom glfw-git from AUR, change in PKGBUILD: - line 44, set DGLFW_BUILD_WAYLAND=OFF, otherwise of doesnt show window - mkdir ~/ofx && cp -r of_v0.12.0_linux64gcc6_release ~/ofx/ - cd into the new dir under ~/ofx/, run - scripts/linux/compileOF.sh -j8 - scripts/linux/compilePG.sh -j8 - say yes to install the projectGenerator, then add export PG_OF_PATH=/home/tobias/ofx/of_v0.12.0_linux64gcc6_release to ~/.profile manually - optional: scripts/linux/buildAllExamples.sh -j8 - rm example debug files find ./examples -wholename "*bin/*_debug" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 /bin/rm -f - the of dir must reside in the user folder because of permissions in /opt. copying to opt would work, but every time a new addon gets used by a project (the standard ones in /addons) new obj files are created in the ofx folder, which fails because users shall not have write perms in opt, so every make would have to be run as root at least once.. not a good solution.

create webapps with webapp-manager manually install firefox extensions manually

AUR: gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell gnome-shell-extension-tilingshell gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-dock gnome-shell-extension-appindicator whitesur-icon-theme inter-font apple-fonts ttf-ms-win11-auto davfs2 roomeqwizard davinci-resolve-studio bitwig-studio spotify cura-bin processing-bin lunacy-bin joplin-desktop (3.0.14) fontbase obs-studio-liberty (includes browser) ndi-sdk ffmpeg7.1 distroav localsend-bin webapp-manager vcvrack open-stage-control python-rtmidi (pacman) freeshow-bin python310 sdrangel-bin rtl_433 scope-tui uxplay fswebcam arduino-ide-bin (package from extra hangs) ferdium binaryninja-free feishin-bin puddletag onlyoffice-bin posting rapidraw logiops (for logitech mice) opensoundmeter-jack openmeters

Repos:

zsh zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions vim neovim firefox vlc vlc-plugins-all sonic-visualiser gimp inkscape python-tinycss2 (curr. needed for eps import) krita mixxx freecad blender element-desktop code libreoffice-fresh tenacity thunderbird remmina libvncserver freerdp reaper keepassxc kicad prusa-slicer dconf-editor kismet darktable gnome-calendar gnome-contacts evolution evolution-ews gnome-maps qemu-full qemu-img libvirt virt-install virt-manager virt-viewer edk2-ovmf swtpm guestfs-tools libosinfo wine-staging wine-mono wine-gecko supercollider puredata musescore pipewire-zeroconf (autodiscover airplay targets) pipewire-roc qpwgraph sqlitebrowser netcat (choose openbsd version for v6 support) linssid yabridge arduino-cli ghidra rpi-imager foliate cups kid3-common kdenlive godot socat cdrkit solaar (logitech mice) v4l2loopback-dkms (video loopback needed for obs virt webcam) nvtop

sudo pacman -Sy tmux inetutils moreutils findutils wget curl httpie htop iotop sysstat iftop nethogs bmon nmap wireshark-cli wireshark-qt iperf rclone rsync p7zip hexedit go rust nodejs ffmpeg libusb mediainfo cmake perl-image-exiftool ninja yt-dlp ncdu mpv openssl libimobiledevice  mitmproxy monolith chromium shairport-sync docker docker-compose docker-buildx wireguard-tools gnutls

Hardware-dependant graphics libs: AMD: mesa lib32-mesa vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon (libva-mesa-driver (for video enc/dec accel)) -> not needed anymore, was merged with main mesa package libva-utils (check if vaapi is enabled on system) gst-plugin-va (gstreamer vaapi libs) rocm-hip-runtime (amds rocm hip libraries) rocm-opencl-runtime (opencl support)

If using hyprland as main desktop: disable gnome display manager

systemctl set-default multi-user.target

Then, add to ~/.zprofile:

if [[ -z $WAYLAND_DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR == 1 && $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]]; then
  exec ~/scripts/start_hyprland.sh
fi

and copy the scripts start_hyprland.sh, display_sleep.sh and set_gamma folder to ~/scripts/

To enable autologin:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d

Create /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/autologin.conf with:

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin tobias --noclear %I $TERM

Then:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart getty@tty1

Settings:

If system is a desktop: add dir/file:

/etc/systemd/sleep.conf.d/disable-sleep.conf

With content:

[Sleep]
AllowSuspend=no
AllowHibernation=no
AllowHybridSleep=no
AllowSuspendThenHibernate=no

activate iommu in kernel: append to /etc/kernel/cmdline:

intel_iommu=on iommu=pt

then regenerate boot entries and initrds: sudo reinstall-kernels

import gnome settings

experimental features in gnome 47 (also included in dconf settings, just for completeness):

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']"
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features '["scale-monitor-framebuffer", "xwayland-native-scaling"]'

copy nautilus bookmarks bar file: ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks

copy xdg mime associations file: ~/.config/mimeapps.list

install monitor color profiles

install blender addons

Enable services: bluetooth service

Copy ~/.profile (for env vars that are not shell related)

Copy ~/.zshrc and make zsh the default shell with chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh

Configure shairport-sync - copy shairport config file /etc/shairport-sync.conf - copy systemd user service file: /home/tobias/.config/systemd/user/shairport-sync.service - enable service systemctl --user enable shairport-sync.service

Configure joplin - copy joplin.desktop from /usr/share/applications to ~/.local/share/applications - change Exec line in joplin.desktop: Exec=env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME /usr/bin/joplin-desktop --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland --enable-wayland-ime - The env XDG... is needed for non-gnome envs like hyprland because when set to sth else, joplin takes more startup time when probing what portal is used... - Add line: StartupWMClass=@joplin/app-desktop - copy settings json and userchrome.css - then, copy joplin start helper script joplin.sh to ~/scripts/

Configure vscode - install extensions - copy settings file - copy keybindings file - copy .desktop file from /usr/share/applications/code.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications - replace the line StartupWMClass=Code with StartupWMClass=code-url-handler

Create ./config/electron-flags.conf and ./config/code-flags.conf with contents:

--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform
--ozone-platform=wayland
--enable-wayland-ime

configure obs-ndi: ndi-sdk from AUR installs v6 into /usr/lib. obs-ndi however expects v5. solution: symlink it: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libndi.so.6 /usr/local/lib/libndi.so.5 Because a ndi sdk version requires specific versions of ffmpeg (v6.1.1 >= ffmpeg 7, but NOT 8, that doesnt work), pin the ffmpeg package in pacman to stay at the current version and only update ffmpeg if its safe that ndi sdk works with it. strings /usr/lib/libndi.so.5.6.1 | grep 'libav'. The version numbers of libavcodec and libavutil are important; those are provided by ffmpeg.

configure v4l2loopback kernel module /etc/modprobe.d/v4l2loopback.conf:

options v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=10 card_label="Virtual Cam" exclusive_caps=1

then:

echo v4l2loopback | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/v4l2loopback.conf

configure fontbase: apply fontbase crack create symlink to fonts folder - change source path accordingly: ln -s /mnt/nase.meow/Data/Gfxres/fonts ~/FontBase/fonts

• apply bitwig crack
• for all bitwig versions before 5.3.9, theres a bug in bitwig with newer vulkan libs that prevent bitwig from starting. to fix: copy /opt/vulkan-icd-loader-1.4.309.0 copy ~/.local/share/applications/com.bitwig.BitwigStudio.desktop (env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/vulkan-icd-loader-1.4.309.0 was prepended to the Eexc command there)

apply resolve crack

create webapps manually for now with webapp-manager

Set default file browser to nautilus:

xdg-mime default org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop inode/directory

Otherwise any app that has the mimetype inode/directory specified in its .desktop file will probably become default (easytag in this case)

• mount net shares and ramdisk on boot/login
  • mkdir /mnt/nase.meow
  • mkdir /mnt/files.70b1.de
  • mkdir /mnt/ramdisk
  • put credentials file /etc/nase.meow.credentials and /etc/davfs2/secrets

  chmod 600 /etc/davfs2/secrets
  chown root:root /etc/davfs2/secrets
  chmod 600 /etc/nase.meow.credentials
  chown root:root /etc/nase.meow.credentials
  

  • create systemd services that wait until shares are reachable
    • /etc/systemd/system/files.70b1.de-ready.service
    • /etc/systemd/system/nase.meow-ready.service
    • enable those services with systemctl enable
  • make entries in fstab

copy /etc/gdm/custom.conf for autologin settings, disable autologin because otherweise gnome keyring asks for password twice

copy gnome online accounts config to ~/.config/goa-1.0/accounts.conf. might not work because other things are stored elsewhere...

configure firefox

• sane user.prefs, also change apz.gtk.pangesture.page_delta_mode_multiplier to 0.2 apz.gtk.pangesture.pixel_delta_mode_multiplier to 10 for slow trackpad scrolling

• to enable ffmpeg vaapi video decode hw accel, set: media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled to true

• configure kvm enable libvirt daemons

for drv in qemu interface network nodedev nwfilter secret storage; do
    sudo systemctl enable virt${drv}d.service;
    sudo systemctl enable virt${drv}d{,-ro,-admin}.socket;
done

• configure kvm networking qemu bridge networking

Configure wine - run winecfg - installed samba package for ntlm_auth binary - installed winetricks d3dx9 winetricks d3dx11_43 winetricks vcrun2022 winetricks corefonts - installed dxvk-bin from AUR (directx 9/10/11 vulkan layers) - activated for current wine env with setup_dxvk install - installed vkd3d-proton-bin from AUR (directx 12 vulkan layer) - activated for current wine env with setup_vkd3d_proton install - necessary for some VST setups: winetricks vcrun6sp6

configure localsend - localsend stores its generated priv/pub ssl keys in the config file, in the json key flutter.ls_security_context. strip this key completely when archiving the file for setup. they get generated if this key is missing. location: .local/share/org.localsend.localsend_app/shared_preferences.json

autostarting gui apps is best done via gnome autostart functionality, because systemd user units dont wait until display is ready - remove anything thats already in ~/.config/autostart/ - copy localsend.desktop

vcvrack: - untar and copy rack appdata folder to ./local/share

arduino config and libraries: - extract arduino15.tar.gz and copy to ~/.arduino15 - extract arduino.tar.gz and copy to ~/Arduino

processing config and libraries: - copy ~/.config/processing/preferences.txt - extract libraries.tar.gz and copy to ~/sketchbook/libraries

open stage control: - its installed in /opt/open-stage-control but no desktop file or symlink is created - create symlink: sudo ln -s /opt/open-stage-control/open-stage-control /usr/local/bin - create desktop file with icon

Configure VLC - copy ~/.config/vlc/vlcrc

Configure mpv: - copy ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf

Pipewire Roc sinks:

1. Install pipewire roc module

pacman -S pipewire-roc

2. Ensure that you have pipewire configuration directory:

mkdir -p ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d

3. Create ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/roc-sink.conf and add the following:

context.modules = [
  {   name = libpipewire-module-roc-sink
      args = {
          fec.code = rs8m
          remote.ip = <IP>
          remote.source.port = 10001
          remote.repair.port = 10002
          sink.name = "Studio Raspi"
          sink.props = {
             node.name = "studio-raspi-roc-sink"
             node.description = "Studio Raspi"
          }
      }
  }
]

Here, <IP> is the IP address of the Roc receiver. After that, the sink should be available. https://docs.pipewire.org/page_module_roc_source.html

Pipewire airplay zeroconf: Create file ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/raop-discover.conf with content:

context.modules = [
   {
       name = libpipewire-module-raop-discover
       args = { }
   }
]

Pipewire RME Fireface conf with virtual sink: Follow this Pipewire Wireplumber Config for Pro Audio

configure ferdium remove from gnome (xdg) autostart

rm ~/.config/autostart/ferdium.desktop

configure cups

sudo systemctl enable cups.socket
sudo systemctl start cups.socket

Only cups.socket is enabled and started, this way, cups only runs when an application wants to use it.

Logitech mice: configure logiops Create a udev rule with a file under: /etc/udev/rules.d/90-logid-start-restart.rules:

# Logitech via USB receiver
ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", \
  RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl restart --no-block logid.service"

# Logitech via Bluetooth (BlueZ UHID path 0005:046D:...)
ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", KERNELS=="0005:046D:*", \
  RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl restart --no-block logid.service"

See this issue why: https://github.com/PixlOne/logiops/issues/279#issuecomment-1192737809

then, create config file: /etc/logid.cfg Hint: When connected through Bolt receiver, MX Anywhere 3S shows up as "MX Anywhere 3"

devices: (
{
    name: "MX Anywhere 3";
    smartshift:
    {
        on: false;
        threshold: 15;
        torque: 50;
    };
    hiresscroll:
    {
        hires: false;
        invert: false;
        target: false;
    };
    dpi: 1000;

}
);

enable system service

sudo systemctl enable logiops
sudo systemctl start logiops

currently under gnome wayland, smooth scrolling doesnt work (wheel speed way too high, cant be adjusted via libinput)

configure keepassxc copy ~/.config/keepassxc/keepassxc.ini

For amggpu performance control, create the file /usr/local/bin/gpuprofile.sh:

#!/bin/zsh
echo "high" | tee /sys/class/drm/card1/device/power_dpm_force_performance_level

Setting perf level to high fixes memclock to 100% which increases idle power draw to around 20W, but fixes stuttering. Then, add a systemd service /etc/systemd/system/gpuprofile.service:

[Unit]
Description=Increase GPU core and memory clocks
After=multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gpuprofile.sh
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

For amdgpu rx 6600 fan control, create the file /usr/local/bin/amdgpu-fancontrol.sh:

#!/bin/sh
# ---------------- CONFIG ----------------
# Temperature threshold in millidegrees Celsius
# 55000 = 55°C
TEMP_THRESHOLD=55000

# PWM values (0–255)
PWM_IDLE=25      # fan speed below threshold 
PWM_HOT=90      # fan speed above threshold 

# Path root
HWMON_ROOT="/sys/class/drm/card1/device/hwmon"
# ---------------------------------------

# Find hwmon
HWMON="$(ls -d $HWMON_ROOT/hwmon* 2>/dev/null | head -n1)"
[ -z "$HWMON" ] && exit 0

TEMP_FILE="$HWMON/temp1_input"
PWM_ENABLE="$HWMON/pwm1_enable"
PWM_FILE="$HWMON/pwm1"

# Enable manual fan control (always)
echo 1 > "$PWM_ENABLE"

# Read temperature
TEMP="$(cat "$TEMP_FILE")"

# Decide PWM
if [ "$TEMP" -ge "$TEMP_THRESHOLD" ]; then
    PWM="$PWM_HOT"
else
    PWM="$PWM_IDLE"
fi

# Always write PWM
echo "$PWM" > "$PWM_FILE"

exit 0

Change the path root (card1) according to where the gpu is registered on the system. Then, make it executable: sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/amdgpu-fancontrol.sh

Then, create a systemd service under /etc/systemd/system/amdgpu-fancontrol.service:

[Unit]
Description=AMDGPU fan control
After=multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/amdgpu-fancontrol.sh

Then, create a systemd timer under /etc/systemd/system/amdgpu-fancontrol.timer:

[Unit]
Description=Run AMDGPU fan control periodically

[Timer]
OnBootSec=20s
OnUnitActiveSec=20s

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Then, activate timer:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now amdgpu-fancontrol.timer