Laptop
HP Laptop 15-fd0741TU 15.6" Full HD Laptop (Intel Core i5)[256GB]
TODO
sudo pacman -S sof-firmware alsa-ucm-conf
Basic Install[edit | edit source]
fish vim neovim python-pynvim git ripgrep fd ntpd openssh uptimed 7zip networkmanager btrfs-progs
systemctl enable networkmanager
xorg-server xorg-apps xorg-xinit lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter mesa lib32-vulkan-intel vulkan-intel picom sof-firmware pipewire pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse wireplumber pavucontrol vlc vlc-plugins-all mpv deluge-gtk dolphin gedit feh eog skim network-manager-applet libinput evtest brightnessctl keepassxc htop btop deskflow cbatticon gparted bluez bluez-utils
systemctl enable ntpd
systemctl enable sshd
systemctl enable uptimed
systemctl enable lightdm
systemctl enable bluetooth
Add user account[edit | edit source]
Add use to groups: wheel video
Install AUR packages[edit | edit source]
Install yay/paru
aur/brave-bin
Uncomment multilib in /etc/pacman.conf to install steam
aur/steam
Stop Arch locking out user accounts.[edit | edit source]
Edit /etc/security/faillock.conf and ensure that "deny = 0" is set.
Enable tap to click on the touchpad.[edit | edit source]
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on"
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on"
Option "CircularScrolling" "off"
#Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "40"
Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinW" "8"
Option "CoastingSpeed" "0"
Option "FingerLow" "35"
Option "FingerHigh" "40"
EndSection
Swap file[edit | edit source]
btrfs subvolume create /swap
btrfs filesystem mkswapfile --size 16g --uuid clear /swap/swapfile
Add to /etc/fstab:
/swap/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0
TODO[edit | edit source]
Power button: acpid, kernel param?
Mount points
volume buttons
brightness
Can't see battery in awesome