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diff --git a/docs/gnulinux/configuring_parabola.md b/docs/gnulinux/configuring_parabola.md index 29dc0243..2aef3624 100644 --- a/docs/gnulinux/configuring_parabola.md +++ b/docs/gnulinux/configuring_parabola.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: Configuring Parabola (post-install) +x-toc-enable: true ... Post-installation configuration steps for Parabola GNU+Linux-libre. @@ -7,38 +8,6 @@ Parabola is extremely flexible; this is just an example. This example uses LXDE because it's lightweight, but we recommend the *MATE* desktop (which is actually about as lightweight as LXDE). -Table of Contents -================= - -- [Configuring pacman](#pacman_configure) - - [Updating Parabola](#pacman_update) - - [Maintaining Parabola during system updates](#pacman_maintain) - - [Clearing package cache after updating](#pacman_cacheclean) - - [Pacman command equivalents (compared to other package - managers)](#pacman_commandequiv) - - [your-freedom](#yourfreedom) - -- [Add a user account](#useradd) -- [System D](#systemd) -- [Interesting repositories](#interesting_repos) -- [Setup a network connection in Parabola](#network) - - [Setting hostname](#network_hostname) - - [Network status](#network_status) - - [Network interface names](#network_devicenames) - - [Network setup](#network_setup) -- [System maintenance](#system_maintain) - important! -- [Configuring the desktop](#desktop) - - [Install Xorg](#desktop_xorg) - - [Xorg keyboard layout](#desktop_kblayout) - - [Install LXDE](#desktop_lxde) - - [LXDE - clock](#lxde_clock) - - [LXDE - font](#lxde_font) - - [LXDE - screenlock](#lxde_screenlock) - - [LXDE - automounting](#lxde_automount) - - [LXDE - disable suspend](#lxde_suspend) - - [LXDE - battery monitor](#lxde_battery) - - [LXDE - network manager](#lxde_network) - While not strictly related to the libreboot project, this guide is intended to be useful for those interested in installing Parabola on their libreboot system. @@ -86,9 +55,13 @@ careful about this when reading anything on the Arch wiki. Some of these steps require internet access. I'll go into networking later but for now, I just connected my system to a switch and did: + # systemctl start dhcpcd.service + You can stop it later by running: + # systemctl stop dhcpcd.service\ + For most people this should be enough, but if you don't have DHCP on your network then you should setup your network connection first:\ [Setup network connection in Parabola](#network) @@ -114,6 +87,7 @@ In the end, I didn't change my configuration for pacman. When you are updating, resync with the latest package names/versions: # pacman -Syy + (according to the wiki, -Syy is better than Sy because it refreshes the package list even if it appears to be up to date, which can be useful when switching to another mirror).\ @@ -190,6 +164,7 @@ The wiki also mentions this method for removing everything from the cache, including currently installed packages that are cached: # pacman -Scc + This is inadvisable, since it means re-downloading the package again if you wanted to quickly re-install it. This should only be used when disk space is at a premium. @@ -227,6 +202,7 @@ Read the entire document linked to above, and then continue. Add your user: # useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash *yourusername* + Set a password: # passwd *yourusername* @@ -254,6 +230,7 @@ supplier) to use systemd. The manpage should also help: # man systemd + The section on 'unit types' is especially useful. According to the wiki, systemd 'journal' keeps logs of a size up to @@ -287,9 +264,11 @@ Finally, the wiki mentions 'temporary' files and the utility for managing them. # man systemd-tmpfiles + The command for 'clean' is: # systemd-tmpfiles --clean + According to the manpage, this *"cleans all files and directories with an age parameter"*. According to the Arch wiki, this reads information in /etc/tmpfiles.d/ and /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ to know what actions to @@ -301,6 +280,7 @@ However, /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ contained some files. The first one was etc.conf, containing information and a reference to this manpage: # man tmpfiles.d + Read that manpage, and then continue studying all the files. The systemd developers tell me that it isn't usually necessary to touch @@ -343,6 +323,7 @@ when installing Parabola. You can also do it with systemd (do so now, if you like): # hostnamectl set-hostname *yourhostname* + This writes the specified hostname to /etc/hostname. More information can be found in these manpages: @@ -430,6 +411,7 @@ non-free firmware inside, but it's transparent to you but the smart data comes from it. Therefore, don't rely on it too much): # pacman -S smartmontools + Read <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/S.M.A.R.T.> to learn how to use it. @@ -449,6 +431,7 @@ Based on <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg>. Firstly, install it! # pacman -S xorg-server + I also recommend installing this (contains lots of useful tools, including *xrandr*): @@ -458,9 +441,11 @@ Install the driver. For me this was *xf86-video-intel* on the ThinkPad X60. T60 and macbook11/21 should be the same. # pacman -S xf86-video-intel + For other systems you can try: # pacman -Ss xf86-video- | less + Combined with looking at your *lspci* output, you can determine which driver is needed. By default, Xorg will revert to xf86-video-vesa which is a generic driver and doesn't provide true hardware acceleration. @@ -566,6 +551,7 @@ I also like to install these: Enable LXDM (the default display manager, providing a graphical login): # systemctl enable lxdm.service + It will start when you boot up the system. To start it now, do: # systemctl start lxdm.service @@ -576,17 +562,20 @@ start lxde without lxdm. Read <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc>. Open LXterminal: + $ cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc \~ + Open .xinitrc and add the following plus a line break at the bottom of the file.\ *\# Probably not needed. The same locale info that we set before\ \# Based on advice from the LXDE wiki export LC\_ALL=en\_GB.UTF-8\ export LANGUAGE=en\_GB.UTF-8\ export LANG=en\_GB.UTF-8\ -\ + \# Start lxde desktop\ exec startlxde\ * Now make sure that it is executable: + $ chmod +x .xinitrc ### LXDE - clock {#lxde_clock} @@ -643,6 +632,7 @@ Install Network Manager: You will also want the graphical applet: # pacman -S network-manager-applet + Arch wiki says that an autostart rule will be written at */etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop* @@ -657,6 +647,7 @@ LXDE uses openbox, so I refer to:\ It tells me for the applet I need: # pacman -S xfce4-notifyd gnome-icon-theme + Also, for storing authentication details (wifi) I need: # pacman -S gnome-keyring @@ -665,6 +656,7 @@ I wanted to quickly enable networkmanager: # systemctl stop dhcpcd # systemctl start NetworkManager + Enable NetworkManager at boot time: # systemctl enable NetworkManager @@ -677,8 +669,6 @@ theme, in *lxappearance*. Copyright © 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>\ - - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation |