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====== Overview ======
I "enhanced" my Dell Precision T3400 with an additional graphic card and setup a raid 0 on 2 disks

Here's the output of lspci
<code bash>
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express DRAM Controller
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Primary PCI Express Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Secondary PCI Express Bridge
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 11c0 (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0e0b (rev a1)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G80 [Quadro FX 4600] (rev a2)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
</code>

Here's the output of lsusb
<code bash>
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0607 Genesys Logic, Inc. Logitech G110 Hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0718:0146 Imation Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 06a3:0cd0 Saitek PLC 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c228 Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c229 Logitech, Inc.
</code>

Here's the output of cpuinfo
<code bash>

</code>
====== Partition table ======
^Disk^Partition^Name^Label^Size^Format^Comment^
|raid0|Volume1p0|?|?|?|NTFS|C:\|
|raid0|Volume1p1|?|LINUX|?|ext4|/|
|raid0|Volume1p2|?|?|?|?|?|
|raid0|Volume1p3|?|?|?|?|?|
|raid0|Volume1p4|?|?|?|?|?|
|raid0|Volume1p5|?|SWAP|?|swap|swap|
|raid0|Volume1p6|?|HOME|?|ext4|/home partition|

====== Base install ======
===== References =====
  * [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide|Installation guide]]
===== First install =====
Boot on the USB stick / CD  - the isos are taken from here -> https://www.archlinux.org/download/ take the mirror closest to you and select the netinstall ISO
===== boot =====
On Dell's BIOS you have to press [F12] to boot from a different device.\\
:!: Since double wankers have time to spare to code drivers and oblige people to use it, you have to put "nomodeset" on the boot commandline otherwise nouveau will crash the boot! Sorry to have 2 graphic cards and 3 screens ... 
===== Basic =====
===== Remote access =====
Let's launch the network + sshd so we can copy paste some nice commands right from an already installed machine
<code bash>
ip addr show
</code>
Start sshd
<code bash>
systemctl start sshd
</code>
I hate systemd right from this line ... !\\
Set a root password
<code bash>
passwd
</code>
===== Raid =====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_with_Fake_RAID]]\\
And yet another enhancement ... raid doesn't work by default anymore :-x \\
<code bash>
ls -al /dev/mapper
arch_root-image@  control
</code>
empty...\\
test
<code bash>dmraid -r
/dev/sdb: isw, "isw_dbdeeiadjh", GROUP, ok, 976773165 sectors, data@ 0
/dev/sda: isw, "isw_dbdeeiadjh", GROUP, ok, 976773165 sectors, data@ 0
</code>
Recognized ...\\
Try to start it:
<code bash>dmraid -ay
RAID set "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume0" was not activated
RAID set "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1" was not activated
ERROR: device "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume0" could not be found
ERROR: device "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1" could not be found
</code>
Perfect ... \\
Output of dmesg:
<code bash>
[  209.459439] device-mapper: table: 254:1: striped: Couldn't parse stripe destination
[  209.459525] device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
[  209.459967] device-mapper: table: 254:1: striped: Couldn't parse stripe destination
[  209.460063] device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
</code>
Impressive... \\
In order to make the raid work and be recognize:
<code bash>
ls -l /dev/md                                                                     
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  8 May 29 10:39 imsm0 -> ../md127
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  8 May 29 10:39 Volume0_0 -> ../md125
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 29 10:39 Volume0_0p1 -> ../md125p1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 29 10:39 Volume0_0p2 -> ../md125p2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  8 May 29 10:39 Volume1_0 -> ../md126
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 29 10:39 Volume1_0p1 -> ../md126p1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 29 10:39 Volume1_0p2 -> ../md126p2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 29 10:39 Volume1_0p5 -> ../md126p5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 29 10:39 Volume1_0p6 -> ../md126p6
</code>
You'll find all mdXXX device created by who knows what AND fucking up the fakeraid (why does my intuition turns to shit systemd???)\\
Stop this madness:
<code bash>
mdadm -S /dev/mdXXX
</code>
Replace XXX by the values ... in this example: md126/125/127 ... \\
Then suddenly
<code bash>
dmraid -ay
RAID set "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume0" was activated
RAID set "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1" was activated
device "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume0" is now registered with dmeventd for monitoring
device "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1" is now registered with dmeventd for monitoring
RAID set "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume0p1" was activated
RAID set "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume0p2" was activated
RAID set "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p1" was activated
RAID set "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p5" was activated
RAID set "isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p6" was activated
</code>
Amazing! and GG!
===== Formatting =====
Let's format all these partitions in ext4 format.
<code bash>
mkfs.ext4 -L LINUX /dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p1
mkfs.ext4 -L HOME /dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p6
mkswap -L SWAP /dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p5
</code>

===== Mount them =====
Mounting and creating mount points:
<code bash>
mount /dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p1 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p6 /mnt/home
swapon /dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p5
</code>
Check
<code bash>
mount
</code>
===== Base system =====
I'll then install base packages plus base-devel packages
<code bash>
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
</code>
===== Fstab =====
  * generate fstab
<code bash>genfstab -L -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
</code>
Yes I use Labels, UUID sucks
  * check fstab
<code>
#                                         
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system> <dir>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# /dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p1 UUID=2141c0d6-1804-4cb0-ac76-661a6cad6f90
LABEL=LINUX             /               ext4            rw,relatime,stripe=64,data=ordered      0 1
[Fstab] 
# /dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p6 UUID=b8a60d67-40da-41e6-94e9-28af9e55a592
LABEL=HOME              /home           ext4            rw,relatime,data=ordered        0 2
       
# /dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p5 UUID=369d66b4-d45a-4ded-a29c-7817e2ece675
LABEL=SWAP              none            swap            defaults        0 0

</code>
===== Bootloader =====
I use Syslinux since it does its job well! [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux|Syslinux]]
<code bash>
pacstrap /mnt syslinux
</code>
====== Configuration ======
===== Environment =====
Let's go to our new system!
<code bash>arch-chroot /mnt </code>
  * /etc/hostname
<code bash> echo c3n0t4f > /etc/hostname </code>
  * /etc/locale.gen
I'll use en_US.utf-8/iso8859 so uncomment:
<code>
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_US ISO-8859-1
</code>
The generate locales
<code bash> locale-gen </code>
  * /etc/locale.conf [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale|Locale]]
<code bash>
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"

# Keep the default sort order (e.g. files starting with a '.'
# should appear at the start of a directory listing.)
LC_COLLATE="C"
</code>
  * /etc/vconsole.conf 
Default keyboard in console (US variant international ... with a different mapping than on X11! Well done)
<code bash>echo "KEYMAP=us-acentos" > /etc/vconsole.conf</code>
  * /etc/localtime
<code bash>ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime</code>
  * /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
Add:
<code>
[...]
MODULES="dm_mod"
[...]
HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block dmraid filesystems keyboard fsck"
</code>
reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_with_Fake_RAID#Install_and_configure_Arch]]
Build the images ...
<code bash>mkinitcpio -p linux</code>
  * /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
Changed sda3 by the almighty name of the raid ... + uncommented windows part

Then the magic:
<code bash> /usr/sbin/syslinux-install_update -i -a -m</code>
I get some funny nice message:
<code>
Syslinux install successful
Boot Flag Set - /dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1p1
ABORT! MBR installation to partition (/dev/mapper/isw_dbdeeiadjh_Volume1)!
</code>
Successful and ABORT at the same time! GG again!
  * root password
<code bash>passwd</code>
===== Reboot=====
==== Umount stuff cleanly ====
First use Ctrl+D to escape from the chroot\\
then:
<code bash>umount /mnt/var /mnt/home /mnt</code>
Now is the time to light a candle and type
<code bash>reboot</code>
===== Pimping up shit created by systemd =====
So, happily you used to refer to your network card as eth0? Forget it! Now huge brains have decided for you, even if you don't have any issue that the notation will change! Great ... so my eth0 is called ... wait for it: enp0s25 perfect. So let's remove that shit! (wlan0 is called wlp3s0 by the way - unfortunately, so far they didn't change the lo interface \o/ it's called ... lo ... what a lack of imagination!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
<code bash>ln -s /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules</code>
Reboot! Yeah you know just like on Windows©
===== Network =====
==== Dhcpcd for eth 0 ====
Once you have back a proper name for you interfaces ... 
<code bash> systemctl enable dhcpcd@eth0 </code>
And then it slows down your boot! Isn't that nice? Well coded.\\
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_Network|Network]]
==== Netctl for wifi ====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netctl]]
<code bash>
pacman -S netctl wpa_supplicant
</code>
<code bash>
cd /etc/netctl/examples/
</code>
Copy on of the example regarding the type of network you want to access:
<code bash>cp wireless-wpa-configsection ../university</code>
Edit the file with proper settings (SSID / user ... )
<code bash>cd /etc/netctl
vi university
</code>
I don't use auto-wifi service I start it when needed:
<code bash>netctl start university</code>

===== SSHd =====
Access remotely:
<code bash> pacman -Sy openssh </code>
Enable it at boot
===== User =====
<code bash>
useradd -g users -m -s /bin/bash warnaud
passwd warnaud
</code>
===== Fix VI/VIM =====
<code bash>
# ls -altrh `which vi`
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2 Nov 16 18:34 /usr/bin/vi -> ex
</code>
Prefer vim?
<code bash>
pacman -S vim
rm /usr/bin/vi &&  ln -s /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vi
</code>
===== GPM =====
Since gpm is a dependency of vim let's use it!
<code bash>
systemctl enable gpm
systemctl start gpm
</code>
===== Xorg / XDM =====
==== Xorg ====

Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg|Xorg]] & [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel|Intel]]
Install all those packages ...
<code bash>
# pacman -S xorg-server xorg-apps xorg-fonts xorg-fonts-100dpi xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-twm xorg-xclock xorg-xinit xorg-xdm xterm xf86-video-intel xorg-xmessage xorg-xcalc xorg-xfontsel xorg-utils
</code>
Reply to questions:
<code bash>
:: There are 37 members in group xorg-apps:
:: Repository extra
   1) xorg-bdftopcf  2) xorg-iceauth  3) xorg-luit  4) xorg-mkfontdir  5) xorg-mkfontscale  6) xorg-sessreg  7) xorg-setxkbmap  8) xorg-smproxy
   9) xorg-x11perf  10) xorg-xauth  11) xorg-xbacklight  12) xorg-xcmsdb  13) xorg-xcursorgen  14) xorg-xdpyinfo  15) xorg-xdriinfo  16) xorg-xev
   17) xorg-xgamma  18) xorg-xhost  19) xorg-xinput  20) xorg-xkbcomp  21) xorg-xkbevd  22) xorg-xkbutils  23) xorg-xkill  24) xorg-xlsatoms
   25) xorg-xlsclients  26) xorg-xmodmap  27) xorg-xpr  28) xorg-xprop  29) xorg-xrandr  30) xorg-xrdb  31) xorg-xrefresh  32) xorg-xset  33) xorg-xsetroot
   34) xorg-xvinfo  35) xorg-xwd  36) xorg-xwininfo  37) xorg-xwud

Enter a selection (default=all):
:: There are 2 members in group xorg-fonts:
:: Repository extra
   1) xorg-font-util  2) xorg-fonts-encodings

Enter a selection (default=all): 1
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 4 providers available for libgl:
:: Repository extra
   1) mesa-libgl  2) nvidia-304xx-utils  3) nvidia-libgl
:: Repository community
   4) catalyst-utils

Enter a number (default=1): 1
</code>
Add some modules at boot for KMS
<code bash>
vi /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
</code>
<code>
...
MODULES="i915"
...
</code>
Acceleration method
<code>vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf</code>
<code>
Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
   Driver      "intel"
   Option      "AccelMethod"  "sna"
EndSection
</code>
<code> vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf </code>
<code bash>
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
        Option "XkbLayout" "us"
        Option "XkbVariant" "intl"
EndSection
</code> 
==== XDM ====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDM]]
<code bash>pacman -S xorg-xdm</code>
Enable systemd service
<code bash>systemctl enable xdm.service</code>
Optional, if you made a customize version
<code bash>vi /usr/lib/systemd/system/xdm.service</code>
<code bash>[Unit]
Description=X-Window Display Manager
After=systemd-user-sessions.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/xdm -c /etc/X11/xdm/lcars-xdm/xdm-config -nodaemon
Type=notify
NotifyAccess=all

[Install]
Alias=display-manager.service
</code>
Copy the necessary files from /etc/skel
<code bash>cp /etc/skel/.xsession ~/.</code>
make sure its permission are 774 
==== Fvwm ====
<code bash>pacman -S fvwm</code>
Import my configuration:
<code bash>mkdir ~/.fvwm && cd .fvwm && svn co https://fvwm.svn.beanstalkapp.com/fvwm/trunk/bazooka . </code>



===== Alsa =====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Alsa]]
<code bash>pacman -S alsa-utils</code>
Set volume levels:
<code bash>alsamixer</code>
Test:
<code bash>speaker-test -c 2</code>
===== Laptop / powersaving (doesn't work ... ) =====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Laptop]]
==== ACPID ====
To have access to buttons + power settings, first install acpi and acpid
<code bash>pacman -S acpi acpid</code>
Reference:[[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acpi]] and [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acpid]] and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ACPI_hotkeys
Start the deamon and enable it:
<code bash>systemctl enable acpid</code>
<code bash>systemctl start acpid</code>
==== TPB ====
For other nice osd display install tpb FIXME:
<code bash>yaourt -S tpb</code>
Reference:[[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ThinkPad_OSD]]
Configure it:
<code bash>vi /etc/tpbrc</code>
<code bash>
OSDCOLOR    Green
OSDVERTICAL 0
OSDHORIZONTAL 0
OSDPOS      MIDDLE
OSDALIGN    CENTER
</code>
==== Udev ====
Create a special rule to suspend everything if battery is at 2%
<code bash>vi /etc/udev/rules.d/lowbat.rules</code>
<code bash>
## SLEEP IF BATTERY IS LOW
SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", ATTR{status}=="Discharging", ATTR{capacity}=="2", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl suspend"</code>

==== i915 ====
Power consumption for Intel Graphics:
<code bash>vi /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf</code>
<code bash>options i915 i915_enable_rc6=1 i915_enable_fbc=1 lvds_downclock=1</code>
Rebuild the kernel:
<code bash>mkinitcpio -p linux && mkinitcpio -p linux-ck</code>

===== TLP =====
Reference:[[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TLP]]
Install required packages:
<code bash>yaourt -S tlp tp_smapi tp_smapi-ck dkms-acpi_call-git smartmontools</code>
FIXME tp_smapi doesn't seems to launch ...
Enable the service:
<code bash>systemctl enable tlp</code>

===== Sysctl =====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sysctl]]
FIXME add in /etc/sysctl.conf
<code bash>
vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs=1500
vm.laptop_mode=5 </code>
==== Syslinux ====
After those tweaks, here's Syslinux cfg file
<code bash>
DEFAULT arch-ck
PROMPT 0        # Set to 1 if you always want to display the boot: prompt 
TIMEOUT 50

UI vesamenu.c32

MENU RESOLUTION 1366 768
MENU CLEAR

MENU TITLE ~ 30L3 - Select OS ~
MENU COLOR border       30;44   #40ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR title        1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR sel          7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all
MENU COLOR unsel        37;44   #50ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR help         37;40   #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout_msg  37;40   #80ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout      1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR msg07        37;40   #90ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR tabmsg       31;40   #30ffffff #00000000 std


LABEL arch
	MENU LABEL Arch Linux
	LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
	APPEND root=/dev/sdb3 ro
	INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img quiet vga=current ipv6.disable=1 pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor

LABEL archfallback
	MENU LABEL Arch Linux Fallback
	LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
	APPEND root=/dev/sdb3 ro
	INITRD ../initramfs-linux-fallback.img

LABEL arch-ck
        MENU LABEL Arch Linux CK
        LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux-ck
        APPEND root=/dev/sdb3 ro
        INITRD ../initramfs-linux-ck.img quiet vga=current ipv6.disable=1 elevator=bfq pcie_aspm=force acpi_backlight=vendor

LABEL arch-ck-fallback
        MENU LABEL Arch Linux CK Fallback
        LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux-ck
        APPEND root=/dev/sdb3 ro
        INITRD ../initramfs-linux-ck-fallback.img

LABEL windows
        MENU LABEL Windows 7 Professional 64bits
        COM32 chain.c32
        APPEND hd0 1

LABEL hdt
        MENU LABEL HDT (Hardware Detection Tool)
        COM32 hdt.c32
 
LABEL reboot
        MENU LABEL Reboot
        COM32 reboot.c32
 
LABEL off
        MENU LABEL Power Off
        COMBOOT poweroff.com
</code>
===== Thinkpad =====
==== Wacom ====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wacom]]
Install the driver:
<code bash>pacman -S xf86-input-wacom</code>
FIXME la suite ...
==== Disable Touchpad ====
Deactivate the useless touchpad:
<code> vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf </code>
<code bash>
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
        MatchIsTouchpad "off"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection
</code>

FIXME Check alternate solution:[[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Synaptics_Touchpad]] 
==== TrackNav enhancement ====
This hack will enable scrolling using the middle button + the TrackPoint™®©
<code bash>vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-thinkpad.conf</code>
<code bash>
Section "InputClass"
    Identifier	"Trackpoint Wheel Emulation"
    MatchProduct	    "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick|Synaptics Inc. Composite TouchPad / TrackPoint|ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint|USB Trackpoint pointing device"
    MatchDevicePath	    "/dev/input/event*"
    Option		    "EmulateWheel"        "true"
    Option		    "EmulateWheelButton"  "2"
    Option		    "Emulate3Buttons"	  "false"
    Option		    "XAxisMapping"	  "6 7"
    Option		    "YAxisMapping"        "4 5"
EndSection
</code>
==== Fingerprint reader ====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fingerprint-gui]]
Unfortunately no free software for my fingerprint reader I have to use fingerprint-gui, anyhow it works!
<code bash>yaourt -S fingerprint-gui</code>
Sadly it depends on tons of crap like Qt ...\\
Add you user(s) to the plugdev group
<code bash>sudo gpasswd -a USERNAME plugdev</code>
Configure applications to recognize fingerprints:
  * sudo
<code bash>vi /etc/pam.d/sudo</code>
<code bash>#%PAM-1.0
auth            sufficient      pam_fingerprint-gui.so
auth            required        pam_unix.so
auth            required        pam_nologin.so
</code>
  * su (doesn't work for me ... FIXME)
<code bash>vi  /etc/pam.d/su</code>
<code bash>#%PAM-1.0
auth            sufficient      pam_rootok.so
auth            sufficient      pam_fingerprint-gui.so
# Uncomment the following line to implicitly trust users in the "wheel" group.
#auth           sufficient      pam_wheel.so trust use_uid
# Uncomment the following line to require a user to be in the "wheel" group.
#auth           required        pam_wheel.so use_uid
auth            required        pam_unix.so
account         required        pam_unix.so
session         required        pam_unix.so
</code>
  * xscreensaver
<code bash>vi /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver</code>
<code bash>auth            sufficient      pam_fingerprint-gui.so
auth            required        pam_unix_auth.so</code>
  * xdm
<code bash>vi /etc/pam.d/xdm</code>
<code bash>#%PAM-1.0
auth            sufficient      pam_fingerprint-gui.so
auth            required        pam_unix.so
auth            required        pam_nologin.so
auth            required        pam_env.so
account         required        pam_unix.so
password        required        pam_unix.so
session         required        pam_unix.so
session         required        pam_limits.so
session         required        pam_loginuid.so
-session        optional        pam_systemd.so
</code>

Register your fingerprints\\
:!: In an X environment :!:\\
:!: Might need a reboot to load the appropriate modules ... :!:
<code bash>fingerprint-gui</code>
The interface is pretty self explanatory. You have to select the device first then scan the fingers you want.\\
If in the drop down menu you have Unknown device, reboot (or find the nice corresponding module)
==== Bluetooth ====Level 3 Headline
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth]]
<code bash>pacman -S bluez</code>
FIXME Any of this required?
<code bash>Optional dependencies for bluez
    gstreamer0.10-base: bluetooth GStreamer support
    alsa-lib: Audio bluetooth devices support [installed]
    dbus-python: to run bluez-simple-agent
    pygobject: to run bluez-simple-agent
    libusb-compat: USB adapters support
    cups: CUPS backend
</code>
I kind of never use bluetooth so I start it when necessary
<code bash>systemctl start bluetooth.service</code>
FIXME .. have some fun with it
==== Multimedia Keys ====
Mute/Volume up and Down are recognized by default in xev, so with xbindkeys let's map them
<code bash>pacman -S xbindkeys</code>
Create a file that contain the definition of the buttons + the action(s)
<code bash>vi ~/.xbindkeysrc.scm</code>
Here I'll map Mute / Volume up / Volume Down
<code>
(xbindkey '("XF86AudioMute") "amixer set Master toggle")
(xbindkey '("XF86AudioRaiseVolume") "amixer set Master 2dB+ unmute")
(xbindkey '("XF86AudioLowerVolume") "amixer set Master 2dB- unmute")
</code>
Last but not least, add
<code>xbindkeys &</code>
To your ~/.xinitrc or whatever file launched at login
==== Systemd journal ====
It's always nice to see some logs even if they are in binary format ......
<code bash>
Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
      Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
      turn off this notice.
</code>
Fix:
<code bash>sudo gpasswd -a USERNAME systemd-journal</code>

===== Other software =====
==== Archlinuxfr repository ====
<code bash>vi /etc/pacman.conf</code>
<code bash>
...
[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
</code>
\o/ No signature
==== Yaourt ====
Reference: [[http://archlinux.fr/yaourt-en]]
<code bash>pacman -Sy yaourt</code>
==== Sudo ====
<code bash>pacman -S sudo</code>
<code bash>visudo</code>
<code bash>
...
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
someuser ALL=(ALL) ALL</code>
Just add the 'someuser' line


==== Compilation options =====
:!: just for fun not really mandatory
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg.conf]]
<code bash>vi /etc/makepkg.conf</code>
Modify CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS:
<code bash>
# -march=native also sets the correct -mtune=
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
</code>
Modify MAKEFLAGS (4 = output of nproc)
<code bash>MAKEFLAGS="-j4"</code>


==== Mandatory packages - for terminal users ====
List of software I use and abuse
<code bash>
yaourt -S screen bash-completion wavemon glances htop bmon irssi lftp rsync wget curl bc figlet toilet pmount dfc git rdesktop</code>
I use yaourt since some of them are not in repositories and then built from aur

==== Cups ====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cups]]
<code bash>pacman -S libcups cups cups-filters ghostscript gsfonts</code>

==== CK Kernel ====
For more aggressive scheduling, you can use the ck patchset\\
References:
  * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel26-ck
  * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Repo-ck
:!: Super up-to-date :!:
<code bash>vi /etc/pacman.conf</code>
Add at the end:
<code bash>[repo-ck]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Server = http://repo-ck.com/$arch</code>
Add keys for signing shit ...
<code bash>
pacman-key -r 5EE46C4C
pacman-key --lsign-key 5EE46C4C</code>
Refresh pacman's database:
<code bash>pacman -Sy</code>
Install kernel-ck matching your architecture (see Repo-ck page for reference)
<code bash>pacman -S linux-ck-ivybridge linux-ck-ivybridge-headers</code>
Add a nice entry in syslinux
<code bash>vi /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg</code>
<code bash>
...
DEFAULT arch-ck
...
LABEL arch-ck
        MENU LABEL Arch Linux CK
        LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux-ck
        APPEND root=/dev/sdb3 ro
        INITRD ../initramfs-linux-ck.img quiet ipv6.disable=1 elevator=bfq

LABEL arch-ck-fallback
        MENU LABEL Arch Linux CK Fallback
        LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux-ck
        APPEND root=/dev/sdb3 ro
        INITRD ../initramfs-linux-ck-fallback.img
...
</code>
Bye bye IPv6 and change the schedule to Con Kolivas' bfq
==== URxvt ====
<code bash>pacman -S rxvt-unicode urxvt-perls</code>
(Not yet implemented : )
<code bash>
 URxvt.perl-ext-common:      default,clipboard,url-select,keyboard-select
 URxvt.url-select.launcher:  chromium
 URxvt.url-select.underline: true
 URxvt.keysym.M-u:           perl:url-select:select_next
 URxvt.keysym.M-Escape:      perl:keyboard-select:activate
 URxvt.keysym.M-s:           perl:keyboard-select:search
</code>
==== X11 software ====
<code bash>yaourt -S chromium hsetroot imagemagick vlc emelfm2 flashplugin xosd</code>

For acrobat reader/skype, there's a need for the multilib repository ... well coded too!
<code bash>vi /etc/pacman.conf</code>
Uncomment:
<code bash>
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
</code>
Then:
<code bash>yaourt -Sy acroread skype</code>
:!: tons of 32bits libraries ....
FIXME acroread libre-office* fonts skype...
===== Final stuff =====

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Readahead
==== Ntfs share ====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ntfs]]
<code bash>pacman -S ntfs-3g</code>
<code bash>vi /etc/fstab</code>
<code bash>
# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system> <dir>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# /dev/sdb3 UUID=34cedc78-e156-4dbb-a428-4d594d6b34a8
LABEL=LINUX             /               ext4            defaults,noatime,discard        0 1

# /dev/sda2 UUID=f8a1e862-64b7-41d7-ac7d-4b75b346ceb5
LABEL=VAR               /var            ext4            rw,relatime,data=ordered        0 2

# /dev/sda3 UUID=57552366-9356-43bf-8bd2-bb0b25a1d318
LABEL=HOME              /home           ext4            rw,relatime,data=ordered        0 2

# /dev/sda1 UUID=dcba8ead-fb4b-4e06-a9e5-1a55f1c353e0
LABEL=SWAP              none            swap            defaults                        0 0

# /dev/sda4 Windows
LABEL=DATA              /media/data     ntfs-3g         uid=warnaud,gid=users           0 0

</code>

==== LibreOffice ====
Imagine Office in Java? There you go ...\\
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LibreOffice]]
<code bash>yaourt -S ttf-dejavu artwiz-fonts libreoffice libreoffice-en-US libreoffice-fr</code>
Free to install ~70 pkgs \o/

==== NTP ====
Reference: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ntp]]
<code bash>pacman -S ntp</code>
<code bash>vi /etc/ntp.conf</code>
<code bash>
server 0.fr.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 1.fr.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 2.fr.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 3.fr.pool.ntp.org iburst
</code>
<code bash>systemctl start ntpd</code>
Well I don't enable it since ... I mostely have no connection at boot on a laptop ;-)
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