Razer Laptop

Above All Else: Never ever buy Razer hardware again!

First install w/ debian stable

/dev/sda
   : 1M
  1: 512M   ; EFI
  2: 2G     ; /boot ; ext2 ; 2%
  3: LUKS [ LVM ]
     - home ; 50G  ; ext4 ; 0% ; /home
     - opt  ; 100G ; xfs  ; -- ; /opt
     - root ; 10G  ; ext4 ; 2% ; /
     - var  ; 2G   ; ext4 ; 5% ; /var
     - log  ; 2G   ; ext4 ; 5% ; /var/log

Boot to debian testing installer

  • w/ iwlwifi driver on vfat partition

  • chroot into /target

  • /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/extra-installs:

    APT::Install-Recommends "false";
APT::Install-Suggests "false";

  • apt purge systemd; apt install sysvinit-core

  • /etc/apt/sources.list:

    deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib contrib non-free

  • /etc/apt/preferences.d/pinning:

    Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 900

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 800

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 600

Random crap that needs to be cleaned up…

  • Built dummy dbus-user-session package to install openrazer-daemon

  • GPU Rendering did not work until added to the ‘render’ group.

  • Installed razergenie/polychromatic from upstream (need to purge)

apt update

apt purge \
  tasksel
  tasksel-data
  installation-report
  vim-tiny
  nano

apt install -t buster-backports \
  linux-image-amd64
  linux-headers-amd64
  firmware-misc-nonfree

apt install -t testing \
  xserver-xorg
  nvidia-driver
  libinput

apt install \
  acpi
  acpid
  slim
  terminator
  xterm
  rxvt
  xserver-xorg
  xserver-xorg-video-intel
  wicd-curses
  firefox-esr
  claws-mail
  claws-mail-pgpinline
  claws-mail-pgpmime
  claws-mail-multi-notifier
  gnupg2
  pinentry-gtk2
  virtualbox-guest-x11
  virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
  virtualbox-qt
  virtualbox
  vim
  xserver-xorg-video-intel
  xfonts-scalable
  xfonts-cyrillic
  xfonts-75dpi
  xfonts-100dpi
  xfonts-base
  xfonts-utils
  x11-utils
  xutils
  xinput
  dbus-x11
  chrony
  ferm
  openvpn
  openssh-client
  hicolor-icon-theme
  less
  whiptail
  zathura
  feh
  unzip
  mbuffer
  usbutils
  dosfstools
  genisoimage
  wodim
  keepassxc
  gnupg-agent
  iamerican
  ibritish
  wamerican
  nullmailer
  finger
  dnsutils
  mtr-tiny
  telnet
  whois
  python3-pudb
  usb-modeswitch
  acpi
  powertop
  powermgmt-base
  git
  git-remote-gcrypt
  restic
  pavucontrol
  pulseaudio
  mpv
  wcalc
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
  curl
  rsync
  default-jre
  mesa-utils
  linux-firmware-nonfree
  redshift-gtk
  sudo
  zenity
  yubikey-personalization
  yubikey-personalization-gui
  barrier
  gimp
  hdparm
  vagrant
  suckless-tools
  cbatticon
  inkscape
  hugin
  default-jre openjdk-11-jre default-jre icedtea-netx \
  nmap
  wireshark
  devscripts
  dput
  dput-ng
  debian-keyring
  xsane
  cups
  system-config-printer
  \
  openbox
  stalonetray
  tdc
  gmrun
  \
  glx-alternatives-nvidia
  nvidia-persistenced
  nvidia-settings
  \
  hugin
  gimp
  libreoffice
  chromium
  chromium-sandbox

apt install build-essential
apt install --reinstall nvidia-kernel-dkms

  • MAKE SURE THIS COMPILES

  • /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nvidia.conf:

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout"
    Option "AllowNVIDIAGPUScreens"
EndSection

  • /etc/modules:

    nvidia-current
nvidia-current-drm
nvidia-current-modeset

  • /etc/sudoers.d/michael:

    michael ALL=(root:root) NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown,/sbin/cryptsetup,/bin/mount,/bin/umount,/usr/bin/ykchalresp

  • Set up /root/.ovpn

  • mkdir /etc/polkit-1/rules.d

  • /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-enable-suspend.rules:

    polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.login1.suspend" ||
        action.id == "org.freedesktop.login1.suspend-multiple-sessions" ||
        action.id == "org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate" ||
        action.id == "org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate-multiple-sessions")
    {
        return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});

  • /usr/local/sbin/gpurun [755]:

    #!/bin/dash
__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=NVIDIA-G0 "$@"

  • gsettings set org.mate.session.required-components windowmanager compiz

Laser Printer / Scanner

  • system-config-printer:

    ipp://print.lustfield.net:631/ipp
"Brother HL-4070CDW Foomatic/pxlcolor"

  • dpkg -i ~/repos/data/network/printer/brscan4-*.deb

  • brsaneconfig4 -a name=Scanner model=HL-L3290CDW ip=10.41.3.80

Issues

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