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Install F38
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Create main user account on first boot
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Create temporary user account
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Log out of main user account and log into temporary account
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Install trezor-agent
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Installer ledger-agent
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Rsync your home directory over to the main account
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Log out of temp account, log back into main account
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Delete temp account
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Install flatpacks
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Install dnf
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Download and install the .rpm that need to be installed from a local file (not in a repo)
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Install fingerprint
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You should not need to reconfigure and relogin on Nextcloud. Credential have been copied over with the homedir and the vault.
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Enable S3 deep sleep
> $ cat /sys/power/mem_sleep
[s2idle] deep
- sudo nano /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“mem_sleep_default=deep”
- sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
- Reboot
> $ cat /sys/power/mem_sleep
s2idle [deep]
- Set global env variable for trezor-agent that will cascade to Gnome, and therefore be taken into account by Seahorse.
- Setup timeshift. For that, you need to change the name of btrfs subvolume to align with Ubuntu naming. https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/a-quick-guide-to-setting-up-btrfs-timeshift-on-fedora-33/27573
> $ sudo lsblk
Place your finger on the fingerprint reader
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
zram0 252:0 0 8G 0 disk [SWAP]
nvme0n1 259:0 0 476.9G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 600M 0 part /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 1G 0 part /boot
└─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 475.4G 0 part
└─luks-c5346e6d-0291-42c0-97b4-0fd959f16b43 253:0 0 475.3G 0 crypt /home
/
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~ [23:27:36]
> $ sudo blkid
/dev/nvme0n1p3: UUID="c5346e6d-0291-42c0-97b4-0fd959f16b43" TYPE="crypto_LUKS" PARTUUID="b7ca25ad-4032-4aba-b6a1-c8994f9c82e6"
/dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="B332-0F38" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI System Partition" PARTUUID="ce57f4af-198b-4c43-9172-3b750e074529"
/dev/nvme0n1p2: UUID="90611efe-73d4-4cd8-9a06-b854a3f3318d" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="ebefad49-c6e8-4199-96e6-2e12ac106681"
/dev/mapper/luks-c5346e6d-0291-42c0-97b4-0fd959f16b43: LABEL="fedora_localhost-live" UUID="fb2f7c66-3cfe-49e8-8a0d-a6fe42f6e142" UUID_SUB="5e4b0d78-376f-43ec-bd14-33c24edec7bb" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="btrfs"
/dev/zram0: LABEL="zram0" UUID="fd32db98-27e8-4f8a-b311-d074b88f2802" TYPE="swap"
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~ [23:27:42]
> $ sudo mkdir /btrfs-pool
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~ [23:29:45]
> $ sudo mount -t btrfs /dev/mapper/luks-c5346e6d-0291-42c0-97b4-0fd959f16b43 /btrfs-pool
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~ [23:33:21]
> $ sudo mv /btrfs-pool/root /btrfs-pool/@
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~ [23:33:56]
> $ sudo mv /btrfs-pool/home /btrfs-pool/@home
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~ [23:34:16]
> $ sudo btrfs subvolume list /btrfs-pool
ID 256 gen 16716 top level 5 path @home
ID 257 gen 16716 top level 5 path @
ID 258 gen 1157 top level 257 path @/var/lib/machines
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~ [23:34:34]
> $ sudo nano /etc/fstab
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~ [23:35:59]
> $ sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~ [23:36:40]
> $ sudo umount /btrfs-pool
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~ [23:36:50]
> $ sudo rmdir /btrfs-pool
Reboot Configure timeshift and check that it is running properly by doing a first manual snapshot
- Install grub-btrfs to utomatically add snapshot to grub and be able to rollback on boot. Source: https://github.com/Antynea/grub-btrfs Install missing dependency:
> $ sudo dnf install inotify-tools
Then, install grub-btrfs from source.
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~/Documents/Dev [10:26:31]
> $ git clone https://github.com/Antynea/grub-btrfs
Cloning into 'grub-btrfs'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1196, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (291/291), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (106/106), done.
remote: Total 1196 (delta 217), reused 226 (delta 183), pack-reused 905
Receiving objects: 100% (1196/1196), 380.87 KiB | 334.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (714/714), done.
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~/Documents/Dev [10:26:44]
> $ cd grub-btrfs
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~/Documents/Dev/grub-btrfs [10:26:47]
> $ [±master ✓]
> $ make install [±master ✓]
You are not root, run this target as root please.
make: *** [Makefile:25: install] Error 1
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~/Documents/Dev/grub-btrfs [10:27:01]
> $ sudo !! [±master ✓]
guillaume@laptop3fedora ~/Documents/Dev/grub-btrfs [10:27:05]
> $ sudo make install [±master ✓]
Installing
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For further information visit https://github.com/Antynea/grub-btrfs or read the man page: 'man grub-btrfs'
Installing manpages...
Installing systemd .service file
Installing docs...
Updating the GRUB menu...
Generating grub configuration file ...
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
Detecting snapshots ...
/etc/grub.d/41_snapshots-btrfs: line 571: /boot/grub/grub-btrfs.new: No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:56: install] Error 1
Do not mind the error message for now. Activate the service.
sudo systemctl start grub-btrfsd
sudo systemctl enable grub-btrfsd
Check that the service is running:
> $ sudo systemctl status grub-btrfsd.service [±master ●●]
× grub-btrfsd.service - Regenerate grub-btrfs.cfg
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/grub-btrfsd.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2023-06-12 10:34:13 +08; 2s ago
Duration: 18ms
Process: 21350 ExecStart=/usr/bin/grub-btrfsd --syslog /.snapshots (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 21350 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 17ms
Jun 12 10:34:13 laptop3fedora.guillaumea.fr grub-btrfsd[21359]: [!] Please specify a valid snapshot directory
Jun 12 10:34:13 laptop3fedora.guillaumea.fr systemd[1]: grub-btrfsd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 12 10:34:13 laptop3fedora.guillaumea.fr systemd[1]: grub-btrfsd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
You should be getting the following error message: Please specify a valid snapshot directory.
This is because Timeshift doesn’t store snapshots into the subvolume grub-btrfs expects. Let’s update that.
From the official, doc: To pass –timeshift-auto to grub-btrfsd, the .service file of grub-btrfsd can be edited with
sudo systemctl edit --full grub-btrfsd
The line that contains:
ExecStart=/usr/bin/grub-btrfsd /.snapshots --syslog
Should be modified to read:
ExecStart=/usr/bin/grub-btrfsd --syslog --timeshift-auto
Last, we need to adjust the btrfs-grub config file with the right dependencies path so that it updates the grub menu properly:
Source: https://sysguides.com/install-fedora-36-with-snapper-and-grub-btrfs/
$ sudo vim /etc/default/grub-btrfs/config
...
GRUB_BTRFS_GRUB_DIRNAME="/boot/grub2"
GRUB_BTRFS_MKCONFIG=/usr/sbin/grub2-mkconfig
GRUB_BTRFS_SCRIPT_CHECK=grub2-script-check
...
Update the grub.cfg file.
> $ sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
Detecting snapshots ...
Found snapshot: 2023-06-12 11:11:35 | timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2023-06-12_11-11-35/@ | boot | N/A |
Found snapshot: 2023-06-12 11:02:08 | timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2023-06-12_11-02-08/@ | ondemand | test |
Found snapshot: 2023-06-12 10:56:53 | timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2023-06-12_10-56-53/@ | boot | N/A |
Found snapshot: 2023-06-12 10:06:43 | timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2023-06-12_10-06-43/@ | boot hourly | N/A |
Found snapshot: 2023-06-12 10:00:01 | timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2023-06-12_10-00-01/@ | boot hourly daily weekly | avant rebase des codecs multimedia |
Found 5 snapshot(s)
WARNING: '/usr/sbin/grub2-mkconfig' needs to run at least once to generate the snapshots (sub)menu entry in grub the main menu. After that this script can run alone to generate the snapshot entries.
Unmount /tmp/grub-btrfs.oGWu1t1HwC .. Success
done
Check that all is well:
> $ sudo systemctl status grub-btrfsd.service [±master ●●]
● grub-btrfsd.service - Regenerate grub-btrfs.cfg
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/grub-btrfsd.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: active (running) since Mon 2023-06-12 10:42:36 +08; 1min 59s ago
Main PID: 22120 (bash)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 18619)
Memory: 1.4M
CPU: 60ms
CGroup: /system.slice/grub-btrfsd.service
├─22120 bash /usr/bin/grub-btrfsd --syslog --timeshift-auto
├─22128 bash /usr/bin/grub-btrfsd --syslog --timeshift-auto
└─22142 inotifywait -q -q -e create -e delete /run/timeshift
Restart and this is what you should say in the grub menu:
[photo]
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Install hardware accelerated video codecs: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/assembly_installing-plugins-for-playing-movies-and-music/
You will have to runsudo dnf group upgrade --with-optional Multimediawith the--allowerasingflag such assudo dnf group upgrade --with-optional Multimedia --allowerasingin order to replacefreedependencies with hardware accelerated ones. Make sure you ran a Timeshift snapshot before that, just in case. -
Install dell dcc to control bios settings, including battery charge mode In the support section for our XPS, Dell on refer to the .deb package since this laptop is certified for Ubuntu but not Fedora/RHEL. However, the toolkit is basically the same as what Dell ships for servers and enterprise hardware, that are of course certified for RHEL. We’ll just grab that instead. For this to work on Fedora 38, we need the rhel8 rpm package. Get it from: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=fdj2g Package name: command-configure-4.7.0-433.el8.x86_64.tar.gz Decompress. Install:
> $ sudo dnf install ./srvadmin-hapi-9.5.0-4063.16816.el8.x86_64.rpm
Place your finger on the fingerprint reader
Last metadata expiration check: 0:51:49 ago on Mon 24 Jul 2023 13:57:54 +08.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
====================================================================================================================================
Installing:
srvadmin-hapi x86_64 9.5.0-4063.16816.el8 @commandline 1.2 M
Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total size: 1.2 M
Installed size: 5.5 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Running scriptlet: srvadmin-hapi-9.5.0-4063.16816.el8.x86_64 1/1
Installing : srvadmin-hapi-9.5.0-4063.16816.el8.x86_64 1/1
Running scriptlet: srvadmin-hapi-9.5.0-4063.16816.el8.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : srvadmin-hapi-9.5.0-4063.16816.el8.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
srvadmin-hapi-9.5.0-4063.16816.el8.x86_64
Complete!
guillaume@laptop3 ~/Downloads/command-configure-4.7.0-433.el8.x86_64 [14:49:53]
> $ sudo dnf install ./command-configure-4.7.0-433.el8.x86_64.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 0:52:10 ago on Mon 24 Jul 2023 13:57:54 +08.
Dependencies resolved.
====================================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
====================================================================================================================================
Installing:
command-configure x86_64 4.7.0-433.el8 @commandline 3.7 M
Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total size: 3.7 M
Installed size: 16 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Running scriptlet: command-configure-4.7.0-433.el8.x86_64 1/1
Installing : command-configure-4.7.0-433.el8.x86_64 1/1
Running scriptlet: command-configure-4.7.0-433.el8.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : command-configure-4.7.0-433.el8.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
command-configure-4.7.0-433.el8.x86_64
Complete!
To change battery mode directly from the live OS, run any of the commands below:
sudo /opt/dell/dcc/cctk --PrimaryBattChargeCfg=Standard --ValSetupPwd='xxx'
sudo /opt/dell/dcc/cctk --PrimaryBattChargeCfg=Adaptive --ValSetupPwd='xxx'
sudo /opt/dell/dcc/cctk --PrimaryBattChargeCfg=Express --ValSetupPwd='xxx'
sudo /opt/dell/dcc/cctk --PrimaryBattChargeCfg=Custom:50-60 --ValSetupPwd='xxx'
Must be run as root.
I usually for with a custom interval of 50:60 to preserve the battery lifespan.
Unless I am on the move where Express comes handy when you get a few minutes next to an outlet.
ledger-agentmight need an update
pip3 install --upgrade libagent
pip3 install --upgrade ledger-agent
- Add languages to Flatpak if required (I add French so that spellcheck works in Evolution).
You should now be all set.