After installing the Arch, we need to configurate it to ensure the daily usage. My plan is Arch+dwm
Create normal user
Synchronize time(optional, if not)
If time is not set correct when you install Arch, you need the following command line. If time is incorrect, you can access website by web browser.
sudo timedatectl set-ntp true
Installing and starting dwm
install x server:
pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit
install DWM:
git clone git://git.suckless.org/st
git clone git://git.suckless.org/dmenu
git clone git://git.suckless.org/dwm
cd st
sudo make install
cd ../dwm
sudo make install
cd ../dmenu
sudo make install
Configurate ~/.xinitrc
exec dwm
after login to your account:
xstart
Touchpad configuration
The aim of this step is enable natural scrolling and tap-to-click.
list all input device:
xinput list
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# my output:
# ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
# ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
# ⎜ ↳ GXTP7863:00 27C6:01E0 Mouse id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
# ⎜ ↳ GXTP7863:00 27C6:01E0 Touchpad id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
# ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
# ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
# ↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
# ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
# ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
# ↳ HD Camera: HD Camera id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
# ↳ Huawei WMI hotkeys id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
# ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
The touchpad id is 11, then check the properties:
xinput list-props 11
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Device 'GXTP7863:00 27C6:01E0 Touchpad':
# Device Enabled (189): 1
# Coordinate Transformation Matrix (191): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
# libinput Tapping Enabled (345): 0
# libinput Tapping Enabled Default (346): 0
# libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (347): 1
# libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (348): 1
# libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (349): 0
# libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (350): 0
# libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (351): 1, 0
# libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (352): 1, 0
# libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (324): 0
# libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (325): 0
# libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (353): 1
# libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (354): 1
# libinput Scroll Methods Available (326): 1, 1, 0
# libinput Scroll Method Enabled (327): 1, 0, 0
# libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (328): 1, 0, 0
# libinput Click Methods Available (355): 1, 1
# libinput Click Method Enabled (356): 1, 0
# libinput Click Method Enabled Default (357): 1, 0
# libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (358): 0
# libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (359): 0
# libinput Accel Speed (333): 0.198364
# libinput Accel Speed Default (334): 0.000000
# libinput Accel Profiles Available (335): 1, 1
# libinput Accel Profile Enabled (336): 1, 0
# libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default (337): 1, 0
# libinput Left Handed Enabled (338): 0
# libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (339): 0
# libinput Send Events Modes Available (309): 1, 1
# libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (310): 0, 0
# libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (311): 0, 0
# Device Node (312): "/dev/input/event11"
# Device Product ID (313): 10182, 480
# libinput Drag Lock Buttons (340): <no items>
# libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (341): 1
# libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance (342): 15
# libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance Default (343): 15
# libinput High Resolution Wheel Scroll Enabled (344): 1
set Tapping Enabled (345) and Natural Scrolling Enabled (324) to 1:
xinput set-prop 11 345 1
xinput set-prop 11 324 1
# device_id option_id value
reference: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xinput
Install firefox or chrome
Install Zsh and oh-my-zsh
Sound
Install alsa-utils ,pulseaudio and pulseaudio-alsa
sudo pacman -S alsa-utils pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa
aplay -l to show all the sound card, the default one is card 0. However, card 0 is HDMI output in most of cases, we need to change it to another card.
aplay -l:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: CX8070 Analog [CX8070 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
configurate default card in ~/.asoundrc:
defaults.pcm.card xx
defaults.ctl.card xx
The ‘pcm’ options affect which card and device will be used for audio playback while the ‘ctl’ option affects which card is used by control utilities like alsamixer.
Then adjust the sound by alsamixer
reference: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture
ranger installation
……
Scripts
Sound related scrips
#get volume level
amixer -c 1 sget Master
# sound up
# sound down
# mute
