Table of Contents

  1. Debian on Dell
    1. Preparation
      1. Debian live default login/password
      2. Warnings
      3. Disk partitioning
    2. Installation
      1. General notes
      2. System configuration
    3. Configuration
      1. Battery drainage/Moderm Standby/Power management - sleep modes/hibernation
      2. Okular and buttons
      3. Dell Thunderbolt Dock WD22TB4
      4. Lenovo keyboard
      5. Controlling Intel Turbo Boost in Linux
      6. ZRAM - tool for optimizing RAM usage
      7. Do I need SWAP?
      8. Updating/upgrading with cron
      9. Useful links:

Debian on Dell

Preparation

Debian live default login/password

user: user pass: live

TODO Warnings

  1. ,,Keymap changes do not work in Plasma on Wayland. Please use systemsettings5 instead.’’ ?

Disk partitioning

https://morfikov.github.io/post/jak-przygotowac-dysk-pod-instalacje-debian-linux-z-efi-uefi/

  1. Binary multiples of kilo

  2. Partitioning

    MB GB
    1024  
    2048  
    4096  
    8192  
    16384  
    32768 32
    65536 64
    81920 80
    131072 128
    262144 256
    524288 512
    1048576 1024
    81920 80=64+16
    442368 432
    1367056 1300
       

    1. / - 80 GB

    2. /home - (512-80)= 432 GB

    3. arch - 1383440-16384

    4. NTFSTrash - 16 GB

    5. no SWAP

  3. GPT / MBR

    After using gparted from live Debian (Bookworm) which created new partitions I ran the command

    sudo parted -l

    to check what was the type of partition table. The answer was: gpt. For GPT partition table there can exist as many as 128 primary partitions on the disk.

  4. POSTPONED Partitioning via parted and fdisk

    :FNAME: diskpartitioning.el

    I abandoned this section because of the fact that partitions in parted didn’t have the same size as the ones created by gparted although I calculated the numbers to correspond to each other. In the end I created the partitions in gparted. .

    According to https://phoenixnap.com/kb/linux-create-partition.

    List disks available for the system:

    sudo parted -l

    Select the disk you want to partition:

    sudo parted /dev/nvme0n1

    Now parted opens the disk for being partitioned.

    1. In (parted) command line

      Inside parted command line create a partition table before partitioning the disk:

      mklabel gpt

      Now, you can check if the partition table was created:

      print

      Let’s create partitions. The assigned disk start for the first partition shall be 1MB. We want to create disks of the following sizes:

      • root: 81920 MB (80 GB)
      • home: 442368 MB (432 GB)

      WARNING! The disk sizes given below in parted do not match the sizes given in graphical gparted.

      mkpart primary ext4 1MB 81921MB
mkpart primary ext4 81922MB 524290MB

Installation

During the installation I obtained the error mentioned here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/502307/the-attempt-to-mount-a-file-system-with-type-vfat-in-ssi10-0-0-partition1sda

How to circumvent it?

I don’t know whether the above steps were needed. I think the most important was creating FAT32 EFI partition at the beginning of the disk. I didn’t have it after cleaning all partitions from the disk.

The easiest approach to the problem was to use Calamares installator launched from inside Debian Live. It suggested proper partitioning of the disk:

Following this clue and basing on the following threads (550 MB per efi partition):

I have created the following partitions:

General notes

Moving to testing branch was problematic. In the end, after several attempt I succeded. However I stumbled upon some problems:

After all, it seems to me that crucial steps of the installation process are:

  1. Install debian bookworm from net-inst image! When installing from live-cd I had a problems with login to KDE session after system upgrade. It wasn’t impossible after net-inst installation (still I cannot login to Wayland session, only X11 is available). This needs some more investigation.

  2. Add contrib and non-free (non-free-firmware already is) to appropriate lines in sources.list. non-free is necessary for easy installation of NVIDIA drivers. (update and upgrade system then)

  3. Now you are able to install NVIDIA drivers from debian repositories.

  4. In the end you can edit sources.list and change bookworm to testing to perform apt full-upgrade.

Keeping this order of steps I had no problems with kwallet and vivaldi.

System configuration

  1. Add user to sudoers

    su
sudo usermod -a -G sudo mb

    Now you need to restart system.

  2. Install emacs

    su
sudo apt install emacs

  3. Moving to testing branch

    After bookworm installation the content of /etc/apt/sources.list was:

    # See https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList for more information.
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware
    
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware
    
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main non-free-firmware
    
# Backports allow you to install newer versions of software made available for this release
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main non-free-firmware

    This is what I did according to this page: https://linuxiac.com/how-to-switch-from-debian-stable-to-testing/

    1. Update Debian Stable

      sudo apt update 
sudo apt upgrade

    2. Edit sources.list file

      Make a sources.list backup

      sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.BKP

      and replace the strings found in lines starting with “deb” or “deb-src,” referencing the distribution’s codename with the word “testing.”

      Comment out or remove all the lines containing -backports.

      contrib also needs to be added (for example matlab-support package resides there), and do not forget about non-free (!), where nvidia-detect is located!

      Now my sources.list looks like:

      #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.4.0 _Bookworm_ - Official amd64 NETINST with firmware 20231210-17:56]/ bookworm main non-free-firmware
        
deb http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
        
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security testing-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security testing-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
        
# bookworm-updates, to get updates before a point release is made;
# see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports
deb http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
        
# This system was installed using small removable media
# (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"
# entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.
# For information about how to configure apt package sources,
# see the sources.list(5) manual.

      All above can be done by executing the commands:

      • Make a sources.list backup

        sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.BKP

      • create new /etc/apt/sources.list/

        echo “#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.4.0 Bookworm - Official amd64 NETINST with firmware 20231210-17:56]/ bookworm main non-free-firmware

        deb http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free-firmware contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

        deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security testing-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security testing-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

        bookworm-updates, to get updates before a point release is made;

        see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports

        deb http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main non-free-firmware contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

        This system was installed using small removable media

        (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching “deb cdrom”

        entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.

        For information about how to configure apt package sources,

        see the sources.list(5) manual.

        ” > /etc/apt/sources.list

      Now again update and upgrade system:

      sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

      Here, I stumbled upon an error. In my case the above commands triggered an error with unmet dependencies:

      gnustep-base-runtime : Wymaga: gnustep-base-common (= 1.29.0-7) ale 1.28.1+really1.28.0-5 ma zostać zainstalowany
libgnustep-base1.29 : Wymaga: gnustep-base-common (= 1.29.0-7) ale 1.28.1+really1.28.0-5 ma zostać zainstalowany

    3. Performing full upgrade

      Basing on this thread I decided on doing full-upgrade:

      sudo apt full-upgrade

      which resulted in doing upgrade without any problems but

      /bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_GB.UTF-8)
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/mtl_huc_gsc.bin for module i915
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/mtl_guc_70.bin for module i915
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/acr/ucode_ahesasc.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/acr/ucode_ahesasc.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/acr/ucode_ahesasc.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/acr/ucode_ahesasc.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/acr/ucode_asb.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/acr/ucode_asb.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/acr/ucode_asb.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/acr/ucode_asb.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/acr/ucode_unload.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/acr/ucode_unload.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/acr/ucode_unload.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/acr/ucode_unload.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/nvdec/scrubber.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/nvdec/scrubber.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/nvdec/scrubber.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/nvdec/scrubber.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/sec2/hs_bl_sig.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/sec2/sig.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/sec2/image.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/sec2/desc.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/sec2/hs_bl_sig.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/sec2/sig.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/sec2/image.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/sec2/desc.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/sec2/hs_bl_sig.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/sec2/sig.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/sec2/image.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/sec2/desc.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/sec2/hs_bl_sig.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/sec2/sig.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/sec2/image.bin for module nouveau
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/sec2/desc.bin for module nouveau

      1. Problems

        1. TODO Generating locale

          My ~/.bashrc is set to British English and during installation I set my locale to my native language which was the only available on my system. In order to get rid of the warning /bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_GB.UTF-8) you need to (according to this thread):

          • open /etc/locale.gen
          • uncomment the line with en_GB.UTF-8
          • run sudo locale-gen

          Then the warning about locale disappears.

        2. PROBLEM: Native language as default language of bash

          In order to change for a session the output language of bash one may change the LANGUAGE variable:

          Check the current locale settings with locale. Run the command LANGUAGE=en_GB (provided you generated en_GB locale earlier). This should change the language in the session.

          Thread worth reading about locale.

        3. POSTPONED Cannot login via Wayland session to KDE

          After full-upgrade of the system to testing I couldn’t log in into KDE. My first installation was via Debian Live and I thought that maybe saomething was wrong with this image, so I reinstalled / partition with the use of net-inst image. It occured that again I was not able to log in to KDE session after doing the procedure of full-upgrading. Then I was illuminated and decided to change

    4. Edit fstab so it can mount other disks not indicated during installation

    5. Other useful links:

  4. Installing firmware, software and other ware

    1. Firmware NVIDIA

      Information: This step was performed on bookworm, before moving to testing.

      When trying to install drivers for nvidia I stumbled upon information on nvidia-detect package. The problem was I couldn’t find it via apt. The solution was that nvidia-detect is located in non-free repository! (From bookworm on new repository non-free-firmware is introduced, but nvidia-detect is not there). So the solution was to update my sources.list to have non-free in every appropriate line (and then sudo apt update of course…).

      In fact some internet sources do contain the above information (https://phoenixnap.com/kb/nvidia-drivers-debian) but I ignored them being sure that non-free was just renamed to non-free-firmware.

      sudo apt install nvidia-detect

      Detect the drivers

      sudo nvidia-detect

      and according to the message above install nvidia-driver

      sudo apt install nvidia-driver -y

      and reboot

      sudo systemctl reboot

      1. Notes:

      2. DEPRECATED OLD APPROACH

        The link I was following: https://phoenixnap.com/kb/nvidia-drivers-debian

        sudo apt install software-properties-common -y

        You need to check your system. It is 64 bit of course

        lscpu | grep CPU

        So now install apropriate headers

        sudo apt install linux-headers-amd64
sudo apt -y install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential libglvnd-dev pkg-config
nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

        edit the file by adding the lines:

        blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

        Install Nvidia Drivers via Debian’s Default Repository

        wget https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/470.129.06/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.129.06.run

        Change the permission to run the file and do

        sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.129.06.run

        This was the output:

        One or more modprobe configuration files to disable Nouveau have been written.  For some distributions, this may be sufficient to disable Nouveau; other distributions may require modification  
of the initial ramdisk.  Please reboot your system and attempt NVIDIA driver installation again.  Note if you later wish to re-enable Nouveau, you will need to delete these files:
/usr/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf, /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf

      3. Useful links

        https://www.linuxcapable.com/install-nvidia-drivers-on-debian/

    2. Disabling system notification sounds

      How to disable system sounds: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=271389

    3. Emacs

      sudo apt install bash-completion auto-complete-el -y
sudo apt install emacs -y

    4. Vivaldi

      In the newer debian releases (from bullseye on) you can do the following (taken from here) (probably you also need the first line from the old method i.e.: sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget ca-certificates gnupg2 -y):

      wget -qO- https://repo.vivaldi.com/archive/linux_signing_key.pub | gpg --dearmor | sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/vivaldi-browser.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vivaldi-browser.gpg arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://repo.vivaldi.com/archive/deb/ stable main" | sudo dd of=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi-archive.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install vivaldi-stable -y

      1. DEPRECATED Problem:

        After moving my home files from the on machine I got an error with a message saying about blocking Vivaldi profile to prevent its damage. Something like:

        [21991:21991:1217/184949.211853:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(353)] The profile appears to be in use by another Vivaldi process (2153709) on another computer (debi). Vivaldi has locked the profile so that it doesn't get corrupted. If you are sure no other processes are using this profile, you can unlock the profile and relaunch Vivaldi.
[21991:21991:1217/184949.211893:ERROR:message_box_dialog.cc(146)] Unable to show a dialog outside the UI thread message loop: Vivaldi - The profile appears to be in use by another Vivaldi process (2153709) on another computer (debi). Vivaldi has locked the profile so that it doesn't get corrupted. If you are sure no other processes are using this profile, you can unlock the profile and relaunch Vivaldi.

        I found sth similar here and tried to use the same remedy:

        Deleted ~/.config/vivaldi

        The same happens with chromium.

        Deleted ./config/chromium.

        No success.

        SOLUTION:

        At some point a deleted ~/.cache and moved ~/.config/vivaldi to ~/.config/vivaldiBKP, ran vivaldi-stable which worked creating new ~/.config/vivaldi with new profile, deleted ~/.config/vivaldi, and moved back ~/.config/vivaldiBKP to ~/.config/vivaldi. Now my profiles are back!

      2. DEPRECATED Old method of dealing with vivaldi repositories

        This method was good until bullseye. Explanation why this does not work is here (probably because I didn’t care to read it carefully).

        # vivaldi 
sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget ca-certificates gnupg2 -y
sudo wget -O- https://repo.vivaldi.com/archive/linux_signing_key.pub | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/vivaldi.gpg
sudo echo deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vivaldi.gpg] https://repo.vivaldi.com/archive/deb/ stable main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install vivaldi-stable -y

    5. Others

      sudo apt install thunderbird octave pandoc texstudio -y
sudo apt install wine winetricks winbind -y
# for launching 32bit application
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && sudo apt update && sudo apt install wine32 
sudo apt install default-jdk docker.io gitk -y
        
sudo apt install audacity chromium okular okular-extra-backends -y
        
sudo apt install ffmpeg filezilla gparted imagemagick kdiff3 keepassxc ktorrent -y
        
sudo apt install timeshift torbrowser-launcher vlc xournal ncdu -y
        
# 
sudo apt install goldendict clementine -y
        
sudo apt install net-tools curl wget lftp -y   # ifconfig
        
# packages needed by useful  ~/binmb scripts
sudo apt install xdotool xcalib -y
        
# gcal used in my conky 
sudo apt install gcal conky-all -y # TODO? automatic launch after booting....
        
# configuring Python for Emacs
sudo apt install python3-pip
# pip3 install jedi autopep8 flake8 ipython importmagic yapf
sudo apt install python3-jedi python3-autopep8 python3-flake8 python3-ipython python3-importmagic python3-yapf -y
        
        
# Old (not needed now?)
# sudo apt install python3-pip spyder -y
# sudo apt install autokey-gtk proftpd gadmin-proftpd kazam khotkeys
# sudo apt install gmsh tetgen dolfin julia lsb-release ncal

    6. Cups (already installed)

      In bookworm there should be no need to install cups as it is already installed:

      # cups
sudo apt install cups cups-browsed
sudo systemctl start cups-browsed

      but you may want to copy old configurations from the previous installation to have it working straight away

      1. Copy configuration

        # cups
sudo mv /etc/cups /etc/cupsBKP
sudo mkdir /etc/cups
sudo cp -r /media/mb/systemrootWD/etc/cups/* /etc/cups

      2. Restart server

        /etc/init.d/cups restart

        and evertyhing should be working fine…

    7. SOLVED Problem with conky disappearing

      gcal was missing. After installing everything worked fine.

    8. Matlab

      Install matlab and then matlab-support package(when installing matlab-support you need to pass matlab path as a parameter to the installator of the package.

      sudo apt install matlab-support

      1. PROBLEM 1

        MCR 0 interpret service starts when launching Matlab and it takes about 5% of the CPU and matlab interpreter does not respond.

      2. PROBLEM 2

        In bookworm/testing there exist a problem with opengl.

        <file:///home/mb/org/2024.03.01-dell-precision-3581—graphic-drivers.md>

        1. Solution

          # :dir /sudo:: 
echo "-Djogl.disable.openglarbcontext=1" > ~/bin/MATLAB/R2024a/bin/glnxa64/java.opts

        2. Related?:

          https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/216942-plotting-and-opengl-error-on-linux-how-to-resolve?s_tid=sug_su

    9. Miktex

      According to official Miktex page you need to:

      • Register GPG key

        curl -fsSL https://miktex.org/download/key sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/miktex-keyring.asc > /dev/null

      • Register installation source

        echo “deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/miktex-keyring.asc] https://miktex.org/download/debian bookworm universe” sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/miktex.list

      There is not available neither trixie nor testing branch so all you can do is to add bookworm branch.

      • Install MikTeX

        sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install miktex

      • Finish the setup

        miktexsetup finish

      and set automatic package installation

      initexmf --set-config-value [MPM]AutoInstall=1
      • Add your own packages

      There is a directory ~/texmf which contains tex directory tree structure. In order to have it usable withing miktex distribution you need to

      • run miktex-console,
      • choose Settings -> Directories
      • add the path to the directory to TEXMF root directories.
      • Then it may be necessary to run Tasks -> Refresh file name database

      and voila! Now your style files and other packages should be accesible by miktex.

Configuration

TODO Battery drainage/Moderm Standby/Power management - sleep modes/hibernation

The problem is as follows: Once upon a time there were sleeping modes which worked perfectly. S3 mode was a deep sleep.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1398674/battery-drain-during-suspend-mode-when-lid-is-closed-20-in-8-hours

https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/xps/dell-s3-sleep-mode-again/647f865bf4ccf8a8de560264

https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/xps/xps-13-9310-ubuntu-deep-sleep-missing/647f8daff4ccf8a8dee4f308?page=5

  1. TODO How to properly configure hibernation/sleep in Linux? ?

    Useful pages: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30166802 https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_management#Suspend_and_hibernate https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_management/Suspend_and_hibernate https://www.howtogeek.com/885752/is-hibernating-your-pc-bad-for-your-ssd/

    1. First, you need to have swap partition or swap file! -> https://superuser.com/questions/21020/can-i-hibernate-linux-without-a-swap-partition How to create swapfile? https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1042946 (example for ubuntu)

  2. POSTPONED Configuring s0ix - Approach 1

    I used this script https://github.com/intel/S0ixSelftestTool to check S0ix feature of my laptop. First, you need to install

    sudo apt install acpica-tools

    Now, get the script from github

    wget https://github.com/intel/S0ixSelftestTool/blob/main/s0ix-selftest-tool.sh

    and run it (as root):

    sudo bash s0ix-selftest-tool.sh

Intel ACPI Component Architecture
ASL+ Optimizing Compiler/Disassembler version 20230628
Copyright (c) 2000 - 2023 Intel Corporation
    
File appears to be binary: found 424 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file apic.dat, Length 0x1DC (476) bytes
ACPI: APIC 0x0000000000000000 0001DC (v05 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [APIC] decoded
Formatted output:  apic.dsl - 25542 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 30 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file bgrt.dat, Length 0x38 (56) bytes
ACPI: BGRT 0x0000000000000000 000038 (v01 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [BGRT] decoded
Formatted output:  bgrt.dsl - 1615 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 17 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file boot.dat, Length 0x28 (40) bytes
ACPI: BOOT 0x0000000000000000 000028 (v01 DELL   CBX3     00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [BOOT] decoded
Formatted output:  boot.dsl - 1207 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 54 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file dbg2.dat, Length 0x54 (84) bytes
ACPI: DBG2 0x0000000000000000 000054 (v00 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [DBG2] decoded
Formatted output:  dbg2.dsl - 2608 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 29 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file dbgp.dat, Length 0x34 (52) bytes
ACPI: DBGP 0x0000000000000000 000034 (v01 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [DBGP] decoded
Formatted output:  dbgp.dsl - 1648 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 108 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file dmar.dat, Length 0x88 (136) bytes
ACPI: DMAR 0x0000000000000000 000088 (v02 INTEL  Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [DMAR] decoded
Formatted output:  dmar.dsl - 4136 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 202909 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file dsdt.dat, Length 0x93AA6 (604838) bytes
ACPI: DSDT 0x0000000000000000 093AA6 (v02 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Pass 1 parse of [DSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [DSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    dsdt.dsl - 4294749 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 235 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file facp.dat, Length 0x114 (276) bytes
ACPI: FACP 0x0000000000000000 000114 (v06 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [FACP] decoded
Formatted output:  facp.dsl - 10167 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 59 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
ACPI Warning: Table header for [FACS] has invalid ASCII character(s) (20230628/acfileio-600)
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file facs.dat, Length 0x40 (64) bytes
ACPI Warning: Table header for [FACS] has invalid ASCII character(s) (20230628/acfileio-600)
ACPI: FACS 0x0000000000000000 000040
ACPI Warning: Table header for [FACS] has invalid ASCII character(s) (20230628/acfileio-600)
Acpi Data Table [FACS] decoded
Formatted output:  facs.dsl - 1377 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 26 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file fpdt.dat, Length 0x34 (52) bytes
ACPI: FPDT 0x0000000000000000 000034 (v01 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [FPDT] decoded
Formatted output:  fpdt.dsl - 1461 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 32 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file hpet.dat, Length 0x38 (56) bytes
ACPI: HPET 0x0000000000000000 000038 (v01 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [HPET] decoded
Formatted output:  hpet.dsl - 1874 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 160 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file lpit.dat, Length 0xCC (204) bytes
ACPI: LPIT 0x0000000000000000 0000CC (v01 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [LPIT] decoded
Formatted output:  lpit.dsl - 5899 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 36 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file mcfg.dat, Length 0x3C (60) bytes
ACPI: MCFG 0x0000000000000000 00003C (v01 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [MCFG] decoded
Formatted output:  mcfg.dsl - 1535 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 32 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file msdm.dat, Length 0x55 (85) bytes
ACPI: MSDM 0x0000000000000000 000055 (v03 DELL   CBX3     06222004 AMI  00010013)
Acpi Data Table [MSDM] decoded
Formatted output:  msdm.dsl - 1808 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 691 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file nhlt.dat, Length 0x2F1 (753) bytes
ACPI: NHLT 0x0000000000000000 0002F1 (v00 DELL   Dell Inc 00000002      01000013)
Acpi Data Table [NHLT] decoded
Formatted output:  nhlt.dsl - 13925 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 781 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file phat.dat, Length 0x506 (1286) bytes
ACPI: PHAT 0x0000000000000000 000506 (v01 DELL   Dell Inc 00000005 MSFT 0100000D)
Acpi Data Table [PHAT] decoded
Formatted output:  phat.dsl - 17365 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 9383 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt10.dat, Length 0x8885 (34949) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 008885 (v02 DELL   NvdTable 00001000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt10.dsl - 206968 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 1132 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt11.dat, Length 0xF7D (3965) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 000F7D (v02 DELL   xh_Dell_ 00000000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Firmware Error (ACPI): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PC00.XHCI.RHUB.HS10.SADX], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20230628/dswload-387)
ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20230628/psobject-264)
Could not parse ACPI tables, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
File appears to be binary: found 2496 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt12.dat, Length 0x3AEA (15082) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 003AEA (v02 SocGpe SocGpe   00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt12.dsl - 50421 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 3114 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt13.dat, Length 0x39DA (14810) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 0039DA (v02 SocCmn SocCmn   00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt13.dsl - 46426 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 72 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt14.dat, Length 0x144 (324) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 000144 (v02 Intel  ADebTabl 00001000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt14.dsl - 2349 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 172 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt15.dat, Length 0x1AB (427) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 0001AB (v02 PmRef  Cpu0Psd  00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt15.dsl - 2775 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 437 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt16.dat, Length 0x540 (1344) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 000540 (v02 PmRef  Cpu0Cst  00003001 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt16.dsl - 7427 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 1035 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt17.dat, Length 0x668 (1640) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 000668 (v02 PmRef  Cpu0Ist  00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt17.dsl - 11965 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 726 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt18.dat, Length 0x4CF (1231) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 0004CF (v02 PmRef  Cpu0Hwp  00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt18.dsl - 13907 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 1541 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt19.dat, Length 0x1BAF (7087) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 001BAF (v02 PmRef  ApIst    00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt19.dsl - 37700 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 490 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt1.dat, Length 0x38C (908) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 00038C (v02 PmaxDv Pmax_Dev 00000001 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt1.dsl - 9989 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 801 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt20.dat, Length 0x1038 (4152) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 001038 (v02 PmRef  ApHwp    00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt20.dsl - 18744 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 1000 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt21.dat, Length 0x1349 (4937) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 001349 (v02 PmRef  ApPsd    00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt21.dsl - 20861 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 777 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt22.dat, Length 0xFBB (4027) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 000FBB (v02 PmRef  ApCst    00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt22.dsl - 18476 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 4991 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt2.dat, Length 0x5C55 (23637) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 005C55 (v02 CpuRef CpuSsdt  00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt2.dsl - 116040 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 7813 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt3.dat, Length 0x554F (21839) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 00554F (v02 DptfTb DptfTabl 00001000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt3.dsl - 146467 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 1213 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt4.dat, Length 0x1697 (5783) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 001697 (v02 DELL   DellRtd3 00001000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt4.dsl - 15929 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 1330 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt5.dat, Length 0x1343 (4931) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 001343 (v02 INTEL  IgfxSsdt 00003000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt5.dsl - 31084 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 13315 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt6.dat, Length 0xD487 (54407) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 00D487 (v02 INTEL  TcssSsdt 00001000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
    
Found 2 external control methods, reparsing with new information
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt6.dsl - 345674 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 1129 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt7.dat, Length 0x107C (4220) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 00107C (v02 DELL   UsbCTabl 00001000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt7.dsl - 26241 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 605 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt8.dat, Length 0xB44 (2884) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 000B44 (v02 DELL   PtidDevc 00001000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt8.dsl - 12282 bytes
File appears to be binary: found 3135 non-ASCII characters, disassembling
Binary file appears to be a valid ACPI table, disassembling
Input file ssdt9.dat, Length 0x2357 (9047) bytes
ACPI: SSDT 0x0000000000000000 002357 (v02 DELL   TbtTypeC 00000000 INTL 20200717)
Pass 1 parse of [SSDT]
Pass 2 parse of [SSDT]
Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
    
Parsing completed
Disassembly completed
ASL Output:    ssdt9.dsl - 86922 bytes
Low Power S0 Idle is 1
The system supports S0ix!

    1. NVidia support for S0ix

      https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/460.32.03/README/powermanagement.html

Okular and buttons

Dell Thunderbolt Dock WD22TB4

Software (ubuntu) for firmware update https://www.dell.com/support/home/pl-pl/product-support/product/wd22tb4-dock/drivers

  1. Configuring LAN through docking station.

    1. For the first time

      All you need to do is to use MAC address of your laptop for MAC address of the connection destined for DockingStation connection. Taken from here: https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/networking-internet-bluetooth/ethernet-does-not-work-when-connected-to-docking-station-e-port/647f58e8f4ccf8a8de3327ab

      In KDE you need to go to:

      System Settings -> Connections -> Cable -> Cloned MAC address

      write down you laptop MAC and you are good to go! :)

      1. TODO How to check your mac?

        ip link show
# or: ifconfig -a

    2. For the next time

      sudo cp /media/mb/systemrootWD/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/* /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/

Lenovo keyboard

Swapping between FN and Ctrl can be impossible. Info on that topic can be found here: https://superuser.com/questions/65/remap-fn-to-another-key https://askubuntu.com/questions/1403447/mapping-left-ctrl-and-fn-keys-in-ubuntu-20-04-4-lts https://superuser.com/questions/1643156/state-of-fn-key-under-linux https://askubuntu.com/questions/193529/how-to-swap-between-fn-and-ctrl-keys https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=125932 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=235995 https://forums.opensuse.org/t/is-it-possible-in-kde-to-switch-the-fn-and-left-ctrl-keys/120000

TODO Controlling Intel Turbo Boost in Linux

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=399482 https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq

ZRAM - tool for optimizing RAM usage

https://www.reddit.com/r/openSUSE/comments/qco74z/64_gb_ram_any_need_for_swap/ https://youtube.com/watch?v=RGVt16xiERc

Do I need SWAP?

https://www.reddit.com/r/openSUSE/comments/qco74z/64_gb_ram_any_need_for_swap/

Updating/upgrading with cron

Automatic updates are not recommended for testing. From here:

'’9.5. Can I automatically update the system? Yes. You can use cron-apt; this tool updates the system at regular intervals using a cron job. By default it just updates the package list and downloads new packages, but without installing them.

Note: Automatic upgrade of packages is NOT recommended in testing or unstable systems as this might bring unexpected behaviour and remove packages without notice.’’

  1. TODO 2D

    • register MAC adresses of laptop and docking station

    • rest: 15,46 GB ntfs