ansible-chromebook

An ansible playbook for setting up Debian Sid (console only) on a Dell Chromebook 11

raw commands

LVM snapshots

• create snapshot volume: sudo lvcreate --size 6G --snapshot --name snap_root /dev/mapper/sid11--vg-root
• LATER… sudo lvconvert --merge /dev/mapper/sid11--vg-snap_root

Bootstrap device

• basic cli: sudo apt install git htop vim

• gpg yubikey: sudo apt install gnupg2 gnupg-agent pinentry-curses scdaemon pcscd

• gpg-agent config (~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf):

  enable-ssh-support
  pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-tty
  default-cache-ttl 60
  max-cache-ttl 120
  

• gpg-agent start:

  export GPG_TTY="$(tty)"
  export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$(gpgconf --list-dirs agent-ssh-socket)"
  gpgconf --launch gpg-agent 
  gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye > /dev/null
  

• git clone git@github.com:bryfry/ansible-chromebook.git

• sudo apt install python3 python3-pip apitude

• pip3 install git+https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git@devel

wifi

• sudo iw dev wlp1s0 scan | grep SSID
• wpa_passphrase <SSID> | sudo tee -a /root/<SSID>.conf (prompt is for password)
• sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp1s0 -c /root/<SSID>.conf
• sudo dhclient -i wlp1s0

Running it

• ansible-playbook -i hosts main.yml

Neat stuff

• min backlight: sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness <<< "1"
• max backlight: sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness <<< `cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
• good resource on tty keyboard mappings
  • search key = keycode 125 = Alt
  • left control key = keycode 29 = Control
• how to live well on the linux console

TODO

• powertop systemd service
• battery charge logs
• improve wifi setup (script?)
• power button sensitivity
• lock screen

TODO maybe

• zram
• audio drivers
• fix hw/lvm errors at initial login
• improve boot speed (ext4)

Done

• git config --global user.email "bryon@fryer.io"
• git config --global user.name "bryfry"
• git config --global url."git@github.com:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"

Done v1

• australian style trackpad, sidescrolling?
• remove right click trackpad area
• home directory dotfiles
• screen recording
• systemd/X lock screen
• paste into st - no shift insert