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How I configured Ubuntu 16.04LTS for use with the AMDGPU driver (With notes)
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My setup for Linux Files for the AMD - based SKUs at home.md

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  • Xubuntu 16.04

Repositories

Graphics (padoka-ppa):

sudo apt-add-repository 'ppa:paulo-miguel-dias/mesa' -y

Wine (gallium-nine):

sudo apt-add-repository 'ppa:commendsarnex/winedri3' -y

Software:

Initial setup:

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt clean && sync

Remove:

sudo apt purge parole* gnome-mines* gnome-sudoku* catfish* xfce4-taskmanager* gigolo* && sync

General:

sudo apt install gnome-disk-utility winbind ffmpeg ffmpegthumbnailer mpv wine1.9 unar aria2 p7zip-full mesa-utils

Personal:

sudo apt-get install enigmail android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot ubuntu-device-flash shotwell htop openjdk-8-jre libimage-exiftool-perl amd64-microcode gimp mesa-vdpau-drivers screenfetch epiphany-browser

Install by hosts:

(a).Hammerstorm:

sudo apt-get install handbrake

(b) Hailrake:

sudo apt-get install alsa-tools

(c).Mary:

sudo apt-get install intel-microcode browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash openssh-server

(d).Hatebeat:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Master Password:

wget 'https://ssl.masterpasswordapp.com/masterpassword-gui.jar' -O ~/'Documents/masterpassword-gui.jar' && chmod +x ~/'Documents/masterpassword-gui.jar'

Settings:

Keyboard:

java -jar '/home/espionage724/Documents/masterpassword-gui.jar'
Ctrl + Alt + Z

Printer:

AppSocket/HP JetDirect 192.168.1.164

Other Setup:

Shotwell (MediaGoblin):

Piwigo:

https://media.realmofespionage.xyz/api/piwigo/ws.php

Xfce Clock:

%c

Terminal:

0.90 Transparency 10000 Scrollback Disbale Scroll on output

Mousepad:

4 tab width and insert spaces

Thunar:

Smaller icon sizes

TODO: Thunar right-click stuff

Transmission:

http://john.bitsurge.net/public/biglist.p2p.gz

Thunderbird

IMAP mail.cock.li 143 STARTTLS Normal pass SMTP
mail.cock.li 587 STARTTLS Normal pass Username/Outgoing: brainiarc7@x.x

GPG:

TODO (create, backup, restore):

Disable Apport:

sudo bash -c 'cat > '/etc/default/apport'' << EOF enabled=0 EOF

Firewall:

sudo ufw reset && sudo ufw default deny && sudo ufw enable

mpv configuration:

mkdir -p ~/'.config/mpv' && bash -c 'cat > ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf'' << EOF hwdec='vdpau' vo='opengl-hq' EOF

SSH Enable:

sudo ufw allow from '192.168.1.1/24' to any port '22' && sudo systemctl enable 'ssh' && sudo systemctl start 'ssh'

SSH Keys

ssh-keygen -o -t 'ed25519' ssh-copy-id '192.168.1.163'

Machine Key Labels:

ssh '192.168.1.152'
ssh '192.168.1.163'

nano ~/'.ssh/authorized_keys'

Environment Variables:

sudo bash -c 'cat > '/etc/profile.d/custom.sh'' << EOF

# Radeon Tweaks

export R600_DEBUG='sbcl,hyperz,llvm,sisched,forcedma'
EOF

Swappiness:

sudo bash -c 'cat > '/etc/sysctl.d/60-swappiness.conf'' << EOF
vm.swappiness = 10
vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 50
EOF


cat '/proc/sys/vm/swappiness'
cat '/proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure'

Security:

Only Root user can read dmesg:

sudo bash -c 'cat > '/etc/sysctl.d/61-harden.conf'' << EOF
kernel.dmesg_restrict = 1
EOF

Hammerstorm (Desktop):

sudo bash -c 'cat > '/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-graphics.conf'' << EOF

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Caribbean Islands"
    Driver      "amdgpu"
    Option      "DRI"       "3"
    Option      "TearFree"  "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "HDMI-A-0"
    Gamma       0.8
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "DVI-D-0"
    Gamma       0.8
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "DVI-I-1"
    Gamma       0.8
EndSection
EOF

hdparm Tweaks:

sudo bash -c 'cat > '/lib/systemd/system/hd-tweak.service'' << EOF

[Unit]
Description=hdparm Tweaks

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -A '1' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -J '0' --please-destroy-my-drive '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -S '0' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -W '1' '/dev/sda'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Now start the service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'hd-tweak' && sudo systemctl start 'hd-tweak'

Spinecrack (laptop):

sudo -e '/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-graphics.conf'


Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Northern Islands"
    Driver      "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "eDP-1"
    Gamma       0.8
EndSection

Corsair Gaming KATAR Mouse setup on Ubuntu 16.04LTS:

sudo -e '/etc/default/grub' && sudo update-grub

usbhid.quirks=0x1B1C:0x1B22:0x20000000

hdparm Tweaks:

sudo -e '/lib/systemd/system/hd-tweak.service' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'hd-tweak' && sudo systemctl start 'hd-tweak'


[Unit]
Description=hdparm Tweaks

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -A '1' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -B '255' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -J '0' --please-destroy-my-drive '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -S '0' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -W '1' '/dev/sda'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Hailrake (2-in-1):

sudo -e '/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-graphics.conf'


Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Sea Islands"
    Driver      "modesetting"
EndSection

Volume Increase:

sudo -e '/lib/systemd/system/hp-audio.service' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'hp-audio' && sudo systemctl start 'hp-audio'

TODO: Test units.

[Unit]
Description=Bass enable and gain increase

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/usr/bin/hda-verb' '/dev/snd/hwC1D0' 0x1a 0x782 0x61
ExecStart='/usr/bin/hda-verb' '/dev/snd/hwC1D0' 0x1a 0x773 0x2d

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

hdparm Tweaks:

sudo -e '/lib/systemd/system/hd-tweak.service' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'hd-tweak' && sudo systemctl start 'hd-tweak'


[Unit]
Description=hdparm Tweaks

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -A '1' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -B '255' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -S '0' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -W '1' '/dev/sda'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Mary (mom's laptop):

sudo -e '/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-graphics.conf'


Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Haswell"
    Driver      "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "eDP-0"
    Gamma       0.8
EndSection

hdparm Tweaks:

sudo -e '/lib/systemd/system/hd-tweak.service' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'hd-tweak' && sudo systemctl start 'hd-tweak'


[Unit]
Description=hdparm Tweaks

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -A '1' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -B '255' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -J '0' --please-destroy-my-drive '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -S '0' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -W '1' '/dev/sda'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Hatebeat (The coal burner)

Graphics:

sudo -e '/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-graphics.conf'


Section "Device"
    Identifier  "R600"
    Driver      "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "DVI-0"
    Identifier  "DVI-I-1"
    Modeline "640x480_120.00"  52.41  640 680 744 848  480 481 484 515  -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

hdparm Tweaks:

sudo -e '/lib/systemd/system/hd-tweak.service' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'hd-tweak' && sudo systemctl start 'hd-tweak'


[Unit]
Description=hdparm Tweaks

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -A '1' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -B '255' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -M '0' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -S '0' '/dev/sda'
ExecStart='/sbin/hdparm' -W '1' '/dev/sda'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

PulseAudio:

sudo bash -c 'cat > '/etc/pulse/daemon.conf'' << EOF
resample-method = soxr-mq
flat-volumes = no
deferred-volume-safety-margin-usec = 1
EOF

Automatic Updates:

TODO: Figure out some way to alert something on failure. Look into systemd-timers.

Services:

sudo bash -c 'cat > '/lib/systemd/system/ubuntu-up.service'' << EOF

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/usr/bin/apt' update
ExecStart='/usr/bin/apt' full-upgrade -y
ExecStart='/usr/bin/apt' autoremove -y
ExecStart='/usr/bin/apt' clean
ExecStart='/bin/sync'
EOF
sudo bash -c 'cat > '/lib/systemd/system/ubuntu-up.timer'' << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Daily sources refresh and dist-upgrade

[Timer]
OnCalendar=x
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
EOF

Start the service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'ubuntu-up.timer' && sudo systemctl start 'ubuntu-up.timer'

Update Times:

- Hammerstorm
OnCalendar=*-*-* 05:00:00

- Spinecrack
OnCalendar=*-*-* 05:10:00

- Hailrake
OnCalendar=*-*-* 05:20:00

- Mary
OnCalendar=*-*-* 05:30:00

- Hatebeat
OnCalendar=*-*-* 05:40:00

- Thistlesage
OnCalendar=*-*-* 05:50:00

Steven Black's Unified Hosts File

Services:

sudo bash -c 'cat > '/lib/systemd/system/hosts-up.service'' << EOF

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/usr/bin/wget' 'https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/archive/master.zip' -O '/tmp/master.zip'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/unzip' '/tmp/master.zip' -d '/tmp'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/python3' '/tmp/hosts-master/updateHostsFile.py' --auto --replace
ExecStart='/bin/rm' -R '/tmp/master.zip' '/tmp/hosts-master'
ExecStart='/bin/sync'
EOF
sudo bash -c 'cat > '/lib/systemd/system/hosts-up.timer'' << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Weekly hosts source refresh

[Timer]
OnCalendar=weekly
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'hosts-up.timer' && sudo systemctl start 'hosts-up.timer'

Firefox Setup:

 about:config


bash -c 'cat >  ~/'user.js'' << EOF
user_pref("media.mp3.enabled", true);
user_pref("layout.frame_rate.precise", true);
user_pref("mousewheel.min_line_scroll_amount", 40);
user_pref("javascript.options.mem.high_water_mark", 32);
user_pref("javascript.options.mem.max", 51200);
user_pref("dom.storage.enabled", true);
user_pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled", true);
EOF
mv ~/'user.js' ~/'.mozilla/firefox/'*'.default'

Extensions:

xdg-open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-settings/versions' && xdg-open 'https://www.eff.org/privacybadger' && xdg-open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/versions' && xdg-open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gnotifier/versions' && xdg-open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/versions' && xdg-open 'https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere' && xdg-open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-hello-pocket-reader/versions'

Extensions Configuration:

[uBlock](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/) filters (disable EasyList + EasyPrivacy, enable Easy+Fanboy Ultimate + Adblock killer)
- Full privacy with Privacy Settings button

Search Engines:

https://searx.me/about#
https://startpage.com/eng/download-startpage-plugin.html?hmb=1

Noteable Folders and Commands:

Shortcuts:

/usr/share/applications
~/.local/share/applications

Icons:

/usr/share/icons/hicolor
~/.local/share/icons/hicolor

sources.list:

/etc/apt/sources.list

systemd Scripts:

/etc/systemd/system
/lib/systemd/system

Encryption Info:

sudo cryptsetup luksDump /dev/sd*

sudo cryptsetup status luks-RANDOMCHARACTERS (find name through [gnome-disk-utility](https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-disk-utility/) or something)

Check CPU Frequency:

grep 'MHz' '/proc/cpuinfo'
watch -n 0.1 grep \'cpu MHz\' '/proc/cpuinfo'

Hard Drive Wipe:

Make sure to change sda if not wanting to do sda

sudo hdparm -I '/dev/sda' | grep 'not'
sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass Eins '/dev/sda'
sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced Eins '/dev/sda'

Privacy:

Remove metadata

exiftool -all= *.* -overwrite_original

The end.

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