Debian/bookworm (stable)

MNT Pocket Reform
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Hi, I’ll try to use Debian stable image on my Pocket, I’m putting here my notes, somebody else has been asking lately about it so hope it helps. It does:

  • Copy manually wireless firmware files (needed until package is available on the repositories).
  • Use tuigreet and allow it to shutdown/reboot.
  • NetworkManager does not show p2p wireless interface.
## Copy firmware files
### Point url to the current reform-qcacld2 package:
url="https://mntre.com/reform-debian-repo/pool/main/r/reform-qcacld2/reform-qcacld2_20240908T124926Z_arm64.deb"

mkdir /tmp/wireless_firmware
cd /tmp/wireless_firmware

curl "${url}" > reform-qcacld2_arm64.deb
ar x reform-qcacld2_arm64.deb
tar -xJpf data.tar.xz
mv etc/modprobe.d/reform-qcacld2.conf /etc/modprobe.d/
mv usr/lib/firmware/qcacld2/bdwlan30.bin      /usr/lib/firmware/bdwlan30.bin
mv usr/lib/firmware/qcacld2/otp30.bin         /usr/lib/firmware/otp30.bin
mv usr/lib/firmware/qcacld2/qwlan30.bin       /usr/lib/firmware/qwlan30.bin
mv usr/lib/firmware/wlan/qcacld2/cfg.dat      /usr/lib/firmware/wlan/cfg.dat
mv usr/lib/firmware/wlan/qcacld2/qcom_cfg.ini /usr/lib/firmware/wlan/qcom_cfg.ini
cd -

# Make greetd use tuigreet
## substitute command = "/usr/sbin/agreety --cmd /bin/sh"
## for             command = "/usr/bin/tuigreet --window-padding 4 --remember --asterisks --cmd /usr/bin/sway --power-shutdown 'sudo poweroff' --power-reboot 'sudo reboot'"
sed -i "s;^command = \"/usr/sbin/agreety --cmd /bin/sh\"$;command = \"/usr/bin/tuigreet --window-padding 4 --remember --asterisks --cmd /usr/bin/sway --power-shutdown 'sudo poweroff' --power-reboot 'sudo reboot'\";" /etc/greetd/config.toml

# Allow to shutdown and reboot from greetd.
echo "_greetd ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot, /sbin/poweroff" >> /etc/sudoers.d/greetd

# Disable p2p0 wlan interface on NetworkManager:
printf '[keyfile]\nunmanaged-devices=interface-name:p2p0\n' > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/99-unmanaged-device-p2p0.conf
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I fail to recall the reason for this but why are you installing ezurio-qcacld-2.0-dkms with version 0.0~git20230623.2cd31b6-4 instead of using version 0.0~git20240408.aa96a9f+dfsg-1~bpo12+1 from bookworm-backports?
See Debian -- Details of source package ezurio-qcacld-2.0-dkms in bookworm-backports

The firmware workaround is still necessary because my package ezurio-qca-firmware has been in NEW since the beginning of July: ezurio-qca-firmware - Debian NEW package overview

Thanks!

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Right, that is not needed. I replayed what I needed in July, but currently that package is already available.

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Added:

  • Use tuigreet and allow it to shutdown/reboot.
  • NetworkManager does not show p2p wireless interface.
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Can you file an issue here so that this feature can be picked up by the reform-setup wizard? Especially the entry in /etc/sudoers is of interest: Issues · Reform / MNT Reform Setup Wizard · GitLab

This is no longer necessary since Install firmware-atheros for qca9377 bluetooth (94cfe634) · Commits · Reform / reform-system-image · GitLab and Install wireless regulatory database (9d0e169a) · Commits · Reform / reform-system-image · GitLab

That’s this issue: pocket imx8mp: qcacld_wlan exposes p2p0 interface (#4) · Issues · Reform Team / reform-debian-packages · GitLab

I appreciate that you are making a script to work around current issues, but what do you think about:

  • maintaining this information as a wiki article so that it can be collaboratively improved
  • filing issues about (or merge requests fixing) the problems so that the issues get ultimately solved instead of increasing the tooling necessary to work around them :slight_smile:
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Sure! These are a better place to keep these things.