My hyperbola (Lenovo z50) ************************* Things that took me some effort finding during and post installation of hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre USB Tethering ************* 1 Connect phone with USB tethering on 2 Start DHCP # dhcpcd 3 Keep pinging until it works # ping -c 3 mojeek.com 4 Once hyperbola is installed can be set to start automatically at boot # rc-update add dhcpcd boot UEFI Partitions *************** Used hyperbola beginner's installation and arch linux's installation guide (1.9.1 Partition the disks) # cfdisk /dev/sda 512M EFI 3.7G Linux swap (< 1/2 RAM) The rest Linux filesystem # mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3 # mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1 # mkswap /dev/sda2 # swapon /dev/sda2 # mount /dev/sda3 /mnt # mkdir /mnt/boot # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot Grub install for x86_64 UEFI **************************** Thanks grub-install --help # grub-install \ --target=x86_64-efi \ --recheck /dev/sda \ --efi-directory=/boot Shutting down ************* # reboot I use poweroff as shutdown seems to hang # poweroff Clock skews *********** 1 SSL does not work although ping does 2 Had to install another distro 3 Have installed chrony which might help next time this happens # pacman -S chrony Groups I use in /etc/group ************************** audio I cant get audio to work without it games not sure, I think needed for games input not sure, I think needed for steering wheels No sound ******** 1 Install ALSA utils # pacman -S alsa-utils 2 Get list of devices and subdevices (The one I wanted was device 1 subdevice 0) # aplay -l 3 Update in /etc/alsa.conf and /etc/asound.conf (Ignore sndio options) 4 Add user to audio group (/etc/group) 5 Reboot and hope it works # reboot 6 Volume control using alsamixer GUI # alsamixer No sound - Speed Dreams ************************ Comment out everything in /etc/openal/alsoft.conf Logitech G29 FFB - Speed dreams ******************************* 1 Install joystick drivers # pacman -S xenocara-input-joystick 2 99-logitech-wheels-perms.rules a Download from GitLab pyLinuxWheel / data / rules b Remove / comment all other wheels c Place in /etc/udev/rules.d/ 3 Add user to input group (/etc/group) 4 Put Logitech G29 in PS3 mode and reboot # reboot