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> without the boot partition getting full This is very annoying. Some distributions are able to boot directly from the main partition, without a need for a sep

by jraph 4y ago

> without the boot partition getting full This is very annoying. Some distributions are able to boot directly from the main partition, without a need for a separate /boot though, even with Btrfs. This is the case for the computer I'm writing this comment with running openSUSE Tumbleweed, I think I had that with Debian or Ubuntu in the past. [a] > sleep states being faulty (or the machine not working properly after waking from sleep) > or external monitor resolutions being wrong Fine on my computers too. > monitor scaling working properly when you have two monitors with different resolutions? I gave up temporarily on this. It seems to work well on Wayland but I can't bear the blurry fonts that comes with fractional scaling on Wayland (and this is not just Linux, I think macOS is like this too), and I'm still on X11 the scaling is not very adaptative. HOWEVER KDE is getting proper fractional scaling support just right now [1]: > “What does this do?” you might ask. It allows the Qt toolkit to turn on its pre-existing fractional scaling support on Wayland that it always had on X11. No more rendering to an integer size and then scaling down! This should result in Qt apps that are scaled to anything other than 100%, 200%, or 300% scale having better performance, less visual blurriness, and lower power usage. And KDE on Wayland may be usable now, so that might be the thing that makes me switch in the coming months. [1] https://pointieststick.com/2022/12/16/this-week-in-kde-wayland-fractional-scaling-oh-and-we-also-fixed-multi-screen/ https://pointieststick.com/2022/12/16/this-week-in-kde-wayla... [a] edit: by the way, I just installed Debian on an old x86 tablet that was running Ubuntu (because i386 is not supported anymore, and recent versions of Debian are way better than recent versions of Ubuntu anyway). It had a separate /boot on Ubuntu, I installed Debian in a Btrfs subvolume, its /boot is there so now the separate boot partition is completely useless and I will get rid of it. So I can confirm it works on Debian too.

srcreigh 4y ago
What partition configuration do you have? Do you have a fdisk printout handy (aka `fdisk /dev/FOOBAR` and run the p command)
- jraph 4y ago
  Disk /dev/sda: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors ... Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt ... Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System /dev/sda2 1050624 972578815 971528192 463.3G Linux filesystem /dev/sda3 972578816 976773134 4194319 2G Linux swap sda1 is the EFI partition mounted on /boot/efi, /boot is a folder of /dev/sda2. sda2 is fully encrypted, subvolumes used to be managed by snapper and I installed openSUSE with its installer which does a lot of magic so my mount is a bit of a mess. Grub is able to find its config and boot the OS but takes ages to decrypt so I replaced it with systemd-boot. Here's mount: proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,size=4096k,nr_inodes=3048348,mode=755,inode64) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,inode64) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,size=4883644k,nr_inodes=819200,mode=755,inode64) cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate,memory_recursiveprot) pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) bpf on /sys/fs/bpf type bpf (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700) /dev/mapper/cr_root on / type btrfs (rw,noatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=266,subvol=/@/.snapshots/1/snapshot) systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=28,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=16762) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime,pagesize=2M) tracefs on /sys/kernel/tracing type tracefs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) ramfs on /run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service type ramfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700) ramfs on /run/credentials/systemd-sysctl.service type ramfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /.snapshots type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=265,subvol=/@/.snapshots) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /boot/grub2/i386-pc type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=264,subvol=/@/boot/grub2/i386-pc) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /opt type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=261,subvol=/@/opt) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /srv type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=259,subvol=/@/srv) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=263,subvol=/@/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /usr/local type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=258,subvol=/@/usr/local) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /root type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=260,subvol=/@/root) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /var type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=257,subvol=/@/var) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /home type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=281,subvol=/@/home) tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,size=12209112k,nr_inodes=1048576,inode64) /dev/sda1 on /boot/efi type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro) ramfs on /run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service type ramfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700) tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=2441820k,nr_inodes=610455,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000,inode64) portal on /run/user/1000/doc type fuse.portal (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000) gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000) tracefs on /sys/kernel/debug/tracing type tracefs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) portal on /root/.cache/doc type fuse.portal (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0) gvfsd-fuse on /root/.cache/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0) I have a similar setup on an nvme disk in another computer. I might as well delete the 2G swap partition by the way, with 24G of RAM I'm not sure it's that useful.

by jraph 4y ago

srcreigh 4y ago

What partition configuration do you have? Do you have a fdisk printout handy (aka `fdisk /dev/FOOBAR` and run the p command)

jraph 4y ago
Disk /dev/sda: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors ... Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt ... Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System /dev/sda2 1050624 972578815 971528192 463.3G Linux filesystem /dev/sda3 972578816 976773134 4194319 2G Linux swap sda1 is the EFI partition mounted on /boot/efi, /boot is a folder of /dev/sda2. sda2 is fully encrypted, subvolumes used to be managed by snapper and I installed openSUSE with its installer which does a lot of magic so my mount is a bit of a mess. Grub is able to find its config and boot the OS but takes ages to decrypt so I replaced it with systemd-boot. Here's mount: proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,size=4096k,nr_inodes=3048348,mode=755,inode64) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,inode64) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,size=4883644k,nr_inodes=819200,mode=755,inode64) cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate,memory_recursiveprot) pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) bpf on /sys/fs/bpf type bpf (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700) /dev/mapper/cr_root on / type btrfs (rw,noatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=266,subvol=/@/.snapshots/1/snapshot) systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=28,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=16762) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime,pagesize=2M) tracefs on /sys/kernel/tracing type tracefs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) ramfs on /run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service type ramfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700) ramfs on /run/credentials/systemd-sysctl.service type ramfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /.snapshots type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=265,subvol=/@/.snapshots) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /boot/grub2/i386-pc type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=264,subvol=/@/boot/grub2/i386-pc) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /opt type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=261,subvol=/@/opt) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /srv type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=259,subvol=/@/srv) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=263,subvol=/@/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /usr/local type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=258,subvol=/@/usr/local) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /root type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=260,subvol=/@/root) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /var type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=257,subvol=/@/var) /dev/mapper/cr_root on /home type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache=v2,subvolid=281,subvol=/@/home) tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,size=12209112k,nr_inodes=1048576,inode64) /dev/sda1 on /boot/efi type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro) ramfs on /run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service type ramfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700) tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=2441820k,nr_inodes=610455,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000,inode64) portal on /run/user/1000/doc type fuse.portal (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000) gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000) tracefs on /sys/kernel/debug/tracing type tracefs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) portal on /root/.cache/doc type fuse.portal (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0) gvfsd-fuse on /root/.cache/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0) I have a similar setup on an nvme disk in another computer. I might as well delete the 2G swap partition by the way, with 24G of RAM I'm not sure it's that useful.