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+title: Blog
+post: Arch Linux on Medion Crawler E10
+description: Installation and keyboard LED setup
+date: 2022-01-18
+---
+
+Together with a friend of mine we installed Arch Linux on her Medion Crawler E10 gaming laptop.
+Some quick googling and we found out this seems to be a re-branded Clevo model notebook.
+Installation was very straight forward, everything seems to work fine pretty much out-of-the-box.
+
+These are the basic steps we had to take, maybe it helps someone else.
+Some parts have been kept short, so always consider the current [Arch Installation Guide](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide) as well!
+
+Prepare the storage (SSD as cache for HDD, as described [here](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/443415) / [here](https://lucaswerkmeister.de/posts/2018/05/12/luks-on-lvm/)), with full disk encryption and format the filesystems.
+
+<pre class="sh_sh">
+# set disk mode in UEFI to AHCI
+
+fdisk
+# /dev/sda1 128GB swap
+# /dev/sda2 800GB data
+# /dev/nvme0n1p1 300MB EFI
+# /dev/nvme0n1p2 475GB data
+
+pvcreate /dev/sda2 /dev/nvme0n1p2
+vgcreate RootVG /dev/sda2 /dev/nvme0n1p2
+lvcreate -l 100%PVS -n cryptroot RootVG /dev/sda2
+lvcreate --type cache-pool -l 100%PVS -n cryptroot_cache RootVG /dev/nvme0n1p2
+lvconvert --type cache --cachepool RootVG/cryptroot_cache RootVG/cryptroot
+
+cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks2 /dev/RootVG/cryptroot
+cryptsetup open /dev/RootVG/cryptroot root
+
+mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/root
+mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
+mkswap /dev/sda1
+
+mount /dev/mapper/root /mnt
+mkdir /mnt/boot
+mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
+swapon /dev/sda1
+</pre>
+
+Install everything that's needed.
+
+<pre class="sh_sh">
+reflector --verbose --latest 40 --number 15 --sort rate --protocol https --country "Germany" --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware
+
+genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
+
+arch-chroot /mnt
+
+ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime
+hwclock --systohc
+
+pacman -Syu vim git sudo intel-ucode
+
+vim /etc/locale.gen
+locale-gen
+vim /etc/locale.conf
+vim /etc/vconsole.conf
+vim /etc/hostname
+
+pacman -Syu networkmanager
+systemctl enable NetworkManager
+
+pacman -Syu lvm2
+vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+mkinitcpio -P
+
+passwd
+
+bootctl install
+vim /etc/pacman.d/hooks/100-systemd-boot.hook
+vim /boot/loader/loader.conf
+vim /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf
+
+useradd -m username_here
+passwd username_here
+gpasswd -a username_here wheel
+visudo
+
+# enable multilib repos & ILoveCandy
+vim /etc/pacman.conf
+
+pacman -Syu xorg-server nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings lib32-nvidia-utils sddm pipewire pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack lib32-pipewire lib32-pipewire-jack helvum wireplumber sddm-kcm plasma-meta vlc dolphin dolphin-plugins kdialog kfind ark yakuake libreoffice-fresh openssh breeze-gtk kde-gtk-config ttf-droid ttf-inconsolata ttf-liberation ttf-roboto ttf-dejavu ttf-bitstream-vera terminus-font wine steam gvim firefox firefox-i18n-de firefox-ublock-origin cups cups-pdf print-manager system-config-printer pacman-contrib bluez-utils
+
+systemctl enable sddm
+systemctl enable sshd
+fc-cache
+systemctl enable cups
+systemctl enable paccache.timer
+
+echo btusb > /etc/modules-load.d/bluetooth.conf
+systemctl enable bluetooth.service
+
+# enable DRM kernel mode settings
+# in mkinitcpio and bootloader config
+
+pacman -Syu nvidia-prime
+# use prime-run for PRIME render offloading
+
+# install AUR helper, we used bauerbill
+</pre>
+
+Setup LED keyboard backlight control. As described [here at NovaCustom](https://configurelaptop.eu/clevo-keyboard-backlight-control-for-linux/).
+
+<pre class="sh_sh">
+# install dmidecode
+sudo dmidecode | grep "Product Name"
+# --> CRAWLER E10
+
+# clone pkgbuild from dkms driver
+# https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/clevo-xsm-wmi-dkms/
+# adjust included patch, replace model name with "CRAWLER E10"
+
+pacman -Syu dkms linux-headers
+makepkg
+pacman -U pkgname
+modprobe clevo-xsm-wmi kb_color=white,white,white, kb_brightness=1
+sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/clevo-xsm-wmi.conf <<< clevo-xsm-wmi
+
+# https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/clevo-xsm-wmi-util/
+# for graphical control
+</pre>
+
+Afterwards, install required user applications (Gimp, Okular, ...) and configure the KDE desktop to personal preferences. Also check out the [General Recommendations in the Arch Wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/General_recommendations).