Tuxedo Control Center and SysVInit [Solved]

[SwampRabbit]

Perhaps would be nice, if someone could checkout whether this sleep/resume pm-hook
would work with tccd.
Thanks

Thanks for taking the time to break that all down fehlix, will help save some time when I get to packaging it.

I plan on packaging it this weekend at some point.

[xamio]

Do you have a Tuxedo computer that you are running MX on?

Yes. Although it should work on other laptops as well. If you would like me to test something just let me know.

[SwampRabbit]

Yes. Although it should work on other laptops as well. If you would like me to test something just let me know.

Thank you, I was really asking because I saw they had other official Tuxedo applications and was wondering if any other ones should be packaged as well, ones that are specific to Tuxedo systems. The better we can support users specific systems it makes users not shy away from certain vendors. :)

[xamio]

They do offer a script that you can run after installing a distro, but it only supports Ubuntu, Linux Mint or OpenSuse as far as I know.

You can find it here:
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Adju ... ion.tuxedo, bottom of the page tuxedo.sh script. It tweaks your system a bit more but tbh I haven't tried to run it on MX.

You can take a look if you want to see what additional software it installs.

[SwampRabbit]

They do offer a script that you can run after installing a distro, but it only supports Ubuntu, Linux Mint or OpenSuse as far as I know.

You can find it here:
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Adju ... ion.tuxedo, bottom of the page tuxedo.sh script. It tweaks your system a bit more but tbh I haven't tried to run it on MX.

You can take a look if you want to see what additional software it installs.

Thanks, I started preparing to package tuxedo-control-center already, but one minor snag...

They didn't actually create a Debian source package to build packages from, they just created .debs and uploaded them to their repo.

I'm building the package from scratch right now, but it seems I need to package tuxedo-keyboard, and probably other things first.
I may post on their GitHub about this, because they could at least list all build dependencies and dependencies on their GitHub.
And its already proven they can have that init script pretty easily.

I get they probably only want users to use the distros and repos they ship with their computers, but not everyone wants Ubuntu with Budgie desktop.
I'd think they'd sell a lot more computers if didn't limit themselves, I'll package tuxedo-control-center and tuxedo-keyboard, even the rest of the things needed for MX to work OOTB, they just got to do a little bit to help me do it faster lol.

[Mortivarus]

According to their github page you also need to add com.tuxedocomputers.tccd.conf to /usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/
Will this just work or does it require a special doohicky to make it work for sysvinit?

Edit: even with the tccd service active, the Tuxedo control center app does not launch, claiming it couldn't communicate with tccd service.

[SwampRabbit]

According to their github page you also need to add com.tuxedocomputers.tccd.conf to /usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/
Will this just work or does it require a special doohicky to make it work for sysvinit?

Edit: even with the tccd service active, the Tuxedo control center app does not launch, claiming it couldn't communicate with tccd service.

You might have to boot with systemd in the mean time for this to work as it currently is. A sysvinit script needs created at some point from the looks of it.

Packaging this is still a ways off, only way to get it faster is if Tuxedo Computers Debianizes their own stuff or provides all the info to make it get done faster. They are a company that makes $ off people that use their computers, if they only want people to use their provided Linux distros and repos that’s fine, but we don’t get paid to help them sell computers so it’s gonna take time to get this ready. Actually we don’t get paid for any of this ever lol :P

Not saying we won’t help our users who own these systems, but Tuxedo Computers ain’t making it easy to just build this and be done.

[Mortivarus]

Oh don't worry, Tuxedo (and by extension Clevo, as they use the same hardware) should just get their head out of their own ass and actually fullfill their promise of supporting Linux. I'm already very pleased by the level of support you all give and the ease of the tools you make. I just wish I had all the technical knowledge to do it myself. Then I wouldn't have to wait for a lazy company or bother busy volunteers with my questions.

[Vanitarium]

Thank you for this post. I have followed your tips and got my Aura15v.1 with tuxedo keyboard and Control Centre running a treat. Thanks to you all.....

[Vanitarium]

@SwampRabbit:
just to get info may I ask how you are getting on with this package? If you want me to contact Tuxedo Computers and push a few levers, let me know.
Could you explain what it means when you say

They didn't actually create a Debian source package to build packages from, they just created .debs and uploaded them to their repo.

I could use your comment to ask if they can create the source package?
Let me know what would help with your packaging job!
I have bought the laptop and I can raise questions with Tuxedo under their support and warranty ...