Changeset 608e1de1

Timestamp:

04/11/2024 11:15:01 AM (5 weeks ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

lazarus, trunk

Children:

efc10aa3

Parents:

2bd79d0d (diff), 20be11f (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
Use the (diff) links above to see all the changes relative to each parent.

Message:

Merge branch 'trunk' of git.linuxfromscratch.org:blfs into trunk

Files:

• general/sysutils/power-profiles-daemon.xml (modified) (3 diffs)
• gnome/platform/gnome-shell.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• gnome/platform/tracker3-miners-kernel.xml (added)
• gnome/platform/tracker3-miners.xml (modified) (5 diffs)
• kde/plasma5/plasma-all.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• kernel-config/gnome/platform/tracker3-miners.toml (added)
• x/lib/qt6.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/sysutils/power-profiles-daemon.xml

@@ -34 +34 @@
       that allows modification of the system power/behavior state. This is used on
       many laptops and can be used by a Desktop Environment to activate power saving 
-      or performance CPU governors through dbus.
+      or performance CPU governors through dbus. On other systems, Power-profiles-daemon
+      can be used as a streamlined way to set the CPU governor in order to increase system
+      performance at the cost of energy usage.
     </para>
 
@@ -157 +159 @@
 <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>
+    <para revision="sysv">
       Now, clean up an unneeded systemd unit installed into /tmp:
     </para>
@@ -223 +225 @@
 
       <screen role="root"><userinput>systemctl enable power-profiles-daemon</userinput></screen>
+    </sect3>
+
+    <sect3>
+      <title>Select a Power Profile</title>
+
+      <para>
+        To list all supported power profiles, issue:
+      </para>
+
+      <screen role="nodump"><userinput>powerprofilesctl</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        To activate a power profile (for example
+        <replaceable>performance</replaceable>), issue:
+      </para>
+
+      <screen role="nodump"><userinput>powerprofilesctl set <replaceable>performance</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        Some desktop environments (for example GNOME and KDE) also provide
+        a graphical interface to interact with
+        <command>power-profiles-daemon</command> and activate a power
+        profile.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+        The activated power profile is automatically stored in
+        <filename>/var/lib/power-profiles-daemon/state.ini</filename> and
+        <command>power-profiles-daemon</command> will read it out and
+        activate it again on the next boot if the
+        <phrase revision='sysv'>bootscript is
+        installed</phrase><phrase revision='systemd'>Systemd
+        unit is enabled</phrase> as above.
+      </para>
     </sect3>
 

gnome/platform/gnome-shell.xml

@@ -90 +90 @@
       <xref linkend="gst10-plugins-base"/>,
       <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>, and
-      <xref linkend="power-profiles-daemon"/> (for laptops)
+      <xref linkend="power-profiles-daemon"/>
     </para>
 

gnome/platform/tracker3-miners.xml

@@ -121 +121 @@
   </sect2>
 
+  <sect2 role="kernel" id="tracker3-miners-kernel">
+    <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
+
+    <para>
+      Enable the following options in the kernel configuration, then recompile
+      the kernel and reboot if necessary:
+    </para>
+
+    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      href="tracker3-miners-kernel.xml"/>
+
+    <indexterm zone="tracker3-miners tracker3-miners-kernel">
+      <primary sortas="d-traker-miners">tracker-miners</primary>
+    </indexterm>
+  </sect2>
+
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Tracker-miners</title>
@@ -163 +179 @@
             --buildtype=release \
             -Dman=false         \
-            -Dlandlock=disabled \
             ..                  &amp;&amp;
 ninja</userinput></screen>
@@ -174 +189 @@
             -Dsystemd_user_services=false \
             -Dman=false                   \
-            -Dlandlock=disabled           \
             ..                            &amp;&amp;
 ninja</userinput></screen>
@@ -215 +229 @@
     </para>
 
-    <para>
-      <parameter>-Dlandlock=disabled</parameter>: This switch disables the
-      Landlock file access sandbox due to it requiring additional kernel
-      configuration and packages such as selinux or AppArmor.
-    </para>
-
     <para revision="sysv">
       <parameter>-Dsystemd_user_services=false</parameter>: This switch prevents
@@ -231 +239 @@
       call filter. On some architectures, such as i686 and ARM, the functions
       that tracker-miners uses are not guarded properly, and tracker-miners
-      will get killed with a SIGSYS as a result.
+      will get killed with a SIGSYS as a result.  Note that disabling
+      seccomp might cause the system compromised more severely in case a
+      security vulnerability in tracker-miners or its dependencies is
+      exploited.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      <option>-Dlandlock=disabled</option>: This switch disables the
+      Landlock file access sandbox.  Use it if you don't want to build the
+      kernel with Landlock support.  Note that disabling Landlock might
+      cause the system compromised more severely in case a security
+      vulnerability in tracker-miners or its dependencies is exploited.
     </para>
 

kde/plasma5/plasma-all.xml

@@ -104 +104 @@
     <xref linkend="oxygen-icons"/>, 
     <xref linkend="pciutils"/>, 
-    <xref linkend="power-profiles-daemon"/> (for laptops), and 
+    <xref linkend="power-profiles-daemon"/>, and 
     the following Python modules: 
       <xref linkend="psutil"/>,

x/lib/qt6.xml

@@ -274 +274 @@
 
     <para>
-      First make a correction identified uostream:
+      First make a correction identified upstream:
     </para>