automatically log installation to file for reflection

adjust virtualization detection method and relabel comments

change automatic reboot to option

relocate gpu dependent packages to second pacman installation block

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 packer_cache/
 dist/
 .vagrant/
+arch-install.log

arch.sh

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ curl -O https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg && pacman-key --add s
 [ $(grep -c "sublime-text" /etc/pacman.conf) -eq 0 ] && echo -e "\n[sublime-text]\nServer = https://download.sublimetext.com/arch/stable/x86_64" | tee -a /etc/pacman.conf
 
 # update and install all packages
-pacman -Syu --noconfirm sudo bash-completion man-db tmux vim linux-firmware linux-headers dkms smartmontools cryptsetup usbutils btrfs-progs gvfs gvfs-mtp gvfs-afc android-udev dmidecode parted pkgfile pkgconf bison gcc gcc-libs cmake ccache ncurses xmlstarlet jq at bc cronie iptables rsync dhcpcd inetutils net-tools openssh sshfs ntp wget curl wireless_tools bluez bluez-utils lzop unzip p7zip xz unrar unace lrzip arj git mercurial subversion bzr postgresql mesa lib32-mesa dbus polkit xorg-server xorg-server-devel xorg-xinit xorg-xinput xorg-xdpyinfo xorg-xprop xdotool xsel patchelf libpng12 lib32-libpng12 pulseaudio libpulse lib32-libpulse openal lib32-openal giflib lib32-giflib mpg123 lib32-mpg123 v4l-utils lib32-v4l-utils opencl-icd-loader lib32-opencl-icd-loader libva lib32-libva gtk3 lib32-gtk3 gst-plugins-base-libs lib32-gst-plugins-base-libs vulkan-tools vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader arandr feh hsetroot openbox archlinux-xdg-menu picom xarchiver innoextract pavucontrol pasystray xdg-utils xdg-user-dirs tint2 conky pcmanfm gmrun rxvt-unicode urxvt-perls gnome-themes-extra gnome-icon-theme arc-gtk-theme gtk-engines gtk-engine-murrine lxappearance graphicsmagick imagemagick lame libwebp libid3tag libvorbis vorbis-tools faac x264 x265 libexif ffmpeg ffmpegthumbnailer tumbler joyutils evtest lm_sensors lshw gparted psensor gparted hardinfo fontconfig ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-droid ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation ttf-hanazono mpv openshot gimp krita transmission-cli discord evince viewnior virtualbox-host-modules-arch virtualbox vagrant obs-studio dia mednafen mame ppsspp lutris steam wine-staging python-pip python-setuptools winetricks sublime-text stress lxsession yt-dlp firefox
+pacman -Syu --noconfirm sudo bash-completion man-db tmux vim linux-firmware linux-headers dkms smartmontools cryptsetup usbutils btrfs-progs gvfs gvfs-mtp gvfs-afc android-udev dmidecode parted pkgfile pkgconf bison gcc gcc-libs cmake ccache ncurses xmlstarlet jq at bc cronie iptables rsync dhcpcd inetutils net-tools openssh sshfs ntp wget curl wireless_tools bluez bluez-utils lzop unzip p7zip xz unrar unace lrzip arj git mercurial subversion bzr postgresql mesa lib32-mesa dbus polkit xorg-server xorg-server-devel xorg-xinit xorg-xinput xorg-xdpyinfo xorg-xprop xdotool xsel patchelf libpng12 lib32-libpng12 pulseaudio libpulse lib32-libpulse openal lib32-openal giflib lib32-giflib mpg123 lib32-mpg123 v4l-utils lib32-v4l-utils opencl-icd-loader lib32-opencl-icd-loader libva lib32-libva gtk3 lib32-gtk3 gst-plugins-base-libs lib32-gst-plugins-base-libs arandr feh hsetroot openbox archlinux-xdg-menu picom xarchiver innoextract pavucontrol pasystray xdg-utils xdg-user-dirs tint2 conky pcmanfm gmrun rxvt-unicode urxvt-perls gnome-themes-extra gnome-icon-theme arc-gtk-theme gtk-engines gtk-engine-murrine lxappearance graphicsmagick imagemagick lame libwebp libid3tag libvorbis vorbis-tools faac x264 x265 libexif ffmpeg ffmpegthumbnailer tumbler joyutils evtest lm_sensors lshw gparted psensor gparted hardinfo fontconfig ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-droid ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation ttf-hanazono mpv openshot gimp krita transmission-cli evince viewnior virtualbox-host-modules-arch virtualbox vagrant python-pip python-setuptools sublime-text stress lxsession yt-dlp
 
 # install base configuration files from repository
 [ -d /srv/arch-desktop/install ] || git clone https://git.caseydelorme.com/cdelorme/arch-desktop /srv/arch-desktop
@@ -80,29 +80,29 @@ sed -i 's/^#MAKEFLAGS.*/MAKEFLAGS="-j$(($(nproc) + 1)) -l$(nproc)"/' /etc/makepk
 [ $(grep -c "Intel" /proc/cpuinfo) -gt 0 ] && pacman -Syu --noconfirm intel-ucode
 [ $(grep -c "AMD" /proc/cpuinfo) -gt 0 ] && pacman -Syu --noconfirm amd-ucode
 
-# install nvidia related packages
-if [ $(lspci | grep -i " vga" | grep -ci " nvidia") -gt 0 ]; then
-	pacman -Syu --noconfirm nvidia-dkms libglvnd nvidia-utils opencl-nvidia lib32-libglvnd lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia nvidia-settings
+# install GPU related packages
+if [ $(lspci | grep -i "vga" | grep -ci "amd") -gt 0 ]; then
+	pacman -Syu --noconfirm xf86-video-amdgpu vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon libva-mesa-driver lib32-libva-mesa-driver mesa-vdpau lib32-mesa-vdpau vulkan-tools vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader
 
 	# update modules to load
-	[ $(grep -c "nvidia" /etc/mkinitcpio.conf) -eq 0 ] && sed -i 's/MODULES=(\(.*\))/MODULES=(\1 nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
-
-	# automatic updates in pacman.d
-	echo -e "[Trigger]\nOperation=Install\nOperation=Upgrade\nOperation=Remove\nType=Package\nTarget=nvidia\n\n[Action]\nDepends=mkinitcpio\nWhen=PostTransaction\nExec=/usr/bin/mkinitcpio -P" > /etc/pacman.d/hooks/nvidia.hook
-fi
+	[ $(grep -c "amd" /etc/mkinitcpio.conf) -eq 0 ] && sed -i 's/MODULES=(\(.*\))/MODULES=(\1 amdgpu radeon)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+elif [ $(lspci | grep -i "vga" | grep -ci "intel") -gt 0 ]; then
+	pacman -Syu --noconfirm xf86-video-intel vulkan-intel lib32-vulkan-intel libva-mesa-driver lib32-libva-mesa-driver mesa-vdpau lib32-mesa-vdpau vulkan-tools vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader
 
-# install AMD/Radeon related packages
-if [ $(lspci | grep -i "vga" | grep -ci "amd") -gt 0 ]; then
-	pacman -Syu --noconfirm xf86-video-amdgpu vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon libva-mesa-driver lib32-libva-mesa-driver mesa-vdpau lib32-mesa-vdpau amdvlk lib32-amdvlk
+	# update modules to load
+	[ $(grep -c "amd" /etc/mkinitcpio.conf) -eq 0 ] && sed -i 's/MODULES=(\(.*\))/MODULES=(\1 i915)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+elif [ $(lspci | grep -i "vga" | grep -ci "nvidia") -gt 0 ]; then
+	pacman -Syu --noconfirm nvidia-dkms libglvnd lib32-libglvnd opencl-nvidia lib32-opencl-nvidia xf86-video-nouveau nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils libva-mesa-driver lib32-libva-mesa-driver mesa-vdpau lib32-mesa-vdpau vulkan-tools vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader nvidia-settings
 
 	# update modules to load
-	[ $(grep -c "amd" /etc/mkinitcpio.conf) -eq 0 ] && sed -i 's/MODULES=(\(.*\))/MODULES=(\1 amdgpu radeon)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+	[ $(grep -c "nvidia" /etc/mkinitcpio.conf) -eq 0 ] && sed -i 's/MODULES=(\(.*\))/MODULES=(\1 nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+
+	# automatic mkinitcpio updates in pacman.d
+	echo -e "[Trigger]\nOperation=Install\nOperation=Upgrade\nOperation=Remove\nType=Package\nTarget=nvidia\n\n[Action]\nDepends=mkinitcpio\nWhen=PostTransaction\nExec=/usr/bin/mkinitcpio -P" > /etc/pacman.d/hooks/nvidia.hook
 fi
 
-# create a user to install aur packages
-export aur_username=$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc a-z | head -c 13 ; echo '')
-useradd -r -m -s /bin/bash $aur_username
-echo "${aur_username} ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman" > /etc/sudoers.d/${aur_username}
+# install packages dependent on gpu packages
+pacman -Syu --noconfirm firefox obs-studio dia mednafen mame ppsspp lutris wine-staging winetricks steam discord
 
 # install laptop packages and optimize system configuration
 # @note: alternatively if `/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0` exists, we have a battery, probably laptop
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ if [[ "$chassistype" = "Laptop" || "$chassistype" = "Portable" || "$chassistype"
 	systemctl enable acpid
 fi
 
+# create a user to install aur packages
+export aur_username=$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc a-z | head -c 13 ; echo '')
+useradd -r -m -s /bin/bash $aur_username
+echo "${aur_username} ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman" > /etc/sudoers.d/${aur_username}
+
 # install xcursor-chameleon-skyblue
 sudo -u $aur_username git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/xcursor-chameleon-skyblue.git /home/${aur_username}/xcursor-chameleon-skyblue
 (cd /home/${aur_username}/xcursor-chameleon-skyblue && sudo -u ${aur_username} makepkg -rcsi --noconfirm)
@@ -259,5 +264,3 @@ echo "default arch" >> /boot/loader/loader.conf
 
 # check boot loader configuration
 bootctl status
-
-echo "instalation complete, please exit, umount -R /mnt, and reboot..."

packer.json

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
 			"skip_clean": true,
 			"expect_disconnect": true,
 			"environment_vars": [
-				"PACKER=y",
-				"DEBUG=true",
+				"AUTOREBOOT=y",
+				"DEBUG=y",
 				"enable_hibernation=y",
 				"root_password={{user `root_password`}}",
 				"username={{user `username`}}",

setup/install.sh

@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ while [ -z "$root_password" ]; do read -p "please enter a root password: " -s ro
 while [ -z "$username" ]; do read -p "please enter your username: " username; done
 while [ -z "$password" ]; do read -p "please enter your password: " -s password && echo ""; done
 
-# export environment variables for arch.sh
+# export environment variables for arch.sh automation
 export root_password
 export username
 export password
 
 # optionally print all commands
-[ -n "$DEBUG" ] && set -x
+[ -n "$DEBUG" ] && set -x && export DEBUG
 
 # test network connection
 ping -c 3 archlinux.org
@@ -92,13 +92,21 @@ mkdir -p /mnt/srv/arch-desktop
 cp -r install /mnt/srv/arch-desktop/
 cp arch.sh /mnt/srv/arch-desktop/
 
-# proceed to automate arch-chroot installation then umount and reboot with an async delay
-arch-chroot /mnt /srv/arch-desktop/arch.sh
-if [ -n "$PACKER" ]; then
+# proceed to automate arch-chroot installation and push output to a log file that gets copied to the new disk
+arch-chroot /mnt /srv/arch-desktop/arch.sh | tee arch-install.log
+cp arch-install.log /mnt/arch-install.log
+
+# if virtualized enable ssh as root for automation support
+if [ $(dmesg | grep -ci "hypervisor") -gt 0 ]; then
 	sed -i "/^#\?PermitRootLogin/d" /mnt/etc/ssh/sshd_config
 	sed -i "/^#\?PasswordAuthentication/d" /mnt/etc/ssh/sshd_config
 	echo "PasswordAuthentication yes" >> /mnt/etc/ssh/sshd_config
 	echo "PermitRootLogin yes" >> /mnt/etc/ssh/sshd_config
 fi
-umount -R /mnt
-(sleep 5 && systemctl reboot) &
+
+# if auto-reboot is enabled then unmount and automatically reboot
+if [ -n "AUTOREBOOT" ]; then
+	sync
+	umount -R /mnt
+	(sleep 5 && systemctl reboot) &
+fi

setup/packer.sh

@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ sed -i "/^#\?PermitRootLogin/d" /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 echo "PasswordAuthentication no" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 echo "PermitRootLogin yes" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 
-# VirtualBox Guest Additions
+# install VirtualBox Guest Additions
 # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox
 pacman -S --noconfirm linux-headers virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-modules-arch nfs-utils
 echo -e 'vboxguest\nvboxsf\nvboxvideo' > /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf
 
+# enable related virtualization and networking services
 systemctl enable vboxservice.service
 systemctl enable rpcbind.service
 
-# Clean the pacman cache.
+# Clean the pacman cache to minify image
 yes | pacman -Scc
 sync