installation guide for debian based systems

[DeepAlex1247]

Hey guys,

I am really interested in this tool, but I am using Pop Os, which is debian based. I have not really much knowledge about how to built something like this from scratch, so help would be appreciated.

I guess it would make this project much more appreciated by all Linux users, if something like this would exist.

[gorghino]

I recently compiled razer-cli on my Razer Blade Advanced (Early 2020) on PopOS 20.10
Start cloning the repository:
git clone https://github.com/rnd-ash/razer-laptop-control.git

then compile the drivers:

 cd razer-laptop-control/driver/
 sudo make driver_dkms  
 sudo dkms add -m razercontrol -v 1.3.0  
 sudo dkms build -m razercontrol -v 1.3.0  
 sudo dkms install -m razercontrol -v 1.3.0  
 sudo update-initramfs -u
 sudo reboot

Then compile razer_control_gui

 cd ..  
 cd razer_control_gui/
 ./install.sh

Reboot and you should have the deamon running:

gorgo@pop-os:~$ sudo systemctl status razerdaemon.service -l
● razerdaemon.service - Razer laptop control daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/razerdaemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-12-30 19:15:34 CET; 57min ago
   Main PID: 799 (daemon)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 18928)
     Memory: 3.3M
     CGroup: /system.slice/razerdaemon.service
             └─799 /usr/share/razercontrol/daemon

dic 30 19:15:34 pop-os systemd[1]: Started Razer laptop control daemon.
dic 30 19:15:34 pop-os daemon[799]: Sysfs ready! Starting daemon
dic 30 19:15:34 pop-os daemon[799]: No effects save, creating a new one
dic 30 19:15:34 pop-os daemon[799]: Power source changed! Now AC
dic 30 19:17:25 pop-os daemon[799]: REQ: GetFanSpeed
dic 30 19:17:38 pop-os daemon[799]: REQ: GetPwrLevel
dic 30 19:21:57 pop-os daemon[799]: REQ: SetPowerMode { pwr: 1, cpu: 0, gpu: 0 }
dic 30 19:21:57 pop-os daemon[799]: REQ: GetPwrLevel
dic 30 19:22:38 pop-os daemon[799]: REQ: SetPowerMode { pwr: 0, cpu: 0, gpu: 0 }
dic 30 19:22:38 pop-os daemon[799]: REQ: GetPwrLevel

and the kernel module loaded:

gorgo@pop-os:~$ lsmod | grep razer
razercontrol           24576  0
hid                   135168  7 i2c_hid,usbhid,hid_multitouch,hid_generic,hid_logitech_dj,hid_logitech_hidpp,razercontrol

[DeepAlex1247]

Thanks a lot for this detailed instruction:
I followed your stps and get the following error:

(base) alex@pop-os:~$ sudo systemctl status razerdaemon.service -l
[sudo] password for alex: 
● razerdaemon.service - Razer laptop control daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/razerdaemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enable>
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2021-01-01 21:30:50 CET; 37s ago
    Process: 1003 ExecStart=/usr/share/razercontrol/daemon (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
   Main PID: 1003 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

Jan 01 21:30:50 pop-os systemd[1]: Started Razer laptop control daemon.
Jan 01 21:30:50 pop-os systemd[1003]: razerdaemon.service: Failed to execute command: No suc>
Jan 01 21:30:50 pop-os systemd[1003]: razerdaemon.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr>
Jan 01 21:30:50 pop-os systemd[1]: razerdaemon.service: Main process exited, code=exited, st>
Jan 01 21:30:50 pop-os systemd[1]: razerdaemon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

you have any idea what went wrong?

[gorghino]

journalctl -u razerdaemon.service
EDIT: @DeepAlex1247 try
sudo systemctl status razerdaemon.service -l --full

Check what's missing here:
Jan 01 21:30:50 pop-os systemd[1003]: razerdaemon.service: Failed to execute command: No suc>
I guess it's saying "no such file or directory" but dunno what.

[AlexVaith]

i think I found out that it is not working with the openrazer package. there are conflicts between both packages.

[DeepAlex1247]

Tried to follow your steps again giving each line a little bit more attention.
During ./install.sh I get the following error:

cp: cannot stat 'target/release/razer-cli': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'target/release/daemon': No such file or directory

However it says Install complete.

Any ideas @gorghino ?

[DeepAlex1247]

@gorghino the error code you were poiting out at is indeed teeling that the deamon file is missing.

[gorghino]

Did you install cargo ?
Any errors in the first code block I posted in my first reply? I added a reboot after update-initramfs, but I guess you already rebooted since then.
Can you paste your ./install.sh output?

[DeepAlex1247]

@gorghino the install.sh script did work this time. however after reboot I got the following output:

(base) alex@pop-os:~$ sudo systemctl status razerdaemon.service -l --full
● razerdaemon.service - Razer laptop control daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/razerdaemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2021-01-15 21:47:53 CET; 1min 16s ago
    Process: 1179 ExecStart=/usr/share/razercontrol/daemon (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 1179 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jan 15 21:47:46 pop-os daemon[1179]: Waiting for sysfs to be ready
Jan 15 21:47:47 pop-os daemon[1179]: Waiting for sysfs to be ready
Jan 15 21:47:48 pop-os daemon[1179]: Waiting for sysfs to be ready
Jan 15 21:47:49 pop-os daemon[1179]: Waiting for sysfs to be ready
Jan 15 21:47:50 pop-os daemon[1179]: Waiting for sysfs to be ready
Jan 15 21:47:51 pop-os daemon[1179]: Waiting for sysfs to be ready
Jan 15 21:47:52 pop-os daemon[1179]: Waiting for sysfs to be ready
Jan 15 21:47:53 pop-os daemon[1179]: Timed out waiting for sysfs after a minute!
Jan 15 21:47:53 pop-os systemd[1]: razerdaemon.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 15 21:47:53 pop-os systemd[1]: razerdaemon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

can you help me out again.

to get it to this point I also installed cargo and I indeed forgott to reboot after the dkms commands and the gui install

this is the other output ... razer control is missing in the kernel.

(base) alex@pop-os:~$ lsmod | grep razer
razerkbd               73728  0
hid                   135168  8 i2c_hid,usbhid,hid_multitouch,hid_sony,razerkbd,hid_generic,hid_logitech_dj,hid_logitech_hidpp

[gorghino]

Can you paste the output from the first block of commands I told you? ( cd razer-laptop-c.... to update-initramfs -u)
It seems the razercontrol module is not installed properly.

[DeepAlex1247]

(base) alex@pop-os:~$ cd razer-laptop-control/driver/
(base) alex@pop-os:~/razer-laptop-control/driver$ sudo make driver_dkms
Installing kernel modules for DKMS
install -m 644 -v -D Makefile //usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/Makefile
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/Makefile'
'Makefile' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/Makefile'
install -m 644 -v -D dkms.conf //usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/dkms.conf
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/dkms.conf'
'dkms.conf' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/dkms.conf'
install -m 755 -v -d src //usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src
install -m 644 -v -D src/*.c //usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/chroma.c'
'src/chroma.c' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/chroma.c'
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/core.c'
'src/core.c' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/core.c'
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/fancontrol.c'
'src/fancontrol.c' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/fancontrol.c'
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/razer_common.c'
'src/razer_common.c' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/razer_common.c'
install -m 644 -v -D src/*.h //usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/chroma.h'
'src/chroma.h' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/chroma.h'
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/core.h'
'src/core.h' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/core.h'
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/defines.h'
'src/defines.h' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/defines.h'
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/fancontrol.h'
'src/fancontrol.h' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/fancontrol.h'
install -m 644 -v -D src/Makefile //usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/
removed '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/Makefile'
'src/Makefile' -> '//usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/Makefile'
rm -rf //usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0/src/*.mod.c

[DeepAlex1247]

(base) alex@pop-os:~/razer-laptop-control/driver$ sudo dkms add -m razercontrol -v 1.3.0

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/razercontrol/1.3.0/source ->
                 /usr/src/razercontrol-1.3.0

DKMS: add completed.
(base) alex@pop-os:~/razer-laptop-control/driver$ sudo dkms build -m razercontrol -v 1.3.0

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/5.8.0-7630-generic/build make driver...
cleaning build area...

DKMS: build completed.
(base) alex@pop-os:~/razer-laptop-control/driver$ sudo dkms install -m razercontrol -v 1.3.0

razercontrol.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.8.0-7630-generic/kernel/drivers/hid/

depmod...

DKMS: install completed.
(base) alex@pop-os:~/razer-laptop-control/driver$ sudo update-initramfs -u
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-7630-generic
cryptsetup: WARNING: Resume target cryptswap uses a key file
kernelstub.Config    : INFO     Looking for configuration...
kernelstub           : INFO     System information: 

    OS:..................Pop!_OS 20.04
    Root partition:....../dev/nvme0n1p3
    Root FS UUID:........a2528f2a-d0ca-4a0a-8856-05d4b96c3a4b
    ESP Path:............/boot/efi
    ESP Partition:......./dev/nvme0n1p1
    ESP Partition #:.....1
    NVRAM entry #:.......-1
    Boot Variable #:.....0000
    Kernel Boot Options:.loglevel=0 splash systemd.show_status=false mem_sleep_default=deep rcutree.rce_idle_gp_delay=1 button.lid_init_state=open
    Kernel Image Path:.../boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-7630-generic
    Initrd Image Path:.../boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-7630-generic
    Force-overwrite:.....False

kernelstub.Installer : INFO     Copying Kernel into ESP
kernelstub.Installer : INFO     Copying initrd.img into ESP
kernelstub.Installer : INFO     Setting up loader.conf configuration
kernelstub.Installer : INFO     Making entry file for Pop!_OS
kernelstub.Installer : INFO     Backing up old kernel
kernelstub.Installer : INFO     Making entry file for Pop!_OS

[gorghino]

The modules seems installed now. Reboot and retry to check the razerdaemon.service status.

[DeepAlex1247]

nop, still the same outcome after reboot.

can it have something to do with the fact that I can only boot into pop os via the boot menu because I have a dual boot with windows. I really do not have much knowledge, but maybe this leads to the installation not be finished during rebooting???

[gorghino]

I have dual boot with Win10 too and it used to work either with grub or systemd-boot.
Are you sure you're selecting the right kernel on the boot menu? The 5.8.0-7630-generic. I guess so since It's the latest kernel and it's same as mine.

lsmod | grep razer still doesn't show razercontrol?

What's the output of sudo dmesg | grep razer ?
Did you try reinstalling razer_control_gui/ with install.sh now? What's its output?

[DeepAlex1247]

(base) alex@pop-os:~$ lsmod | grep razer
razerkbd               73728  0
hid                   135168  8 i2c_hid,usbhid,hid_multitouch,hid_sony,razerkbd,hid_generic,hid_logitech_dj,hid_logitech_hidpp
(base) alex@pop-os:~$ sudo dmesg | grep razer
[    3.503772] razerkbd: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[    3.503893] razerkbd: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[    3.639292] razerkbd 0003:1532:024D.0003: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Razer Razer Blade] on usb-0000:00:14.0-8/input0
[    3.979270] razerkbd 0003:1532:024D.0004: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Razer Razer Blade] on usb-0000:00:14.0-8/input1
[    4.027966] razerkbd 0003:1532:024D.0005: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Razer Razer Blade] on usb-0000:00:14.0-8/input2