thinknix: do not use powersave CPU governor

powersave turns out to be rather slow on today's software stacks
thinknix: disable broken tpm
2025-05-20 23:56:37 +02:00 · 2025-05-20 23:54:35 +02:00 · 2025-05-20 23:35:11 +02:00
4 changed files with 9 additions and 7 deletions
--- a/darwin/configuration.nix
+++ b/darwin/configuration.nix
@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  imports = [ ../common/nix-settings.nix ];
  nix = {
    enable = true;
-    package = pkgs.nixVersions.nix_2_25;
    settings = {
      trusted-users = [
        "os"
@ -21,9 +20,6 @@
    };
  };

-  # Auto upgrade nix package and the daemon service.
-  services.nix-daemon.enable = true;
-
  # List packages installed in system profile. To search by name, run:
  # $ nix-env -qaP | grep wget
  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.vim ];
@ -38,6 +34,7 @@
  # system-wide SSH configuration, used by nix-daemon for remote builders

  # show hidden files
+  system.primaryUser = "os";
  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.AppleShowAllFiles = true;

  # Used for backwards compatibility, please read the changelog before changing.
--- a/home/modules/packages.nix
+++ b/home/modules/packages.nix
@ -17,16 +17,19 @@ let
      inkscape
      darktable
      exiftool
-      gimp3
    ]
    ++ (with gimp3Plugins; [
      #fourier  # broken
      #lqrPlugin  # broken
    ])
    ++ lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isLinux [
+      gimp3
      hugin
      #luminanceHDR  # FIXME, build failure
      xournalpp
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isLinux [
+      gimp
    ];

  multimediaApps =
@ -142,7 +145,6 @@ let

  desktopCommon = [
    keepassxc
-    tigervnc
  ];

  desktopLinux = [
@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ let
      mediaSupport = true;
      pulseaudioSupport = pkgs.stdenv.isLinux;
    })
+    tigervnc
    pdfpc
    nheko
    gpxsee
--- a/hosts/thinknix/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/thinknix/default.nix
@ -33,4 +33,7 @@
  # servers. You should change this only after NixOS release notes say you
  # should.
  system.stateVersion = "18.09"; # Did you read the comment?
+
+  # since 25.05, this broke and started to slow down system startup. tpm is currently not utilised on this host, so simply disable.
+  security.tpm2.enable = false;
 }
--- a/hosts/thinknix/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/thinknix/hardware-configuration.nix
@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];

  nix.settings.max-jobs = lib.mkDefault 4;
-  powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = lib.mkDefault "powersave";

  # modesetting is always better than intel (legacy)
  services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "modesetting" ];
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Trolli Schmittlauch	1b3a130561	thinknix: do not use powersave CPU governor powersave turns out to be rather slow on today's software stacks	2025-05-20 23:56:37 +02:00
Trolli Schmittlauch	62e5c673c5	thinknix: disable broken tpm tpm tpm0: A TPM error (714) occurred attempting to create NULL primary tpm tpm0: null key creation failed with 714	2025-05-20 23:54:35 +02:00
Trolli Schmittlauch	5a8b5a29a2	darwin: build adjustments for 25.05	2025-05-20 23:35:11 +02:00