Nixos Tips X1 Carbon 6th gen

This is a bunch of random tips on getting Nixos working on Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th Gen.

# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).

{ config, pkgs, ... }:

{
  imports =
    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
    <nixos-hardware/lenovo/thinkpad/x1/6th-gen>
      ./hardware-configuration.nix
    ];

  # Bootloader.
  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;

  networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
  # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.

  # Configure network proxy if necessary
  # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
  # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";

  # Enable networking
  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;

  # Set your time zone.
  time.timeZone = "Asia/Singapore";

  # Select internationalisation properties.
  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_SG.UTF-8";

  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
    LC_ADDRESS = "en_SG.UTF-8";
    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_SG.UTF-8";
    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_SG.UTF-8";
    LC_MONETARY = "en_SG.UTF-8";
    LC_NAME = "en_SG.UTF-8";
    LC_NUMERIC = "en_SG.UTF-8";
    LC_PAPER = "en_SG.UTF-8";
    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_SG.UTF-8";
    LC_TIME = "en_SG.UTF-8";
  };

  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
  services.xserver.enable = true;

  # Enable the KDE Plasma Desktop Environment.
  services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.wayland.enable = true;
  services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
  # Configure keymap in X11
  services.xserver = {
    xkb.layout = "us";
    xkb.variant = "";
  };

  # Enable CUPS to print documents.
  services.printing.enable = true;
 
  # Enable sound with pipewire.
  #sound.enable = true;
#  security.rtkit.enable = true;
#  services.pipewire = {
#    enable = true;
#    alsa.enable = true;
#    alsa.support32Bit = true;
#    pulse.enable = true;
#  #  # If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
#  jack.enable = true;
#
#  };

hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true;
sound.enable = true;

  #Brent section START

  programs.ssh.startAgent = true;
  hardware.bluetooth.enable = true; # enables support for Bluetooth
  hardware.bluetooth.powerOnBoot = true; # powers up the default Bluetooth controller on boot


hardware.bluetooth.settings = {
        General = {
                Experimental = true;
      Enable = "Source,Sink,Media,Socket";
        };
};


  services.tailscale.enable = true;
  services.tailscale.useRoutingFeatures = "client";
  services.onedrive.enable = true;

  boot = {
    extraModprobeConfig = ''
      # fix intel wifi-N
      options iwlwifi 11n_disable=8
      iwlwifi.power_save=Y
    '';
    };

  # hdmi external display brightness
  boot.extraModulePackages = [config.boot.kernelPackages.ddcci-driver];

  hardware.opengl = {
    enable = true;
    extraPackages = with pkgs; [
      intel-media-driver # LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
      vaapiVdpau
      libvdpau-va-gl
    ];
  };
  environment.sessionVariables = { LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "iHD"; }; # Force intel-media-driver

 # Trying to make trackpoint work
  services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
 # services.xserver.synaptics.enable = false;
 environment.etc."libinput/local-overrides.quirks".text = ''
  [Trackpoint Override]
  MatchUdevType=pointingstick
  AttrTrackpointMultiplier=2.0
  END    
'';

boot.initrd = {
  supportedFilesystems = [ "nfs" ];
  kernelModules = [ "nfs" ];
};

  #Brent sectio END

  # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
  # services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;

  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
  users.users.brent = {
    isNormalUser = true;
    description = "Brent";
    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "plugdev" ];
    packages = with pkgs; [
      firefox
      kate
      wget
      multiviewer-for-f1
    ];
  };

#radio stuff
# hardware.rtl-sdr.enable = true;

  # Enable automatic login for the user.
  services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.enable = true;
  services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.user = "brent";

  # Allow unfree packages
  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;

  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
  # $ nix search wget
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
  #  vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
  vim
#  (pkgs.citrix_workspace.override { version = "23.7.0.17"; })
  pkgs.zoom-us
  pkgs.vscode
  pkgs.vlc
  # For keyboard clipboard dumping via emulated key strokes
  xclip # for x11 can remove
  xdotool # for x11 can remove
  ydotool # for wayland (plasma 6)
  wl-clipboard # for wayland (plasma 6)
  # Other software
  openra
  # Nfs
  nfs-utils
  thunderbird
  pciutils
  #flynn
  gcompris
  ];

  # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
  # started in user sessions.
  # programs.mtr.enable = true;
  # programs.gnupg.agent = {
  #   enable = true;
  #   enableSSHSupport = true;
  # };

  # List services that you want to enable:

  # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
  # services.openssh.enable = true;

  # Open ports in the firewall.
  # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
  # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
  # Or disable the firewall altogether.
  # networking.firewall.enable = false;

  # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
  # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
  # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
  # this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
  # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
  # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
  system.stateVersion = "23.05"; # Did you read the comment?

}

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