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fix(mibook): boot-menu terminal choice via specialisation #6

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finn.markwitz commented 2026-07-27 11:14:05 +02:00
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The previous startOnBoot approach booted mibook headless by default and
locked the machine out: it is WiFi-only with credentials in KWallet, so
with no desktop session NetworkManager never joins the network (no SSH),
and boot stalled on NetworkManager-wait-online with the tty1 prompt
buried under service logs.

Replace it with a NixOS specialisation that adds a separate 'terminal'
GRUB entry:

  • default entry boots KDE as before (identical to baseline);
  • 'terminal' entry boots multi-user.target with autologin for finn and a
    'desktop' command to start SDDM on demand.
    Also disable NetworkManager-wait-online so boot never stalls on the
    network. Revert the kde-desktop startOnBoot option.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CfozKLQdUh5TzqyjSigLUx

The previous startOnBoot approach booted mibook headless by default and locked the machine out: it is WiFi-only with credentials in KWallet, so with no desktop session NetworkManager never joins the network (no SSH), and boot stalled on NetworkManager-wait-online with the tty1 prompt buried under service logs. Replace it with a NixOS specialisation that adds a separate 'terminal' GRUB entry: - default entry boots KDE as before (identical to baseline); - 'terminal' entry boots multi-user.target with autologin for finn and a 'desktop' command to start SDDM on demand. Also disable NetworkManager-wait-online so boot never stalls on the network. Revert the kde-desktop startOnBoot option. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CfozKLQdUh5TzqyjSigLUx
finn.markwitz added 1 commit 2026-07-27 11:14:06 +02:00
fix(mibook): boot-menu terminal choice via specialisation ae6c81bf54 
The previous startOnBoot approach booted mibook headless by default and
locked the machine out: it is WiFi-only with credentials in KWallet, so
with no desktop session NetworkManager never joins the network (no SSH),
and boot stalled on NetworkManager-wait-online with the tty1 prompt
buried under service logs.

Replace it with a NixOS specialisation that adds a separate 'terminal'
GRUB entry:
- default entry boots KDE as before (identical to baseline);
- 'terminal' entry boots multi-user.target with autologin for finn and a
  'desktop' command to start SDDM on demand.
Also disable NetworkManager-wait-online so boot never stalls on the
network. Revert the kde-desktop startOnBoot option.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CfozKLQdUh5TzqyjSigLUx
finn.markwitz closed this pull request 2026-07-28 15:19:22 +02:00

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