Manjaro headless installation and wifi setup

[sunmat]

I'm posting this in the Arch section since there isn't a section of Manjaro, I hope it's fine.

I'm planning to install a Manjaro on my Raspberry Pi 4 (OS image here: https://manjaro.org/download/arm8-raspb ... 4-minimal/), but I don't have a screen nor a keyboard. With Raspbian I know how to enable SSH and setup my wifi information so I can then SSH into it. I couldn't find any instruction to do the same with Manjaro. Does anyone have any?

[Andyroo]

Normally you would do something along the lines of:

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sudo pacman -S openssh
sudo systemctl enable sshd
sudo systemctl start sshd

But these will require a keyboard / monitor - maybe a family member / friend / work could loan you one for a short while to get you started?

Failing that, a TV and a cheap Amazon keyboard may do?

[geev03]

Manjaro 64 bit is almost as fast as Gentoo 64 bit while booting up on a Pi4B-4

ssh was enabled by default ...

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login as: geev03
geev03@192.168.1.188's password:
Welcome to Manjaro-ARM
~~Website: https://manjaro.org
~~Forum:   https://forum.manjaro.org/c/manjaro-arm
~~IRC:     #manjaro-arm on irc.freenode.net
~~Matrix:  #manjaro-arm-public:matrix.org
[geev03@pi ~]$ uname -a
Linux pi 4.19.65-1-MANJARO-ARM #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 13 14:39:03 UTC 2019 aarch64 GNU/Linux
[geev03@pi ~]$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          3.7Gi       538Mi       2.7Gi        35Mi       480Mi       3.1Gi
Swap:            0B          0B          0B
[geev03@pi ~]$

[Andyroo]

Manjaro 64 bit is almost as fast as Gentoo 64 bit while booting up on a Pi4B-4
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Thats interesting - I've seen a few folk around here using old x86 boxes so they may well have a way to move at last

[sunmat]

ssh was enabled by default ...

So basically I can burn the Manjaro image on the SD card and hook up the Pi to my router through Ethernet, and get the wifi configured later?
What's the default root password?

[geev03]

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What's the default root password?

I used the Manjaro Pi4 xfce version. The root password setup screen will follow ( the attached screen shot) the user setup.

[sunmat]

Ah so I will need a screen and a keyboard if there are installation steps to follow before being able to ssh. Thanks.

[Cob]

Keyboard and screen are both necessary for the initial boot of the minimal image. Ssh is enabled by default, but any attempt to log in via ssh results in a message asking you to finish the set-up procedure shown above (passwords, keyboard, time-zone etc). Once that's been completed the device will automatically reboot and can then be accessed via ssh.

[senpaidev]

Is the current release good enough for everyday use? I wish to use this as minecraft server / pihole / bitwarden client. Last I checked this release didn't have some kernel upstream changes that enabled hardware gpu acceleration. Will that cause any issues?

[gulyabani]

Keyboard and screen are both necessary for the initial boot of the minimal image. Ssh is enabled by default, but any attempt to log in via ssh results in a message asking you to finish the set-up procedure shown above (passwords, keyboard, time-zone etc). Once that's been completed the device will automatically reboot and can then be accessed via ssh.

This is a heads-up. Latest version of Manjaro ARM (19.10) has headless setup enabled. If you flash your card, boot your Pi 4, you can ssh to root@<youripaddress> and it'll start the setup process.

[BRX7]

I've installed the latest updates,

missing is KVM and XRDP support