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First boot

These steps are for the default Ubuntu image.

Ubuntu: black screen before you create a user

Ubuntu has no default user. If the screen goes black before you finish setup, you cannot SSH in, because there is no account to log in with. Create a user from another Linux system with chroot, see Recovery via chroot.

  1. Create your user account and password. Make sure you remember them.

  2. Disable the screen saver. It is currently broken and cannot be dismissed once it starts.

  3. Hold the kernel packages so they are not upgraded by accident:

    sudo apt-mark hold linux-generic linux-generic-hwe-24.04 linux-generic-hwe-26.04 \
      linux-image-generic linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04 \
      linux-headers-generic linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 linux-headers-generic-hwe-26.04

  4. Install Firefox:

    sudo snap install firefox

  5. Update Mesa:

    sudo snap refresh mesa-2404 --channel=latest/edge
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kisak/kisak-mesa
    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

  6. Install ps5-linux-tools:

    sudo apt install zlib1g-dev
    git clone https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-tools
    cd ps5-linux-tools
    make

  7. Install the internal Wi-Fi driver:

    git clone https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-mwifiex
    cd ps5-linux-mwifiex
    sudo ./install.sh

  8. Optional: turn on the fan and CPU/GPU boost with ps5_control, see GPU boost.

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