CachyOS-Settings

This repository provides a collection of configuration files and scripts to optimize CachyOS installations. These settings are designed to enhance system performance, responsiveness, and resource management for technical users.

Core System Optimizations

⚙️ Udev Rules: Device Event Automation

Udev rules automatically apply system configurations upon device detection or state changes.

• Audio Power Management: Manages snd-hda-intel power saving to mitigate audio crackling, disabling it when AC-powered and re-enabling on battery.
• ZRAM Swap Optimization: Configures ZRAM to prefer anonymous page compression (vm.swappiness=150) and disables Zswap for efficient RAM-based swap.
• Device Permissions: Sets rtc0 and hpet device group to "audio" for proper application access.
• SATA Performance: Configures SATA host link power management to max_performance.
• I/O Scheduler Assignment: Dynamically assigns optimal I/O schedulers: bfq for HDDs, mq-deadline for SATA SSDs, and none for NVMe SSDs.
• HDD Performance Tuning: Applies hdparm settings (-B 254 -S 0) to rotational disks.
• NVIDIA Runtime Power Management: Enables/disables NVIDIA GPU runtime power management on driver bind/unbind events.
• CPU DMA Latency Access: Sets permissions for the cpu_dma_latency device.

🚀 Sysctl: Kernel Runtime Configuration

Sysctl parameters modify kernel behavior at runtime for system-wide performance and stability.

• Memory & I/O Management: Adjusts vm.swappiness, vfs_cache_pressure, dirty_bytes, dirty_background_bytes, and dirty_writeback_centisecs for balanced memory usage and efficient disk I/O. Disables vm.page-cluster.
• System Stability & Security: Disables kernel.nmi_watchdog, enables kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone, restricts kernel.kptr_restrict, and disables kernel.kexec_load_disabled.
• Logging & Network: Configures kernel.printk to hide messages from console, increases net.core.netdev_max_backlog, and sets fs.file-max.
• BORE Scheduler Options: Provides commented-out settings for granular control over the BORE scheduler if enabled.

🔧 Modprobe: Kernel Module Parameters

Modprobe configurations control module loading and behavior for hardware-specific optimizations.

• Audio Power Saving: Explicitly disables snd-hda-intel module power saving.
• AMD GPU Driver Enforcement: Forces amdgpu driver for GCN 1.0+ and 2.x GPUs, blacklisting radeon.
• Watchdog Module Blacklist: Prevents loading of Intel TCO and AMD SP5100 watchdog timers.
• NVIDIA Driver Optimizations: Applies parameters like NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable=1 (PAT for CPU performance), NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations=0 (disables memory clearing for GPU), NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x02 (mobile GPU power saving), and NVreg_RegistryDwords=RMIntrLockingMode=1 (frame-pacing).

⏱️ Systemd: Service & System Management

Systemd unit and configuration files for streamlined boot, resource management, and service control.

• Journal Log Limits: Sets journald size limit to 50MB.
• Service Timeouts: Defines DefaultTimeoutStartSec (15s) and DefaultTimeoutStopSec (10s) for services.
• File Descriptor Limits: Increases DefaultLimitNOFILE for both system (2048:2097152) and user (1024:1048576) services.
• Time Synchronization: Configures systemd-timesyncd with Cloudflare and Google NTP servers.
• ZRAM Generator: Configures ZRAM with zstd or lz4 compression, ram size, and swap-priority=100.
• PCI Latency Service: Enables a systemd service to apply pci-latency script at boot.
• User Service Resource Delegation: Delegates CPU, cpuset, IO, memory, and pids to user services.

🧹 Tmpfiles: Temporary File & THP Management

Configurations for temporary file cleanup and Transparent Huge Page (THP) behavior.

• Coredump Retention: Clears coredumps older than 3 days.
• THP Defragmentation: Sets transparent_hugepage/defrag to defer+madvise for tcmalloc-using applications.
• THP Shrinker: Configures khugepaged/max_ptes_none for Kernel 6.12+ to optimize THP memory usage.

🖥️ Display & Login

• Touchpad Tapping: Enables tapping for libinput touchpads in X11.
• GDM Login Logo: Sets the CachyOS SVG as the GNOME login screen logo.

⚡️ Utility Scripts

Bash and Lua scripts for system diagnostics, optimization, and administration.

• cachyos-bugreport.sh: Generates a comprehensive system bug report including hardware, logs, and installed packages, with an option to upload. (Requires root)
• dlss-swapper: Forces latest NVIDIA DLSS presets (SR, RR, FG) and updates DLLs via NGX.
• dlss-swapper-dll: Forces latest NVIDIA DLSS presets (SR, RR, FG) but skips NGX updater.
• game-performance: Sets CPU power profile to "performance" via powerprofilesctl when launching applications, with optional screensaver inhibition.
• kerver: Displays kernel version, x86_64 support, CPU config, and disk scheduler information.
• paste-cachyos: Uploads file content or stdin to https://paste.cachyos.org.
• pci-latency: Adjusts PCI latency timers for audio and other devices (sets sound cards to 80 cycles). (Requires root)
• sbctl-batch-sign: Helps batch sign files for Secure Boot, excluding common Microsoft/Windows EFI, .mui, .dll, and grub files. (Requires root, incompatible with Limine)
• topmem: A Lua script to display top processes by memory consumption (RSS, Swap, KSM profit), with sorting options.
• zink-run: Wrapper to run OpenGL applications using the Zink Gallium driver.