Arch Linux is a rolling-release Linux distribution.
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Arch Linux MBR installation
Pardon me for my ignorance, but as a new Linux user, I honestly know little to nothing about these things.
I'm trying to set up an MBR install for Arch alongside Windows 8, though it doesn't make much ...
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Save Linux aliases for later usage
After repeating an Arch Linux installation for several times I started to wonder whether I could make things easier for me in the future by taking some general commands that I am bound to use again ...
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How to use Arch Build System (abs) behind proxy?
I recently installed arch linux on my laptop and I want to install dwm on it. The arch linux installation guide recommends the use of abs for compiling dwm. However, abs does not seem to work on my ...
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Arch linux mount settings
After installing Windows + Arch linux as dual boot I decided to have a partition both systems could use (as a shared storage). As I already had a formatted NTFS partition I decided to use that.
I ...
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Fix Overlapping Partitions
Today I went to resize one of my drivers partitions as I am currently switching from Ubuntu to ArchLinux as my main OS.
However when I go into Gparted I get the error "Cant have overlapping ...
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How to execute bash script without password?
I need to execute the script after system boot. For example:
(sleep 5 && (sudo dhcpcd wlp4s0))
What I need: Executing the script. What I have: [sudo] password for eugene: I has been edited ...
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recordmyvideo stops encoding my video
I have a big issue with recordmyvideo. I launch it that way:
recordmydesktop --fps 60 --windowid 0x2600002
When I stop it with Ctrl-Left Alt-S, it starts exporting the video, but always stops at ...
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Can't seem to get mcrypt working on Arch Linux
I'm trying to take the PHP laravel 4 framework for a test run, this is the error message I keep seeing:
Call to undefined function Laravel\mcrypt_create_iv()
Steps I've taken so far:
pacman -S ...
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Mountpoint of Usb-device where Arch Live Distro sits
I was wondering about where the mountpoint of the usb device is where the arch live distro lies on. I am asking this because I am not able to mount the usb device where the arch live distro lies on to ...
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ArchLinux's AUR
I'm trying to find more information on the individual AUR ArchLinux packages. When you install a package from the AUR and the package gets updated online, do you get the update when updating via the ...
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Shell doesn't appear when connecting to RasPi via SSH
I have a raspberry pi with Arch Linux ARM installed. I would like to run commands via my laptop. I configured SSH correctly and I can log in, but I can't do anything. There is no shell. ssh user@host ...
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XFCE/X11: Keyboard layout changes overnight, special symbols can not be entered
A very weird problem
After work, I lock my screen and go home
The morning after, my keyboard layout has changed from de_CH to en_US
At random times, my urxvt-tabbed windows don't accept special ...
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Trying to create a Symbolic link between Sublime Text 2 and Subl
As the title says, I'm trying to create a sym link for my Sublime_text launcher, I did:
sudo ln -s /path/to/sublime_text /usr/bin/subl
and when I ls /usr/bin the blue subl link is there. Then I ...
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Using a file in a USB as a encryption keyfile in archlinux-system encryption
Where do i specify the path to the keyfile stored in an external usb for archlinux-system encryption?
cryptkey=/dev/disk/by-id/..... doesn't seem to get the specific file in my usb...
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Open source ati driver weird offset
I have a fresh Arch install on an HP EliteBook 8560w. It has an AMD FirePro M5950 videocard similar to the AMD Radeon HD 6770M. The problem is with the open source video driver for this card. It does ...
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ArchLinux's Partition Suggestions
I'm trying to install ArchLinux and I've run into something extremely weird.
Its guide suggests that you should create 2 partitions:
~15gb root partition
Home partition [filling the rest of the ...
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Google Music Manager and Xomnad
How can I configure my Xmonad config that is displayed in the google music manager?
I cannot open the options window from the context menu, like the troubleshooter window is working.
Has anybody got ...
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yaourt asking “please run yaourt as a non-privileged user”
This is a newbie question: why does yaourt in Arch Linux always warn you to "please run yaourt as a non-privileged user"? I am running the following:
$ sudo yaourt <package-name>
... to ...
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My nvidia-settings /etc/X11/xorg.conf seems to not be saving or running?
I've got a fresh install of Arch-Linux, I'm running Gnome/GDM/Nvidia proprietary driver from pacman -S nvidia
I then went
sudo nvidia-xconfig and sudo nvidia-settings changed my monitor to ...
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3g not showing up in network manager anymore
After I upgraded some packages, the 3g stopped showing up in network manager. The 3g-device is
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bdb:1911 Ericsson Business Mobile Networks BV
Which still shows up under lsusb ...
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ncmpcpp: playlist + library layout
I'm trying to replicate this ncmpcpp configuration
found on ArchLinux BBS.
It features a double-paned playlist window: on the left it shows a classic playlist, on the right there is a file browser ...
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Samba asking for password when it shouldn't
I just updated Samba on my Arch Linux machine to 4.0.5 and now it is asking for password even when it shouldn't, and didn't do before the update.
This is my smb.conf: ...
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Arch Linux - How do I replace the standard Linux kernel with Linux-libre?
I'm curious if there is a way to safely replace the Linux kernel in Arch with the Linux-libre kernel. I know there probably is a way, but I've Googled around and still can't find anything.
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Arch linux wont boot from the usb
well i mean it starts. but then i get an error saying:
ERROR: ' /dev/disk/by-label/' device did not show up after 30 seconds
falling back to interctive prompt
you can try to fix the problem manually, ...
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I can`t startx anymore in arch linux
if possible I want help with this strange error that happened.
I was configuring my awesome window manager, then I restarted it to apply the configurations that I made and my PC freezed. I rebooted ...
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permanent powertop changes with systemctl
I have got a .sh-script, trying to make powertop changes permanent.
'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:02.1/power/control';
the commands in this .sh-script are all of this type.
I have a ...
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Booting ArchLinux image under VirtualBox with EFI mode issue
I've spend a bunch of time trying to boot ArchLinux image using VirtualBox (v.4.2.6) with EFI mode enabled under Windows 7. All I get is UEFI shell without any evidence of image successfully booted. ...
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Mounting +2.2 TiB Volumes on 32-bit ArchLinux
I've recently setup a 32-bit Arch Linux installation for home server usage. When attempting to connect and mount my 3 terabyte external USB harddrive, I am notified that volumes above 2TiB are not ...
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How to add noDRI to xorg.conf.d
I am about to get a tutorial for power-optimizations for my x200 done.
But I am failing to succeed at this line:
Just insert: Option "NoDRI" to the "Device" section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This ...
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Having a Mac OS X like dock and menubar experience with Arch Linux with E17
I think the title explains itself quite well, but gotta put content. :)
So basically, how could I achieve Mac OS X's dock-like experience. Where all the apps are there sitting, but when you open them ...
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The `ssh-keygen` command is not installed in Arch Linux and can't find it in AUR or official packages
As the title says.
For some reason ssh-keygen is not installed on my install of Arch Linux, and I can't seem to find it on the AUR or the official packages repository.
How would I go about obtaining ...
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Overhead associated with systemd using Arch linux on a Raspberry Pi
Having problems with a custom process that I start at boot time using systemd. I am using the Arch Linux distro built for the RPi. There is nothing special about the service I'm starting. Its a ...
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Why can't I uninstall pacman package with -Rs settings?
I've been trying several desktop environments and window managers, and I think for now I'm gonna stick with E17.
However, I can't seem to uninstall Xfce 4 which I installed earlier when ...
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Booting an encrypted system from a flash drive without user interaction
I have an unused desktop that I'm planning on turning to a household server running (hopefully) Arch Linux. I know that I can fully encrypt the system and have to enter a password upon each boot but I ...
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Recording using arecord creates thousands of files
I was trying to use arecord to record a wav file, but instead of recording to one file, it created tens of thousands of files (around 60000). This happened after I had installed the alsaequal package. ...
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Why does pacman/packer always fail 3 times to connect, and makes it the fourth?
I think this will explain better:
:: Retrieving packages ...
error: failed retrieving file 'gpm-1.20.7-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.us.leaseweb.net : Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds
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Installing wireless Broadcom drivers on Arch Linux
So how do I accomplish this last step to this journey? I already installed Xfce even, thanks to Ethernet I was able to.
However I still need to figure out the wireless drivers. I've already tried ...
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Arch Linux: error '/dev/mapper/arch_root-image' device did not show up after 30 seconds
The problem is that it keeps looping. It gives me that error, then it tries to access it again, then again, then again, then again etc.
And I can't seem to find an answer on the internet about it. At ...
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Arch Linux Terminal is Garbled After Install (latest)
I've installed Arch Linux successfully on a Virtual Machine (VMWare) with no issues. However, when I installed Arch on an older physical box I'm getting a bit of weirdness (Old Gateway PIII, 766 Mhz ...
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Using minecraft server with screen
I would like to have remote console access to my minecraft/bukkit server. I want it running in a local console, but at the same time accesible via ssh/telnet. I have heard that screen can supply the ...
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ArchLinux problems with wireless
I recently followed this tutorial on installing arch-linux.
During that tutorial and connected to a wireless network (WPA2+PSK) through my linksys wireless adapter (WUSB54GR) using the 'wifi-menu' ...
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Process hanging in disk sleep when installing archlinux
I'm trying to install from the latest archlinux iso, but when trying to configure my wireless card for the installation, the ip process goes into uninterruptible sleep (D).
My wireless interface is a ...
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How do you boot Arch Linux with systemd without X11?
Ran an upgrade recently that borked my whole setup(with catalyst drivers). It caused artifacts at login/desktop and then a hard lock. However, I'm not asking about those problems, what I want to ...
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How do I get a volume OSD just like the one in OSX?
I'm using a Dell Studio laptop which has volume up/down hotkeys. On pressing these, I want a volume OSD to popup to show my current volume status just like in OSX; that is, just like:
Anybody know ...
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SSD, MBR, GPT and Linux (choices)
I'm getting a new computer with a 120GB SSD and a 500GB HDD @ 5400rpm, I will install Arch Linux on it and maybe Windows at some point. My indecision starts with the following issues:
I though about ...
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glibc's --with-cpu option
I'm unable to compile glibc: configure exits with the following error:
configure: error: The [CPU] subspecies of x86_64 is not supported.
I'm sorry; this must be somewhere, but I haven't been able ...
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What is rootfs# and what can you do with it?
I have been dropped to a [rootfs /]# prompt many times when booting my Arch Linux distro failed. Usually I found I couldn't fix the problem with the limited commands available, so I would use any ...
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Not booting into Arch Linux
So I attempted to install Arch on a new SSD (on an old computer) and when I rebooted, it didn't accept the drive's boot loader, so I was unable to boot from the new installation at all. I then ...
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nautilus, totem, gcalctool, ccsm icons missing after pacman -Syu in Arch Linux
After running pacman -Syu today on my Arch Linux x64 system, I discovered that the icons in many of the applications were showing the image not found icon. This only seems to be in toolbars and in ...
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Installing grub?
I am trying to install cinnarch. I installed it correctly but I have some troubles with grub.
At the moment I am unable to boot because grub has some errors. I can only access the files via liveCD. I ...
