From the Arch Linux Wiki: Arch Linux is an independently-developed i686/x86-64 community distribution, based on a rolling-release model and targeted at competent GNU/Linux users which offers large binary repositories and full-featured package management as well as a ports-like packaging ...
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Accessing IPv6 addresses through an SSH tunnel
I have a remote Arch Linux server which has IPv6 enabled (through Tunnelbroker, I am able to do ping6 ipv6.google.com successfully) and I want to know if it's possible to use PuTTY on my Windows 7 ...
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How to install mono dev libs on Arch?
I'm trying to compile an old tomboy addin of mine on Arch, but it seems there are no mono-dev-libs.
MonoDevelop failed to compile because it's missing Unix,Gdk and Gtk.
I also can't find the libs in ...
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How do I change build and target architectures for my GCC?
I know my linux box is x86_64 and I want to be able to compile FOR x86_64 as well via GCC. Currently...
gcc -v
shows
Using built-in specs.
**Target: i386-redhat-linux**
Configured with: ...
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systemctl enable differs from systemctl start, how?
I am running an Arch Linux (latest, up-to-date) box, and attempting to get MySQL to start at boot. With the systemd package installed I have systemctl available, and as such I can do things like this:
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How can I watch GoToMeeting videos on ArchLinux?
I have problem watching recorded meetings on ArchLinux.
This is the output from mplayer:
MPlayer SVN-r34426-4.6.2 (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team
181 audio & 384 video codecs
mplayer: could not ...
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Arch Linux: colors from terminal in bash script?
In addition to ArchLinux - yaourt: save updatelog?
With tee I am able to get the output at a file and at the terminal at the same time.
But when I execute yaourt -Syu | tee yaourt.log in a bash file ...
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Arch Linux - Netbeans: Entering text in prompts does not work
I tried the following java packages:
extra/jdk7-openjdk
aur/jdk
In both cases, when using Netbeans, I cannot type text in several dialogs. If I want e.g. to create a new project I cannot specify ...
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How to forward X through two SSH tunnels?
I'm trying to run an X program on my home computer from my work computer. The basic setup is this:
Arch Linux work computer -> OpenBSD SSH router(at home) -> Arch Linux home computer(with SSH)
I've ...
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How to retrieve current tag name in awesome wm? [migrated]
I am looking to replace the tag list in awesome WM with a simple text box that only displays the name of the current tag. I have tried to create a textbox that contains the following code:
mytagbox = ...
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Tizen Mobile & IPad Linux - Is there any available Live ISO to test with VirtualBox, Qemu on top of ArchLinux, Fedora? [closed]
Tizen Mobile & IPad Linux. Is there any ISO available for testing Live boot with VirtualBox or Qemu? I am using Fedora, ArchLinux, Ubuntu.
Home page: https://www.tizen.org/
Source code: ...
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ArchLinux - yaourt: save updatelog?
When I do yaourt -Syu sometimes there is such a long log in the console so that the buffer gets full and some information is lost. As the information is important sometimes I´d like to save everything ...
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Why is yaourt looking in the wrong place (pacman works)?
After removing yaourt and package-query, upgrading pacman to v4.0.1 and reinstalling the latest package-query and yaourt from AUR, I can't use yaourt anymore. It tells me:
Unable to open file: ...
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Archlinux boot time
I have Archlinux installed in my netbook. I want to reduce the boot time to less than 10 seconds. Is this possible? Do you have any success in reducing the boot time to a larger extent?
I am aware of ...
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Archlinux sound not working
I installed Archlinux recently. I have instaled flash, vlc, alsa-utis. But there is no sound.
I tried un-muting using alsamixer but there are no difference. Can you please let me know how to fix this ...
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/sys/class/power_supply files become zero until reboot to OS X and back to Linux
This is on a Macbook 2,1 dual booting Arch Linux and OS X Leopard.
I use a conky script to disply my battery percent with:
${battery_percent BAT0}
Recently, it switched from displaying coherent ...
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Various binaries across my system are corrupt. How can I detect which ones are?
As a follow up to /sbin/init corrupting, I fixed /sbin/init and my system booted up fine.
It's stable, but various binaries were also corrupt.
Given that
I can fix an individual break just by ...
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Subversion yields error while loading shared libraries libdb…
I recently setup a new Arch Linux computer and when trying to do an svn checkout I get this error:
svn: error while loading shared libraries: libdb-5.3.so: cannot open
shared object file: No ...
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How do I get a very simple VSFTPD server working?
I'm running Arch Linux with kernel 2.6.35-ec2. I've got the most recent version of VSFTPD installed and running. Here is its log file:
anonymous_enable=YES
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
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ArchLinux on netbook
I am planning to get a netbook (ACER Aspire one 522). Will ArchLinux work well in a netbook. I am looking for a light weight Linux distribution on netbook.
Update: I installed ArchLinux on my ...
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dbus cannot find compiz service through python [migrated]
Ok, just so you know, I haven't worked with dbus or perl much, so I might say some things that are off.
I'm trying to use dbus to work with compiz programmatically. And looking at compiz wiki ...
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installation of archlinux on a new SSD is not booting
I have a running ubuntu 11.10 system on my asus G73J labtop.
I repaced my HDD with a new SSD from pattriot and install arch linux on it.
After the installation the reboot didn't work.
What could be a ...
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Symlink directories outside an NFS share in that NFS share
I'm trying to share a directory over NFS:
Client: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Server: Arch Linux x64
I have a directory called /data/authorized. I'd like to symlink other directories that are not in ...
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proxy Settings In Gnome-3
In Gnome 2 I used to set my proxy settings using a great application that enabled me to choose between different configurations. This application no longer exists In Gnome 3. Is there any replacement ...
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xcompmgr or cairo-compmgr? What are the main differences?
I'm currently setting up my Laptop to run with Openbox and fbpanel on ArchLinux.
As I want tu use transparency, I was looking for a composite manager.
I have used xcompmgr sometime ago and had no ...
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Recovering GRUB/Arch Linux after installing Windows 7
So on my desktop I have Arch Linux installed but I need to dual boot with Windows 7. After installing Windows 7, it's bootloader takes over and the original GRUB is gone. Now, I've done this before ...
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Linux: Display output only goes to one graphics card after it starts udev
I've got two graphics cards in a system, both of which have all of the monitors enabled up until it gets to
:: Starting udevd...
done.
in the boot process. After it gets past there, the 2 monitors ...
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update in arch - cannot commit transaction
unixodbc-2.3.1-1-i686 196.1K 209.8K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
apr-util-1.3.12-4-i686 164.0K 201.4K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
firefox-9.0.1-1-i686 12.1M ...
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USB drive recognized in logs, but no device file for it
I'm trying to mount a flash drive (16 GB Cruzer) on my Arch Linux desktop. It works fine on my Arch Linux laptop, so it's not a problem with the drive.
The drive is in /var/log/messages.log.3:
Dec ...
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Status bar in Xmonad not appearing properly
I am having trouble configuring the top status bar in Xmonad. My xmonad.hs is based on this one:
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Config_archive/Thayer_Williams%27_xmonad.hs
It is basically ...
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Can't boot in to arch linux - '/sbin/init: Bad Exec Format' followed by kernel panic
I dual boot Windows 7 & Arch Linux. Arch was stable for a while, but then it stopped booting into Arch, saying '/sbin/init: bad exec format'. This is followed by a kernel panic.
I'm not really ...
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No USB devices detected by VMware, arch linux host
I'm having trouble connecting USB devices (e.g. flash drives) to a Windows XP guest, on an Arch Linux host, running VMware Player.
No USB devices appear anywhere in VMware, e.g. devices are not ...
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What to do with a bricked router?
I bought an used router from a friend, it seem bricked, is there something I could do to make it work ???
I'm using Archlinux, network-manager don't seem to connect to it ...
Linksys WRT300N (Cisco) ...
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Issue with CanoScan and Chakra/Arch Linux
I'm trying to get my CanoScan LiDe 220 to work in Arch Linux based distro Chakra.
I have used the scanner successfully under Linux Mint Katya.
sane-find-scanner gives found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 ...
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Linux notebook hangs if there's an app actively using external USB disk right before going into sleep mode
I have this notebook and an external USB SATA drive hooked up to it. I run Arch Linux, and when I put the laptop into sleep mode, then resume its work, after a while I'll get a blank screen that ...
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Can't access folders mounted by sshfs after sleep
Often, when I mount a filesystem via ssh:
sshfs user@remote: ~/Mounts/Remote
and the machine hibernate (closing the Laptop lid) if I wake up the machine I can access the mounted folder. ...
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ARCH Linux wanting to transfer
Hey I want to leave arch Linux. I created my own little operating system but it is so bare that I really wanna leave it. However, I cannot just boot another OS like ubuntu. I have to manually go ...
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Change tooltip background color for GTK2 theme in GNOME 3 fallback mode
any examples on how to do this if I don't have a GUI tools to customize a GTK theme? I run GNOME 3 in fallback mode, and it's crippled, if you know what I mean xD
By the way, even though it's GNOME 3 ...
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Trouble upgrading nodejs to version 0.6.3-1 in ArchLinux
I'm trying to upgrading nodejs to version 0.6.3-1 in ArchLinux, but get a conflict during the "checking for file conflicts" step. It complains about a bunch of files in the npm directory:
nodejs: ...
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How to kill TV like static noise in my Linux microphone?
I was capturing audio using alsa/pulse, or even without any microphone. But always i have this sample static noise.
Similar to those (you can hear the exact noise what i have now):
Sample 1
Sample ...
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buggy mouse click after a while
The cursor of my mouse is moving as well on my twin view, but after a WHILE, or if I start kde with runlevels (I don't know why, but startx works better) I can't click anything.
I have had replaced ...
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Postfix/Sendmail not working with sudo
If I understand correctly, when a user not in sudoers uses sudo, an email is sent out to root. Without any sort of mail program installed on my Arch machine, this wasn't doing anything, however. So ...
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After “successful” install of archlinux normal boot fails while Fallback works
I have installed last archboot on my macbook air 3,2.
The problem is that if I choose "Arch Linux" in grub legacy menu it trows me to ramfs, but "Arch Linux Fallback" works ok.
This happens on x64 ...
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What is Arch Linux's default terminal?
Using the command echo $TERM, I get the output 'xterm'. However, I have not done anything to install the X Windowing System, and as far as I know, Xterm cannot run without it, and Arch does not ...
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Start normal user's instance of X app in Linux as root
So, here's what I'd really love to do. My Arch Linux laptop is put to sleep with the help of pm-utils, some X apps (transmission, banshee, etc.) need to be manually shutdown (via script in ...
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No menu in openbox
Right clicking on the desktop yields no menu.
I tried deleting my menu.xml file and regenerating it, nothing.
I tried running openbox --debug, and nothing obvious.
What else can I try?
Thanks
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Install chmsee in the ArchLinux,throw Error: Platform version '8.0' is not compatible
when I use the command:
sudo yaourt -S chmsee
install the chmsee in the Archlinux.
then type the chmsee at the terminator:
Error: Platform version '8.0' is not compatible with minVersion >= ...
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Map caps lock to control. In linux. Without X
I'm trying to map caps lock to control in a terminal. X is not enabled. Distro is Arch linux. Is this possible?
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Why does sshfs not work only when called inside an ssh command?
A is a Mac Os X 10.7.2 host and B is an ArchLinux VM running in A. I can ssh from A to B and from B to A using an authentication key. I want B to mount itself in A using sshfs when it starts.
Why ...
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Dual Booting Arch/Windows - Windows sets self as active partition?
First time Arch install, though technically I've done it about 3 times in the last couple days :0)
Trying to dual boot with an existing Windows 7 partition, which is almost working, with one small ...
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How could Arch Linux lose info due to a corrupt MySQL database? [closed]
I first used MySQL about 12 years ago, it seemed pretty reliable and relatively performant, although I do remember the odd crashed server and having to run myisamchk etc.. first with one set of ...
