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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Why is Google Chrome not starting after replacing udev with systemd-tools?
I recently updated my system via sudo pacman -Syu. Afterwards, I proceeded to open Google Chrome, but it failed. When I tried to start it via the terminal I got the error.
/usr/bin/google-chrome: ...
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unable to switch TTY in arch linux
so im moving away from ubuntu into the realm of arch linux.
in ubuntu i was able to switch TTYs with ctrl+alt+F1/F2...etc
in arch when i attempt this, im merely dumped to a black screen with a ...
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Use Joypad as a MIDI MPC
I found an old Boeder joypad which works on MIDI.
How can I bind joystick keys to other codes (to be correct with percussion notes) or keyboard keys?
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No Screens Found Arch Linux Startx Error
When attempting to startx in Arch Linux the error:
Fatal Server error: no screens found
is displayed. Is there a way to fix this error?
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Write log when somebody attempt to load OS
I'd like to write a log when somebody attempt to access my computer. (e.g. enter login and password, doesn't matter successfully or not).
I use Arch Linux and CDM (console display manager).
ps: I ...
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Pulseaudio Daemon Startup Failed
When running startx on Arch Linux, the error:
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.
is returned.
Is there any way to fix this error?
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Cons of installing OS on external drive
I want to install a linux distro (Arch) to dual boot with, but I'm wondering what the cons are of installing it on an external drive (that has USB 3). I've installed another linux distro on the ...
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GTK Fonts are too big
My GTK fonts are very big. When I want them to look good I have to set the size to 7. But I think this is very low and not the solution. I think it should be around 12. 7 sounds like a workaround to ...
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How to get my Logitech V220 mouse working?
The only relevant information I've been able to find was this old thread. My system settings:
╭─ting@noa ~ ‹python-2.7.3› ‹ruby-1.9.3›
╰─➤ cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep Name
N: Name="AT ...
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Antialising / Fonts in Java/Netbeans
In the Netbeans editor, fonts look really ugly:
There are several suggestions in the ArchLinux Wiki but they didn´t work for me.
What do I have to do to get a normal Netbeans experience with ...
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ArchLinux: Missing `eth0` after following tutorial
I've had my machine running with ArchLinux for the past 4 months working great. I wanted to make my own custom Arch ISO following this tutorial: ...
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How does ArchLinux handle dependency conflicts?
In the traditional release model, all packages in a release are compiled with the same version of the compiler against the same versions of libraries, and the release team carefully pick software ...
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Wrong time update when rebooting Archlinux - Windows 7
I've been using archlinux for a while but as the only SO in a hard drive. Today I decided to make a dual boot between windows 7 and archlinux, everything works fine but I have the following problem:
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Finishing up and Arch Linux install and Grub is failing to install
Not sure what to do at this point. I finished all of the Arch Linux installer and get to the bootloader step and it fails. This is for a dual booted Windows 7/Arch laptop if that helps at all. Not ...
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Advanced alias in zsh shell
I'm using the zsh shell on ArchLinux and I want to know if there's an easy way to make "advanced" aliases.
Normal aliases work just fine. However I can't find a way to create an alias for a ...
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Selective update with pacman / yaourt?
I´m using yaourt in ArchLinux.
Is it possible to do a yaourt -Syu but only including packages from core/extra or what I want?
How to update single packages? yaourt -U <package> does not work ...
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How to make BusyBox running where my backend operating system can be xyz?
I am trying to setup BusyBox on top of ArchLinux, Fedora or Ubuntu. So that when i telnet i can get something like this following:
But how do i get started? Simply install Busybox on top of my ...
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Encrypted Windows 7 & Linux Advice Wanted
I would like to set up my laptop to dual boot Arch Linux and Windows 7 with file sharing and encryption. Just wanted some advice on going about this because I have not dealt with encryption nor file ...
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DNS works, ping/wget/ntp/etc does not. (linux)
I am trying to do a netinstall of archlinux (done that quite a few times before) but i cant get the internet connection to work on my machine. i used the same settings of the previous (working!) ...
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all unknown fonts are substituted by OFL Sorts Mill Goudy TT in Arch Linux
I installed a font pack in Archlinux and found the following problem. Every unknown font is substituted by OFL Sorts Mill Goudy TT. I tried modifying my .fonts.conf adding a substitution for all the ...
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Install xorg in Arch Linux
I am trying to install Xorg on my Arch Linux VM, what I have done so far:
edited /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and uncommented my country mirror
dhcpcd eth0
pacman -Syy
pacman -S xorg-server, which also ...
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setup network/internet connection to install xorg
I have installed ArchLinux (everything by default) in VMware. I want to connetct to the internet so I can install xorg and other packages. Here is what I tryed:
ip addr add 192.168.0.23/255.255.255.0 ...
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Arch linux ati graphics crash after grub install
Ok, so I've had an arch linux w/ gnome 3 installed for a while now. And a while ago I installed ubuntu as another partition, I think to fix an issue that cause arch to fail.
So, it was all working ...
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Windows 7 and laptop overheating
I am using ArchLinux 99% of my working time, and laptop has absolutely no heating problems. But when it comes to using Windows 7, laptop starts heating and one can clearly hear CPU fan working like ...
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Windows 7 wake from sleep and UTC?
I've been having problems with windows 7 waking from sleep after one minute or so on my laptop. I also have ArchLinux installed on this computer. A while back I tried a registry tweak to get windows ...
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Editor in rosegarden not working
I've got huge problem with rosegarden 11.11 on arch. When I try to configure any synth plugin with Editor insteead of displaying a new window nothing happens. Any ideas why it goes like that?
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'ip link set wlan0 up' makes terminal unusable [Arch Linux]
I've been going through the steps trying to install Arch Linx and I cant get past the network configuration.
I got Arch to recognize my broadband card after following the instructions on Arch Wiki ...
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How do I make zeitgeist work in Arch?
I've been trying to setup Zeitgeist on my Gnome-shell system for a couple of days, but I'm yet to get it to work. I've done everything I could think of, i.e. installing zeitgeist from [extra], as well ...
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package updates after changing code
I'm running Arch Linux.
So, what I did was I wanted to change the behavior of the synaptics driver, so I edited the code, complied to a package and then installed the package.
Then, the new update for ...
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Second root account
i'm new in linux, so i'm sorry if my problem is a bit confusing.
I'd like to do following:
create a second root account
write the file by using this account
the first root account shouldn't be able ...
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Xen domU start up hangs, cannot connect to vbd
I am trying to build a Xen domU on my Arch x64 Linux. I have started dom0 successfully. My Xen kernel version is Linux arch xen 3.2.9-1-ARCH, my domU config file is
name = "arch0"
memory = 256
kernel ...
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How to set wallpaper in wmii?
How to set wallpaper in wmii? I tried feh and xloadimage without any success. Is there any working example to set the wallapaer?
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USB Mouse / Keyboard issues with Linux
First and foremost, this problem only occurs when I compile one of the more recent Linux kernels (3.2.6 or 3.2.7). I do not have these issues when running the stock kernel 3.2.6 or 3.2.7 kernels under ...
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How can I get my display to switch to external monitors on dock?
I've got a thinkpad 420s running archlinux, and I'd like it to switch to the two external monitors plugged into the dock's dvi's on dock.
I've got a CLI solution that switches to my external ...
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Wired connection not acquiring ip on redock
I've got a TP420s running archlinux and a dock. When I dock the computer for the first time after a reboot everything works great - the wired connection plugged into the dock is noticed, I switch over ...
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Arch Linux: eth0 no carrier - network fails at boot
The problem
My computer is connected to a network where dhcp is required.
So my network configuration in /etc/rc.conf looks like
interface=eth0
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=
My deamons are
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SSH connection to local and remote servers
I have a server with a static public ip address which I can access by ssh. This server is connected to a private network and inside this network there is another server with its private ip. Is there ...
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Explicitly backup selected files/folders with rsync
I want to make a backup of some specific files/folders of my $HOME to an external hard drive. I am using rsync with the following syntax:
rsync -avh --delete-excluded --exclude-from=.backup.lst ...
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dual booting with custom kernels
so I am trying to dual boot mint and arch linux, so I installed mint and then I installed arch skipping the boot loader. Then I compiled a kernel in mint and ran update-grup. Everything went well up ...
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Arch Linux frame buffer changes?
I have an old computer running on P4 processor and ATI Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] graphics card. Whenever I quit any window manager, the screen goes blank, but it still accepts input i.e. I can ...
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Searching for a Linux distribution that runs Mathematica 8 flawlessly
I've been trying Mathematica 8.0.4.0 in Arch Linux x64 with poor results: very frequent crashes when using any WolframAlpha[] functions. The errors involve Java, libc.so.6, and D-Bus. I've tried ...
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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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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 ...
