Questions tagged [arch-linux]
Arch Linux is a rolling-release Linux distribution.
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How to remove "starred" tab in gnome's nautilus?
I have a lot of network drives and a few bookmarks and I don't like having my file manager maximized, so I prefer an interface that's as clean as possible.
This Starred tab however blocks this for me....
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wlp2s0 getting two IP addresses, Internet not working
I am trying to connect to my D-Link router, which is NOT a DHCP server, but some other router on the network is (192.168.0.200).
I get an IP address from the DHCP at 192.168.0.200, but I am getting ...
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Gem Installs not executing after update system-wide update Arch Linux
When trying to execute sass --watch scss:css inside of a target folder I get returned the message command not found
I know I had sass installed. gem list doesn't show that it's installed anymore.
I ...
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Printers spontaneously changed IP addresses
I have two printers connected on a local lan through a cable modem and both spontaneously changed their IP addresses. For example, one was 10.1.10.236 and by looking at the LCD screen on the printer I ...
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SSH mount via fstab fails because of root ssh passphrase
At work, we have a dev environment I want to mount so I can work on it locally on Arch with i3 (Manjaro i3).
I have SSH and an SSHFS mount set up on my devenv which runs without issues, along with ...
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Setup VNC server on ArchLinux with sddm and KDE
I'm trying to expose desktop of my PC in internal network. I would like to expose SDDM and KDE session in there. Surprisingly I was not able to find legit article on Arch wiki.
Is it even possible? Or ...
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Xorg page allocation failure and baloo engine errors on KDE
So basically I leave my computer alone for quite a bit of time. I have the settings set to the displays turning off and I can wake the machine by pressing a key or moving the mouse. But today it seems ...
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Clonezilla, timeshift and other backup issues
So I have been trying to make backups of my Arch Linux install. I have tried several tools in Linux as well as Clonezilla and they all have failed in one way or another. Clonezilla gives this error ...
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ffmpeg: yuv420p pixel format missing?
Often when I search online for ffmpeg advice, I find the answer involves using the -pix_fmt yuv420p (or I think also yuv720p) argument. Example: What ffmpeg command line produces video more compatible ...
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How do you enter the command line of a headless virtual machine on a headless server?
I am running a server on Arch Linux that I would like to divide into a few virtual machines using Virtual Box. Both the server and the VM are headless machines, and both will be running Arch Linux. ...
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Not able to launch any application using a custom shortcut in KDE plasma
This is my first question on this website.
I am using arch linux. I recently changed from Gnome desktop environment to KDE Plasma. However, I am not able to launch any application (for eg. Konsole) by ...
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Dual samsung external monitors - "Not optimum mode"
I have a Lenovo X1 Extreme device with two graphics cards
> lspci | grep -e VGA -e 3D
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile)
01:00.0 VGA compatible ...
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Language Change is not able to apply to Arch Linux
I would like to change system language to Japanese.
However, the change is not apply.
I have installed Arch Linux on ThinkPad X13 AMD (Ryzen7 4750U).
I have set up Gnome then I tried change system ...
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netctl: Static IP configuration lost automatically after few seconds of starting the interface
I am using netctl in Arch Linux on Hyper-V. I have two ethernet interfaces eth0 & eth1.
IP config:
eth0: dhcp (automatic configuration, no involvment of netctl)
eth1: static ip (10.10.10.1/8) ...
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Can't boot Arch on a Dell Vostro
I have bought a Dell Vostro 5590 equipped with Win 10, and I'd like to install Archlinux too, in dual boot with Win 10.
Unfortunately I cannot even start a live Arch: after entering the One-Time Boot ...
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'at' command not working in arch linux
When I schedule a task using at in Arch Linux it doesn't get executed when its time to but it does get removed from the queue.
Here is an example of me scheduling a task.
at now + 2 min
warning: ...
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How to get PKGBUILD of a given package?
My goal is to create list of configuration files that are tracked by pacman (those that are normally saved even after removal of the package with the .pacsave suffix). I haven't found a way to get ...
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How can I resize the root partition in archlinux?
I recently installed archlinux on my laptop with the following configuration:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
nvme0n1 259:0 0 477G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 512M 0 ...
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Can't connect to wifi during Arch Linux install
I'm trying to install Arch Linux from scratch following the official installation guide. Although an Ethernet connection is recommended, my computer doesn't have an Ethernet port, so I must use wifi. ...
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How can I trigger re-generation of /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
There are standard systemd network config files for wpa_supplicant, namely /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]. These are generated automatically at some point, presumably by ...
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Shared Folder don't share (Virtual Box) [Arch Linux]
Windows: Host
Arch Linux: Guest
I wanted to create a shared folder between Windows and Arch Linux, but I don't know why doesn't work because I can see the folder in /media in arch, but the files ...
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VNCServer error on arch linux: The HOME environment variable is not set
I am using arch linux.
I could not connect VNC server created by gnome.
Then I installed tigervnc, then run tigervnc once to initialize
But systemctl start vncserver failed:
● vncserver.service - ...
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ArchLinux live iso, can ping google.com but not archlinux.org
When pinging www.google.com theres no error and the command prints PING google.com (172.217.12.206) 56(84) bytes of data. But when pinging www.archlinux.org, ping prints ping: www.archlinux.org: ...
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SSH AWS ec2 pem key invalid format
I'm trying to ssh from arch Linux to Ubuntu AWS instance using OpenSSH_8.3p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1g. But i get invalid format from the pem key.
But when i use the same key in my Ubuntu machine using openssh ...
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Initramfs unpacking failed: read error + keyboard not working during ArchLinux boot
Recently installed ArchLinux via AnarchyLinux, mounting it's root partition in my /dev/sda6 and it's boot at /dev/sda2, which is the EFI partition i also use for Windows.
However, when trying to boot, ...
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Is it possible to change the ID of a BTRFS subvolume?
I want to make the IDs of my subvolumes consecutive so I can access them easier. Is there any way to change the ID of a BTRFS subvolume without nuking the data it contains? If so, how would you do ...
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Archlinux Dell XPS graphic glitches even in Bios
today, suddenly chrome died on me and the bottom half of my screen on my dell xps 15 7590 started flickering and kind of mirroring the windows above.
I have tried reinstalling intel and nouvou ...
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I cannot find headers for linux kernel 5.3.10-arch1-1
I am trying to modify a live arch linux distro to include some proprietary drivers, but I can't seem to find kernel headers for it. I am trying to compile the bcwc-pcie package for facetime HD cameras....
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"mount error(2): No such file or directory" error on attempting to mount NAS from Arch
I am attempting to mount my NAS on my Arch machine and receiving the below error:
mount error(2): No such file or directory
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
Not seeing ...
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Blackarch linux boot error on grub
I came across an error after installing blackarch linux from live iso. Grub bootloader says filesystem unknown. I was able to use these commands and boot to another linux that i had installed:
Set ...
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KDE panel missing on tigervnc vnc session
I want to gain VNC access to a tigervnc server. Both laptops runs with ArchLinux sddm KDE xorg (not wayland) and it took me a day to get the server running and an Dolphin is opening - just nothing ...
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Can not allocate memory on archlinux
I have a C program that uses lots of memory.
I also have AchLinux box with 32 GB RAM.
My program fail to allocate more than ~12 GB RAM, even I start it as root.
I checked ulimit but I did not found ...
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Can't login after full system upgrade
yesterday i upgraded my system on Archlinux and after a reboot the login screen is back whenever i type the pass, password is right but i think there's some error somewhere dunno.
i tried my best to ...
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Partioning a configuration SSD + HDD
I've tested Manjaro for a few months and now want to test Arch. However, the same problem as the one I got into when installing Manjaro showed up: how should I partition my disks? I have a 112GB SSD ...
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Evince default window position
I have an Arch Linux desktop machine with 2 monitors and 4 workspaces.
On the last workspace I usually have Firefox loaded on the left monitor to access Zimbra mail. While on the right monitor I have ...
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How do I install Archlinux on my laptop, without destroying my current Deepin OS?
I have Deepin OS, and I want to try Arch Linux without destroying my current OS... How do I do that?
I followed Deepin OS Beta instructions (while installing), and it formatted my current files.. So, ...
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Make an internal NVME drive bootable
I’m installing UEFI arch Linux using a live usb on a NVMe-drive laptop. I got up until disk partitioning when I saw that I could not flag any partitions in the NVME drive as bootable. The only ...
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How do I setup a systemd service to be started by a non root user as a user daemon?
I just finished the install and setup process of systemd on my arch-linux system (2012.09.07). I uninstalled initscripts (and removed the configuration files).
What I want to do is create a service ...
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ArchLinux KDE sometimes mouseclick on the touchpad not working
I'm running Arch Linux with KDE Plasma as desktop environment. Sometimes it happens that I suddenly can't use the double tap gesture on the touch-pad to make a mouse click also the two finger gestures ...
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How to allow `iw dev link` as non-root user?
I have a laptop and desktop, both running Arch linux. On the laptop, I can run (as a non-root user):
iw dev wlp3s0 link
This outputs all the expected information.
On the desktop, running the same ...
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Diagnose failure of motherboard to recognize an M2 drive
I have a WS C422 Sage/10G motherboard which supports two M.2 slots. I got 2x Inland Premium 1TB SSD 3D NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drives to go into those slots. According to ...
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Arch/GNS3: Could not connect to 127.0.0.1 on port 3080: [Errno 111] Connection refused
I installed GNS3 install on Arch following this and this. I restarted the machine already but it keeps me telling it could not connect to localhost on port 3080. By default, when GNS3 is not running ...
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How to Move Linux partition but keep the dual boot
have a Windows 10 and Arch Linux dual boot system on my 1 TB m.2 ssd. Because I have a lot of games in Windows, I got myself another 1 TB Samsung 860 evo. I would like to move my entire Linux ...
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SSD Trim on Archlinux
I heard a lot of different opinions about SSD Trim and normally it's not very important to know how that is handled because you know that is handled unless I use systems where most of the installation ...
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Sharing a partition between Arch & Ubuntu
I've just installed Arch linux to go alongside Ubuntu, and I'm having some trouble sharing a partition between the two. I've created it in both distros' fstabs, looking like this:
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Setting up named in arch linux
I am trying to set up a domain on an Arch Linux VM.
Following is my named.conf
options {
directory "/var/named";
pid-file "/run/named/named.pid";
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sxhkd - chaining chords doesn't work in autostart.sh of dwm
sxhkd has a feature where I can chain chords. From man sxhkd:
When multiple chords are separated by semicolons, the hotkey is a chord
chain: the command will only be executed after receiving each ...
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Problems connecting to the Internet with NetworkManager
I'm using ArchLinux with Network Manager to connect to the internet through wifi, but sometimes, even if it is still connected to the wifi, I can't reach websites.
I searched a lot on the net to see ...
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Wrong monitor resolution on startup Arch Linux
I have a problem with my Arch Linux, (probably it was my fault, I may or may not have uninstalled something). The problem is that every time I boot up the screen resolution is set to a very low one. ...
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How to copy selected image/screenshot to clipboard?
I'm currently using Manjaro but I'd like something that'd work on Arch too for future migration. I'm using i3 at the moment but plan to switch to dwm.
To put a screenshot into the clipboard, I'm ...
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