Questions tagged [arch-linux]
Arch Linux is a rolling-release Linux distribution.
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Dual boot Endeavor OS changed to EFI hard drive after BIOS update
I dual booted windows 11 and Endeavor OS on my HP notebook without any problem, but after a BIOS update the Boot options menu listed Endeavour os as EFI hard drive.
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Can disabling secure boot affect Windows?
Can disabling secure boot affect Windows OS? I want to disable it to install Linux. I use Windows 10 as my main OS now so all my data would be potentially lost if there is some problem with Windows ...
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ERROR dbeaver on manjaro
i downloaded dbeaver from the aur but it failed to open .
it gives :
" version 1.8 of JVM is not suitable for this product . Version 11 or greater is required"
but in the aur there is only ...
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Device nodes randomly disappear in Linux
I use vanilla Arch Linux with systemd. I made a psot on the Arch BBS to no avail, so I'm posting here.
Problem description:
I've been on this install for more than a year and never had this issue. I ...
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pacman parallel download using several mirrors
Pacman 6 introduced ParallelDownloads config option. When it used, pacman downloads several packages at once, but usually from single mirror, which limited total download speed a lot. Any way to ...
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How do I get voices on arch linux?
$ spd-say -L
Failed to get voice list.
I have speech-dispatcher installed and running on arch Linux
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How can I select the Nvidia GPU I want to run my program on on Arch Linux?
I have two Nvidia GPU's aviable to my computer with Arch Linux installed. The Packages I use for the GPU are nvidia-prime, optimus-manager, nvidia and nvidia-settings. prime-manager is set to hybrid (...
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arch linux (linux-5.14.16) "Dependency failed for /boot/efi"
Recently did a pacman -Syyuu to update my Arch Linux system like i usually do.
The next time i booted it gave this error:
[ TIME ] Timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/4C01-B401.
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Why when i booting my archlinux i already have opened terminal windows
When i boot my archlinux it has already opened 3 terminal windows and some folders (from my one of the last session)). It kinda saved my one session programs and stuck with it. How to fix?
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Why won't Arch recognize devices plugged into a Dell dock WD15?
I have a Dell dock WD15 plugged into my laptop via USB-C cable. Two monitors are plugged into the dock, as is an Ethernet cable and a USB keyboard and a USB mouse.
I know the monitors are detected ...
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charge threshold arch linux battery non thinkpad
I use non thinkpad laptop, especially razer studio.
I want threshold charge setting to 90. But not work with tlp or bat (https://github.com/tshakalekholoane/bat).
if use BAT error permission write to /...
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I messed up with display configuration system setting. How can I do a factory reset of the display configuration?
While setting up dual monitor in Manjaro, I messed up with display configuration setting.
I went to “System Setting -> Display and Monitors -> Display Configuration” and then I dragged the ...
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mdbtools won't install, breaks yay -Syyu
I just ran yay -Syyu and ended up with this message:
:: installing mdbtools (0.9.4-2) breaks dependency 'mdbtools=0.7.1' required by gmdb2
I get the same message when running yay -S mdbtools.
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How do I remap cap lock to make other keys act different?
When I press Cap Lock I want WASD to be arrow keys and Q E to be page up and down. Do I use setxkbmap for this? xcape? something else?
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What should I keep in mind while installing Arch Linux on an SSD?
I'm a complete newbie when it comes to almost everything related to Linux,
but I want to try and install Arch Linux on my SSD.
My PC specs are:
a320m-a pro max
Ryzen 3 3200g
Kingston 240 GB SSD
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Self destructiong hard drives mystery
What they all have in common:
All mechanical disks
Installed on arch-linux systems
The computer is on 24/7
All of them bought new from the store in the last three years
All of them host ext4 ...
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Change permanently boost.txt
Whenever I change the
sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost.txt
file, when I restart the computer, it goes back to its original state. How i permanently change this value to 0 ?
I added a one shot ...
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Hybrid bluetooth adapter not detected linux
I am using Arch linux currently, and I cannot use my bluetooth driver in it. My PC is a laptop, DELL Inspiron n4030 i3-380m and it has a hybrid BROADCOM 4313 Wifi and bluetooth card inbuilt. The wifi ...
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How to remove GNOME Web Browser
I decided to switch from GNOME to KDE Plasma on Arch Linux, so I used sudo pacman -Rdd gnome. However, Web Browser remains, though with much less functionality (no tabs, etc.) Perhaps it was retained ...
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ATA errors on laptop
Once in every 2-3 weeks when i try to open an application on linux, my system freezes for half a minute then continues like nothing happened continuing without issues.
My laptop:
cpu: ...
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error key "xxx...xxx" could not be looked up remotely on ArchLinux
I'm trying to install gnome on ArchLinux ARM, which runs in a UTM virtual machine using pacman -S gnome. It's showing me the list of packages that need to be installed, I accept the installation. ...
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I moved a VirtualBox VM from a linux machine to Windows 10
I used Copy & Paste to move the entire virtual machine folder, containing the .vdi and .vbox files from my laptop, running Garuda Linux (Arch based) to my Desktop, running Windows 10. But now that ...
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When changing the brightness in linux the whole system freezes
I am currently using ARCH Linux, but I have tested it on other Linux distros too, (on UBUNTU 20.04, KALI LINUX 2019).
Problem
When I change the brightness from the keyboard button (My keyboard has ...
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Why to authenticate?
For starting gdm I am using this command
sudo systemctl start gdm.service
When I am executing this command directly on the shell, then I am presented with the
[sudo] password for username:
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Arch Linux crashing (brutal shutdown) when opening/closing windows and logging in while on battery
The title sums it up pretty well. My computer has been shutting down during certain activities when on battery after I install Artix Linux, and still does it after I uninstalled that and installed ...
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Dual booting Manjaro kde with windows 10
I want to dual boot my laptop(win 10 preinstalled) with Manjaro-kde plasma, I only have 512gb ssd , already divided into two(C=276gb & D=200gb). How much free space should I leave in Windows C ...
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Download whole website wget
I'm trying to download the entire contents of the site http://julesverne.ca/ using wget. I'm running the following command:
wget --wait 20 --limit-rate=20K --recursive --no-clobber --page-requisites --...
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Unable to connect to internet in Windows 10 VM using KVM/QEMU
I have been trying to set up a Windows 10 VM in my current Arch Linux (5.13.12-arch1-1) host system. I set up the VM using libvirt and KVM/QEMU using virt-manager as GUI.
The NIC card has been setup ...
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How can a keypress on a specific keyboard be mapped to another key such as F24?
I want to use an extra keyboard on Linux to control my OBS scenes. OBS has a way to setup keyboard shortcuts and so forth but only as a general key (it doesn't detect which keyboard the key is pressed ...
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Cloning a linux installation to multiboot with the original
I installed arch linux on an empty drive partitioned as gpt on an UEFI board.
My plan is to have three copies of this insatllation for the reasons that i'll furtherr detail.
the partition table ...
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How to enable CA_CERTIFICATES on manjaro so that openssl works (xanmod installation error) (solved)
I'm trying to install the XanMod kernel on a Manjaro machine, but receive errors:
$pamac build linux-manjaro-xanmod
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scripts/sign-file.c:25:10: fatal error: openssl/opensslv.h: No such file or ...
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cpu affinity reset by libvirt / cgroups
When starting my VM, the CPU core affinity of all processes on my archlinux host is reset to all cores. The same happens when the VM stops.
My VM uses cpu pinning, but this didn't happen until a few ...
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GitKraken crashing when I attempt to open preferences
I recently installed Manjaro. Things are working great for the most part, but GitKraken keeps crashing when I attempt to open the "Preferences" page. It'll crash, then reopen, but the ...
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Gnome-disk-utility make my partition gone, how to restore it?
My 12 y/o Acer v5-431 notebook have two Linux, Mint Xfce and a new installed Arch Linux last week, today i booted into my Arch and was trying to access my Linux Mint Home partition but i didnt see it ...
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Video file won't play
Approximately one month ago, I wanted to re-watch a TV Show that I like, which I've already downloaded before. So I watched the 3 first seasons, but when I moved on to the 4th one, the video files ...
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Trouble reproducing bluetooth fix Realtek 8822be
I have a Lenovo Ideapad L340, with a Realtek 8822be Wireless Adapter. It works flawlessly with Windows, but completely fails on Linux, which I'm trying to have on a dual boot. So I could neither ...
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Which is the correct key to modify to set a wireless password via nmcli
A number of answers describe how to modify properties of a wireless connection via nmcli (for example https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/316482/16821).
However, I don't know how to determine which ...
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How to Hibernate on Dual-Boot of Arch and Windows
I'm using Artix OpenRC actually, which is just Arch with OpenRC instead of Systemd.
This is my first time attempting to make hibernation work with Linux, and so far I'm really afraid of trying it. ...
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About root directory's filesystem and partitioning
Iam a new user of linux and I am trying to really get the hang of it before i use arch (I know it is a hard choice for a beginner but i love to dive in so i can understand more).
Basically, my problem ...
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How do I enable gnome 40's Horizontal Workspaces on Manjaro Linux?
I recently switched from Ubuntu to Manjaro linux. It comes with Gnome 40.1.0, but workspaces are still horizontal rather than vertical. My assumption is that Manjaro set vertical workspaces to be the ...
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How to install a windows guest in qemu/kvm with secure boot enabled
My host machine is archlinux and I am using virt-manager as a frontend of qemu.
I just have no idea about how to enabling secure boot for windows qemu guests. I have tried using the OVMF_CODE.secboot....
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Linux freezes despite no errors in memtest86, stress, or smartctl
I have been trying to diagnose freezing issues on Arch since Linux 5.6. I believe I ran into Ryzen-related idling issues that were solved with zenstates.py, but now my machine regularly freezes and/or ...
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How will a kernel upgrade effect packages I have installed with Nix pkg manager
I'm using the Nix package manager on an Arch linux system.
Will my installed Nix packages break when I upgrade the kernel on the arch-linux system?
Follow up questions:
If so, is there any way to ...
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Arch single-GPU KVM passthrough goes back to login when booting VM
Alright, so I made my KVM setup according to this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUSrdUoedTo
I'm running with an AsRock Fatal1ty motherboard, and an RTX 2060.
Whenever I boot my VM, it goes to ...
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dwm displays squares instead of text for directories
so I'm new when it comes to installing and setting up linux. I'm doing it with arch linux to learn more about this stuff, but i hit a road block when i tried to install and configure dwm, as well as ...
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Multiple concurrent desktop environments linux
Is there a way to have multiple concurrent desktop environments on Linux (on the same screen)? I have in mind the following use case:
tty1 has EXWM, a tiling WM that's great for work but lacks many ...
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Firefox and UI font size increase issue
I have tried to increase the font size of Firefox UI by setting the layout.css.devPixelsPerPx option to >1. It works as expected until I close the browser and reopen it again. Whilst the elements ...
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VMWARE Player Kernel-Headers
I downloaded VMware-Player-16.1.2-17966106.x86_64.bundle from VMware website. I followed Arch wiki guide to Install and run because, I use Arch . I downloaded all the necessary packages including ...
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Starting X Server
I installed Arch with KDE plasma. I want to start KDE without display manager and configured files by instructions from Arch wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE#From_the_console .But after ...
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Disabling NVIDIA Geforce MX230
I have two Graphics Card. Discrete NVIDIA Geforce MX230 and Integrated Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620. I recently installed Arch Linux and faced high battery consumption issue and heat. Did some google ...
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