Arch Linux is a rolling-release Linux distribution.
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intel/ati dualhead black monitor - brightness set to 0 (acpi issue?)
i'm using arch linux but had this issue with other distributions as well on hp pavilion g6 laptop with intel and radeon graphic card.
when i modify xorg.conf file to enable dualhead (such as VGA1 ...
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What partitions do I need to install Arch Linux on my Macbook
I have a ~2006 Macbook (1,1) that I am trying to resurrect as a Linux machine. I no longer want nor need OS X, so I want to install Arch as the only OS on this machine. I have tried several times to ...
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Unable to use NTFS partition for Dropbox in Linux
Dropbox won't let me choose the sync folder inside a NTFS partition. First thought I had was mounting and its permissions (the Dropbox installer does let me choose my linux home as the Dropbox home).
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Triple booting on a Mac Book [almost there]; boot loader issues
Here is my current GPT/MBR partition table:
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 663646255 Mac OS X ...
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ArchLinux Xfce4 - NetworkManager keeps asking for password
I've recently installed ArchLinux with Xfce4 and NetworkManager on an Eeepc 1005HA.
NetworkManager is mostly fine - it auto-connects to ethernet and will auto-connect for wifi too if the connection is ...
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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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Arch Linux on an external HDD GPT-Partitioned
I have an Alienware M14x-R1 and had an Arch Linux System installed on its 750Gb HDD, everything working fine, GPT-partitions (on BIOS, not EFI) and GRUB bootloader.
Then I bought a new Corsair SSD, ...
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Scratchy sound with ALSA and USB Sound card
Since frying my onboard soundcard, I'm trying to get a new USB sound card to work with ALSA.
Everything looks fine too:
[oliland@olidesktop ~]$ lsmod | grep '^snd'
snd_seq_dummy 1455 0
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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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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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How to fix short event rendering in thunderbird lightning
When I add multiple 15 minute events in the same hour to lightning, it renders them as if the are overlapping (see image). On another pc, this isn't a problem (the events are the full column size)
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Arch Linux PV Template for Citrix Xenserver
I'm looking for an Arch Linux PV template for Citrix Xenserver 6.1. The problem is that my infrastructure doesn't support HVM, so the usual route of bare install and then configure isn't an option ...
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KDE - Attach window as tab by default
I have a 'console' windows that shows the logs of one of my applications, and I really would like to have it always attached to my main window when it starts up. Is there a way to do this?
Latest ...
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My laptop behaves strange after suspend
When waking my laptop from suspend, it behaves very strange - the CPU quickly gets hot and the battery drains insanely fast. Looking into powertop, there is a process called 'rtc_timer_do_work' that ...
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Strange sound behavior
First of all, sorry for the tittle. English isn't my native language, and I can't find a word to describe the strange behavior I'm getting here.
In the most simple explanation, is like sound keeps ...
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ArchLinux(Guest) Installation VMWare 8 (Windows 7 Host) - Accessing Gnome3 DE using VNC, How?
I have installed ArchLinux as guest OS on VMWare running on Windows 7 host.
I want to have a Gnome 3 GUI running.
I want to achieve that in a way that VMWare itself does not show the GUI.
Instead I ...
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Setting GRUB to boot one OS by default and another only when F11 is pressed
I've installed Ubuntu and Arch Linux on my laptop.
I am using Ubuntu. Arch Linux is on my recovery partition. In GRUB, I see Ubuntu and Arch Linux.
How can I set up my machine so that it ...
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How to make NetworkManager work without ConsoleKit
I reinstalled Arch half a month ago. I found that the Consolekit is no longer available in newer versions.
Previously I use consolekit to configure my Networkmanger, but I didn't know how to solve ...
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Strange speed jumps when downloading a torrent file
I've been experiencing strange download behavior in a torrent manager on archlinux.
Whenever I try to download a torrent my speed starts dropping and getting back to the same level again and again.
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GTK3 applications are ugly in XFCE
I am running Arch Linux with XFCE. GTK2 apps, like Thunar, look nice:
On the other hand, GTK3 apps, like Rhythmbox, look pretty messed up.
I get the same results with both the XFCE theme and the ...
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Graphics failures on both linux and windows
On windows, if I allow the system turn the monitors off (due to being idle), about once a week, it will fail to resume. There does not seem to be a pattern to this.
On linux (Arch 64, fully updated ...
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Getting canon printers to work with Arch Linux
I am trying to setup a canon MF4412 printer on my Arch Linux desktop.
I followed the official guide in setting up a CUPS server/client as well as installing the cndrvcups-lb driver package.
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“make xconfig” with arch linux
I'm trying to compile a kernel for Arch. I'm using "arch method" - abs, edit PKGBUILD and then "makepkg".
Problem is, my Arch is using xfce 4 + gnome 2, but i want to edit my config file using ...
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Arch linux - strange behaviour after installing fglrx
I have a problem with drivers on arch linux. I installed catalyst through unnoficial catalyst repo as wiki says.
pacman -S catalyst catalyst-utils
aticonfig --initial
After this operation i ...
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Different drivers for different Nvidia GPUs in the same system
I have the following two video cards installed in my Arch Linux system:
$ lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G84 [Quadro FX 1700] (rev a1)
02:00.0 VGA ...
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Numeric keys on Apple keyboard
I have an Apple keyboard. I have numeric keys on the {'J', 'k','l','u','i'.'o'.'p','m' } keys.
When I set Num Lock to off, it stops Num Lock for 2 seconds, and re-enables numeric keys. I tried ...
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Using an Arch Linux persistent USB on mac
Ok, so i following this guide on the Arch Wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_Arch_Linux_on_a_USB_key,
and installed Arch successfully to my 16GB sandisk cruzer. Ive got 3 partitions, ...
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What daemons and modules should i install to get KDE Power Management working?
I've installed arch linux on my laptop and i can't configure power profiles or see the battery state. On SLED and openSUSE it works well.
My modules and daemons:
MODULES=(acpid acpi-cpufreq ...
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autofs usb configuration
I'm trying to configure
/etc/autofs/auto.misc
to automount external CDs and USB drives. It worked fine until I reinserted a USB drive; it got renamed from sdb to sdc.
How can I anticipate such ...
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“Connection closed” error when using vinagre
I currently have two machines that I'm trying to connect on a local network.
The problem is this: one machine is running Arch Linux, and the other is running Ubuntu 11.04. I want to remote desktop ...
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rescue Ubuntu 11.04 from overwritten system files
I accidentaly extracted an ArchLinux initrd to / . Now the system won't boot anymore.
How do I reinstall the overwritten system files? Can I use an apt-command for this? I still can chroot into the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Set refind as default boot loaader on a mac. ( Having trouble saving bless settings )
I have done quite a bit net surfing and have not been able to find a solution to my problem.
Here is the background info:
The refind boot loader is installed to my EFI partition on the mac (sda1)
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