General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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pull up a terminal and type in "sudo /etc/init.d/samba start"
I don't know if CentOS uses /etc/init.d or not so if you get a "file not found" error it's not the end of the world (though do let me know)
If you make a change to the Samba config, you need to restart the daemon before changes take effect.
For cent you can use 'service samba start'
It might be something else though, like smbd or something.
[QUOTE=lavacano;38555662]pull up a terminal and type in "sudo /etc/init.d/samba start"
I don't know if CentOS uses /etc/init.d or not so if you get a "file not found" error it's not the end of the world (though do let me know)[/QUOTE]
It's "/etc/init.d/smb start" but Windows still can't see the computer.
Getting windows to recognize samba has been hit or miss for me in the past. Authentification is similarly as impossible.
So, now that I've been using eOS on my laptop for a decent amount of time, I finally figured out what I wanted from my laptop.
Basically, I wanted OS X, but with Linux and no Apple.
Anyone running TF2 under the steam beta in Arch Linux? If so do you know of any specific dependencies I may be lacking?
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;38564895]Anyone running TF2 under the steam beta in Arch Linux? If so do you know of any specific dependencies I may be lacking?[/QUOTE]
The wiki says you need lib32-libtxc_dxtn for TF2: [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Steam#Team_Fortress_2[/url]
[QUOTE=IpHa;38565815]The wiki says you need lib32-libtxc_dxtn for TF2: [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Steam#Team_Fortress_2[/url][/QUOTE]
And a system that supports OpenGL 3.3 it seems. TF2 gave me the error that glQueryCounter wasn't found. I hope the open source radeon drivers catch up soon :(
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;38563748]Getting windows to recognize samba has been hit or miss for me in the past. Authentification is similarly as impossible.[/QUOTE]
A place where I do things has a NAS that has a SAMBA share system that all the computers use. It seems to work great.
[QUOTE=IpHa;38565815]The wiki says you need lib32-libtxc_dxtn for TF2: [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Steam#Team_Fortress_2[/url][/QUOTE]
I've tried all of the wiki recommendations to no avail...
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;38566742]And a system that supports OpenGL 3.3 it seems. TF2 gave me the error that glQueryCounter wasn't found. I hope the open source radeon drivers catch up soon :([/QUOTE]
This may be the problem. Thanks for the heads up guys!
[editline]23rd November 2012[/editline]
My GeForce GTS 360M only supports OpenGL 2.1 insofar as I can tell.
Anything past Geforce 8000 should support OpenGL 3.x
If you're using the open source driver then you'll only get 2.1. If you use the proprietary driver you should get 3.3 at least.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;38568231]Anything past Geforce 8000 should support OpenGL 3.x
If you're using the open source driver then you'll only get 2.1. If you use the proprietary driver you should get 3.3 at least.[/QUOTE]
The proprietary drivers sometime have issues though. There's a good reason Steam for Linux is not out yet with TF2, as it's not really working well. But hopefully this'll change when it's released, even if that's super optimistic.
[QUOTE=Jookia;38566744]A place where I do things has a NAS that has a SAMBA share system that all the computers use. It seems to work great.[/QUOTE]
Aye, where I work we have a windows based accountancy package running off samba shares (Using ClearOS). Heavy reading and writing of hundreds of tiny files (Yep, that's what they call a multi-user installation, putting the flat-file database on a network share, horrible) and it deals with it great. 3 XP machines currently connect to that.
What's the best way to determine what OpenGL level my drivers are currently supporting? The 2.1 level comes from the NVidia specs page.
The GTS 360M supports OpenGL 3.3. The proprietary drivers should support this, not sure about nouveau.
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units#GeForce_300M_.283xxM.29_series[/URL]
You can check the current supported version with the glxinfo command(part of mesa or mesa-demos)
[code]$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19[/code]
[QUOTE=IpHa;38570320]The GTS 360M supports OpenGL 3.3. The proprietary drivers should support this, not sure about nouveau.
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units#GeForce_300M_.283xxM.29_series[/URL]
You can check the current supported version with the glxinfo command(part of mesa or mesa-demos)
[code]$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19[/code][/QUOTE]
Thank you, mesa reports 3.3.0, so I'm back to having no clue what is causing the crash :v:
Can a 64bit distro run 32bit executables just as easy as Windows 7 can? Or is some fiddling required?
Generally speaking it's pretty easy. IIRC, there are a few ways of doing it, but they're all a different spin on the same thing.
If I take arch as an example. All you need to do is enable the multilib repository. If you want to run a 32bit executable you'll need to install the right 32bit libs. If you're using the package manager that should all be figured out for you.
I believe that the debian family has a similar scheme but they're called something different.
Generally speaking, if you use the package manager, everything should be automagical.
[QUOTE=zugu;38575981]Can a 64bit distro run 32bit executables just as easy as Windows 7 can? Or is some fiddling required?[/QUOTE]
Just be prepared to have an extra copy of a majority of your libraries!
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;38578095]Just be prepared to have an extra copy of a majority of your libraries![/QUOTE]
So really no issues at all.
With arch, you have to have gcc-multilib OR gcc, same with binutils and so on.
I just remembered I have a 1-year license to Crossover, might as well give it a try, now that I'm pretty much always in Linux on my laptop.
[QUOTE=nikomo;38607413]I just remembered I have a 1-year license to Crossover, might as well give it a try, now that I'm pretty much always in Linux on my laptop.[/QUOTE]
How in the world did you just forget?
I signed up for the Flock Vote thing and didn't actively use Linux on my laptop at the time.
So the mail with the link to register the 1-year license just sat in my inbox, and it got pushed to the second page in like 2 hours because of the amount of mailing lists I'm a part of.
[QUOTE=nikomo;38556081]If you make a change to the Samba config, you need to restart the daemon before changes take effect.[/QUOTE]
This is not true. It reloads shortly after the change.
is there any GUI method I can use to switch between my laptop's normal speaker/headphone output and the HDMI audio output? I like to use headphones but I have a monitor plugged in via HDMI which disables the normal outputs for some non-existent speakers - while I can fix it it requires a bit of config fiddling and replugging every time I start my laptop up and I'd prefer to have a better solution - the normal volume control doesn't seem to help since the HDMI audio seems to be a separate device on the same card which means I can't switch between them using it - I know asking for a painless desktop experience with linux is like asking israel to stop being cunts but there's got to be an easier way
[QUOTE=Generic.Monk;38613400]I know asking for a painless desktop experience with linux is like asking israel to stop being cunts[/QUOTE]
I think you're confused with Windows there. Linux is the one you can configure. Windows is where you're stuck with any issues you get.
[QUOTE=Generic.Monk;38613400]is there any GUI method I can use to switch between my laptop's normal speaker/headphone output and the HDMI audio output? I like to use headphones but I have a monitor plugged in via HDMI which disables the normal outputs for some non-existent speakers - while I can fix it it requires a bit of config fiddling and replugging every time I start my laptop up and I'd prefer to have a better solution - the normal volume control doesn't seem to help since the HDMI audio seems to be a separate device on the same card which means I can't switch between them using it - I know asking for a painless desktop experience with linux is like asking israel to stop being cunts but there's got to be an easier way[/QUOTE]
Are you using Pulse or ALSA
Is there a way to like register for the Steam beta? I got the "installer" and shit but it doesn't cooperate.
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