• General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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[QUOTE=Strikebango;39167166]I would suggest trying out Linux Mint with Mate.[/QUOTE] ill give it a go when it becomes off peak downloads, in about an hour
I've used Arch and Xfce for three years or so.
Pulseaudio makes really audible crackles whenever I change my volume in MPD (via NCMPCPP) anyone else experience anything similar? it's annoying [editline]10th January 2013[/editline] it also resets to 100% volume sometimes which BURSTS MY FUCKING EARDRUMS
[QUOTE=Killervalon;39121201]BRIAENIRJUAENIRANWJId I tried installing Ubuntu, that went fine. Then I disliked the whole Unity netbook look. I installed Gnome3 fallback or whatever it's called. Then I realised I didn't have the NVIDIA drivers which I then started installing... Now it's all in the gutter. The resolution is 640x480. nvidia-settings tells me I have to run nvidia-xconfig, I do that and the file changes it's settings. I restart, nothing happens. It's the same settings but it still doesn't work. I used nvidia-current and nvidia-current-updates (or whatever it's called). I also had the linux-headers etc.[/QUOTE] I had the same problem when I installed Ubuntu on my desktop a while ago. I think I had to install some prerequisities for the drivers to install correctly, but I don't remember what, sorry. [editline]11th January 2013[/editline] It might've been linux-source (but did you already have that? In addition to linux-headers). There's something about the subject there: [url]http://podzemski.com/2012/10/20/ubuntu-12-10-nvidia-drivers/[/url] [url]http://askubuntu.com/a/202680[/url]
Ok so, I got a new laptop recently and installed ubunut on it (I would have done arch, but im tutoring in ubuntu so i figured i might as well know what I'm doing) and have had a whole host of issues. After I got the install working I've had 2 main problems: 1) Whenever i suspend the laptop, it immediately (within one second or so) resumes. 2) Whenever I try to resume form sleep, the screen stays black and i have to reboot to fix it. Now, installing the proprietary amd drivers fixed the blackscreen on resume problem, but it broke unity. I've also tried various fixes including the one where you replace you screen saver and add the "echi us15...." or something to your rc.local file. Next, regarding the install process. At first I tried installing ubuntu in uefi mode, but I could not get past grub ie: any entry I selected would just dump me on a blank screen w/o any input and my cd drive would spin down, forcing me to reboot. I've tried multiple things here, including the nomodeset and pci=nomsi. And while on this subject please note that my bios is (for some reason) extremely limited so that essentially I can only disable/enable secure boot, change boot order, and enable legacy bios support. I have got it to install by doing it in bios mode instead, so this isn't a critical problem. specs: [code] Asus k55n AMD A8-4500M APU Radeon Mobility HD 7640G [/code] more detailed specs can be found [url=http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Versatile_Performance/K55N/#specifications]here[/url]
[QUOTE=sabreman;39187279]Ok so, I got a new laptop recently and installed ubunut on it (I would have done arch, but im tutoring in ubuntu so i figured i might as well know what I'm doing) and have had a whole host of issues. After I got the install working I've had 2 main problems: 1) Whenever i suspend the laptop, it immediately (within one second or so) resumes. 2) Whenever I try to resume form sleep, the screen stays black and i have to reboot to fix it. Now, installing the proprietary amd drivers fixed the blackscreen on resume problem, but it broke unity. I've also tried various fixes including the one where you replace you screen saver and add the "echi us15...." or something to your rc.local file. Next, regarding the install process. At first I tried installing ubuntu in uefi mode, but I could not get past grub ie: any entry I selected would just dump me on a blank screen w/o any input and my cd drive would spin down, forcing me to reboot. I've tried multiple things here, including the nomodeset and pci=nomsi. And while on this subject please note that my bios is (for some reason) extremely limited so that essentially I can only disable/enable secure boot, change boot order, and enable legacy bios support. I have got it to install by doing it in bios mode instead, so this isn't a critical problem. specs: [code] Asus k55n AMD A8-4500M APU Radeon Mobility HD 7640G [/code] more detailed specs can be found [url=http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Versatile_Performance/K55N/#specifications]here[/url][/QUOTE] For the suspend and sleep problems, you must have some really new hardware that the kernel doesn't quite fully support. Make sure you update often as a fix may be patched in soon. Read this if you want to try work-arounds or alternatives: [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Suspend_to_RAM[/url] For using UEFI mode: I'm guessing since you installed the UEFI-capable OS through BIOS mode it didn't work properly. In order to properly install UEFI and boot into UEFI, you MUST completely disable legacy bios support. Attempting to install an UEFI OS in BIOS mode won't work because you're missing [url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#UEFI_Variables_Support]UEFI variables.[/url] If you want some direct help with UEFI you can add me on steam, I went through the whole endeavor myself and got it working. The suspend problems on the other hand, I have little to no experience with (because it just works for me :x).
Thanks, but I WAS doing it in total uefi mode. I disabled all legacy bios support and it still wouldn't get past grub. I went the the legacy bios only after spending a good 2 hours trying to get it to work.
Was going to post this question (In the quotes below), but I was actually wandering if somebody would be kind enough to PM tutor me through a few questions I have so I'm not wasting my time trying to accomplish impossible things. [quote="whatthe"]Hey guys. Just installed Ubuntu and I am loving i so far. Love how seamless and purpose built everything feels. I was just trying to enter an NTFS HDD so I can explore files. I tried mounting (Ih ave oidea what im doing windows noob) the drive, but I don't know if that lets you see files already on there, and it caused a problem when booting Ubuntu, by attempting to re-mount so I skipped it. Basically, from Ubuntu, I wan't to mount windows8 on a virtual drive so I can boot through that and install it.[/quote] p.s INVISIBLE TERMINAL PASSWORD ENTRY, I LUV IT. p.p.s everything is so fast, i love ubuntu
jesus christ i'm trying to get around the symlink minefield hell that is systemd anyone have any idea how to make a simple auto login without combusting the system? if I copy getty@.service to autologin@.service and edit that, it somehow fucks up getty@.service and I have to reinstall it, but getty@.service never actually gets modified what is going on
YEEEESSSSSSHHHHHH So I just basically added what you would consider the "beta" branch for apt-get to my system and did a system update. And it fixed everything! yay! Well technically it didn't fix anything, however, I installed the updated proprietary drivers afterwards which fixed all my problems. so now I can suspend, sleep, and resume without any problems at all. I gotta say though, I miss arch's bleeding edge packages. [editline]12th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Tobba;39194411]jesus christ i'm trying to get around the symlink minefield hell that is systemd anyone have any idea how to make a simple auto login without combusting the system? if I copy getty@.service to autologin@.service and edit that, it somehow fucks up getty@.service and I have to reinstall it, but getty@.service never actually gets modified what is going on[/QUOTE] Are you using a login manager? If so most have configurations to autologin. If not I'm afraid i can't help much.
I figured it out All you do is wait 5 minutes and it un-breaks I have no idea
use a decent login manager are you purposely trying to make your PC a user-friendliness nightmare or something [editline]12th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=whatthe;39193481]Was going to post this question (In the quotes below), but I was actually wandering if somebody would be kind enough to PM tutor me through a few questions I have so I'm not wasting my time trying to accomplish impossible things.[/QUOTE] Feel free to add me on steam, I'll help you to my best ability whenever you need me to
[QUOTE=sabreman;39193231]Thanks, but I WAS doing it in total uefi mode. I disabled all legacy bios support and it still wouldn't get past grub. I went the the legacy bios only after spending a good 2 hours trying to get it to work.[/QUOTE] I have a good idea of what went wrong. So you've booted Ubuntu off the disk in UEFI mode to install? I don't know about you, [url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304011]but UEFI is incapable of reading disks (cdfs).[/url] I have a feeling that your motherboard backed out and booted Ubuntu in legacy BIOS mode. (Since it's incapable of booting from the disk in UEFI.) My Motherboard does the same thing and it's annoying as hell. Secondly, your harddrive is formatted in GPT right? Not MBR? Similarly, UEFI cannot boot off of (or installed on) hard drives formatted with a Master Boot Record. What you should do is copy the contents of the Ubuntu disk to a thumb drive, find a way to boot into a UEFI shell, then manually locate and run Ubuntu off the thumb drive using the Shell. That way there's no room for mistakes and it can also echo errors and such to you. Good luck, and remember you can add me on steam for more immediate responses. [editline]12th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Tobba;39194490]I figured it out All you do is wait 5 minutes and it un-breaks I have no idea[/QUOTE] You sure you don't have any NFS systemd tasks? I had a similar problem when I switched to systemd where my static IP was un-done, causing my NFS file systems to stall the system for 5 minutes. Really why does it take that long to time out? Christ.
You guys know of a good way to stream to twitch/justin.tv? [editline]13th January 2013[/editline] I tried ffmpeg, but it's really not easy and there was lag issues + out of sync sound. I'd rather try something simple
Ok so I was wrong about how to fix my issue. To fix the black screen you need to apt-get linux-headers-generic and then install the updated fglrx drivers. No idea what exactly fixed the resume issue, I'll get back once i figure it out. [B]Edit:[/B] Ok so, turning of "Require my password when waking form suspend" fixes that, but i need that so that's out of the question. But now, randomly, i can't adjust my screens brightness anymore..... what is happening D: [B]Edit2:[/B] What the fuck man, over a sudden everything is working properly. I've figured out that i can adjust the screen brightness is I set it to where i need it and then suspend/resume. This is the strangest thing i've ever seen.
Mr. badatvidyagames, your ratings make no sense. You dumb and disagree with the most random of posts :v:
Trying to get power control to work from within XBMC I'm fairly sure I got the permissions working because I can do systemctl suspend from the user it runs under, but the buttons in XBMC do nothing It may be related to that XBMC added systemd support recently, Arch only has XBMC 11 which may not have it Gonna be a gigantic pain in the ass to build it from source though
[QUOTE=Tobba;39210708]Trying to get power control to work from within XBMC I'm fairly sure I got the permissions working because I can do systemctl suspend from the user it runs under, but the buttons in XBMC do nothing It may be related to that XBMC added systemd support recently, Arch only has XBMC 11 which may not have it Gonna be a gigantic pain in the ass to build it from source though[/QUOTE] It's usually a matter of ./configure; make; sudo make install And you're done. If not, look in the AUR and see if it's in their as an updated or git'd version.
AUR has the latest git, but [URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=152113&p=2"]this thread[/URL] suggests the following: [quote] Hey, - User has to be in the power and storage group. - Packages udisks, upower and polkit have to be installed. Hope that helps... [/quote] Not sure if this is still relevant, but if you are missing any of these it is worth giving it a try. Also, the users in the thread which got it working are using xbmc-beta from the AUR, which is the latest release candidate (3) for xbmc 12. [editline]13th January 2013[/editline] You could also use xbmc-git but xbmc-beta is a release candidate so I can only assume it is more stable.
So how would one go about undervolting my CPU in Linux?
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;39226077]So how would one go about undervolting my CPU in Linux?[/QUOTE] You're supposed to do that in BIOS
[QUOTE=Killervalon;39226103]You're supposed to do that in BIOS[/QUOTE] ..Surely there's some userspace stuff I can use. My laptop doesn't feature any undervolting controls in the BIOS but I am able to control voltages in Windows.
What is a good distro for an old computer?
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;39226117]..Surely there's some userspace stuff I can use. My laptop doesn't feature any undervolting controls in the BIOS but I am able to control voltages in Windows.[/QUOTE] Laptop Mode Tools? It has [url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Laptop_Mode_Tools#CPU_frequency]frequency scaling[/url], which is basically the same thing. [QUOTE=fredu;39227130]What is a good distro for an old computer?[/QUOTE] [url=https://archlinux.org]Arch[/url] (see title).
[QUOTE=fredu;39227130]What is a good distro for an old computer?[/QUOTE] A quick google got me these results: [url=http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20and%20Getting%20Started.htm]Puppy Linux[/url], [url=http://peppermintos.com/]Peppermint OS[/url], [url=http://www.macpup.org/]Macpup[/url] (derivative of Puppy Linux), [url=http://crunchbang.org/]Crunchbang[/url] and [url=http://lubuntu.net/]Lubuntu[/url]. Choose the one you like the most. Or just go with Arch.
[QUOTE=fredu;39227130]What is a good distro for an old computer?[/QUOTE] If you're not very advanced when it comes to linux, crunchbang is a great idea in this case.
On my Aspire One i run Linux mint with xfce, works pretty nice too, it had windows xp on it before and i think after putting linux on it its much smoother to use.
Installed Linaro on my ODROID-U2, running great with the exception of graphics drivers (coming out next month). Woo!
Hey guys, having trouble updating nVidia 560ti driver. I run it (through gedit?) and it displays unicode errors? Help?
[QUOTE=whatthe;39239452]Hey guys, having trouble updating nVidia 560ti driver. I run it (through gedit?) and it displays unicode errors? Help?[/QUOTE] What distro are you using? If you're using an Ubuntu derivative, just install the latest nvidia drivers from software sources..
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