General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
4,946 replies, posted
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;35572998]Compiz runs like outright shit on my laptop.
this should not be, my late-2007 late (as in now dead) macbook could (and did) handle it better than this.[/QUOTE]
What are it's specs?
[QUOTE=IpHa;35574190]What are it's specs?[/QUOTE]
1.6 GHz AMD Turion X2 TL-52
3GB DDR2
Radeon HD Mobility 3200 (tried with both the open source radeon drivers and proprietary drivers..)
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;35575129]Radeon HD Mobility 3200[/QUOTE]
There's your problem. That's a shit card at best and ATI support has never been good on linux.
[QUOTE=IpHa;35575534]There's your problem. That's a shit card at best and ATI support has never been good on linux.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that's quite the issue.
Still, I think my performance SHOULD be better..Fuck ATI's drivers, man.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;35568398]I think it would be way more useful to generate a list of magnet links, or lists of magnet links.
Or, if you insist on using .torrent files, generate .torrent files from magnet links.[/QUOTE]
how would you do that then?
[QUOTE=krazipanda;35575926]how would you do that then?[/QUOTE]
If i wrote how, it would leave no challenge.
Does having UEFI instead of legacy BIOS affect installation of a Linux distro? I was thinking of installing a Fedora x64 distro, would I have to take any extra steps to deal with UEFI or can I just download the .iso, burn it to a CD and pop it in like I would with the legacy BIOS?
[QUOTE=amazer97;35578782]Does having UEFI instead of legacy BIOS affect installation of a Linux distro? I was thinking of installing a Fedora x64 distro, would I have to take any extra steps to deal with UEFI or can I just download the .iso, burn it to a CD and pop it in like I would with the legacy BIOS?[/QUOTE]
Most modern Linux systems seems to work with UEFI, but I'm not sure. if it doesn't work, you'll probably know, so I'd say just give it a try.
[QUOTE=amazer97;35578782]Does having UEFI instead of legacy BIOS affect installation of a Linux distro? I was thinking of installing a Fedora x64 distro, would I have to take any extra steps to deal with UEFI or can I just download the .iso, burn it to a CD and pop it in like I would with the legacy BIOS?[/QUOTE]
Can't say for other distros but Fedora works just fine.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;35578962]Most modern Linux systems seems to work with UEFI, but I'm not sure. if it doesn't work, you'll probably know, so I'd say just give it a try.[/QUOTE]
I have UEFI and I didn't notice anything different when it came to dual booting Arch. I didn't even think about it until after I'd already installed.
[b]Edit:[/b] However, I know for a fact that PXE booting with UEFI can be a pain in the ass, though I imagine that doesn't matter for most people.
Installed Fedora, but the screen is stretched out and won't support the maximum resolution of my monitor. I've tried using xrandr to readjust it, but it won't work. When I attempt to install Nvidia drivers, it says that I have X running, and I'm not too sure about shutting it down. Been searching up methods of fixing this all day, and none of them work. Any way to fix this?
linux on my laptop isn't recognizing my wifi card.
here are the lspci results
[code]lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1510
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 9804
00:01.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device 1314
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 43a0
00:15.2 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 43a2
00:15.3 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 43a3
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1700 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1701
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1702
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1703
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1704
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1718
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1716
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1719
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
07:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4727 (rev 01)
[/code]
if that helps at all.
[QUOTE=krazipanda;35616727]linux on my laptop isn't recognizing my wifi card.
here are the lspci results
[code]lspci
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
07:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4727 (rev 01)
[/code][/QUOTE]
What do you mean? It sees your card right there. Do you need help setting it up?
[url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_Network[/url]
That should walk you through getting it working.
You could also install something like wicd through your ethernet device and it'll configure the wireless card for you.
[QUOTE=Naelstrom;35616890]What do you mean? It sees your card right there. Do you need help setting it up?
[url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_Network[/url]
That should walk you through getting it working.
You could also install something like wicd through your ethernet device and it'll configure the wireless card for you.[/QUOTE]
this is going to sound retarded, but how can i get a files path on linux?
[editline]17th April 2012[/editline]
nvm figured it out
[editline]17th April 2012[/editline]
god damn, i can't find a single fucking simple direction set to actually get anything done on linux. It's like "reset your dbus or reload it"
"umm, how exactly do i do this internet?"
"LOL DUNNO MAN GUESS YOU'R FUCKED!"
[QUOTE=krazipanda;35617118]this is going to sound retarded, but how can i get a files path on linux?
[editline]17th April 2012[/editline]
nvm figured it out
[editline]17th April 2012[/editline]
god damn, [B]i can't find a single fucking simple direction set to actually get anything done on linux[/B]. It's like "reset your dbus or reload it"
"umm, how exactly do i do this internet?"
"LOL DUNNO MAN GUESS YOU'R FUCKED!"[/QUOTE]
youre doing something wrong here
Here's my question. I made a thread for this, but it sorta died.
I want to install Mint on an external hard drive, but don't know what to do with the installer. I downloaded it onto the drive, but don't know what to do next. (last time I tried to do this, I overwrote the windows boot block on the internal drive.)
I recently installed the latest version of Ubuntu over linux mint 11, which was all well and good, but the wireless was godawful slow. I heard that the latest version of Mint had the same problem, so I re-installed 11. Then I updated, and bam slow wireless.
Not asking for a guide to fix the problem, per se, but I'm just curious if anyone knows what's causing the issue.
[QUOTE=Ragesim;35621203]Here's my question. I made a thread for this, but it sorta died.
I want to install Mint on an external hard drive, but don't know what to do with the installer. I downloaded it onto the drive, but don't know what to do next. (last time I tried to do this, I overwrote the windows boot block on the internal drive.)[/QUOTE]
During the installation it should ask which HDD you want to install GRUB on, usually defaults to your main HDD.
.
[QUOTE=amazer97;35615517]Installed Fedora, but the screen is stretched out and won't support the maximum resolution of my monitor. I've tried using xrandr to readjust it, but it won't work. When I attempt to install Nvidia drivers, it says that I have X running, and I'm not too sure about shutting it down. Been searching up methods of fixing this all day, and none of them work. Any way to fix this?[/QUOTE]
download and unpack drivers to /tmp
term
init 3
cd /tmp
./<nvidia drivers>
you might need gcc installed first so do a yum install gcc
[editline]18th April 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Ragesim;35624638]It says installation options. Not sure what to select.[/QUOTE]
just run it in a VM
[url]http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/beta/workstationtp2012[/url]
once you get use to mint then install it directly onto your PC
Going to attempt to install Linux on my old Motorola Droid, let's see how this works. I've got a choice of Debian or Ubuntu.
On one hand, I've used Ubuntu (even if just a little bit) before, but I've never used Debian.
Also, unrelated question, if I run Linux on a VM on my Windows box will it run at close to full speed?
I tried running Hexxeh's Chrominium OS on VMWare once and it was unusable.
[QUOTE=neos300;35625559]
Also, unrelated question, if I run Linux on a VM on my Windows box will it run at close to full speed?
I tried running Hexxeh's Chrominium OS on VMWare once and it was unusable.[/QUOTE]
Chrome sucks and isn't supported really
You'll get about 80-90% performance, with VT-x/d/EPT, AMD-v/IOMMU, and VMtools closer to 95%. If it didn't give very good numbers virtualization wouldn't be as big as it is
Thanks. What virtualization toolkit is the best/is recommended for linux?
I'm mainly going to be using Fedora and maybe try and compile Arch.
[QUOTE=neos300;35626325]Thanks. What virtualization toolkit is the best/is recommended for linux?
I'm mainly going to be using Fedora and maybe try and compile Arch.[/QUOTE]
Best virtualization that runs on Linux?
I'd go with Qemu/KVM
[editline]18th April 2012[/editline]
Fedora has a package for virtman, which is a nice management tool for Qemu/KVM instances.
[editline]18th April 2012[/editline]
[url]http://virt-manager.org/[/url]
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;35626858]Best virtualization that runs on Linux?
I'd go with Qemu/KVM
[editline]18th April 2012[/editline]
Fedora has a package for virtman, which is a nice management tool for Qemu/KVM instances.
[editline]18th April 2012[/editline]
[url]http://virt-manager.org/[/url][/QUOTE]
Not on linux, on windows for linux.
Sorry if I wasn't clear.
ok, so i got WICD to work on my laptop, but when i click on it's GUI it says can't find any networks, and even if i plug an Ethernet cable directly into the computer it still won't connect to the internet at all.
if it helps the laptop is an aspire one.
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;35624311]During the installation it should ask which HDD you want to install GRUB on, usually defaults to your main HDD.[/QUOTE]
It says installation options. Not sure what to select.
[QUOTE=krazipanda;35627912]ok, so i got WICD to work on my laptop, but when i click on it's GUI it says can't find any networks, and even if i plug an Ethernet cable directly into the computer it still won't connect to the internet at all.
if it helps the laptop is an aspire one.[/QUOTE]
Do you mind adding me on steam or gmail chat (naelstrof@gmail.com)? I'd like to teamviewer in and help debug more directly.
[QUOTE=neos300;35626899]Not on linux, on windows for linux.
Sorry if I wasn't clear.[/QUOTE]
The wmware workstation is an all inclusive package, other than hyperV and Virtualbox you are kinda limited
[QUOTE=Naelstrom;35628446]Do you mind adding me on steam or gmail chat (naelstrof@gmail.com)? I'd like to teamviewer in and help debug more directly.[/QUOTE]
team viewer via non-internet?
i will add you on steam, but i seriously don't think you can connect to teamviewer without any internet
BTW thanks for all your help man, really got me way closer than i previously was.
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.