General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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[QUOTE=amazer97;36100184]I'm trying to set up X on Arch and it isn't going correctly. I followed the beginner's guide and installed all the necessary packages, but when I type "startx" the entire screen goes black and I have to reboot. The log file shows that it loads the nouveau driver successfully, then complains that it can't load vesa, fbdev, or nvidia drivers, and it ends after spitting out a list of nouveau supported video cards, and choosing one. Any ideas? I tried using an xorg.conf that specifically stated to use nouveau as the driver, but after seemingly loading successfully in the log its still all black.[/QUOTE]
Did you start the dbus daemon? (rc.d start dbus)
[QUOTE=amazer97;36100184]I'm trying to set up X on Arch and it isn't going correctly. I followed the beginner's guide and installed all the necessary packages, but when I type "startx" the entire screen goes black and I have to reboot. The log file shows that it loads the nouveau driver successfully, then complains that it can't load vesa, fbdev, or nvidia drivers, and it ends after spitting out a list of nouveau supported video cards, and choosing one. Any ideas? I tried using an xorg.conf that specifically stated to use nouveau as the driver, but after seemingly loading successfully in the log its still all black.[/QUOTE]
Did you install nouveau-dri? I know it didn't work for me without it.
[QUOTE=TheCreeper;36100294]Did you start the dbus daemon? (rc.d start dbus)[/QUOTE]
I have dbus as one of the daemons that starts on boot. I'll post the Xorg.0.log and Xorg.conf when I have the chance, I'll have to reboot to get it.
Gah.
Attempting to get Steam to run on linux, it logs in and then hangs forever, and wine is yelling about me about a whole bunch of crap but here's the last thing it outputted:
fixme:dbghelp:elf_search_auxv can't find symbol in module
Crap. Guess I have to deal with just dual booting.
[editline]27th May 2012[/editline]
Using Arch and the Steam installer btw.
[QUOTE=neos300;36101345]Gah.
Attempting to get Steam to run on linux, it logs in and then hangs forever, and wine is yelling about me about a whole bunch of crap but here's the last thing it outputted:
fixme:dbghelp:elf_search_auxv can't find symbol in module
Crap. Guess I have to deal with just dual booting.
[editline]27th May 2012[/editline]
Using Arch and the Steam installer btw.[/QUOTE]
Did you follow the ArchWiki guide on Wine, and installing lots of multilib libraries?
Steam runs perfect here.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;36101449]Did you follow the ArchWiki guide on Wine, and installing lots of multilib libraries?
Steam runs perfect here.[/QUOTE]
Yep.
My terminal is flooded with error messages even without debugging enabled, I think wine just hates me.
You could use this command which will put the output to wine.log, then show it to us. Wine screams about a lot of things and quite a few of them are just useless.
[code]
wine steam.exe > wine.log
[/code]
Any ideas on why my internet speed is horrendously slow while running Ubuntu? This is my Windows 7 64-bit system with a partition for Ubuntu 12.04.
My internet is notoriously shitty even on Windows, but it slows to a crawl in Ubuntu, making it unusable.
I've Google'd and tried out several solutions, but none work. Suggestions?
[editline]fuck[/editline]
I am in the process of trying to install XFCE but at 334MB will take my several DAYS to install with my current internet speed. Save me from Unity, Facepunch!
[QUOTE=Niteshifter;36103077]You could use this command which will put the output to wine.log, then show it to us. Wine screams about a lot of things and quite a few of them are just useless.
[code]
wine steam.exe > wine.log
[/code][/QUOTE]
I think the output would be on stderr, therefore it would be 2> instead of >
But have you installed tahoma and corefonts through winetricks? I don't know if it's still required or not, but it used to be. Steam would litterally crash if you didn't have the right fonts.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;36104808]I think the output would be on stderr, therefore it would be 2> instead of >
But have you installed tahoma and corefonts through winetricks? I don't know if it's still required or not, but it used to be. Steam would litterally crash if you didn't have the right fonts.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://pastebin.com/fZ5Arpcf[/url]
That's the log, I've installed both the fonts.
[editline]28th May 2012[/editline]
I think I may have gotten it, needed to install samba.
[editline]28th May 2012[/editline]
Well that didn't fix it.
[editline]28th May 2012[/editline]
Going to try moving from nouveau to the proprietary driver and see if that works.
[editline]28th May 2012[/editline]
Is there a way to get what driver the system is currently using? Xorg.log looks like it's still loading nouveau
[QUOTE=thirty9th;36103688]Any ideas on why my internet speed is horrendously slow while running Ubuntu? This is my Windows 7 64-bit system with a partition for Ubuntu 12.04.
My internet is notoriously shitty even on Windows, but it slows to a crawl in Ubuntu, making it unusable.
I've Google'd and tried out several solutions, but none work. Suggestions?
[editline]fuck[/editline]
I am in the process of trying to install XFCE but at 334MB will take my several DAYS to install with my current internet speed. Save me from Unity, Facepunch![/QUOTE]
Are you using a wireless connection or a wired connection?
I had a horrible slow wireless connection that was very unstable. I use this command to improve the stability of my wireless connection [iwconfig wlan0 rate 5.5M fixed].
It looks like there's a LOT of libraries you've NOT installed, such as the ALSA library, the opengl mesa library (remember to prepend lib32- if you're using x64), also libpng needs to be installed.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;36107877]It looks like there's a LOT of libraries you've NOT installed, such as the ALSA library, the opengl mesa library (remember to prepend lib32- if you're using x64), also libpng needs to be installed.[/QUOTE]
Alright, I got all those, time to try again.
[editline]28th May 2012[/editline]
Hooray, it works!
I installed Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon on my laptop last night. I never got why people liked the old versions of Mint (those just looked like clusterfucks of programs on Ubuntu to me), but this one is seriously sexy.
Okay, Facepunch is back online so I can post the logs. Here is the Xorg.0.log,
[url]http://pastebin.com/ey4hPCq1[/url]
and here is my Xorg.conf,
[url]http://pastebin.com/3eW4Wuub[/url]
As I said before, launching it leads to a black screen with no way out, I have to force shutdown. Any suggestions?
[QUOTE=amazer97;36108396]Okay, Facepunch is back online so I can post the logs. Here is the Xorg.0.log,
[url]http://pastebin.com/ey4hPCq1[/url]
and here is my Xorg.conf,
[url]http://pastebin.com/3eW4Wuub[/url]
As I said before, launching it leads to a black screen with no way out, I have to force shutdown. Any suggestions?[/QUOTE]
.xinitrc?
Also your Xorg log looks incomplete.
[QUOTE=neos300;36108527].xinitrc?
Also your Xorg log looks incomplete.[/QUOTE]
I have no .xinitrc in my root or home folder, should I make one?
[QUOTE=amazer97;36108571]I have no .xinitrc in my root or home folder, should I make one?[/QUOTE]
Generate one by using the command below:
[code]cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc ~[/code]
[QUOTE=supervoltage;36108589]Generate one by using the command below:
[code]cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc ~[/code][/QUOTE]
After generating, I should uncomment xterm to get the test working, correct? I'll go try this out.
Edit:
Log after trying again
[url]http://pastebin.com/WWBJG1hC[/url]
Generated an .xinitrc under ~, with
[code] #!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
exec twm
[/code]
Tried out first with exec twm, and then with exec xterm as the wiki stated, and it still shows up with the same log.
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;36108048]I installed Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon on my laptop last night. I never got why people liked the old versions of Mint (those just looked like clusterfucks of programs on Ubuntu to me), but this one is seriously sexy.[/QUOTE]
Have you tried running any Steam games? I have an issue with my Linux Mint 13 MATE setup in which starting Steam games will give me an error: "invalid parameters received".
[QUOTE=amazer97;36108636]After generating, I should uncomment xterm to get the test working, correct? I'll go try this out.
Edit:
Log after trying again
[url]http://pastebin.com/WWBJG1hC[/url]
Generated an .xinitrc under ~, with
[code] #!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
exec twm
[/code]
Tried out first with exec twm, and then with exec xterm as the wiki stated, and it still shows up with the same log.[/QUOTE]
Try using another monitor.
I remember installing Linux on my USB stick using my dad's laptop, and when the installation finished, I went on to boot the OS. It resulted in a black screen. I then plugged the USB stick into my desktop and it booted normally with no black screen.
[QUOTE=Matt-;36109077]Have you tried running any Steam games? I have an issue with my Linux Mint 13 MATE setup in which starting Steam games will give me an error: "invalid parameters received".[/QUOTE]
I haven't tried that because it's a dual-boot. If I need Windows, I'll just load Windows.
[QUOTE=supervoltage;36109615]Try using another monitor.
I remember installing Linux on my USB stick using my dad's laptop, and when the installation finished, I went on to boot the OS. It resulted in a black screen. I then plugged the USB stick into my desktop and it booted normally with no black screen.[/QUOTE]
This is my only monitor though. Should I just give up on Arch Linux and go back to using Fedora?
[QUOTE=TheCreeper;36107872]Are you using a wireless connection or a wired connection?
I had a horrible slow wireless connection that was very unstable. I use this command to improve the stability of my wireless connection [iwconfig wlan0 rate 5.5M fixed].[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the suggestion, but my problem remains. Oh well.
Today Chromium is bringing me an absolutely BLAZING 5 kb/s.
I have tried numerous solutions including but not limited to disabling IPv6, disabling 'n' connectivity, re-installing resolv.conf and many other fixes in various combinations. 72 hours of fiddling and I am fed up.
Sorry Xubuntu partition... I love you for your simplicity and utility as a development environment, but I can't deal with this connectivity mess anymore.
Guess it's back to Windows 7. Oh joy.
[QUOTE=thirty9th;36112149]Thanks for the suggestion, but my problem remains. Oh well.
Today Chromium is bringing me an absolutely BLAZING 5 kb/s.
I have tried numerous solutions including but not limited to disabling IPv6, disabling 'n' connectivity, re-installing resolv.conf and many other fixes in various combinations. 72 hours of fiddling and I am fed up.
Sorry Xubuntu partition... I love you for your simplicity and utility as a development environment, but I can't deal with this connectivity mess anymore.
Guess it's back to Windows 7. Oh joy.[/QUOTE]
If you want to use Linux, just find another system that you'd like, and boot up a live CD/USB and see if it's worth installing and/or fast enough.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;36112171]If you want to use Linux, just find another system that you'd like, and boot up a live CD/USB and see if it's worth installing and/or fast enough.[/QUOTE]
I'm mulling over installing Linux Mint 13 with Cinnamon, but Ubuntu really killed my interest for the day.
Maybe tomorrow, Mint. Maybe tomorrow.
Thanks for the encouragement though.
[QUOTE=thirty9th;36112253]I'm mulling over installing Linux Mint 13 with Cinnamon, but Ubuntu really killed my interest for the day.[/QUOTE]
It seems Mint 13 / Ubuntu 12.04 can't run any games at all on Wine, so if you're planning on using it for games.. Don't.
[QUOTE=Matt-;36112293]It seems Mint 13 / Ubuntu 12.04 can't run any games at all on Wine, so if you're planning on using it for games.. Don't.[/QUOTE]
I haven't had any problems.
Then again, those games I tried were from mid 90's to early 2000
[QUOTE=Van-man;36112398]I haven't had any problems.
Then again, those games I tried were from mid 90's to early 2000[/QUOTE]
Hmph.. Maybe it's just Steam games then.
[QUOTE=Matt-;36112408]Hmph.. Maybe it's just Steam games then.[/QUOTE]
I've always had some kind of problem with playing games using Steam with Wine.
Part of it is due to the steam overlay (but that's easily disabled), another part is because of the wonky way Steam launches a game, and the last part is something I can't figure out.
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