• General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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um whenever i try to run apt-get (or the software center), it crashes [img]http://i.imgur.com/dG905.png[/img] any ideas
given this is a Linux problem on network routing, hoping I can hook some helpers here [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1191248&p=36359688#post36359688[/url] help please.
[QUOTE=Ac!dL3ak;36359623]any ideas[/QUOTE] Do a fresh install of any other linux distribution than Ubuntu and see if this has solved your problem.
Hm, well this is weird. I'm trying to install gentoo on /dev/sdb6, but when I run mkfs it says that sdb6 doesn't exist. Any help? I'm installing from arch by the way. [editline]16th June 2012[/editline] sdb6 doesn't appear in my /dev, going to restart and see if that works.
[QUOTE=Foxconn;36360880]Do a fresh install of any other linux distribution than Ubuntu and see if this has solved your problem.[/QUOTE] is there any way to do it other than that
[QUOTE=Ac!dL3ak;36361232]is there any way to do it other than that[/QUOTE] I am not that familiar with Ubuntu or anything dep based for the matter, but it seems like some part of the package management system is fucked. It's hard to tell how badly fucked it is from here. It might be possible to reinstall the package management components. If you're lucky you might be able to do it from within your installation, but you might have to use a live CD if your local installation is too broken. I am not familiar with the whole deb infrastructure, so I can't give you details. Something very similar happened to me with Arch. I booted the Installation CD mounted my root and boot partitions and then used the package manager on the disk to repair my system. Alternatively if you don't have anything too important on that installation, or you can back-up your data. A fresh install might be a better solution for you. On a side note, it might be something very simple, such as a configuration problems somewhere that causes all of this. apt-get most likely has a debug/verbose flag, you might want to try to run it with that. It might give you more information as to what went wrong. I'll try to do a bit of googling to see if that error you got means anything specific. [editline]17th June 2012[/editline] It looks like I found something. [url]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/192567[/url] Someone filed a bug with symptoms very similar to yours. A solution has been posted. I don't know how well it might work for you but it might be worth a shot.
Anyone who can give me some link and/or guides to make my archbang look decent? Would gladly appreciate it since I am a idiot at this.
I am now compiling the Linux Kernel 3.5RC2 from AUR. Let's see if there are going to be any good results.
[QUOTE=Foxconn;36365765]I am now compiling the Linux Kernel 3.5RC2 from AUR. Let's see if there are going to be any good results.[/QUOTE] Should improve a lot of performance in significant ways, if I recall correctly. I'll wait for it in the official repos though.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;36365888]Should improve a lot of performance in significant ways, if I recall correctly. I'll wait for it in the official repos though.[/QUOTE] Thank you for further motivation!
Compiling gentoo, my system feels lighter already! [editline]17th June 2012[/editline] Decided to emerge vim to make my life easier during configuration. 42 packages :(
[QUOTE=Boris-B;36363576]It looks like I found something. [url]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/192567[/url] Someone filed a bug with symptoms very similar to yours. A solution has been posted. I don't know how well it might work for you but it might be worth a shot.[/QUOTE] woop thanks that worked i think
In an attempt to avoid Xorg, I'm trying to find an alternative to awesome in the virtual console. I tried screen first, and a frame buffer solution, but both were a little more cumbersome than I want. I just installed dvtm and on first opening it I get my usual prompt, but instead of being wrapped in the expected 'bar' characters that I see in screenshots, I get a bunch of blue unicode glyphs. Short of a screenshot here is what I see: [code] ÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâö [scott@arch ~]$ÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâö ÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâöÇâö [/code] here is the output for locale -a: [code] C en_US en_US.iso88591 en_US.utf8 POSIX [/code] and locale: [code] LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES=C LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL= [/code] The only relevant thread I have found from a google search is [url=https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=125464]here[/url] and none of the solutions seem to ameliorate the issue. Any help would be appreciated.
Although I don't understand exactly what I have changed, I changed the locale in my rc.conf to just en_US as the wiki page for locale suggested might help, and it is working now... can applications still render uft8? I haven't noticed any other negative side effects and until I do I will just consider this a valid fix.
So, my computer has a ATI Radeon HD 4870-X2 as main gfx for main monitor and a Nvidia 7300LE for driving auxiliary monitors. Works fine under Windows with minimal fiddling, but it's caused me no other than headaches under Linux. Would replacing the 7300LE with a Radeon HD 5450 work as I intend? Would like to know for sure before I throw some money after that GFX.
[QUOTE=Van-man;36370705]Would replacing the 7300LE with a Radeon HD 5450 work as I intend?[/QUOTE] Go buy a 6570. It's a very good deal right now. Especially in Newegg, the MSI one for 70 dollars. And yes, it would work pretty well.
[QUOTE=Foxconn;36370810]Go buy a 6570. It's a very good deal right now. Especially in Newegg, the MSI one for 70 dollars. And yes, it would work pretty well.[/QUOTE] The exact opposite of a good deal around here. I just need something to drive my extra monitors that'll work with the same driver as the HD 4870 X2 And light on power consumption + fanless.
Well I got gentoo installed but networking isn't working so I have to chroot in again it looks like.
[QUOTE=neos300;36372141]Well I got gentoo installed but networking isn't working so I have to chroot in again it looks like.[/QUOTE] Gentoo is a bit maniac to set up, especially if you're no Linux guru, but if you're in for customization to the level of atoms, it's totally worth it I'd say!
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;36372350]Gentoo is a bit maniac to set up, especially if you're no Linux guru, but if you're in for customization to the level of atoms, it's totally worth it I'd say![/QUOTE] I've never really seen the point in Gentoo. Arch seems to be a much better alternative for people who love to customize.
[QUOTE=BBgamer720;36372410]I've never really seen the point in Gentoo. Arch seems to be a much better alternative for people who love to customize.[/QUOTE] pacman is shit and aur is a nightmare
[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;36372850]pacman is shit and aur is a nightmare[/QUOTE] Ahemmm...maybe you should take a break.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;36372350]Gentoo is a bit maniac to set up, especially if you're no Linux guru, but if you're in for customization to the level of atoms, it's totally worth it I'd say![/QUOTE] Yep. I just said fuck it and attempted to install wicd so I can use wifi. 278 packages to install, god damnit. Oh well, with any luck it'll still work even though I don't have X. Does wicd require dbus?
My Archbang is fucking ugly. Guys, how much more work does a Arch install require than Archbang?
[QUOTE=Moofy;36373967]My Archbang is fucking ugly. Guys, how much more work does a Arch install require than Archbang?[/QUOTE] Depends on what you mean by work, but from my experience quite a bit more :v:
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;36374058]Depends on what you mean by work, but from my experience quite a bit more :v:[/QUOTE] The install, is it way more diffrent? Too the part where you start to install a DE and what not.
[QUOTE=Moofy;36373967]My Archbang is fucking ugly. Guys, how much more work does a Arch install require than Archbang?[/QUOTE] Depends on your ability to read (the wiki).
[QUOTE=Moofy;36374087]The install, is it way more diffrent? Too the part where you start to install a DE and what not.[/QUOTE] This time around I haven't even installed X and my memory is somewhat foggy on how difficult it was last time. The wiki is your friend though, for the most part if you follow the wiki you will come out with only minor trauma. But seriously, I'm not too sold on graphical DE and WM... I'm only using screen and dvtm this time around and I have to say it's the exact same thing as using awesome just with less overhead. I do have to kind of work my way around some graphical necessities, I.E. images, pdfs, etc. but there are a few nice solutions for this which don't require X. [editline]17th June 2012[/editline] Also I've only ever used crunchbang but I would assume they are very similar? You get the DE right out of the box? I suppose I might have spoken outside of my own experience.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;36374381]This time around I haven't even installed X and my memory is somewhat foggy on how difficult it was last time. The wiki is your friend though, for the most part if you follow the wiki you will come out with only minor trauma. But seriously, I'm not too sold on graphical DE and WM... I'm only using screen and dvtm this time around and I have to say it's the exact same thing as using awesome just with less overhead. I do have to kind of work my way around some graphical necessities, I.E. images, pdfs, etc. but there are a few nice solutions for this which don't require X. [editline]17th June 2012[/editline] Also I've only ever used crunchbang but I would assume they are very similar? You get the DE right out of the box? I suppose I might have spoken outside of my own experience.[/QUOTE] That really confused me.
[QUOTE=neos300;36373881]Yep. I just said fuck it and attempted to install wicd so I can use wifi. 278 packages to install, god damnit. Oh well, with any luck it'll still work even though I don't have X. Does wicd require dbus?[/QUOTE] 278 more packages? Are you using an up-to-date installation?? That's an oddly lot of packages wicd pulls in, but maybe that's me. I'm not currently running Gentoo (except in a few VMs), but I'll check up on it in about 14 hours or so, when I'm back from work.
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