General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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I managed to get a proper kernel compiled in one try (well, two, but that's because I selected the wrong ethernet driver).
I'm not entirely sure about the difference with processor vendors other than what's said that preference should go for intel. I personally didn't care with this choice as it's better than the desktop I was using.
[QUOTE=Naelstrom;36649362]You can figure that out by looking through your /usr/bin folder or reading the application shortcut in /usr/share/applications and seeing what it executes. From there you should know how to execute it.[/QUOTE]
Strange, Super Meat Boy and Pyschonauts don't appear in /usr/share/applications despite having been installed using the terminal.
[url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Screenshot_from_2012-07-07_01:14:50.png[/url]
Would you consider this normal for Linux?
* Using xmonad, I can't seem to use profont for my xmobar. Here is my config:
[code]Config { font = "*-profont-*-*-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
, bgColor = "#111111"
, fgColor = "#999999"
, position = Static { xpos = 0 , ypos = 0, width = 1366, height = 13 }
, lowerOnStart = True
, commands = [ Run Weather "EGPF" ["-t","<station>: <tempC>C","-L","18","-H","25","--normal","green","--high","red","--low","lightblue"] 36000
, Run Network "eth0" ["-L","0","-H","32","--normal","green","--high","red"] 10
, Run Wireless "wlan0" ["-L","0","-H","32","--normal","green","--high","red"] 10
, Run Cpu ["-L","3","-H","50","--normal","green","--high","red"] 10
, Run Memory ["-t","Mem: <usedratio>%"] 10
, Run Swap [] 10
, Run Com "uname" ["-s","-r"] "" 36000
, Run Date "%a %b %_d %Y %H:%M:%S" "date" 10
, Run Battery ["Bat0"] 10
]
, sepChar = "%"
, alignSep = "}{"
, template = "%cpu% | %memory% * %swap% | %eth0% - %wlan0wi% }{ %battery% | <fc=#d19485>%date%</fc> | %EGPF% | %uname%"
}[/code]
I have the same problem with dmenu using profont.
* Another problem is that sometimes xmonad completely stops responding, but whatever application has focus works fine.
* Yet another problem is that xmobar seems to take an arbitrary amount of time to load. Sometimes it is immediate, and sometimes it takes a fair amount of time (20 seconds or so).
Does anyone know of any possible solutions to these problems?
[QUOTE=darksoul69;36659734][url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Screenshot_from_2012-07-07_01:14:50.png[/url]
Would you consider this normal for Linux?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, the Nvidia blob driver is quite good at 3d.
I'm not sure if any of the open source drivers could run that benchmark, and if they could it wouldn't be very well.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;36664681]Yeah, the Nvidia blob driver is quite good at 3d.
I'm not sure if any of the open source drivers could run that benchmark, and if they could it wouldn't be very well.[/QUOTE]
Honestly, I was expecting better results - I mean the FPS was good (60+ stable) but it doesn't compare to my windows benchmark on opengl and it kept stuttering at times. If the stutter wasn't there I probably wouldn't be complaining.
Can't run mafia 2 either - good FPS but stutters every couple of seconds. :/
Edit:
These guys didn't like me much:
[url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Screenshot_from_2012-07-07_14:03:21.png[/url]
[url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Screenshot_from_2012-07-07_14:03:42.png[/url]
[QUOTE=darksoul69;36659734][url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Screenshot_from_2012-07-07_01:14:50.png[/url]
Would you consider this normal for Linux?[/QUOTE]
Absolutely, but you have to realize that the benchmark you're looking at was designed to test how your hardware handles tessellation, and that screenshot has it turned off. I'd bet that if you turned it on the stats would drop like a stone, whether on Linux or Windows.
Would anyone happen to know the best way to capture video from a virtual console, IE framebuffer? I tried invoking fbgrab as quickly as it would let me, but that is still too slow :v:
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;36669963]Would anyone happen to know the best way to capture video from a virtual console, IE framebuffer? I tried invoking fbgrab as quickly as it would let me, but that is still too slow :v:[/QUOTE]
you could probably get a shell script with fbdump working so it just captures a bunch of photos until you kill it
So, everything on the laptop is working except the graphics. I'm using the closed source ati drivers (open source ones cause some strange graphical glitch when booting up) and I can't startx without getting a black screen and need to shut it off by pressing the power button.
Here's the [url=http://bpaste.net/show/33817]Xorg.0.log[/url] if anyone wants to take a look at it. The laptop has Radeon HD 6520G.
Fixed the problem. I had to manually switch the opengl profile using eselect (I'm using Gentoo). Portage won't automatically switch the profile.
I found it out by executing startx via ssh. It tells stuff that the Xorg.0.log doesn't.
[QUOTE=Niteshifter;36671542]Fixed the problem. I had to manually switch the opengl profile using eselect (I'm using Gentoo). Portage won't automatically switch the profile.
I found it out by executing startx via ssh. It tells stuff that the Xorg.0.log doesn't.[/QUOTE]
Gentoo's eselect is amazing though, even if it can cause some minor issues like this on the user, it's so amazingly powerfull, and it's one of the many reasons behind my love for Gentoo.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;36669963]Would anyone happen to know the best way to capture video from a virtual console, IE framebuffer? I tried invoking fbgrab as quickly as it would let me, but that is still too slow :v:[/QUOTE]
I don't know what you're trying to do. Anything your virtual console can do so can a terminal emulator. If you really need a virtual console you could run the system in a VM and record the VM with the usual screen recording software.
[QUOTE]Copying quota settings
To copy quota from one user to the other, use this command:
# edquota -p user1 user2
[/QUOTE]
i understand that, however, is there a command to check that i have indeed copied it over?
im using ret hat enterprise 5, linux, in terminal.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;36672211]Gentoo's eselect is amazing though, even if it can cause some minor issues like this on the user, it's so amazingly powerfull, and it's one of the many reasons behind my love for Gentoo.[/QUOTE]
Especially with something like java. Very useful in those small instances where you need to switch for a moment.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;36669963]Would anyone happen to know the best way to capture video from a virtual console, IE framebuffer? I tried invoking fbgrab as quickly as it would let me, but that is still too slow :v:[/QUOTE]
[url=http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/]TTYRec[/url].
Can anyone tell me why some of my text seems to have a line going through it? It changes every restart and I noticed it just after installing Ubuntu, and I might want to switch to another Linux OS.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SZ6xH.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Boris-B;36672603]I don't know what you're trying to do. Anything your virtual console can do so can a terminal emulator. If you really need a virtual console you could run the system in a VM and record the VM with the usual screen recording software.[/QUOTE]
I'm not using X... where would you suppose I run the VM?
[QUOTE=digigamer17;36674136]Can anyone tell me why some of my text seems to have a line going through it? It changes every restart and I noticed it just after installing Ubuntu, and I might want to switch to another Linux OS.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SZ6xH.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Seems like there's only "noise" with the [B]E[/B]'s and [B]P[/B]'s
[QUOTE=Van-man;36675686]Seems like there's only "noise" with the [B]E[/B]'s and [B]P[/B]'s[/QUOTE]
Try changing fonts possibly?
Also, I have got video working with fbgrab and ffmpeg, but ffmpeg is grabbing the input files too quickly, making the video much to short. Is there anyway to slow down the grabbing of sequential input files? Changing framerate has now effect.
[editline]8th July 2012[/editline]
Best I could do is to copy each frame another ten times to slow the final video down ten times as well. It works fine but because fbgrab can only capture so fast it is a bit choppy; fbdump is noticeably slower so I think this is the best I can do with shell scripts :v:
In yaourt/pacman for Archlinux, I want to install xmonad-darcs. However, it depends on a package called haskell-tar, version < 0.4. The current version is 0.4.0.0-2. How can I get around a simple issue like this?
[QUOTE=nos217;36677693]In yaourt/pacman for Archlinux, I want to install xmonad-darcs. However, it depends on a package called haskell-tar, version < 0.4. The current version is 0.4.0.0-2. How can I get around a simple issue like this?[/QUOTE]
Does it depend on some actual bug in the current version? Or can you simply make a symlink to trick the package into using the newer version?
I feel like such an idiot.
So I got my package manger to finally install all the programs needed to run bash correctly.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/mpQYe.png[/img]
Previously, it complained about not finding a library.
I later learned today that on x86_64 it doesn't look for libs in the /lib directory, only the /lib64 directory, which was supposed to be a symlink to /lib, which it wasn't.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;36675919]Try changing fonts possibly?[/QUOTE]
Tried the settings, but there's no option to change fonts. I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to ubuntu.
[QUOTE=digigamer17;36678508]Tried the settings, but there's no option to change fonts. I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to ubuntu.[/QUOTE]
I have no clue when it comes to ubuntu myself; I have arch on a desktop, usb, and raspberry pi but I have never even installed ubuntu... I wish I could be of more help :v:
[QUOTE=digigamer17;36678508]Tried the settings, but there's no option to change fonts. I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to ubuntu.[/QUOTE]
I think you need to use Gnome Tweak Tool?
[QUOTE=CDeansy;36678598]I think you need to use Gnome Tweak Tool?[/QUOTE]
It didn't fix it... Fuck, this'll bother me than hell.
So apparently Dell doesn't do the downgrade-to-Linux option anymore.
[quote][B]07/09/2012 12:38:45AM Agent (RafaelJr C):[/B] "Glad you chatted in, I'd be happy to help you today, unfortunately though we don't have Linux systems. All our systems here come with Windows"
[B]07/09/2012 12:39:02AM Stephen:[/B] "man, I'd heard that you did that at some point."
[B]07/09/2012 12:39:28AM Agent (RafaelJr C):[/B] "Before we did offer systems wit Linux and some open source, but that was around 2 years ago"
[B]07/09/2012 12:39:42AM Stephen:[/B] "aw. I guess nobody wanted them so you stopped selling"
[B]07/09/2012 12:39:54AM Stephen:[/B] "that's all right, I realize you gotta make money."
[B]07/09/2012 12:40:11AM Stephen:[/B] "thank you anyway, I might buy dell anyway but later. Im gonna go now, thank you!"
[B]07/09/2012 12:40:36AM Agent (RafaelJr C):[/B] "Honestly we were not informed of the absolute reason, but yes I think you are correct"[/quote]
All they have is three shitty outdated models in the Business section as far as laptops go.
I did get the representative to call Dell customers dumb though
[quote][B]07/09/2012 12:41:15AM Stephen:[/B] "Plus dumb people would select it as an option in Customize to save money"
[B]07/09/2012 12:41:23AM Stephen:[/B] "then complain to you about "where's my Windows?"
[B]07/09/2012 12:41:32AM Agent (RafaelJr C):[/B] "Yes, I agree"[/quote]
My Raspberry Pi arrived.
Hey guys, I once again request your humble help.
Pulseaudio is both good and bad for me - it opened me the possibility to use HDMI audio, but it killed my microphone.
I need to get my microphone to work without disabling HDMI audio. I tried looking through alsamixer, and I've set all capture devices volume to the maximum. I've also applied a 22% boost for each capturing device. I've also checked around pavucontrol, but it doesn't recognize any sort of input devices.
The microphone itself is connected to my motherboard's sound card. I'm sure it's in the right port. When I've bought the motherboard, I received a CD with its sound driver. I do not think that the driver is needed, because the microphone ran fine with ALSA only.
I would be glad if you helped me.
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