General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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[QUOTE=supervoltage;36928012]Hello guys, I'm running into a small problem here.
Each time I boot into Arch, internet connections do not work. I have to do dhcpcd for it to work. What is the file that needs to be edited to make it execute the dhcpcd command right after it boots?
My wild guess is the .bashrc file, but I'm afraid that if I launch a terminal emulator, it would attempt to reload dhcpcd again, and it would fail. What's to be done to check if a process is already running and ignoring running dhcpcd if it's already running?[/QUOTE]
Just go to your rc.conf file and look for the network configuration (if thats what you're using) and avoid entering any configuration, except for the interface name.
No static IP or anything, otherwise dhcpcd doesn't work, for some reason. Otherwise, I'm sure there's other applications available.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;36928066]Just go to your rc.conf file and look for the network configuration (if thats what you're using) and avoid entering any configuration, except for the interface name.
No static IP or anything, otherwise dhcpcd doesn't work, for some reason. Otherwise, I'm sure there's other applications available.[/QUOTE]
I've looked around at the networking section of the rc.conf file, and there are no networking settings set except the hostname.
net-auto-wired sounds like a smart idea here
[editline]25th July 2012[/editline]
It's a daemon in the netcfg package I think
Don't know if I'm late, but looks like Serious Sam 3:BFE is coming to Linux on Steam with Steamworks.
[url]http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/07/because-penguins-like-to-blow-shit-up.html[/url]
[QUOTE=esalaka;36928175]net-auto-wired sounds like a smart idea here
[editline]25th July 2012[/editline]
It's a daemon in the netcfg package I think[/QUOTE]
I've installed that package and added the daemon to /etc/rc.conf, but I'm too lazy to reboot now. I will come back to you guys with the result after I reboot. Sometime.
[QUOTE=BBgamer720;36928194]Don't know if I'm late, but looks like Serious Sam 3:BFE is coming to Linux on Steam with Steamworks.
[url]http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/07/because-penguins-like-to-blow-shit-up.html[/url][/QUOTE]
Let's hope other companies follow the train...
[QUOTE=supervoltage;36928476]I've installed that package and added the daemon to /etc/rc.conf, but I'm too lazy to reboot now. I will come back to you guys with the result after I reboot. Sometime.[/QUOTE]
Lazy to reboot? How long could it possibly take?
[editline]25th July 2012[/editline]
A full reboot for my old gateway takes about 20 seconds, 1/3 of which seems to be waiting for the network.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;36932698]Lazy to reboot? How long could it possibly take?[/QUOTE]
Maybe he just really didn't want to close the stuff he had open?
[QUOTE=esalaka;36934208]Maybe he just really didn't want to close the stuff he had open?[/QUOTE]
Ah, that makes sense. I suppose I usually don't have a whole lot open...
Damned conky, i can't find a GTK3 theme which fits with my computer's green case and i can't find a nice green conky theme :(
[img]http://yalam.co.uk/c/public.php?service=files&token=562e2209f44d9acee34e51f19d44f05c6a79283b&file=/Images/l4linux.PNG[/img]
This creeps me out more than it should.
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;36935840][img]http://yalam.co.uk/c/public.php?service=files&token=562e2209f44d9acee34e51f19d44f05c6a79283b&file=/Images/l4linux.PNG[/img]
This creeps me out more than it should.[/QUOTE]
This is what Stallman believed would happen, if all software wasn't Open Source.
Besides Pacman, which I know this thread loves, what do you think the best package manager is? I'm not talking strictly on a technology level; you can feel free to have default and available repositories influence your opinion as well.
Hi guys.
Completely forgot about this thread since we don't have our own section.
Fast threads are full of strange people and evil posters :v:
I like it very much in here.<3
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;36934536]Ah, that makes sense. I suppose I usually don't have a whole lot open...[/QUOTE]
Yep, I was pretty much compiling a package which needed qt4. And generally, compiling qt4 stuff takes some time.
Rebooted, but the package asked me to install "ifplugd", which I now did. I'm gonna reboot now and edit this post with results.
Edit: Nope, doesn't work. I'm gonna try setting the interface in /etc/rc.conf, because that line was blank. I'll get rid of ifplugd and that other package I installed first.
Edit2: It works now, but it comes with the price of feeling like an idiot. Adding "eth0" at "interface=" in the rc.conf file fixes it.
Thank you guys!
[QUOTE=Tinker Toy;36941051]Besides Pacman, which I know this thread loves, what do you think the best package manager is? I'm not talking strictly on a technology level; you can feel free to have default and available repositories influence your opinion as well.[/QUOTE]
Portage. There's several customisations that pacman doesn't have.
[QUOTE=Tinker Toy;36941051]Besides Pacman, which I know this thread loves, what do you think the best package manager is? I'm not talking strictly on a technology level; you can feel free to have default and available repositories influence your opinion as well.[/QUOTE]
Gentoo's Portage. Absolute best.
I'm having a few issues with my installation of Arch and it'd be cool if someone could give me a hand:
I'm trying to do pacman -Syu but I get this:
[code]error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.[/code]
I also updated Chromium and now it refuses to start, returning this in the terminal:
[code]/usr/lib/chromium/chromium: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory[/code]
I'm new to Arch so I'm completely at a loss as to what I need to do for things like this.
[QUOTE=n0cturni;36948855]I'm having a few issues with my installation of Arch and it'd be cool if someone could give me a hand:
I'm trying to do pacman -Syu but I get this:
[code]error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.[/code]
I also updated Chromium and now it refuses to start, returning this in the terminal:
[code]/usr/lib/chromium/chromium: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory[/code]
I'm new to Arch so I'm completely at a loss as to what I need to do for things like this.[/QUOTE]
Not quite sure, but try
[code]
pacman -Syu --ignore glibc,filesystem
pacman -Su
[/code]
This will run a system upgrade sans the offending packages ( both /lib, /var/lock, and /var/run have been moved to symlinks in the past ) and then attempt to update just glibc and filesystem ( and any other dependant packages ).
If this doesn't work report back with further errors.
[editline]26th July 2012[/editline]
Looking back at [url=http://www.archlinux.org/news/filesystem-upgrade-manual-intervention-required-1/]this page[/url] it appears filesystem may require a force to overwrite the unowned files. In the case of glibc I believe this is inadvisable, but if filesystem gives you more trouble it may be necessary.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;36949181]Not quite sure, but try
[code]
pacman -Syu --ignore glibc,filesystem
pacman -Su
[/code]
This will run a system upgrade sans the offending packages ( both /lib, /var/lock, and /var/run have been moved to symlinks in the past ) and then attempt to update just glibc and filesystem ( and any other dependant packages ).
If this doesn't work report back with further errors.
[editline]26th July 2012[/editline]
Looking back at [url=http://www.archlinux.org/news/filesystem-upgrade-manual-intervention-required-1/]this page[/url] it appears filesystem may require a force to overwrite the unowned files. In the case of glibc I believe this is inadvisable, but if filesystem gives you more trouble it may be necessary.[/QUOTE]
"pacman -Syu --ignore glibc, filesystem" basically skipped everything that needed to be done and did nothing, while "pacman -Su" returned:
[code]error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.[/code]
I read that page however, and it sounds like something I probably have to do, but I figured I'd come back with this before just doing that and breaking everything.
[QUOTE=n0cturni;36949414]"pacman -Syu --ignore glibc, filesystem" basically skipped everything that needed to be done and did nothing, while "pacman -Su" returned:
[code]error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.[/code]
I read that page however, and it sounds like something I probably have to do, but I figured I'd come back with this before just doing that and breaking everything.[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry, but did you even read the news on [url]https://www.archlinux.org/news/the-lib-directory-becomes-a-symlink/[/url] ?
Try following [url=https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1127251#p1127251]this guide[/url].
[editline]26th July 2012[/editline]
Oh, and you can safely run the command with "--ignore filesystem" enabled, as that needs to be upgraded when you're done.
How long has this install gone without a system wide update? Or is it a fresh install with a dated image?
Probably a month or two; the regular updates seemed to have broken it though, so it looks like I'm going to be installing the current version of Archbang whenever I can get a hold of a flash drive.
[editline]July 27, 2012[/editline]
Okay, I reinstalled ArchBang and I still have to do all this; I got everything to update except for glibc and I ran that command from the guide, but it doesn't really tell you how to do what you need to do with the list.
[code][root@archbang local]# grep '^lib/' /var/lib/pacman/local/*/files
/var/lib/pacman/local/broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-3/files:lib/
/var/lib/pacman/local/broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-3/files:lib/modules/
/var/lib/pacman/local/broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-3/files:lib/modules/extramodules-3.3-ARCH/
/var/lib/pacman/local/broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-3/files:lib/modules/extramodules-3.3-ARCH/wl.ko.gz
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/ld-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/ld-linux.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libBrokenLocale-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libSegFault.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libanl-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libanl.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libc-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libc.so.6
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libcidn-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libcidn.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libcrypt-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libcrypt.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libdl-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libdl.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libm-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libm.so.6
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libmemusage.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnsl-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnsl.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_compat-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_compat.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_db-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_db.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_dns-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_dns.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_files-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_files.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_hesiod-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_nis-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_nis.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_nisplus-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libpcprofile.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libpthread-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libpthread.so.0
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libresolv-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libresolv.so.2
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/librt-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/librt.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libthread_db-1.0.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libthread_db.so.1
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libutil-2.16.so
/var/lib/pacman/local/glibc-2.16.0-1/files:lib/libutil.so.1
[/code]
Can anyone give me an idea on what to do?
I thought that I could use Ubuntu on my old PC... So, I inserted my Live CD, booted it up. But, as it booted, X wouldn't start, so... Here I'm posting this with links2.
Do you have any tips how could I fix it?
Uh oh.
My friend wan'ts Linux Mint, he is asking for what DE would be best.
Im stuck between Cinnamon and XFCE, I personally like XFCE but CINNAMON is pretty damn cool too.
What would you guys suggest?
I usually install XFCE, and remove the window and desktop manager, and replace it with openbox/awesome.
I'd suggest Xfce4
[QUOTE=TheTailor25;36954967]I thought that I could use Ubuntu on my old PC... So, I inserted my Live CD, booted it up. But, as it booted, X wouldn't start, so... Here I'm posting this with links2.
Do you have any tips how could I fix it?[/QUOTE]
Godspeed brave soul. But what do you mean "X won't start". Could it be a driver problem?
[editline]27th July 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Moofy;36957672]Uh oh.
My friend wan'ts Linux Mint, he is asking for what DE would be best.
Im stuck between Cinnamon and XFCE, I personally like XFCE but CINNAMON is pretty damn cool too.
What would you guys suggest?[/QUOTE]
Dwm is best window manager imo, but it's not for everyone for sure.
I'm a fan of MATE, personally. Or, if I feel like something more minimal then dwm or Awesome.
I did something to an ubuntu laptop and now it's only booting into busybox (all other options in GRUB lead to memtest or busybox). It also says that /dev/proc and /fstab are not found.
help
[QUOTE=Eltro102;36961384]I did something to an ubuntu laptop and now it's only booting into busybox (all other options in GRUB lead to memtest or busybox). It also says that /dev/proc and /fstab are not found.
help[/QUOTE]
you either deleted them or changed their permissions.
(or did that to the partitions themselves instead)
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