• General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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[QUOTE=Van-man;37856432]JFS -O[/QUOTE] What? Sorry, I'm kinda new at this. What will that fix/do ?
[QUOTE=Ol' Pie;37857373]What? Sorry, I'm kinda new at this. What will that fix/do ?[/QUOTE] ext4 isn't very good is you are trying to emulate windows programs. (because case-sensitive filesystem) He's talking about the command 'mkfs.jfs -O /dev/sdx' He's suggesting that you format a partition with the JFS filesystem, so you have a Case insensitive filesystem, wich helps alot when emulating Windows programs with wine, so you don't get such errors like 'file not found' because the filename contains an Uppercase character.
[QUOTE=kaukassus;37857694]ext4 isn't very good is you are trying to emulate windows programs. (because case-sensitive filesystem) He's talking about the command 'mkfs.jfs -O /dev/sdx' He's suggesting that you format a partition with the JFS filesystem, so you have a Case insensitive filesystem, wich helps alot when emulating Windows programs with wine, so you don't get such errors like 'file not found' because the filename contains an Uppercase character.[/QUOTE] But wasn't jfs kinda unstable?
[QUOTE=Ol' Pie;37857786]But wasn't jfs kinda unstable?[/QUOTE] It won't really matter that much because you're just using it for case-insensitive stuff.
Has anyone found a better solution to managing Humble Bundle games and updates under Arch linux? There are a couple of AUR packages that may or may not be up to date or correct at any given time, and they aren't set up to download from the bundle's file server (manual intervention required). It's fine, but its not much more difficult to keep track of it by hand... right now I just have a gaming/ directory with subdirectories of source/,games/,bin/ and I just install what I want to play. How hard would it be for the Humble bundle guys to make a small mini-package manager for their games, like a steam substitute? Hell, if they had consistent filenames it could be a simple shell script.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;37857925]Has anyone found a better solution to managing Humble Bundle games and updates under Arch linux? There are a couple of AUR packages that may or may not be up to date or correct at any given time, and they aren't set up to download from the bundle's file server (manual intervention required). It's fine, but its not much more difficult to keep track of it by hand... right now I just have a gaming/ directory with subdirectories of source/,games/,bin/ and I just install what I want to play. How hard would it be for the Humble bundle guys to make a small mini-package manager for their games, like a steam substitute? Hell, if they had consistent filenames it could be a simple shell script.[/QUOTE] They did this for Android, I don't see any difficulty in doing it for just Linux.
[QUOTE=kaukassus;37857694]ext4 isn't very good is you are trying to emulate windows programs. (because case-sensitive filesystem) He's talking about the command 'mkfs.jfs -O /dev/sdx' He's suggesting that you format a partition with the JFS filesystem, so you have a Case insensitive filesystem, wich helps alot when emulating Windows programs with wine, so you don't get such errors like 'file not found' because the filename contains an Uppercase character.[/QUOTE] You[B] CAN[/B] also make a partition image inside your existing filesystem, and format it with that parameter, and then mount it. Slightly clunky (in the long run) compared to dedicating a partition to it, but also a possibility.
Shit question but can I spread BASH script commands over a bunch of lines in some way? example: [code]#!/bin/bash gifsicle --loop -O2 -D=bg --scale 3x3 --transparent=#980088 -d=19 1.gif -d=11 2.gif -d=19 3.gif -d=11 4.gif -d=19 1.gif -d=11 2.gif -d=19 3.gif -d=11 4.gif -d=43 5.gif -d=14 6.gif 7.gif 8.gif 7.gif 8.gif > out.gif[/code] Something like that which would keep it organized for clusterfucks of commands but let me exec it all as one command?
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;37858511]Shit question but can I spread BASH script commands over a bunch of lines in some way? example: [code]#!/bin/bash gifsicle --loop -O2 -D=bg --scale 3x3 --transparent=#980088 \ -d=19 1.gif \ -d=11 2.gif \ -d=19 3.gif \ -d=11 4.gif \ -d=19 1.gif \ -d=11 2.gif \ -d=19 3.gif \ -d=11 4.gif \ -d=43 5.gif \ -d=14 6.gif \ 7.gif \ 8.gif \ 7.gif \ 8.gif \ > out.gif[/code] Something like that which would keep it organized for clusterfucks of commands but let me exec it all as one command?[/QUOTE]
Uhm okay. [editline]30th September 2012[/editline] I hope that you're not assuming that a simple BASH script is all I'm looking for. ALL those lines are one command with a fuckton of arguments, and it gives errors if I execute it as it. I want a way to keep it separate so I can look over it while executing it all at once.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;37857925]Has anyone found a better solution to managing Humble Bundle games and updates under Arch linux? There are a couple of AUR packages that may or may not be up to date or correct at any given time, and they aren't set up to download from the bundle's file server (manual intervention required). It's fine, but its not much more difficult to keep track of it by hand... right now I just have a gaming/ directory with subdirectories of source/,games/,bin/ and I just install what I want to play. How hard would it be for the Humble bundle guys to make a small mini-package manager for their games, like a steam substitute? Hell, if they had consistent filenames it could be a simple shell script.[/QUOTE] aren't all the humble bundle games available on desura? can't you add all the games to desura and use that?
you just put a \ at the end of each line
[QUOTE=hpqoeu;37858817]aren't all the humble bundle games available on desura? can't you add all the games to desura and use that?[/QUOTE] Not all of them. And not all are on Linux either, sadly.
Does Debian let you set up partitions from install like Ubuntu does? Or is it like "fuck you it's debian now"
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;37858870]you just put a \ at the end of each line[/QUOTE] Thank you! [img]http://images.wikia.com/wolfenstein/images/7/74/Animated_General_Fettgesicht.gif[/img] [editline]30th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=RedStar;37859021]Does Debian let you set up partitions from install like Ubuntu does? Or is it like "fuck you it's debian now"[/QUOTE] I've never successfully installed Debian but I'm sure that it's decent in that regard. If there's any OS that shits over all others when installed, it's Windows.
[QUOTE=RedStar;37859021]Does Debian let you set up partitions from install like Ubuntu does? Or is it like "fuck you it's debian now"[/QUOTE] it does if you choose manual partitioning
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;37857925]Has anyone found a better solution to managing Humble Bundle games and updates under Arch linux? There are a couple of AUR packages that may or may not be up to date or correct at any given time, and they aren't set up to download from the bundle's file server (manual intervention required). It's fine, but its not much more difficult to keep track of it by hand... right now I just have a gaming/ directory with subdirectories of source/,games/,bin/ and I just install what I want to play. How hard would it be for the Humble bundle guys to make a small mini-package manager for their games, like a steam substitute? Hell, if they had consistent filenames it could be a simple shell script.[/QUOTE] I know some HIB games's install scripts will register themselves with pacman.
[QUOTE=neos300;37859907]I know some HIB games's install scripts will register themselves with pacman.[/QUOTE] But that only allows uninstallation (and remembers dependencies). What I want is update tracking and automation... Almost all of the games are on steam, however, and every game in the most recent one is ported to linux. I'm just going to wait until steam comes fully to linux and then I can use a sane interface to manage and play. Until then I will just keep track of sources myself and install only those I'm currently playing. P.S. Torchlight is awesome
debian is kicking my ass. i've tried to install it about 4 times now, and every single time, it gets stuck at "loading initial ramdisk" and it's got the same four screens in a square with strange red artifacts at the top. help
Bad RAM maybe?
Do a memtest Also, isn't that related to swap space? try setting it in the partition manager manually.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;37858542][QUOTE=Elecbullet;37858511]Shit question but can I spread BASH script commands over a bunch of lines in some way? example: [code]#!/bin/bash gifsicle --loop -O2 -D=bg --scale 3x3 --transparent=#980088 -d=19 1.gif -d=11 2.gif -d=19 3.gif -d=11 4.gif -d=19 1.gif -d=11 2.gif -d=19 3.gif -d=11 4.gif -d=43 5.gif -d=14 6.gif 7.gif 8.gif 7.gif 8.gif > out.gif[/code] Something like that which would keep it organized for clusterfucks of commands but let me exec it all as one command?[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] Oh, I just now realized that you actually changed the script to help me. Thank you for being helpful in an obscure way!
[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;37862994]Do a memtest Also, isn't that related to swap space? try setting it in the partition manager manually.[/QUOTE] initial ramdisk is a file that contains a bunch of kernel modules. it's kind of hard to explain, but you have the kernel image, then once that starts up it loads the initramfs and loads a bunch of optional kernel modules. Optional being stuff like usb drivers, audio drivers, etc. I can't remember what the point of it is though. [editline]30th September 2012[/editline] the kernel image would just have the bare minimum built in like sata drivers, filesystem code, just enough to mount /boot and load initial ramdisk. [editline]30th September 2012[/editline] whatever, just read up on it on wik [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd[/url]
Memtest didn't give any errors, so I think the CD I burned Debian onto got screwed up in some way. It's okay though, because I've installed MATE onto Ubuntu, solving all of my problems with it (mostly unity, it doesn't seem to be a very low memory friendly desktop environment.) I guess Debian can wait until I know a bit more about Linux, and also when I have more CDs.
Well, for my case Debian is easier to install for me than most distros, but only if you know your ethernet card model name :v:
for me. Archlinux is the easiest to install. I don't need some fancy GUI's wich do all the work for me. :v:
raspbmc rc5 is finally here! It'ssofast :O
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;37869073]raspbmc rc5 is finally here! It'ssofast :O[/QUOTE] What's RaspBMC's install footprint?
[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;37869994]What's RaspBMC's install footprint?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.raspbmc.com/wiki/technical/partitioning/[/url]
How well does the Xonar DG work with Arch Linux? (Namely the Headphone amp and Dolby Headphone) I can't find any solid answers from Google.
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