[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;25070120]error: failed to update core(no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to update extra (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to update community (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to syncronize any databases
and then I'm back to [root@myhost ~]
connected, and that check doesn't return anything. just jumps to the next line...
[editline]02:56PM[/editline]
fixed connection issue, went to ping it again, got ping: unknown host google.com[/QUOTE]
You fucked up in your mirrorlist. I don't remember where it's located either beceause i stopped using Arch a few days ago.
Open /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist in nano and uncomment a few of the mirrors.
Preferably ones in your country.
I suspect you may be rushing through the beginners guide( [url]http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide[/url] ) without reading all the steps thoroughly.
and how the fuck do I do that, eXe?
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;25070407]and how the fuck do I do that, eXe?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [/QUOTE]
sudo nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
take out the "#" in a couple lines
press ctrl+o to save.
ctrl+x to close
try pinging again.
goddamn did you not read the guide at all?
NONE of that worked. Nothing in the Beginners Guide either.
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;25070761]NONE of that worked. Nothing in the Beginners Guide either.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, but the problem you described is exactly that. The mirrorlist.
[QUOTE=POWA KILLERDeux;25070818]Sorry, but the problem you described is exactly that. The mirrorlist.[/QUOTE]
hmmm...
Maybe if I just falcon punch the hard drive a couple times it'll make Ubuntu work on it...
maybe you should just go back to windows
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;25070761]NONE of that worked. Nothing in the Beginners Guide either.[/QUOTE]
Yes it did.
Will the cycle of newcomers asking for help getting started with linux ever end?
I installed OpenVZ on my dedicated, then created a Fedora 13 container. That was interesting. Right now I'm setting up cherokee on one of my VPSes.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;25070956]maybe you should just go back to windows[/QUOTE]
Seriously, i found out my first time that i fucked up the mirrorlist without even reading the guide.
All in favor of a revision of the sticky thread say aye.
[QUOTE=Maccabee;25071126]All in favor of a revision of the sticky thread say aye.[/QUOTE]
Aye. PM me any requests and ill work on it.
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;25070761]Nothing in the Beginners Guide either.[/QUOTE]
The beginners guide is well written and very easy to follow. I used it as a reference when checking where the list of mirrors for pacman are stored.
If you cant work out what to do with the beginners guide then I think you should probably stick to windows.
I'm gonna attempt to put Ubuntu 9.10 on this hard drive. It's worked before. I just can't upgrade to 10.04 apparently...
Thank god this is an old shit computer that ended up crashing every time i'd attempt to load XP up and not my newer windows 7/Ubuntu laptop.
Jesus guys. Why do all shove Arch down people's throats.
We didn't shove shit. He tried it himself at his own risk.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;25075772]Jesus guys. Why do all shove Arch down people's throats.[/QUOTE]
it was his idea
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;25076190]it was his idea[/QUOTE]
Plus Arch is superior in every single way.
Installing Arch Linux is a rites of passage ritual in the linux section.
I'd install Arch if I knew anything about Linux. But since I don't I'm going the newb friendly Ubuntu way. When I get off my ass to actually install it anyways.
I want to try Linux, and hopefully move over to it completly some day.
Now, I'm wondering which distro I should download, and how difficult it is to make a basic nice and clean theme?
[QUOTE=KillerTele;25089969]I want to try Linux, and hopefully move over to it completly some day.
Now, I'm wondering which distro I should download, and how difficult it is to make a basic nice and clean theme?[/QUOTE]
Just sort of works most of the time - Ubuntu
Do it yourself - Arch
[url=http://funroll-loops.info/]Riced out[/url], kerosene-powered [url=http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml]dead badger[/url] - Gentoo
[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;25090607]Just sort of works most of the time - Ubuntu
Do it yourself - Arch
Riced out, kerosene-powered dead badger - Gentoo[/QUOTE]
Arch works.
[url=http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml]I suppose Gentoo does, too.[/url]
[QUOTE=esalaka;25090646]Arch works.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. Ubuntu works [i]most[/i] of the time, but every once in a while it seems like they've made some totally asinine assumption about the user/hardware or "improvement" to the more traditional (better) approach that makes your life total hell.
Arch, on the other hand, avoids doing anything that might surprise an old-school Linux user. Everything about Arch is simple and transparent. So in many cases, Arch ends up being easier to work with even without all the autoconfig of a "newb-friendly" distro like Ubuntu.
Is there any way to install the OS without burning it to a CD or getting it on a USB stick?
I've got neither.
[editline]05:56PM[/editline]
Found a CD, nevermind me.
[QUOTE=KillerTele;25090868]Is there any way to install the OS without burning it to a CD or getting it on a USB stick?
I've got neither.[/QUOTE]
Actually I believe you could write the image to a HDD using unetbootin or something, but that'd be kinda dumb. And probably wouldn't work. And you'd lose the stuff on your hard drive.
[editline]08:58PM[/editline]
Oh, ok.
[QUOTE=KillerTele;25090868]Is there any way to install the OS without burning it to a CD or getting it on a USB stick?[/QUOTE]
Probably, but they're all an enormous pain in the ass, especially in a Windows environment where you don't have most of the tools you need.
If you have an entire free hard disk, you might be able to install it in a VM, then do a byte-for-byte copy to the hard disk.
There's also WUBI (the Windows Ubuntu Installer), but I like to pretend it doesn't exist because of how kludgy and buggy and awful it is. It usually just fails spectacularly.
Gentoo actually doesn't even need a LiveCD to install, but you still need some sort of working Linux environment.
Really, though, you're probably better off buying a blank CD.
[QUOTE=eXeC64;25041776]It's a security feature. It exponentially increases the time it takes to brute force a password. If you could have 10 guesses per second then in one minute you could try 600 different passwords. In an hour that would be 36,000 passwords.
If each failed password attempt costs you 5 seconds then you're only going to have 12 attempts per minute and 720 guesses per hour.
36,000 guesses vs 720 guesses. It'll take a hell of a lot longer to crack a password with that small delay.[/QUOTE]
Ah that makes a lot of sense, thanks for the info.
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