[QUOTE=chrise112;25244591]I'm building a server and plan to use it as a web server to run PHP scripts etc. Is their a specific distro that is most suitable for this kind of thing? I've used Fedora 13 and was hoping to try a new distro out thinking of Debian or Arch[/QUOTE]
I'd use Debian for a server.
Arch's rolling release isn't really ideal for a server.
Edit: or CentOS
I think I have a major problem. I never hear my CPU fan, my CPU can hit 90 degrees centigrade and when I play a simple game like Frogatto or Xmoto it lags up a lot after playing for about 5 to 10 minutes.
I tried to see what acpi -c did:
[code][falco@falcolaptop ~]$ acpi --cooling
Cooling 0: LCD 0 of 7
Cooling 1: Fan 0 of 1
Cooling 2: Processor 0 of 7
Cooling 3: Processor 0 of 7
[/code]
Doesn't look good. What do I do?
edit: I did echo 0 > proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state
The fan shows as on but I still hear nothing :/
The temperature is still high.
[QUOTE=FPtje;25263740]I think I have a major problem. I never hear my CPU fan, my CPU can hit 90 degrees centigrade and when I play a simple game like Frogatto or Xmoto it lags up a lot after playing for about 5 to 10 minutes.
I tried to see what acpi -c did:
[code][falco@falcolaptop ~]$ acpi --cooling
Cooling 0: LCD 0 of 7
Cooling 1: Fan 0 of 1
Cooling 2: Processor 0 of 7
Cooling 3: Processor 0 of 7
[/code]
Doesn't look good. What do I do?
edit: I did echo 0 > proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state
The fan shows as on but I still hear nothing :/
The temperature is still high.[/QUOTE]
Have you tried looking inside the case? :|
It's a laptop. I'll do that now.
Edit: Ok I opened my laptop, there was a cable half loose and I put it in there and I've seen the fan work.
So the fan DOES work, [b]however[/b] I need to do this to enable it every time I boot:
su
echo 0 > /proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state
if I use sudo it won't work.
How do I turn it on automatically?
MORE EDIT:
I added it to /etc/rc.local
it seems to work, my conky says my fan is on and so does acpi -c. :)
Gunna do the Arch plunge on my shitty-ass Celeron M laptop (currently running Ubuntu 10.10RC, which I must say has some very sexy fonts) which I use for displaying stats like my [url=http://weather.luaduck.co.uk]weather station's vitals[/url] - which is being rendered by a Debian server I recently reformatted, anything I need to be aware of when installing Arch?
[QUOTE=leach139;25268638]Gunna do the Arch plunge on my shitty-ass Celeron M laptop (currently running Ubuntu 10.10RC, which I must say has some very sexy fonts) which I use for displaying stats like my [url=http://weather.luaduck.co.uk]weather station's vitals[/url] - which is being rendered by a Debian server I recently reformatted, anything I need to be aware of when installing Arch?[/QUOTE]
Nothing to be aware of, Arch is pretty easy to install.
[QUOTE=leach139;25268638]Gunna do the Arch plunge on my shitty-ass Celeron M laptop (currently running Ubuntu 10.10RC, which I must say has some very sexy fonts) which I use for displaying stats like my [url=http://weather.luaduck.co.uk]weather station's vitals[/url] - which is being rendered by a Debian server I recently reformatted, anything I need to be aware of when installing Arch?[/QUOTE]
Just please don't keep coming back asking stupid questions that are answered on the Beginner's Guide. Please?
i'm new to linux, and i downloaded and went through the installer. i rebooted like it told me and i'm still in windows and i'm not sure what to do next. halp facepunch.
[QUOTE=Rediscover;25280513]i'm new to linux, and i downloaded and went through the installer. i rebooted like it told me and i'm still in windows and i'm not sure what to do next. halp facepunch.[/QUOTE]
You forgot to install the bootloader.
What distro?
[QUOTE=POWA KILLERDeux;25281336]You forgot to install the bootloader.[/QUOTE]
more likely he installed it but not to the mbr
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;25282417]more likely he installed it but not to the mbr[/QUOTE]
Or he installed it to the wrong drive.
Installing it to the wrong drive is most likely. Just switch the boot priority in the BIOS.
Arch is all installed and sitting pretty, managed to get GDM and Gnome running happily as root (going to set up some user accounts later on). How the fuck should I go about installing google-chrome-dev? I see it's [url=http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27031]on the repo[/url], but doing pacman -S google-chrome-dev returns an invalid package. I've managed to build it myself, but it just throws errors my way for libpng12 missing (and libjpeg6) - which are both missing from pacman.
What am I doing wrong?
That's not in the official repos. That's on the Arch User Repository (aur). You need to install a pacman front-end that can build from the aur. "yaourt" is what I use, but there are others.
yaourt does both official repos and the aur, and takes the same arguments as pacman, so it's pretty much a drop-in replacement.
[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;25285870]That's not in the official repos. That's on the Arch User Repository (aur). You need to install a pacman front-end that can build from the aur. "yaourt" is what I use, but there are others.
yaourt does both official repos and the aur, and takes the same arguments as pacman, so it's pretty much a drop-in replacement.[/QUOTE]
Wonderful, we're in business. Thanks!
Really simple question here from someone who has never used Linux: I have a 4gb flash drive that I want to use as my 'school computer survival drive.' Which Linux distro is the best one to put on it, and how do I install it on the drive? I googled it and found this, not sure if it is 'ideal' for the job, though: [url]http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/[/url] Seems pretty legit and has most distributions of Linux. I am sure there is a 'better' way, but unless this is a Virus or something, I would like something as easy as this. So I guess the real question is which distribution should I choose? I guess this turned into more than a "small" question, but probably does not warrant its own thread.
I would try mint
unetbootin is probably the easiest and most effective way to do it
right, I know I asked this a while ago, but I was wondering, is there any way I could install linux (was thinking arch) on a laptop with no cd drive, no floppy drive, and no support for booting from usb?
I think theres a way to boot over the network. It's PXE booting I think?
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;25298617]I think theres a way to boot over the network. It's PXE booting I think?[/QUOTE]
I always wanted to know how to do that.
you can do it with unetbootin but it's a bitch getting it partitioned right
I just noticed that Ubuntu 10.10 will be released on 10/10/10
:iia:
at 10:10:10?!
[QUOTE=robmaister12;25303957]I just noticed that Ubuntu 10.10 will be released on 10/10/10
:iia:[/QUOTE]
noticed that today. Why I didn't notice before :iiam:
Just switched from Ubuntu to Mint, but for some reason, when I install WINE and run Steam off of it, it lags like a little bitch.
My computer runs steam absolutely fine on Windows.
What might be causing this?
steam is terrible in wine without the real Windows DLLs
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;25309540]steam is terrible in wine without the real Windows DLLs[/QUOTE]
so you're saying it's normal for me to type text into steam chat and not having it come up on screen for another 5 seconds?
yeah usually. steam is pretty sad in Wine
tan fucking fastic, i hate that
The cruddy new "Web 2.0"-like Steam UI really didn't help things. It ran kinda OK before that update.
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