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[QUOTE=Boris-B;29474687]It seems like your chip is partially supported. It should work. You probably need firmware thos since it's very common for the drive you need to ask for it. I'll need some more information just to be sur I need to check if I'm right too. Can you run the following? [code] uname -a ifconfig -a iwconfig dmesg | grep -i firmware lsmod [/code] Post all the results. If i'm right, you'll most likely only need to get the firmware and shove it in the right place.[/QUOTE] uname -a: [code]Linux netbook 2.6.38-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 22 17:48:36 UTC 2011 i686 Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux[/code] ifconfig -a: [code]eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:B3:53:38:C6 inet addr:192.168.1.114 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::225:b3ff:fe53:38c6/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:119606 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:64214 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:177274241 (169.0 Mb) TX bytes:4478907 (4.2 Mb) Interrupt:43 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:56:7F:5C:23 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)[/code] iwconfig: [code]bash: iwconfig: command not found[/code] dmesg | grep -i firmware: [code][ 0.308997] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored [ 6.702249] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS, Firmware-ID: FW13 ][/code] lsmod: [code]Module Size Used by fuse 56745 3 ipv6 241775 20 ext2 54539 1 snd_seq_dummy 1095 0 snd_hda_codec_idt 47489 1 snd_seq_oss 24256 0 snd_hda_intel 18909 0 snd_seq_midi_event 4416 1 snd_seq_oss uvcvideo 54060 0 arc4 1086 2 videodev 56207 1 uvcvideo snd_hda_codec 63981 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel snd_seq 40160 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 4220 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 33120 0 hp_wmi 4617 0 i915 540333 0 ecb 1573 2 b43 275118 0 drm_kms_helper 23644 1 i915 mac80211 181766 1 b43 drm 141490 2 i915,drm_kms_helper cfg80211 123549 2 b43,mac80211 snd_mixer_oss 12487 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_hwdep 4719 1 snd_hda_codec joydev 7343 0 sparse_keymap 2468 1 hp_wmi ssb 39707 1 b43 snd_pcm 58607 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss iTCO_wdt 9013 0 rfkill 11894 2 hp_wmi,cfg80211 snd_timer 15182 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm mmc_core 56683 2 b43,ssb uhci_hcd 18952 0 intel_agp 8496 1 i915 i2c_algo_bit 4263 1 i915 iTCO_vendor_support 1481 1 iTCO_wdt ehci_hcd 34949 0 snd 42019 11 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer i2c_i801 6871 0 pcmcia 30510 2 b43,ssb processor 21396 0 serio_raw 3358 0 soundcore 4858 1 snd battery 8482 0 ac 2441 0 thermal 6403 0 intel_gtt 11097 3 i915,intel_agp wmi 7071 1 hp_wmi i2c_core 15688 6 videodev,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801 evdev 7086 9 usbcore 113751 4 uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd atl1c 27887 0 psmouse 54703 0 sg 20662 0 video 9652 1 i915 button 3858 1 i915 pcspkr 1375 0 snd_page_alloc 5805 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm pcmcia_core 9762 1 pcmcia agpgart 21392 3 drm,intel_agp,intel_gtt ext4 304408 2 mbcache 4185 2 ext2,ext4 jbd2 58650 1 ext4 crc16 1069 1 ext4 sd_mod 24780 5 pata_acpi 2292 0 ata_piix 18241 4 libata 150313 2 pata_acpi,ata_piix scsi_mod 105492 3 sg,sd_mod,libata[/code]

bought my first vps, time to dive into centos terminal interface. this should be a fun experience

[QUOTE=Biotic;29495393]uname -a: iwconfig: [code]bash: iwconfig: command not found[/code] [/QUOTE] Now this is odd. You don't have iwconfig. That might cause your problem. You'll need to install the wireless_tools package. That should provide you with iwconfig. It seems like I was somewhat wrong with the firmware thing. Good news for you, your chip is actually supported by the broadcom-wl driver. The arch wiki has a good set of instructions to install the thing. [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_wireless#broadcom-wl[/url] One thing, I would suggest you to take the driver from AUR. It's the least painful way to install it. (they provide a link) If you don't know how to install something from AUR just ask.

FreeBSD just randomly fucked up my hard drive. Windows is gone, as is Arch. Looks like I know what I'm doing this weekend.

[QUOTE=L1B3R4710N;29510419]FreeBSD just randomly fucked up my hard drive. Windows is gone, as is Arch. Looks like I know what I'm doing this weekend.[/QUOTE] I still remember when I was calculating the free space for my OpenBSD install on my laptop :v: Pain in the ass.

I have installed Ubuntu on an old computer of mine and every time I try to use the command shell I get this: [media]http://filesmelt.com/dl/DSC026921.JPG[/media] system is: Pentium 4 MSI Motherboard 1.5gb ram 2 PATA hard drives Matrox graphics card 580w Hiper PSU

Just installed Ubuntu netbook on my.... Netbook, just wondering about any tricks or tips about Ubuntu. This is my first experience with Linux

[QUOTE=Gmod guy;29513647]Just installed Ubuntu netbook on my.... Netbook, just wondering about any tricks or tips about Ubuntu. This is my first experience with Linux[/QUOTE] Not much, really, ubuntu-restricted-extras is a nice package that includes some things like Microsoft fonts and MP3 support that you need to agree to non-free licences to use. You can install it with this in the terminal (menu>applications>terminal): [code]sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras[/code] Take note of sudo. It gives you root access, which you need to do anything that changes system settings or to access folders outside of your home folder.

My current arch DE is GNOME, and I'm incredibly bored of it. Thinking of switching to awesome, anything I should know? And from looking at the Post Your Linux Desktop thread, it looks like some windows seem like they're running from a terminal window. Will windows utilizing graphics such as Firefox, Steam, etc look normal? And a separate question, on my arch install, I like to mount my windows partition (/dev/sda2, I think) but unfortunately for god knows why, one day it randomly set the owner of the whole mount to root-only. I've tried chmodding it to 777 but it didn't fix anything. I've tried unmounting, remounting, changing the location I mount to, changing the permissions in fstab, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas? and question #3: Every time I boot into a different OS (have Vista and Arch dual-booted), the clock fucks up on both of them. I'm not sure what time it sets it to but when I go to Arch the time is wrong, and whether or not I fix it, the time in Windows is wrong when I boot back into it. How do I fix this?

[QUOTE=Sonicfan574;29520271]My current arch DE is GNOME, and I'm incredibly bored of it. Thinking of switching to awesome, anything I should know? And from looking at the Post Your Linux Desktop thread, it looks like some windows seem like they're running from a terminal window. Will windows utilizing graphics such as Firefox, Steam, etc look normal? And a separate question, on my arch install, I like to mount my windows partition (/dev/sda2, I think) but unfortunately for god knows why, one day it randomly set the owner of the whole mount to root-only. I've tried chmodding it to 777 but it didn't fix anything. I've tried unmounting, remounting, changing the location I mount to, changing the permissions in fstab, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas? and question #3: Every time I boot into a different OS (have Vista and Arch dual-booted), the clock fucks up on both of them. I'm not sure what time it sets it to but when I go to Arch the time is wrong, and whether or not I fix it, the time in Windows is wrong when I boot back into it. How do I fix this?[/QUOTE] Time issue might be due to a screw up on timezone selection on set up of the operating systems thus it could be screwing with the system time. Check the time in the BIOS.

[QUOTE=Sonicfan574;29520271]My current arch DE is GNOME, and I'm incredibly bored of it. Thinking of switching to awesome, anything I should know? And from looking at the Post Your Linux Desktop thread, it looks like some windows seem like they're running from a terminal window. Will windows utilizing graphics such as Firefox, Steam, etc look normal? And a separate question, on my arch install, I like to mount my windows partition (/dev/sda2, I think) but unfortunately for god knows why, one day it randomly set the owner of the whole mount to root-only. I've tried chmodding it to 777 but it didn't fix anything. I've tried unmounting, remounting, changing the location I mount to, changing the permissions in fstab, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas? and question #3: Every time I boot into a different OS (have Vista and Arch dual-booted), the clock fucks up on both of them. I'm not sure what time it sets it to but when I go to Arch the time is wrong, and whether or not I fix it, the time in Windows is wrong when I boot back into it. How do I fix this?[/QUOTE] Windows sets the clock to local time. If you have it set wrong it will screw up reading the CPU for the other OS's time every time you fix it in one OS. Look [url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Time]here[/url] and make sure you set it to read local time and the time zone is right.

[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;29520617]Time issue might be due to a screw up on timezone selection on set up of the operating systems thus it could be screwing with the system time. Check the time in the BIOS.[/QUOTE] Both Windows and Arch are set to Arizona time (GMT -7 without DST). It's 7:30 pm here, just booted Arch, and it set itself to 6:30 am.

[QUOTE=Sonicfan574;29520271]My current arch DE is GNOME, and I'm incredibly bored of it. Thinking of switching to awesome, anything I should know? And from looking at the Post Your Linux Desktop thread, it looks like some windows seem like they're running from a terminal window. Will windows utilizing graphics such as Firefox, Steam, etc look normal? And a separate question, on my arch install, I like to mount my windows partition (/dev/sda2, I think) but unfortunately for god knows why, one day it randomly set the owner of the whole mount to root-only. I've tried chmodding it to 777 but it didn't fix anything. I've tried unmounting, remounting, changing the location I mount to, changing the permissions in fstab, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas? and question #3: Every time I boot into a different OS (have Vista and Arch dual-booted), the clock fucks up on both of them. I'm not sure what time it sets it to but when I go to Arch the time is wrong, and whether or not I fix it, the time in Windows is wrong when I boot back into it. How do I fix this?[/QUOTE] For awesome you should really look at the guide on the awesome wiki: [url]https://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/My_first_awesome[/url] This guide gives you a basic understanding of the binds and what things are. The big issue I had was understanding layouts. Now, it all makes sense, but as first it was just weird. As for your mounting problem. Can you post your fstab entry for that mount point and ls -la the mounted partition? It might give us a better insight. [editline]29th April 2011[/editline] Also, you have to configure arch so that it uses localtime.

[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;29520813]Windows sets the clock to local time. If you have it set wrong it will screw up reading the CPU for the other OS's time every time you fix it in one OS. Look [url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Time]here[/url] and make sure you set it to read local time and the time zone is right.[/QUOTE] It was at UTC, so I changed it to localtime. Next time I boot into windows I'll let you know if it worked.

Actually it might not work straight away. Since it's currently in UTC when you reboot the time will be wrong and you'll have to adjust it. Then it should stay right.

Awesome works fine with any program - you might have a couple issues with GTK+ theming, because GNOME will no longer be operational; there's a guide on the awesome wiki that tells you how to set GTK themes, so look into that.

For GTK themes, all I did was install lxappearance and install a few gtk engines with pacman and get the themes I wanted from AUR (GTK and icons) Then I used lxappearance to set it all. Easiest shit on earth. [editline]29th April 2011[/editline] I don't know if I mentioned this before. A little while back I was pissed at qt not willing to use my GTK theme even tho the bloody theme was set to GTK. All I had to do was put this is my .xinitrc [code]export GTK2_RC_FILES="$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0"[/code] I love being able to run qt apps without feeling the need to poke my eyes out.

[QUOTE=Boris-B;29520910]For awesome you should really look at the guide on the awesome wiki: [url]https://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/My_first_awesome[/url] This guide gives you a basic understanding of the binds and what things are. The big issue I had was understanding layouts. Now, it all makes sense, but as first it was just weird.[/quote] Thanks, I'll read through this. [QUOTE=Boris-B;29520910]As for your mounting problem. Can you post your fstab entry for that mount point and ls -la the mounted partition? It might give us a better insight.[/quote] I'm afraid I can't give you the fstab, as I removed the entry about a week ago, the last time I tried fixing this. Can't remember why. [code][cody@asdf ~]$ ls -la /dev/sda3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 3 Apr 29 12:20 /dev/sda3[/code] Oddly, if I mount through Nautilus it works fine for some reason.

I meant the mount point not the device. What do you use to mount the partition if it's not fstab? [editline]29th April 2011[/editline] Two important commands you need to know about in awesome: [code] Win+r - Run command Win+Shift+c - close program (equivalent to Alt+F4) [/code] The guide mentions them, but better be safe.

[QUOTE=Boris-B;29521203]I meant the mount point not the device.[/quote] [code]drwx------ 1 root root 20480 Apr 27 21:16 . drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Apr 15 16:06 .. drwx------ 1 root root 8192 Apr 17 18:16 084bb060e892412e74 drwx------ 1 root root 8192 Jan 8 02:41 2d0f584dceacd11c8738e28778c0 -rw------- 1 root root 5311 Apr 16 05:12 archinst.txt -rw------- 1 root root 24 Sep 18 2006 autoexec.bat drwx------ 1 root root 0 Feb 5 16:12 $AVG drwx------ 1 root root 8192 Feb 5 16:25 boot -rw------- 1 root root 26082 Apr 15 22:31 bootex.log -rw------- 1 root root 333203 Jan 20 2008 bootmgr -rw------- 2 root root 283987 Feb 21 16:32 whatthehell.png -rw------- 2 root root 1594 Dec 25 10:57 broadcom-wl.tar.gz -rw------- 2 root root 10 Sep 18 2006 config.sys drwx------ 1 root root 8192 Dec 25 12:51 DELL -rw------- 1 root root 3146 Mar 10 2009 dell.sdr drwx------ 1 root root 0 Feb 27 03:47 Dev drwx------ 1 root root 0 Mar 10 2009 doctemp drwx------ 1 root root 0 Dec 25 10:57 Documents and Settings drwx------ 1 root root 0 Sep 1 2008 Drivers drwx------ 1 root root 0 Jan 20 2009 EFI -rw------- 2 root root 17734 Nov 7 2007 eula.1028.txt -rw------- 2 root root 17734 Nov 7 2007 eula.1031.txt -rw------- 2 root root 10134 Nov 7 2007 eula.1033.txt -rw------- 2 root root 17734 Nov 7 2007 eula.1036.txt -rw------- 2 root root 17734 Nov 7 2007 eula.1040.txt -rw------- 2 root root 118 Nov 7 2007 eula.1041.txt -rw------- 2 root root 17734 Nov 7 2007 eula.1042.txt -rw------- 2 root root 17734 Nov 7 2007 eula.2052.txt -rw------- 2 root root 17734 Nov 7 2007 eula.3082.txt -rw------- 1 root root 1110 Nov 7 2007 globdata.ini drwx------ 1 root root 4096 Jan 8 22:36 HammerAutosave -rw------- 1 root root 562688 Nov 7 2007 install.exe -rw------- 1 root root 843 Nov 7 2007 install.ini -rw------- 2 root root 76304 Nov 7 2007 install.res.1028.dll -rw------- 2 root root 96272 Nov 7 2007 install.res.1031.dll -rw------- 2 root root 91152 Nov 7 2007 install.res.1033.dll -rw------- 2 root root 97296 Nov 7 2007 install.res.1036.dll -rw------- 2 root root 95248 Nov 7 2007 install.res.1040.dll -rw------- 2 root root 81424 Nov 7 2007 install.res.1041.dll -rw------- 2 root root 79888 Nov 7 2007 install.res.1042.dll -rw------- 2 root root 75792 Nov 7 2007 install.res.2052.dll -rw------- 2 root root 96272 Nov 7 2007 install.res.3082.dll drwx------ 1 root root 0 Apr 19 21:11 Intel -rw------- 1 root root 0 Apr 15 20:42 IO.SYS -rw------- 2 root root 1030 Mar 4 20:17 ix_test01.png -rw------- 1 root root 0 Apr 15 20:42 MSDOS.SYS -rw------- 1 root root 3495567360 Apr 29 16:03 pagefile.sys drwx------ 1 root root 0 Jan 20 2008 PerfLogs drwx------ 1 root root 8192 Apr 12 21:49 ProgramData drwx------ 1 root root 32768 Apr 24 00:25 Program Files drwx------ 1 root root 4096 Dec 25 11:14 $Recycle.Bin drwx------ 1 root root 12288 Mar 30 21:15 SM drwx------ 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:40 streams drwx------ 1 root root 8192 Feb 9 21:35 System Volume Information drwx------ 1 root root 4096 Mar 18 05:21 Tmp drwx------ 1 root root 4096 Feb 10 17:16 unetbtin -rw------- 1 root root 4556800 Feb 5 14:57 unetbtin.exe drwx------ 1 root root 4096 Apr 15 23:40 Users drwx------ 1 root root 24576 Apr 26 18:55 Windows [/code] Ran as sudo. Permission denied if I run without. [QUOTE=Boris-B;29521203]What do you use to mount the partition if it's not fstab?[/quote] sudo mount /dev/sda3 /mnt

EDIT: Just read your post. Ideally you just want to add an entry to fstab and have the uid and gid options set to your uid and gid. I explained it at the bottom. Also, here's how I mount my fat32 partition in Arch. ntfs is exactly the same but a different FS [code]/dev/sda6 /data vfat defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0[/code] All you have to do is replace the partition I have with the right one, change the mount point, change the FS from vfat to ntfs-3g and change the uid and gid to the uid and gid of your user. It should look like this: [code]/dev/sda3 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0[/code] Once that's set you should be able to simply run sudo mount -a and it should mount it as if it would at boot. Also, you can find your uid and gid in /etc/passwd [code] youruser:x:uid:gid:some crap [/code] [editline]29th April 2011[/editline] You'll need to install ntfs-3g if it's not already installed otherwise you don't get write access. Also, if you choose to mount the thing to /mnt/windows you'll have to create that directory or it won't work.

Mounting and time both worked. Thanks! Gonna try installing awesome now.

My pleasure.

I need to switch over to Ubuntu temporarily. I need a media player for .mkv, is there any specific player I'll need, or can is there a capable player pre-installed? Thanks. [editline]29th April 2011[/editline] Also, on the download portion of the Ubuntu site, why is 32 bit recommended?

[QUOTE=Jacinth;29523277]I need to switch over to Ubuntu temporarily. I need a media player for .mkv, is there any specific player I'll need, or can is there a capable player pre-installed? Thanks. [editline]29th April 2011[/editline] Also, on the download portion of the Ubuntu site, why is 32 bit recommended?[/QUOTE] VLC. And 32-bit is recommended because there aren't as many programs built for the 64 bit architecture. On a side note. I fucking hate Unity. Oh god this is horrible. I'm 99.9% sure I'm going to either install Backtrack 4 or something else. Hell, I'd be willing to make the leap over to Fedora and learn yum and an entirely new distro. Just, Unity is too horribly disgusting for me. The dock popping up if I move to the left side of my screen annoys me since I'm trying to snap windows over there. I'm actually ditching Ubuntu until 11.10(November, right?), that way we get good Gnome 3 support. If only I wasn't a fucking moron and I could install Arch.

[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;29523679]VLC. And 32-bit is recommended because there aren't as many programs built for the 64 bit architecture. On a side note. I fucking hate Unity. Oh god this is horrible. I'm 99.9% sure I'm going to either install Backtrack 4 or something else. Hell, I'd be willing to make the leap over to Fedora and learn yum and an entirely new distro. Just, Unity is too horribly disgusting for me. The dock popping up if I move to the left side of my screen annoys me since I'm trying to snap windows over there. I'm actually ditching Ubuntu until 11.10(November, right?), that way we get good Gnome 3 support. If only I wasn't a fucking moron and I could install Arch.[/QUOTE] Just install Arch dude, it's not hard whatsoever.

I have installed Ubuntu on an old computer of mine and every time I try to use the command shell I get this: [media][URL]http://filesmelt.com/dl/DSC026921.JPG[/URL][/media] The Ubuntu desktop environment is fine, can launch the applications and everything, but when I press ctrl+atl+f1 to go to the command shell I get this screen. Any ideas? system is: Pentium 4 MSI Motherboard 1.5gb ram 2 PATA hard drives Matrox graphics card 580w Hiper PSU

[QUOTE=Ca5bah;29524139]Just install Arch dude, it's not hard whatsoever.[/QUOTE] I've screwed it up three times... On a side note, I'm now on Fedora 15. Gnome 3 shits on Unity. It's too bad that Fedora 15 doesn't save any of my monitor set up settings on a restart. That's cool... I'll wait until it's actually released. And hopefully by then I'll have disabled the touchpad on my laptop so it doesn't render my mouse un-usable and force me to restart.

[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;29523679]VLC. And 32-bit is recommended because there aren't as many programs built for the 64 bit architecture. On a side note. I fucking hate Unity. Oh god this is horrible. I'm 99.9% sure I'm going to either install Backtrack 4 or something else. Hell, I'd be willing to make the leap over to Fedora and learn yum and an entirely new distro. Just, Unity is too horribly disgusting for me. The dock popping up if I move to the left side of my screen annoys me since I'm trying to snap windows over there. I'm actually ditching Ubuntu until 11.10(November, right?), that way we get good Gnome 3 support. If only I wasn't a fucking moron and I could install Arch.[/QUOTE] Agreed. I hate unity, it feels like a mac and I feel limited with finding things. Time to make that jump to arch.