General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. I broke my Arch Install - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=FPtje;43404791]Well I do get a new error in the stdout: [code]gdb: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5: undefined symbol: _nc_putchar Game removed: AppID 4000 "Garry's Mod", ProcID 13559 Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1386799584_client) Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1386799584_client) [/code][/QUOTE] Never seen that before. Just to check do you have gdb installed? If you're running anything based on Debian (which I assume is the case), running: [code]dpkg -s gdb | grep Status[/code] should print [code]Status: install ok installed[/code] If it doesn't then install gdb with (or use the GUI package manager of choice): [code]sudo apt-get install gdb[/code] and try running GMod again.

[QUOTE=danharibo;43405100]Never seen that before. Just to check do you have gdb installed? If you're running anything based on Debian (which I assume is the case), running: [code]dpkg -s gdb | grep Status[/code] should print [code]Status: install ok installed[/code] If it doesn't then install gdb with (or use the GUI package manager of choice): [code]sudo apt-get install gdb[/code] and try running GMod again.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure gdb is installed because it threw an error other than "Command not found" :v: Not sure why it's throwing up on an ncurses lib though. Do other ncurses based apps work?

[QUOTE=danharibo;43405100]Never seen that before. Just to check do you have gdb installed? If you're running anything based on Debian (which I assume is the case), running[/QUOTE] It is installed, yes. I installed colortest-python to test ncurses based things: [code]falco@falco-MS-7260 ~> colortest-python System colors: ^some colours [/code]

[QUOTE=diwako;43405005]Since I am on Ubuntu lts this gnome version is the latest I can get. I will upgrade on the end of the semester., no idea to what distro for now. Could you tell me the extension name? I am fairly certain I got 3.4.2.1 running atm[/QUOTE] You can still use Ubuntu. [url=http://www.webupd8.org/2013/09/how-to-install-gnome-310-in-ubuntu-1310.html]You just may not be able to use Unity again.[/url] And unsure if this is for your GNOME version, but [url=https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/16/auto-move-windows/]here's the extension[/url] that claims to do what you're looking for. And why would you still be running 3.4 when even the Ubuntu repositories have 3.8? Still on 12.04?

Encase you guys were interested. [video=youtube;xi5800mrkQs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi5800mrkQs[/video] I miss spoke a lot in this video. Apologies for that. I'm going to be making a video soon on how to turn home routers in mesh nodes and such.

[QUOTE=Lerlth;43410733]Encase you guys were interested. [video=youtube;xi5800mrkQs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi5800mrkQs[video] I miss spoke a lot in this video. Apologies for that. I'm going to be making a video soon on how to turn home routers in mesh nodes and such.[/QUOTE] Yeah I'm interested, keep us posted please. What kind of things do you have planned for the mesh network? Also if it means anything you look cool and competent. Didn't notice you misspeaking or anything.

Well, for the mesh network, I want to see how easy it would be to deploy this, how fast it is based on distance, real world applications (VOIP, Streaming, and file transfer), and see what other technologies I can incorporate into it (pfSense, OwnCloud, etc). I'm going to try and document as much as I possibly can, just because there's no good documentation on how this is achieved in full. If you want to make a meshnet right now, you have to spend almost days of researching and finding things specific to your needs. I want to see if I can atleast find a way to streamline this process.

As far as your Android devices, after my Galaxy Nexus gets replaced in the upcoming weeks, I plan on using it as a network/server monitor, and finding a way to mount it to my desk. My initial thought was just to write a web page and let my server monitor everything, but I've been considering using this as an excuse to teach myself how write an app for my phone to take advantage of its speaker and vibration to provide alerts. And for the mesh network, the biggest limitation that you will probably run in to would be the firmware of the routers. I've set up mesh networks in my Cisco lab at school plenty of times, but failed when attempting it on my old Linksys and Belkin routers. What have your ideas been for your Raspberry Pi? I currently have one sitting around, and I've been lost for ideas for it. I don't want to use it for anything too network critical considering I'm running a gigabit network, and the Pi's NIC is only 100mbit.

[QUOTE=deadeye536;43412195]What have your ideas been for your Raspberry Pi? I currently have one sitting around, and I've been lost for ideas for it. I don't want to use it for anything too network critical considering I'm running a gigabit network, and the Pi's NIC is only 100mbit.[/QUOTE] I've put MPD on mine and plugged it to some speakers, it's a remote controlled always-on music player now.

Look everyone! FPtje has done it again! [t] http://i.imgur.com/VqFnyaE.jpg[/t] Done solely by following guides and entering apt-get commands. For fucks sake I only tried to install the ati drivers.

[QUOTE=FPtje;43412697]Look everyone! FPtje has done it again! [t] http://i.imgur.com/VqFnyaE.jpg[/t] Done solely by following guides and entering apt-get commands. For fucks sake I only tried to install the ati drivers.[/QUOTE] How does "sudo apt-get remove libc6-amd64" qualify as installing ati drivers did you intentionally try to wreck shit?

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;43409736]You can still use Ubuntu. [url=http://www.webupd8.org/2013/09/how-to-install-gnome-310-in-ubuntu-1310.html]You just may not be able to use Unity again.[/url] And unsure if this is for your GNOME version, but [url=https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/16/auto-move-windows/]here's the extension[/url] that claims to do what you're looking for. And why would you still be running 3.4 when even the Ubuntu repositories have 3.8? Still on 12.04?[/QUOTE] Yes, I am still on 12.04 since it is my first ever install of Linux. As it showed later I should have got the latest installment. That's why I will undo the mistake at the end of the semester and install a Linux distro that at least "updated" or cutting edge. Alright, it seems to be already installed, however it seems I need to edit the config file for it. Problem is I cannot find that extension folder and all I could find via google is how to edit the github version of this extension.

[QUOTE=mastersrp;43412759]How does "sudo apt-get remove libc6-amd64" qualify as installing ati drivers did you intentionally try to wreck shit?[/QUOTE] Ati said it wasn't installed When I tried to install it, it said it was already installed So I tried to remove and then reinstall it. Anyway, I'm able to boot my pc again, I fixed that with a live cd and chroot.

[QUOTE=FPtje;43412905]Ati said it wasn't installed When I tried to install it, it said it was already installed So I tried to remove and then reinstall it. Anyway, I'm able to boot my pc again, I fixed that with a live cd and chroot.[/QUOTE] You removed the GNU C Libary from your system, and thus you broke almost everything on your system. good job. What exactly did you imagine would happen? :v:

[QUOTE=kaukassus;43412932]You removed the GNU C Libary from your system, and thus you broke almost everything on your system. good job. What exactly did you imagine would happen? :v:[/QUOTE] A desparate attempt in trying to install those AMD drivers. Here, I'm following this guide: [url]http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Saucy_Installation_Guide[/url] Running the following commands: [code] sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx* sudo apt-get install cdbs dh-make dkms execstack dh-modaliases linux-headers-generic libqtgui4 lib32gcc1 cd ~/Downloads rm -r * # clear downloads folder, I've done this a million times now mkdir catalyst13.12 && cd catalyst13.12 wget --referer='http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux+x86' http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.zip unzip amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.zip chmod +x amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run sudo ./amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/saucy sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb [/code] And for some shitty reason it always fucks up in one of these steps. I'm now following these steps (first answer) [url]http://askubuntu.com/questions/98827/ati-driver-re-install-fail[/url] to try to start from scratch again. This is enraging. [editline]4th January 2014[/editline] Alright, if none of you guys know the solution to this: [url]http://pastebin.com/8jLitJJS[/url] then I am forced to give up on AMD drivers. It simply refuses to install. The card I have is a HD5870. More edit: [url]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11238134/dpkg-shlibdeps-error-no-dependency-information-found-for[/url] Errors? Why not ignore dependencies, that'll work! Well at least the .deb packages have been generated. Holy shit the last command actually didn't throw an error! edit: The installation succeeded, but it still doesn't work! [code]falco@falco-MS-7260:~$ fgl_glxgears Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) Major opcode of failed request: 155 (ATIFGLEXTENSION) Minor opcode of failed request: 66 () Serial number of failed request: 13 Current serial number in output stream: 13 [/code] [highlight]I got it to work![/highlight] The trick: Install beta drivers!!! Seriously I was not far from quitting Linux on my PC altogether. But Garry's mod still crashes on startup ._.

[QUOTE=FPtje;43412697]Look everyone! FPtje has done it again! [t] http://i.imgur.com/VqFnyaE.jpg[/t] Done solely by following guides and entering apt-get commands. For fucks sake I only tried to install the ati drivers.[/QUOTE] oh god I'm actually dying here. NEVER EVER EVER remove libc6. oh god why what did you why DUDE

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;43413481]oh god I'm actually doing here. NEVER EVER EVER remove libc6. oh god why what did you why DUDE[/QUOTE] Well it was worth a try, and I only tried to [i]reinstall[/i] it.

[QUOTE=FPtje;43412998]Seriously I was not far from quitting Linux on my PC altogether. But Garry's mod still crashes on startup ._.[/QUOTE] Dude seriously I don't know what you did but I'm running the default community drivers on fedora and gmod runs just fine. Same goes for Dota2, L4D2, TF2 etc [editline]4th January 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=FPtje;43413487]Well it was worth a try, and I only tried to [i]reinstall[/i] it.[/QUOTE] reinstalling it means it needs to remove it first and the installation process depends on libc6 so it can't install it after removing it.

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;43413501]Dude seriously I don't know what you did but I'm running the default community drivers on fedora and gmod runs just fine. Same goes for Dota2, L4D2, TF2 etc[/QUOTE] L4D2 works, CSS works. L4D2 was slow as fuck, but it got fast after I disabled MSAA. Garry's mod still fails to start. My next attempt involves copying the GarrysMod folder from my Ubuntu laptop (where it works) over Bittorrent Sync. This approach is useful since I'll also have all my addons and stuff installed. [QUOTE=Mega1mpact;43413501] reinstalling it means it needs to remove it first and the installation process depends on libc6 so it can't install it after removing it.[/QUOTE] Don't worry about that anymore, it's fixed now.

It's fine as long as you understand that everything you just did is your fault, and not the fault of the Linux distro you're using.

[QUOTE=nikomo;43413699]It's fine as long as you understand that everything you just did is your fault, and not the fault of the Linux distro you're using.[/QUOTE] Sure, I removed libc, which is completely wrong. But AMD said it was broken. If AMD drivers weren't such a [i]bitch[/i] to install, I wouldn't even have tried to remove it in the first place! Also, remember when I thought NVidia was bad with drivers and you told me ATI was worse? I see your point. It took me half a day to get them installed.

[quote] libc.so stuff [/quote] libc.a > libc.so I personally think a lot of the supposed positives of shared linking are outweighed by the negatives, i.e. DLL-Hell. I'm not actually sure how to easily check this, but it seems like a majority of the 280 libs I have installed are linked against by one or a handful of programs. The guys at suckless have been working on a [url=http://sta.li/]statically linked distro[/url], not sure it's ever going to happen, but its an interesting idea.

Dynamic link, but ship with program. If there's a need, you can upgrade the linked stuff, but otherwise it's pretty much like a statically linked executable.

[QUOTE=FPtje;43412998] Here, I'm following this guide: [url]http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Saucy_Installation_Guide[/url] [/QUOTE] good old wiki.cchtml.com i love how long the ubuntu instructions are compared to the suse ones [url]http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/SUSE/openSUSE[/url] "click this link and let yast do some star trek shit then run aticonfig and reboot"

[QUOTE=Little Donny;43413976]good old wiki.cchtml.com i love how long the ubuntu instructions are compared to the suse ones [url]http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/SUSE/openSUSE[/url] "click this link and let yast do some star trek shit then run aticonfig and reboot"[/QUOTE] That's the first time I see something being easier on a non-Ubuntu distro.

[QUOTE=FPtje;43414037]That's the first time I see something being easier on a non-Ubuntu distro.[/QUOTE] Then you've only looked at gentoo and ubuntu

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;43414054]Then you've only looked at gentoo and ubuntu[/QUOTE] No. What I meant is that software usually comes in a deb package, sometimes in RPM form and in a .tar.gz for [i]all[/i] other distros. Also, copying the Garry's mod folder still hasn't solved the problem. It still crashes when the loading bar is half full. The strange thing is, Garry's mod does not even get to the loading bar when I start steam with [code]GAME_DEBUGGER="gdb" steam[/code] I just double click GMod, the previously mentioned error happens and nothing else.

[QUOTE=FPtje;43414083]No. What I meant is that software usually comes in a deb package, sometimes in RPM form and in a .tar.gz for [i]all[/i] other distros. Also, copying the Garry's mod folder still hasn't solved the problem. It still crashes when the loading bar is half full. The strange thing is, Garry's mod does not even get to the loading bar when I start steam with [code]GAME_DEBUGGER="gdb" steam[/code] I just double click GMod, the previously mentioned error happens and nothing else.[/QUOTE] Have you tried running GMod in the dev branch? I've had some issues with Garry's Mod before, and the dev branch seems to always work for me when there's issues.

[QUOTE=mastersrp;43414153]Have you tried running GMod in the dev branch? I've had some issues with Garry's Mod before, and the dev branch seems to always work for me when there's issues.[/QUOTE] Yes I have, and it doesn't make a difference. Nor does -window -noborder.

[QUOTE=deadeye536;43412195] What have your ideas been for your Raspberry Pi? I currently have one sitting around, and I've been lost for ideas for it. I don't want to use it for anything too network critical considering I'm running a gigabit network, and the Pi's NIC is only 100mbit.[/QUOTE] Try coming up with something creative with the GPIO pins, I did this yesterday: [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1341293&p=43407936&highlight=#post43407936[/url] Simple stuff like syslog and tftp servers would run just fine.