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

[QUOTE=MasterFen007;40452478]I'm seriously pissed the Arch /setup/arch was removed, now I have no idea what I'm doing.[/QUOTE] Can't you read or something Seriously, the text file that ships with the new Arch ISOs literally explains everything you have to do except the part where you generate GRUB2 configuration.

[QUOTE=FPtje;40451948]Too bloated, damn annoying, ugly and low usability. That's my opinion of it.[/QUOTE] It's bloated if you install kde-full. I prefer KDE over any other DE. I find KWin to be far ahead of the other compositors. It doesn't freak the fuck out when I try opening a game or what not.

[QUOTE=Prefan;40455219]It's bloated if you install kde-full. I prefer KDE over any other DE. I find KWin to be far ahead of the other compositors. It doesn't freak the fuck out when I try opening a game or what not.[/QUOTE] My love is still with AwesomeWM.

[QUOTE=Prefan;40455219]It's bloated if you install kde-full. I prefer KDE over any other DE. I find KWin to be far ahead of the other compositors. It doesn't freak the fuck out when I try opening a game or what not.[/QUOTE] Strange, XFCE didn't freak out on me when opening any game. But I play in windowed mode all the time, and I guess you play in fullscreen mode.

[QUOTE=FPtje;40455236]My love is still with AwesomeWM.[/QUOTE] You are comparing apples to oranges here, though, because KDE is a DE (a K DE) and AwesomeWM is a WM (an Awesome WM) and you can actually use them both simultaneously quite nicely, see [url=http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?t=91170]here[/url]. I know what you mean, and the combination may be ridiculous, but its nice to have the option to pick and choose all of the components of your desktop piecemeal, rather than Windows where you get one window manager as a part of the desktop environment which is the only acceptable choice.

[QUOTE=Prefan;40455219]It's bloated if you install kde-full. I prefer KDE over any other DE. I find KWin to be far ahead of the other compositors. It doesn't freak the fuck out when I try opening a game or what not.[/QUOTE] "emerge kdebase-meta" in Gentoo gives what the KDE team considers to be "minimal" (so the window manager, a handful of basic apps like a terminal emulator and file manager, etc). A true minimal would be kdebase-startkde, but that comes with literally nothing but what you need to get to a desktop, and if you asked the KDE team for help they'd just glare at you.

[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;40456479]You are comparing apples to oranges here, though, because KDE is a DE (a K DE) and AwesomeWM is a WM (an Awesome WM) and you can actually use them both simultaneously quite nicely, see [url=http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?t=91170]here[/url]. I know what you mean, and the combination may be ridiculous, but its nice to have the option to pick and choose all of the components of your desktop piecemeal, rather than Windows where you get one window manager as a part of the desktop environment which is the only acceptable choice.[/QUOTE] surely one can compare just using a window manager with a Desktop environment? I use plain AwesomeWM. I could use KDE, KDE with AwesomeWM or some other DM, but I prefer the plain AwesomeWM above any desktop environment. I like the apple more than the orange.

Can I assign a static IP to my laptop that will only be in effect if I'm on my home network, so it's still dynamic on my school network?

[QUOTE=Darkwater124;40467902]Can I assign a static IP to my laptop that will only be in effect if I'm on my home network, so it's still dynamic on my school network?[/QUOTE] Yes, many routers will let you assign a static IP to a device.

Use DHCP reservation, where your IP address is assigned to you automatically but you will be given the same one every time. It will be in your home router's config.

[QUOTE=FPtje;40462801]surely one can compare just using a window manager with a Desktop environment? I use plain AwesomeWM. I could use KDE, KDE with AwesomeWM or some other DM, but I prefer the plain AwesomeWM above any desktop environment. I like the apple more than the orange.[/QUOTE] Sorry, I myself use plain i3-wm without a DE so I know where you're coming from, but I think it's just the way you phrased the statement made me think of the difference. Honestly I don't see a reason for KDE at all, but if someone can explain what it does I might reconsider.

[QUOTE=Sc00by22;40468101]Yes, many routers will let you assign a static IP to a device.[/QUOTE] Apparently mine won't. Is there a way to do this on my laptop?

So, the 13.04 update broke my Xubuntu install. Thanks, canonical.

[QUOTE=nehkz;40470405]So, the 13.04 update broke my Xubuntu install. Thanks, canonical.[/QUOTE] I won't be updating yet then, thanks.

[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;40468530]Sorry, I myself use plain i3-wm without a DE so I know where you're coming from, but I think it's just the way you phrased the statement made me think of the difference. Honestly I don't see a reason for KDE at all, but if someone can explain what it does I might reconsider.[/QUOTE] KDE is good on it's own and you can run it fairly lightweight, but if you're happy using i3 then there's no reason to switch. You can still use all of the good KDE applications like kdenlive and kdevelop.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KxQeYKN.png[/IMG] Can anyone tell me why my toolbar looks like this in Audacious? Same thing happens in Evince but not in Ristretto or Thunar. I'm using Xfce. GTK theme (if relevant): [url]http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Orion-GTK3-Theme-281431756[/url]

In Ubuntu 13.04, which NVIDIA driver can I install that will actually let XServer to work? Every one I've tried is incompatible with XServer. The last time I used Ubuntu, I had to manually install that drivers, which isn't ideal.

The proprietary ones from nVidia themselves ([b]not[/b] nouveau). apt-get install nvidia-current [editline]29th April 2013[/editline] then if it doesn't magically work after that run nvidia-xconfig as root

[QUOTE=jetboy;40473258][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KxQeYKN.png[/IMG] Can anyone tell me why my toolbar looks like this in Audacious? Same thing happens in Evince but not in Ristretto or Thunar. I'm using Xfce. GTK theme (if relevant): [url]http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Orion-GTK3-Theme-281431756[/url][/QUOTE] You need to set your QT theme too, not just your GTK. XFCE's default themes come with both QT and GTK themes, make sure your Orion has them both too.

Hey guys, how do I go on to resize my home partition while the system is running? Gparted keeps crying because it claims that the home partition is in use, when it's really unmounted (using the -l flag). [editline][/editline] Nevermind, I fixed it. I logged in as root, started Gparted up, unmounted my home partition via console, refreshed my devices in Gparted and then unmounted the home partition via console again. The reason I unmount the home partition a second time is because while Gparted refreshes, it also mounts the home partition automatically for some reason.

[QUOTE=Darkwater124;40469701]Apparently mine won't. Is there a way to do this on my laptop?[/QUOTE] Not unless your router allows you to turn DHCP off. But then you'd have to assign static IPs for each device.

[QUOTE=Sc00by22;40480907]Not unless your router allows you to turn DHCP off. But then you'd have to assign static IPs for each device.[/QUOTE] Can't I just do it on the laptop itself? I know you can use a static IP on Linux, but is it configurable per network?

[QUOTE=Darkwater124;40481184]Can't I just do it on the laptop itself? I know you can use a static IP on Linux, but is it configurable per network?[/QUOTE] If you can't turn off DHCP in your router then you can't set a static IP on the laptop itself. EDIT: I've read you can set a static IP outside of the DHCP range and it should be okay.

[QUOTE=Sc00by22;40481317]If you can't turn off DHCP in your router then you can't set a static IP on the laptop itself. EDIT: I've read you can set a static IP outside of the DHCP range and it should be okay.[/QUOTE] Both my desktop and my Raspberry Pi have static IP addresses. I could do the same on my laptop, but then it would break whenever I get to school. Did I actually get the definition right? Static IP address means that you define one and it doesn't get one automatically? [img]http://i.imm.io/14wCq.png[/img] ^ That's what I'm talking about on Windows, tho this isn't network-specific either.

[QUOTE=Darkwater124;40481625]Both my desktop and my Raspberry Pi have static IP addresses. I could do the same on my laptop, but then it would break whenever I get to school.[/QUOTE] Couldn't you just use something like netctl and make 2 different profiles, one for a static IP and one for a dynamic IP and just enable one or the other when you turn your laptop on. That looks okay assuming that your routers IP is 192.168.1.2. And yes a static IP is one you'd set yourself and it won't get one automatically.

[QUOTE=Sc00by22;40481695]Couldn't you just use something like netctl and make 2 different profiles, one for a static IP and one for a dynamic IP and just enable one or the other when you turn your laptop on. That looks okay assuming that your routers IP is 192.168.1.2. And yes a static IP is one you'd set yourself and it won't get one automatically.[/QUOTE] Thanks, I'll have a look.

[QUOTE=lavacano;40474309]The proprietary ones from nVidia themselves ([b]not[/b] nouveau). apt-get install nvidia-current [editline]29th April 2013[/editline] then if it doesn't magically work after that run nvidia-xconfig as root[/QUOTE] Thanks! You wouldn't happen to know how to get the HDMI sound output to work, would you? Thanks!

[QUOTE=Sc00by22;40481695]Couldn't you just use something like netctl and make 2 different profiles, one for a static IP and one for a dynamic IP and just enable one or the other when you turn your laptop on. That looks okay assuming that your routers IP is 192.168.1.2. And yes a static IP is one you'd set yourself and it won't get one automatically.[/QUOTE] I use WICD and it allows you to setup static ips per network. It's a lot less of a pain than netctl.

[QUOTE=Lerlth;40482927]Thanks! You wouldn't happen to know how to get the HDMI sound output to work, would you? Thanks![/QUOTE] Sadly no, as I don't actually own a video card with HDMI output. I bet it's some hocus pocus with ALSA though.

[QUOTE=Lerlth;40482927]Thanks! You wouldn't happen to know how to get the HDMI sound output to work, would you? Thanks![/QUOTE] I heard that there was a bug with HDMI sound not working with nVidia cards and Ubuntu, which can be solved by updating the kernel.. Or, you can go into sound settings and click on the 'hardware' tab and select the HDMI profile (it's at the bottom).