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

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;44429189]So, the server I'm running now has its own keyboard and monitor, however every monitor I hook to it has an odd habit of flashing in and out. It'll show just fine, and then go black, and then show just fine again, and repeat this into infinity. Its a damn near stock install of ubuntu server 12.04, any reason why it'd behave this way?[/QUOTE] Lack of power to the monitor, or a faulty cable?

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;44427360]rilez did you compile webkit yourself?[/QUOTE] Nope. Installing a patched font packaged fixes the fonts (I tried infinality) but the web page formats are still screwed up/not loading correctly. [editline]2nd April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=nikomo;44428279]libstdc++ is the offending library. I think. I should check on how the fuck that works, maybe the game tries to load that one first, can't find it and just falls back to using system-provided ones for every single one. Then again, I don't give a fuck.[/QUOTE] [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/steam#Using_native_runtime[/url]

my friend is having some issues connecting to our VPS. no clue what it could be. his IP isn't banned by fail2ban (his IP is on ignore filter, shouldn't be anything with that eitherway), CSF is disabled yet refuses his connection. his IP isn't banned on IPtables either, so I'm clueless auth.log shows this [code]Apr 2 18:19:53 localhost sshd[13102]: refused connect from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)[/code] told him to use the -vvv option while connecting, which shows this [code]OpenSSH_6.2p2 Ubuntu-6, OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for * debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 debug1: Connecting to pred.me [95.85.53.195] port xxx. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/xxx/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1 debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.2p2 Ubuntu-6[/code] which as far as I know, shows that the connection was established [editline]2nd April 2014[/editline] apparently all but my IP is refused access to SSH. tried via my phone. not sure what I might have done either. I tried disabling CSF and fail2ban, yet it doesn't allow the connection to get through. any clues?

[QUOTE=mastersrp;44429432]Lack of power to the monitor, or a faulty cable?[/QUOTE] Different vga cables, tried back and front vga ports, acts the same on my tv, tv in the livingroom, and the monitor that roommate brought back. How plausible is it that its a driver issue?

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;44431369]Different vga cables, tried back and front vga ports, acts the same on my tv, tv in the livingroom, and the monitor that roommate brought back. How plausible is it that its a driver issue?[/QUOTE] I would think it to be the power cable that you plug in to the monitor, but if you use different plugs, then maybe it's the connection between vga cables and the machine. It could be that the port is somewhat faulty. But speaking of drivers, are you using an on-board vga connector, or a dedicated graphics processing unit?

Apparently GNOME shell doesn't use menu specification anymore. So if you use a distribution that doesn't have GNOME software (or you don't want to use GNOME software) you can't use app folders anymore. Also Alacarte and other menu editors don't work anymore. That's cool. You used to be able to make your own folders based on menu spec with dconf editor but you can't do that anymore either [editline]2nd April 2014[/editline] I've used Software on Gnome and the app sorting is garbage, you have to do them one at a time. And there's no default categories anymore (Sundry, Games, Internet, etc). Dumbest shit I ever saw.

[QUOTE=mastersrp;44431753]I would think it to be the power cable that you plug in to the monitor, but if you use different plugs, then maybe it's the connection between vga cables and the machine. It could be that the port is somewhat faulty. But speaking of drivers, are you using an on-board vga connector, or a dedicated graphics processing unit?[/QUOTE] Its onboard. Thing is though, is I don't think its hardware beacuse of how it behaves. The flashing isn't random, its patterned and consistent. 5 seconds on, 3 seconds off, 5 on, 3 off. Which is why I'm leaning towards graphics drivers, but even that is odd because [I]it has no desktop.[/I] Its doing this at the login terminal, rendering only text, and it only does it once its past POST and actually booting the OS.

Here's my documentation for my install, plus some config files. [url]https://github.com/TheNikomo/arch_install[/url] Finally got to cleaning it up and doing it in Markdown.

[quote]Remove mirrors from Five Eyes (AUS+Canada+NZ+UK+US) and Russia[/quote] Are you worried that foreign intelligence agencies are sneaking backdoors into your cryptographically signed packages?

[QUOTE=nikomo;44449078]Here's my documentation for my install, plus some config files. [url]https://github.com/TheNikomo/arch_install[/url] Finally got to cleaning it up and doing it in Markdown.[/QUOTE] I think I should do the same, since I sometimes have a pretty complex setup.

[QUOTE=Larikang;44449792]Are you worried that foreign intelligence agencies are sneaking backdoors into your cryptographically signed packages?[/QUOTE] rsa

[QUOTE=Larikang;44449792]Are you worried that foreign intelligence agencies are sneaking backdoors into your cryptographically signed packages?[/QUOTE] No, that's because of political reasons. If I was worried about packages being tainted, which they probably are, I'd be running Gentoo and building stuff from source. I don't hand over traffic to shitty countries wherever I can do that, and it doesn't hurt me - note how I also removed Russia from the list, that's a politically charged decision, not because of NSA+GCHQ, which, I admit, is also a political issue.

[QUOTE=nikomo;44450367]I don't hand over traffic to shitty countries wherever I can do that[/QUOTE] What, have you already forgotten Sweden grabs all the internet connections going through them, which is basically everything originating in Finland? :v: [editline]4th April 2014[/editline] Supposedly they also hand the stuff over to NSA

Nikomo, you can use reflector to pull mirrors from specific countries. It will also sort them by speed and latest sync. [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reflector[/url] I have to use US mirrors for speed but you could easily use Finland with this [editline]4th April 2014[/editline] And you can install whatever packages you want with pacstrap. I usually include base-devel wget and git so I can use the AUR asap.

Wait, Arch doesn't have an installer anymore? But that was always so useful D:

FPtje, at first I was pretty overwhelmed, but the installation process is actually pretty easy. Just follow the beginner's tutorial and you'll be fine, as always.

did Arch ever have an installer? the installation process might be a little funky when you're first thrown into it, but after a few times you'll be able to install the thing based on muscle memory.

[QUOTE=PredGD;44451941]did Arch ever have an installer? the installation process might be a little funky when you're first thrown into it, but after a few times you'll be able to install the thing based on muscle memory.[/QUOTE] Yeah it used to. It was a simple text based wizard. It was really useful. [editline]4th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=supervoltage;44451868]FPtje, at first I was pretty overwhelmed, but the installation process is actually pretty easy. Just follow the beginner's tutorial and you'll be fine, as always.[/QUOTE] I know the quality of the beginner's tutorial, but the installer was just so useful! Oh well I'm not planning to do anything with my XUbuntu laptop for now. This thing is more stable as fuck.

[QUOTE=FPtje;44452061]Yeah it used to. It was a simple text based wizard. It was really useful. [editline]4th April 2014[/editline] I know the quality of the beginner's tutorial, but the installer was just so useful! Oh well I'm not planning to do anything with my XUbuntu laptop for now. This thing is more stable as fuck.[/QUOTE] Nobody denied it was useful. The problem was that it was unmaintained, and, at least for me it'd started crashing occasionally. Mid-install. That's a problem.

[QUOTE=FPtje;44451844]Wait, Arch doesn't have an installer anymore? But that was always so useful D:[/QUOTE] [url]https://github.com/helmuthdu/aui[/url]

I should make a script for my install process.

[QUOTE=nikomo;44450367]No, that's because of political reasons. If I was worried about packages being tainted, which they probably are, I'd be running Gentoo and building stuff from source. I don't hand over traffic to shitty countries wherever I can do that, and it doesn't hurt me - note how I also removed Russia from the list, that's a politically charged decision, not because of NSA+GCHQ, which, I admit, is also a political issue.[/QUOTE] I don't think Linux mirrors could be tainted, considering signing keys. You'd be suggesting a conspiracy.

[QUOTE=esalaka;44451596]What, have you already forgotten Sweden grabs all the internet connections going through them, which is basically everything originating in Finland? :v:[/QUOTE] I have the Finnish mirror right at the top of the list, all my packages come from within the country, and I haven't pissed off the Keskusrikospoliisi yet.

[QUOTE=Jookia;44453244]I don't think Linux mirrors could be tainted, considering signing keys. You'd be suggesting a conspiracy.[/QUOTE] If the recent reveals have shown, being paranoid about stuff like that certainly has paid off.

[QUOTE=nikomo;44453458]I have the Finnish mirror right at the top of the list, all my packages come from within the country, and I haven't pissed off the Keskusrikospoliisi yet.[/QUOTE] At least Sonera tended to route all traffic through Sweden at some point. I ran some traceroutes when the news about that hit and it connected even to Tampere through Sweden.

[QUOTE=esalaka;44454587]At least Sonera tended to route all traffic through Sweden at some point. I ran some traceroutes when the news about that hit and it connected even to Tampere through Sweden.[/QUOTE] Did some tracerouting, I saw nothing indicating traffic visiting Stockholm unexpectedly, or at all, which means you can let go of your Stockholm syndrome and stop loving the NSA. And yes, I just typed Stockholm instead of Sweden just so I could crack a joke.

[QUOTE=kaukassus;44453631]If the recent reveals have shown, being paranoid about stuff like that certainly has paid off.[/QUOTE] If I can't trust the people who set up the packages in the first place, it won't matter which mirror I'm using.

I try and install Fedora and all I get during installation is "Error checking storage configuration". Why is this?

I host my game servers on Windows, until one day I thought I'd try a wee dabble into CentOS, I've used ubuntu before so I thought I'd try CentOS for hosting, everything was going fantastic, there was no fucking about for like an hour to get everything you need to get something like TCAdmin. It was going well until yesterday, when I noticed that I couldn't install FTP, It needs 128k to install and I had 0 bytes free, I was like, oh shit how did that happen, looked into the space, everything that wasn't /home/ (1.7 TB Free), had 0 bytes free, Terminal would not open up, everything was pretty much failing, it's now down. What's my options here? Can I extend the partition so I can boot into the machine?

[QUOTE=zeromancer;44459694]I host my game servers on Windows, until one day I thought I'd try a wee dabble into CentOS, I've used ubuntu before so I thought I'd try CentOS for hosting, everything was going fantastic, there was no fucking about for like an hour to get everything you need to get something like TCAdmin. It was going well until yesterday, when I noticed that I couldn't install FTP, It needs 128k to install and I had 0 bytes free, I was like, oh shit how did that happen, looked into the space, everything that wasn't /home/ (1.7 TB Free), had 0 bytes free, Terminal would not open up, everything was pretty much failing, it's now down. What's my options here? Can I extend the partition so I can boot into the machine?[/QUOTE] You can't get any terminal access at all? I'd suspect there's a giant log file somewhere.