General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. I broke my Arch Install

[nikomo]

tagged: WORKSFORME
status: Closed

[lavacano]

[QUOTE=nikomo;45450733]tagged: WORKSFORME
status: Closed[/QUOTE]

the open source community in a nutshell right there

[editline]20th July 2014[/editline]

at least this time it really is my end at fault

[FPtje]

[QUOTE=nikomo;45450733]tagged: WORKSFORME
status: Closed[/QUOTE]

I do this. I'd have a million open issues that I [I]know[/I] are user faults if I didn't.

[esalaka]

[QUOTE=FPtje;45453741]I do this. I'd have a million open issues that I [I]know[/I] are user faults if I didn't.[/QUOTE]

Do you mean DarkRP by any chance

[Original User]

How dumb does tri-booting OSx, Arch and Windows 7 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T420 sound?

[FPtje]

[QUOTE=esalaka;45458163]Do you mean DarkRP by any chance[/QUOTE]

Yes I do, but surely DarkRP isn't the only piece of software where this happens.
I've seen some other repositories on github that used the issue tracker also as a help forum. I can't help but feel incredibly awkward to post there for help.

[Comfy]

[QUOTE=FPtje;45464069]Yes I do, but surely DarkRP isn't the only piece of software where this happens.
I've seen some other repositories on github that used the issue tracker also as a help forum. I can't help but feel incredibly awkward to post there for help.[/QUOTE]

An issue tracker is the wrong tool for a help forum.
IMO the issue tracker should be strictly used for bug reports only. I don't think it's fitting for anything more than that.

[SocMinarch]

libavformat/libavformat.a(adtsenc.o): In function `adts_write_header':
/home/adam/.ffmpeg/ffmpeg/libavformat/adtsenc.c:103: undefined reference to `ff_id3v2_write_simple'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [ffmpeg_g] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
libavformat/libavformat.a(adtsenc.o): In function `adts_write_header':
/home/adam/.ffmpeg/ffmpeg/libavformat/adtsenc.c:103: undefined reference to `ff_id3v2_write_simple'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [ffplay_g] Error 1

How nice of you to throw errors AFTER you finish compiling.

[FPtje]

I'm sure compiling would have taken longer if it didn't error.

[nikomo]

libav, or how to fuck up a fork completely.
Hey guys, let's fork, then push commits so it looks like the fork doesn't suck, then let's not put any effort into it, not merge back in updates from upstream, then completely break everything, but still somehow manage to convince people to use our fork instead of the upstream, which is now 3 years ahead of us because all we did was circlejerk on the mailing list for 3 years.

(The 3 years is an estimate, I can't actually remember how old the fork is, and I don't give enough of a fuck to look it up)

[SocMinarch]

Don't forget [URL="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.libav.devel/12232"]claiming that they are the upstream[/URL] and claiming that the upstream is deprecated

[Comfy]

How to fuck up a fork in a single step:
* Not applying upstream patches.

[Shotz]

Finally found a use for my pi

Using a cheap portable power bank I now have my very own PPPPRPB
(Portable Pi with Power Pack running Pirate Box)

Pics to follow later

[raccoon2112]

Is it just me or is Xorg horrible and amazing at the same time? It's a nightmare to get set up but right now I'm outputting simultaneously to an onboard ATI GPU and a dedicated Nvidia GPU. I've got the X screens set up so I can move my mouse between them. Hardware accelerated OpenGL only works on the Nvidia screens though. Nvidia's proprietary GLX driver is incompatible with all of the other X11 drivers. XFCE4 works really well, with just a few bugs here and there.

[Lyokanthrope]

[QUOTE=raccoon2112;45498270]Is it just me or is Xorg horrible and amazing at the same time? It's a nightmare to get set up but right now I'm outputting simultaneously to an onboard ATI GPU and a dedicated Nvidia GPU. I've got the X screens set up so I can move my mouse between them. Hardware accelerated OpenGL only works on the Nvidia screens though. Nvidia's proprietary GLX driver is incompatible with all of the other X11 drivers. XFCE4 works really well, with just a few bugs here and there.[/QUOTE]
Xorg is indeed a really awesomely terrible system.
Honestly the ideas behind it are still solid, it's just an ancient codebase that has had so much tacked onto it as X extensions that it's probably becoming a fickle bitch to maintain

[vlad]

is there a way to just "nuke" the Arch install? I've messed around with different desktop environments which has clashed with gnome now, and there are so many obsolete packages lying around from broken builds, etc. I really don't want to go through the hassle of setting up the partitions, installing the bootloader, etc. just want to hit the nuke switch to get rid of x.org, gnome, everything.

[rilez]

I use the Aura package manager, then I can just make a system backup before making major system changes, and restore

Try this: comm -23 <(pacman -Qetq) <(pacman -Qgq base base-devel xorg | sort)

[editline]25th July 2014[/editline]

This should grab your package list and remove everything except base and xorg, can't test because I don't have an Arch install at the moment

If you're having config problems, then you can also reinstall those three

[naelstrof]

[QUOTE=PredGD;45500118]is there a way to just "nuke" the Arch install? I've messed around with different desktop environments which has clashed with gnome now, and there are so many obsolete packages lying around from broken builds, etc. I really don't want to go through the hassle of setting up the partitions, installing the bootloader, etc. just want to hit the nuke switch to get rid of x.org, gnome, everything.[/QUOTE]

[URL]https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=119195[/URL]

pacman -R $(pacman -Qq | grep -ve "$(pacman -Qqg base)" -ve "$(pacman -Qqg base-devel)")

Should do it.

[editline]aasdf[/editline]

Oh yeah you should probably delete the contents of your home folder too.

[ipha]

Well this is a new one

mitch@Zero ~ % ping mirrors.kernel.org
PING mirrors.kernel.org (192.168.32.9) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.32.9: icmp_seq=1 ttl=100 time=0.713 ms

mitch@Zero ~ % nslookup mirrors.kernel.org
Server:         8.8.8.8
Address:        8.8.8.8#53

Non-authoritative answer:
mirrors.kernel.org      canonical name = mirrors.us.kernel.org.
Name:   mirrors.us.kernel.org
Address: 149.20.20.135
Name:   mirrors.us.kernel.org
Address: 149.20.4.71

mitch@Zero ~ % nmblookup mirrors.kernel.org   
192.168.32.9 mirrors.kernel.org<00>

mitch@Zero ~ % nmblookup asdarr.alsdfkjartts.org
192.168.32.9 asdarr.alsdfkjartts.org<00>

Wat

[vlad]

regarding gnome again, how come the themes I use don't apply to the window border?

[IMG]http://i6.minus.com/ibhVl9qKuLd8rj.png[/IMG]

it works fine on those programs which integrates the border into the program itself, but for the terminal, firefox, and anything else which isn't gnome, has this ugly window border that doesn't fit in with the rest of the theme. I believe I recall there being an option for window decoration themes in gnome tweak tool, but I can't find it anymore

[editline]26th July 2014[/editline]

and another question unrelated to gnome. I've been having some issues with the sound after I got my new headphones, the DT770 Pro 80 ohm's. on my last pair, the Sennheiser PC350, it worked fine. on the new ones, volume is waay too low. at 100% volume, it sounds like 20-25%. at 50%, I can -barely- hear anything. I didn't have this issue on my last pair. on Windows, the sound is actually too loud on 100% so I have my system wide volume at 50% while often decreasing individual program's volume down to 50% too.

I've tried both the "fixes" for low sound and low sound workaround on the ALSA page but with no luck. I couldn't find anything on the issue on Pulseaudio's wiki page

the driver is ALSA, and the sound server I use is Pulseaudio

[nikomo]

In your screenshot, the border where the theme is applied is a client-side border, and the terminal window has a server-side border.
Might have something to do with that.

[larikang]

I swear I've seen a command where you can see what files a process is trying to read/write even if the calls fail. For example you could use it to see which config files a process was trying to open and in what order.

Any ideas?

[ipha]

You can do that with strace

strace -e trace=file command

[vlad]

[QUOTE=nikomo;45506365]In your screenshot, the border where the theme is applied is a client-side border, and the terminal window has a server-side border.
Might have something to do with that.[/QUOTE]

apparently there was a dedicated drop down menu for the windows too, which I somehow missed, huh. it's fixed eitherway

[naelstrof]

[QUOTE=PredGD;45505425]regarding gnome again, how come the themes I use don't apply to the window border?

[IMG]http://i6.minus.com/ibhVl9qKuLd8rj.png[/IMG]

it works fine on those programs which integrates the border into the program itself, but for the terminal, firefox, and anything else which isn't gnome, has this ugly window border that doesn't fit in with the rest of the theme. I believe I recall there being an option for window decoration themes in gnome tweak tool, but I can't find it anymore

[editline]26th July 2014[/editline]

and another question unrelated to gnome. I've been having some issues with the sound after I got my new headphones, the DT770 Pro 80 ohm's. on my last pair, the Sennheiser PC350, it worked fine. on the new ones, volume is waay too low. at 100% volume, it sounds like 20-25%. at 50%, I can -barely- hear anything. I didn't have this issue on my last pair. on Windows, the sound is actually too loud on 100% so I have my system wide volume at 50% while often decreasing individual program's volume down to 50% too.

I've tried both the "fixes" for low sound and low sound workaround on the ALSA page but with no luck. I couldn't find anything on the issue on Pulseaudio's wiki page

the driver is ALSA, and the sound server I use is Pulseaudio[/QUOTE]

Generally theming issues is due to using a theme that only supports GTK2 or only supports GTK3 rather than both.
Try the numix theme: [url]https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/numix-themes/[/url]
Which supports both GTK2 and GTK3.

For low volume, install pavucontrol and make sure everything is at 100% as well as the audio bar is 100% here: [img]http://farmpolice.com/content/images/7437970c.png[/img]

[vlad]

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;45506822]Generally theming issues is due to using a theme that only supports GTK2 or only supports GTK3 rather than both.
Try the numix theme: [url]https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/numix-themes/[/url]
Which supports both GTK2 and GTK3.

For low volume, install pavucontrol and make sure everything is at 100% as well as the audio bar is 100% here: [img]http://farmpolice.com/content/images/7437970c.png[/img][/QUOTE]

yeah, I eventually got it solved since I somehow missed one of the theming options :v:

regarding the audio issue, everything is set at 100%.

[IMG]http://i1.minus.com/iiavKE3EIQROP.png[/IMG]

if I push pulseaudio to 150% it gets better, but at the cost of too much distortion which makes listening to music and watching movies/videos really painful for the ears

[nikomo]

[t]http://i.imgur.com/mawe2Zn.jpg[/t]

Rootless Xorg master race.
I don't think any of the display managers support the systemd mechanism for setting up a rootless session, yet, so I just disabled lightdm, and I run startx after logging in on tty1.

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=nikomo;45507808][t]http://i.imgur.com/mawe2Zn.jpg[/t]

Rootless Xorg master race.
I don't think any of the display managers support the systemd mechanism for setting up a rootless session, yet, so I just disabled lightdm, and I run startx after logging in on tty1.[/QUOTE]

Which version of Xorg supports doing it? Or how is it done, rather?

[Lyokanthrope]

What's the advantages of rootless Xorg?

[Comfy]

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;45507999]What's the advantages of rootless Xorg?[/QUOTE]

Security I think. One less process that needs root permissions.