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

[QUOTE=IpHa;41149055]Just in time for the next Debian stable release.[/QUOTE] and even then they'll only have E17

Probably going to be deploying a new VPS soon, what's the best distro to choose from (out of Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Arch or Fedora)? Probably just going to be used for web hosting (nginx).

[QUOTE=lavacano;41128983]For instance, it made no mention of having to configure the kernel, and provided no instructions.[/QUOTE] From the Beginners' guide: [quote] [b]Create an initial ramdisk environment[/b] Tip: Most users can skip this step and use the defaults provided in mkinitcpio.conf. The initramfs image (from the /boot folder) has already been generated based on this file when the linux package (the Linux kernel) was installed earlier with pacstrap. Here you need to set the right hooks if the root is on a USB drive, if you use RAID, LVM, or if /usr is on a separate partition. Edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf as needed and re-generate the initramfs image with: [code]# mkinitcpio -p linux[/code] [/quote] And the word "hooks" is a link to the [url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio#HOOKS]guide on configuring mkinitcpio settings[/url]. If that's what you meant, looks like you just missed it. [editline]23rd June 2013[/editline] Because the only other kinds of "kernel configuring" I can imagine are grabbing additional drivers and actually setting flags when [I]building[/I] the kernel.

[QUOTE=Dorkslayz;41152767]Probably going to be deploying a new VPS soon, what's the best distro to choose from (out of Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Arch or Fedora)? Probably just going to be used for web hosting (nginx).[/QUOTE] For web servers I always use Debian.

[QUOTE=Dorkslayz;41152767]Probably going to be deploying a new VPS soon, what's the best distro to choose from (out of Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Arch or Fedora)? Probably just going to be used for web hosting (nginx).[/QUOTE] CentOS or Debian stable. Depending on which package manager you like more. Both are rock stable, bleeding edge packages are mostly irrelevant for a simple Webserver / LAMP

[QUOTE=kaukassus;41153938]Both are rock stable, bleeding edge packages are mostly irrelevant for a simple Webserver / LAMP[/QUOTE] Correction: Bleeding edge packages are an outright stupid choice for a web server. At least you'll [I]know[/I] the vulnerabilities of the software you're running if it's a bit older.

I'm trying to make a temporary access point using a laptop. IP forwarding works properly for a moment after I start hostapd and the devices that connect can access the internet, then it stops. I found out that it's because after I start hostapd, my ethernet port stops responding to the gateway's ARP requests. Wireshark picks up the requests perfectly fine when hostapd is started, so I know they're getting here. I have managed to make this setup work before, but I have no idea why it's doing this right now.

Are you trying to do NAT or a bridged setup?

NAT. I found my issue. I was using the same subnet as my main network, so there were conflicts. Switched the subnet and it works perfectly.

Is there a way I can make some sort of script that opens the terminal, CDs to a specific folder, and executes a specific command in one easy shortcut?

[QUOTE=Digivee;41163144]Is there a way I can make some sort of script that opens the terminal, CDs to a specific folder, and executes a specific command in one easy shortcut?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE] #!/bin/bash cd /home/digivee/myfolder echo "Hello world" > helloworld.txt [/QUOTE] Save that as a bash script, chmod +x it and run it. Tried it myself and works fine.

I can't install Debian 7 from a USB anymore. Thing tries to mount a cd rom even though I don't have one. skdfhjsfhkdjf

[QUOTE=false prophet;41165685]I can't install Debian 7 from a USB anymore. Thing tries to mount a cd rom even though I don't have one. skdfhjsfhkdjf[/QUOTE] I had that issue with installing Crunchbang. Use [URL="https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer"]Win32DiskImager[/URL] rather than Unetbootin/Universal USB Installer. Does the same sort of thing that 'dd' does on Linux.

[QUOTE=benbb;41166341]I had that issue with installing Crunchbang. Use [URL="https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer"]Win32DiskImager[/URL] rather than Unetbootin/Universal USB Installer. Does the same sort of thing that 'dd' does on Linux.[/QUOTE] Thanks man, I'll give it a shot. [edit] tried rating myself dumb and the window scrolled up on me... :suicide: [edit][edit] oh wow you can change ratings

So I just installed infinality on my Ubuntu installation. Holy fuck this is bloody amazing.

[QUOTE=kaukassus;41168746]So I just installed infinality on my Ubuntu installation. Holy fuck this is bloody amazing.[/QUOTE] Infinality is just about the best thing you could do to your font rendering.

I don't really like it, too soft and bold.

[QUOTE=IpHa;41170420]I don't really like it, too soft and bold.[/QUOTE] I think you can configure that too?

[QUOTE=kaukassus;41168746]So I just installed infinality on my Ubuntu installation. Holy fuck this is bloody amazing.[/QUOTE] First thought after installing Infinality: [I]This is no different than what I originally had![/I] Thought after opening a browser: [I]Hey... This is actually pretty nice.[/I] EDIT: Actually, I haven't yet decided how I feel about small, softly-rendered text. It's a bit hard to read.

[QUOTE=smlance;41172646]EDIT: Actually, I haven't yet decided how I feel about small, softly-rendered text. It's a bit hard to read.[/QUOTE] It definitely needs more volume.

Am I the only one who sets a minimum font size in Firefox, and sets it higher than a lot of sites, which then breaks sites which rely on a fixed font size :v:

Even after using it off and on, I'm still not sure whether or not I like GNOME3 or not. I always run into some problem but I enjoy using it when it doesn't break :v:

[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;41172980]Am I the only one who sets a minimum font size in Firefox, and sets it higher than a lot of sites, which then breaks sites which rely on a fixed font size :v:[/QUOTE] I think websites I make depend on a reasonable default font size since a lot of the time the sizes are in em (so that main content is generally 1em).

[QUOTE=esalaka;41181079]I think websites I make depend on a reasonable default font size since a lot of the time the sizes are in em (so that main content is generally 1em).[/QUOTE] I'm not complaining, because when I work with styles I just use px; its just funny watching sites break, like when a link-bar container is a fixed width, so the last element bleeds onto another line and breaks the whole design.

Why is it that every time I install Archlinux, it ends up being slower than some other stable distro ? Like I switched to Xubuntu some 3 weeks ago. Removed most un-needed software and went Openbox. Used Thunar, Chromium, Clementine for the most part. It was good, manageable on this old zv6000. Didn't have any problems with it. Now a week ago I went Arch (again), got it installed, had fun setting up wlan without no other connection. Made me a pretty much similar setup like I had on Xubuntu (meaning openbox, thunar etc etc). However I can notice that my Arch is much more prone to freezing. I have my clementine playing music, thunar open in case I need to import more music from other HDD's and browsing internet on second display. And especially when browsing and opening new pages, tabs, threads it tends to freeze. Don't get me started on those threads with youtube links embedded. Also YT videos have some stuttering and few freezes on 480p too while I didn't have those on Xubuntu. Overall it's slower with running programs, working with them and so on. I think I have all them necessary packages installed. Flash plugins and graphics drivers and whatnot. I do system update every other day maybe. And this is not the first time this happens with Arch too. Usually I just break it with few days, only this time it has gone better, but every time it has been kind of slow and jerky. Yet I'm out of ideas on what to do for I'm not very Linux savvy. -- I think it's getting worse by day actually. Switching back.

Finally got NetworkManager working after struggling with netctl for about two weeks on Arch. NM works perfectly.

Goddamn, I hate ubuntu.

holy shit, I don't [editline]28th June 2013[/editline] (in other words, why do you hate it?)

just have had lots of bad times with it but im not linux wizard im a windows pleb, kinda. ive actally been familiar with linux basically my whole life i just don't have a "full understanding" of it

[QUOTE=Mac2468;41229647]just have had lots of bad times with it but im not linux wizard im a windows pleb[/QUOTE] Anything in particular? I've read a couple of bug reports for Ubuntu where it just breaks with certain updates.