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

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;41736613]That's the risk of a rolling distro. And fedora, crunchban, ubuntu is not for "noobs". It's the user not the product that makes the man or somethingsomething you know,.[/QUOTE] You can have a rolling release distro that's stable. And sorry, I thought you were assuming I'm new. :v:

[QUOTE=Lyoko774;41740231]You can have a rolling release distro that's stable. And sorry, I thought you were assuming I'm new. :v:[/QUOTE] Unfortunately it can't be "bleeding edge", as it were. Rolling-release != Up-to-date, it just means you don't have to re-install or do major system updates to stay current with reference to the distro.

[QUOTE=Lyoko774;41733142]Isn't exactly rolling and is about as stable as Windows ME :v: [editline]6th August 2013[/editline] Crunchbang/Debian's packages are ancient and I fucking HATE OpenSUSE's package manager. [editline]6th August 2013[/editline] I know, I'm one picky fuck :v:[/QUOTE] Did you completely ragequit Gentoo? Because if not, I might be able to fish you out of the fuckery of initial setup (once it gets settled, I find that I generally don't have to do a whole lot to maintain a Gentoo install)

[QUOTE=lavacano;41741574]Did you completely ragequit Gentoo? Because if not, I might be able to fish you out of the fuckery of initial setup (once it gets settled, I find that I generally don't have to do a whole lot to maintain a Gentoo install)[/QUOTE] Its still installed. I've installed Enlightenment DR17 so far...Its just so annoying to do anything, I kinda need a person I can ask questions.

[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;41737864]Add this to your startup applications (whichever way you manage that) [code] X -quiet -nolisten tcp -noreset :4 vt8 & DISPLAY=:4 VirtualBox --startvm 'vmname' &[/code] Just make your your current x instance isn't already in vt8, it's normally in 7.[/QUOTE] Thanks! It works, but audio doesn't. Any idea what may be wrong?

[QUOTE=SupahVee;41744702]Thanks! It works, but audio doesn't. Any idea what may be wrong?[/QUOTE] Depends on your audiosetup, but you may need to append "& pulseaudio -D & " after setting the DISPLAY variable

[QUOTE=SupahVee;41744702]Thanks! It works, but audio doesn't. Any idea what may be wrong?[/QUOTE] Try changing the audio server from Pulseaudio to ALSA or OSS in the VM settings. [editline]7th August 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Anderen2;41745065]Depends on your audiosetup, but you may need to append "& pulseaudio -D & " after setting the DISPLAY variable[/QUOTE] And this.

[QUOTE=Nightrazr;41723715]Alright, I'm tired of this shit. How can I transfer the drivers from Backtrack to Mint for my intel 5100 AGN?[/QUOTE] Any help on this please? :suicide:

[QUOTE=Nightrazr;41749727]Any help on this please? :suicide:[/QUOTE] As far as I know, you cannot simply transfer those over. And I guess that the drivers for your card is not the problem, its the kernel. If you want to make it work just like BT, you need in that case to apply BTs kernel in Linux Mint. I would say its much easier just to patch your current kernel to work with Package Injection, and I guess that this is the bug that you are experiencing: [URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1024568"]Bug #1024568: wireless injection doesnt work due to channel bug[/URL] If so I've hit that bug myself once, but could not find a solution, so I cannot help you there :/ Another solution may be to make Backtrack look like Linux Mint, by installing "cinnamon" from the package index. (If that works for you) If not, the only solution I can provide you with is to dualboot those times you want to inject packages EDIT: Actually I fixed that bug, but hit another unrelated to this. If you have the bug I mentioned above (About the listening channel being locked to -1) follow the instructions below: To fix it I used an patched version of aircrack (Im guessing that this is the tool you want to use aswell) [CODE]#Get subversion sudo apt-get install subversion #Get build-essentials and dev packages sudo apt-get install build-essential openssl-dev libssl-dev #Remove the old version of Aircrack sudo apt-get remove aircrack-ng #Make a working folder somewhere mkdir aircrack & cd aircrack #Checkout the patched aircrack svn co http://svn.aircrack-ng.org/trunk/ aircrack-ng cd aircrack-ng #Compile make sudo make install [/CODE]

[QUOTE=Lyoko774;41741766]Its still installed. I've installed Enlightenment DR17 so far...Its just so annoying to do anything, I kinda need a person I can ask questions.[/QUOTE] You've got me, and you've got #gentoo @ Freenode.

[QUOTE=PelPix123;41761769]Now running Enlightenment, and it's fantastic. I don't understand how they got it to vsync without tearing on fglrx even though every other acclerated DE still tears without Tear-Free enabled.[/QUOTE] You using E17 'stable' or E18 git builds? E18 is even better. [editline]8th August 2013[/editline] Except Steam [B]STILL[/B] breaks under Enlightenment. Sigh.

[QUOTE=PelPix123;41768362]Yeah it's broken. It's even MORE broken with FGLRX. With FGLRX, the entire X session crashes when you open STEAM, whereas it's only unusable if you're using radeon.[/QUOTE] The app works fine under both nouveau and nvidia except with E it doesn't like to be resized and resizing the window and/or moving it under certain conditions causes the Steam client to 'forget' where it is. Its the weirdest fucking thing :v:

[url]http://elementaryos.org/[/url] Good timing, I was looking for a Linux distro to install on my new ultrabook. Hopefully the Intel HD 4400 and Wireless-N 7260 work out of the box.

I have some quite old PC downstairs that I haven't touched in months. I don't remember the specs but last I checked it runs XP pretty well but I think I might slap some linux distro on it. Can I expect much of a speed boost switching from XP to say, Xubuntu on the thing?

[QUOTE=Medevilae;41787885]Upgrading to Win8, final reboot of the install AFAIK and it is stuck in a reboot loop [editline]10th August 2013[/editline] it wasn't, it just rebooted about 3 or 4 times doesn't matter that much but I found it funny how after telling Windows NOT to install updates automatically it forces me to install updates[/QUOTE] Might have the wrong thread, bud

[QUOTE=MasterFen006;41788097]Might have the wrong thread, bud[/QUOTE] Perhaps not; he just described one reason to migrate from Windows to Linux: Windows is annoying about updates, and apparently about reboots as well. [editline]10th August 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=MasterFen006;41787308]I have some quite old PC downstairs that I haven't touched in months. I don't remember the specs but last I checked it runs XP pretty well but I think I might slap some linux distro on it. Can I expect much of a speed boost switching from XP to say, Xubuntu on the thing?[/QUOTE] You'll definitely see a boost, especially if you use a slow *cough* Norton *cough* antivirus, which you won't need in Linux. I pick on antivirus because most of them have to monitor everything going on in your system, meaning any amount of processing/memory usage will be increased by a factor if you have antivirus on; Norton is a particularly bad offender, as it has gotten more and more greedy whereas your computer has probably stayed just as slow all its life. I only have experience with Lubuntu, but Xubuntu sounds very similar so I would expect the same results.

[QUOTE=PelPix123;41788940][img]http://www.pelpix.info/shot-2013-08-10_17-52-20.png[/img] In love.[/QUOTE] you can eject the arch installation cd when it's done installing

I feel so fucking stupid for not being able to install arch.

[QUOTE=PelPix123;41788940][img]http://www.pelpix.info/shot-2013-08-10_17-52-20.png[/img] In love.[/QUOTE] You've been using that wallpaper for as long as I've seen you posting

[video=youtube;pWoo4xv-qoA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWoo4xv-qoA[/video] [URL]http://elementaryos.org/[/URL] Looks pretty interesting. Hopefully it can boot on my ultrabook without it needing to be put in legacy mode.

[QUOTE=benjgvps;41790458][video=youtube;pWoo4xv-qoA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWoo4xv-qoA[/video] [URL]http://elementaryos.org/[/URL] Looks pretty interesting. Hopefully it can boot on my ultrabook without it needing to be put in legacy mode.[/QUOTE] That looks a shit load like the Mac workflow... Perfect! Ima look into installing it on my extra drive

[QUOTE=benjgvps;41785389][url]http://elementaryos.org/[/url] Good timing, I was looking for a Linux distro to install on my new ultrabook. Hopefully the Intel HD 4400 and Wireless-N 7260 work out of the box.[/QUOTE] I just installed it in a VM and well It uses a weird custom version of Gnome that is a bit lighter but you'll need to skin it. It uses apt not yum (but it's based on ubuntu so w/e) A lot of icons etc don't match up so it just looks weird at first It's pretty much ubuntu with a different DE.\ Also what utrabook did you get? I've been thinking of buying a new less powerfull thiner laptop because the one I'm using right now is heavy and I don't need all of it's power. (also the battery is dead)

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;41791341] It's pretty much ubuntu with a different DE.\[/QUOTE] That's literally most modern distros. Debian has the most derivatives but way more than half of those are Ubuntu derivatives as well.

[QUOTE=Strikebango;41666644]I do not have 3.8.00-27 generic installed. Which this old driver wants to use. and yes the free drivers come with 13.04, but in cs 1.6 i get around 26 fps, the game skips and is almost unplayable.[/QUOTE] Please can someone help me with is?

[QUOTE=esalaka;41791528]That's literally most modern distros. Debian has the most derivatives but way more than half of those are Ubuntu derivatives as well.[/QUOTE] Yup. The worst part about this is that apt is kind of like a standard these days even though it's inferior to yum.

[QUOTE=Killervalon;41790500]That looks a shit load like the Mac workflow... Perfect! Ima look into installing it on my extra drive[/QUOTE] And no one else notices Ubuntu's more like Macintosh than elementary OS? [editline]Please don't put the pee pee in the Coke.[/editline] eOS has Plank, a modified Nautilus, and a GTK theme and people call it like a Mac. Ubuntu's got the whole kit and kaboodle like the file bar, apt-get front end (Software Center), and the workspace manager from what I heard.

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;41791341]I just installed it in a VM and well It uses a weird custom version of Gnome that is a bit lighter but you'll need to skin it. It uses apt not yum (but it's based on ubuntu so w/e) A lot of icons etc don't match up so it just looks weird at first It's pretty much ubuntu with a different DE.\ Also what utrabook did you get? I've been thinking of buying a new less powerfull thiner laptop because the one I'm using right now is heavy and I don't need all of it's power. (also the battery is dead)[/QUOTE] I got the Sony Vaio Pro 13. Customised with 8GB Ram, 256GB SSD and Windows 8 Pro. I love it so far, it's very light and built well, plus it plays quite a few of my games pretty well. A little flex, though it's due to the carbon fiber not because it's built like crap.

[QUOTE=benjgvps;41792581]I got the Sony Vaio Pro 13. Customised with 8GB Ram, 256GB SSD and Windows 8 Pro. I love it so far, it's very light and built well, plus it plays quite a few of my games pretty well. A little flex, though it's due to the carbon fiber not because it's built like crap.[/QUOTE] 1300 is a pretty hefty price :/ I'll keep on looking then. I just want a "cheap" 500-700 euro ultrabook

Does GMod work for you guys? I've posted about GMod not working some time ago, and it seems like it's still not working.

[QUOTE=supervoltage;41794618]Does GMod work for you guys? I've posted about GMod not working some time ago, and it seems like it's still not working.[/QUOTE] Did you install the 32 bit version of gconf?