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

[QUOTE=OttR;41916684]Keep failing to install Ubuntu using Unetbootin. [img]http://i.imgur.com/WVSPVFe.png[/img] Hangs here and at another part, I think it also hangs at the persistence part. I give it 4096MB because appareantly 4GB was the size limit, but it still won't work. Anybody knows what it could be?[/QUOTE] I've always had problems with unetbootin. Have you tried: [URL="http://www.linuxliveusb.com/"]LiLi: Linux LiveUSB[/URL]?

I just booted into Arch successfully on my laptop. It's somehow GRUB's fault, I switched to syslinux and it works. Going to try and see if I can figure out what the problem is, I want GRUB.

[QUOTE=nikomo;41920854]I just booted into Arch successfully on my laptop. It's somehow GRUB's fault, I switched to syslinux and it works. Going to try and see if I can figure out what the problem is, I want GRUB.[/QUOTE] What does GRUB-OS do that the syslinux bootloader can't⸮ [editline]21st August 2013[/editline] Seriously though, it's basically it's own OS; from wikipedia: [quote] Some of the goals of the GRUB 2 project include support for non-x86 platforms, internationalization/localization, non-ASCII characters, dynamic modules, memory management, a scripting mini-language, migrating platform specific (x86) code to platform specific modules, and an object-oriented framework. [/quote] Some worthy goals, perhaps, but I prefer syslinux simplicity.

I'm used to GRUB, already know how to do some of the more special stuff with it, and I like how much documentation is available for it. I'll have to see if I can do what I want with syslinux, should be able to, and I'm not feeling like playing around with GRUB first. Going to try getting some pretty pictures on the screen before fucking with the bootloader.

[QUOTE=danharibo;41917004]I don't know why people stick with GNOME, their apps are pretty bad to use compared to the Qt versions. (that file dialog...)[/QUOTE] Man, my application setup is a mess right now. Its a mess of KDE apps, EFL apps (Terminology for best Terminal Emulator 2013), and GTK apps. Oh, and a few pure X11 applications as well.

[QUOTE=nikomo;41921754]I'm used to GRUB, already know how to do some of the more special stuff with it, and I like how much documentation is available for it. I'll have to see if I can do what I want with syslinux, should be able to, and I'm not feeling like playing around with GRUB first. Going to try getting some pretty pictures on the screen before fucking with the bootloader.[/QUOTE] You should try out the UEFI boot loaders* as well. They're pretty nifty. * Most UEFI boot loaders are actually boot managers, since each EFI system handles its own booting.

Well, after finally getting the damn thing installed on my USB it doesn't seem to be persistent, and it lags to hell whenever I try to use it. Screw it :v:

Someone just pointed this out to me [url]http://steamdb.info/app/43160/#section_depots[/url]

[QUOTE=OttR;41925117]Well, after finally getting the damn thing installed on my USB it doesn't seem to be persistent, and it lags to hell whenever I try to use it. Screw it :v:[/QUOTE] You know what you could do? You could install a Linux distribution on the USB just like you would install it on a HDD.

So I just set up my new dedicated server. It's currently running on Debian 7. I thought about putting some virtual machines on it. then somehow decided that it would be a good idea to use virtualbox headless for creating VM's. It didn't even perform that bad. but Something really bothered me about it. Now I went with KVM for my virtualization needs. My god this is amazing. Now I just have to fix some performance problems.

[QUOTE=OttR;41925117]Well, after finally getting the damn thing installed on my USB it doesn't seem to be persistent, and it lags to hell whenever I try to use it. Screw it :v:[/QUOTE] Arch linux is easy to install on a USB: just pretend it is a hard drive you are installing to. This is a nice side effect of doing all of the installation yourself, plus you can avoid adding any swap space and if you want you can choose a filesystem without a journal to extend the life of the flash memory. Although I'm not sure why you can't just do this with Ubuntu... why can't you just have the USB drive attached and choose it from the Ubuntu installation CD?

Guys, I think I really really like openSUSE but I don't know how to tell my parents. Any advice on coming out?

[QUOTE=Little Donny;41928392]Guys, I think I really really like openSUSE but I don't know how to tell my parents. Any advice on coming out?[/QUOTE] Show them the way of the chameleon.

[QUOTE=Lyoko774;41914660]So the weirdest thing is happening right now None of my GTK apps will accept any icon themes other than the GNOME default icons. I don't know what else to say, but its annoying as shit. It happens in every DE/WM I've tried it under.[/QUOTE] I know a quick and easy fix: Put them in both ~/.icons and /usr/share/icons

Finally got round to setting up a decent Linux based development server. I'm mostly on Windows so I've set-up Ubuntu 13.04 minimal inside a VMware machine. Inside there I configured a basic LAMP server with PHPmyAdmin and then added a Samba share to /var/www, which then I can mount as a network drive on Windows (Used the hosts file to the domain as vm.local) and use to web dev! Works pretty nicely. [IMG]http://puu.sh/4ayfz.jpg/ss%20(2013-08-25%20at%2004.57.17).jpg[/IMG]

Alright, I'm a noob when it comes to linux. I installed lubuntu 13.04 on a older computer that has 2 HDDs so I could dual boot with Windows XP. I tried launching lubuntu from GRUB but it hangs up with a black screen with a flashing dash in the upper left hand corner. From what I understand, this might be a boot loader issue, but I have no idea what to do. Has anyone ever had this problem?

[QUOTE=Uncle Phil;41963289]Alright, I'm a noob when it comes to linux. I installed lubuntu 13.04 on a older computer that has 2 HDDs so I could dual boot with Windows XP. I tried launching lubuntu from GRUB but it hangs up with a black screen with a flashing dash in the upper left hand corner. From what I understand, this might be a boot loader issue, but I have no idea what to do. Has anyone ever had this problem?[/QUOTE] It sounds like it's just loading Linux. Try pressing "e" when in the GRUB selection menu, and remove "quiet" from the startup line. Then press CTRL+X to boot up again, and write the error down.

[QUOTE=mastersrp;41963885]It sounds like it's just loading Linux. Try pressing "e" when in the GRUB selection menu, and remove "quiet" from the startup line. Then press CTRL+X to boot up again, and write the error down.[/QUOTE] A fresh install of lubuntu fixed it. Thanks for the advice anyways!

i just completely fucked up my repositories while trying to downgrade libasound2 well i guess it was time to reinstall anyways. when i tried installing an older version apt decided to remove like half of my system because why not [editline]26th August 2013[/editline] nvm i fixed it apt you cheeky bugger you

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;41939013]I know a quick and easy fix: Put them in both ~/.icons and /usr/share/icons[/QUOTE] Doesn't work. Its funny, certain icons (mostly application icons) change but folders and button icons will not.

am unable to log into my user account through SLiM, can only log in with the root account which is, well, not preferable. what is wrong?

[QUOTE=PredGD;41982187]am unable to log into my user account through SLiM, can only log in with the root account which is, well, not preferable. what is wrong?[/QUOTE] Lots of things could be wrong. What exactly happens?

whenever I try to log in using my own account the screen turns black for a few seconds and resets back to the log in screen.

your x config might be a little bit fucked could be xauth, do this [code]sudo chown <user> /home/<user>/.Xauthority[/code] [editline]27th August 2013[/editline] and try just doing startx from a vt

[QUOTE=Lyoko774;41980681]Doesn't work. Its funny, certain icons (mostly application icons) change but folders and button icons will not.[/QUOTE] I could be that the icon theme does not function with your version. Can you send me a tree of the icon theme folder structure?

[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;41982958]your x config might be a little bit fucked could be xauth, do this [code]sudo chown <user> /home/<user>/.Xauthority[/code] [editline]27th August 2013[/editline] and try just doing startx from a vt[/QUOTE] no such file or directory. could it be that my user wasn't even made? used this command useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/bash username to create my user

[QUOTE=PredGD;41994554]no such file or directory. could it be that my user wasn't even made? used this command useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/bash username to create my user[/QUOTE] no, it just means you don't have an .Xauthority file. It should be automatically generated.

well okay, couldn't find my username in /home/ at all though. I can log in with the login shell though, but can't start my DE.

I currently use #! but I don't like the lockscreen, how do I change it?

[QUOTE=PredGD;41999175]well okay, couldn't find my username in /home/ at all though. I can log in with the login shell though, but can't start my DE.[/QUOTE] Just running useradd isn't enough, you also need to manually create your home directory (/home/<user>). Also don't forget to give it the right owner (you).