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

[QUOTE=TheCreeper;42032856]Thats true however I would much rather have a configuration file with very few to no comments and a wiki or man page that explains every config option in detail. That would be less daunting.[/QUOTE] Alright, then just delete all comments. In something like vim its easy to just delete all lines that start with a comment and a space, since any sane configuration file uses the convention that an actual comment starts with a comment and a space whereas default values don't have a space after the comment mark. [code] %s/# \n//g [/code] will leave only lines with default values. Although I personally like the idea that documentation is right there in the file, because then you know for certain that the documentation present matches your version of the software. If you have to go elsewhere you may end up having to check version numbers to be sure it matches what you have installed.

[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;42033428]Alright, then just delete all comments. In something like vim its easy to just delete all lines that start with a comment and a space, since any sane configuration file uses the convention that an actual comment starts with a comment and a space whereas default values don't have a space after the comment mark. [code] %s/# \n//g [/code] will leave only lines with default values. Although I personally like the idea that documentation is right there in the file, because then you know for certain that the documentation present matches your version of the software. If you have to go elsewhere you may end up having to check version numbers to be sure it matches what you have installed.[/QUOTE] I have sometimes found that configuration options are more documented in the actual file than in the man page or any online documentation they have. Although I've being aware of the possibility of removing the comments with a similar command I would much rather avoid doing that if I don't have confidence that its being properly documented else where.

[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;42033428]Alright, then just delete all comments. In something like vim its easy to just delete all lines that start with a comment and a space, since any sane configuration file uses the convention that an actual comment starts with a comment and a space whereas default values don't have a space after the comment mark. [code] %s/# \n//g [/code] will leave only lines with default values. Although I personally like the idea that documentation is right there in the file, because then you know for certain that the documentation present matches your version of the software. If you have to go elsewhere you may end up having to check version numbers to be sure it matches what you have installed.[/QUOTE] Don't you mean: [code]:%s/# .*\n//g[/code] [editline]1st September 2013[/editline] [img]http://i.imgur.com/ClO4rWA.png[/img]

[QUOTE=Darkwater124;42035892]Don't you mean: [code]:%s/# .*\n//g[/code] [editline]1st September 2013[/editline] [img]http://i.imgur.com/ClO4rWA.png[/img][/QUOTE] Oops, my bad, I didn't actually test it. Thanks for the correction :v: And I personally don't use a border on any window by default.

[url]http://www.ninesys.com/fun/[/url] :v:

window borders are for chumps.

[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;42036703]window borders are for chumps.[/QUOTE] Even i3? Also, steam is telling me this when I try and launch a game: [img]http://nehkz.me/img/i/66777fa685b739c2b5e277b273eb1cc9.png[/img] Any ideas why? I did install steam through [URL="https://gist.github.com/grindars/4231563/raw/80d36cc7739fb1f101d7e043c5e92101118d98b2/steam_bootstrap.sh"]this script[/URL] if that helps. What happens is when I start a game is loads for about 2 millisecons and crashes without notice. The game doesn't even get a chance.

[QUOTE=nehkz;42037724]Even i3? Also, steam is telling me this when I try and launch a game: [img]http://nehkz.me/img/i/66777fa685b739c2b5e277b273eb1cc9.png[/img] Any ideas why? I did install steam through [URL="https://gist.github.com/grindars/4231563/raw/80d36cc7739fb1f101d7e043c5e92101118d98b2/steam_bootstrap.sh"]this script[/URL] if that helps. What happens is when I start a game is loads for about 2 millisecons and crashes without notice. The game doesn't even get a chance.[/QUOTE] What distro are you using? Also have you tried calling child-services?

I removed my USB webcam which had a microphone and this happened. [img]http://gyazo.com/099c6b2cca04c1bc860b6163502a7cb3.png[/img]

[QUOTE=supervoltage;42040459]I removed my USB webcam which had a microphone and this happened. [img]http://gyazo.com/099c6b2cca04c1bc860b6163502a7cb3.png[/img][/QUOTE] Gotta love Alsa [img]http://i.imgur.com/4ycEs5I.png[/img]

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;42040159]What distro are you using? Also have you tried calling child-services?[/QUOTE] I'm using #!

[QUOTE=nehkz;42037724]Even i3? Also, steam is telling me this when I try and launch a game: [img]http://nehkz.me/img/i/66777fa685b739c2b5e277b273eb1cc9.png[/img] Any ideas why? I did install steam through [URL="https://gist.github.com/grindars/4231563/raw/80d36cc7739fb1f101d7e043c5e92101118d98b2/steam_bootstrap.sh"]this script[/URL] if that helps. What happens is when I start a game is loads for about 2 millisecons and crashes without notice. The game doesn't even get a chance.[/QUOTE] The borders tend only to annoy me, and I never actually used the indicator highlighting in any meaningful way; it all seemed like a bit of a novelty. Anyone else think window decoration is most often redundant? As for steam, I don't have a clue but I would recommend installing all the dependencies listed in the [url=https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/steam]Arch Community PKGBUILD[/url] for it, and you may want to apply the [url=https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk?h=packages/steam]patches[/url] as well.

[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;42041911]The borders tend only to annoy me, and I never actually used the indicator highlighting in any meaningful way; it all seemed like a bit of a novelty. Anyone else think window decoration is most often redundant? As for steam, I don't have a clue but I would recommend installing all the dependencies listed in the [url=https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/steam]Arch Community PKGBUILD[/url] for it, and you may want to apply the [url=https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk?h=packages/steam]patches[/url] as well.[/QUOTE] I would if I knew how to install patches. I think I'll just re-install Xubuntu and be done with it (although, I shouldn't really have to, should I).

[QUOTE=nehkz;42042161]I would if I knew how to install patches. I think I'll just re-install Xubuntu and be done with it (although, I shouldn't really have to, should I).[/QUOTE] The PKGBUILD shows you how the maintainer applies the patches. Arch packaging is done through bash scripts, so you can literally just copy lines out of it verbatim and it will often work.

This mine seem like a really dumb question, but how do you get things to appear as just text in your taskbar?

why won't steam download my linux games? just tried to install hotline miami, but it finishes without even downloading the game. no files are installed but steam says it was installed. when verifying the game cache, nothing wrong is found but there are no game files at all.

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42042708]This mine seem like a really dumb question, but how do you get things to appear as just text in your taskbar?[/QUOTE] that depends on what taskbar and environment you use

[QUOTE=PredGD;42042768]why won't steam download my linux games? just tried to install hotline miami, but it finishes without even downloading the game. no files are installed but steam says it was installed. when verifying the game cache, nothing wrong is found but there are no game files at all.[/QUOTE] try making steam download to a non standard location, like a non hidden folder in your /home

[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;42042782]try making steam download to a non standard location, like a non hidden folder in your /home[/QUOTE] can't, it gives me the error "selected drive already has a Steam library folder" [editline]1st September 2013[/editline] wait nevermind, just deleted the old one. however, now it says I don't have enough space when I clearly have

well that's odd. i don't really use steam for anything but im, but the little amount of games i do play on here work just fine. do chmod 777 <dir> on your games folder

[QUOTE=parallel;42042774]that depends on what taskbar and environment you use[/QUOTE] Tint2?

[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;42042826]well that's odd. i don't really use steam for anything but im, but the little amount of games i do play on here work just fine. do chmod 777 <dir> on your games folder[/QUOTE] well this is weird, did a quick restart of steam and now it did what it did earlier. steam says it has been installed, but no files were installed.

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42042839]Tint2?[/QUOTE] i like to use tint2conf instead of text configuration, it is much more quick install and go here [img]http://i.imgur.com/pxSOPcu.png[/img]

[QUOTE=parallel;42042865]i like to use tint2conf instead of text configuration, it is much more quick install and go here [img]http://i.imgur.com/pxSOPcu.png[/img][/QUOTE] when I try to change things in preferences and hit "apply" nothing happens.

are you applying the changes to the right theme? just make a new one entirely on tint2conf, or copy the one you had before in to 'view config'

[QUOTE=nehkz;42037724]Even i3? Also, steam is telling me this when I try and launch a game: [img]http://nehkz.me/img/i/66777fa685b739c2b5e277b273eb1cc9.png[/img] Any ideas why? I did install steam through [URL="https://gist.github.com/grindars/4231563/raw/80d36cc7739fb1f101d7e043c5e92101118d98b2/steam_bootstrap.sh"]this script[/URL] if that helps. What happens is when I start a game is loads for about 2 millisecons and crashes without notice. The game doesn't even get a chance.[/QUOTE] Scroll up. What does it say just before it starts doing that? I have gotten that message heaps of times for different reasons (graphics card drivers not running properly, shell scripts not marked as executable etc.).

[QUOTE=Little Donny;42043346]Scroll up. What does it say just before it starts doing that? I have gotten that message heaps of times for different reasons (graphics card drivers not running properly, shell scripts not marked as executable etc.).[/QUOTE] It doesn't matter now, I've re-installed. I'll post if it happens again. Thanks though.

[QUOTE=parallel;42042973]are you applying the changes to the right theme? just make a new one entirely on tint2conf, or copy the one you had before in to 'view config'[/QUOTE] For some reason its just not working. When I click "apply" or "okay" It makes no change what so ever. It feels like there's something I'm not doing.

Ah, re-installing them on Xubuntu fixed it. Bloody typical.

[QUOTE=PredGD;42042852]well this is weird, did a quick restart of steam and now it did what it did earlier. steam says it has been installed, but no files were installed.[/QUOTE] opt into the beta.