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

Steam doesn't depend on Pulseaudio by itself, as it, like Source, uses SDL.

All you should need is libpulse.

I'm confused as to why ALSA is so lacking that pulseaudio needed to be a thing. Also, and this may not be related, but what does Jack do? I've never gotten into audio beyond a little debugging (related to pulseaudio) but it seems almost superfluous.

[QUOTE=lavacano;40128059]Stop right there, I found the problem seriously Cygwin is flat out terrible why are you using it[/QUOTE] Firstly, What would you recommend? Secondly, I figured it out. The files didn't have a group assigned to them, so assigning them t the User group let me properly set permissions. Edit: I should mention my reasons for using cygwin in the first place, I love bash, and absolutely hate the windows cmd prompt. I'm not using it because i want to emulate linux or something I'm just using it because it's considerably better than cmd. If you can point me to an application that does this better then cygwin, then by all means please do.

What's the problem with PA? Never had a slipup here, across various soundcards and distributions. Always works off the bat, and doesn't cause any performance issues. It's a bit weird in Virtualbox, but that's it.

I'm not sure what the fuss about PA is either. It works completely fine here, never had a single issue at all.

[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;40139389]What's the problem with PA? Never had a slipup here, across various soundcards and distributions. Always works off the bat, and doesn't cause any performance issues. It's a bit weird in Virtualbox, but that's it.[/QUOTE] As I said, quite simply, put 30% load of one core of my i5 cores while I was running native Linux Bastion. It has absolutely no good reason nor any right to do that. [editline]3rd April 2013[/editline] (And the game was actually stuttering due to it) [editline]3rd April 2013[/editline] (playably so, but still, what the fuck? it's a fucking sound system)

I have Windows XP installed on an HDD, and on another HDD, I have Lubuntu installed, How can I access the files on the windows XP drive using Lubuntu? I tried going into My Computer in Lubuntu and clicking on the drive, but it asks me what application I want to use to open the HDD and view the files on it, and I don't know what to do...

[QUOTE=Barbarian887;40147019]I have Windows XP installed on an HDD, and on another HDD, I have Lubuntu installed, How can I access the files on the windows XP drive using Lubuntu? I tried going into My Computer in Lubuntu and clicking on the drive, but it asks me what application I want to use to open the HDD and view the files on it, and I don't know what to do...[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.ext2fsd.com/[/url]

[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;40147219][url]http://www.ext2fsd.com/[/url][/QUOTE] How do I use this? I downloaded it and extracted the files but I see what looks like several different installers and when i click on them it says it can't load the archive or something [editline]3rd April 2013[/editline] wait i think i got in, did i not even have to install est2fsd? I'm so confused :v:

Try the exe version, that should install it for you: [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/files/Ext2fsd/0.51/Ext2Fsd-0.51.exe[/url]

[QUOTE=sabreman;40137219]Edit: I should mention my reasons for using cygwin in the first place, I love bash, and absolutely hate the windows cmd prompt. I'm not using it because i want to emulate linux or something I'm just using it because it's considerably better than cmd. If you can point me to an application that does this better then cygwin, then by all means please do.[/QUOTE] Windows Powershell (it ships with Windows since Win7) to start. Yeah it's a bit cmd-y, but combine it with [url=http://chocolatey.org/]Chocolatey[/url] and GNU's tools (`cinst gnuwin` once Chocolatey's installed), and update the aliases to match, and you get a somewhat decent CLI for Windows that's far more stable than the shit the Cygwin devs have been shitting out lately.

I got a netbook with these specs: 500mhz processor (no fan) 512mb of ddr ram (333mhz) 20gigs of hdd and the model is an ec-800 which linux should i install i already tried xubuntu but thats too slow

Arch with LXDE or XFCE

[QUOTE=WeltEnSTurm;40154684]Arch with LXDE or XFCE[/QUOTE] [code]ERROR: Failed to mount the real root device. Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck.[/code] i get this problem when i select to install arch linux

Try crunchbang, I hate the FP-circlejerk over arch (sry but~)

[QUOTE=Crabby;40154984]Try crunchbang, I hate the FP-circlejerk over arch (sry but~)[/QUOTE] What do you mean you hate the circlejerk around arch You hurt my religious beliefs On a more serious note, I've no problems with it - maybe try to explore it more. Arch is the first distro I really picked up; I've learnt how to use it in less than 3 days :v:

[QUOTE=Flarey;40154927][code]you are on your own. Good luck.[/code][/QUOTE] A pretty apt description of Arch in general.

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;40157794]Are Loonix AMD GPU drivers as bad as they are on Windows? I'm looking for a low profile GPU for my linux box so I can plug both my monitors into it, I could save £10 by getting an AMD card but I really don't want to fuck around with it.[/QUOTE] I am currently using fglrx, once I got on to 13.1 it was a bit less crashy.

[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;40157756]A pretty apt description of Arch in general.[/QUOTE] I disagree - sometimes I even find myself reading the Arch wiki when I'm working in a foreign *nix and can't be bothered to suffer through BNF descriptions of config files. Its wiki is its greatest asset - apart from systemd, [i]of course[/i]

[QUOTE=HubmaN;40158183]I disagree - sometimes I even find myself reading the Arch wiki when I'm working in a foreign *nix and can't be bothered to suffer through BNF descriptions of config files. Its wiki is its greatest asset - apart from systemd, [I]of course[/I][/QUOTE] The arch wiki is very useful. However, the OS itself doesn't do a whole lot of hand holding and still have to have at least a clue as to what's going on.

[QUOTE=Demache;40158839]The arch wiki is very useful. However, the OS itself doesn't do a whole lot of hand holding.[/QUOTE] Which is what the Wiki is for.

[QUOTE=danharibo;40158851]Which is what the Wiki is for.[/QUOTE] I second this. As long as you have minimal problem solving skills, a bit of common sense and logic, you'll have absolutely no problem at all using Arch Linux and the Arch Wiki. Should you have any problems, you can ask anybody here to help you. When I had problems, I didn't expect people to hold my hand and move it for me :v:. But still, I'm speaking for myself - you might be different, as per any normal human being. I'm merely just presenting you guys my point of view - point of view which is interested in computers a lot and is interested about the way they work. I was always fascinated about knowing more and more about computers. Don't take me wrong though, I'm not saying you should be like me or that Arch isn't for you - I'm just stating my point of view. God dammit I always feel scared when I'm presenting my points of view on a forum, and I honestly have no idea why

[QUOTE=supervoltage;40159239]I second this. As long as you have minimal problem solving skills, a bit of common sense and logic, you'll have absolutely no problem at all using Arch Linux and the Arch Wiki. Should you have any problems, you can ask anybody here to help you. When I had problems, I didn't expect people to hold my hand and move it for me :v:. But still, I'm speaking for myself - you might be different, as per any normal human being. I'm merely just presenting you guys my point of view - point of view which is interested in computers a lot and is interested about the way they work. I was always fascinated about knowing more and more about computers. Don't take me wrong though, I'm not saying you should be like me or that Arch isn't for you - I'm just stating my point of view. God dammit I always feel scared when I'm presenting my points of view on a forum, and I honestly have no idea why[/QUOTE] I used to care. Then I realized the worst that can happen is that people will call you unflattering words. Like doodiehead.

[img]http://blog.maxsblog.de/images/linuxnb.png[/img] yay i did it?

[QUOTE=Flarey;40161330][img]http://maxsblog.de/images/linuxnb.png[/img] yay i did it?[/QUOTE] What on earth are you running that on.

[QUOTE=danharibo;40161341]What on earth are you running that on.[/QUOTE] from this [url]http://www.hercules.com/us/ecafe/bdd/p/84/ecafe-trade-ec-800-h20g-s-linux-/[/url]

[QUOTE=Flarey;40161330][img]http://maxsblog.de/images/linuxnb.png[/img] yay i did it?[/QUOTE] Oh god that's actual size.

I couldn't use that... the resolution... *cringe* [editline]4th April 2013[/editline] Might I suggest making your panel smaller?

This resolution is where tiling WMs shine, imo.