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[url]http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTQ5NzQ[/url] Debian switching to upstart or Systemd could be very interesting.

[QUOTE=kaukassus;42673851][url]http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTQ5NzQ[/url] Debian switching to upstart or Systemd could be very interesting.[/QUOTE] So long as it be possible to still use other init systems, I don't see why not.

A word of warning to any of you testing btrfs: Don't run 'btrfs balance ...' if you're using systemd, it will cause some fs corruption in the log. This is patched in Fedora and openSUSE, but not in the mainline kernel.

chkdsk returns no errors, says the drive is okay can't run ntfsfix because windows is still hibernated for whatever reason. [code]1 ragingvlad@RagingArch ~ % sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda2 :( Mounting volume... Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. FAILED Attempting to correct errors... Processing $MFT and $MFTMirr... Reading $MFT... OK Reading $MFTMirr... OK Comparing $MFTMirr to $MFT... OK Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully. Setting required flags on partition... OK Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted 1 ragingvlad@RagingArch ~ % [/code] [editline]28th October 2013[/editline] the error I get when mounting btw [code]ragingvlad@RagingArch ~ % sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/windows Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Failed to mount '/dev/sda2': Operation not permitted The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option. [/code] [editline]28th October 2013[/editline] also, why is the font rendering so jaggy and broken in firefox? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/UYUVgWA.png[/IMG] I've disabled hardware acceleration without any difference

[QUOTE=PredGD;42674637]chkdsk returns no errors, says the drive is okay can't run ntfsfix because windows is still hibernated for whatever reason. [code]1 ragingvlad@RagingArch ~ % sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda2 :( Mounting volume... Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. FAILED Attempting to correct errors... Processing $MFT and $MFTMirr... Reading $MFT... OK Reading $MFTMirr... OK Comparing $MFTMirr to $MFT... OK Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully. Setting required flags on partition... OK Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted 1 ragingvlad@RagingArch ~ % [/code] [editline]28th October 2013[/editline] the error I get when mounting btw [code]ragingvlad@RagingArch ~ % sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/windows Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Failed to mount '/dev/sda2': Operation not permitted The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option. [/code] [editline]28th October 2013[/editline] also, why is the font rendering so jaggy and broken in firefox? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/UYUVgWA.png[iMG] I've disabled hardware acceleration without any difference[/QUOTE] I'm so sorry. I have the same problem with Windows 8. Your windows 8 is still hibernating for somereason. How I got around it is I have more than one windows drive, only the boot drive is disabled on hibernation. (aka I didn't fix it) If you don't have another drive: you're going to have to find out how to keep windows 8 from hibernating on your own-- good luck. Oh I'm not sure what to do with the fonts though, I have some settings where I can turn up text hinting which smooths things out. Maybe that'll help?

not really familiar with how I navigate around in for example settings when not using a DE but instead a WM and a few apps... :v: think I'll switch back to cinnamon for the time being as much as I love running my current set up. not really sure how to modify any settings or change icons (other than on my panel and dock). guess I'll come back to this another day.

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;42674851]I'm so sorry. I have the same problem with Windows 8. Your windows 8 is still hibernating for somereason. How I got around it is I have more than one windows drive, only the boot drive is disabled on hibernation. (aka I didn't fix it) If you don't have another drive: you're going to have to find out how to keep windows 8 from hibernating on your own-- good luck. Oh I'm not sure what to do with the fonts though, I have some settings where I can turn up text hinting which smooths things out. Maybe that'll help?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.maketecheasier.com/disable-hybrid-boot-and-shutdown-in-windows-8/[/url] Really, this solved every problem related to Windows 8 hibernation for me. I always shutdown with shutdown /s /t 0, though.

Ok. Btrfs is cool. I had a spare hard drive laying around so I added it to my root partition in RAID1 without rebooting. My homemade(read: horrible) benchmark gives me ~25% improvements in reads.

[QUOTE=IpHa;42675368]Ok. Btrfs is cool. I had a spare hard drive laying around so I added it to my root partition in RAID1 without rebooting. My homemade(read: horrible) benchmark gives me ~25% improvements in reads.[/QUOTE] I've been reading a few benchmarks done by "that phoronix guy", and brtfs still seems slower than ext4. What other benetifs do you get though, since speed doesn't seem to be one of them? Personally I'm gonna stick with ext4, as it's simple and robust, and if I ever need encryption then it can be done in a simple manner that'll stay support for tens of years.

[QUOTE=mastersrp;42675500]I've been reading a few benchmarks done by "that phoronix guy", and brtfs still seems slower than ext4. What other benetifs do you get though, since speed doesn't seem to be one of them? Personally I'm gonna stick with ext4, as it's simple and robust, and if I ever need encryption then it can be done in a simple manner that'll stay support for tens of years.[/QUOTE] I'm using LVM + btrfs, and basically it gives you free file system snapshots that you can revert to anytime, real-time partition resizing that can even resize while mounted, and per-file RAID. For example if you wanted steam files to be fast and you have two drives, you could just make ~/.steam a RAID0 and it will automatically stripe it across all your drives; making it x times faster to read. It's really neat. You can watch this video on it if you'd like. I didn't explain it very well anyway: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxWuaozpe2I[/url]

[QUOTE=PredGD;42674637]chkdsk returns no errors, says the drive is okay can't run ntfsfix because windows is still hibernated for whatever reason. [code]1 ragingvlad@RagingArch ~ % sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda2 :( Mounting volume... Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. FAILED Attempting to correct errors... Processing $MFT and $MFTMirr... Reading $MFT... OK Reading $MFTMirr... OK Comparing $MFTMirr to $MFT... OK Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully. Setting required flags on partition... OK Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted 1 ragingvlad@RagingArch ~ % [/code] [editline]28th October 2013[/editline] the error I get when mounting btw [code]ragingvlad@RagingArch ~ % sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/windows Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Failed to mount '/dev/sda2': Operation not permitted The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option. [/code] [/QUOTE] Assuming you are using Windows 8 Have you tried to hold down the right shift key, while pressing the power off button under the charms-bar? If so, the only idea I have is to [URL="http://www.hecticgeek.com/2012/12/disable-hibernation-windows-8/"]disable hibernation completly[/URL] (If you do not need it)

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;42675728]I'm using LVM + btrfs, and basically it gives you free file system snapshots that you can revert to anytime, real-time partition resizing that can even resize while mounted, and per-file RAID. For example if you wanted steam files to be fast and you have two drives, you could just make ~/.steam a RAID0 and it will automatically stripe it across all your drives; making it x times faster to read. It's really neat. You can watch this video on it if you'd like. I didn't explain it very well anyway: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxWuaozpe2I[/url][/QUOTE] Striping it across drives would mean the entire file tree of ~/.steam would be cloned on x drives though, right?

[QUOTE=mastersrp;42676166]Striping it across drives would mean the entire file tree of ~/.steam would be cloned on x drives though, right?[/QUOTE] That's RAID1 if I'm not mistaken. 0 splits it between the two.

I'm not familiar at all with RAID, I just know btrfs lets you have per-file RAID. The guy in the video gives an active demonstration of enabling raid on a single file. He just enables raiding on the file and shows how it automatically copies to all the different btrfs partitions. While corrupting different parts of it and showing how it corrects itself. It's pretty neat.

Okay, what the fuck is going on? I installed Manjaro to a partition on my HDD, put grub on it too and it still won't boot into grub on start-up. Any ideas?

[QUOTE=nehkz;42683708]Okay, what the fuck is going on? I installed Manjaro to a partition on my HDD, put grub on it too and it still won't boot into grub on start-up. Any ideas?[/QUOTE] Did you put grub on the start of your HDD? as in /dev/sda and not /dev/sda1?

[QUOTE=mastersrp;42684809]Did you put grub on the start of your HDD? as in /dev/sda and not /dev/sda1?[/QUOTE] Yes, I did. I made sure I did. (I'm typing this from the LiveCD)

Try to manually boot to the drive using your BIOS boot menu?

Anyone know how to properly set up a system tray in Openbox? [editline]29th October 2013[/editline] Nevermind, didn't bother to check the openbox wiki.

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;42686625]Try to manually boot to the drive using your BIOS boot menu?[/QUOTE] Tried it, it doesn't work. It really makes no sense at all. It's like Gigabyte doesn't want me to use Linux.

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I hate gnome-terminal in that it immediately shows what you typed, even before it has loaded. e.g. [code] TYPINGHEREfalco@falcolaptop: RESTHERE [/code] or even worse: [code] git push PASSWORDHEREpassword: [/code] It's so bad that if you type your password before the "password:" text comes up, it'll show in plaintext in console. That's fucking retarded, gnome-terminal is shit. Best alternatives?

Can someone help me with a wine problem? Trying to run War Thunder through wine although I think im missing some library's but I don't know which ones to add or how to add them. Google is not being much help either. [CODE][10/29/13 20:59:59] - Running wine-1.6-rc3 launcher.exe (Working directory : /home/dc0/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/WarThunder/drive_c/Program Files/WarThunder) fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot fixme:toolhelp:Heap32ListFirst : stub err:ole:RegisterDragDrop COM not initialized fixme:wininet:IsDomainLegalCookieDomainW (L"warthunder.ru", L"warthunder.ru") semi-stub fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33ee38,0x00000000), stub! fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33ee38,0x00000000), stub! fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33e018,0x00000000), stub! fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000100 err:ole:RevokeDragDrop invalid hwnd (nil) err:module:load_builtin_dll failed to load .so lib for builtin L"WLDAP32.dll": libldap_r-2.4.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory err:module:import_dll Loading library WLDAP32.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\WarThunder\\libcurl-ttv.dll") failed (error c000007a). err:module:import_dll Library libcurl-ttv.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\WarThunder\\twitchsdk_32_release.dll") not found err:module:import_dll Library twitchsdk_32_release.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\WarThunder\\aces.exe") not found err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\WarThunder\\aces.exe" failed, status c0000135[/CODE]

[QUOTE=FPtje;42689937]I hate gnome-terminal in that it immediately shows what you typed, even before it has loaded. e.g. [code] TYPINGHEREfalco@falcolaptop: RESTHERE [/code] or even worse: [code] git push PASSWORDHEREpassword: [/code] It's so bad that if you type your password before the "password:" text comes up, it'll show in plaintext in console. That's fucking retarded, gnome-terminal is shit. Best alternatives?[/QUOTE] terminator hands down

[QUOTE=FPtje;42689937]I hate gnome-terminal in that it immediately shows what you typed, even before it has loaded. e.g. [code] TYPINGHEREfalco@falcolaptop: RESTHERE [/code] or even worse: [code] git push PASSWORDHEREpassword: [/code] It's so bad that if you type your password before the "password:" text comes up, it'll show in plaintext in console. That's fucking retarded, gnome-terminal is shit. Best alternatives?[/QUOTE] To solve the password issue, use a ssh agent to load a key in.

I just learned about dircolors. Huh. Wish I knew about that years ago.

[QUOTE=FPtje;42689937]I hate gnome-terminal in that it immediately shows what you typed, even before it has loaded. e.g. [code] TYPINGHEREfalco@falcolaptop: RESTHERE [/code] or even worse: [code] git push PASSWORDHEREpassword: [/code] It's so bad that if you type your password before the "password:" text comes up, it'll show in plaintext in console. That's fucking retarded, gnome-terminal is shit. Best alternatives?[/QUOTE] Ctrl+Alt+F2 and tmux [editline]30th October 2013[/editline] reel hacers don use gui terminalz one one eleven

[QUOTE=Venom Mk III;42695375]Ctrl+Alt+F2 and tmux [editline]30th October 2013[/editline] reel hacers don use gui terminalz one one eleven[/QUOTE] I have a tiling window manager for a reason, but thanks for the tip! I didn't know terminal multiplexing exists. I usually only touch the other ttys when my window manager or login manager fails to start. [editline]30th October 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=PredGD;42689961]terminator hands down[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/GAxQUd8.png[/img] [editline]30th October 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=benjojo;42690565]To solve the password issue, use a ssh agent to load a key in.[/QUOTE] Thanks [code] alias pw='ssh-add /home/falco/.ssh/id_rsa' [/code] This is an easy solution. It also helps me from having to enter the password every time I do something with git. Luckily ssh-add doesn't have that delay problem.

[QUOTE=FPtje;42696313]I have a tiling window manager for a reason, but thanks for the tip! I didn't know terminal multiplexing exists. I usually only touch the other ttys when my window manager or login manager fails to start. [editline]30th October 2013[/editline] [img]http://i.imgur.com/GAxQUd8.png[/img] [editline]30th October 2013[/editline] Thanks [code] alias pw='ssh-add /home/falco/.ssh/id_rsa' [/code] This is an easy solution. It also helps me from having to enter the password every time I do something with git. Luckily ssh-add doesn't have that delay problem.[/QUOTE] I use window managers too but I find tmux to be a much more powerful way to manage my various terminal activities.

[QUOTE=TheCreeper;42689946]Can someone help me with a wine problem? Trying to run War Thunder through wine although I think im missing some library's but I don't know which ones to add or how to add them. Google is not being much help either. [CODE][10/29/13 20:59:59] - Running wine-1.6-rc3 launcher.exe (Working directory : /home/dc0/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/WarThunder/drive_c/Program Files/WarThunder) fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot fixme:toolhelp:Heap32ListFirst : stub err:ole:RegisterDragDrop COM not initialized fixme:wininet:IsDomainLegalCookieDomainW (L"warthunder.ru", L"warthunder.ru") semi-stub fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33ee38,0x00000000), stub! fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33ee38,0x00000000), stub! fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33e018,0x00000000), stub! fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000100 err:ole:RevokeDragDrop invalid hwnd (nil) err:module:load_builtin_dll failed to load .so lib for builtin L"WLDAP32.dll": libldap_r-2.4.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory err:module:import_dll Loading library WLDAP32.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\WarThunder\\libcurl-ttv.dll") failed (error c000007a). err:module:import_dll Library libcurl-ttv.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\WarThunder\\twitchsdk_32_release.dll") not found err:module:import_dll Library twitchsdk_32_release.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\WarThunder\\aces.exe") not found err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\WarThunder\\aces.exe" failed, status c0000135[/CODE][/QUOTE] "fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot" Oh, I think you've got the library you need right there - certainly it's not *denying* responsibility for it.