Arch Linux is a simple, lightweight Linux distribution aimed at keeping things simple.
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WiFi not working - wlan0 FAILED
My Arch (3.6.5-1) is exhibiting a rather peculiar problem: when wifi is set up, all logs indicate that the setup was successful and that the interface is up and functional. However, when attempting to ...
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Is there an easy way to switch playback soundcards?
I recently purchased the roccat kulo headset which comes with a nice USB soundcard, completely functional under linux :). Howsoever I now struggle to easily siwtch between my laptops integrated ...
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What's stealing my F11 key?
I've just installed Arch Linux with LXDE and Openbox on my Asus Eee PC 1000. I can't get my F11 key to work in any application. It doesn't appear to do anything when I press it.
I installed xev, ...
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systemd stuck on mounting an encrypted volume
systemd seems to stuck on mounting an encrypted volume, when I set the init to /usr/sbin/systemd in grub.cfg,
I have one line in /etc/crypttab
secure /dev/sda8 /etc/cb.key
That works with original ...
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Recover MDADM Raid 5 in LVM with badblocks
I'm pretty sure I'm dealing with at stuffed RAID 5 array. Two of the drives were listed as failed in /proc/mdstat and mdadmdetails:
0 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1
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Can't use Control key while setting shortcut keys for compiz
I might got a problem along with my Xorg config, all control keys are now shown as <Primary>, what is that?
I just mapped Capslock to Left Control, and I can't set the shortcut key to Control + ...
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Is there an excellent tutorial on how to resize a rootfs partition (and shrink another) on a drive that is 100% allocated?
I'm experiencing the all-too-common "root partition full" situation. 100% of my hard drive is allocated. My home (ext4) partition has plenty of space to give up for my full root partition (rootfs).
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How to move rc.conf HARDWARE section to /etc/modules-load.d/?
I've just begun moving my Arch system to systemd, and started by moving the deprecated parts of rc.conf to their respective configuration files.
The rc.conf wiki article lists files for most options, ...
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Linux on Hard Drive Partition, Bootloader on USB Flash Drive
How can I use a USB flash drive to boot Linux from a partition on (another) hard drive?
I'm trying to install Linux on an encrypted partition on the hard drive (using LVM on LUKS).
Since /boot must ...
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Gnome 3.6.1 doesn't work with startx anymore, only with gdm
I normally prefer my system to boot in text mode and manually start Gnome with startx but if I do that with Gnome 3.6.1, I get many errors and a basically unusable operating system. After installing ...
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Can't mount drivers in Thunar anymore
Today I got a Not authorized to perform operation. when I mount a drive in Thunar,
# cat /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/10-udiskie.pkla
[Local Users]
Identity=unix-group:storage
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Can't setup netcfg service in arch linux
I already add this service to startup with systemctl enable netcfg,
here's contents of /etc/conf.d/network,
NETWORKS=(eth0 eth1)
WIRED_INTERFACE="eth0"
WIRELESS_INTERFACE="wlan0"
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Arch Linux and xfce4 working strange after system upgrade
I'm having a hard time trying to figure this out. I've been running Arch Linux and Xfce4 smoothly for several months but suddenly after a full system upgrade in which the system asked me to replace ...
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List optional dependencies with pacman on arch linux
I'm using arch linux.
Is there a way to list optional dependencies of all installed packages? And if yes, can I filter this list to see only the missing (not installed) packages?
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I don't have a “Desktop” bookmark in nautilus, but in Thunar?
I have xdg users configured manually, in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs I have:
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Various"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"
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Issue with laptop screen when opening lid
I use Archlinux, with acpid to configure the laptop lid behavior rather than systemd.
Currently, I have it set so vbetool sets dpms off when the lid is closed, and reopening the lid sets it back on. ...
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How to disable auto suspend when I close laptop lid?
I'm using archlinux. It never auto-suspend before a recent system upgrade(maybe I updated the kernel?).
I think it is related to laptop-mode or acpid, so I stop them:
/etc/rc.d/laptop-mode stop
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Multiple Screens cause flickering (only when laptop is charging)
I'm using i3 window manager (shouldn't be relevant) on 3.6.2-1-ARCH with XServer (ver 1.13.0), xrandr (ver 1.3.5) and RandR (ver 1.3). Graphics card is Intel HD 4000.
I have set up my screen using
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How to enable on screen keyboard with lxdm?
I use a touch screen PC (archlinux + lxde).
I want to login with lxdm and enter password with florence. I tried to add /usr/bin/florence in /etc/lxdm/LoginReady but it didn't work.
Any suggestions?
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No Audio Output with X11
I have a queer issue with my Arch-Linux System.
I am unable to get any Sound Output when playing audio, AFTER starting X Server.
The issue is not with Volume Controls or Sound Card Drivers because, ...
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Pacman option to assume “yes” to every question?
When installing software in debian systems we can put something like this:
sudo apt-get install -y chromium-browser
that way the installation occurs automatically, whitout asking to confirm ...
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Arch Linux Using the Wrong MTA
I try to do this:
$ mail -s "Hello world" foo@example.com
This is a test from my server
EOT
…and get this:
/usr/sbin/ssmtp: No such file or directory
$ "/home/user//dead.letter" 9/248
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Typing in Chromium's/Chrome's Omnibox crashes browser
Very often, when I type something in Omnibox (address-bar), Chromium/Chrome crashes. W/ crash I mean that it freezes and refuses to any signals (mouse, keyboard etc.).
This is what got printed out to ...
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How can I find and install pacman-color or cope?
I'm using Arch-Linux and I'm trying to install something that colors the text in the terminal (xterm), but not necessarily just for xterm. It would be nice to find something for text without ...
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Can't find automoc4 on Arch Linux
I was trying to build dekorator, but
CMake Error at /usr/share/apps/cmake/modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:198 (MESSAGE):
Did not find automoc4 (Automoc4Config.cmake, install
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Automatically include N latest kernel versions in GRUB / GRUB2 menu on kernel upgrade
What I like about Ubuntu is that the GRUB menu always allows me to pick the latest (default) or second-latest (etc.) kernel version at boot time.
In Arch Linux, I can't do that by default. The only ...
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Inconsistent behaviour of “wmctrl -i -a <WIN>”
I'm trying to use dmenu and wmctrl to write a script that would present to me a list of all currently open windows and then switch to the one I select. It looks something like this:
Now, I'm using ...
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Samba 3 on Arch Linux, streams_xattr behaviour
I'm running Samba 3.6.8-1 on my x64 Arch Linux installation. I recently decided to have my samba share support NTFS's Alternate Data Streams by using streams_xattr or streams_depot. With streams_xattr ...
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hda-codec and hda-intel issues
I use Arch Linux 3.5.6-1-ARCH and since ever I get a lot of those error messages in dmesg on my HP Pavilion dv6 (pure systemd):
[ 72.137821] hda-intel: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x370100
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How to force ALSA output as single-channel?
My speakers are broken and play at different loudness from time to time. This means that the off-center parts of music sound wrong. How can I force all sound to be centered, so that the two speakers ...
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How to Connect to Wireless Automatically? (Non-graphical)
I'm trying to set up my Arch Linux so that, through non-graphical means, I can connect to a wireless network through profiles on my system.
I have tried net-auto-wireless, and it does everything I ...
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Arch Linux - Is it possible to instruct pacman to install certain packages into a specific directory?
I want to install a set of software organized into directories at the root level.
Is there any method in which I can use pacman to install certain packages into a directory of my choosing?
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Help w/ Minimal Notifications? (Pipes?)
I am trying to instate a more minimally-graphic notification scenario in Arch Linux. Specifically, I've taken interest with programs such as dzen2 or conky that allow for more text-based status bars.
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Format disk through rootfs terminal
I've got into a strange situation (because of my own stupidity of course:-)). I kept failing to install Chakra Linux from Live USB, so I was thinking that the reason could be that I created the Live ...
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“Removing leftover files … Unknown user 'uuidd'. [FAIL]” on a fresh Arch Linux installation
I just fresh installed Arch Linux reecently and when booting i can spot a warning:
Removing leftover files [BUSY] [/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/uuidd.conf:1] Unknown user 'uuidd'. [FAIL]
What could this ...
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Configuration for either detecting already running xsession or only auto-logging in once
My goal is an Arch based HTPC which on one tty runs XBMC and on another runs a minimalistic desktop (mainly for web browsing).
I haven't yet started on the XBMC slice of the pie, but at the moment it ...
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TrueCrypt is destoying mdadm volume
I'm setting up a new file server using the same storage configuration as my existing server, but the procedure is failing and i cannot figure out why. my goal is to create a TrueCrypt volume on top ...
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Installing Linux distro on PogoplugPro
I have a PogoplugPro and I want to install a Linux distro on it. However, none of the tutorials I have found cover the model I have:
Model: POGOPLUG PRO
BusyBox v1.16.1 (2010-11-30 12:06:37 PST) ...
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Canon Pixma MG4150 not working on Arch Linux
I’m trying to install a Canon Pixma MG4150 multifunction printer on Arch Linux 3.5.4-1-ARCH x86_64. The device is not working out of the box, I didn’t find anything about this printer on Google for a ...
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Cannot get Realtek r8168 ethernet card up
I've working on Arch Linux and in 99% of time I connect to internet by WLAN but sometimes I need to use ethernet connection, so today I see something strange. My eth0 device is down, and I can't get ...
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Arch Linux and optional dependencies
I installed XChat on an Arch Linux system. Every time I run it, I get the following error message:
Python interface loaded
Perl interface loaded
AutoLoad failed for: /usr/lib/xchat/plugins/tcl.so
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Is it possible to automatically wake from suspend?
Here's my problem:
I have a laptop running Arch that I just keep on at home. It's got a good 4 hour battery life, but sometimes my daughter is playing near where it's kept and ends out pulling the ...
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Steam with Wine having bug with popups
I'm on Arch Linux 64 bits running Steam on a 32 bits Wine and whenever Steam opens a popup, it starts gliding towards the lower right corner, only stopping when I hover it with my mouse and ...
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I ran rm -rf. Need to recover files [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to recover a file just deleted
How to undelete/restore the deleted files in ubuntu linux
I ran $rm -rf on a machine by mistake.
But it wasn't as a super-user, so ...
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Check for updates of packages installed through yaourt
Is there anyway to update package installed with yaourt ? yaourt -Syu seems to do the same as pacman -Syu, which only care about package in official repository.
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Redirecting without color [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Removing control chars (including console codes / colours) from script output
How do I disable all color codes when redirecting to file?
I previously asked how to ...
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Redirecting output to file
I am looking forward to run commands and log their output in a temporary log file to be read later on by different processes.
So, for example: rc.d start ntpd > progress.txt
Returns:
::Daemon ...
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Cannot add new mode in xrandr for external monitor
Today I was trying to connect my second monitor to my notebook. I have:
nvidia graphic card
304.43 drivers [support xrandr 1.2]
archlinux [up-to-date]
awesome wm
xrandr 1.3
My problem is with ...
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Is there an Arch based live persistant distribution?
I'm currently installing Archlinux on my new computer but Windows seems to be installed using UEFI and I'm quite in a rush right now and I don't have time to install Archlinux using EFISTUB or ...
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What does `avahi-dnsconfd` daemon?
I've installed KDE desktop, that depends on avahi. It has two daemons avahi-daemon and avahi-dnsconfd.
In ArchLinux wiki there is no info about avahi-dnsconfd. I've tried Daemon and Avahi pages.
