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>>54784146
Should I bother myself with Linux if I am not pedo, terrorist or have tons of illegal data on my computer?
>>54784177
yes
>>54784177
Yes.
>>54784177
not sure, i don't know anyone like that
how do I fix this it looks bad and it disturbs me :^(
>>54784392
Try a different GTK theme
>>54784430
I only have like 2, Adwaita and High Contrast, they both do the same thing.
>>54784177
maybe
>>54784461
install more themes
>>54784461
Install arc-dark
>>54784461
>>54784392
Whats wrong?
>>54784177
I like it for programming, but that's about it. I would get a distro you don't need to fuck with much, i.e. not arch or gentoo.
>>54784480
it looks better now but I wanted to use Adwaita :^(
Help: I'm installing Debian for the first time on my X220 and I'm configuring the wireless network, it works, able to detect access points around it, but I'm not able to connect to anything.
It give me this error:The exchange of keys association with the access point failed. Please check the WPA/WPA2 parameters you provided
I'm typing in my password correctly, what could be going wrong?
>>54784527
Adawaita is not a flat theme.
But you can try to modify it.
I'm new to linux and have noticed that ubuntu has gotten slower for some reason since updates. Applications have more lag to them. What distro is the most lightweight / fast? I don't need to do much, just something I can learn linux with and do some browisng.
>>54784392
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=155857
> To install themes, extract archive and copy folder Boje to /usr/share/themes.
>>54784531
try using nmtui
>>54784551
there are really not many boundaries to how lightweight it can be, as long as you use a lightweight de like mate, xfce or lxde or a wm you will be fine. debian and buntus minimal installations are both damn small.
>>54784527
Update Adwaita
>>54784600
I'm install at the installation step, on debain. Is there anything I can try there that I can do?
Is this fatfuck fucking glued to his laptop or what?
>>54784783
He's just good at posing
Why do I have no sound at all in XFCE? No applications receive input from my microphone and nothing produces sound. I've been fucking around in the audio mixer and I've gotten nothing. What's going on?
>>54784461
Install Numix theme.
>>54784551
The most lightweight distro is Arch Linux but it's really complicated to set up. You should try something like Antergos or Manjaro which are both based on Arch but are really easy to set up.
>>54784912
>The most lightweight distro is Arch Linux
Please, that is not true in the slightest.
>>54784146
Why should I use Linux over Windows on my laptop from the point of view of a CS student?
>>54784950
If you don't see a reason to then you shouldn't.
>>54784862
What audio software have you got installed?
>>54784688
oh, try it via ethernet and figure it out after the install.
Which wifi chip are you using?
How to remove the copy paste of the middle button in Linux?
This fucker made me paste some embarrassing stuff by mistake on irc more than once.
>>54784948
What would you say is the most lightweight distro?
>>54784950
I really really wish people would stop asking this question.
>Why should I try GNU/Linux?
Nobody fucking knows why you should try it, it's a personal thing. And though this is a friendly thread that doesn't mean that half of it should be the same unanswerable question.
Are you unsatisfied with some aspect of using Windows? If yes try linux. Don't ask others to convince you or think it through for you
>>54784950
>CS
Well you do enjoy learning about computers, OS and programming don't you? you can learn basically everything about GNU/Linux becausE it is FOSS and has a lot of documentation, this is true for all FOS OS. you might also want to try minix3 and openbsd and plan9, but for regular usage GNU/Linux is just more comfortable.
>>54785011
tiny core
lfs
gentoo
>>54785011
Not the anon you replied to but imo the most lightweight distro is one which starts from the bare essentials and which you build up yourself, tailored to your needs.
>>54785011
Probably LFS if you aim for that. gentoo Will be close if you compile on another machine. but even debians and ubuntus minimal installation is more minimal than arch. Their packages also work in a way that makes them more minimal.
>>54784971
I was just dicking around with the audio mixer included by default. Teamspeak doesn't pick up anything from the mic and youtube/dvds/.avis aren't putting anything out. On Arch, if that's of any note.
I'd be using Xubuntu or Mint if installing teamspeak on the former wasn't a trainwreck with the .run and the latter wasn't a pile of security problems.
>>54785090
>on arch
Use their wiki on alsamixer and pavucontrol depensing on what you have. Not gonna rewrite instructions for people that think they need to use arch.
>>54784862
Are you trying to get sound via HDMI? If so try plugging speakers directly into your motherboard and see if that helps at all. Arch by default doesn't seem to like HDMI sound very much.
>>54784527
Maybe not exactly what you want, but YFYI: GIMP supports themes itself, check deviantart for some pretty pleasing ones.
>>54785010
GNU/Linux =! Windows
Start loving it, since it's an improvement.
Select text without the need to "copy" it.
Paste text without the need to right click.
>>54784527
Really try to update gtk3
>>54785628
Can you startx as root?
>>54785628
>>install Intel video driver
shouldn't that be installed already?
>>54785628
>openbox on centos
you fell for a meme hard
>>54785660
Yes I did and it magically started working after my shit post. Don't ask me how, I didn't do anything different.
xfce or kde?
>>54785982
Whichever you prefer the look of. If it's a toss up I'd go XFCE
>>54785982
Depends on your hardware. Are you a poorfag? A NEET with a cuckpad? Go with Xfeces
Is the performance difference between using LXDE vs OpenBox noticeable?
>>54786264
Also, when's the threshold where you'd consider xfce a valid option for your computer as well, instead of just slapping LXDE or OpenBox onto it ?
I solved the previous minidlna problem by resizing all images to 50% of original size, from 1.21 MiB to 140 KiB.
Now there's no hang at all because of OOM.
The next problem is playlist.
For some reason, minidlna never shows any playlist that I store on openwrt, either in m3u or m3u8 format.
Playlist is important because I need to play the music in certain order : OST, OP1, ED1, OP2, ED2.
>>54786264
Lxde and xfeces are magnitudes more buggy
>>54786284
What are your machine's specs? Anything core 2 or later with a couple GB of RAM ought to be okay with XFCE I think
Why even leave the terminal in $CURRENT_YEAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPziLRGvkg
>>54786375
Further to this I just looked up the official requirements:
>Xubuntu is a community‑developed, Ubuntu‑based Linux operating system. Its minimum requirements are:
>CPU: 500Mhz+
>RAM: 256MiB+ for Desktop/LiveCD - 512MiB recommended
>Hard drive space: 5GB
>Graphics card and monitor capable of 800×600 resolution
But thats the minimum so in reality it'll run like dogshit. I had xubuntu or something on an atom based netbook but it runs much more nicely with i3
Using ufw to setup a firewall.The outbound policy is allow,the inbound policy is deny.The outbound connections are not working,http https dns. What could cause this?
>>54786719
>What could cause this?
Not setting it up correctly?
Something else blocking them?
>>54786746
There are only two polices.
Deny incoming, and allow outgoing.
Even setting allow incoming, and allow outgoing, it still does not work. I checked iptables -L and there are only two profiles, configured as above.
>>54786783
That doesn't mean you have it set up correctly and it doesn't mean something else isn't blocking them. More info needed.
>>54786803
I don't know what other information you want. There is nothing else installed that would be a firewall,or deny connections. Issues only arise when the firewall is enabled.
iptables -L:Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
>>54784146
Why does RMS bother to leave his house if he's just going to be on his laptop answering emails from autistic /g/ users? Seriously he's worse than the teenage girls at sporting events where they spend the whole game texting and posting selfies to instagram.
>>54784461
My Adwaita doesn't do that. You're using a broken theme, most likely a broken Adwaita. Adwaita is supposed to be white (the GTK2 version).
>>54784595
>Updated 15.12.2012
Enjoy your abandoned and broken GTK3 theme.
>>54785562
How did you enable GTK3 for GIMP? Is it a compile time option?
>>54786881
He has to go to community colleges to get raman money
Tried to install steam but got this. How can I install steam?
I bought an SSD for my x61s. I wanted to migrate my old system to the new disc, but it's XP and it can't do trim, so I won't use that one. I don't want to pay money for Windows, since it's just a school computer for writing, internet and movies. I never used linux before.
Which distro would you recommend me for it?
>>54784177
>Should I bother myself with Linux if I am not pedo, terrorist or have tons of illegal data on my computer?
>>54786963
according to this http://askubuntu.com/questions/617358/problem-starting-steam-on-ubuntu-15-04-64-bit
and this https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3820
deleting or renaminglibstdc++.so.6in$HOME/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnuand$HOME/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
should fix your problem
>>54787013
if that does not work try deletinglibgcc_s.so.1 and libxcb.so.1in the same folders
>>54786983
dumb tripfag cancer
>>54786963
>>54787013
dumb valve suckers
>>54787356
>>54786983
>>54787356
kek, didn't even read till now
gg
>>54787356
>friendly
>>54787464
>steam
Anyone else running older hardware, from 2008 or earlier? How would you rate your browsing experience?
I want to kill myself whenever I have to look up something on YouTube.
>>54785011
MINIX
>>54786970
Mint should do all that
What's the recommended size of a partition for the OS if I want to dual boot windows and arch/apricity?
Fucked my first installation trying to install catalyst drivers, needed my computer for business so I just nuked the partition from orbit.
My drive is only willing to give up 12Gb, this enough?
>>54786970
On that hardware I'd go for Lubuntu/Xubuntu
>>54784146
I bet the Macarthur Foundation regrets giving him a grant
>>54787657
Windows drive?
Atleast 200gb if you're going to have your data on the same drive and do all the windos updates
Linux?
Depends on what you install, i'm only using 20gb on my root partition,i partitoned it out to 100gb.
But im storing all my data/media on another drive.
My root install is 8 years old.
>>54784146
i got tor/transparent with iptables running on arch, but cant access 4chan. any suggestions? I do like the thought of anon posting tho.
so far:
tor enabled arch default browser - no access
tor browser: - no access
foxy proxy - no access
online proxy - no access
>>54787770
tor/proxies/vpn's are heavily blocked,moot turned nigger and blocked them in the rules.
>>54787827
so ur telling me basically everyone on 4chan is posting from their real ip? eh not so anon.
>>54787706
For linux root. All my documents/anime/games are on the windows drive but the features and benefits in linux are becoming too good to pass up. My previous install screwed up my HDD and put some loose data on a weird spot limiting my partitioning capabilities.
>>54787856
Not everyone,but a sizeable amount are. Sure your $1/month redneck vpn is allowe,but thats about it
>>54787867
Depends on what you want in it.
A base install will only be 1-2gb depending on what you install.So honestly 20-30 gb would bemore then enough. If you're installing lib32's i might bump it up to 40 to be safe
I'm looking for some youtube / video tutorials on beginner Linux. Either theoretical or practical. I mean in theoretical things like how it is working, the kernel and so on, and practical, bash commands and tasks. Anyone has any good series for me? Sorry for my ENglish. THank you :)
>>54787890
>If you're installing lib32's i might bump it up to 40 to be safe
Well that's unforunate.
Guess it's time to upgrade HDDs then. Thanks anon.
>>54787867
This is normal for Windows -- it puts data in weird places like that to try to prevent fragmentation. It's obviously not very effective. Ntfsresize from Linux or resizing it from another Windows may have better luck since less stuff in the partition will be in use, and therefore more should be movable.
Or, if you're adventurous or have a second drive to try things out on, you can create a new partition that's smaller and copy all files from the old partition to the new. Then use a Windows setup disc/USB to make it bootable again (shift-f10 at the first screen for cmd, bcdboot D:\windows (or whatever drive it shows up as from in the install disc -- look around with dir), bootsect /fixboot).
I have cloned WinXP by copying files and using ms-sys in Linux, and I've rebuilt 7/8/10 boot from nothing with bcdboot. File-copy cloning is best done from in Windows but not the one you're cloning. It might work to run Explorer from that command prompt and drag the files from there, or use xcopy. If you copy the files using Linux, you lose all ACLs on them as well as hidden/system/readonly attributes since NTFS-3G doesn't provide a reasonable way to access them. An attribute-less install should work fine, it's just a bit less secure and will have crap like desktop.ini visible.
>>54787576
im running ubuntu on an unsupported macbook from 2006, and despite the internet saying that it shouldnt work and there being clear documentation that it doesnt, it works. i have no idea why. 8/10.
>>54787962
I'll do you one better than a video in terms of application.
http://rik.smith-unna.com/command_line_bootcamp/
>>54787875
dafuq moot took stock in $1 vpn's; sell out.
what about the opera with its vpn anyonetest?
>>54785982
Xfce master race reporting in.
>>54788040
Blackarch reporting
>>54788019
and thats a no-access fopr opera vpn :(
>>54787984
Thanks for the info anon, if I run linux from a live disk can I do ntfsresize or do it after the installation?
I do have a second disk, but an SSD willing to only give up 2.3Gb of space probably wouldn't be as helpful.
>>54788259
you can run ntfsresize from a livecd
just as you can do a file-level copy using robocopy from a windows setup dvd (vista+)
>>54787962
Damn, some days ago some anon posted a torrent list with training videos. Anyone got them?
>>54788667
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825394
Thoughts?
does a thinkpad t420 have uefi or bios? how can i check?
Is their any guides for setting up a Debian server do o can host a website?
>>54789118
Looko up LAMP debian guide
>>54787986
Did you install it through Boot Camp emulated BIOS, or native EFI. iirc it's the native EFI that doesn't work with Ubuntu since it's nonstandard. It should work fine in Boot Camp.
If it's a dual GPU system with both Intel and discrete available, Boot Camp will disable the Intel one and force you to discrete. You *may* be able to get Ubuntu to boot as pure EFI mode and identify to the firmware as OS X. If it can do that, it can then use the Apple GPU switch to dynamically switch between GPUs and get better battery life by powering down the discrete one when not in use.
It's not known why Apple chose to disable GPU switching for Boot Camp. It's either to avoid having to write a GPU switch driver for Windows since they used custom hardware for it, or it's to make battery life worse on Windows and thus make OS X look superior on power management.
>>54788364
Herp, I forgot about robocopy being on the setup disc. That would work better than dragging it in Explorer. You still do need a separate disk to copy it to. Then you can optionally resize and reformat the original space and copy it back if you wanted it there but smaller.
>>54789066
That's an annoying default but at least there's a simple way to fix it, by setting KillUserProcesses=no in
/etc/systemd/logind.conf.
Obligatory gif for systemd issues.
>>54784987
I'm not sure, what's the one used in the X220. I believe it's Intel drivers.
>>54789457
>having to edit 100 config files, to get basic functionality, that has been norm for over 30 years
Boy, sure do love the systemd
Any good conky conf files with the new syntax? I can't find any good one, most of the ones in dotshare.it are awful.
>inb4 write your own.
I have zero creativity
>>54788748
>jewgle
get out
>>54789670
You don't need creativity. You just need to know what you want displayed. Start with a CPU percent and graph at the top and go from there.
>>54789457
Please stop posting this overused facebook meme, thanks.
>>54789670
Realize that you don't need conky and get a minumal but informative bar.
>>54789708
Truth hurts dosent it lenneart?
>>54789697
Fine. Then just Bing it.
NORMIES LEAVE
>>54789799
>memegenerator
>>54788748
>sending people to google
>>54787013
>steam support
>>54787623
>recommending frankendebian
Please stop trashposting guys, seriously.
>>54785326
should be != faggot
>>54790121
Fatfinger'd; you're right.
>>54790083
>>recommending frankendebian
It's about the user experience and ease of use. Sure you can build something nicer if you know how and put in the effort, but you only make Linux look bad if you recommend that to a newbie.
>>54784146
is he pregnant?
>mfw gnome is actually comfy
I was going to install openbox but I might just stay.
What distro comes with enlightment as DE?
>>54790295
Any of them that you isntall enlighenment on
>>54790316
if you can't contribute anything useful
just don't post
>>54790316
I know, but which distro comes with it preinstalled?
>>54790329
If you can't use common sense, then just don't post.
If you can't use google, then just don't post
If you can't phathom having to install software, then just don't post
>>54790363
Not him, but: HOLY FUCK WOULD YOU GOOGLE NIGGERS JUST KILL YOURSELF FINALLY!
Turned my Linux Mint laptop off, and when I turned it back on, the desktop refuses to boot.
All I have is:
>BusyBox v1.21.1 (Ubuntu) built-in shell (ash)
>(initramfs)
What did I fuck up?
>>54790424
inb4 google it
>>54789457
>he didn't have that turned on even before that "bug"
It makes more sense. I don't know why it wasn't the default before.
>>54789736
>someone creating an alternative program means the old one disappears forever and no one must use it any more
You're an idiot and I'd be embarrassed to post things like that.
>>54790424
Busybox shows up when booting fails, so you have something to work with, Any more informations? Error messages?
>>54790443
All major distros are on systemd,RHEL made this happen, you can use a sysinit, but its unsupported, and the devs dont give a fuck if it breaks. And wont even offer forum suport
>>54790467
That's all I have. I can't imagine I did anything weird to it.
>>54790493
You could try asking dmesg, but I guess that wount help you much. Can't help here.
Pajeets, this guy need help.
>>54790478
>why am i not allowed for free support baaaawww why don't people cater to my needs
That's how entitled you sound. Either acquire the skills and contribute a different project or stop complaining and stop using it.
>>54790478
I heard some distros come with OpenRC, never tried it myself, experiences?
>>54784146
>there are 4 ways to try GNU/linux
>List only goes to 3
so lincucks users can't count now?
>>54790656
>t. tech illiterate
In the world of bits and bytes, you count from zero, since zero doesn't mean nothing. (Nothing is logically nothing at all).
0 = byte 1
1 = byte 2
2 = byte 3
3 = byte 4
>>54790722
s/nothing/empty/
better.
>>54790722
so lincucks users just decide to make up confusing rules outside of whats normal just to be special snowflakes?
>>54790825
>Windows doesn't use bits and bytes.
Jesus christ nigger.
What the heck is wrong with you.
>>54790866
I use OSX.
>>54790656
>>54790722
>>54790808
>>54790825
>>54790866
>>54790885
>>54790924
Sometimes I forget where I am. ;_;
>>54790885
You fought hard; gg.
>>54790825
>lincucks users
but I'm using busybox
>>54791062
I think I wandered into the wrong thread. I'll come back later.
>>54784146
Does anyone have any experience setting up NFS shares? I set up my share, and it is getting ~100MB/s for the first 2gb of a large file over my gigabit network, and then it slows down to less than 1MB/s for a long time before going back up and repeating until the transfer is done. I am guessing that I am configuring something wrong. The Samba share between the same systems gets a constant 10MB/s.
I have been trying different configs, but this is what I have right now:/home/share 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash,async)
/home/ext 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(async,no_subtree_check,rw,no_root_squash)
/mnt/data 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_subtree_check,async,no_root_squash)#share
192.168.0.186:/home/share /home/share nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr
192.168.0.186:/home/ext /home/ext nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr
192.168.0.186:/mnt/data /mnt/serverdata/ nfs rsize=32768,wsize=32768,intr,noatime
Would any of you be willing to post configurations that are working well?
>>54790622
How is having support questions, being catered?
So you have never had a problem in all of your life and have never gone to a third party for help?
This mentality proves you're a fucking retard.
There used to be a nice girl (probably named Eliza) in the IRC. Does she hang out anymore?
I miss her
>>54791316
You wandered into the wrong board aswell.
Check out: >>>/a/
>>54784177
GNU/Linux is great for emulation and 2d vidya. I have a raspberry pi hooked up to my hdtv running a Raspbian fork called Piplay. It's great and I also use it for configuring my network. Light and no bloat.
>>54790722
I don't know if you're trolling or not, but I'll explain anyway.
In the world of bits and bytes, "0" can take up 1 bit, 2 bit, 3 bits.. It depends on the context. Assuming we mean literally the number 0, 1, 2.. etc rather than, say, a string, it still depends on the context.
In C, a float type, which can represent the number 0, is always going to take up 4 bytes - as such, it can only hold up to 6 decimal places. A 'short' type another type that can contain the value 0, can hold digits between -32,768 to 32,767 and will always be 2 bytes.
>>54784146
>Advanced network setup
My current setup works fine, but Id like to make it a bit more comfy.
I use a computer(Arch/headless) with two ethernet ports as a way to have my xbox on a vpn. My setup goes xbox > computer port 2 > ppp0(port one) > router/modem > internet.
The problem is services running on the actual home network like dlna, ftp, or xbox smart glass, or miracast cant actually see the xbox. I would like for everything that is connected to the computers second port to be on the same lan as the first port, but for any wan activities they would go through the ppp0 connection instead of ethernet port one.
Does anyone have any experience doing this sort of stuff? If so, can you help me out or point me in the right direction? Thanks.
Pic probably unrelated. It's netctl, and I am using ip and iptables to have the current setup work.
>>54792180
You're going to have to make your system act as a router and redirect/forward traffic. Check your sysctl.conf and see if it has been disabled.
>>54784177
No, get a mac.
>>54792283
Where is sysctl.conf? not in /etc.
As I said before I works as is, but I want to have enp2s4's default to route all traffic to ppp0 but any traffic in the 192.168.0.1/24 range would be directed to enp2s2.
I might also need to direct any incoming traffic from emps2s to enp2s4.
I guess to put the idea of how I want it to work in C it would look likeif(ip == 192.168.0.0\24){ //or some other rigged way of saying in range of
default_route = enp2s4;
}
else default_route = ppp0;
>>54784146
hi noob here. i have the arch running. i type hostname no problem, i type nisdomain bad command, or GET NAME bad command. i get a lot of bad commands. is there a package for extra commands i missed?
>>54792544
Yes
>>54792578
Cool, I'm looking into that now. Thanks.
>>54792491
It would be in /etc/sysctl.d.
Might also be 99/sysctl.conf.
If not you're going to need to create it with the following(there might be more i missed,but this should be it)net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 1
I get the logic but Im not that versed with iptables,but redirect,forward should be all you need
>>54792589
any pakcages u would suggest?
>>54792604
Any of the packages that are related to the things you are doing
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NIS
>>54792601
>>54792602
/etc/sysctl.d is empty and 99/sysctl.conf doesnt exist.
>>54792632
>https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NIS
k
>>54792643
Make a 99.sysctl.conf in /etc/sysctl.d/
And paste those in it.
where do i start to try and fix this problem?
i installed my os (archbang) on a thinkpad T420 without any errors, and then installed syslinux. the computer will not boot at all, just a black screen then back to the boot menu.
i tried grub, same exact problem.
is there something im doing wrong with regards the bios? i have no idea where to start...
>>54792693
Are you making sure you installed it properly?
If you have GPT youll need to use grub,as syslinux does not support UEFI.
You have to do more then just install syslinux/grub. You need to set it up and install it as a boot option
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux
Varnish,squid, or polipo for a <10 people web server?
>>54792712
i don't think the os is the problem, all of the correct files show up in /mnt after telling them to be there, so it doesn't seem to be messing up.
im using GPT, yeah - the arch wiki page has entries for BIOS and UEFI, and im not sure which to follow. in the bios i have the option to use either uefi or legacy, but when im in the .iso live image of archbang, it seems to have booted using BIOS and not UEFI
>>54792748
If you're in /mnt,then you're in the chroot and havent installed anything.
Go over the install guidea again
>>54792693
Have you tried to install grub manually ?
install the packages grub and os-prober
then run :
> # grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda
and generate the config file
> # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
you'll have to chroot on it before and install it on the drive you want.
>>54792656
I did, I dont notice anything different on the xbox end, smart glass cant find the xbox, and I cant start my dlna server because fucking systemctl is broken or something.
Thanks for the router suggestion, Ill look into that.
So I just tried install ubuntu on a stick pc with a baytrail processor on it and its been a two week ordeal and I've finally decided to say fuck it to Windows and just have ubuntu on there as the only OS.
Now my problem is, I have Ubuntu installed to the eMMC drive that used to be window, the installer created an EFI partition and all that jazz but I have 3 partitions I can't get rid of named "mmcblk0boot0" mmcblk0boot1" and mmcblk0rpmd" of which I think the first two were created in a previous attempt to get a dual boot setup working and the last one was always just there.
Any clue on how I can get this thing to boot off the eMMC drive?
>>54784146
ok i am working with the nis setup .
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NIS#Install_Packages
just starting. so the question im asking is do i use the same ip i get when i do
host --ip-address
do i use that ip for the
nis_server.domain.com nis_server
>>54792785
> # grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda
works fine, but
> # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
says
>ERROR: mkdir /var/lock/dmraid
>/run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory
>WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to internal scanning
still no boot.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#UEFI_systems talks a lot about having an ESP, but i don't know how i should be partitioning the disk. if i have an ESP, is that it? no other boot partition, just the storage partition (and possibly swap)?
>>54792946
oh you're not using bios/MBR but uefi.
try this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_guide#UEFI.2FGPT
what is the new hotness for gui linux email clients?
>gui meaning not mutt
>>54792544
pacman -Fs <command>
I just reinstalled arch for a different reason today, but I cannot see my scroll bar on firefox on my old install and this fresh install
I think it was about a new gtk update? Does anyone else have this issue?
>>54793043
I like thunderbird
>>54784146
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn8gealMDsg
>>54793064
it's gtk3.20 and your theme not being compatible with it -- it broke quite a few. You can install gnome-themes-standard and set those in System settings -> GTK Application look to Adwaita for now, or install arc or something.
>>54792656
>>54792850
fucking typos, I dont wanna talk about it.
dlna server is up and running now, xbox cant find it.
did I need to do anything besides make that file and restart the system?
>>54793139
You'll need to setup the routes with iptables
>>54793020
if the ESP is mounted to /boot, what am i to mount to /mnt, to install the os? im very confused...
>>54793155
I see. That shit looks like something that people spend months learning. I'm reading the page for setting up a computer as a router right now.
Well back to my original question I guess.
Sometimes file manager locks up hard for some reason(accessing /) so i kill it,and the window is still viewable,but in a locked up state.I tried killing it as root,and the same problem,the window is still there,movable and min/max window.
>>54793232
kill -SIGKILL pid
>>54793243
*kill -KILL pid
>>54793261
That's a stupid way of doing it.
>>54793263
It's the one that works, nigger.
>>54793243
There is no pid right now. It has been killed,but the window is still there in a locked up state. I refreshed my w/m and it still is there.
I used pgrep to get the pid, then used killall, and then ran it again as root and no luck orginally
>>54793293
you have a zombie process or the window wouldn't be there. Unless X isn't redrawing that part of your window manager.
>>54793232
type 'xkill' in the terminal, hit enter, then click on the window you want to close
Is there a way to make a window fullscreen with xdotool?.
>>54793078
hm, I installed https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk-theme-arc-git/ and I still have no scrollbar in firefox
I'll try gnome-themes-standard
Why is Mint bad? And what are all the easy to install, safe distros I can install alongside my Ubuntu
How would one defrag a luks parition?
I've tried the /dev/mapper/* path , and the flatout /dev/sdX.
Filesystem is xfs, using xfs_fsr
request to add http://distrowatch.com/ to OP, since the page hit rankings they have is kind of interesting for discovering new/popular distros
>>54793606
Meh. Distrowatch is misleading crap.
90% of people may choose the highest ranked (rank = clicks) distro rather than the best one for their needs.
Gnome or Xfce ?
>>54793898
fluxbox
When I run the program command eg "tetris-bsd" for the program residing in /usr/local/sbin/ , which was previously installed in/usr/sbin/, bash tells me:
>>-bash: /usr/sbin/tetris-bsd: No such file or directory
(Both are in $PATH)
How are the "program commands" called, and how can I change them to point to another location/binary?
sorry for the n00bquestion, baby steps.
>>54793988
Make sure /usr/sbin is in your $PATH(check your.bashrc)
>>54794002
its only working when using full file path. $PATH looks fine.root@vps:/# nethogs
-bash: /usr/sbin/nethogs: No such file or directory
root@vps:/# whereis nethogs
nethogs: /usr/local/sbin/nethogs
root@vps:/# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
Thanks
>>54793898
xfce lightdm
Has anyone here upgraded from Opensuse 13.2 to the 42.whatever leap thing?
Is it worth going out of my way to upgrade?
>>54792544
NIS
ok so im following along here
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/816-4555/mailadmin-93/index.html
and now have aliases file created
# cat /etc/mail/aliases
alias:expanded-alias
Postmaster: root
root: [email protected]
is this all i need or do i need to change the user and the domain part?
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>>54794416
that's like 30 upgrades pham...
>>54784146
How many pictures exist of this guy in various places on his laptop?
>tfw linux curbed my videogame addiction because nothing is compatible
>>54794993
cool story
okay, I feel like I'm going nuts.
the clipboard does these things (among others):
>1. Accepts selected text as input.
>2. Inserts its text into the active text field, whatever that may be, at the cursor position. *****
I want to do 2. I want to take some text, from a file or... whatever, and put it where the cursor is. How do I do that? When the clipboard puts its text into the text field that has focus, at the cursor location, what is it doing and how can I do it too?
>>54795058
No.
>>54795058
ctrl+shift+c
ctrl+shift+v
>>54795070
is the ability to insert arbitrary strings at the cursor position a huge security hole or something? I genuinely do not know.
>>54795058
did more research.
>xdotool type <string>
would do what I want if that's what my setup uses. I'm in Ubuntu 16.04 using Cinnamon, and I can't figure out what the equivalent is. I'm sorry for being extremely dumb
I tried to boot from USB but I keep getting a '0x0 relocation not implemented' error. I've already double check the iso was written on the USB already. Literally have no idea what to do, would love help
>>54795233
what are you trying to boot in to and how did you write it? How did you verify it?
Hey I want to try ubuntu but I don't even know where to start?
I went to their site and it's all sorts of fucks?. There's cloud downloads and servers and shit it's all confusing.
A few years back when I downloaded and used ubuntu it was simple, one download link and it installs. Where do I start?
>>54795375
Yeah, the big "download" link at the top of the site is pretty easy to miss.
>>54795274
Boot into kubuntu, verified via another computer. I installed kubuntu earlier but I forgot to fix dual boot so I was unable to access kubuntu after installing. Thus, I deleted the Linux partition via windows 10 disk partition manager. Now, when I try to boot kubuntu via USB so I can install, I get the error '0x0 error relocation not implemented'. Maybe I should repair my disk and try again? Uefi here BTW.
>>54795501
Wrote it via USB writer, that's not a problem because it worked before
>>54795455
>Click download
>Ubuntu server, Ubuntu cloud, unbuntu kylin,Ubuntu core,unbuntu flavors
Yeah that was an improvement. I'll just go to the car store and ask for a car too.
>>54795375
You want Ubuntu desktop.
After you download the .iso you will need to write it to a USB or CD. I recommend LiLi for this but you can use any image writer you want.
After that you need to boot from the USB or CD and install Ubuntu from there.
If you want we can get on a chat and I can walk you through it.
>>54795538
If you don't know what you want, click the "desktop" link. It's the biggest link at the top.
>>54795544
Thanks man. Let me try and fail first, failing is how I learn unfortunately
Hello.
How to open an image from file manager with feh and be able to view previous or next image with arrow keys?
>>54796421
Get the script from the arch wiki.
>>54793606
>discovering new
What's the point of that? Why do people spend their time trying out every shitty, derivative distribution out there?
>change default icons and taskbar position
>let's make this a new distribution!
>>54793464
>>54793064
GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0 as an environment variable to bring persistent scrollbars back.
>>54791494
Then ask for support on the appropriate channels.
Can somebody explain how LetsEncrypt is supposed to work, or point me to some document that does so succinctly? Apparently the whole point of it is to make TLS simple, but I cannot figure this shit out. Most of the documentation is extremely unhelpful.
>>54793988
Your shell will have hashed the location, look at the man page about how to reset that (or just start a new shell)
>>54794680
Yeah it has to be a real email address dickwad
>>54795209
In what context do you want to user it? Browser, terminal, ... In my experience shift+insert usually works (along with middle mouse of course)
>>54796774
Try have a wiki page with all the different front ends you can use. Basically they have a protocol that allows for various methods of proving you have control over a domain name (or the web hosting for it) then automatically signing a cert for you
>>54796774
I use
https://github.com/kuba/simp_le
for my server. Have it in a bash script that gets ran every 2 months with cron. Works great
Does anyone else get really annoyed when they see someone post stupid things?
It's not their stupidity which annoys me, but the fact that someone else might see it and then perpetually keep the stupidity alive by parroting it again and again. The latest example was the recent changed default in systemd's logind. User processes are being killed now after logging out of the user's session by default. That could have been done before by changing a simple config file to true. Changing it back is as simple as that. Idiots who haven't really informed themselves are now bringing out the usual "fuck systemd, fuck lennart potter" arguments, revealing their stupidity.
What motivates those people? Do you feel smart when they complain about such a "niche", technological topic and therefore demonstrate their knowledge about it?
>>54797610
get annoyed when people post shit they could have easily searched instead.
or when they are vague as fuck and expect the world to stop and help them with their shitty problem, 9 times out of 10, they caused themselves.
oh and don't bring up either or else, because this is a friendly thread, even to retardos who can't even tie their own shoes.
need a new hobby distro, played with gentoo, void, crux and some I dont rember the names of.
What should I into g?
>>54797679
LFS is the perfect hobby distro.
>>54797610
and that brings another issue. If you want to talk about something more seriously, if you want to really discuss what is good and bad with systemd (because there's pros and cons like any software), you simply can't.
>>54786881
he doesn't have a house.
>>54790656
starting to count from 0 is not unusual in the tech world.
>>54797610
Systemd broke a lot of things for people. Maybe that was the straw that broke the camels back.
With distros like Ubuntu, the post install script is supposed to handle things like that for you.
This means the majority of users never look at the magic behind the scenes.
Even if it is easy to fix.
What happened to Steam support on arch? It used to work flawlessly out of the box a few months ago. Now getting errors left and right.
>>54797997
works fine here
keep in mind you'll need to delete a couple libs from steam/game folders if you're using the steam_runtime, since the libraries it includes are too old
>>54798044STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
libGL error: unable to load driver: i965_dri.so
libGL error: driver pointer missing
libGL error: failed to load driver: i965
libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
Getting this when trying to run steam.
>>54798101
You could have googled that easy enough. My guess is that the steam runtime is lagging behind the rest of the system. Try running it with STEAM_RUNTIME=0 and if that doesn't work look at the steam problems bit on the arch wiki.
