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[arch-general] Installing Arch on an Alienware Machine
by Hunter Jozwiak 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Salutations, I am trying to get Arch Linux to install on my Alienware machine, but I am having a bit of bad luck. First and foremost, I can't get sound to work with the Talking Arch distribution, which is basically the Arch live CD with espeakup and brltty installed. I did not have any luck with alsactl init. Secondly, does Wi-Fi-menu use AES out of the box, or will I have to write a handwritten config for the university Wi-Fi___33? And finally, are there kernel modules for the Killer Wi-Fi___33 drivers? Here are the specifications for the machine: Sound: SoundBlaster Recon 3dI Bluetooth: Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Graphics: Intel Imbedded and NVidia GeForce GTX 970M Ethernet: Killer E2200 WiFi: N/A/C 1525 Wireless Adapter Processor: Intel Core I7 Help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, and have a nice day, Hunter

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[arch-general] QEMU and the spicec client
by Jakub Klinkovský 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

The QEMU page on the wiki [1] has a section on the "spice" support in the qemu package [2], which also mentions the "spicec" client program. As far as I remember, it has been part of the qemu package, but now it seems to be gone and even pkgfile can't find it. Does anybody know what happened? [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/QEMU#Spice_support [2] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/qemu/ -- jlk

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[arch-general] failed retrieving file 'core.db' in "pacman -Syu"
by mudongliang 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

# pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.ustc.edu.cn : Recv failure: Connection reset by peer error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.163.com : Recv failure: Connection reset by peer error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from archlinux.polymorf.fr : Recv failure: Connection reset by peer error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from fooo.biz : Recv failure: Connection reset by peer error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.one.com : Recv failure: Connection reset by peer ^C Interrupt signal received But I found that I can ping mirrors.ustc.edu.cn # ping mirrors.ustc.edu.cn PING mirrors.ustc.edu.cn (202.38.95.110) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from mirrors.ustc.edu.cn (202.38.95.110): icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=5.46 ms 64 bytes from mirrors.ustc.edu.cn (202.38.95.110): icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=5.68 ms 64 bytes from mirrors.ustc.edu.cn (202.38.95.110): icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=5.07 ms ^C --- mirrors.ustc.edu.cn ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 5.076/5.410/5.686/0.252 ms I don't know what's the problem about my x86_64 archlinux. -- My best regards to you. No System Is Safe! mudongliang

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[arch-general] grub
by flow 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Is it possible to boot archlinux-2015.11.01-dual.iso (and install then) with grub? - -- Have a nice day! ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Sun Nov 8 16:34:29 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlY/eZUACgkQViYZwngkfDvt3wCgn+9OaqEcaWIiPg1GLnNZpj7d hnUAoI2NhlrMRoQ92kdC1X95rQB8ExAI =zPPR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] KVM troubles
by Luna Moonbright 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Does anyone here have experience troubleshooting KVM installs in arch? I am using virsh and virt-manager, the VM seems to successfully boot, but the virtualization window is only showing a black screen with a cursor in the top left of the window. (on the host) journelctl -xe only shows one related error: "libvirtd[298]: this function is not supported by the connection driver: virConnectGetCPUModuleNames" If it helps: the ISO I am trying to boot from is the live disk that comes with "Hacking: The Art of Exploitation" Thanks in advance.

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[arch-general] lost thunderbird icon
by James 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

I lost the thunderbird icon from the lxde menu.

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[arch-general] systems upgrade from 227-1 to 228-3
by Michael Dahlberg 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

I just upgraded my archlinux system and with it I upgraded systemd from version 227-1 to 228-3. Now when the system reboots I get stuck at a start job running “Create Volatile Files and Directories” and since it looks as if there is no timeout limit my system just sits there trying to run this service. I’ve checked my /var partition and it is mounted with the acl option and it looks as if the /var/log/journal directory does have all attributes. Any suggestions? Thanks. -- Michael Dahlberg

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[arch-general] [SOLVED] Re: Intel graphic Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated i915 module
by Maykel Franco 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

2015-11-26 12:16 GMT+01:00 Maykel Franco <maykeldebian(a)gmail.com>: > Hi, I have a kernel 4.2.5-1-ARCH and I have the problem...In dmesg: > > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 0 at > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c:620 > hsw_unclaimed_reg_debug+0x6d/0x90 [i915]() > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: Unclaimed register detected before > reading register 0x223a0 > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi > joydev mousedev rtsx_usb_ms rtsx_usb_sdmmc memstick hid_generic > rtsx_usb arc4 x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp iTCO_wdt msi_wmi usbhid > iTCO_ve > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: hid soundcore btusb snd_soc_sst_acpi > btrtl btbcm video btintel i2c_designware_platform bluetooth > gpio_lynxpoint 8250_dw i2c_designware_core spi_pxa2xx_platform > acpi_als kfifo_b > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: CPU: 3 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/3 Not > tainted 4.2.5-1-ARCH #1 > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: Hardware name: Micro-Star > International Co., Ltd. GE62 2QD/MS-16J2, BIOS E16J2IMS.113 07/17/2015 > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: 0000000000000000 62d0bb3ca29d2511 > ffff88045ecc3c88 ffffffff81570d0a > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: 0000000000000000 ffff88045ecc3ce0 > ffff88045ecc3cc8 ffffffff810748a6 > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: 0000000000000001 ffff880446330000 > 00000000000223a0 ffff880446334398 > > I have the module i915. > > I probed this in the grub /etc/default/grub > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i915.powersave=0" > And: > > grub-mkconfig -o /boot/EFI/grub/grub.cfg > > But the kernel panic persist... Can I help me please? > > Kernel 4.2.5-1-ARCH. I think solved in the kernel 4.3-rc ... > > Could try install linux-git? I have resolved it with this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2284315&page=2 ------------------ I have posted the complete process that I followed to get it set up earlier on in this thread but I will post it again here for convenience. Here it is: 1. You HAVE to install ubuntu 15.04 64bit. Any other version simply does not work. 2. In the BIOS you have to disable the following: FastBoot, Intel Speedstep, SecureBoot 3. In the BIOS make sure that UEFI is enabled with CSM 4. When starting the Ubuntu installation you have to add the kernel option "libata.force=noncq". This is a MUST! 5. After the installation do a full update on Ubuntu. Then you can remove the kernel option "libata.force=noncq". Your SSD should perform faster now. But SpeedStep is still a problem. I have to keep it off. 6. I even re-enabled Fastboot and Secure in the BIOS and it still runs fine. --------------------- It works!!!

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[arch-general] Blank screen in X after updating to latest nvidia and xorg-server
by João Miguel 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Hello, I use a custom kernel and nvidia-dkms, but tested this with the regular kernel and nvidia package, and get precisely the same problem(s). As such, I'm going to try anything with DKMS and the custom kernel, so I don't need to be switching back and forth and rebooting all the time. After updating my system, I get a blank screen when I start the X. Normally (before the update, and in my current state), I see the first few lines of output of startx, the screen turning on and off (because of modesetting), and then my .xinitrc getting executed. However, with the latest Xorg and nVidia versions, I see the first few lines, and then X appears to freeze. I can switch to another tty and check that it executed my .xinitrc and my WM is running, but if I switch back, I just see a frozen image of whatever I was looking at before switching to the terminal running the X. In fact, if when it starts I do <Meta-Shift-Enter>touch x-works<Ctrl-D><Meta-Shift-Q> it does create a file called x-works and exit normally. A log of this is available as Xorg.18.log (attached). I'm not very knowledgeable about the X, but it seems to me it is related to this part of the log: [ 5167.048] (II) modeset(1): using drv /dev/dri/card0 [ 5167.048] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section. [ 5167.048] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting" while in Xorg.17.log (attached), it does its job. Here's the combinations of up/down-grading I tried after I got the blank screen. The versions I had before the update were 355 and 17 and graphical acceleration did work, but trying now, it doesn't (tried with glxgears). Also, to downgrade xorg-server I also needed to downgrade xf86-input-evdev and xf86-video-intel. I always remembered to recompile the nvidia module with DKMS. Xorg versions 1.17 1.18 nVidia 355 No accel nVidia complaint about X version, crash versions 358 OK Blank screen $ lspci |grep 3D 04:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 840M] (rev a2) I have also mangled with nvidia-xconfig, but it only made things that were working not work, or had no visible effect. My xorg.conf is also attached. I'm curious as to why the 358-1.17 combo works, and latest doesn't, and why the 355-1.17 combo used to work, and now works but glxgears doesn't work with it. Thank you in advance for any suggestion, P.S.: Sorry that the attachments are in a tgz, but the original was rejected (over 40K). Also, sorry that I posted this following another thread.

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[arch-general] suckless-terminal (st) in community - is there an issue with st-255color terminfo and tmux?
by Oon-Ee Ng 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

I'm really glad st is now in community, though I find it slightly odd its orphaned even though it's just been moved. Anyway, on the upgrade my terminal would not start, and I tracked that down to the default config.h setting termname to 'st-256color' Changing that to 'stterm-256color' means it doesn't crash on startup anymore. It's because I start tmux automatically in terminal. The problem with 'st' is that the name is nigh-on un-google-able... anyone else knows about this issue or has hit it before?

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