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Sound isn't working on my arch install. Pressed my fn key for mute and its stayed muted.
Julian Jenkins
What the fuck is the point of Linux when Intel ME/AMD PS exists, and when all modern mobos ship with UEFI?
Nicholas Walker
A T T E N T I O N
M A K E
Sup Forums
G R E A T
A G A I N
>>/qa/564784
Hudson Cook
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Parker Perez
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William Gonzalez
tried amixer sset Master unmute alsamixer -------------------- both have command not found.
Aaron Williams
I'm well experienced in linux, although I'm not sure how this problem happened, I'm running ubuntu 16.04 and it started when I locked my computer and it wouldn't accept my password, no matter how many times I made sure it was working exactly as I put it, found a way to get in though, if I log out it will accept my password again to login, when trying to run
sudo -s
It would ask for my password but will always say it's wrong
After further digging I found that I was temporarily locked out for ~30 mins, waited 30 minutes, turns out I'm completely locked out for trying to log back in or use sudo 28 times
From easy fix to reinstall how fucked am I?
PS don't have root account unlocked and the only other account I have avaliable is guest
Luke Davis
reinstalled alsa-utils and amixer sset master unmute still works but doesn't unmute the volume.
Ryan Sanchez
That's a beard old bug (IMHO).
Try this: amixer -qD pulse set Master toggle
Or use pulse directly:
Tyler Myers
Why - whatever. My post fucked up.
Matthew Johnson
How do you edit rxvt color scheme
Jaxon Baker
Via your .Xresources file, typically. iirc Arch Wiki has some more info on that. I'm not aware of any front-end, but it's not hard. You could try looking around on github or bitbucket too; a lot of people post their dotfiles publicly, including colour schemes.
Lucas Myers
dell xps 13..
ubuntu or ubuntu gnome?
no arch recommends pls.
Eli Rodriguez
Have you checked the volume level of the channel you want to use? If say PCM is at 0% and you unmute master, it will still be muted because the individual channel volume is muted
Joshua Harris
If you are considering Ubunto GNOME might as well use Unity
t. Arch GNOME user
David Edwards
What are some good alternatives to "dmenu"? I would preffer something customizable and that can get transparency
Christian Hernandez
dmenu2 that does all of that
Evan Rivera
its kinda funny this subreddit is called /flgt/
reminds me of /lgbt/
like it could stand for /fglt/ - /fags gays lesbians trannies/
XD
am i the only one who noticed this?? XDDD
Charles Williams
t. Alberto Barbosa
Dominic King
what the fuck is this 't.' shit
Samuel Rivera
So I have ubuntu box that acts as my HTPC. Recently one of the 2TB drives have been having issues. It is a few years old, I've run chkdsk on it, recovered and found a few problems, I'm sure it's on it's way out and now I'm trying to save what's on it.
But when I browse to it, it can take 2~ min to load the contents of the drive, it's not even full but has 500GB of stuff on it.
Is there a reason for long load times? I am getting the occasional i/o errors on some files when I try to copy that indicates it's truly fucked.
Ethan Diaz
thanks so much. this truly is a friendlylinuxthread.
thanks to you to. my headphone was fucked up that way.
Christian Collins
I have grub loading a Windows and an Antergos partition. I want to replace the Antergos with another distro. How do I go about doing this without fucking something up?
Josiah Peterson
how do I make lightdm's user/password box transparent. do I have to edit a css file somewhere?
Blake Nguyen
rofi
Carter Gutierrez
Would there be any negatives with installing Gentoo from my current installation in a empty hard drive or partition? Rather than the traditional route though the live media.
To those of you who use dmenu, what do you have your keybind (to activate it) set to?
I'm thinking of changing the default $mod+d.
Christian Cruz
I keep it as alt-d because I have no super on my keyboard. It is an easy to reach key combination.
Alexander Rodriguez
Does it matter? You can map it to whatever you want. And '$mod' is ambiguous.
Adrian Baker
In the wiki it says xubuntu is popular with Sup Forums, why is that?
Charles Campbell
Because that is what the person who wrote that part of the wiki uses.
Ryder Russell
But D is for Desktop!
Jack Reyes
d is for delete
Sebastian Thompson
Yes.
Brody Williams
That's the point. So it's more inclusive. $mod sounds better than Win/Alt in my opinion.
Also, I'm just looking for ideas.
Luis Hernandez
mod+p is the standard hotkey
Andrew Young
I'm thinking about testing Linux on an RCA Viking 10.1
Should all the programs work? theoretically I mean
its got a mediatek processor...I know windows had a problem like that on WinRT/non x86 devices where only apps could run, but not Win32 programs
Daniel Clark
It is indeed.
>no left margin
Austin Morales
>[interjecting internally]
Connor Morgan
Thanks Mr. Stallman
Adrian Nelson
MGGA general. fuck off microshits edition
Xavier Gray
Quick question: I am using VirtualBox to do some scripting in a sandbox. Is there a way to disable all the visual effects to make it refresh faster? Or is there a way to make it refresh the display faster at all? I am getting sick of coding at 5-10 fps. I already installed the guest additions.
I have an AMD video card, in case a solution would involve drivers.
Juan Ortiz
Mediatek chips are ARM, so you would have access to all software compiled for ARM, which is pretty substantial. You'll have fewer proprietary options, but OSS stuff is mostly all there.
Why does ARM even exist? This special snowflake architecture is probably making development pointlessly complicated on top of cramming up repos. I wish Linux developers would do like Windows and Mac OS and pretend it doesn't exist.
Owen Nguyen
Did you allocate more video memory?
William Martinez
If your linux is so good then why there less than 1% of all steam users that are actually using it ?
Jacob Rodriguez
Because most games are developed for Windows?
Tyler Hernandez
Because low power, no Intel/AMD cost on chips. Think routers, switches, mice, keyboards, anywhere x86 has until very recently been too power hungry, expensive, or large. ARM is far from snowflake. Most chips made are ARM. Because wine reports as windows. Steam won't let you play native games and use wine to install windows games under the same Steam install. Also Steam OS does not report itself.
Benjamin Roberts
Please don't reply to bait
Nolan Powell
Don't reply to the b8, m8.
Nathan Thompson
Okay, ARM is great for devices. That's good. But why is it that so much software on GNU/Linux gets compiled for ARM? You shouldn't use ARM for desktop computers.
Andrew Barnes
Hey guys, I'm on Debian Testing
After some update a while ago I noticed my boot time increased by quite a few seconds (I know, autism, but it's an SSD and I'm touchy with these things being fast)
I ran systemd-analyze blame and identified NetworkManager-wait-online.service to be a major culprit, taking up ~10 seconds all on its own. I looked it up and apparently it's safe to disable.
How can I disable it permanently? I know how to disable services in the current session but not how to save it
No idea why it got enabled though. I didn't touch it and it's supposed to be disabled by default
Joshua Reyes
Because Linux isn't used on just desktops. Many embedded devices run stripped versions of Linux. Many NAS and SAN utilize ARM. Linux as kernel doesn't accomplish much, and need software. If Linux is so bad, why is it that literal overwhelming majority of computers use it? Mobile, embedded, servers, all overwhelmingly use Linux. Desktops have seen a windows dominance due to shady practices by Microsoft. You got fucked by SystemDick.
Wyatt Baker
I was gonna take your opinion as legitimate but then you discredited systemd.
Since I started working on distros with systemd, I never want to go back to systemv again.
Jose Jackson
I just tried that. It helped a little but it's still pretty slow. Anything else I can do?
Lucas Morales
But muh popular uneducated opinion bandwagoning. Debian netinstall for me, but I must admit, Void is interesting.
Ethan James
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Austin Gray
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
David Harris
Oldfags: After all distrohopping, what's the distro that made it to your home?
Jonathan Clark
It's pretty slow at running android already. The transitions are kinda bad.
I was hoping installing a real desktop Linux os would speed it up. Is it worth it?
Nathan Jones
So is Arch Linux a secure distro relative to other popular distros? I just installed and got things mostly set up the way I like but would like to know of any security practices I should perform
Cameron Williams
I guess most people settle on base distributions and avoid derivatives.
Nolan Edwards
If you need services to start after a network device is up, disabling that will make them fail.
Jace Baker
You asked a vague, buzzword question and you will get vague, buzzword answers.
Asher Peterson
If you can find something that can run on it. Tablets aren't generally friendly to installing alternative OSes. you can find some hack-up systems that use Android's kernel but ditches the VM shit. It takes some research, but there's multiple ways of installing Debian within android. It might be worth it, it might not. Not inherently. Install grsec-patched kernel, configure your firewall, set up selinux, consider chroot/schroot. Moving off of glibc would be a good step, as malicious binaries would need to be statically compiled, and thus harder to hide. Dynamically linked binaries would most likely fail due to the incompatible library.
Leo Reyes
>any security practices I should perform install openbsd
Colton Wright
Wow They actually used the new copypasta I suggested yesterday Change distobution to distro next time?
James Cooper
This is good advice. OpenBSD is inherently secure because none of your devices or software will function, thereby closing vulnerabilities.
Dominic Torres
Alright so I fell for the Thinkpad meme and got a T420 (I5-2520) for $90. I ordered a cheap 240GB SSD for about $50 to give it a bit of a speed boost. Thing is I'm trying to figure out which distro to use. Any suggestions would be nice. I've used Mint before and liked how easy is was to setup and use, but I feel I didn't learn enough Linux/command lines/stuff like that. Going into cyber security so thought about messing around with Kali for fun and getting a head start. If any of you guys could give me a nudge in any direction, it would be appreciated.
Jason Wood
How do you like the T420 so far? I'm looking into them right now and I'm seeing a lot of praise.
Would you recommend? Assuming you've used it at all thus far.
Elijah Lopez
Well I just got it the other day. >good build quality >nice a e s t h e t i c s >16:10 screen ratio >$90
It didn't come with a copy of windows so haven't really done anything with it yet. It has a light where the camera is to light up the keyboard. They keyboard kicks ass and love the dedicated sound buttons. I thought that was a cool feature. Be wary of the guys selling them on ebay saying there is no HDD cover though. Mine came wtih one and had already ordered a spare when I didnt need one. Fast shipping though.
Asher Harris
Go with a netinstall or minimal variant of a debian or fedora, and learn how to build out your system.
Jaxson Anderson
Thanks for the response. Yeah, I'll probably just pick up a(n) SSD.
Carter Powell
Thanks. I was thinking about starting off Fedora. What environments does it offer?
If you want to be as minimal as possible, install Arch. If you want ease of use "just werks" install Debian.
Justin Fisher
Not him but T420 and X220 are like the golden standards of /tpg/. Posting this right now from my T420. >i7-2620m >4gb ddr3 >1600x900 matte screen >120gb Crucial MX200 ssd >320gb WD Black in ultrabay >9 cell primary battery
All of this for like $350 after taxes/shipping. Get a T420 in good shape, take care of it, and it will serve you well.
Isaac Brooks
>minimal That's Gentoo, mate.
Bentley Reed
Thanks. Probably going to order a refurbished online.
Nano Linux.
Ryder Diaz
What does an Arch install offer that is more minimal than the Debian netinst? Genuinely curious
Elijah Peterson
>arch Ha. Arch is just bootstrapping a netinstall. Gentoo, or a scratchbuild (such as LFS)
Luke Green
pacstrap contains less packages
Caleb Rodriguez
>t420 for 90$
Is it broken or something? I paid 200$ for a T410 a few months ago, but that's in my 3rd world country.
Jordan Hill
You can select all packages manually during a Debian net-install and install even less. t. Arch user who actually uses it and doesn't just get his knowledge from memes or myths posted on the internet
Noah Davis
Disclaimer, I posted this in sqt but also posting here because it's relevant and for maximum visibility.
Not installing Gentoo, but Slack 14. I am trying to install Slackware on a 500gb HDD with Windows 7. I am wanting to overwrite everything and have only Slackware on the system. I'm booting from a USB optical drive with the Slack ISO. It's on a Thinkpad x140e, it is a UEFI firmware laptop. In the boot setup you can boot from UEFI, Legacy BIOS, or both. When I select UEFI it has options to boot from UEFI or Both based off of load progression, then there is an option for CSM which I disabled since Slack 14.1 supports UEFI and I shouldn't need Legacy support since an MBR should never be needed (I think?).
Boot options are listed as such:
UEFI only: - UEFI only - CSM disabled
When I load the Slack install disk at thr bottom of the screen says "Welcome to GRUB!" ...and that's it. One time I typed e based off an online instructions for being stuck on this screen. I think it's a misaligned GRUB boot screen to load huge.s
Anyway once it is booted to the keyboard screen, hitting enter, then logging in as root, I get to the partitioning phase. This is where I am stuck. Since my firmware is UEFI I figured my partitioning type would be GPT. So using gdisk or cgdisk asks me the file path. /dev/ ... sda, sda1, ada, ada1, hda, hda1 all bring nothing. When I fdisk -l nothing happens, when I cfdisk -l it says it can't be opened and FATAL ERROR.
What am I doing wrong? I assumed the Slack install would detect my HDD, then allow me to partition the entire drive for Slack and a swap.
Kayden Bell
Need a guide for windows 7 install on qemu/kvm
Ubuntu 16.04 I'm using virt manager and when I launch it the windows installer sticks to "starrting windows" until it crashes and says "no bootable device" I have the ISO in my downloads folder
Chase Mitchell
> the windows installer sticks to "starrting windows"
I started experiencing the same issue, but without the crashing. At least I think, because I shut it down after being stuck at that screen for 5 minutes.
Using -vga cirrus fixed it, but I don't know why I had to do that since it worked fine without specifying cirrus and using the default a couple of weeks ago.
