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hellknight

BSD init pwns System V
Update :- pacman just got updated to 4.0.1. It brings the new GPG signed packages. Install it first and then update your system. If you get an error regarding yaourt & pacman-color, uninstall them. After that it will install a new file called pacman.conf.pacnew. Rename the old pacman.conf to pacman.conf.backup. Then cp pacman.conf.pacnew pacman.conf. Then you can add the configuration of the yaourt repo to the new pacman.conf file. It's messy but it's worth it.
 

hellknight

BSD init pwns System V
^^Literally stole my thoughts, ico.. The only thing that I miss when I migrated from Fedora to Arch Linux is the awesome delta RPM..
 

skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
libreoffice-base-3.4.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz - is anyone able to download this? I mean it gets completed to 100% and then there is a failed to retreive error.

I used 7 different mirrors. :/ Error on everyone.

Last 3 tries.

error: failed retrieving file 'libreoffice-common-3.4.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.academica.fi : FTP response timeout
error: failed retrieving file 'libreoffice-common-3.4.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.academica.fi : Connection time-out


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error: failed retrieving file 'libreoffice-common-3.4.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.archlinux.no : FTP response timeout
error: failed retrieving file 'libreoffice-common-3.4.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.archlinux.no : Maximum file size exceeded

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error: failed retrieving file 'libreoffice-common-3.4.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors3.kernel.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1024 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error: failed retrieving file 'libreoffice-base-3.4.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors3.kernel.org : connect() timed out!
 

skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
Installed KDEbase. I like KDE's visual treat.

What I really think they should do is, just adopt GNOME 3's workspace management in current model. It would be epic.

No need of any sort of panel at the top. Just get that window arrangement and work space switching when you take the mouse to the top left corner.

I'd call this KNODE.
 

Liverpool_fan

Sami Hyypiä, LFC legend
You can switch windows in KDE4 just like GNOME 3 by dragging your mouse to top left (bit more precision). It's rather similar to the Compiz Scale plugin. Dynamic Workspace would be cool though.
 

skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
Removed KDE.

Because I realised one thing - I can't work in KDE. Infact, I can't work in anything other than GNOME 3.
 

hellknight

BSD init pwns System V
Yup.. GNOME 3 is very,very productive.. KDE on the other hand is just flashy & blingy (for me). But there is one application on KDE that draws me towards it, AmaroK
 

skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
This was indeed a serious issue.

Even I had two System Settings. Do I like it? NO WAY!!!1 I get confused.

[Phoronix] GNOME & KDE Developers Go To Battle Over A Name

'Formal complaint concerning the use of the name "System Settings" by' - MARC

'Re: Formal complaint concerning the use of the name "System Settings"' - MARC
 

skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
interchange KDE and GNOME 3 for my case
Watch this then.

[YOUTUBE]yRboWJhrSBo[/YOUTUBE]

That was just a demo. I work with 10-15 windows opened at once. 3 of them Browsers. One Terminal. A couple of IM windows. Gedit. File Browser. GIMP. And many more.

KDE = huge mess. GNOME 3 = just works.

And IM notifications are boss if I'm in some other workspace.

[YOUTUBE]lepXx1kDelo[/YOUTUBE]
 

nims11

BIOS Terminator
GNOME - elegant and professional, true. Also the workspace implementation is quite impressive (better than KDE as it looked) as in the video.
With 3 workspaces+Yakuake, i feel comfy with KDE. Also since i am quite lazy to reach my hands out to the mouse, KDE's flexible keyboard shortcuts for almost everything is a blessing for me.

I had tried GNOME 3 few weeks ago and it was very elegant and minimalistic. Unfortunately, lack of visible customizations and non-intuitive interface made me switch back :| . But the Mint's implementation of GNOME 3 is impressive and i would like to see something like that on my Arch.

PS : Installing GNOME 3 again... Want to try it out again :)
 

hellknight

BSD init pwns System V
I'm having some kind of problem with my rc.conf configuration in the modules section. The wiki says that I shouldn't enter anything in the modules section now. Here's the output of my file :-
PHP:
#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# DAEMON_LOCALE: If set to 'yes', use $LOCALE as the locale during daemon
# startup and during the boot process. If set to 'no', the C locale is used.
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
#   Note: Using "localtime" is discouraged.
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
# VERBOSE: Verbose level (from 1 to 8). man 3 syslog for level info
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Asia/Kolkata"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
VERBOSE="3"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Blacklisting is no longer supported.
#   Replace every !module by an entry as on the following line in a file in
#   /etc/modprobe.d:
#     blacklist module
#   See "man modprobe.conf" for details.
#

MODULES=(microcode powernow-k8 cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave vboxdrv vboxnetflt )
# Udev settle timeout (default to 30)
UDEV_TIMEOUT=30

# Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup
USEDMRAID="no"

# Scan for BTRFS volumes at startup
USEBTRFS="no"

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="AX-64"

# Use 'ip addr' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Wired network setup
#   - interface: name of device (required)
#   - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
#   - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP)
#   - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
# 
# Static IP example
# interface=eth0
# address=192.168.0.2
# netmask=255.255.255.0
# gateway=192.168.0.1
#
# DHCP example
# interface=eth0
# address=
# netmask=
# gateway=

interface=eth0
address=192.168.1.2
netmask=255.255.255.0
gateway=192.168.1.1

# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"

# Enable these netcfg profiles at boot-up. These are useful if you happen to
# need more advanced network features than the simple network service
# supports, such as multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
# If something other takes care of your hardware clock (ntpd, dual-boot...)
# you should disable 'hwclock' here.
#
DAEMONS=(hwclock @acpid syslog-ng network netfs dkms_autoinstaller sshd @crond @alsa dbus hal gdm @cpufreq @cpu)

Can someone please post the output of your rc.conf file so I can see what is wrong. Everything is working fine, but I get some messages during the boot time.
 

skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
Here's mine:
PHP:
#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# DAEMON_LOCALE: If set to 'yes', use $LOCALE as the locale during daemon
# startup and during the boot process. If set to 'no', the C locale is used.
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "", "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
#   Note: Using "localtime" is discouraged, using "" makes hwclock fall back
#   to the value in /var/lib/hwclock/adjfile
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
#   Note: if unset, the value in /etc/localtime is used unchanged
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Asia/Kolkata"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Blacklisting is no longer supported.
#   Replace every !module by an entry as on the following line in a file in
#   /etc/modprobe.d:
#     blacklist module
#   See "man modprobe.conf" for details.
#
MODULES=()

# Udev settle timeout (default to 30)
UDEV_TIMEOUT=30

# Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup
USEDMRAID="no"

# Scan for BTRFS volumes at startup
USEBTRFS="no"

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="omzoc"

# Use 'ip addr' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Wired network setup
#   - interface: name of device (required)
#   - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
#   - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP) (optional, defaults to 255.255.255.0)
#   - broadcast: broadcast address (ignored for DHCP) (optional)
#   - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
# 
# Static IP example
# interface=eth0
# address=192.168.0.2
# netmask=255.255.255.0
# broadcast=192.168.0.255
# gateway=192.168.0.1
#
# DHCP example
# interface=eth0
# address=
# netmask=
# gateway=

interface=
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=

# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"

# Enable these netcfg profiles at boot-up. These are useful if you happen to
# need more advanced network features than the simple network service
# supports, such as multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
# If something other takes care of your hardware clock (ntpd, dual-boot...)
# you should disable 'hwclock' here.
#
DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng alsa dbus networkmanager netfs crond cupsd)
 

skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
well, actually the thing is, i5-2500k is really power efficient. So, I didn't bother with CPU frequency scaling related modules.
 
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