the Arch Linux thread

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Sure..!!

But as posted by ico above, follow *wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide and the installation should go smooth. Everything is written there step by step...

 

[gopi_vbboy]

How do we check driver compatibility of Arch.I mean is there any portal in arch wiki that shows supported hardware.

Like
i would like to know if my brother printer/scanner will have driver in arch or not in 64 bit arch.
Will the graphics driver for my pc support full resolution of my lcd or not.

before installing.

 

[nims11]

You most probably won't face any hardware compatibility problems. anyways, here is a hardware compatibility list for Arch. *wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_Compatibility_List

 

[prudhivisekhar]

Installing in Virtualbox in office.....once successfull, will install in home....

 

[skeletor]

How do we check driver compatibility of Arch.I mean is there any portal in arch wiki that shows supported hardware.

Like
i would like to know if my brother printer/scanner will have driver in arch or not in 64 bit arch.
Will the graphics driver for my pc support full resolution of my lcd or not.

before installing.

You will not need to install any driver or anything.

You will only need to install the graphics driver....which is most likely xf86-video-ati for you.

pacman -S xf86-video-ati

But forget about this. Just follow Arch Beginner's guide. It has everything step by step and will tell you install the driver at the right time.

 

[prudhivisekhar]

Sure..!!

But as posted by ico above, follow *wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide and the installation should go smooth. Everything is written there step by step...

Tnks for the help......

 

[prudhivisekhar]

After installation of base core, I updated the system. So after update I restarted the system. After rebooting, I am getting the error, Can't locate the root device /dev/.......


Help me to solve the problem.

 

[skeletor]

^^ suggestion to use Net install ISO.

Updates after Core lead to a broken installation now. Unless you read news @ www.archlinux.org in advance.

 

[prudhivisekhar]

K. I thought the same and downloaded the Netinstall image. Tnks ICO. I will come to IRC tomorrow. Was busywith work in office.

 

[hellknight]

^^Actually, they update the Core installation image after Linux kernel 3.0 was released.. get it, it is safe..

 

[prudhivisekhar]

^^Actually, they update the Core installation image after Linux kernel 3.0 was released.. get it, it is safe..

Ok. Will download and install it again...By the way....I think it is a problem when ever we want to update the system. So is there any solution?

 

[skeletor]

^^Actually, they update the Core installation image after Linux kernel 3.0 was released.. get it, it is safe..

No, it isn't safe anymore. Requires a lot of manual intervention if you update packages.

Use Net install for the while until they release a new version of Core ISO.

 

[prudhivisekhar]

No, it isn't safe anymore. Requires a lot of manual intervention if you update packages.

Use Net install for the while until they release a new version of Core ISO.

Ya, I tried looking in forums..but no help....they keep sending here and there.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Anyone using Gnome Shell and latest nvidia proprietary drivers and facing continuous GS crashes on searching in overlay mode should revert from the 295 driver version to 290.

 

[hellknight]

No.. it is working fine.. I have NVIDIA's proprietary drivers on GTX 260..with GNOME shell.. everything is up to date..

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Apparently many but not all have this problem. But it's a confirmed bug.

*bugs.archlinux.org/task/28441

 

[Desmond]

Hi,

I was trying yesterday to update the repo and connect to the net via Virtualbox (remember?)

I got pacman to update itself. Now when I try to run "pacman -Syy" I get messages saying that the database file for 'extra' and 'community' doesnot exist. It is also unable to download any other library since this update.

Please help.

Edit: I tried "pacman -S sudo", I got the message "error: Failed to prepare transaction (could not find database)" and warnings "warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist" and "warning: database file for 'community' does not exist".

 

[njathan]

What is the pacman version you are running?
There was a recent update to pacman which needed you to blacklist ipv6 by adding 'blacklist ipv6' in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf file. But i dont think thats any more required in the latest version "Pacman v4.0.2 - libalpm v7.0.2"

BTW i dont know if forcing update with '-yy' is a good idea. I recently did a pacman -Syuf and could not boot into the system at all. I had to rebuild syslinux to be able to enter my system.

 

[Desmond]

Edit:

I got pacman updated, but now it gives the following output:

warning : database file for 'extra' does not exist
warning : database file for 'community' does not exist
error : failed to prepare transaction (could not find database)

I checked under /var/lib/pacman/sync and indeed the files for extra and community are missing. Can you please suggest how to get these files?

What is the pacman version you are running?
There was a recent update to pacman which needed you to blacklist ipv6 by adding 'blacklist ipv6' in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf file. But i dont think thats any more required in the latest version "Pacman v4.0.2 - libalpm v7.0.2"

BTW i dont know if forcing update with '-yy' is a good idea. I recently did a pacman -Syuf and could not boot into the system at all. I had to rebuild syslinux to be able to enter my system.

I am using the latest version.

Edit: I've got it working on my home machine. Even X is running. Now what?

 

[Desmond]

Ok, installed KDE as well, now how do I get it to run on startup?