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nims11

nims11

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DeSmOnD dAvId said:
Why use an abstraction layer when you can port a game to opengl? An abstraction layer won't give good performance.
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ya dota2 performance sucks and using wine gives better performance. But porting will be a tougher job and valve can perhaps use the same abstraction layer for other existing games as well.
 
sharang.d

sharang.d

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Can anyone give me a copy of a good mirror list for pacman? I am not getting more than 30K/s
 
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DDIF

DDIF

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sharang.d said:
Can anyone give me a copy of a good mirror list for pacman? I am not getting more than 30K/s
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Use Indian server. cse.iitk.ac.in. You will get good ping and maximum speed but thia mirror is 9 hours behind other mirrors. Use Vietnamese mirror, fpt.com as secondary mirror.

Here is my mirrorlist:
Code: 
## Mirrorlist

## India (Primary Mirror)
Server = *mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Vietnam (Secondary)
Server = *mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## United States (Frequent Updates)
#Server = *mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
 
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DDIF

DDIF

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ico said:
^ don't use IITK lol. That mirror sucks.
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I get more than 500 KB/s on iitk. Whichever connection I use I get max speed on iitk. Dunno why you don't like it.
But mostly when I need fast critical updates I use RIT mirror.
 
DDIF

DDIF

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ico said:
I remember downloading some corrupt packages from them and discontinuous downloads. lol.
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All mirrors are using rsync push that means files are same on each one. Well, anyway everyone has different preferences. [MENTION=138121]sharang.d[/MENTION] try the three mirrors I provided and see what speed can you get.
Or you could try powerpill.
 
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Desmond

Desmond

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Guys, I need some help.

I managed to install Arch on my VirtualBox VM. I have installed all the necessary packages for gdm and even got it to run.

Now, whenever I login as a normal user, I get a black screen with only the cursor visible. No icons nothing. But I can operate normally if I login with root.

How do I get my normal user to login?
 
Desmond

Desmond

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It starts at startup so yeah, I did that.

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Now I am unable to login as a normal user at all. I even tried creating a new user but after entering my username and password I come back to the login screen.
 
DDIF

DDIF

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Oh, IDK, to be honest I have never come across this kind of problem and I am using Arch on three machines. I haven't used it with VM so may there is something with VM installation. Try in Arch Forums or in Arch IRC channel.
Try to create a user like this:
Code: 
useradd -m -g users -G lp,wheel,audio,video,power -s /bin/bash desmond
And then
Code: 
passwd desmond

Arch IRC channel is #archlinux
 
Desmond

Desmond

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While attempting to login as a normal user, after entering the username and password, I see some console text for a split second before it returns me to the login screen. If there is some problem, I am unable to read it. Do you know where this is logged?

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Please tell me the URL for the Arch IRC.
 
Desmond

Desmond

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I logged in as root and attempted to remove my normal user account. I got the following :

Code: 
userdel: user desmond is currently in use by process 503

I did a "ps aux" and got this:

Code: 
desmond    503  0.0  0.2  26824  2864 ?        Ss   15:01   0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user

How do I kill this process?

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So many people online on the #archlinux IRC but [strike]not a single helper[/strike] so slow responses. :(
 
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Desmond

Desmond

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I had faced a similar problem with gnome. I used to use xterm instead. Replaced gnome with LXDM now.
 
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