2 Arch boxes, 1 Home

Hi All
I have 2 partitions each with arch installed, one for general stuff & one for development & testing, but each uses the same home partition. Is there a way that i can use different settings in .xinitrc based on which version of arch i am booting too ?
Many thanks
Whitetimer

whitetimer wrote:
@ngoonee
It is just one computer, with two seperate arch partitions, so only one arch installation will be booted at any one time.
No problem then. I personally don't see the point of two installs, but I'm sure you have a good reason .

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Arch box appears to knock out wifi

I have encountered an interesting problem with my home network. My arch box has been out for a while and during that time I and all others in my apartment have had no issues with wireless connectivity. Recently however, I was able to get my desktop running again and now the standalone wireless router/dsl modem is dropping all of the wireless users. My arch desktop is connected via an ethernet cord and does not experience a loss of connection. But my iPod, netbook(running Windows 7) and my GF's netbook (running Mint) all lose their connection to the router and their ability to reconnect. The router is still broadcasting and appears on lists but no connection seems to be possible to it.
Before my arch box went down a few months back, this issue had been popping up but I had forgotten about it until I got it working again.
Fixing the matter so far has been either physically switching the router on and off or going into the router's software by browser and shutting the wireless radio on and off.
I have yet to figure out what might be causing this and I have found no instances of this in my googling. Any thoughts?

Make sure you Arch Box is not trying to become the definitive DHCP server on the network. In other words, ensure the dhcp server is not running.
Is your wireless set to the correct regulatory environment? (I cheated and used my moderator privilege -- I see where you are, so this is probably not the issue)
You have not "Optimized" your power output or anything, have you?
Edit: What is your router? I had similar issues, re-flashing my Netgear default crippleware firmware with DD-WRT made things work like magic.
Last edited by ewaller (2012-07-14 00:29:59)

The Arch Linux Folding@Home team breaks 3 million points

The Arch Linux Folding@Home team breaks 3 million points and is ranked 318 out of 81,260 teams.
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/ … s=&t=45032
Not bad for a team that averages between 20 and 25 active folders!
Thanks and Congrats to everyone who has folded for Arch.
Pudge

alexmat wrote:
Please post your results, I would be very interested in getting the SMP client setup.
Also, a nice package wouldn't hurt
In my case, I run all my folding computers at home, and it's just me and my wife. So the computers are running in a trusted environment. As such, I just manually start the client in a Gnome terminal window on desktop #4 and leave my computer logged in all the time. When I need to log out of my Gnome session, reboot, or stop my computer, I get into Desktop #4 and enter Ctrl-C to stop the client. This is the simplest way to run the client and works for me. When you use the client like this, a package isn't necessary.
Just download the Linux x86-64 only SMP client version 6.0 Beta 1 http://folding.stanford.edu/release/FAH … -Linux.tgz into a folder in your home directory. Use the tar command to untar the file, and you end up with two files named "fah6" and "mpiexec". This is the first Linux client that requires a passkey. Go to http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/getpasskey.py to get a passkey E-mailed to you. Once you get the passkey, get into your folding directory and as a user enter:
$ ./fah6 -configonly -smp
Answer the questions to configure how your client will run. If you have never run folding at home before, you need to choose a user name. Go to http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/mai … =userstats and using the "is exactly" option or the "is like" option enter your chosen user name in the search box and see if someone else is already using that name. Keep trying user names until you find one not in use. Enter your user name. The Arch Linux team number is 45032 so enter that for the team number. Enter the passkey that Stanford E-mailed you. I recommend the following for these questions:
User name [Anonymous]? Your_user_name
Team Number [0]? 45032
Passkey []? XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Ask before fetching/sending work (no/yes) [no]? no
Use proxy (yes/no) [no]? no
Acceptable size of work assignment and work result packets (bigger units may have large memory demands)
-- 'small' is <5MB, 'normal' is <10MB, and 'big' is >10MB (small/normal/big) [normal]? big
Change advanced options (yes/no) [no]? yes
Core Priority (idle/low) [idle]? idle
Disable highly optimized assembly code (no/yes) [no]? no
Interval, in minutes, between checkpoints (3-30) [15]? 15
Memory, in MB, to indicate (1885 available) [1885]? 1885
Set -advmethods flag always, requesting new advanced
scientific cores and/or work units if available (no/yes) [no]? yes
Ignore any deadline information (mainly useful if
system clock frequently has errors) (no/yes) [no]? no
Machine ID (1-16) [1]? 1
That's it, you are now configured. Now that it is configured, enter:
$ ./fah6 -smp
and you are off and running. Just remember to use the -smp flag when starting the client, and remember to use Ctrl-C to stop it.
dmartins wrote:I have noticed that the SMP client works much better on a linux dual core system than it does on a windows system with similar specs.
I agree totally with that.
Btw, Pudge: You seem to be way out in front of everyone else in points per day. I was wondering what machines you have churning away. Perhaps a PS3 in the mix? I have read they can pump out some serious GFLOPS.
No, I don't have a PS3. Here's what I have churning away.
Four SMP clients on AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processors running Arch 64 bit.
One SMP client on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor running Windows XP
Three regular clients (non SMP) on AMD Athlon XP single core processors running i686 Arch
One regular client (non SMP) on an AMD Athlon XP single core processor running Windows XP
The vast majority of my points come from the 5 SMP clients. It's absolutely amazing how fast the SMP client can finish the work units!
If you have a dual core processor, I highly recommend running a single SMP client as opposed to running two regular clients.
EDIT: I forgot to mention. To run the Linux X86_64 SMP client Version 5 beta, you needed some 32 bit libraries loaded. I just loaded all the 32 bit libraries listed in the installing Flash on Arch64 Wiki and it worked. When I went to the Linux X86_64 SMP client Version 6 beta 1, I just left the 32 bit libraries in place as I am using them for nspluginwrapper anyway. So, I have not tested whether the Linux X86_64 SMP client Version 6 beta 1 still needs the 32 bit libraries or not.
Pudge
Last edited by Pudge (2007-09-29 04:54:05)

Echoing ^C when I hit Ctrl+C - only on newer Arch boxes

I've built a few new Arch boxes and noticed that while SSH'd in and I hit Ctrl+C, I see a "^C". On my older Arch boxes, this isn't the case, it echos nothing, and I prefer it that way. How can I get the old way back?

Cadynum wrote:http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bas … ntrol_echo
Ah thanks, completely missed that one.

[SOLVED]Can't connect to mythweb/http suddenly on arch box

Been running mythweb for quite a while with no probs, but just got home and it was just hanging, then I rebooted box and now it doesn't load at all. Here's my /var/log/httpd/error_log from just now:
[Tue Apr 12 21:34:39 2011] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Tue Apr 12 21:34:39 2011] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Tue Apr 12 21:34:39 2011] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 12 21:34:39 2011] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 12 21:34:41 2011] [notice] Apache/2.2.17 (Unix) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.17 OpenSSL/1.0.0d PHP/5.3.6 with Suhosin-Patch configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 12 21:40:43 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.101] client denied by server configuration: /home/httpd, referer: http://192.168.1.100:1758/mythweb/
[Tue Apr 12 21:40:51 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.101] client denied by server configuration: /home/httpd
Clearly there's a client denied by server configuration, but I don't understand what could've changed or what to check on between last night and tonight. Thanks for any help
edit: Ack, such silliness! It was MySQL all along. I have /var/lib/mysql mounted to a separate partition and it ran out of space, so MySQL was hung and not starting up but wouldn't stop either. Just freed up some space, restarted MySQL and it is working okay.
Last edited by colbert (2011-04-13 03:05:22)

wicd is another wireless system AFAIK, so you can't use wicd (with a KDE or GNOME) in combination with NetworkManager, so if you want to use wicd, there is no need to look for the networkmanager log.
If you still want to use NetworkManager:
It could be I was mistaken in the filename (aren't using my laptop right now), it could be the messages are located in the more general /var/log/messages or /var/log/daemons. Could you check those it they contain anything related to NetworkManager? It both aren't containing anything NetworkManager related, the obvious question is, is it running/has it ever ran? (did you manually run /etc/rc.d/networkmanager start or did you add networkmanager to the daemons array in /etc/rc.conf and gave your system a reboot)

I overhauled Band-in-a-Box and Home Concert Extreme

I have posted a major overhaul of Band in a Box
http://web.me.com/newdotmacuser/CurtisRushBell/SoftwareInnovations/Entries/2000/8/20Band-in-a-Box.html
and
Home Concert Extreme
http://web.me.com/newdotmacuser/CurtisRushBell/SoftwareInnovations/Entries/2010/7/12_7_Home_ConcertExtreme.html
These innovations have DRASTICALLY improved both softwares immensely.
Now if I could only get the Gods to look down beneath their feet...

Let me add that I didn't want to split hairs, it's just that "General Midi" is a technical term, it means (among other things) that you have a set of 128 instruments that are specified in a standard. That's the reason why you can click on a midi file in your web browser or open it with QT Player, and it will sound approximately like the creator wanted it to sound - the drum track won't play on a piano etc.
On the Mac, Quicktime provides this set of instruments. It's not very great sounds, but it's okay, and it could have been easily integrated into GB, I have no idea why they didn't. If you have SoundFontSynth, which allows you to use banks of soundfonts, you can select the Quicktime GM instruments for your GB tracks.
More information on GM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI

[SOLVED] Just got my Arch! Can /home be moved to different partition?

Hello everybody, after three days of work I've finally got my Arch running correctly, and I'm very thrilled about moving on and use it on a regular basis.
Now I have a doubt: during installation I selected to install home in the same partition as file sistem, because I have a home partition for Ubuntu and Fedora and was unsure if setting it would simply create a new folder for Arch, or it would be automatically formatted, which would have meant the destuction of all my data. That means all Arch data is inside the same partition.
So, question is, is there any way to move to that home partition now?
Last edited by Daerun (2011-02-08 22:33:24)

I don't know how many times I have seen this problem - and the solution is oh so easy ...
Forget about /home as such - make it just part of the root filesystem and don't put any data in there.
Instead - mount /myhome (or whatever you want to call it) on a partition on its own and have all of your users (ie all the usernames you use) rwx-access to it - use it as your 'real' home.
This way, you don't have the clutter of dot-files/directories if you should have more than one distro. To use a common /home for more than one distro is a big fallacy (at least in _my_ eyes) unless you make sure that uid and gid is the same (which is seldom the case if you're a newbie - old hands know better!)
Even if you have the same uid/gid - the dot-files may not be completely compatible and you're heading for troubles.
Another advantage - you can replace a distro with some other distro without thinking twice about it - your 'real' home is safe.
Oh - and while I'm at it.
Why all the different partitions for each distro? (/var, /usr, /home etc). That is OK if you only use one distro - the second you try to install another one you will be heading for troubles.
Just use the root filesystem and give it 20 gigs - 20 gigs for each distro and you will not have any problems - ever (almost). Hey - in these days of terabyte disks for $50, what's the problem?
Then - a final /myhome as a common home partition for all distros.
Another 'mistake' I often see is playing around with different filesystems, trying to wring the last ounce of effort out of a poor diskdrive. Make a /testing partition and experiment to your heart's content with all kind of weird and wonderful filesystem, but keep the root filesystem and your /myhome safe. ext3 and/or reiserfs are excellent filesystems and have been so for years - they are as safe as the bank. ext4 is getting there.
Just my 2c worth ...
Last edited by perbh (2011-02-08 17:38:51)

Install Arch Linux, saving /home?

I have my /home partition, with crucial data on it, and need to preserve it through an Arch installation. The problem is, I have not been able to find, anywhere, any clear instructions to install Arch, saving /home during installation.
I keep thinking it must be here somewhere, or in the installation and beginner's guide, or online, but I have not been able to find clear instructions on how to do this anywhere - and it's certainly not obvious in the installer. Where in the installer do I tell it NOT to format /home, or to mount the partition as /home but not format it? I have not seen anything clear in the installer where to find these things. I've installed Arch many times, but always did a clean installation, due to this issue, and was always able to backup /home first. This time I can't.
My /home is reiserfs, and for several reasons, I do not use LVM. I do want to format / (root, the one that is there, same size). /home is on its own partition.
Is there anyone that can give me good, precise, step-by-step instructions on how to do this? Or can you point me to a link that does have a clear way to do it? This is very frustrating for me, trying to find a straightforward, clear way to do it, and to find things I need to in the installer to do it. It's a first for me, and I love Arch, but have misgivings about the installer. It may take a video or something, not sure.
Thanks.
Last edited by dedanna1029 (2012-11-27 22:42:54)

dedanna1029 wrote:Where in the installer do I tell it NOT to format /home, or to mount the partition as /home but not format it?
There are no installer anymore. Now you have to cfdisk by hand, mkfs by hand, etc.
Just don't touch your /home/ partition and you will be fine, but a backup is highly advisable. All you need is to mistype the device number and poof it's gone. Be careful.
As already said, just format your / and swap, pacstrap into it, install your stuff and mount /home/ when needed.
Edit: Oh, forgot to mention, I'm installing an early version of Arch, to avoid Gnome3.
Install media have nothing to do with Gnome. It only includes [base] and [base-devel]. Plus, older install medias are outdated and you will have trouble getting it updating (there were the glibc update, a filesystem update, bsd-init->systemd and a few other big updates). Anyway, next time you will update, you will get Gnome3 anyway. If you really want Gnome 2, use MATE from the AUR.
Last edited by Max-P (2012-11-27 23:34:12)

Automatic Wake On Lan/Sleeping Arch Box?

I have my home (media) server setup that runs Arch and it does multiple things, it's the media server for all the XBMC clients in the house along with being an Apache/MySQL/CouchPotato/SickBeard/SABnzbd server. The thing is that about 50% of the time (usually between 2am and 10am and possibly during the day) it isn't really utilized and is just sitting there idle. Is there a way that I can have it go to sleep and have my router (Linksys e3200 soon to be flashed with DD-WRT or I may build one out of a Raspberry Pi) or something else automatically send a "magic packet" to wake it up whenever something tries to make a connection to it? Or would it just be easier to keep it on 24/7? I'm trying to reduce my electric bill a bit and was looking at getting a 4-bay NAS for this reason (considering the one I was looking at consumes 35w active and my pc probably consumes ~400w) but the thing is they're about $500. So in the long run it would definitely save me money but in the short run it would cost me a hell of a lot more than just leaving the pc on all the time.
Suggestions?
Last edited by brando56894 (2013-04-04 14:01:14)

For the first part I don't really know but I imagine it can be really simple, perhaps just running a script with cron?
There's a whole section for Wake on Lan in the wiki of both Arch and DD-WRT:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wake_on_lan
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WOL
Again a script would probably do the job using the wol package. If you want to put it to sleep automatically when it's idle for a certain amount of time then checking cpu utilisation is easy:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i- … ation.html

Re:Connect T-Box to home theatre not working

G'day,I recently bought Highlander 5.1 home Theatre system and have tried to connect through T-Box withOptical Toslink S/PDIF to 3.5mm Optical Mini Plug Jack Digital Audio Cable with no success,the sound system works great through the DVD player that the home theatre system came with.But I am unable to get it to work through my T-Box. Any ideas?I triedFrom the User guide; "CONNECTING YOUR T-BOX TO A HOME THEATRE SYSTEM Your T-Box has digital audio (S/PDIF) and RCA audio (left and right) connectors that you can use. However you’ll need either digital audio optical cable or RCA audio cables, which aren’t included with your T-Box. You can purchase these, and any additional accessories, from any good electronics retailer." Don't forget to turn down the volume on your TV. I have copied and pasted,hence the weird mash up of the question.Can anyone help?cheersDeebs

Deebs wrote:
G'day,I recently bought Highlander 5.1 home Theatre system and have tried to connect through T-Box withOptical Toslink S/PDIF to 3.5mm Optical Mini Plug Jack Digital Audio Cable with no success,the sound system works great through the DVD player that the home theatre system came with.But I am unable to get it to work through my T-Box. Any ideas?I triedFrom the User guide; "CONNECTING YOUR T-BOX TO A HOME THEATRE SYSTEM Your T-Box has digital audio (S/PDIF) and RCA audio (left and right) connectors that you can use. However you’ll need either digital audio optical cable or RCA audio cables, which aren’t included with your T-Box. You can purchase these, and any additional accessories, from any good electronics retailer." Don't forget to turn down the volume on your TV. I have copied and pasted,hence the weird mash up of the question.Can anyone help?cheersDeebs
Don't you mean the DVD player works through the home theatre, not the other way round? Usually, you plug your STB's and players into the HTS, then out to the telly (for picture).

Is it possible to install Arch with encrypt $HOME?

Hello,
I'm going to buy a new laptop and i'd like to install Archlinux into it.
Ubuntu 9.10 gives you the choice to encrypt your home directory during installation.
Is it possible to do the same with Arch?
I read the WIKI about encryptions and it looks pretty "hard" to do it...?
Thanks in advance for your answers!

Dieter@be wrote:that information is outdated. Since 2009.08 you can do encryption and lvm with the arch installer.
I did not see that while installing - the encrypted $HOME with ecryptfs I mean.
Did I overlook it?
(I used the netinstall.iso)
anyway - with the help of the two guides mentioned by anrxc (and another post on the subject here in the forums) I got it working.
After setting up a group "ecryptfs", adding the user to it, then having the PAM-Rules ready and the ecryptfs module loaded it was then as simple as typing:
ecryptfs-migrate-home -u $USER
The PAM-Rules as they are now:
/etc/pam.d/login
#%PAM-1.0
auth required pam_securetty.so
auth requisite pam_nologin.so
auth required pam_unix.so nullok
auth optional pam_ecryptfs.so unwrap
auth required pam_tally.so onerr=succeed file=/var/log/faillog
# use this to lockout accounts for 10 minutes after 3 failed attempts
#auth required pam_tally.so deny=2 unlock_time=600 onerr=succeed file=/var/log/faillog
account required pam_access.so
account required pam_time.so
account required pam_unix.so
#password required pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2 retry=3
password optional pam_ecryptfs.so
#password required pam_unix.so md5 shadow use_authtok
session required pam_unix.so
session optional pam_ecryptfs.so unwrap
session required pam_env.so
session required pam_motd.so
session required pam_limits.so
session optional pam_mail.so dir=/var/spool/mail standard
session optional pam_lastlog.so
/etc/pam.d/gdm
#%PAM-1.0
auth requisite pam_nologin.so
auth required pam_env.so
auth required pam_unix.so
auth optional pam_ecryptfs.so unwrap
auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so
account required pam_unix.so
session required pam_limits.so
session required pam_unix.so
session optional pam_ecryptfs.so unwrap
session optional pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start
password required pam_unix.so
password optional pam_ecryptfs.so
Seems to work well so far - only compiling software from AUR has failed sometimes - maybe some mount-options not suitable for "fakeroot"?
I just put the build-directory outside of the encrypted $HOME and symlinked to it - then it worked.
...my first 4 days with ARCH - coming from Gentoo, which I used solely for at least the last 4 years - and I like it and intend to stay with it
I did try Mint (Ubuntu) - thats how I came to want to have my $HOME encrypted with ecryptfs.
But I was not quite happy with it and now I'm here with ARCH.
Cheers
Last edited by jomen (2010-03-18 03:11:06)

4 questions about the the top boxes - SD box and Home media DVR

Hello. I am going to be getting Fios soon and I have some questions about the boxes. I will be getting the Home Media DVR and 4 SD boxes.
1) Do these boxes have timers on them to set so the box can turn off at a certain time?
2) Do these boxes have parental control and if so is it good enough to block things that I do not want my child to see?
3) How many people can access the home media dvr at the same time to watch already recorded programs
4) If the Home Media DVR is in the family room can a record be started from the bedroom over the SD set top box (even an hd show)?
Thanks for any help.

I have been using two Standard Set Top Boxes for about a year. I have Parental Controls on and all channels locked. When I want to watch a channel, I tune to that channel, note the LOCKED message, which tells me to press the OK button to enter ther Parental Controls PIN and unlock the channel for viewing.
This has worked flawlessliy for the last year -- ON THE Standard STB's.
I just ordered the Home Media DVR STB to replace one of my Standardt STB..
On the Home Media DVR:
I can set the Parentals Control PIN and lock the channels, in the exact same way I did o nthe Standard STB's. However, when tuen to ANY channel, I still ge the LOCKED message and instructions to press OK to unlock the channel -- BUT no matter how I press the OK button, the Enter your Parental Conlrols PIN dialog box willl NOT open. Nothing happens -- you CAN NOT view any channel.
Again, it is the EXACT setup as for the Standard STB, but the OK button will NOT unlock any of the channels.
If you unlock all channels and LOCK the Ratings, the same problem recurs: OK buitton will never open the "enter your PIN" dialog box.
I have received two replacement boxes and have spent hours on the phone with some very capable and helpful Techs -- no luck.
Has anyone else had the same problem? Here's how to test your Home Media DVR:
1. Menu-Settings-Parental Controls.
2. You will be prompted to CREATE youre Parental Controls PIN
3. Enter you PIN twice.
4. Use the > button to scroll to Enable On/Off and set it on.
5. scroll down to Control Channels
6. Press > button to See Locked Channels
7. Scroll down to Add/Remove Channels
8. Scroll right to choose LOCK ALL
9. Press OK and then scroll to YES to lock all channels
10. Press EXIT to get out of settings.
11. All channels are now locked.
12. Go to any channel
13. A black screen will appear with a lock silhouette with the word LOCKED below, followed by instructions to Press OK to enter PIN and unlock this channel. (plus how to change locks...).
14.Press the OK button and, if it is working, you will see a dialog box at the bottom of the screen that is titled: UNLOCK, with the channel listed and the instructions to "Enter your PIN using your numeric pad on remote to naje this channel availabe for all users." THere's a PIN box, which shows asterisks for each number entered, with "Press Exit to Cancel" below.
15. On the Standard STB, it works exactly as described in steps 1 thru 14. On the Media Center DVR, it works up to step `13, but in 14, no matter how you press the OK button, the UNLOCK dialog box never pops us. The Remote STB light flashes on the remove and the REMOTE yellow light flashes on the DVR, but nothng happens.
If you have a Home Media DVR, can you please try this and see if it works?
Thanks,
John

Should I use Samba to share between 2 Arch boxes?

Hey i have a few questions as i am a complete beginner when it comes to networking/filesharing, please bear with me. According to the wiki, Samba can be used to share local files between two unix pcs. I have it working right now and I've read the Samba wiki and i feel it is a bit lacking in information for a beginner, so i have a few questions...
1. I have it installed on both of the pcs i want to share between, with the same username and the same exact password, is this how it should be setup normally?
2. The main reason for attempting this is because i have an 8000 or so song collection and it seems silly to have the music on both cpu's, which is how i've had it set up. I succesfully connected to my laptop through nautilus using the smb://192.x.x.x/sharename method and put in the password and all seems fine, but i want to be sure that the other 3 pc's in my house (all windows) cannot connect to me and see my files. The wiki didn't help me there, and also did not go though the smb.conf settings thoroughly.
3. Exaile doesn't seem to be able to browse smb://xxx directories. If i can't load my music from the other pc to exaile then i have no use for this.
4. I'm listening to music from my laptop on my desktop at the moment (with VLC) and i'm typing this on my laptop and i'm noticing a slight lag every 20 seconds or so which never happened before, is this normal?
thanks for any input, i really have to clue what i'm doing here.

ok, nfs-4 seems like a good choice, but i am having a hard time understanding the wiki. from the wiki:
Exporting directories outside your NFS root
To do this, you'll need to use bind mounts. For example, to bind /home/john to /export/john:
# mount --bind /home/john /export/john
Then, /export/john needs to be added to /etc/exports:
/export 192.168.0.12(rw,fsid=0,no_subtree_check,async,no_root_squash)
/export/music 192.168.0.12(rw,no_subtree_check,async,no_root_squash)
/export/john 192.168.12(rw,no_subtree_check,async,no_root_squash,nohide)
The nohide option is required, because the kernel NFS server automatically hides mounted directories. To add the bind mount to /etc/fstab:
i dont really know what to do, i'm not familiar with exports and i don't think my pc's have the same ip (192.168.1.???) everytime if i reconnect the router or something. what does "nfs-root" mean?
Really all i want to achieve is accessing the home directory of the other pc and vice versa, while limiting access strictly to my pc's.

Scp or transfers through nfs freezes my arch box

Recently, when I attempt to copy a file from my workstation to my "server", the server will hardlock within several megs of the transfer. This happens reproducibly with an scp command or through the nfsv4 shares. There is *nothing* that I can find in /var/log on the server that would indicate any sort of error.
$ scp archlinux-2010.05-core-dual.iso facade@mars:/media/share
archlinux-2010.05-core-dual.iso 0% 3216KB 99.4KB/s - stalled -
Keyboard on the server is unresponsive; numlock/caplock lights are off and do not respond. Only way to get out of it is to hit the reset switch.
I thought maybe hdd problems but the disk passes a long test via smartctl; there are no SMART errors. Suggestions are welcomed
EDIT: If I boot to my live Arch CD on the server, install sshd and repeat the experiment, it copies successfully suggesting that my problem is not hardware based:
$ scp archlinux-2010.05-core-dual.iso arch@mars:/dev/shm
archlinux-2010.05-core-dual.iso 100% 554MB 50.4MB/s 00:11
Last edited by graysky (2011-03-19 09:20:53)

A hardlock is usually a kernel issue. I think you should first check if you didn't forget to recompile a kernel module. Then check if it works with a different kernel version, e.g. 2.6.38 from testing or kernel26-lts. That would give you some idea if it's fixed already, and when it broke.
If it's not fixed yet, search the kernel bugzilla and the kernel mailing list for bugs that look like yours, e.g. a hardlock with the same network card.
if you can't find a solution there, find the exact kernel version where it starts happening. Then do a git bisect, or look if you see a suspicious commit and try to revert it.
Of course the last step takes quite a lot of effort, especially if you're not used to compiling kernels, but when you file a bug the more useful information you have the quicker it gets fixed.

Unstable login!!

Since two days I cannot login to any phpBB forums when getting logged out or no login at all. Username gets activated but my browser gets logged out after few clicks of browsing. This problem I have encountered in Arch Forums, User Project Forums and FVWM Forums. In AUR and Wiki its fine. Also regardless of any type of browser (Mozilla, Konqueror, Opera and Netscape).
Its not an Arch package problem. Same happens when I am using Windows 98. Heard few other users also having same problem. Sounds like a PHP script bug.
Confusing is that I am able to login using a XP machine in Cyber Cafee, I am using at the moment (also did fine yesteday).

I was having the same problem (getting logged out of the Arch Linux Forums after less than five minutes, and often while writing a reply), then the problem seemed to go away for several weeks, then returned again. For the last several weeks now it has gone away again! I had the problem from my Arch-box at home and from my Win XP Professional machine at work. I figured that it was a BB problem.
Another problem that comes and goes is that I stay logged in to the Arch Forum, but after clicking on the button that marks all of the posts in a topic (for example 'Newbie Corner') as being read, I return to the Forum Index and find that absolutely everything has been marked as read. :?
Regards,
-- Dr.U
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