Arch live CD with gnome

Well charka looks interesting but to be honest KDE make me seriously reconsider pros/cons of living vs Dieing. I don't know why but I just cant stand it using it as my main DE. So its there a similar project with gnome? Also charka seems a little bloated , I was thinking of one with Arch + KDE and thats it. But whatever.
EDIT: Sorry I was talking about an Arch live cd with gnome charka is an arch based distro with a kde desktop. I was talking about a arch based distro with a gnome desktop.
Last edited by generic_ (2009-01-25 20:11:09)

This «Charka» intrigues me, where did you find out about it?
Also, detailed memory analysis¹ at our Chakra World Domination Headquarters have shown that a comparable Gnome setup can consume several magnitudes more memory and bloat, while featuring only an infitesimal amount of the features, of a Kde Desktop Environment.
I am currently unaware of any efforts to squeeze a gnome onto a CD-platter, but I'm sure you could do it on a couple of DVD's and some effort. Writing a usable installer using GTK is a whole other story (good luck finding good and up to date tutorials and documentation!).
¹: For a discussion of a methodology, please see: http://ktown.kde.org/~seli/memory/analysis.html
(DISCLAIMER: No, I haven't done any real testing, and noone has done any lately that I know of (but KDE won last round), but my personal experiences confirm it. If anyone seriously want to make a Charka, featuring Gnome and Arch and a pretty installer, get in touch, as our installation backend should be easily shared between installers, no matter what desktop or toolkit you write it for/use. I'm serious about the lack of good documentation for GTK, though.)

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Live CD with Gnome?

Can I try Arch linux with Gnome via live CD, such as Ubuntu for example? Where can I download it?

Yes, that's right ngoonee.
Building your own personalized system is far better than a ready to whatever use distro because it works at your way.
And that is the "quid" of arch,
however vasiceabc you can install any package
and it be would work better and faster than in anyone distro (without compiling)
The only thing that you need to know for correctly install and maintain arch is speak/read english (and read the wiki)
If you think that you can break something you can try it in a virtual machine like vmware which installs from your package manager.
download Arch from here: http://www.archlinux.org/download/
learn how to install it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide
and install it.
then when you have it done sucefully you can customize it at your way. with pacman
and if it liked (we're sure that you will love arch) you should install it in your HDD

[solved] Arch with GNOME 2?

Hi everyone,
I'm a new Arch user, have been using Ubuntu for about two years now and decided this morning to give Arch a try; the install wasn't too bad, the only ultimate problem was GNOME 3... I'm hoping somebody here can tell me if there's a way to install Arch from scratch with GNOME 2 and Compiz instead of GNOME 3? I ended up removing G3 and I'm now using KDE, which is also not what I want, but certainly a million times better than G3.
I had a quick look around, and it's clear that I'm not the only one who hates G3, the old threads on this forum regarding a downgrade are pointing to a lot of empty links, hence my new thread on the matter.
I understand that it's faster to use G3 and so-on, but really it looks like it was built for people who haven't got a clue how to use a PC, and if I wanted that sort of "simplicity" then I would have brought a Mac. I absolutely DESPISE GNOME 3 and I'm really sorry if that has offended anyone.
All I want is the simple, minimal interface that I had with G2, with the cute little foot in the top left corner, my customised menus and the basic window effects; that's it. I don't want Duplo-sized icons, I don't want fancy effects and I don't want the 0.0001 seconds of speed difference or extra security and reliability, because I'd rather my PC burst into flames from some G2 bug than I ever use G3 to do my computing.
Last edited by Juln (2011-05-15 10:05:41)

All I want is the simple, minimal interface that I had with G2, with the cute little foot in the top left corner, my customised menus and the basic window effects; that's it. I don't want Duplo-sized icons, I don't want fancy effects and I don't want the 0.0001 seconds of speed difference or extra security and reliability, because I'd rather my PC burst into flames from some G2 bug than I ever use G3 to do my computing.
That's hilarious! lol.
G3 is actually pretty good. If you don't like gnome-shell - then simply don't use it. Compiz works really well in G3 ( i am using the latest version 0.9.5, compiled yesterday from source). you can customize gnome3 menus, much in the same way as Gnome2. However, the menus are fairly slow, when i compare them to my gtk2-menu - which had zero-delay in opening. I've actually removed gnome-panel and replaced it with other tools, as i found gnome-panel to be a bit lame in G3.....you may not mind it though.
anyways, I wouldn't be too worried about running G3 - a lot of people are in a scramble because they aren't interested in the shell. but the shell isn't a requirement. I think the developers would just prefer that everybody uses GS. while there was talk of not having it supported in the future, i doubt that will happen ~ as we all know Canonical will be porting Unity to run on top of the gnome 3 stack. (right now it uses gnome2). So i tend to think we should be able to run fallback, for a long time
it just might take some extra-tweaking, to get it the way you want your desktop to be. I'm now actually liking it better than gnome2, myself. but it did take a bit of adjustment, but "under the hood" - gnome 3 has some nice features and improvements ove G2...
theming isn't too difficult either - so if you don't like fat menus/giant icons... then, you can use a theme that doesn't have that - or edit your theme instead. (i sort of did both). I'm actually working on a nice dark theme, that has gtk2 style window-decorations (narrow/thin), slim menus and some other goodies. Gtk3 - looks really great too!
jordan

[SOLVED] Totem missing settings on 64 Arch with Gnome 3.6

Hi all,
after clean install Arch 64 with Gnome 3.6.2 I cant find settings in default video player Totem to set my subtitles encoding (East Europe - Windows 1250).
Can anybody tell me, how or where can I set subtitles encoding in new version of Totem?
Thank you!
Last edited by shmakky (2012-11-24 16:45:57)

You can access "Preferences" in "Application menu"
Look at this screen: https://live.gnome.org/Design/HIG/Appli … s-menu.png

A VERY Easy Tutorial on doing a clean install of Arch Linux with Gnome

is there anyone who could help me test Arch Linux with Gnome DE?

The pacman bit is new, and has already been solved: [SOLVED] pacman update fails: gcc requires gcc-libs=4.7.0-3
Just press "N" and you'll see that pacman will be on the list.
Welcome to the forums.
Edit:
Shahe1993 wrote:is there anyone who cou...
Oh. Feeling a bit busy there, huh? Nevermind.
Last edited by DSpider (2012-04-12 17:28:18)

Software package list for best experience of Arch with Gnome DE.

I have been a long time Ubuntu user but due to power regression issues have to stop using it on new laptop (Thinkpad T420). Arch linux is the obvious choice to try and i did try it this weekend. I like the base and i think i might stay with it. I seems to have far better battery life without any tweaking - low temperature, no fan no TLP no kernel issues so far. I am having problem setting up Arch linux because of its stripped down nature. I guess i will have to read a lot to make it work me.
My question is i might not be having best experience of Arch with gnome. Is their a list or meta package like ubuntu-desktop which will install all/most of the commonly used programs and settings and from their i can customize it? Or is tweaking done in bits and pieces in Arch?
Thanks.

There is no meta-package like ubuntu-desktop in Arch. You have to build your system the way you find it most comfortable.
See Archwiki for more information. Here are some articles you will like to read:
-Beginners' Guide
-General Recommendations
-Gnome
-Pulseaudio
-Networkmanager

[SOLVED] DWM running with gnome difficulties - cracked leaving GNOME!

UPDATE: concept as a perceived requirement has been scrubed. No longer needing Gnome's environment ... just some gtk/gnome libraries here and there though, obviously. See last post of mine here if ya like and you're rushed a bit.
Having problems getting gnome to live with DWM though I can compile myself as i just learned how from the wiki.
OBJECTIVE: retain at least the bottom menu bar of gnome (and program access) for a while yet .... while using DWM.
Hi... having the most amazing time with Xmonad, awesome, stumpwm, dmenu etc.
At this point I've realized that Xmonad and DWM have basically the same keybinding.
For how it work WELL, as it's an originator, and keeping it simple ummm.... was it 18k or 180k? hehehe (see other posts about dwm) I'm going to go with dwm for the forseeable future. they're all great though having done the studying it's really a simple decision.... If I wanted to swap to something else later I'd have the skill to know how simple that would be... dwm does cover ALL of what I sensibly need to work quickly and SIMPLY/manageably...
DUE TO UPDATE COMMENT AT TOP - SOME OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF POST IS REDUNDANT a BIT though maybe not:
So... I'm wishing to be able to access my folders and programs through the gnome menu as a fail-safe until I figure out how to get around any gottcha before I reinstall WITHOUT gnome (just some of the libraries obviously for packages that need them)
I really need to get going immediately with DWM and having had lots of fun with Xmonad (works easily with gnome though i like the simplicity of default DWM) ...
ALL I really need is what I now have left of gnome's desktop visibility which is the bottom bar with a menu applet embeded in it...
Actually.... IF there's a way to GRAPHICALLY see folders ie. boot programs without having to find the binary though would be cool.
Gnome can do it's thing in the background.... though right now ALL I can get by adding DWM WITH metacity in the gnome sessions properties leaves me WITHOUT the bootom bar that gets me to my programs...
yep, duh.
any assistance apreciated as I can't stand working without dwm (or similar tiling wm) though I'm too new at it and generally not skilled enough at this move to get to my program's ICONS... using dmenu for all booting just isn't practical for me today.. then again who knows what the next hour will bring! hehehe
So..... ANYONE have DWM code that'll work??? .... I think I'd prefer it to be stock otherwise...
whatver happens thanks and everything's so cool.... have learned SO much....
Last edited by yvonney (2009-02-03 09:44:22)

well as i remember, my own path was something like this...
Windozes -> PCLinuxOS -> (K-X)Ubuntu -> Arch(XFCE4(desktop environment)) -> Arch(Fluxbox(no DE)) -> Arch(wmii+gnu/screen) -> Arch(dwm+gnu/screen)
not talking about GNU/screen its like not talking about breathing to me right now at the beggining (like all i pass throught in GNU/linux) i can barely understand something "as complex" to understand like screen, but using it, showed me that EVERYTHING is a matter of understanding throught direct experience
so i'll recommend to you that you start looking to gnu/screen, is so damn easy to configure/use once you understand it, but difficult when you start reading about it, like dwm is in first place
what i do for file assosiations and such is using midnight commander (cli-file manager) and i edited a menu (F2 on a dir/file) and it popups showing the list of apps that i configured to open that file extension, i configured tuxcmd in the past but i didnt used it for months now...
here's the ~/.mc/menu i did... (i use urxvt as a daemon starting "urxvtd -q -f -o &" in .xinit, you may change "urxvtc" with your terminal emulator of choice... (i hope it will be urxvt(c) and not something like gnome-terminal )
shell_patterns=0
+ ! t t
@ Do something on the current file
CMD=%{Enter command}
$CMD %f
7 compress to 7zip (dir27z)
urxvtc -e dir27z %f &
@ compress file to zip (file2zip)
urxvtc -e file2zip %f &
@ compress dir to zip (dir2zip)
urxvtc -e dir2zip %f &
@ dir to iso (mkisofs -V volume_name -J -r -o isoimage.iso)
urxvtc -e mkisofs -V NEW -J -r -o isoimage.iso %f &
s make symlink in /tmp/burn (mksym)
mksym %f &
x make executable (chmod 755)
chmod 755 %f
r chown -cR root:root
sudo chown -cR root:root %f
a chown -cR aleyscha:users
sudo chown -cR aleyscha:users %f
u mount /dev/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom
u umount /dev/cdrom
umount /dev/cdrom
u wodim -v dev=/dev/cdrom -blank=fast
urxvtc -e wodim -v dev=/dev/cdrom -blank=fast &
u dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/downloads/New/isoimage.iso
urxvtc -e dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/downloads/New/isoimage.iso &
u unmount ISO Image (fusermount -u /mnt/cdrom)
fusermount -u /mnt/cdrom
u unmount ISO Image (fusermount -u /mnt/iso1)
fusermount -u /mnt/iso1
u unmount ISO Image (fusermount -u /mnt/iso2)
fusermount -u /mnt/iso2
g edit file in gvim as root (sudo gvim %f &)
sudo gvim %f &
c copy (fui %f)
urxvtc -e fui %f &
p paste (fui --copy)
urxvtc -e fui --copy &
p paste (fui --move)
urxvtc -e fui --move &
c clamscan (clamscan --recursive --infected --bell --remove)
urxvtc -e clamscan --recursive --infected --bell --remove %f &
b Send via Bluetooth to device (obexftp -b 00:17:D5:85:0D:6F -p)
obexftp -b 00:17:D5:85:0D:6F -p %f &
+ t t
d Do something on the tagged files
set %t; CMD=%{Enter command}
while [ -n "$1" ]; do
$CMD "$1"
shift
done
+ t t
@ Make symlink in /tmp/burn
while [ -n "$1" ]; do
mksym "$1"
shift
done
0 Edit a bug report and send it to root
I=`mktemp ${MC_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mail.XXXXXX` || exit 1
${EDITOR-vi} $I
test -r $I && mail root < $I
rm -f $I
=+ f \.1$ | f \.3$ | f \.4$ | f \.5$ | f \.6$ | f \.7$ | f \.8$ | f \.man$ & t r
1 Display the file with roff -man
nroff -man %f | less
2 Call the info hypertext browser
info
= t d
3 Compress the current subdirectory (tar.gz)
Pwd=`basename "%d" /`
echo -n "Name of the compressed file (without extension) [$Pwd]: "
read tar
if [ "$tar"x = x ]; then tar="$Pwd"; fi
cd .. && \
tar cf - "$Pwd" | gzip -f9 > "$tar.tar.gz" && \
echo "../$tar.tar.gz created."
4 Compress the current subdirectory (tar.bz2)
Pwd=`basename %d /`
echo -n "Name of the compressed file (without extension) [$Pwd]: "
read tar
if [ "$tar"x = x ]; then tar="$Pwd"; fi
cd .. && \
tar cf - "$Pwd" | bzip2 -f > "$tar.tar.bz2" && \
echo "../$tar.tar.bz2 created."
= f \.c$ & t r
+ f \.c$ & t r & ! t t
5 Compile and link current .c file
make `basename %f .c` 2>/dev/null || cc -O -o `basename %f .c` %f
+ t r & ! t t
a Append file to opposite
cat %f >>%D/%f
+ t t
A Append files to opposite files
set %t
while [ -n "$1" ]; do
cat $1 >>%D/$1
shift
done
+ t r & ! t t
d Delete file if a copy exists in the other directory.
if [ "%d" = "%D" ]; then
echo "The two directores must be different"
exit 1
fi
if [ -f %D/%f ]; then # if two of them, then
if cmp -s %D/%f %f; then
rm %f && echo %f: DELETED
else
echo "%f and %D/%f differ: NOT deleted"
echo -n "Press RETURN "
read key
fi
else
echo %f: No copy in %D/%f: NOT deleted.
fi
+ t t
D Delete tagged files if a copy exists in the other directory.
if [ "%d" = "%D" ]; then
echo "The two directores must be different"
exit 1
fi
for i in %t
do
if [ -f %D/$i ]; then
SUM1="`sum $i`"
SUM2="`sum %D/$i`"
if [ "$SUM1" = "$SUM2" ]; then
rm $i && echo ${i}: DELETED
else
echo $i and %D/$i differ: NOT deleted.
fi
else
echo %f has no copy in %D/%f: NOT deleted.
fi
done
m View manual page
MAN=%{Enter manual name}
%view man -P cat $MAN
= f \.gz$ & t r
+ ! t t
n Inspect gzip'ed newsbatch file
dd if=%f bs=1 skip=12|zcat|${PAGER-more}
# assuming the cunbatch header is 12 bytes long.
= t r &
+ ! t t
h Strip headers from current newsarticle
CHECK=`awk '{print $1 ; exit}' %f` 2>/dev/null
case $CHECK in
Newsgroups:|Path:)
I=`mktemp ${MC_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/news.XXXXXX` || exit 1
cp %f $I && sed '/^'"$CHECK"' /,/^$/d' $I > %f
[ "$?" = "0" ] && rm $I
echo %f: header removed
echo %f is not a news article.
esac
+ t t
H Strip headers from the marked newsarticles
set %t
while [ -n "$1" ]; do
CHECK=`awk '{print $1 ; exit}' $1` 2>/dev/null
WFILE=`mktemp ${MC_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/news.XXXXXX` || exit 1
case $CHECK in
Newsgroups:|Path:)
cp $1 $WFILE && sed '/^'"$CHECK"' /,/^$/d' $WFILE > $1
if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
rm $WFILE; echo $1 header removed. OK.
else
echo "Oops! Please check $1 against $WFILE"
fi
echo $1 skipped: Not a news article.
esac
shift
done
= t r
+ ! t t
r Copy file to remote host
echo -n "To which host?: "
read Host
echo -n "To which directory on $Host?: "
read Dir
rcp -p %f ${Host}:$Dir
+ t t
R Copy files to remote host (no error checking)
echo -n "Copy files to which host?: "
read Host
echo -n "To which directory on $Host? :"
read Dir
rcp -pr %u ${Host}:$Dir
= f \.tex$ & t r
+ f \.tex$ & t r & ! t t
t Run latex on file and show it with xdvi
latex %f && xdvi `basename %f .tex`.dvi
=+ f ^part | f ^Part | f uue & t r
+ t t
U Uudecode marked news articles (needs work)
set %t
while [ -n "$1" ]; do # strip headers
FIRST=`awk '{print $1 ; exit}' $1`
cat $1 | sed '/^'"$FIRST"' /,/^$/d'; shift
done
) |sed '/^$/d' |sed -n '/^begin 6/,/^end$/p' | uudecode
if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
echo "Cannot decode %t"
fi
echo "Please test the output file before deleting anything"
=+ f \.tar\.gz$ | f \.tar\.z$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.tpz$ | f \.tar\.Z$| f \.tar\.bz2$ & t r
x Extract the contents of a compressed tar file
unset EXT
case %f in
*.tar.bz2) EXT=tar_bz2;;
esac
if [ "$EXT" = "tar_bz2" ]; then
bunzip2 -c %f | tar xvf -
else
gzip -dc %f | tar xvf -
fi
= t r
+ ! t t
y Gzip or gunzip current file
unset DECOMP
case %f in
*.gz) DECOMP=-d;;
*.[zZ]) DECOMP=-d;;
esac
gzip $DECOMP -v %f
+ t t
Y Gzip or gunzip tagged files
for i in %t
do
unset DECOMP
case $i in
*.gz) DECOMP=-d;;
*.[zZ]) DECOMP=-d;;
esac
gzip $DECOMP -v $i
done
+ ! t t
b Bzip2 or bunzip2 current file
unset DECOMP
case %f in
*.bz2) DECOMP=-d;;
esac
bzip2 $DECOMP -v %f
+ t t
B Bzip2 or bunzip2 tagged files
for i in %t
do
unset DECOMP
case $i in
*.bz2) DECOMP=-d;;
esac
bzip2 $DECOMP -v $i
done
+ f \.tar.gz$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.tpz$ | f \.tar.Z$ | f \.tar.z$ | f \.tar.bz2$ | f \.tar.F$ & t r & ! t t
z Extract compressed tar file to subdirectory
unset D
set gzip -cd
case %f in
*.tar.gz) D="`basename %f .tar.gz`";;
*.tgz) D="`basename %f .tgz`";;
*.tpz) D="`basename %f .tpz`";;
*.tar.Z) D="`basename %f .tar.Z`";;
*.tar.z) D="`basename %f .tar.z`";;
*.tar.bz2) D="`basename %f .tar.bz2`"; set bunzip2 -c ;;
*.tar.F) D="`basename %f .tar.F`"; set freeze -dc;
esac
mkdir $D; cd $D && ($1 $2 ../%f | tar xvf -)
+ t t
Z Extract compressed tar files to subdirectories
for i in %t
do
set gzip -dc
unset D
case $i in
*.tar.gz) D="`basename $i .tar.gz`";;
*.tgz) D="`basename $i .tgz`";;
*.tpz) D="`basename $i .tpz`";;
*.tar.Z) D="`basename $i .tar.Z`";;
*.tar.z) D="`basename $i .tar.z`";;
*.tar.F) D="`basename $i .tar.F`"; set freeze -dc;;
*.tar.bz2) D="`basename $i .tar.bz2`"; set bunzip2 -c;;
esac
mkdir $D; (cd $D && $1 $2 ../$i | tar xvf -)
done
+ f \.gz$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.tpz$ | f \.Z$ | f \.z$ | f \.bz2$ & t r & ! t t
c Convert gz<->bz2, tar.gz<->tar.bz2 & tgz->tar.bz2
unset D
unset EXT
case %f in
*.tgz) EXT=tgz;;
*.tpz) EXT=tpz;;
*.Z) EXT=Z;;
*.z) EXT=z;;
*.gz) EXT=gz;;
*.bz2) EXT=bz2;;
esac
case $EXT in
tgz|tpz) D="`basename %f .$EXT`.tar";;
gz|Z|z) D="`basename %f .$EXT`";;
bz2) D="`basename %f .bz2`";;
esac
if [ "$EXT" = "bz2" ]; then
bunzip2 -v %f ; gzip -f9 -v $D
else
gunzip -v %f ; bzip2 -v $D
fi
+ t t
C Convert gz<->bz2, tar.gz<->tar.bz2 & tgz->tar.bz2
set %t
while [ -n "$1" ]
do
unset D
unset EXT
case $1 in
*.tgz) EXT=tgz;;
*.tpz) EXT=tpz;;
*.Z) EXT=Z;;
*.z) EXT=z;;
*.gz) EXT=gz;;
*.bz2) EXT=bz2;;
esac
case $EXT in
tgz) D="`basename $1 .tgz`.tar";;
tpz) D="`basename $1 .tpz`.tar";;
gz|Z|z) D="`basename $1 .$EXT`";;
bz2) D="`basename $1 .bz2`";;
esac
if [ "$EXT" = "bz2" ]; then
bunzip2 -v $1
gzip -f9 -v $D
else
gunzip -v $1
bzip2 -v $D
fi
shift
done
+ x /usr/bin/open | x /usr/local/bin/open & x /bin/sh
o Open next a free console
open -s -- sh
#### Added by me ####
#### Video File Menu ####
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
p mplayer
mplayer %f
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
i ffmpeg -i (show audio/video info)
ffmpeg -i %f
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
i mediainfo (show audio/video info)
mediainfo %f
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
v vlc
vlc %f &
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
e Edit with AviDemux (avidemux2_gtk %f)
avidemux2_gtk %f &
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
e Encode to h264 vhq 96 700 (enc2h264 vhq 96 700 %f)
urxvtc -e enc2h264 vhq 96 700 %f &
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
e Encode to h264 hq 64 500 (enc2h264 hq 64 500 %f)
urxvtc -e enc2h264 hq 64 500 %f &
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
e Encode to h264 wmv 17fps 500 64 (enc2h264 wmv17 %f)
urxvtc -e enc2h264 wmv17 %f &
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
e Encode to h264 wmv 25fps 500 64 (enc2h264 wmv25 %f)
urxvtc -e enc2h264 wmv25 %f &
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
@ Encode to -oac mp3_abr_96 (enc2h264 audio 96)
urxvtc -e enc2h264 audio 96 %f &
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
@ Encode to vhq 140 1000 (scale to 624x352, enc2h264 series %f)
urxvtc -e enc2h264 series %f &
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
e Encode to mpg 160 1152 (enc2mpg mpg 160 1152 %f)
urxvtc -e enc2mpg mpg 160 1152 %f &
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.VOB$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ & t r & ! t t
f mplayer framebuffer (mplayer -vo fbdev -fs)
mplayer -vo fbdev -fs %f
+ f \.mkv$ & t r & ! t t
e Extract mkv file (video-audio-subtitle, extractmkv %f)
urxvtc -e extractmkv %f &
#### Audio File Menu ####
+ f \.wav$ | f \.mp3$ | f \.au$ | f \.aiff$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mp2$ | f \.flac$ | f \.wma$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mpc$ | f \.ac3$ | f \.mid$ | f \.ogg$ & t r & ! t t
p mplayer
urxvtc -e mplayer %f &
+ f \.wav$ | f \.mp3$ | f \.au$ | f \.aiff$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mp2$ | f \.flac$ | f \.wma$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mpc$ | f \.ac3$ | f \.mid$ | f \.ogg$ & t r & ! t t
i ffmpeg -i (show audio/video info)
ffmpeg -i %f &
+ f \.wav$ | f \.mp3$ | f \.au$ | f \.aiff$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mp2$ | f \.flac$ | f \.wma$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mpc$ | f \.ac3$ | f \.mid$ | f \.ogg$ & t r & ! t t
i mediainfo (show audio/video info)
mediainfo %f &
+ f \.wav$ | f \.mp3$ | f \.au$ | f \.aiff$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mp2$ | f \.flac$ | f \.wma$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mpc$ | f \.ac3$ | f \.mid$ | f \.ogg$ & t r & ! t t
a audacity
audacity %f
+ f \.wav$ | f \.mp3$ | f \.au$ | f \.aiff$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mp2$ | f \.flac$ | f \.wma$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mpc$ | f \.ac3$ | f \.mid$ | f \.ogg$ & t r & ! t t
e Encode to ABR MP3 (enc2mp3)
urxvtc -e enc2mp3 %f &
#### Disk Image File Menu ####
+ f \.iso$ | f \.ccd$ | f \.img$ | f \.nrg$ | f \.mdf$ | f \.cue$ | f \.bin$ | f \.daa$ | f \.b6t$ | f \.b6i$ & t r & ! t t
i isomaster
isomaster %f
+ f \.cue$ | f \.bin$ & t r & ! t t
3 Convert BIN to ISO (bin2iso)
urxvtc -e bin2iso %f &
+ f \.iso$ | f \.ccd$ | f \.img$ | f \.nrg$ | f \.mdf$ | f \.cue$ | f \.bin$ | f \.daa$ | f \.b6t$ | f \.b6i$ & t r & ! t t
c Poweriso convert image to ISO (all2iso)
urxvtc -e all2iso %f &
+ f \.ccd$ & t r & ! t t
5 Convert CCD to ISO (myccd2iso)
urxvtc -e myccd2iso %f &
+ f \.iso$ | f \.bin$ | f \.img$ | f \.nrg$ | f \.mdf$ & t r & ! t t
5 Fuseiso mount image /mnt/cdrom (fuseiso %f /mnt/cdrom)
fuseiso %f /mnt/cdrom
+ f \.iso$ | f \.bin$ | f \.img$ | f \.nrg$ | f \.mdf$ & t r & ! t t
5 Fuseiso mount image /mnt/iso1 (fuseiso %f /mnt/iso1)
fuseiso %f /mnt/iso1
+ f \.iso$ | f \.bin$ | f \.img$ | f \.nrg$ | f \.mdf$ & t r & ! t t
5 Fuseiso mount image /mnt/iso2 (fuseiso %f /mnt/iso2)
fuseiso %f /mnt/iso2
+ f \.cue$ & t r & ! t t
5 Burn BIN/CUE image (cdrdao write --device /dev/cdrom %f)
urxvtc -e cdrdao write --device /dev/cdrom %f &
+ f \.iso$ | f \.bin$ & t r & ! t t
5 Burn ISO image (burn-cd -m)
urxvtc -e burn-cd -m %f &
+ f \.iso$ & t r & ! t t
5 Burn ISO image (wodim -v dev=/dev/cdrom)
urxvtc -e wodim -v dev=/dev/cdrom %f &
#### Image File Menu ####
+ f \.jpg$ | f \.jpeg$ | f \.bmp$ | f \.png$ | f \.gif$ | f \.svg$ & t r & ! t t
v xv
xv %f &
+ f \.jpg$ | f \.jpeg$ | f \.bmp$ | f \.png$ | f \.gif$ | f \.svg$ & t r & ! t t
v feh
feh %f &
+ f \.jpg$ | f \.jpeg$ | f \.bmp$ | f \.png$ | f \.gif$ | f \.svg$ & t r & ! t t
f feh --scale-down
feh --scale-down %f &
+ f \.jpg$ | f \.jpeg$ | f \.bmp$ | f \.png$ | f \.gif$ | f \.svg$ & t r & ! t t
g gimp
gimp %f &
+ f \.jpg$ | f \.jpeg$ | f \.bmp$ | f \.png$ | f \.gif$ | f \.svg$ & t r & ! t t
3 geeqie
geeqie %f &
#### PDF File Menu ####
+ f \.pdf$ & t r & ! t t
v epdfview
epdfview %f &
+ f \.pdf$ & t r & ! t t
x xpdf
xpdf %f
+ f \.pdf$ & t r & ! t t
x viewpdf
urxvtc -e viewpdf %f &
#### Text File Menu ####
+ f \.txt$ | f \.nfo$ | f \.cfg$ | f \.log$ | f \.srt$ | f \.sub$ | f \.ssa$ & t r & ! t t
v leafpad
leafpad %f &
+ f \.txt$ | f \.nfo$ | f \.cfg$ | f \.log$ | f \.srt$ | f \.sub$ | f \.ssa$ & t r & ! t t
g gvim
gvim %f &
#### Archive File Menu ####
+ f \.zip$ | f \.tar.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ & t r & ! t t
l List file contents (7z l)
urxvtc -e 7z l %f &
+ f \.zip$ | f \.tar.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ & t r & ! t t
1 xarchiver
xarchiver %f &
+ f \.zip$ | f \.tar.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ & t r & ! t t
2 Extract *.tar.gz (tar -xzvf)
urxvtc -e tar -xzvf %f &
+ f \.zip$ | f \.tar.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ & t r & ! t t
3 Extract *.tar.bz2 (tar -xjvf)
urxvtc -e tar -xjvf %f &
+ f \.zip$ | f \.tar.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ | f \.cbr$ | f \.cbz$ & t r & ! t t
4 Extract *.rar Full Path (unrar x)
urxvtc -e unrar x %f &
+ f \.zip$ | f \.tar.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ | f \.cbr$ | f \.cbz$ & t r & ! t t
5 Extract *.rar Current Dir (unrar e)
urxvtc -e unrar e %f &
+ f \.zip$ | f \.tar.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ | f \.cbr$ | f \.cbz$ & t r & ! t t
5 Extract broken *.rar Full Path (unrar x -kb)
urxvtc -e unrar x -kb %f &
+ f \.zip$ & t r & ! t t
6 Extract *.zip (unzip)
urxvtc -e unzip %f &
+ f \.zip$ | f \.tar.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ & t r & ! t t
6 Extract *.zip with bsdtar (bsdtar -xvf)
urxvtc -e bsdtar -xvf %f &
+ f \.zip$ | f \.tar.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ & t r & ! t t
7 Extract *.7z Full Path (7z x)
urxvtc -e 7z x %f &
+ f \.zip$ | f \.tar.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ & t r & ! t t
8 Extract *.7z Current Dir (7z e)
urxvtc -e 7z e %f &
+ f \.ace$ & t r & ! t t
9 Extract *.ace Full Path (unace x)
urxvtc -e unace x %f &
+ f \.ace$ & t r & ! t t
a Extract *.ace Current Dir (unace e)
urxvtc -e unace e %f &
+ f \.rar$ | f \.cbz$ & t r & ! t t
b Extract *.rar in *.rar_dir directory (unrar2dir)
urxvtc -e unrar2dir %f &
+ f \.zip$ & t r & ! t t
c Extract *.zip in *.zip_dir directory (unzip2dir)
urxvtc -e unzip2dir %f &
+ f \.tar.gz$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ & t r & ! t t
e yaourt Install/Upgrade Package (yaourt -U)
yaourt -U %f
#### Windows Executable File Menu ####
+ f \.exe$ | f \.EXE$ | f \.bat$ | f \.BAT$ & t r & ! t t
r wine
urxvtc -e wine %f &
+ f \.exe$ | f \.EXE$ | f \.bat$ | f \.BAT$ | f \.cmd$ | f \.CMD$ | f \.COM$ | f \.com$ & t r & ! t t
r Dosbox (Dosbox normal)
Dosbox normal %f &
+ f \.exe$ | f \.EXE$ | f \.bat$ | f \.BAT$ | f \.cmd$ | f \.CMD$ | f \.COM$ | f \.com$ & t r & ! t t
r Dosbox (Dosbox normal3x)
Dosbox normal3x %f &
+ f \.exe$ | f \.EXE$ | f \.bat$ | f \.BAT$ | f \.cmd$ | f \.CMD$ | f \.COM$ | f \.com$ & t r & ! t t
r Dosbox (Dosbox advmame3x)
Dosbox advmame3x %f &
#### Internet File Menu ####
+ f \.htm$ | f \.html$ | f \.php$ | f \.asp$ & t r & ! t t
k kazehakase
kazehakase %f
+ f \.htm$ | f \.html$ | f \.php$ | f \.asp$ & t r & ! t t
s swiftweasel
swiftweasel %f
+ f \.htm$ | f \.html$ | f \.php$ | f \.asp$ & t r & ! t t
s elinks
urxvtc -e elinks %f &
+ f \.htm$ | f \.html$ | f \.php$ | f \.asp$ & t r & ! t t
s links -g
links -g %f
#### Document File Menu ####
+ f \.doc$ | f \.rtf$ & t r & ! t t
a abiword
abiword %f
+ f \.doc$ | f \.rtf$ & t r & ! t t
o OpenOffice Writer
soffice -writer %f
+ f \.doc$ | f \.rtf$ & t r & ! t t
o antiword
urxvtc -e antiword %f &
+ f \.doc$ | f \.rtf$ & t r & ! t t
o viewword (antiword -f %f > vi)
urxvtc -e viewword %f &
+ f \.lit$ & t r & ! t t
o c-lit
c-lit %f
#### Spread Sheet File Menu ####
+ f \.xls$ | f \.csv$ & t r & ! t t
g gnumeric
gnumeric %f
#### Presentation File Menu ####
+ f \.ppt$ | f \.pps$ & t r & ! t t
v OpenOffice Impress (soffice -impress)
soffice -impress %f
#### Java File Menu ####
+ f \.jar$ & t r & ! t t
e Execute java program (java -jar)
java -jar %f
#### Help/Manual File Menu ####
+ f \.chm$ & t r & ! t t
v xchm
xchm %f
#### Emulator Roms ####
+ f \.smc$ & t r & ! t t
v zsnes
zsnes %f
+ f \.smc$ & t r & ! t t
v snes9x (snes9x -tr -dfr -y2)
snes9x -tr -dfr -y2 %f
+ f \.smd$ & t r & ! t t
v dgen (dgen -G 1280x960)
dgen -G 1280x960 %f
+ f \.v64$ | f \.z64$ & t r & ! t t
v mupen64_nogui
mupen64_nogui %f
+ f \.nes$ & t r & ! t t
v tuxnes
tuxnes %f
+ f \.nes$ & t r & ! t t
v fceu
fceu -input1 gamepad %f
+ f \.nes$ & t r & ! t t
v ines
ines %f
+ f \.int$ & t r & ! t t
v intellivission
int %f
+ f \.gb$ | f \.gba$ & t r & ! t t
v VisualBoyAdvance
VisualBoyAdvance -4 %f
+ f \.gb$ | f \.gba$ & t r & ! t t
v gvba
gvba %f
+ f \.gba$ & t r & ! t t
v vgba
vgba %f
+ f \.gb$ & t r & ! t t
v vgb
vgb %f
+ f \.adf$ & t r & ! t t
v amigacomputer
e-uae %f
+ f \.gcm$ & t r & ! t t
v tuxcube
tuxcube %f
+ f \.st$ & t r & ! t t
v hatari
hatari %f
+ f \.a26$ & t r & ! t t
v stella
stella %f
+ f \.col$ & t r & ! t t
v colem32
colem32 %f
#### Source-Code File Menu ####
+ f \.c$ & t r & ! t t
c compile source file (gcc -O2 -Wall -pedantic)
urxvtc -e gcc -O2 -Wall -pedantic %f
+ f \.cpp$ & t r & ! t t
c compile source file (gcc -O2 -Wall -pedantic)
urxvtc -e g++ -O2 -Wall -pedantic %f

Can anyone help me mirror my arch-live ultimate edition?

I was wondering if anyone will help me in hosting my arch-live ultmate edition? I also would like to know what programs/desktops people want on it. I asking cause I don't want to use all my friends monthly bandwidth in a few days. The iso is going to use wcp (wolvix control panel) for installing it on to a livecd.
I asking this cause I can't use bittorrent with my linksys router on wifi well. I also can't use my back computer cause its my brother's.
Will anyone help me with this project?
PS This is a unoffical project still. I'm also going to have kdemod and kdemod4 in iso in less there is a problem with it. This iso is going to be no bigger then 1.4GB. This will allow you to put it on a 2gb usb key with keeping changes.
Last edited by godane (2008-07-16 00:12:49)

openbox, fluxbox, fvwm, awesome, twm, icewm, gnome, xfce, e16, and e17 i think are all on the cd iso. Its just kdemod4 doesn't fit in without remove most if not all of the desktop apps.
Thanks for asking though,
@crouse
Thanks for the mirror.
Last edited by godane (2008-07-17 06:22:51)

Problem with Gnome and D-Bus

Hi to all, i have a problem with Gnome and D-Bus
Versions:
Arch Release: 0.7.2 Testing
Gnome: 2.14.1-2
D-Bus: 0.61-3
Screenshot explain all:
[URL=http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gpwned6be.jpg][/URL]

1>then i can't promote garnome on this forum??
yeah you can, but not as a solution to gnome related problem in arch. cause this doesn't resolve anything.
2>You don't have to, garnome2.14.2.1(481kb) download the patches and patch it automatically, just change install dir to /usr
(ONLY if you are using console-linux who want gnome a try). of course there is need small arch related patch.(in my experience 0)
eh, i haven't got a clue what this means, putting patches upstream means they will get include in gargnome and upstream releases. i only tried to say we put a lot of our free time in gnome for arch.
2-1>Well said, so choice is the each one's freedom.
and this category isn't arch, this is Desktop Environments,
i installed arch, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEANS I SHOULD USE gnome FROM ARCH!!!
agreed, but again then we won't support your desktop.
ARCH != gnome
3>some bug stuff about Xorg-7.0, include mine
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=22210[/quote]
ah bugs.archlinux.org so it can be fixed.

[Solved] Pulse Audio won't work on newly installed system with Gnome

About a year ago I got a new computer and more or less retired my old one with my first arch install. Recently, I decided I would set it up as a Linux system for my sister. I first updated the computer, which broke it royally (since it was last updated before the /bin symlinking happened) but I eventually got it fixed. However, after doing that, Pulse Audio wouldn't work, then I broke X and decided to do a full reinstall.
Now, on this clean install, Pulse is again not working. I have set up Gnome and gdm to work, and everything works great except Pulse. The wiki says that Pulse with Gnome 3 requires no extra setup, so I have not edited conf files at all. I have, however, installed "pulseaudio-alsa", which created this conf file:
# Use PulseAudio by default
pcm.!default {
type pulse
fallback "sysdefault"
hint {
show on
description "Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)"
ctl.!default {
type pulse
fallback "sysdefault"
# vim:set ft=alsaconf:
which seems fairly standard. Anyway, I tried removing it and had the same problems. When I have Pulse Audio running and try to play sound, I get the error:
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
which is obviously trying for ALSA, or from mplayer:
AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused
Running "pacmd list" nets me:
Daemon not responding.
and pavucontrol gives me:
Fatal Error: Unable to connect to PulseAudio: OK
when I try to start it.
No pulseaudio commands seem to work (e.g. pulseaudio -k). They don't raise any errors, but also it doesn't have any effect on the server.
The only asound conf file is "/etc/asound.conf", clearing ~/.config/pulse does not fix the issue.
Journalctl does not seem to give anything interesting (Stale PID is the only message when starting Pulse), though admittedly I'm just vgrepping all of journalctl since I don't know how to narrow it down more, nor does the output from pulseaudio -vvvv. There are a lot of errors in pulseaudio -vvvv, but they all appear to be related to loading devices that don't exist, and so I assume not a problem, I can post it if necessary. Sometimes when I kill Pulse the process refuses to go away and I have to reboot in order to clear the process out, but I don't think that's related.
If I kill Pulse or keep it from starting on boot, I can play sound, but only through ALSA, and while I didn't have the problem I expected (I can still play multiple things simultaneously) there's still the issue that the volume buttons in Gnome will no longer work and that the volume levels ALSA reports are basically nonsense to a human being.
I basically just blurbed everything I thought of/found on the wiki or forums, and I'm not really sure where to go from here. It's a fairly old computer, so that could be related, and I'd be willing to dump Pulse if Gnome could integrate well with ALSA, but obviously fixing Pulse would be the preferred option.
Any suggestions on where to look next? I've run out of ideas.
Thanks.
Last edited by HuFlungDu (2014-01-07 19:52:11)

Wonder if you have a conflict between two audio cards ... for example, I have a friend with some PulseAudio problems caused by conflict between the HDMI audio from his graphics card and his onboard sound. Something would switch PulseAudio to the wrong card and it would just quit after getting itself into a twist. Unsolved, I'm afraid, but have a look at commands such as:
aplay -l
pactl list sinks
pactl stat
(Latter two will need PulseAudio coaxed into life first)
and of course, the Arch wiki.
If there is a conflict, blacklisting kernel modules might also be needed.

X freezes in arch live cd

Hi,
I have been trying to boot into x from the live arch cd. So I followed the archiso guide and now I am able to boot in live cd with my persnalised packages, basically it's just xorg, openbox, synaptics for my laptop and midori. So that I can always open temrinal and midori browser side my side and refer to arch wiki's in installation if I have to ever make any. Currently I am testing the iso, but X freezes immediately I do a startx, then nothing works. Mouse nor keyboard. I am not sure how to debug this. Please guide...
And it's a live cd, so next time I login the Xorg logs generated would be gone
Thanks
Last edited by Debasish Patra (2014-03-09 06:50:16)

I think that you're overcomplicating this, just use a terminal browser, and different tty's (ctrl+alt + F2) I dont think that the live cd i made to boot into X, i cant see no reason why not, but it is not intended to do it.
Also i think there's an alternative arch linux installer, that uses some kind os ncurses GUI, an has the guide prepackaged, but im not sure if it is still active (maybe someone can post a link to it i cannot find it on google). I think that the normal live cd has somer sort of installation guide in it.
Alternatively im thinking in way of installing arch, using two live cd's (or two live usbs), one from a distro with X already installed, (like ubuntu) and then arch live cd. Boot into ubuntu, then chroot into arch live cd and perform the installation from there. But well it is overcomplicating things also, but at least you will have a GUI.

Issue with Gnome 3.12 login and MOTD

Hello,
This may be trivial, but I've struggled to find an answer for a problem I now have following creating an motd. I wanted an motd especially for terminal / ssh logins, but had no idea Gnome would attempt (I believe it does anyway) to display the motd contents immediately after logging in.
Whilst this would not be an issue if it actually worked and displayed the motd rather than garbage (see image below). It makes my login time much longer as it hangs on the login screen, before finally reaching the desktop. If I blank the motd, this problem goes away, however, as said, I really want the motd for ssh and terminal use. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Is there a way to disable Gnome from reading this file, or to display it correctly and not hamper my login times?
I'm running Arch x86_64 with Gnome 3.12 and would appreciate any time and help on this.
Steve
Do Not Post Full Size Images -- Inxsible
- My bad, have created a 230 x 230 thumbnail with link:
In case it helps, my motd code which works fine in the terminal:
#!/bin/bash
#Script to update motd with relevant information.
#Define output file
motd="/etc/motd"
# Collect information
USERNAME=`logname`
HOSTNAME=`uname -n`
KERNEL=`uname -r`
CPU=`awk -F '[ :][ :]+' '/^model name/ { print $2; exit; }' /proc/cpuinfo`
ARCH=`uname -m`
PACMAN=`pacman -Qu | wc -l`
DISC=`df -h | grep /dev/mapper/vg_arch-lv_home | awk '{print $5 }'`
MEMORY1=`free -t -m | grep "buffers/cache" | awk '{print $3" MB";}'`
MEMORY2=`free -t -m | grep "Mem" | awk '{print $2" MB";}'`
PSA=`ps -Afl | wc -l`
PSU=`ps U $USER h | wc -l`
#Time of day
HOUR=$(date +"%H")
if [ $HOUR -lt 12 -a $HOUR -ge 0 ]
then TIME="Morning"
elif [ $HOUR -lt 17 -a $HOUR -ge 12 ]
then TIME="Afternoon"
else TIME="Evening"
fi
#System uptime
uptime=`cat /proc/uptime | cut -f1 -d.`
upDays=$((uptime/60/60/24))
upHours=$((uptime/60/60%24))
upMins=$((uptime/60%60))
upSecs=$((uptime%60))
#System load
LOAD1=`cat /proc/loadavg | awk {'print $1'}`
LOAD5=`cat /proc/loadavg | awk {'print $2'}`
LOAD15=`cat /proc/loadavg | awk {'print $3'}`
#Color variables
W="\033[00;37m"
B="\033[01;36m"
R="\033[01;31m"
G="\033[01;32m"
N="\033[0m"
#Clear screen before motd
clear > $motd
echo -e "
$B. $W
$B/#\ $W _ $B _ _
$B/###\ $W __ _ _ __ ___| |__ $B| (_)_ __ _ ___ __
$B/#####\ $W / _' | '__/ __| '_ \ $B| | | '_ \| | | \ \/ /
$B/##.-.##\ $W | (_| | | | (__| | | |$B| | | | | | |_| |> <
$B/##( )##\ $W \__,_|_| \___|_| |_|$B|_|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\\
$B/#.-- --.#\ $W
$B/' '\
" >> $motd
echo -e "$G---------------------------------------------------------------" >> $motd
echo -e "$W Good $TIME$A $USERNAME$W! You're Logged Into $A$HOSTNAME$W! " >> $motd
echo -e "$G---------------------------------------------------------------" >> $motd
echo -e "$B KERNEL $G:$W $KERNEL $ARCH " >> $motd
echo -e "$B CPU $G:$W $CPU " >> $motd
echo -e "$B MEMORY $G:$W $MEMORY1 / $MEMORY2 " >> $motd
echo -e "$B LV USE $G:$W $DISC " >> $motd
echo -e "$B SWAP USE $G:$W `free -m | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $3}'` MB " >> $motd
echo -e "$G---------------------------------------------------------------" >> $motd
echo -e "$B LOAD AVG $G:$W $LOAD1, $LOAD5, $LOAD15 " >> $motd
echo -e "$B UPTIME $G:$W $upDays days $upHours hours $upMins minutes $upSecs seconds " >> $motd
echo -e "$B PROCESSES $G:$W You are running $PSU of $PSA processes " >> $motd
echo -e "$B HOSTNAME $G:$W $HOSTNAME " >> $motd
echo -e "$B PACMAN $G:$W $PACMAN packages can be updated " >> $motd
echo -e "$B USERS $G:$W `users | wc -w` users logged in " >> $motd
echo -e "$G---------------------------------------------------------------" >> $motd
echo -e " $W Please do not share your login and use sudo for root access " >> $motd
echo -e "$G---------------------------------------------------------------" >> $motd
echo -e "$N" >> $motd
Last edited by sjjones85 (2014-04-17 17:22:12)

Inxsible, my apologies, hope the thumbnail is better now. Thanks for the welcome too, although I've lurked as a reader for a while

Problems with GNOME After The Last Upgrade

I have too many problems these days with my Arch box.. And I don't know when or how these problems are solved but I'm really bored about having problem all the time. I don't know all of these are bugs but if they're I'm ready to enter some bug reports.
1) After the last update, Metacity doesn't start automatically. So everytime, I don't have my mouse theme, my thema of borders of the windows, the notes I took with gnome's note applet doesn't disappear.
2) gnome-power-manager is never the same that I used to.. I just found that killing and rerunning it is at least make it work. But it's menus and options is not rich as I was earlier times. It doesn't say that much as it did in the earlier times.

I've same problem with gnome-power-manager, it works only when i kill it with killall gnome-power-monitor and re-run it.
About metacity i don't have problem with it.

After update Arch stays at Welcome Arch - arch live iso the same

Hi, I would ask for your help. I did an update of Arch today morning, after this i can,t boot Arch. I added nomodeset to kernel but it just doesen,t work, won,t boot. I tried to run it from usb media, i downgraded kernel to 3.9, i downgraded intel drivers but still no luck. I have Acer Aspire AOD 270 with GMA3600 driver and Intel Atom procesor. Could somebod help me? It stays at Welcome Arch sign.
Last edited by firekage (2013-11-02 15:05:22)

jasonwryan wrote:
1. Stop bumping this thread: learn to use the edit button.
2. What video card is in your machine?
3. Add the relevant module to your mkinitcpio.conf to start early KMS
4. There is nothing wrong with Arch, except the number of people that want to use it without reading any of the documentation.
1. Intel GMA 3600 with Atom N2600 - Acer AOD 270.
3. My driver is iinstalled, it is something wrong not with it because it stops during boot after checking of root partition in text mode with nomodesert in kernel parameter. Also, the same thing happens on live usb with iso from november, but iso from june works, boots but than upgrades all of it and installation fails to boot,
4. Well, i could debate, i read a lot cause i like it, and in fact there are errors in documentation, for an example: related to installing nvidia driver, xorg.conf and 20-nvidia.conf.
BTW - i know that it is pointed towards me, but belive, or not - i read a lot, i only ask when i can't find a solution over the net, arch wiki or on other media. This problem is very strange - even iso from usb won't boot, on 2 computers (one desktop, one netbook). As a matter of fact, i've been reading since thursday about this problem.
Last edited by firekage (2013-11-02 20:37:18)

Arch-live.co.nr is down

Arch-live.co.nr is down cause it went over the 6Gb bandwidth a month limit. This is a good thing in a since cause it means that my project is very popular. The site was also not hosting the isos. It was just the web site.
Anyway's I'm hoping that maybe my project could become a official archlinux project. A once a month iso release with desktop and stuff is not a bad idea for some the newer archlinux users anyway.

Thanks for your help. I appreciate you & others, who make things like Arch Linux more: popular, accessible, & easier to use for new beginners, here.
I discovered your project at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Linux
Last edited by NewsAndHistory (2009-01-19 23:04:26)

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