Arch64 on my laptop

I know this has been asked a million times else probably, but for a while now I've be considering trying Arch64. My laptop has one of the newer mobile sempron single cores that support x86_64. Some others have said that using it on the same laptop I have has improved compiz-fusion and some other programs, but they've been using the ubuntu 64bit. Is it really worth it? or are they just exaggerating? Most of the the posts I've seen on here say there is really no reason to change. Also, does catalyst work with x86_64?

On the 32bit vs 64bit question:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44163
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=41490
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=41158
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=39616
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=38248
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=37211
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34916
There are many more, I just got tired of cut and pasting...
As for your specific question about catalyst: I don't use ATI, but here is the link to the catalyst package from the x86_64 repo: ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/x86_64 … pkg.tar.gz

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Some packages really need documentation to be usable?

I have installed arch64 on my laptop yesterday and I have found that I like it really much. Anyway, I realized that I will have to do some work to download all the docs I need to use my computer as I usually use it (I usually play with -dev packages, like gtk(mm) and wxwidgets, and with math programs, like maxima). I will also have to download docs on how to configure my nvidia card to use twinview, even if I actually have no plan to use it. So, because I like arch and I want to give some ideas back, why not do a poll to see how many users are satisfied by arch's current policy (basically, rm -rf /usr/share/doc) and how many would like something different? Something different would be -doc packages for packages with huge documentation (for example gtk) and integrated READMEs for package with little documentation (for example the NVIDIA driver docs). Well.. lets see what people think about that..

average_joe2 wrote:An example is programming
This is a bad example, IMHO, since as phrakture said, you get more up-to-date API documentation online. I would never dream of using offline-documentation when I'm coding, I always keep a web-browser open to the page containing stuff I need. Well I used to when I didn't know it all by heart anyway. It must be time to learn something new.
another example is using a non-trivial app, like maxima.
or online: http://maxima.sourceforge.net/docs/manu … ima_1.html
I haven't used this one, never heard of it. When I was playing with Blender (perhaps the most non-trivial app!!), I recall downloading one tutorial, but again, I mostly read everything online. I just bookmarked it. My web browser is never closed that way.
"info" format, like grub.
or online: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html
Your point about this being package-dependent is valid, but I'd say that it will be hard to find a package in this day and age that doesn't post its docs online. And if it doesn't, I say that package is broken.
When I was on dialup, I loved the fact Arch didn't install docs for me, cause it saved on my downloading. The one document I couldn't live without back then was the Java 1.5 API... and it was a pain to get online. In that case, I did download the whole thing and store it offline, but for everything else, google gave me the docs I needed. Now that I have a super-fast always on connection, google gives me the docs I need completely painlessly. I've personally never missed offline documentation, and I appreciate my hard drive being clear.
That being said, there's nothing stopping a group of people from creating some documentation packages and either putting PKGBUILDs in AUR or creating their own repository. I just have to say it is in direct conflict with Arch's philosophy to include docs with the packaging. It was a fundamental part of Judd's initial design decision with the 0.1 release and before.
Dusty

New install, config files empty?

I just installed arch64 on my laptop and went to configure the system and all the configuration files are empty.
Is this a sign that my laptop is unable to run arch or a sign I just have a bad burn? Im currently downloading a new cd now

fukawi2 wrote:
quarkup wrote:bad download, bad burn or bad install.
Rebooting and re-running setup from the same CD worked when it happened to me... And well, we know it's a bad install cause all the config is missing
well, you got it

Dual monitor (w/laptop): external monitor is blank.

Hi! just installed arch for the first time a day ago. Right now what I'm working on is on getting my second monitor running (mostly for development purposes... and movies ^__^).
I'm using Arch64 with the open ATI driver and KDE. Whenever I connect the external monitor, the monitor seems to detect a connection occurred (the "check video cable" message disappears when I connect it and comes back when I disconnect it), and so does KDE. When I open my display settings, it tells me a new monitor was connected and asks me if I want to configure it.
Then I choose to configure and use the two monitors giving the following screens (right now I'm at college testing with monitors in there, thus the low resolution, but behavior seems to be exactly the same):
(EDIT: resized. In case of wishing to read full images, just take the "resized/" out of the URI)
However pretty the full screenshot looks like (... I just mean that even if it looks like the second monitor is working), the monitor remains blank.
Using arandr (xrandr's gui), it is exactly the same result. I might be doing something wrong (almost certainly I am ) (EDIT: decided it was a good idea to show what I did with xrandr).
In /home/<myuser>/.xinitrc my file looks like this:
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1440x900 --pos 1600x0 --rotate normal --output LVDS --mode 1600x900 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output HDMI-0 --off
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
exec ck-launch-session startkde
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
The laptop's model is Toshiba Satellite L775d. I'm not sure what other information should be required in this situation, but I will be loving to give anything that isn't compromising
Thank you!
(PS: so far Arch has treated me nicely let's see for how long)
Last edited by Mamsaac (2012-03-16 12:24:27)

Thank you for your response!
# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3040 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA-0 connected 1440x900+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 256mm
1440x900 59.9*+
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 75.0 60.3
640x480 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1
LVDS connected 1600x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 382mm x 214mm
1600x900 60.1*+
1440x900 59.9
1280x854 59.9
1280x800 59.8
1280x720 59.9
1152x768 59.8
1024x768 59.9
800x600 59.9
848x480 59.7
720x480 59.7
640x480 59.4
I wondered the same. I initially only used KDE for it (that's how it worked in other distros, but I'm guessing Fedora and Kubuntu have way more stuff on top). I moved to xrandr later after searching for options and I did select "Ignore" when KDE asked me to configure and just went ahead with xrandr. The same still happens.
Thanks, I hope I gave the right information.
EDIT: Adding some extra information. I tried rebooting with the CRT cable connected. When the kernel initiated its loading, the messages only appeared on the external monitor. It was afterwards (it was pretty quick, but I will assume it was when radeon's modeset hit) that the external monitor went blank again and, in that situation, the laptop's monitor went blank (so none of the two monitors worked... and I was so hopeful!)
Last edited by Mamsaac (2012-03-16 12:14:51)

Suspend to ram stopped working with Acer Aspire 5930G - Arch64

Suspend to ram recently stopped working on my laptop running Arch64. When ever I press the suspend to ram button in kde4 simply nothing happens, no screen flashing or error messages of any kind. I tried to install the pm-utils package and run pm-suspend, but with the same result. The program just ran and nothing happened and no feedback, not even in dmesg.
Here are the recent packages I've installed:
[2009-05-20 00:53] synchronizing package lists
[2009-05-20 00:53] starting full system upgrade
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded cpio (2.9-4 -> 2.9-5)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded curl (7.19.4-1 -> 7.19.5-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded gconf (2.26.1-2 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded glib2 (2.20.1-1 -> 2.20.2-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded gmp (4.3.0-1 -> 4.3.1-2)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded gsl (1.12-1 -> 1.12-2)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded gstreamer0.10 (0.10.22-1 -> 0.10.23-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded gstreamer0.10-base (0.10.22-1 -> 0.10.23-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded irssi (0.8.12-5 -> 0.8.13-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded libdrm (2.4.9-1 -> 2.4.11-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded libsndfile (1.0.19-1 -> 1.0.20-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded mesa (7.4.1-1 -> 7.4.2-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded netcfg (2.1.3-3 -> 2.2.0b1-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded poppler (0.10.6-1 -> 0.10.7-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded poppler-glib (0.10.6-1 -> 0.10.7-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded poppler-qt (0.10.6-1 -> 0.10.7-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded ppp (2.4.4-7 -> 2.4.4-8)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded psmisc (22.6-2.1 -> 22.7-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded pycairo (1.8.2-1 -> 1.8.4-1)
[2009-05-20 00:54] upgraded subversion (1.6.2-1 -> 1.6.2-2)
[2009-05-21 12:57] installed festival (1.96beta-2)
[2009-05-21 13:01] installed festival-awb-arctic (1.0-1)
[2009-05-21 13:03] removed festival-awb-arctic (1.0-1)
[2009-05-21 13:03] removed festival (1.96beta-2)
[2009-05-21 13:48] installed libmikmod (3.1.12-2)
[2009-05-21 13:48] installed smpeg (0.4.4-5)
[2009-05-21 13:48] installed sdl_mixer (1.2.8-3)
[2009-05-21 13:48] installed ode (0.11-1)
[2009-05-21 13:48] installed sdl_ttf (2.0.9-1)
[2009-05-21 13:48] installed sdl_net (1.2.7-2)
[2009-05-21 13:48] installed xmoto (0.5.1-2)
Note, I tried to do a -Syu just now and got a new kernel, but it did not change anything.
EDIT: I'm also currently running the nvidia 180.60 driver.
Last edited by Avenger (2009-05-22 17:52:05)

search the forums: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=556030
in the future, i would definately use yaourt to upgrade since it displays better what is being updated and from where.
edit: if pm-suspend fails, check its log (/var/log/pm-suspend.log)
Last edited by eldragon (2009-05-22 18:16:08)

Wlan rtl8191se causes freeze on arch64

Hello,
i've got a new Toshiba L505-10j with realtek rtl8192se wlanadapter. There is no Linux-support for this one, so I had to install them by myself... I found drivers from realtek in a forum. They where on the official site only for a couple of days. I installed them with "make install". The interface was found after a reboot. After using Wlan-Connection a few seconds my system freezes. I tried networkmanager and wicd with the same effect.
I tried the same with GNU/Linux Mint(also x86_64) and I coud use my network without problems, so it should be a problem of arch/arch64.
I've also tried ndiswrapper, but it only works with 32bit.
uname -a
Linux cyberwinnie 2.6.31-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 10 19:01:40 CET 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7450 @ 2.13GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
/var/log/kernel.log
ov 24 17:11:04 cyberwinnie kernel: pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Nov 24 17:11:07 cyberwinnie kernel: r8169: eth0: link down
Nov 24 17:11:07 cyberwinnie kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Nov 24 17:11:07 cyberwinnie kernel: gen_RefreshLedState first init
Nov 24 17:11:07 cyberwinnie kernel: =================> NIC version : C-cut
Nov 24 17:11:07 cyberwinnie kernel: rtl819xSE 0000:14:00.0: firmware: requesting RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw.bin
Nov 24 17:11:07 cyberwinnie kernel: ===>rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:0x8, support_mode:0x16
Nov 24 17:11:07 cyberwinnie kernel: <===rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
Nov 24 17:11:07 cyberwinnie kernel: ===>ieee80211_start_scan_rsl()
Nov 24 17:11:07 cyberwinnie kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Nov 24 17:11:09 cyberwinnie kernel: ====================>haha:IPSEnter()
Nov 24 17:11:09 cyberwinnie kernel: =========>NicIFDisableNIC()
Nov 24 17:11:09 cyberwinnie kernel: PHY_SetRtl8192seRfHalt save BB/RF
Nov 24 17:11:10 cyberwinnie kernel: r8169: eth0: link up
Nov 24 17:11:10 cyberwinnie kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
Nov 24 17:11:13 cyberwinnie kernel: =========>r8192_wx_set_scan(): IPSLeave
Nov 24 17:11:13 cyberwinnie kernel: ===========>NicIFEnableNIC()
Nov 24 17:11:13 cyberwinnie kernel: gen_RefreshLedState first init
Nov 24 17:11:13 cyberwinnie kernel: =================> NIC version : C-cut
Nov 24 17:11:13 cyberwinnie kernel: ===>rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:0x10, support_mode:0x16
Nov 24 17:11:13 cyberwinnie kernel: <===rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
Nov 24 17:11:17 cyberwinnie kernel: ====================>haha:IPSEnter()
Nov 24 17:11:17 cyberwinnie kernel: =========>NicIFDisableNIC()
Nov 24 17:11:17 cyberwinnie kernel: PHY_SetRtl8192seRfHalt save BB/RF
Nov 24 17:11:21 cyberwinnie kernel: eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Nov 24 17:11:22 cyberwinnie kernel: fuse init (API version 7.12)
Nov 24 17:11:26 cyberwinnie kernel: =========>r8192_wx_set_scan(): IPSLeave
Nov 24 17:11:26 cyberwinnie kernel: ===========>NicIFEnableNIC()
Nov 24 17:11:26 cyberwinnie kernel: gen_RefreshLedState first init
Nov 24 17:11:26 cyberwinnie kernel: =================> NIC version : C-cut
Nov 24 17:11:27 cyberwinnie kernel: ===>rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:0x10, support_mode:0x16
Nov 24 17:11:27 cyberwinnie kernel: <===rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: Linking with Canvas,channel:7, qos:1, myHT:1, networkHT:0, mode:6 cur_net.flags:0x40e
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: ===>ieee80211_associate_procedure_wq(), chan:7
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: ==========>HTSetConnectBwMode():pHTInfo->bCurBW40MHz:0
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: =================>ieee80211_authentication_req():auth->algorithm is 0
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: Linking with Canvas,channel:7, qos:1, myHT:1, networkHT:0, mode:6 cur_net.flags:0x40e
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: ===>ieee80211_associate_procedure_wq(), chan:7
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: ==========>HTSetConnectBwMode():pHTInfo->bCurBW40MHz:0
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: =================>ieee80211_authentication_req():auth->algorithm is 0
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: ===>rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:0x6, support_mode:0x16
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: <===rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:4, bEnableHT = 0
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: #################ieee80211_sta_send_associnfo(), assocreq_ies_len:57,assocresp_ies_len:42
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: ===>u4bAcParam:a425, ===>u4bAcParam:a449, ===>u4bAcParam:5e431c, ===>u4bAcParam:2f321c,
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: Associated successfully
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: ============>normal associate
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: Using G rates:108
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: Successfully associated, ht not enabled(0, 0)
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: ===========rtl8192se_update_ratr_table: ff5
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: ===>set to B/G mode
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: EAPOL TranslateHeader(), pTcb->DataRate = 0x2
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: EAPOL TranslateHeader(), pTcb->DataRate = 0x2
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: alg name:TKIP
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: rtl819xSE:EnableHWSecurityConfig8192:, hwsec:1, pairwise_key:2, SECR_value:c
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel:
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: rtl819xSE:====>to setKey(), dev:ffff88013c090000, EntryNo:4, KeyIndex:0, KeyType:2, MacAddr00:04:0e:db:8b:da
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel:
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel: rtl819xSE:=========>after set key, usconfig:8008
Nov 24 17:11:28 cyberwinnie kernel:
Nov 24 17:11:29 cyberwinnie kernel: ========>dm_check_edca_turbo():iot peer is unknown, bssid:00:04:0e:db:8b:da
Nov 24 17:11:30 cyberwinnie kernel: alg name:TKIP
Nov 24 17:11:30 cyberwinnie kernel: rtl819xSE:====>to setKey(), dev:ffff88013c090000, EntryNo:2, KeyIndex:2, KeyType:2, MacAddrff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Nov 24 17:11:30 cyberwinnie kernel:
Nov 24 17:11:30 cyberwinnie kernel: rtl819xSE:=========>after set key, usconfig:800a
Nov 24 17:11:30 cyberwinnie kernel:
Nov 24 17:11:30 cyberwinnie kernel: EAPOL TranslateHeader(), pTcb->DataRate = 0x2
Nov 24 17:11:30 cyberwinnie kernel: ===>DHCP Protocol start tx DHCP pkt src port:68, dest port:67!!
Nov 24 17:11:39 cyberwinnie kernel: wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
Nov 24 17:11:48 cyberwinnie kernel: rtl819xSE:==========>rtl8192_down()
Nov 24 17:11:48 cyberwinnie kernel:
Nov 24 17:11:48 cyberwinnie kernel: ################>notify_wx_assoc_event_rsl(): Tell user space disconnected
Nov 24 17:11:48 cyberwinnie kernel: Save max pwr
Nov 24 17:11:48 cyberwinnie kernel: rtl819xSE:<==========rtl8192_down()
Nov 24 17:11:48 cyberwinnie kernel:
Nov 24 17:11:48 cyberwinnie kernel: ============>r8192_wx_set_essid():driver is not up return
Nov 24 17:15:17 cyberwinnie kernel: usb 2-2.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Nov 24 17:15:17 cyberwinnie kernel: usb 2-2.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Nov 24 17:15:17 cyberwinnie kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Nov 24 17:15:17 cyberwinnie kernel: scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Nov 24 17:15:17 cyberwinnie kernel: usb-storage: device found at 5
Nov 24 17:15:17 cyberwinnie kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Nov 24 17:15:17 cyberwinnie kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Nov 24 17:15:17 cyberwinnie kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access TOSHIBA USB 3.5"-HDD 100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB)
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 38 00 00 00
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: sdb: sdb1
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 24 17:15:22 cyberwinnie kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
rc.conf
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# 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
LOCALE="de_DE.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="de-latin1"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=()
# 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="cyberwinnie"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#Static IP example
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need 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 now 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
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !network netfs crond alsa hal fam networkmanager gdm)

I'm sorry, it works at all 32bit distros. It's just the 64x thing..., which doesn't work.

[solved] Missing 1G Memory, arch64. How to find back?

It was a bios issue.
After flashing the bios to 1.1o, free -m reports satisfactory 3879m memory
the acer flashtool supports Vista and Dos.
It seems a piece of common knowledge that Arch64 supports 4G + memory, and I have no doubt of that.
But I still have 1G memory missing after switching to Arch64.
Probably reserved for the video, which shares up to 1G mem?
The laptop is an acer aspire 5735, with 4G mem, and intel 4500MHD
Someone could do diagnosis for the machine?
I've spent some time searching without getting solid answers.
Many thanks
BIOS reports 4G
[desper@T ~]$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2947 356 2591 0 40 131
-/+ buffers/cache: 184 2762
Swap: 2000 0 2000
[desper@T ~]$ dmesg | grep memory
Scanning 0 areas for low memory corruption
init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-00000000bbc00000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009d000 - 000000000009e000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009e000 - 00000000000a0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000e4000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000bb6a1000 - 00000000bb6a7000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000bb7bc000 - 00000000bb80f000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000bb908000 - 00000000bbb0f000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000bbb19000 - 00000000bbb1f000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000bbb64000 - 00000000bbb9f000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000bbbe2000 - 00000000bbbff000
Freeing initrd memory: 783k freed
Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
Freeing unused kernel memory: 392k freed
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 65532K stolen memory
Last edited by desper (2009-04-10 16:02:35)

Thanks a lot for the replies.
fumbles wrote:Check your bios settings, something like "Remap memory over 4GB limit" - it will make more sense then that....
The BIOS is quite primitive, i will check after this posting and report back
It says the "extended memory" is 4g, but unfortunately metions nothing about Remapping.
bender02 wrote:Also you can see how much of VideoRAM is in use by looking at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and grepping for 'VideoRAM'.
intel(0): VideoRam: 262144 KB
It seems Video is normal, and the problem exists beyond the video memory reservation, if I understand the following line correctly
(II) intel(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 2927612 kB available
by the way, Vista recognized full 4G mem. I have had a peek of the system info before I deleted the MS os.....
Last edited by desper (2009-04-09 12:36:41)

LF alternatives to Arch for my laptop

Some months ago I've bought a new laptop for college use ( I'm studying computer engineering ).
And I've setup, w/o many problems, arch64 + awesomeWM and everything was working properly.
Even if I'm not really concerned about battery duration (we've plenty of wall plugs under our desks in any rooms we use ), I had installed and configured laptop-mode module and adjusted brightness not too use too much power (and not to burn my eyes aswell, since full brightness is rly too much ).
But honestly I've noticed that battery under win7 lasts almost 2 times with respect to arch and my hdd is not having that many spindowns that are pretty frequent under arch, even when I'm just typing in vim and my wifi connection is not shutting down suddendly (ok I know that I could adjust those parameters ) .
So the point is: is there any distro supporting more efficient and user-friendly/fast access power management for laptops in supported repositories, maybe other laptops features and possibly very close to arch? (I've a pretty new laptop, this may be the problem )
I'm running Ubuntu on my desktop but I'd like to run something more 'interesting' on my laptop without load of useless stuff on it and that allows me to make choices about WM and other programs.
Thanks in advance

You might be afflicted by the power regression bug that lurks somewhere in the Linux kernel. I don't follow kernel development that closely, but according to Phoronix this is still an issue even with the latest kernel 3.1.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a … ress&num=1
Now, as for distros, I don't think that distro devs can conjure up anything that could reduce power consumption significantly in the userland. Secondly, I'm afraid that battery life time is such an important marketing feature when it comes to laptops that companies might want to protect/hide whatever software schemes they have, making it difficult for Linux to come par.
As a chemistry student I'm putting all my hopes on the development of more powerful batteries. :-P
EDIT: I'd like to also point out that while Archers are the first to get all the cool new kernel features, they are also going to be the first to feel the pain of kernel bugs. Does installing Debian (that I don't fancy that much myself) make a difference for you in terms of battery life?
Last edited by aurinkolasit (2011-12-15 20:53:27)

Can't mount NFS from my Arch laptop, am I missing something obvious?

Hello,
I have been trying to solve this issue for over a week and tried everything that I can imagine with no luck...
Set up:
- Qnap SS-839 Pro with several NFS shares on
/share/to_sort
/share/movies
/share/music
etc.
- MythTV frontend/backend running Mythbuntu.
I can mount my NFS shares without problem. I use this fstab.
192.168.1.100:/share/Music /var/lib/mythtv/music nfs nolock,async,proto=tcp,rw,ac 0 0
192.168.1.100:/share/Videos /var/lib/mythtv/videos nfs nolock,async,proto=tcp,rw,ac 0 0
- Arch laptop
I can't get to mount any of the NFS share:
[18:59:14][[email protected]]
/mnt/aether Arch64# /etc/rc.d/rpcbind restart
:: Stopping rpcbind [DONE]
:: Starting rpcbind [DONE]
[18:59:32][[email protected]]
/mnt/aether Arch64# mount 192.168.1.100:/share/to_sort/ to_sort/
mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking.
mount.nfs: Either use '-o nolock' to keep locks local, or start statd.
mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified
[19:00:03][[email protected]]
/mnt/aether Arch64# mount 192.168.1.100:/share/to_sort/ to_sort/ -o no-lock
mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified
I tried using the 2 following lines in my fstab on my laptop but nothing works:
1) 192.168.1.100:/share/to_sort /mnt/aether/to_sort nfs nolock,async,proto=tcp,rw,ac 0 0 (same option than under mythbuntu)
2) 192.168.1.100:/share/to_sort /mnt/aether/to_sort nfs defaults 0 0
I'm no guru when it comes to nfs sharing etc, but I really can't see what I am missing here, nor whatelse can I try!
Any idea will be more than welcome!
Thanks in advance
Ludo

I finally solved this problem after 4 months after someone posted a similar issue with Arch few days ago...
He said to install the iana-etc package... I already had the package but still gave it a go:
[08:15:33][[email protected]]
~ Arch64$ showmount -e 192.168.0.100
clnt_create: RPC: Unknown host
[08:15:41][[email protected]]
~ Arch64$ sudo pacman -Syu iana-etc
Password:
:: Synchronising package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
archlinuxfr is up to date
warning: iana-etc-2.30-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (1): iana-etc-2.30-1
Total Download Size: 0.00 MB
Total Installed Size: 0.88 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking package integrity [########################################################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [########################################################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading iana-etc [########################################################################################################################] 100%
[08:20:13][[email protected]]
~ Arch64$ showmount -e 192.168.0.100
Export list for 192.168.0.100:
/to_sort
/mythbox
/Qweb
/Qusb
/Documents
[08:20:18][[email protected]]
~ Arch64$
As you can see, it is now working and I am now completely puzzled...
How come reinstalling this package solved the issue?
Any idea on what the problem was would be more than welcome
Thanks

Matlab install on arch64 failing

Hello all, my first post.
Had arch64 up and running on my laptop for about a day now, everything gone pretty smoothly so far, but now i need to install matlab and i'm having problems. Error below:
/mnt/iso1/install: line 713: /lib64/libc.so.6: No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/mnt/iso1/update/bin/glnxa64/*': No such file or directory
Error writing to /tmp/3496tmwinstall
The installer is unable to copy files to /tmp.
Make sure that /tmp exists, is writable, and has
at least 5 megabytes of available space.
Matlab uses it's own built in install script and it has always gone straight on. I've checked the /tmp dir and it's set to read/write - i'm installing as SU anyway - and it certainly has more than 5mb space. I must admit that this is the first time i have attmepted to install onto a 64bit computer, but the error thrown up seems trivial and not related to that. Also,
Anyway, any help is greatly appreciated. I'm not too experienced so go easy on me.
Thanks a lot, pete.

Oh poop, I seem to have found the problem. The iso doesn't contain the files for the 64bit version "glnxa64".
Must get back onto mathworks.
Pete.

Arch64, still only 3 GB RAM

I own a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo PI 3540 (which has 4 GB RAM installed). I have Arch64, but the memory available is only 3 GB.
$ free -mt
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3012 252 2759 0 3 52
-/+ buffers/cache: 196 2815
Swap: 0 0 0
Total: 3012 252 2759
Someone told me that, it's because the graphic card has shared memory and it uses the 1 GB of RAM. But a few months ago, I installed ubuntu with the ubuntu-server kernel (with PAE enabled) and then I had the 4 GB of RAM.
Can someone help me?

After some research (http://forum.ts.fujitsu.com/forum/viewt … 90&t=39045), I found that Fujitsu Siemens support claims that:
FujitsuSiemens laptops aren't meant to run 64 bit operating systems
Can you believe that?
Anyway I managed to get all the RAM, booting with the parameter
acpi=off
But this disables all power saving and the ability to access thermal data, battery information. And that's not the worst thing, now my system it's rebooting randomly.
Then I found that my Realtek LAN card it's the culprit, because it's using Power Management version 7, which apparently is not supported by the kernel. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-977074.html
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device 1137
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
I/O ports at 5000 [size=256]
Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at f4000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at f4010000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 7
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
Capabilities: [ac] MSI-X: Enable- Count=2 Masked-
Capabilities: [cc] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 5b-01-00-00-ff-ff-00-00
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
Conclusion: Don't buy FujitsuSiemens laptops!
PS: I'm still stuck with 3 GB of RAM.

Kernel 2.6.27 update, laptop display brightness problem.

After the update to kernel 2.6.27 the display brightness resets to the highest level during the system startup. It resets to highest value somewhere during the udev processing. There is obviously some difference with display brightness handling because now I have in GNOME display of brightness level while changing (something like volume changing with multimedia keys). The brightness also resets to highest randomly while working in GNOME so I need to adjust it sveral times.
My laptop is HP nx7400. I have Arch64 installed. Also the problem appears on my brother's HP nx7300, almost same hardware.

Hi peart.
I am not kernel programmer, but I have analyzed the code of the ACPI video driver and the problematic patch. I have removed the check which sets the brightness to max but I can't compile because of not enough space to compile the kernel :S. Would you be so kind to compile the modified file and upload a compiled moduel to test.
I have following explanation for my modification:
Here http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/g … 29c1ba8055 we can see that there is added check if ACPI BQC object exists. If the object doesn't exist then the brightness is set to max, which obviously is the problem with our laptops because the BQC object is optional. If we revert the patch completly the BCQ check is moved to the outter if-structure and the execution skips whole part, where the backlight device is registered.
My modification is that I removed the check for BCQ object and removed the part where it sets the backlight to max. As far as I can see acpi_video_get_brightness(device->backlight) can be called without prior checking of BCQ object existance, because acpi_video_get_brightness then calls acpi_video_device_lcd_get_level_current which gets the current brightness level. acpi_video_device_lcd_get_level_current checks if BCQ object exists and handles it properly, as far as I can see.

Weird ALSA Error on Laptop: "No state is present for card pcsp"

As you can see in the above image, I get this odd error when I boot up my laptop. I do not have this issue on my desktop which is also running Arch64. Anyone have any ideas? The laptop is a Compaq Presario F767NR.

Alsa is trying, and failing, to initialise your pc speaker. Blacklisting the snd_pcsp module will fix it.

Move installation from one laptop to another

My laptop is broken and I want to move my archlinux system to my macbook pro, the installation is available via rsync on a separate USB harddrive.
Normally I just copy everything on the new machine and that's it, but now I'm having problems. The Macbook is a 64 bit system so I guess I need to install Arch64 for that. But the old system is a 32 bit one.
Is there a way to install the 64bit version on the macbook and install all the packages I had on the old computer?
Maybe I can rsync everything on the macbook, change the mirrors to x86_64 and just refetch everything? Will this work? I don't want to install everything from scratch again. Any tips how to get my system onto the 64 architecture?

Woohoo this works just fine! Since Mac is a UNIX underneath, the Macbook seems to be the perfect laptop for Linux as well. I just activated the power controls in KDE and it now suspends perfectly when closing the lid.
Never worked for me with my other laptop. And I don't even need to use special daemons for that, it works just fine with ACPI. Cool.
If lid is closed while amarok is playing, it pauses and will continue when opening the lid again. And even the WLAN still works after that.
This is just as easy as in MacOS.
So I guess MacOS will not be started again... :-) I always liked Linux / KDE better than Mac Software.
Yippee!

Success story with Compaq CQ40 laptop (full A/V support)?

Hi all!
Anyone got success story with the HP/compaq CQ40 (-304AX) laptop or the individual components?
Here is the spec of my laptop:
- CPU: AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 2100MHz (dual-core)
- RAM: 3GB (DDR2-800)
- Video: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 / 256MB RAM
- Audio: IDT 92HD71B7 @ ATI SB700
- HD: SATA-2 / SAMSUNG HM500JI / 500GB
- CD: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633A SATA DVD-RW
And the followings are what I need:
1.External HDMI output
2.Full 3D acceleration i.e. same performance as on windows (I know nvidia cards can.....)
3.GPU-accelerated h.x264/blu-ray playing (utilizing ATI UVD)
4.Sound output
5.DVD writing
6.Running skype, oracle 10gand wine/games
I tried arch x64 two weeks ago, and got frustrated with various weird problems (not all are hw-related)
Here are my own experiences last week:
(1,2,3) Video driver problems: (UNRESOLVED)
* ati-radeon fails on HDMI - after x ends, it would return to console with main monitor off (though I can still type blindly to enter x again)
* catalyst driver 10.2 with xorg 10.4 can't close laptop screen
* ati-radeonhd works with HDMI output but no 3d accel and 2d accel appears very slow (for switching chrome tabs - which should be instant)
(4) Audio driver problems: (RESOLVED FINALLY)
* ALSA: volume too small, no hardware mixing.... i hate dmix
* OSS: works perfect after changing the output channels(?) and re-attach vmix
(5) DVD writing: untested.... anyone got it working?
(6) no official skype for 64-bit , oracle 10g x64 not installing (missing 32-bit libs), wine: direct3d failed immediately with catalyst driver (but native 3d games did work)
BTW should I just install 32-bit arch? Is there improvement I can get by installing 64-bit version?
Last edited by aqd (2010-03-20 15:01:52)

I have a Compaq Presario CQ60-211DX, exact look as yours, but completely different under the hood. (32-bit, 2GB ram, intel graphics, everything works well).
Anyway, answering your question about Arch 32 bit vs Arch 64 bit, you should use Arch64 if you plan to use more than 3GB of ram.
This wiki article may help:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch64_FAQ

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