Efibootmgr's entries crash instantly - mistake in Beginner's Guide?

Hi,
after installing Arch on my Laptop (first time using the non-aif method - I much prefer it, thanks guys!) I had some problems with the entries created by efibootmgr, i.e. them crashing instantly on me (screen would turn black, then return to the UEFI boot menu). After some experimentation it turned out that using single '\' (as per "UEFI Bootloaders"-page) instead of double '\\' (as per Beginner's Guide) in the efibootmgr-command fixes this issue. Is this something others experience as well or is it unique to my setup (or just a problem between keyboard and chair)?
I'm on a Lenovo X121e, using UEFI/GPT with a 512MB FAT16 EFI partition (FAT32 has the same problem). Installation as per Beginner's Guide, except for the single backslashes.
Now, to OT my own topic: Additionally, rEFInd seems to misparse refind_linux.conf, because the submenus are empty (not even "Return to main" or similar) although I created multiple boot options. Also, OS descriptions are weird ("Boot EFI\arch\vmlinuz-arch.efi from". Aren't those supposed to be "... from <somewhere>"?).

Slightly off topic but may i ask what changed and double \ is not required anymore? Last time i had to create a boot entry i did it with double \
# echo "root=/dev/sdaX ro rootfstype=ext4 add_efi_memmap initrd=\EFI\\arch\initramfs-arch.img" | iconv -f ascii -t ucs2 | efibootmgr -c -g -d /dev/sda -p 1 -L "Archlinux (EFISTUB)" -l "\EFI\arch\vmlinuz-arch.efi" -@ -
Also is the \\ correct in the initrd sections (this is from uefi bootloaders)

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Ian

You don't say which version of Oracle you've installed. Lesson 1: the database version is ofetn a significant factor in the answer to any Oracle question you ask. :)
The following link will take you to a FAQ which links to the online Oracle documentation for both 8i and 9i. I suggest you follow the List of books link. Of particular significance to you will be the Getting to know Oracle 8i (there doesn't seem to be an equivalent for 9i, but the introduction 8i will give you lots to be getting on with. Also check out the Concepts as a firm underrstanding of Oracle architecture will stand you in good stead.
Re: Calling a service method from a DataAction
Good luck, APC

Beginner's guide?

How do I run the beginner's guide after getting past the install script?

caelestis wrote:
What's the point of the beginner's guide if I can't read it while installing?
Is there anyway?
The Installation Guide is like the Begginner's but with less crap, and less explained, getting you directly to the point. The Begginer's Guide can be read before installing, to get some hints of what to do.

Printing the Beginner's Guide

Hello,
Maybe I did something wrong? I wanted to print the "Beginner's Guide Wiki" for reference. Using FF3 (from a different machine), I clicked on the "Printable Version" link, and proceeded to print. The regular text of the Wiki printed fine. However, the boxes (outlined in dashes) that contain the commands to enter did not print. I just have blank spaces where the command line text should be. One of the main reasons that I wanted to print the wiki was to have this information readily available whilst installing and configuring Arch. Now I have a large stack of paper with a lot of important information missing. Any ideas what went wrong?

For what its worth, I finally figured it out. If I select individual pages or ranges of pages to print in the FF print dialog, I have the above-mentioned issues. If I print the whole document, on the other hand, everything is fine. Strange huh?

Following Beginner's Guide, but one command is "not found" - alsact1

Hello
I'm following the Beginner's guide and doing everything exactly as it says. However, when i get to the Sound Card setup instructions (using ALSA) one of the commands it is telling me to use returns the error "-bash: alsact1: command not found"
I have done everything exactly as per the directions. According to the instructions, this command saves the mixer settings so that on boot-up, the volume levels are as they were previously.
I wasn't able to create the file that "alsact1" is supposed to create, but upon boot-up, the sound levels appear to be as they were last time. so everything works just fine.
Should I just forget about the "alsact1" command and move on? Anyone else have this issue? Is there a fix? or is it a typo in the instructions?
Thanks in advance!

The last letter is an L, not a 1
ie ALSACTL rather than ALSACT1

Possible typo in Beginner's Guide

While going through the Beginner's Guide (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide), I noticed a word "thw" in "Swap partition" section. There is only 1 occurrence, so it's easy to find. Perhaps it's a typo for "the".
sol

It's a wiki. You can fix it yourself.

[SOLVED] Cannot install python per instructions in Beginner's Guide.

So, the overview:
I just finished installing as per the Beginner's Guide and have logged in as root.
I've enabled a couple mirrors in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Doing NOTHING ELSE I run the following command: "pacman -Sy" python and the result:
python package not found, searching for group...
error: 'python': not found in sync db
After that I tried another suggestion I saw here on the forum: pacman -Sy and then pacman -Syy
Nothing. I thought maybe I botched something on the install, so I did it again. Same result. I cannot get pacman to install python (or ruby) or anything.
What gives?
Last edited by cult hero (2010-01-10 04:51:42)

Yes. If no mirrors are uncommented a different error comes up. (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to syncronize any databases

Clock showing wrong hour even though I followed the Beginner's Guide

Hey guys,
So today I re-installed ArchLinux & Windows 7 on my laptop, here's how it works:
SSD: ArchLinux x64
HDD: Windows 7
I mainly use Arch, and the few times I use Windows, I choose to boot from my HDD instead of my SSD, from the BIOS.
Technically, it's not a dual boot I guess, so I shouldn't be affected by these manipulations
The time showed in my BIOS is correct.
The time showed by Windows 7 is correct.
The time showed in ArchLinux is however wrong, it's two hours late.
Following the Beginner's Guide I've run these command without success:
hwclock --systohc --utc
If any of you has any suggestions...
Thanks :]

My apologies. I thought that this particular problem between Windows and Linux was caused by Windows somehow overwriting Linux settings, and since in my case they are in different physical drives, I thought I wasn't concerned.
Anyway, since I've read somewhere in the wiki that localtime should be avoided, I successfully did the manipulation do set Windows 7 in UTC.
I've then updated the hardware clock and system clock time, but it didn't change a thing.
I'm going to try the manipulations provided by your link luvfree, thanks
I'll keep you posted, thanks to all of you, and again, my apologies for my wrong asumptions
EDIT: APPARENTLY IT'S SOLVED:
I had to boot into Linux, and set the time manually with:
# date +%T -s "10:13:13"
Then run:
hwclock --systohc --utc
Next boot, the time value were correct int both Linux, AND Windows
Thanks to all of you, I'll try to think more next time
Last edited by Lowra (2012-09-29 08:14:01)

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