Getting my OVH Kimsufi Arch install back to minimal.

I plan on swapping to the original kernel, but also wanted to remove any unneeded packages from my OVH install. Would someone please help me get it to minimal like it would be installed from scratch? I'm very new to Arch and picked up a D425 Kimsufi to use as a remote desktop for my work.
Here's the default installed packages:
[root@ovh ~]# pacman -Q
acl 2.2.52-2
archlinux-keyring 20140124-1
attr 2.4.47-1
bash 4.2.045-5
bc 1.06.95-1
bind 9.9.5-1
binutils 2.24-2
btrfs-progs 3.12-1
bzip2 1.0.6-5
ca-certificates 20130906-1
cloog 0.18.1-2
coreutils 8.22-2
cracklib 2.9.0-2
cronie 1.4.11-1
cryptsetup 1.6.3-2
curl 7.35.0-1
db 5.3.28-1
dbus 1.8.0-1
device-mapper 2.02.105-1
dhcpcd 6.2.1-1
diffutils 3.3-1
dirmngr 1.1.1-2
dmidecode 2.12-2
dnssec-anchors 20130320-1
dnsutils 9.9.2.P2-1
e2fsprogs 1.42.9-1
ethtool 1:3.13-1
expat 2.1.0-3
fakeroot 1.20-1
file 5.17-1
filesystem 2013.05-2
findutils 4.4.2-5
gawk 4.1.0-2
gcc 4.8.2-8
gcc-libs 4.8.2-8
gdbm 1.11-1
gettext 0.18.3.2-1
glib2 2.38.2-1
glibc 2.19-2
gmp 5.1.3-2
gnupg 2.0.22-2
gpgme 1.4.3-1
gpm 1.20.7-4
grep 2.16-1
groff 1.22.2-5
grub 1:2.02.beta2-1
gzip 1.6-1
haveged 1.8-1
hddtemp 0.3.beta15.52-2
hwids 20130915.1-1
iana-etc 2.30-4
idnkit 1.0-3
inetutils 1.9.2-1
intel-ucode 20140122-1
iproute2 3.12.0-1
iptables 1.4.21-1
iputils 20121221-3
irqbalance 1.0.7-1
isl 0.12.2-1
jfsutils 1.1.15-4
kbd 2.0.1-1
keyutils 1.5.8-1
kmod 16-1
krb5 1.12.1-1
ldns 1.6.17-1
less 458-1
libarchive 3.1.2-4
libassuan 2.1.1-1
libcap 2.24-1
libcap-ng 0.7.3-1
libdbus 1.8.0-1
libedit 20130601_3.1-1
libffi 3.0.13-4
libgcrypt 1.6.1-1
libgpg-error 1.12-1
libgssglue 0.4-2
libidn 1.28-2
libksba 1.3.0-1
libldap 2.4.39-1
libltdl 2.4.2-12
libmpc 1.0.2-2
libnl 3.2.23-1
libpcap 1.5.3-1
libpipeline 1.2.6-1
libsasl 2.1.26-7
libssh2 1.4.3-2
libtirpc 0.2.3-2
libtool 2.4.2-12
libunistring 0.9.3-6
libusb 1.0.18-1
libxml2 2.9.1-5
licenses 20130203-1
linux-api-headers 3.13.2-1
logrotate 3.8.7-1
lvm2 2.02.105-1
lzo2 2.06-3
man-db 2.6.6-1
man-pages 3.58-1
man-pages-de 1.4-1
man-pages-it 3.56-1
mdadm 3.3-2
mkinitcpio 16-2
mkinitcpio-busybox 1.21.1-2
mpfr 3.1.2.p5-1
mtr 0.85-1
nano 2.2.6-2
ncurses 5.9-6
net-tools 1.60.20130531git-1
netctl 1.4-2
ntp 4.2.6.p5-18
numactl 2.0.9-2
openresolv 3.5.6-1
openssh 6.5p1-2
openssl 1.0.1.f-1
pacman 4.1.2-5
pacman-mirrorlist 20140107-1
pam 1.1.8-3
pambase 20130928-1
parted 3.1-3
pciutils 3.2.1-1
pcmciautils 018-7
pcre 8.34-2
perl 5.18.2-2
pinentry 0.8.3-1
popt 1.16-7
procps-ng 3.3.9-2
psmisc 22.20-1
pth 2.0.7-5
readline 6.2.004-2
reiserfsprogs 3.6.24-1
rsync 3.1.0-1
run-parts 4.4-1
s-nail 14.5.2-4
screen 4.0.3-15
sed 4.2.2-3
shadow 4.1.5.1-7
smartmontools 6.2-1
sysfsutils 2.1.0-8
systemd 208-11
systemd-sysvcompat 208-11
tar 1.27.1-1
tcpdump 4.5.1-1
texinfo 5.2-2
tzdata 2013i-1
usbutils 007-1
util-linux 2.24.1-1
vi 1:050325-3
vim 7.4.135-2
vim-runtime 7.4.135-2
vlan 1.9-3
wget 1.15-1
which 2.20-6
xfsprogs 3.1.11-2
xz 5.0.5-2
zlib 1.2.8-3
Last edited by davidmp (2014-02-19 21:39:09)

karol wrote:You can remove everything apart from the base group packages: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … base_group
Packages like dmidecode are useful, but not crucial, so you can remove them if you want to be really minimal.
If you're not suing reiser filesystem, you can remove reiserfsprogs.
Thanks man!

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2. Create a Windows Virtual Machine, add a hard disk to it, and install and update Windows on it(preferably Windows XP, as it uses less resources than other contemporary Windows installations).
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4. After you are at the desktop, go to "Devices" at the top of the menu of the Windows virtual machine, and select "Install Guest Additions...". Wait until Guest Additions finishes installing, and when VirtualBox asks you if you want to mount the disk containing the Guest Additions on the virtual machine, say "Yes".
5. Run the main executable on the disk that doesn't have amd64 or x86 following its name. Follow the instructions it gives you, and when it asks you what components to install, make sure both of the boxes it shows you are checked.
6. After the install is completed, the virtual machine will restart. After it restarts, shut it down.
7. Congratulations! You now have DirectX installed on your VirtualBox virtual machine! Now you need to activate the "3D Acceleration", that enables it.
8. In the VirtualBox main window, make sure you have your machine with Windows selected. Then, click on "Machine", and then "Settings...", at the top. A new window should pop up. On the left hand side, click on the display panel, and in the new settings section, tick Enable 3D Acceleration. Click "OK", to save the settings.
9. Start your Windows virtual machine, install MapleStory just as you would on a normal windows computer, and run MapleStory.
Notes: This way of running MapleStory is slower than by running it normally, on a normal windows computer. Also, try to not interact with your Linux desktop while playing MapleStory, because this can cause HackShield to shut down MapleStory, due to the fact that it believes there is a hacking attempt.
If any of you port this guide to any other place on the web, please, credit me, neovaysburd5.
For any further questions or inquiries, this goes to all of you, please contact me at [email protected].
Last edited by neovaysburd5 (2009-08-19 16:51:31)

Alright, I've posted it in the wiki. I don't know if it meets the Arch Linux wiki standards, so if there is absolutely anything wrong with it, please fix it right away. Don't even ask my permission.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MapleStory

How can I get the old view of iCal back on my MacBook Pro and iPhone?

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How I Got Boxee Working On A New Arch Install -- 3/12/2011

I thought I'd post a log of how one gets boxee-source working as of version 0.9.23.15885-2.
I recently built myself a new media center/apache server/seedbox and thought I would put arch on it. The Install was a breeze --- as far any arch install is concerned.
The only trouble I really had was with boxee --- usually available as a precompiled package, but (as is often the case) in either the AUR or an unofficial repo.
There wasn't very much useful (up-to-date) information in the boxee wiki page; I tried the repo listed but it required the python24 dependency to install, with which there are problems. See below.
There are a lot of problems with compiling boxee in arch at the moment, so I thought I'd list each one and what I did to get around them.
The three AUR packages in question:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24206
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9898
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16355
What I did:
* Downloaded boxee-source package (not the depreciated boxee package) from AUR (I used yaourt).
* Ran makepkg -si; saw what dependencies were required (also available in AUR web interface). Downloaded python24 and db4.5 dependencies.
* I noticed that db4.5 is an older version; my installed version is 5.1 !!!!
* To get python24 to compile, I had to edit the PKGBUILD script in python24:
1) First, remove this line:
[ -e /usr/lib/libdb.so ] && echo "make sure you have no other db* pkg installed" && return 1
2) Then, delete the "db4.5" dependency from "depends"
* After python24 compiled and installed (I deleted the db4.5 package source folders) I was able to being the boxee compilation process. However, I hit another roadblock when the compilation aborted at:
fatal error linux/smbno.h no such file
Based on comments in the AUR, I downloaded: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5636456/smbno.h and put it in /usr/include/linux --- then the compilation would continue!
Finally, boxee was installed. However, one problem remained: boxee would not play videos. Literally nothing would happen when I chose a file to play.
I was able to fix this (again with the help of the AUR commentators) by editing the run-boxee-desktop file found in /opt/boxee/. I had to add this line:
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libva.so
I had to add it in the same area the rest of the "exports" are in the file; which seemed odd to me. But after that, I was able to use boxee to maximum enjoyment.
Last edited by yochaigal (2011-03-17 06:52:04)

yochaigal wrote:The only peristent problem I'm having is that boxee randomly freezes when I play a video. I get audio but boxee freezes. if the window is maximized i can't unmaximize; i have to kill from tty or ssh. however, if it freezes with the window unmaximized, i can still move the mouse and do other things.
boxee log says this:
23:10:45 T:2770783088 M:1705168896 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:3047160688 M:1705181184 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:2834795376 M:1705181184 WARNING: CHttpCacheManager::UpdateRefMap negative reference count for url http://app.boxee.tv/applications/popularity (hcm)
23:10:45 T:2830584688 M:1705181184 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:2839542640 M:1705054208 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:2804353904 M:1705054208 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:2751892336 M:1705054208 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:2960128880 M:1704927232 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:2770783088 M:1705181184 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:2837953392 M:1705054208 WARNING: CHttpCacheManager::UpdateRefMap negative reference count for url http://app.boxee.tv/titles/sources (hcm)
23:10:45 T:2830584688 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:3047160688 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:3047160688 M:1705054208 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:2751892336 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:2839542640 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:2960128880 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:2839542640 M:1705054208 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:2804353904 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:2804353904 M:1705054208 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:2960128880 M:1705054208 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:2770783088 M:1705054208 ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream. HTTP CODE: 0
23:10:45 T:3047160688 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:2839542640 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:2804353904 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:2804353904 M:1705054208 ERROR: Texture manager unable to load file:
23:10:45 T:2960128880 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:2770783088 M:1705054208 ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png
23:10:45 T:2770783088 M:1705054208 ERROR: Texture manager unable to load file:
I didn't notice this before. We are getting the same error messages in debug. Out of curiosity, do you have all pacman updates installed? I contacted the AUR maintainer for boxee-source, but his system is operating normally. Googling this " ERROR: CreateThumbnailFromMemory: exception with fileType: .png" I get a laundry list of php related stuff. My installed version of php is 5.3.6-1. Maybe it's somehow related?

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