Getting the Xubuntu XFCE theme on Arch Linux?

I used Xubuntu on my netbook (mainly for convenience and I love the theme that comes with Xubuntu 13.04. Does anyone know if you can download it anywhere for XFCE running on Arch? Thanks.

It's just Greybird (gtk2/3 +xfwm theme) with the elementary-xfce icon theme IIRC. Search for them on the AUR.

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Ubuntu look-alike gnome theme for arch linux

Is there any theme/gnome package(s) for arch linux that will give me gnome that looks kind of like the gnome package for ubuntu? I'm moving over from ubuntu to arch, and I'm hoping to ease the transition at first while I get used to the rest of the system. Thanks!
EDIT: Actually, how configurable is xfce? I've used gnome and kde for arch a bit, but they're just so vanilla, and I'm still looking for a relatively nice graphical interface on top of cli. Thanks!
Last edited by pythonscript (2009-07-27 23:29:40)

xfce4 is just about as configurable as GNOME at the level of gconf/ xfconf and way more configurable via the settings GUI.

Complete theme for Arch Linux

Hi guys. In celebration of Arch's new design, I finally decided to learn more about making wallpapers and GTK+ themes. Unfortunately, I had to basically hack an existing GTK+ theme (Smooth-Line), but it still looks good and matches the overall feel of Arch Linux, in my opinion.
I've created a collection of files that themes the following things:
GTK widgets
Fluxbox
desktop background
urxvt
The goal was to integrate seamlessly with the website's look and feel. I think I've succeeded:
Unfortunately, I don't have an xcf of the background, so I doubt it can be scaled easily. I guess it's one of those things you don't think about when a project starts out being 'just for me'.
I've uploaded a g-zipped tarball of the files you'll need to use the theme.
http://sporkbox.us/linux/arch-theme.tar.gz
* The sample .Xdefaults file allows you to change the colors for urxvt. Feel free to delete all the stuff before the "color#" lines.
* gtkrc goes wherever you want it, but should be put in /usr/share/themes/Smooth-Arch/gtk-2.0/ if you want theme switching apps to recognize it.
* The background can be put anywhere.
* Arch-Linux goes in /usr/share/fluxbox/styles or ~/.fluxbox/styles.
I hope you guys like it.
EDIT: Updated the screenshot and fixed the link to the archive.
Last edited by xelados (2009-12-07 11:46:15)

xelados wrote:
mfolnovic wrote:Can you please give us links to GTK+ theme documentation? I can't find any ...
Sure! GNOME Live: GTK Theme Tutorial
Beat me to it.
I've got loads of half-finished themes here (or did have; they might have gone when I switched to Arch) - once I found QtCurve, it just seemed too much hassle. It's not totally configurable from the GUI, but it certainly beats poring over gtkrcs until your eyes hurt.
Edit: I meant to add that the wallpaper works quite well cropped to 5:4 if you take the right end. The big Arch logo loses its bottom left point, but it's not too bad.
Last edited by dunc (2008-02-03 20:12:34)

The Garry's Mod on Arch Linux Thread

I haven't seen any chatter about this, so let me start things off:
If you're viewing this thread in the next 37 hours, Garry's Mod is 75% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/4000/
It isn't marked with a Tux icon, but it will show up in your linux games library and you will be able to install it.
However, I wasn't able to run the mod, it gives me the “Could not load library client” error, also described by this user.
I'll post any progress I make here, and if anyone has got it running please post your progess here as well.
Thanks!
After installing lib32-gconf from the AUR (like the blog comment thread I linked to suggested:
$ yaourt --noconfirm lib32-gconf
I was able to attempt to start a game, it exits without an error at the moment though...
Last edited by uberscientist (2013-07-19 06:28:44)

I'm getting a different error (i have lib32-gtk installed)
dlopen failed trying to load:
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/linux32/libsteam.so
with error:
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/linux32/libsteam.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/media/Data/Games/SteamLibrary/SteamApps/common/GarrysMod/hl2.sh: line 67: 23594 Segmentation fault (core dumped) ${GAME_DEBUGGER} "${GAMEROOT}"/${GAMEEXE} "$@"
edit: after simlinking
.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32 to linux32
i get the following error:
(steam:23858): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
SDL video target is 'x11'
SDL video target is 'x11'
SDL failed to create GL compatibility profile (whichProfile=0)!
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(20130719102159_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(1.0_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(1.0_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(1.0_client)
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 78: saw unknown, expected number
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:335: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-normal-c.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:337: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:344: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-prelight-c.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:346: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:353: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-active-c.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:355: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:362: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-insens-c.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:364: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:372: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-normal-sc.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:374: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:381: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-prelight-sc.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:383: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:390: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-active-sc.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:392: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:409: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-normal-se.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:411: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:418: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-prelight-se.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:420: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:427: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-active-se.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:429: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:446: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-normal-e.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:448: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:455: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-prelight-e.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:457: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:464: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-active-e.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:466: Background image options specified without filename
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:473: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "Expander/expander-insens-e.png"
/home/user/.themes/qt4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:475: Background image options specified without filename
[0720/020836:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(958)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 4000
Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: 76561197994308929 [API loaded no]
Did not detect any valid joysticks.
Could not load program cache file glbaseshaders.cfg
Could not find base GL shader cache file
Could not load program cache file glshaders.cfg
Could not find user GL shader cache file
Precache: Took 1 ms, Vertex 0, Pixel 0
/media/Data/Games/SteamLibrary/SteamApps/common/GarrysMod/hl2.sh: line 67: 24065 Segmentation fault (core dumped) ${GAME_DEBUGGER} "${GAMEROOT}"/${GAMEEXE} "$@"
Game removed: AppID 4000 "Garry's Mod", ProcID 24065
so no luck ...
Last edited by LyCC (2013-07-19 23:10:31)

How can i get the selected portal theme

Hi all,
it is possible to get the current used portal theme.
I need the path to the css file of the current selected theme.
I've tried to get the css file over the pageContext like:
pc.getStylesheetUrl()
But the result of this methode is: /htmlb/mimes/ur/ur_ie6.css
I'm loking for an url like:
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Torsten

Hello Tamas ,
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is it possible to have a check box in each grid & get the selected lines in PAI of the screen ?
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What is the best Desktop Environment in Arch Linux?

Hello, Arch Community! I am having troubble desiding which DE to install on my new Arch box. I have narrowed it down to KDE, GNOME, and Xfce.
I like KDE's customization but I also like GNOME's simplicity. Xfce is lightweight, but in previous experience GNOME apps such as NetworkManagerApplet don't run that well with it and I had troubble with Compiz Fusion in Xfce. Please help me decide. Please don't tell me that it is 'apples and oranges' or any crap like that. I just want an answer that talks about performance and customization, etc.
BTW I am glad to return to Arch after getting sick of Fedora's massive updates. I am in love with Arch's rolling release cycle.
Last edited by theDBANfan (2009-07-26 03:00:32)

you dont even need a proper desktop environment, thats part of the reason i like arch so much, you can use ~/.xinitrc as your own personal desktop environment.
just put what you want in your ~/.xinitrc
this is mine
xbindkeys &
lxde-settings-daemon &
xfdesktop &
xfwm4 &
xfce4-panel &
exec ck-launch-session startlxde
i have the minimal lxde install (just lxde-common, lxde-settings-daemon & lxsession-lite + lxapperance for my themes) so all my settings like themes etc... are loaded on boot then i just added the panel i wanted, the window manager i wanted etc...
if you want a fast minimal install with only the apps you want then do something similar, load somekind of settings manager so all your settings are loaded every time you boot then pick and choose you favorite panel, window manager etc...

I just opened Foxfire and it automatically imported bookmarks from safari, but not all of them. How can I get the rest of them ?

I still have Safari on the computer with all my bookmarks. Not all of them came over to Firefox. How can I get them over. Also I had some in the toolbar that displayed over the window. Does this browser have that feature?

Export the bookmarks in Safari to an HTML file and import that file in Firefox.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_bookmarks ("From Safari" and "Import from file")

I bought a album and it has 4 incomplete songs on it how do I get the re-download them with out having to pay again ?

i bought a album and it has 4 incomplete songs on it, how do i re-download them with out having to pay again

If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copies of the dodgy tracks and try redownloading fresh copies. For instructions, see the following document:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the items, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.

Arch Linux 32x64 bits, Developers and Window Managers Support

Greetings!
After having some time issues due to college that prevented me from this, I wish to have again a rolling-release distro in my computer.
I was in the past a big fan of Gentoo, but now it seems too much work to compile everything from scratch. Also they seemed to have some issues with the developers - the original developer if I understood correctly has quit the project, others were forced to quit due to misbehavior, etc. - and maybe due to some other facts their popularity on distrowatch dropped drastically.
Then this year I've tried Debian Testing... My goodness, that was messy. Tons and tons of bugs on XFCE, like thunar hanging on load and displaying error messages, gedit not removing the ~lock files properly on close, so I had the myfile and ~myfile, and many others. Really, I gave up.
I wish to give Arch Linux I try then. Of course that would be quite stupid to ask if arch linux is the best choice in an arch linux forum, but there are some key points that if you could answer would help me a lot to give it a try:
1. 32x64
"Should I use 32-bit or 64-bit?" is NOT the intended question. Many still prefer 32-bit-pae on a 64-bit capable machine, others prefer 64-bit. I wish to use 64-bit. Made my mind. But I would like to know if the support of 64-bit on Arch Linux is as good as 32-bit and if it comes by default with cross-libs which makes me able to run 32-bit applications natively right out of the box,
2. Developers
About how many and what's their relation with the users? When I've googled for Arch Linux, I've had found a review video on youtube where some guy said in the comments that developer's mind changed a lot in the past 2 years and they introduced many buggy packages that required manual workaround. At the end of his comments, he said "Sympathy? Apologies for the ****? Nope. blame the user for trusting 'pacman -Syu'" Surely I don't know which are these options because I haven't read about pacman yet (just know it's the default package manager) but you get the idea.
Another key question: Is Arch Linux hiring new developers over the time? Replacing the ones that leaves for the many reasons?
3. Window Managers Support
With Gnome3's overall rejection (including mine), we have only two options: Switch to KDE or try other Window Managers. I still wish to have faith on gtk, so the first option is still not considered by me. I don't wish to know "which one is the best", because that's another large discussion just as the 32-bit x 64-bit. Just how good is Arch's support (updated constantly? bug-fixes?) on:
- XFCE
- MATE
- Cinnamon
(Of course there are others like LXDE, Enlightenment, etc. but I've decided to narrow down to XFCE even having quite bad experiences on Debian Testing.)
4. Package Manager
Last, being a rolling-release dist, can I add an option for a specific package to install a specific older version and/or not upgrade when you tell the dist. to upgrade everything? I remember that back on Gentoo I could edit a text file and just type the version of the package I wished to keep and the "update everything" option wouldn't touch the package (worked also to try new versions that were still not stable enough).
Any replies will be very appreciated. Sorry for the long post.
Best regards.

I'll start at the end with #4. Of course on the arch forums you will get people who are biased towards liking arch - but I think if you ask in other communities you will regularly hear that arch's package management system is its greatest strength. Pacman is the primary tool for this, but we also have makepkg for things in the Arch User Repository (AUR), and the Arch Build System (ABS) to recompile anything from the main repos with additional/alternate compilation options.
But for your direct question, there is an option to only upgrade to a particular version of a given package. There is an option in pacman's configuration file for just this purpose. However depending on what the package is, this could lead to problems. Users are discouraged from updating most of their system while keeping some older packages - This can lead to issues with shared dependencies. Of course if you build the package from source (AUR or ABS) yourself, such issues would be easy to resolve. Is there a certain package you know you'd want to keep at an older version? If you tell us what it is, we can give more specific information on how easy/hard it would be to accomplish.
#3: Arch is a DIY distro. You choose whatever window manager / DE you want. I can vouche for XFCE working wonderfully in arch. There are also numerous archers who use mate and cinnamon. I have heard of some problems, but (AFAIK) these have nothing to do with compatibility with arch, rather these are due to upstream issues. In other words, cinnamon, mate, xfce, or any other WM should work just as well on arch as on any other distro. I'd bet our wiki for installing and configuring those WMs are better than those of the distros that bundle the WM with the core install. (In addition to package management, you will find the arch wiki is second to none).
#2: I can't answer with any specifics - other than to say they continue to do an excellent job. I am not surprised by the youtube video - not because I'd agree with it, quite the opposite. But as arch is a DIY distro it puts some responsibility on the user to maintain their own system. If one is not prepared for nor willing to do this, they often become frustrated and end up blaming someone else. Often this is the developers, sometimes it is the forum moderators, other times it is the whole arch community. In every case these accusations are absurd. Your questions on replacement of developers is a good question though - there is a history page on the wiki which might give some insight on this, but I suspect others will have better input on this.
#1: I use i686 (32bit) on two of my computers and it works perfectly. It sounds, however, that a majority of the community uses 64bit (which I just updated to on one of my computers). My 64bit system works perfectly as well, but I don't have any 32bit-only apps. Occasionally there are forum threads about some issue or another with "multilib" applications which are 32bit programs run in a 64bit system. Generally these threads seem to be resolved without much hassle. You can search for some of them yourself: Skype seems to be a common topic of such issues.
All in all, I'd reiterate arch's strengths in it's package management and wiki/documentation. Potential weaknesses could be found by users who are unwilling or unable to take responsibility for their own system. I word this is a bit biased manner - there are many people who have no interest in being responsible for maintaining their own system, a majority of all computer users would fall into this category; most of them would be quite unhappy with arch linux. If you were happy with gentoo in the past and only want to avoid constant recompiling then you probably would be one who could be very happy with arch.
Or an even shorter summary: try it out. If you don't like it, switch.

[SOLVED] Using a NETGEAR WN111v2 USB network adapter with Arch Linux

Hello!
I just recently bought the adapter mentioned in the subject, and hoped to get it working with my lovely Arch Linux OS. (I had read somewhere online that it should work some way or another; ndiswrapper or a kernel driver). However, I've yet to get it working. I tried the tips I found:
Here:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? … ht=WN111v2
which links to here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=885520
Basically, it tells me that I should use ndiswrapper with the arusb_xp drivers provided by NETGEAR. So I place the three files arusb_xp.inf, arusb_xp.sys and arusb_xp.cab in a folder, and run:
sudo ndiswrapper -i arusb_xp.inf
ndiswrapper -l
arusb_xp : driver installed
device (0846:9001) present
sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
This should install my drivers, add an alias in modprobe.d/ndiswrapper saying "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" and load ndiswrapper in itself... right?
But after a iwconfig I can still see only eth0 and lo, no wireless interfaces at all. I checked lsmod, but couldn't find any conflicting drivers loaded.
Anybody got an idea why it worked for the people with Ubuntu and not me? Any and all help greatly appreciated!
Cheers
EDIT: For some magical reason, the drivers that came with my adapter did NOT work, while the drivers on the second link, named the same, DID. I have not inspected how they differ, but luckily, they work. Yey!
Last edited by mariusmeyer (2009-05-07 08:52:21)

i have the same computer and the same os, and i want to do the same thing. have you figured out if this works yet?
i was told that the new airport extreme cards wont work in older computers. and that id have to find an older airport card on ebay because they dont make them anymore
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Arch Linux Beginners Guide

Remembering the days when I installed Arch Linux for the first time I still feel that Arch misses a guide for beginners. I started one at the Wiki. Its intention is to show how you install and configure Arch Linux until you have a fully working desktop system for multimedia and office purpose. I'm still heavily improving it. If you have any suggestions or critics feel free to drop me a note or add the content to the wiki. If you find some spelling or grammar errors do the same or fix them, I'm no native speaker

iphitus wrote:article is too big. provide links to existing wiki pages and documentation. If things change and you dont know, your article will be broken.
Sure...but you will have this problem with all wiki pages. If you don't have a maintainer for bigger articles, the whole idea of the wiki won't work well.
iphitus wrote:For example, change the install documentation to the install guide. Same goes for network, link to existing pages, and if there isnt one, create one.
I disagree with this one. I personally like the idea of having one basic guide which will led in most cases to a fully working system and does not stop right after the installation, which will leave you with a single prompt. I tried to explain the "basic things" and give links for digging deeper (I may have failed at this, but I tried and will try again).
Therefore you are right about linking, but as you may have seen I tried to link to existing pages if they exist and give more than just a basic information. As far as I know no install guide for voodoo exists yet.
What I really don't want to do, is to create just a meta page that only links to other pages, for three reasons:
* It's annoying to read if you have to follow a link, get back and follow the next link...
* Because there is no single maintainer for all the sub pages, you can only link to pages that are known stable, otherwise the beginner will be totally lost fast
* Some of the other pages are way too technically for a beginner, they quickly start with special things for exotic purposes (mainly because experienced people don't like writing about basic things I believe)
iphitus wrote:Some of it seems a bit overkill too, you give a newbie style how to for tiny things, but completely gloss over even a basic description of what the "daemons line" is. Newbies using this beginners guide learn bugger all, as they just copy from the beginner guide. When things go wrong, they come to the forums rather than use initiative. I guess the installation and configuration acts as a form of natural selection.
I think we have a different opinion how a wiki works, I always thought you start with something and improve it over time, when questions or suggestions arrive.
A wiki will get better if more than one people is involved, therefore sharing and discussing at an early point of time is reasonable.
On the other hand you are absolutely right about the daemons line, which should be explained for a beginner (EDIT: I added a paragraph about daemons a few moments ago).
But I think differently about the natural selection. I never felt that Arch Linux aims to be an elitist distribution and that an acceptance test is needed if you want to use it...what I have seen from the community so far, Arch seems in fact to be the opposite. I like Arch for being clean, simple and logical constructed, not for being complicated. I'm too old to get self-confidence just from installing an operating system.
If users use the forum to ask the same questions again and again, our beginners guide is incomplete and we should fix it.
iphitus wrote:Things like:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arc … or_newbies
and a better FAQ, would be more useful than yet another blow by blow install tutorial that falls out of date in 6 months.
James
This may not be representative, but a better FAQ and Jargon for Newbies (damn, I really love this elite attitude ) wouldn't helped him:
Someone at my blog wrote:Thanks for the guide! I tried installing Arch over Christmas and had the worst time trying to figure that out. So I of course went back to my trusty Gentoo. I always liked Gentoo because even though its an "advanced distro" they provide you with plenty of documentation. Arch on the other hand does not and that really bothered me. But now that I have a Gentoo style guide, I think I'll try it again!
Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate your criticism because it makes me think twice about some things and will most probably lead to a better guide.

Arch Linux Minumum Base

Is there a way I could get a list of the most minimum packages required to run an Arch Linux system.
Naturally If I want to run an X app I need X. But, I want to know what consists of the most minimal arch install.
Reason being is I want to make an arch linux base for FreeBSD's compat layer. Since I compile my FreeBSD systems with the same /similar optimizations as Arch Linux does. I think it would make a better fit than the RH7 default system.
Basically, I my end result will be a FreeBSD Desktop that can do the following:
Run Linux applications and have those Linux applications managed by the Linux tools. FreeBSD uses RH7 as their default base and they rpm install the base system. Many of the Linux ports in FreeBSD ports tree grab the RH7 rpms. But. I would love to be able to from my FreeBSD box do pacman -S acroread or whatever and have it grab the Arch packages and install them to Linux compat location.
This is strictly a runtime environment. I do not want to be generating Linux code via the compat layer. Just run stuff.
Thus, I want ports to manage my FreeBSD packages. But I want pacman to manage my Linux stuff. I think ports should not manage Linux stuff on a FreeBSD box.
So, is there anybody willing to give me that list or point me to the right source to look it up.
Jeff - who happened to switch his box back to FreeBSD just because he was bored and yes I trashed a perfectly working Arch install.

I feel like an idiot now. I found my answer. I need to first install the base category. However, I need to automate this.
On the arch linux ftp site all the packages are lumped into one directory. Not separated by category.
For now I will look at the linux_base port and make a list based on that. Then install the arch specific stuff like pacman.
I think once I get the initial base laid out I can then chroot to that and run total linux commands... like this:
frontier# uname -srm
FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p7 i386
frontier# chroot /usr/compat/linux /bin/sh
sh-2.04# uname -srm
Linux 2.4.2 i386
sh-2.04# exit
exit
frontier#
Jeff

Archmobile: Arch Linux for ARM Devices

Hello,
I want to introduce our Operating System for ARM Devices, that's running on the OpenMoko NeoFreerunner, but we want to support more Devices.
We from http://archmobile.org port Arch Linux on ARM, and we want to give you the simple Freedom which has Arch Linux x86 for ARM.
We can already SSH on our Freerunners, and we nearly have X working. One of the Devs already uses our OS as Daily-Phone with QT Extended.
If you want to know more about us, or you want to try out our System visit us at http://archmobile.org !
The first Snapshot is already at http://naeg.archmobile.org/snapshots/ available. This Snapshot works on the Freerunner and you can SSH into your phone and play a lil bit with our OS Also you can install the System with our Installation Script we provide, to get a really up-to-date System and not configured.
It would be great if other people with other ARM Devices would contact us on IRC(on freenode #arch-arm) and we will try to support your ARM Device too. New Developer are always welcome
I think it would be awesome if we get some support from the official Arch Linux. An Entry in the list of Arch Related Projects would be great.
Feel free to talk about that.
Greetings, naeg - alias rott_at

Thanks for your tips to make the wiki better. I will edit the pages to avoid any confusion you've had. Although I won't do all the changes (e.g. remove $ and #). But I will then make a note which should clarify it.
markc wrote:
Some errors I encountered...
# touch /_Archlinux_ARM
/bin/touch: setting times of `_Archlinux_ARM': Invalid argument
This issue is known with a x86_64 host. I don't know where it originates from as i686 host is fine. Use this binary instead: http://stanny.homelinux.org/touch [1]. This is my home FTP. Thus it might not be available 24/7.
markc wrote:checking dependency style of gcc... /bin/touch: setting times of `sub/conftst1.h': Invalid argument
Should be fixed using the touch binary I provided.
markc wrote:bsdtar: Failed to set default locale
Unsupported ioctl: cmd=0xffffffff80046601
bsdtar: Couldn't list extended attributes: Function not implemented
The error in the first line might be solved by configuring your locales correctly. The error below is issued by qemu.
While this is annoying it doesn't appear to cause any harm. Just ignore it. You'll find other ioctls not being supported by qemu and we expect them to be fixed along with qemu's development.
edit:
[1] I moved it to a permanent location: http://archmobile.org/~harlekin/touch
Last edited by harlekin (2009-07-30 22:16:59)

Free Arch Linux Case badge

Hey all,
I just wanted to announce a small promotion I have going in the http://schwag.archlinux.ca/ Arch Linux Schwag Shop -- we're officially sold out of case badges, but we have a few in stock (I wanted to avoid over-selling our inventory) so I'm giving them away with the next USB key purchases. I think we have over 20 keys and under 15 badges left, but We'll ship a badge with each key purchased until we run out of badges.
So if you were thinking of getting a key and wished you hadn't missed out on the badges, here's your chance.
For those that want to purchase badges without keys attached, I'll probably be restocking sometime in the spring.
Dusty

Dusty wrote:
This is an old thread... 'next spring' actually meant 'last spring.' The badges are currently sold out, but I'll be shipping again shortly after New Years.
Dusty
Duh! I guess I should probably look at the dates before commenting .
Still good to know. I'm dying to get some Arch badges to proudly display on my machines .

Backpac: A package state snapshot and restore tool for Arch Linux

backpac:
A package state snapshot and restore tool for Arch Linux with config file save/restore support.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52957
https://github.com/altercation/backpac (see readme on the github repository for more information)
Summary & Features
It's a common method of setting up a single system: take some notes about what packages you've installed, what files you've modified.
Backpac creates those notes for you and helps back up important configuration files. Specifically, backpac does the following:
maintains a list of installed groups (based on 80% of group packages being installed)
maintains a list of packages (including official and aur packages, listed separately)
maintains a list of files (manually created)
backs up key config files as detailed in the files list you create
The package, group and files lists along with the snapshot config files allows system state to be easily committed to version control such as git.
Backpac can also use these lists to install packages and files. Essentially, then, backpac takes a snapshot of your system and can recreate that state from the files and lists it archives.
Use Cases
Ongoing system state backup to github
Quick install of new system from existing backpac config
Conform current system to given state in backpac config
Backpac is a very, very lightweight way of saving and restoring system state.
It's not intended for rolling out and maintaining multiple similar systems, it's designed to assist individual users in the maintainance of their own Arch Linux box.
Status
Alpha, release for testing among those interested. Passing all tests right now but will continue to rework and refine. Bug reports needed.
Why?
There are a lot of 'big-iron' solutions to maintaining, backing up and restoring system state. Setting these up for a single system or a handful of personal systems has always seemed like overkill.
There are also some existing pacman list making utilities around, but most of them seem to list either all packages or don't separate the official and aur packages the way I wanted. Some detect group install state, some don't. I wanted all these features in backpac.
Finally, whatever tool I use, I'd like it to be simple (c.f. the Arch Way). Lists that are produced should be human readable, human maintainable and not different from what I'm using in non-automated form. Backpac fulfills these requirements.
Regarding files, I wanted to be able to backup arbitrary system files to a git repository. Tools like etckeeper are interesting but non /etc files in that case aren't backed up (without some link trickery) and there isn't any automatic integration with pacman, so there is no current advantage to using a tool like that. I also like making an explicit list of files to snapshot.
Sample Output
This is the command line report. Additionally, backpac saves this information to the backpac groups, packages and files lists and the files snapshot directory.
$ backpac -Qf
backpac
(-b) Backups ON; Files will be saved in place with backup suffix.
-f Force mode ON; No prompts presented (CAUTION).
(-F) Full Force mode OFF; Prompt displayed before script runs.
(-g) Suppress group check OFF; Groups will be checked for currency.
(-h) Display option and usage summary.
(-p) Default backpac: /home/es/.config/backpac/tau.
-Q Simple Query ON; Report shown; no changes made to system.
(-R) Auto-Remove OFF; Remove/Uninstall action default to NO.
(-S) System update OFF; No system files will be updated.
(-U) backpac config update OFF; backpac files will not be updated.
Sourcing from backpac config directory: /home/es/.config/backpac/tau
Initializing.................Done
GROUPS
============================================================================
/home/es/.config/backpac/tau/groups
GROUPS UP TO DATE: group listed in backpac and >80% local install:
base base-devel xfce4 xorg xorg-apps xorg-drivers xorg-fonts
GROUP PACKAGES; MISSING?: group member packages not installed:
(base: nano)
(xfce4: thunar xfdesktop)
PACKAGES
============================================================================
/home/es/.config/backpac/tau/packages
PACKAGES UP TO DATE: packages listed in backpac also installed on system:
acpi acpid acpitool aif alsa-utils augeas cowsay cpufrequtils curl dialog
firefox gamin git ifplugd iw mesa mesa-demos mutt netcfg openssh rfkill
rsync rxvt-unicode sudo terminus-font vim wpa_actiond wpa_supplicant_gui
xmobar xorg-server-utils xorg-twm xorg-utils xorg-xclock xorg-xinit xterm
yacpi yajl youtube-dl zsh
AUR UP TO DATE: aur packages listed in backpac also installed on system:
flashplugin-beta freetype2-git-infinality git-annex haskell-json
package-query-git packer wpa_auto xmonad-contrib-darcs xmonad-darcs
AUR NOT IN backpac: installed aur packages not listed in backpac config:
yaourt-git
FILES
============================================================================
/home/es/.config/backpac/tau/files
MATCHES ON SYSTEM/CONFIG:
/boot/grub/menu.lst
/etc/acpi/handler.sh
/etc/rc.conf
/etc/rc.local

firecat53 wrote:I think your plan for handling an AUR_HELPER is good. If AUR_HELPER is defined by the user, then either you might need a list of major AUR helpers and their command line switches so you can pick the correct switch for what needs to be done (most use some variation of -S for installing, but not all), or have the user define the correct switch(es) somehow for their chosen AUR helper.
That's a good idea. I'll add that to my AUR refactoring todo.
I also found directory tracking to be a weakness in other dotfile managers that I tried. I think you would definitely have to recursively list out the contents of a tracked directory and deal with each file individually. Wildcard support would be nice...I just haven't personally found a use case for it yet.
I've been thinking that I could just add the directory and scan through it for any non-default attribute files. If those are found then they get automatically added to the files list. That's pretty close to what etckeeper does.
Edit: I just compiled the dev version and removed my comments for already fixed things...sorry!
The master branch should have those fixes as well, but I didn't update the version number in the package build. I'll have to do that.
1. Still apparently didn't handle the escaped space for this item: (the file does exist on my system)
Ok, good to know. This wildcard directory business will require some new code and refactoring so I'll also rework my filenames handling.
2. Suggestion: you should make that awesome README into a man page!
I was working on one (the pkgbuild has a commented out line for the man page) but I had to leave it for later. Definitely want a man page. Once this stabilizes and I'm sure there aren't any big structural changes, I'll convert it to man format.
3. Suggestion: add the word 'dotfile' into your description somewhere on this page, the github page, and in the package description so people looking for dotfile managers will find it. You could also consider modularizing the script into a dotfile manager and the package manager, so people on other distros could take advantage of your dotfile management scheme.
I actually have a different script for dotfile management that doesn't touch packages, but there is definitely overlap with this one. That script isn't released yet, though, and if people find this useful for dotfile management that's great. I'll add that in.
4. Suggestion: since -Q is a read-only operation, why not just make it run with -f automatically to avoid the prompt?
Originally, running backpac without any command line options produced the Query output. I was concerned that since it is a utility that can potentially overwrite system files, it is important to give users a clear statement prior to execution about what will be done. Since the Query output is essentially the same as the Update and System reports in format and content, I wanted to be explicit about the Query being a passive no-change operation. The current command line options aren't set in stone though. If you feel strongly about it being different, let me know.
Long answer to a short question
5. Another suggestion: any thought to providing some sort of 'scrub' function to remove private information from the stored files if desired? This would be cool for publishing public dotfiles to github. Perhaps a credentials file (I did this with python for my own configs). Probably detecting email addresses and passwords without a scrub file would be rather difficult because dotfiles come in so many flavors.
Yes, absolutely. In fact, if you look at the lib/local file (pretty sure it's in both master and dev branches in this state) you'll see some references to a sanitize function. The idea there is that the user will list out bash associative arrays like this:
SANITIZE_WPA_=(
[FILE]='/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
[CMD]='sed s/expungepattern/sanitizedoutput/g'
Question: am I missing an obvious option to remove a file from the files.d directory if I delete it from the files list? Or do I have to delete it manually? It might be helpful to add a section to the README on how to update and delete dotfiles from being tracked, and also a more detailed description of what the -b option does (and what is actually created when it's not used).
You are only missing the function I didn't finish. There should be either dummy code or a TODO in the backpac main script referencing garbage collection, which isn't difficult but I just haven't finished it. The idea being another loop of "hey I found these old files in your files.d, mind if I delete them?" It's on my list and I'll try to get it in asap.
And finally, just out of curiosity, why did you choose to actually copy the files instead of symlink like so many other dotfile managers do?
git not following symlinks, hardlinks also out for permissions issues (git wouldn't be able to read the files, change them, etc.)
I definitely would prefer to not make an entire copy of the file, but I haven't come up with a better option. Shout with ideas, though. Also, if there is a way around the link issues I noted above, let me know. I don't see one but that doesn't mean it's not there.
edit: I think a Seattle area Arch meetup would be cool! Perhaps coffee someplace? Bellevue? U-district? Anyone else? BYOPOL (bring your own pimped out laptop)
A general meetup sounds good. I was also thinking it would be fun to do a mini archcon with some demos.

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