IDE's on Arch

Hello there, can anyone give me some info about a good IDE to use on Arch or maybe two or three that can help me work on C, C++, Java, PHP, Perl, Python, some web development and databases??? I'm a Computer Sciences student and I have already programmed on Linux using MonoDevelop, Netbeans and Bluefish. Can I get it for Arch and do they work fine?

allan@mugen ~
> pacman -Ss monodevelop
extra/monodevelop 2.4.2-1
An IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages
extra/monodevelop-debugger-gdb 2.4-1
Mono Debugger support
extra/monodevelop-debugger-mdb 2.4-1
Mono Debugger support
allan@mugen ~
> pacman -Ss netbeans
community/netbeans 6.9.1-1
Netbeans IDE development platform.
allan@mugen ~
> pacman -Ss bluefish
extra/bluefish 2.0.2-1
A powerful HTML editor for experienced web designers and programmers
community/winefish 1.3.3-9
LaTeX editor based on Bluefish with auto-completion and syntax highlighting
Glad to see you did some basic research before asking...

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Install arch on a read-only filesystem

Hi to all, I have an idea about installing arch in a particular way, a way that makes the system more secure.
I want to install a host archlinux system on a hard disk or ssd but I want no data can be written to the storage. The host system will have a predefined set of programs and should use a ramdisk to store temporary data. It is something very similar to a ISO.
The real computation will be handled through a series of virtualbox instances of linux ( the virtualbox images will be stored on an external hard disk, a read/write volume ).
How could I achieve this? Through unionfs? AUFS? or some other thing?
Last edited by pabloski (2011-02-16 16:18:11)

I want to mount my sda2 read-only and union it with a tmpfs, so the machine is secure and the file system is the same every boot.
I installed aufs3 with 3.2.6-1-aufs_friendly, I made a hook (as some-guy94 adviced), but it doesn't work.
The code is:
1. mkdir -p /root/ro /root/rw
2. mount /dev/sda2 /root/ro
3. mount -t tmpfs root.rw /root/rw
4. mount -t aufs -o "dirs=/root/rw=rw:/root/ro=ro" root.union /
At 2. it says: "mount: mounting /dev/sda2 on /root/ro failed: No such file or directory" Both files exist - I can list them just before the mount.
3. & 4. work, but it doesn't matter as sda2 gets mounted rw on / right after (by initramfs's init, I gues).
Can you help me with this, or point some useful howtos?
Btw: is there a better way of debugging a hook, other than making the image and rebooting each change?
Update: This is how they did it in larch: http://git.berlios.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cg … cpio/hooks
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /root/ro works now.
I used exec /sbin/switch_root as in larch3 hook and for loop from /lib/initcpio/init:109 to move /proc /dev /sys /run to the new root
So the union mount works just fine now, my sda2/sbin/init & sda2/etc/rc.sysinit run, but the latter fails with following:
* Mounting Root Read-Only - this is actually quite acceptable
* Starting UDev Daemon
* Loading Modules
* Remounting Root Read/Write - acceptable as well
After boot X opens and system freezes immediately (no reaction to keyboard, doesn't ping). No useful information in logs. I don't think system can run well without udev/modules. So this is udev not liking / mounted rw (as tmpfs is rw) or maybe /dev /proc /sys /run fault.
I tried to make union mount only in rc.sysinit when /dev/sda2 is already mounted on /, but mount --move / other-dir fails.
Any ideas what can be wrong?
My code:
run_hook ()
read -p "Union mount root (y/N)? " answer
if [[ "$answer" == "y" ]]; then
modprobe aufs
ro="/root/ro"
rw="/root/rw"
un="/root/un"
rob="${un}/ro"
rwb="${un}/rw"
mkdir -p $ro $rw $un
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 $ro
mount -t tmpfs -o "size=20%" root.rw $rw
mount -t aufs -o "dirs=${rw}=rw:${ro}=ro" root.union $un
mkdir -p $rob $rwb
mount --bind $ro $rob
mount --bind $rw $rwb
mkdir ${un}/media
mkdir ${un}/sys
mkdir ${un}/proc
mkdir ${un}/dev
/bin/mknod ${un}/dev/console c 5 1
echo "rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0" >${un}/etc/mtab
[ -z "${init}" ] && init="/sbin/init"
if [ -e "${un}/${init}" ]; then
mount
read
for d in proc sys dev run; do
if [ -d ${un}/${d} ]; then
mount --move /${d} ${un}/${d}
else
umount /${d}
fi
done
exec /sbin/switch_root -c /dev/console ${un} ${init} ${CMDLINE}
fi
fi
Last edited by kaos (2012-02-22 17:14:18)

Arch Brainstorm?

Hello, everyone. I've been using Arch Linux, among other Linux distributions for some time, and I think that one of the most important assets of Arch, among others, is its community, which consists of relatively knowledgeable users. We, the users of Arch linux, sometimes have bright and/or interesting ideas to improve our distribution. Those ideas can be posted in the forum, but unfortunately it gets lost among other topics. And also, we are unsure of other's opinions on our idea, what they may think of it. Or sometimes we are afraid, in case others think that our idea is ridiculous. I suggest that we create a site, maybe a "Arch Brainstorm", similar to Ubuntu's site, which could be a site dedicated to posting ideas about improving Arch Linux. Or at least, we could have a new section in our forums, just for users to suggest ideas, and discuss them with others. Thus we would avoid the problem of ideas getting lost among support questions, and other discussions.
Another thing, secondary to the main purpose of my post, is that last time I used Arch, I had to switch to Ubuntu, because Arch did not have ppp support in the kernel, and I did not have enough time/determination to compile my own kernel. I think ppp support should be included in the kernel, since many people use it, not just those who use dial-up, but people who connect to PPPoE networks, and people who connect using their mobile phone's GPRS/EDGE/3G connection.
I searched the forum to find any similar posts, but did not find any. I'm sorry if this topic has been discussed elsewhere, and if it has, please ignore it.
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays,
Have a good time,
S.

anon1968 wrote:We, the users of Arch linux, sometimes have bright and/or interesting ideas to improve our distribution. Those ideas can be posted in the forum, but unfortunately it gets lost among other topics. And also, we are unsure of other's opinions on our idea, what they may think of it. Or sometimes we are afraid, in case others think that our idea is ridiculous. I suggest that we create a site, maybe a "Arch Brainstorm", similar to Ubuntu's site, which could be a site dedicated to posting ideas about improving Arch Linux. Or at least, we could have a new section in our forums, just for users to suggest ideas, and discuss them with others. Thus we would avoid the problem of ideas getting lost among support questions, and other discussions.
or you can use the "feature request" on the bugtracker.

Arch Linux Logo Competition Submission Thread

This is the thread where I will be collecting submissions from various artists for the logo competition. It is locked to keep the threadspam down.
Again, good luck to all artists - I'm sure we'll see some awesome work here in no time!
[NOTE]
The images posted in this thread may be scaled down to accommodate your browser size. Below each image is a direct link to it, so that you may view it full-size.

====Entry #8====
Submission #2 from cerise, "Pimp my Linux" or "The Playa's Choice":
Direct Link
cerise wrote:I'm submitting an off-the-wall idea for the arch logo. Now, it isn't meant to be taken seriously. This submission is meant to give the developers (& maybe forum visitors) a laugh.

Unable to create user in PKGBUILD / fakeroot

tl;tr Package creation witk makepkg crashes if a certain user does not exist
I'm maintaining package Icinga [1] and I've had three comments about the way the pakage wants to install. Following the install from the official documentation [2] a user needs to be created. This will be the main user for the build process. Is built with [3]:
--with-icinga-user=${_icinga_user} \
--with-icinga-group=${_icinga_user} \
thus owning the main files to that user. This is a preferred e.g. suPhp [4][5] method where exposed (web/server) files are not owned by root or http but by a limited user. Apart from my ideas of a safe environment I want to be able to package an application the way it's intended by the creators.
I've investigated an researched a decent amount. I found [6] discussing the possibility of creating a user. One of the examples [7] tries to create a temporary user inside the fakeroot environment of build() and poackage():
if [ -z $(getent passwd $_amandauser) ] ; then
msg "Adding user/group (temporarily)"
groupadd -g $_amandagid $_amandagroup
useradd -u $_amandauid -g $_amandagroup -G storage,disk -m -d /var/amanda -s /bin/bash -c "Amanda Backup Daemon" $_amandauser
_cleanup=1
else
_cleanup=0
fi
but that fails as this snippet shows
$ faketroot
# groupadd -g 667 icinga
# groupadd: PAM: Authenticatie service kan geen authenticatie informatie ophalen
Interestingly emerge (Gentoo) has a function to add a user in pkg_setup() [8]
enewgroup icinga
enewuser icinga -1 -1 /var/spool/icinga icinga -c "icinga alert"
The only reference to such idea in the Arch world is a keyword in PKGBUILD [9] like
require_user('user1' 'user2')
require_group('group1')
What I did manage is removing all chown's from PKGBUILD, create a user in post_install() and chown several files to that user [10]. I would regard that a highly unsafe operation. Can anyone think of a better solution to be able to build() and later.package() an application when it's uncertain if a user exists? It might be helpful to exit makepkg in an early stage with a clear message (instructions to create the user) if that user doesn't exist.
[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/icinga/
[2] http://docs.icinga.org/latest/en/quicks … ateaccount
[3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ic/icinga/PKGBUILD
[4] http://www.suphp.org/Home.html
[5] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Suphp
[6] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=105894
[7] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/am/amanda/PKGBUILD
[8] https://271339.bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=287405
[9] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/De … D_Database
[10] http://sprunge.us/XMgi?sh
Last edited by foppe (2013-04-03 13:56:41)

progandy wrote:I wanted to know whether my thoughts were realistic first
https://github.com/progandy/fakeuser
tl;tr Works like a charm
git clone git://github.com/progandy/fakeuser.git
cd fakeuser
make
# Folder fakeuser contains libfakeuser.so and fakeadd
# Folder fakeuser/example-makepkg contains fakepkg
wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ic/icinga/icinga.tar.gz
tar -zxf ./icinga.tar.gz
cd icinga
# Prepare MAKEPKG see [1]
# Mostly:
## fakeadd -G -n $_icinga_group -g 667
## fakeadd -U -n $_icinga_user -u 667 -g 667
# Prepare icinga.install see [2] - created group/user icinga:icinga in pre_install()
# Make sure the user icinga:icinga doesn't exist
sudo userdel icinga
sudo groupdel icinga
# copy fakepkg
cp ../example-makepkg/fakepkg .
# run fakepkg instead of makepkg
./fakepkg
# Works like a charm
# installing package
sudo pacman -U icinga-1.8.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
# test
ls -al /usr/share/webapps/icinga
# drwxrwxr-x 10 icinga icinga 4096 5 apr 12:37 .
# drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 5 apr 12:37 ..
# drwxr-xr-x 2 icinga icinga 4096 5 apr 12:37 cgi-bin
# <snip>
# drwxrwxr-x 2 icinga icinga 4096 5 apr 12:37 ssi
# drwxrwxr-x 2 icinga icinga 4096 5 apr 12:37 stylesheets
ls -al /var/spool/icinga
# drwxr-xr-x 4 icinga icinga 4096 5 apr 12:37 .
# drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 5 apr 12:54 ..
# drwxrwxr-x 2 icinga icinga 4096 5 apr 12:37 checkresults
# drwxr-xr-x 2 icinga icinga 4096 5 apr 12:37 rw
# [1] http://sprunge.us/ISjA?sh
# [2] http://sprunge.us/PUPI?sh
I used a modified PKGBUILD [1] plus a modified icinga.install [2]. The PKGBUILD adds the fakeuser
package() {
fakeadd -G -n $_icinga_group -g 667
fakeadd -U -n $_icinga_user -u 667 -g 667
cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
The icinga.install file adds the read user in pre_install()
pre_install() {
_icinga_user="icinga"
_icinga_group="icinga"
_icinga_gid=667
_icinga_uid=667
getent group icinga > /dev/null || groupadd -g $_icinga_gid $_icinga_group > /dev/null
getent passwd icinga > /dev/null || useradd -u $_icinga_uid -g $_icinga_group -G http \
-d /dev/null -s /bin/false $_icinga_user > /dev/null
and this is exacly what I think is the very best solution to solve this issue. It's completely safe because all tricky file manipulation is done in a fakeroot environment and it's completely hassle free for the end-user.
Heads up. Let's try get this idea upstream
[1] http://sprunge.us/ISjA?sh
[2] http://sprunge.us/PUPI?sh
Last edited by foppe (2013-04-05 11:17:33)

Chinese input in Gnome via scim

I really love this distrobution. Its fast lean and mean. However, I am having trouble with Chinese fonts and especially Chinese input via scim. I have installed the required packages, but it still doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have clear, step-by-step instructions to install and configure scim with both Traditional and Simplified characters? I believe that any clear instructions for setting up Chinese input via scim would also benefit other non-native English speakers, as, scim provides an input system for a variety of languages including Japanese, Korean, Thai, etc... Just an idea for the Arch maintainers... Relatively hassle-free internationalization IS a good idea.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … p?id=31717

"No CD drives were found"

Hi!
I'm trying to install arch for the first time, but I get an error during the installation. The error happens at step 2: "Select Packages". I choose to install the packages from an Arch Linux CD and then the installer tells me that "No CD drives were found". Why?
I googled a bit and tried to write "arch ide-legacy" when I boot, but it makes no difference. The CD drive is IDE by the way.
Anyone?
Oh, and remember the little spoon please. I'm not an experienced linux user...

What release are you trying to install?
Maybe one of the following boot options helps:
arch all-generic-ide irqpoll
or
arch all-generic-ide irqpoll pci=nommconf

Tmxgta, a new installer including the guide in ncurses

tmxgta, a new installer made for comfortably reading instructions alongside your terminal.
The included guide covers the complete archwiki page "Beginners' Guide/Installation".
Everything is written in bash, and is licensed under GNU Free Documentation License.
Instead of showing a wall-of-text information is split up into sections. Read helpful information about your setup like partition layout and mountpoints. There is no need to switch virtual consoles and remember long commands. This is achieved by splitting up a virtual console into two windows using tmux. If you are familiar with tiling window managers you will feel right at home.
Features:
* non-destructive, does not overwrite anything
* complete content of Beginners' Guide/Installation
* dialog for displaying text
* progressbar
* load keymap from menu
* colorful markup of commands
* reflector for sorting mirrors with one keypress
* shows network interface names
* shows partition layout and mountpoints
* list of timezones and keymaps
* guide for UEFI autodetection of kernels
* ~2000 lines for scrolling saved in terminal
* all archiso features
Screenshot:
More screenshots
Download:
Download the latest iso release from Sourceforge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tmxgta … rce=navbar
Architecture:
tmxgta.iso is now working on x86_64 and i686 architecture.
The image can be burned to a CD, mounted as an ISO file, or be directly written to a USB stick using a utility like `dd`.
See the following links.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … ion_medium
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/US … tion_Media
Keyboard shortcuts:
There are only two keyboard shortcuts you need to know:
control-a + control-a : switches from the terminal to the guide and back
control-a : go to copy mode for scrolling up and down with the arrowkeys
or pageup / pagedown
Run tmxgta:
There are two possibilities to run tmxgta, it is recommended to download the .iso file.
Or get the script on github.
Known limitations: Looks bad on very small screens as in 600x800 pixels. The script is set to run only if 120 columns or more are available. Check 'tput cols' in the kernel console.
Thanks for reading and testing. Please submit bugs and your ideas on github or in this thread.
Last edited by teateawhy (2013-06-01 13:48:08)

The new iso 06-01 is released, including updates from the beginner's guide. There is now a menu to select from various options for wireless network configuration. ( wifi-menu, netctl-profiles, netctl-auto). Also you can use the mouse for copy-pasting commands (with gpm), if you have a usb-mouse.
HalosGhost wrote:I have to say, you should really throw a PKGBUILD together for this.
I don't think a PKGBUILD is all that useful, because this is about arch installation, whereas the aur is primarily used after installation. That said, if somebody wants to create a PKGBUILD, you are welcome.
mhertz wrote:Well, the standard iso dosen't have a problem either with you opening a new vt and firering up elinks on the arch wiki
Still, it's nice imho to have tmux available in the iso, which I also myself add to my own archiso-made rescue/install iso's... That and vim of course...
Only works with internet connection. With tmxgta it is no problem to read how to use netctl etc. without having internet connection.
I plan adding vim, if it does not take much space.
HalosGhost wrote:Obviously, this is just my opinion (and I have no idea what the Arch devs would think about this), but this may actually be a viable candidate to become a default installer.
I think it is a good idea to keep both iso seperate for the moment, so i have more room for changes.
fakedrake wrote:How far/realistic is the possibility of some of these features moving to the mainline iso?
I want to second tomk, please make a very specific bug report, or just use tmxgta instead.
Thank you for your ideas so far.

100% CPU usage when writing to disk

Hi.
I have an Athlon XP 2000+ with 768 MB RAM, a SATA disk, formated to ntfs (running XP) and a IDE disk running Arch (ext3, KDE).
When I copy a big file, the CPU usage stucks to 100% . Doesn't matter the disk I write to or from. The CPU usage is always 100%.
My maximum writing speeds are:
ntfs-3g-->ext3 max ~30 MB/sec
ext3-->ext3 max ~28 MB/sec
ext3-->ntfs-3g max ~15MB/sec
ntfs-3g-->ntfs-3g max ~15 MB/sec
I understand that writing to ext3 is much faster because it is a native linux fs, but I cant understand why the high CPU usage.
While coping, ksysguard shows that the progress with the higher system% is kio_file when coping ext3-->ext3, or kio_file and ntfs-3g, when coping from or to a ntfs disk.
The problem is not with the CPU, in windows the writing speed is higher and the CPU usage is much lower. So I thing this is an Arch configuration problem but don't know where exactly to look. Searched the forum but didnt find any solution.
Any ideas? Anyone with similar problems?
Last edited by matersci (2007-09-09 22:37:00)

with hdparm -I /dev/sda I get:
hdparm -I /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: Maxtor 6L200M0
Serial Number: L41ZFT2C
Firmware Revision: BACE1G10
Standards:
Used: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0
Supported: 7 6 5 4
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 398297088
device size with M = 1024*1024: 194481 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 203928 MBytes (203 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0000)
Recommended acoustic management value: 192, current value: 254
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* SMART feature set
Security Mode feature set
* Power Management feature set
* Write cache
* Look-ahead
* Host Protected Area feature set
* WRITE_VERIFY command
* WRITE_BUFFER command
* READ_BUFFER command
* NOP cmd
* DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
Advanced Power Management feature set
SET_MAX security extension
* Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
Media Card Pass-Through
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
* URG for READ_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT
* URG for WRITE_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT
* SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
Software settings preservation
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
not supported: enhanced erase
Checksum: correct
It says ATA device, with non-removable media but this is a SATA disk!
Also,
# hdparm -t /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 166 MB in 3.01 seconds = 55.23 MB/sec (SATA Disk)
and
# hdparm -t /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
Timing buffered disk reads: 176 MB in 3.02 seconds = 58.26 MB/sec (IDE Disk)
hdprm says dma is on for the ide disk, but says nothing about dma for the SATA.
I think the problem is because the kernel recognize the SATA disk as IDE.
Last edited by matersci (2007-09-19 20:24:10)

Ruby on Rails Framework

Is there a Ruby on Rails IDE packed for arch?

Netbeans 6
http://www.netbeans.org/community/relea … index.html

Alsa pkg *git

Hello,
I was serching the web to find a solution for a sound problem.
However, a treat says that I need the following alsa driver or higher - Version 1.0.20-git20090806.
I didn't find a *git-version in the repos.
#pacman -Qs alsa
local/alsa-lib 1.0.21.a-1
An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/alsa-oss 1.0.17-1
OSS compatibility library
local/alsa-utils 1.0.21-1
An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
I've version 21 but what does the "git" in 1.0.20-git20090806 mean, respectively is the git package another package or is only the name different to my package?
Thank you!
clementis

Anybody an idea if the arch alsa pkg (alsa-lib 1.0.21.a-1) and the pkg named alsa-driver.git on the alsa website are the same?
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/GIT_Server
Thx - clementis

[SOLVED] Redefine Keyboard (with xmodmap)

Hello List,
I just discovered Arch Linux and need to know if there are ways to redefine the keys of the keyboard. I used xmodmap to do this in Ubuntu, and I need a custom keyboard for Emacs use.
Thanks for any hints
PS
Registering is a pain ... I used my usual eshell for the 'answer', but to no avail, only after switching to a normal (gnome) terminal window things worked out. Not really a warm welcome for new users, five minutes more and I would have abandoned the idea of trying Arch linux.
Last edited by 4on6 (2011-10-07 15:53:30)

4on6 wrote:Registering is a pain ... I used my usual eshell for the 'answer', but to no avail, only after switching to a normal (gnome) terminal window things worked out. Not really a warm welcome for new users, five minutes more and I would have abandoned the idea of trying Arch linux.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 90#p999690
Last edited by karol (2011-10-05 23:33:07)

K9copy crashes

I'm having problems with k9copy crashing during the authoring part, but not always at the same percentage. Errors shown in the console repeatedly:
virtual QVariant Solid::Backends::Hal::HalDevice::property(const QString&) const error: "org.freedesktop.Hal.NoSuchDevice" , ""
virtual bool Solid::Backends::Hal::HalDevice::queryDeviceInterface(const Solid::DeviceInterface::Type&) const error: "org.freedesktop.Hal.NoSuchDevice"
Can't see any references to this on the Web anywhere. Any ideas anyone?
Arch x86_64, kdemod 4.2.2, k9copy 2.3.1
Last edited by chsims1 (2009-04-22 13:48:45)

I guess by the lack of replies that this is an issue with my setup rather than something more general. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to problem solve it. All suggestions welcome

How to fix this annoying behavior???

Ok, firstly here is my setup. I have two HD's in the PC. One is a SATA 80g (ubuntu) and the other is a IDE ATA 20g (arch)HD. I boot which ever HD by pressing 'esc' when the computer loads, to get a menu from the bios. I then select which ever drive I want to use as the primary drive, this drive then boots. Works fine, I can boot into arch or ubuntu within seconds of restarting the machine.
But, as it seems this has its problems. First annoying behavior, I made a mistake in my menu.lst file so when I rebooted I had a kernel panic. At first I was surprised and didn't get the problem, so I booted into ubuntu. From there I mounted the IDE ATA (arch) device and went to the arch directory /boot/grub/menu.lst, rick clicked and viewed it with sudo gedit. Up pops the ubuntu menu.lst. HUH???? So after getting frustrated here I decided to try the arch fallback option on boot...
So I reboot the pc and 'esc' to select primary drive this time choosing the arch linux HD. It boots as normal and I get the option for fallback, I select this option and the arch linux kernel loads and then the rest starts to happen and all of a sudden I see ubuntu pTTy or something like that. HUH??? ubuntu tty while I am trying to boot into arch??? wtf is going on...
The one thing that I think contributes to the whole mess is how arch sees my IDE ATA drive as /dev/sda. I thought sda was only for sata devices and if so then this is how I suspect the problem is happening. Whats the deal with arch seeing my IDE drive as sata drive????
Last edited by jacko (2007-11-28 15:21:04)

kishd wrote:
Check out persistent block device naming on the wiki. It should help.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Per … ice_naming
perfect, thank you. I was wondering why ubuntu had a UUID to access the HD, now I know why.

3D CSS transform different between FF and Chromium

I've asked the #css channel on freenode and a friend, and everyone has been saying that the transforms show up the same for them:
http://jsfiddle.net/YcDpg/2/ -- JS Fiddle showing the test case
Here's what I see:
http://imgur.com/a/DLvA9
FF: 26
Chromium: Version 31.0.1650.63 (238485)
Any ideas, are any Arch users experiencing the same thing I am?
Thanks!

uberscientist wrote:
Thank you guys.
I just installed Chrome from the AUR. And I'm able to see it behave like firefox, but with lowered frame rate.
Maybe Chromium has a different version of web-kit than Chrome!
Hmmm? I thought for fun I would try and install google-chrome from the AUR. It behaves exactly the same as chromium and dwb for me. I'm not trying to confuse issues here, but I find that strange.
By the way, Google forked webkit a while ago in the form of Blink.

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