Personal Archlinux-LiveUSB

Hey guys,
I've got a question. Is it possible to create a _personal_ (e.g. all xorg-drivers, custom DE,...) Live-USB especially with Archlinux and modifiy it to RO (Read Only) for security purposes? If this is possible could you please explain it to me how?
Regards,
Archucer1337

nomilieu wrote:It's possible, but I've never had need to do it.
As for security, it would seem that anyone with root could simply remount the filesystem.
So, a "LiveCD" is better than a Live-USB? I'm asking because i'll have to travel for the next month and I need to work at Customers PC which are going to use Windows. I'll check my online banking status and my E-Mails and I thought that a LiveUSB would be the best solution for that, because it's read only. So if the stick is going to be hacked, the hacker is not able to modify it, because it's RO. That was my idea... I hope, that this is right. If not, please do not hesitate to correct me!
Pank wrote:You might be able to do what you want with Larch.
I'll give larch a try. Thanks for this suggestion!
lifeafter2am wrote:
Pank wrote:You might be able to do what you want with Larch.
Larch depends on deprecated AUFS2 which is no longer in the Arch kernel.
What? AUFS2 is deprecated? I thought that this is the "next generation" file system of UnionFS. So, which Filesystem I'll have to use? BTRFS?
Reki wrote:
Or you could try archiso, since it is the official tool used to build Arch image releases. It's available in the AUR.
Also, give this a read: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Building_a_Live_CD
I'll give it also a try, thanks for your suggestion!
If anyone of you got a better solution, how to realize my problem, please do not hesitate to post the solution!
Regards,
Archucer1337

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I am sorry i see this
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Archlinux. On QEMU. On your USB. On Windows

- GOAL
Running ArchLinux 2009.02 on an USB Drive in Windows. Slow? Perhaps. Personally, I think it is actually pretty fast. Though
I must admit that I don't use funky things like X-windows (KDE, Gnome or something else), it was still pretty fast for a
complete OS running from an USB stick within(!) another OS.
So why would you want to do this? It's quite simple, actually. For me, the problem was that I always had to use Windows (XP)
at my work and wouldn't be able to boot into Arch there using a LiveCD or USB, thus being unable to use all my applications.
Perhaps you ARE able to boot into Linux at your work, but still, it can become quite frustrating to have to boot into another
Operating System all the time. With this, you don't have to do that anymore, you can run all your Linux applications IN
Windows!
- REQUIREMENTS
- Download QEMU 0.9.0 for Windows
- Download ArchLinux 2009.02 (later versions will probably work, but I used this version)
- An empty CD
- An USB drive of at least 4GiB
- GETTING ARCH
The first thing you should do once you have downloaded ArchLinux (a task that could take a while, depending largely on the
speed of your internet connection,) is to burn it to a CD. Perhaps it's different with you, but for me, QEMU wasn't able to
use the CD-image of ArchLinux properly without it being burned to a CD and being in the real CD-drive. Yes, I know this sucks,
because this means the installation of ArchLinux on your USB drive is going to take even MORE time, but I'm afraid it won't
work otherwise. (It didn't work with me, at least, perhaps it is different if you are using a different version of Arch, feel
free to contact me if this is the case.)
- SETTING UP QEMU
Once you have downloaded and unzipped QEMU, you have to create a disk image using qemu-img.exe. Fire up a terminal, and run
"qemu-img.exe create harddisk.img 4000M". This will probably take some time. (Assuming you are doing this on your USB drive,
if you're not, you still have to copy the file to your USB drive someday, so don't think you've bypassed the test of patience!)
When it's done, you will have a nice raw image file of 4000 Megabytes without any data in your folder, we are going to need
this later.
Now, to be able to boot the ArchLinux CD in QEMU, we have to modify the qemu-win.bat file a bit. Open the file, remove all
lines, and then write this: "qemu.exe -L . -m 512 -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda harddisk.img" Now if you run this batch file,
it will start QEMU, allocate a maximum of 512MB RAM to the application (use less if you don't have that many, but I recommend
using as much as possible, since you don't want it to run TOO slow), boot from CDROM (-boot d) and use the /dev/cdrom to
locate the CDROM image, which should be your (first) CD/DVD-player. The -hda harddisk.img means it will use the file
harddisk.img as a hard disk drive (duh) which we are going to use to install Arch on. To go on, put the ArchLinux CD in your
CD/DVD-player, and run the batch file.
- INSTALLING ARCH
Installing ArchLinux is pretty straightforward, all you have to do is follow the instructions on the screen. There are a few
points you should keep in mind when installing ArchLinux on an USB drive, though.
- Don't create too many partitions! When using the 'auto-partitioner', Arch wants you to create seperate partitions for the
/ and the /home folder, I would not recommend doing this if you haven't created a harddisk image of at least 8000M. Because,
quite simply, otherwise you have to distribute the space (just 4000M) between / and /home, and it can be quite difficult to
allocate the right amount of space. Believe me, it IS a problem if you run out of space someday. You can't just create a
bigger harddisk.img file. (Well, technically you can, but that would be a little bit.. difficult for most people.)
- Don't select too many packages. Assuming you know what you're doing, try to deselect as much as possible (without screwing
up the whole thing, of course) for a very simple reason, you don't have that much space on a simple USB drive.
- Of course, you don't have to care at all about the above pointers if you have a very large USB drive. Very large here
meaning anything larger than 16GB, so yes, that IS pretty large in my opinion.
- SETTING UP QEMU, AGAIN
So you've installed Arch on your harddisk image, huh? Well done! In any case, we can't use the qemu-win.bat file anymore,
since we don't want to boot using the CD/DVD-player again. I recommend creating a new batch file in the QEMU folder,
(call it 'arch-hd.bat', or something like that,) and put the following line into it: "qemu.exe -L . -m 512 -boot c -hda
harddisk.img", the only thing that is changed is that we don't use the CD/DVD-player anymore, and that we changed the
it to -boot c which means it will boot from the harddisk image. (Actually isn't so difficult now, is it?)
- FINAL REMARKS
Now you're ready to go! You've installed ArchLinux on a Virtual Machine on your USB drive, so now the fun can start! One more
thing that I consider VERY important to know is how to mount your physical hard disk in Arch (in QEMU). Knowing this can make
it extremety-much easier to install things on Arch, since you can then simply 'download' the packages from your physical
hard drive.
To use your physical hard drive in QEMU, add "-hdb \\.\PhysicalDrive0" to the batch-file (arch-hd.bat), this line will assign
your first physical hard drive to /dev/hdb (or /dev/sdb) in Arch. Remember that you still have to mount it! (Someting that can
be done by writing "mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /mnt/" in the terminal. Assuming your first hard drive uses the NTFS-format, and
the main partitions is /dev/hdb1, this should put all files and filders in /mnt/. It is possible that your partition is called
/dev/sdb1, in that case simply replace hdb1 with sdb1.)
Please keep in mind that there are many, many more parameters you can use in QEMU, so reading the documentation will probably
be a very good thing. You never know, you MIGHT even learn something!
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. When configuring the system in the ArchLinux installer, it just stopped doing anything when it was saving the configuration
files! Did it somehow crash?
A. No, this is normal. For some reason (called 'writing speed'), this just takes time. Much time. Lots of time. This is the real
test of patience.
Q. How do I get support for sound/video card/networking/etc. in QEMU?
A. Read the documentation!
Q. Help! QEMU crashed when I tried to run the .bat file!
A. Check whether you are using the exact same .bat file as given in the instructions. If it still doesn't work, contact me and
I will try to solve your problem if you provide me with enough information about it. (So sending me a message containing
something like "Help! QEMU doesn't work on my PC!" will probably not get you much of a useful response.)

thank you, quite useful. btw i had to use qemu 0.9.0 for installation - somehow i was unable to make 1.5.50 boot (from neither iso nor physical cdrom). but then i had to switch back to the newer version because i was getting a lot of libata2 exception messages on console. also, i had to update UUID for some reason in grub.cfg. performancewise it's not very fast but it fits my needs. i am using the following command to start my qemu archbox: qemu-system-i386.exe -boot c -hda harddisk.img -net nic,model=virtio -net user -redir tcp:5555::22 and then i can connect using putty on my local port 5555. the good thing about this is that you really don't need admin rights.

Want to write my personal Arch_Install Script, help please..

Hi, guys, I want to write a script to make my arch-installation automatic. The following is my personal procedures I follow to install my Arch.
I am wondering is there any way I can make it automatic instead of input every command manually, for example starting from "Adduser" after reboot after the base installation, can I make the rest run automatically by a script?
Will it work if I simply write all commands one by one in each line into a text file, and exec it after chmod +x ?
Or any suggestions?
Thanks. :)
ARCHLICH INSTALLATION
<=============================boot==============================>
1. Install Base system from FTP/HTTP-USB
2. Configure system:
1)rc.conf (HOSTNAME="home")
2)etc/hosts (".. localhost home")
3)locale.gen
4)Root password
3. Grub Install, change waiting time from 5 to 0.
>=============================Reboot==============================<
1. Adduser (tty,disk,video,audio,optical,storage,wheel) seperat by a single ","
2. Setup sudo
1)pacman -S sudo
2)nano /etc/sudoers (uncomment "%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL")
3. Xorg, driver, xorg.conf
1)pacman -Sy xorg-server xorg-xinit xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard
2)pacman -Sy nvidia
3)mkdir "/mnt/backup" and mount /dev/sdb1
4)copy xorg.conf from /mnt/backup/linux-backup/arch to /etc/X11
4. Fonts & Scim (scim is configured later)
1)pacman -Sy ttf-dejavu
2)pacman -Sy ttf-ms-fonts artwiz-fonts
3)pamcna -Sy terminus-font
4)pacman -Sy ttf-arphic-uming ttf-arphic-ukai ttf-fireflysung
5)pacman -Sy scim scim-pinyin
5. Install OpenBox and Thunar
1)openbox, lxappearance, gtk2-themes-collection, openbox-themes, nitrogen
2)gamin, thunar, unrar, unzip, xarchiver, thunar-archive-plugin
3)mousepad, rxvt-unicode, gqview
4)MODULES=(!soundcore)
5)DAEMONS=(.. dbus hal)
6. nano /etc/inittab
1)id:5:initdefault: (unmoment the one with 3)
2)comment out agetty3-6
3)add the following line to the bottom and uncomment others:
x:5:once:/bin/su kevin -l -c "/bin/bash --login -c startx >/dev/null 2>&1"
7. log into kevin
1)mkdir .config and cp openbox into it from backup
2)mkdir .themes and cp DarkFiber into it from backup
3)nano .xinitrc add "exec openbox-session"
4)cp .Xdefaults to ~/ from backup
>=============================Reboot==============================<
0. Mount sdb1 as root and cp .bashrc_root to root's home as .bashrc
1. Exit to kevin and cp .bashrc to kevin's home.
2. Install cpu-frequency
1)pacman -S cpufrequtils
2)nano /etc/conf.d/cpufreq:
min_freq="2GHz"
max_freq="2.7GHz"
3. lm_sensors
1)pacman -Sy lm_sensors
2)sensors-detect
4. NumbLock
1)pacman -S numlockx
2)add it to ~/.xinitrc:
numlockx &
nitrogen --restore &
#conky &
exec openbox-session
5. Install OSS
1)pacman -S oss
6. Install Openntpd to adjust your computer time.
1)pacman -S openntpd
7. Diable IPv6 Module, mousepad /etc/modprobe.conf, and add:
# disable autoload of ipv6
alias net-pf-10 off
8. Copy PolicyKit.conf from backup to /etc/PolicyKit/, for USB to auto-mount.
9. Edit MODULES and DAEMONS:
MODULES=(!soundcore powernow-k8 cpufreq_ondemand)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond dbus hal cpufreq sensors oss) [Optional: preload]
10. Add /etc/sudoers.(!Remember to have a new line in the end!)
%users ALL=NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown
11. Edit /etc/fstab,(copy the 2 lines from /arch/fstab in backup)
1)use nitrogen to change wallpaper
>=============================Reboot==============================<
APPLICATION INSTALLATION
>================================================================<
0. obmenu, obconf, librsvg
1. firefox, flashplugin
2. mplayer, mplayer-plugin, codecs
4. cd /backup/linux: pacman -U mpg123-oss-TAB [ossxmix to diable vmix]
5. openoffice-base, jre
6. emacs (copy .emacs .virc to ~/ to prevent *~ file)(M-x custmize-variable RET
latex-run-command RET, then change latex into pdflatex)
7. texlive-most
8. conky [edit .xinitrc to auto-start conky]
(cp .conkrc and .weather and chmod +x .weather)
9. tuxguitar
10. openssh, sshfs
1)mkdir .ssh, then as root cp private key to .ssh
2)mkdir /mnt/yzhao and chown kevin:users /yzhao
nano /etc/pacman.conf
[kdemod-legacy]
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/kdemod/legacy/i686
<=====================OR=======================>
[kdemod-legacy]
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/kdemod/legacy/x86_64
11. kdemod3-kdegraphics-kdvi, kdemod3-kdegraphics-kpdf
12. kile, k3b
13. Add ":/opt/kde/bin" to /etc/profile, to use kde applications.
14. Configure Scim to be usable, add to /etc/profile:
export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"
export QT_IM_MODULE="scim"
scim -d
15. deluge, pidgin [diable system tray, ossplay %s]
<=============================End==============================>
Last edited by yingwuzhao (2009-04-04 21:12:20)

Well if you want to do all that, you obviously need to learn about bash scripting.
You can also have a look at the automatic procedure from aif, which is made exactly for automatic installations. See http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=58110

Archlinux is moving to systemd

Hello!
As far as I know Archlinux is moving now to systemd. Personally I fine with systemd, because I'm using it already. I'm also fine with SysVinit. I use systemd, because a dev told me that the move will likely happen in future and I had to install Archlinux some days ago on my new laptop.
Please but this and similar informations in the "latest news area" of archlinux.org, so everyone know what will happend and can prepare for this (e.g. reading in the wiki about systemd or even migrating immediately to systemd, preparing for problems with self written scritps and so on). This way of communication is really important for the community and developers
I know some that companys think Facebook, Google+ or Twitter are a way to communicate with their customers, especially because their own website are overloaded with unrelated marketing buzzwords and badly structured. We shouldn't follow this way. We have a well structured website for this! Personally I think a Official Google+ Account is an euphemism
Thank you for your patience
Sources:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/10081492503 … 9EaP6mP1th
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n … px=MTE2MDE
Last edited by hoschi (2012-08-18 10:59:14)

Thanks!
fsckd wrote:moderator comment: hoschi, I have editted the title and removed "Official Announcement". This is not an official announcement and it will confuse people to say it is.
I'm apologize
Another point: Someone on the so-called "official" G+ stated:
"Arch will move to systemd only boot process..."
As Tom stated (and he maintains systemd and initscripts), this is not
true. This angers me because
1) Something untrue and/or unprecise is being posted on the "official" G+.
2) There are claims that this G+ is official. Neither our website, nor
any place else states that there is an official Arch G+ (or Facebook)
page and links to it. This G+ has not been approved by developers to be
"official". Yet, someone here claims to be the official G+.
This must stop. If we present ourselves on social media, I want it to be
approved on the private mailing list first. And if someone starts that
discussion, it will get a big -1 from me.
https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail … 23421.html
Question:
Did somebody informed phoronix about this? Phoronix itself is not the "most trustworthy source on the web", but wrong news are still wrong.
Also the "officiall" wasn't removed on the G+ page till now?
Well, I created that page on January and since then _we_ (managers' page: me,
Ionut, Ray, s, Daniel) never write something which wasn't announced by our
website. Until today.
I don't know who write that (neither I wanna know), but you pointed out
something true, so I already removed the "official" suffix from our page and
"fixed" the post about systemd. I hope this is ok now.
Andrea
Last edited by hoschi (2012-08-18 13:12:36)

Home and personal partition in different places

If there is something that i hate is to have the .config files with my personal files in home.
Is there a way to mount a partition with the home and separated another partition with my files? I readed it in the wiki, but i don't know how to do it.

What do you have in /home then? You can have separate /docs , /data etc.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dotfiles
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libetc (see the note)

ArchLinux Newsletter for February 22

Greetings, and welcome to the ArchLinux weekly newsletter for the week ending February 22, 2004.
Front Page News:
NEW KERNELS ABOUND
Hi all,
First off, a huge thank-you to everyone that has donated over the last couple of days. We now have enough of a start to pay setup fees and the first couple months on a new server. You guys rock.
Now, an update regarding the new kernels... We're planning on using 2.6.3 as the default kernel for Widget's release, so I've renamed the 2.4 kernel packages for more consistency. We now have four kernel packages:
* kernel24
* kernel24-scsi
* kernel26
* kernel26-scsi
As you know, the kernel26 packages write their bzImages as /boot/vmlinuz26 so that they can coexist with a 2.4 kernel. I've left the kernel 2.4 bzImage as /boot/vmlinuz for now, to avoid breaking too many users' boxes. But keep in mind that I may rename them to /boot/vmlinuz24 sometime in the future. Watch out!
Another effect of the package renames is that the setup script had to be updated. This means that you will have to re-download the root.img disk image to do an ftp-based install. The old one will look for the 'kernel' package, which no longer exists.
http://archlinux.org/news.php#48
FUN WITH BANDWIDTH COSTS
As most of you know, the recent review on OSNews has brought a large influx of users to us. While we're overjoyed to have so many new users, the bandwidth costs associated with all these new --sysupgrade'ers is going to cost me a lot of money that I don't really have.
To curb the trend, I've had to cap transfer speeds on ftp.archlinux.org. They now sit at 20 K/s with a max of 30 users at a time.
So, long story short, I have a couple of favors to ask:
1. If you can volunteer to be a mirror, please contact me.
2. Please download this perl script, which will use the "netselect" program to re-sort the server lists in pacman.conf, lowest ping times first. You can run it like so:
# ./sortmirrors.pl </etc/pacman.conf >pacman.conf.new
Make sure pacman.conf.new looks okay, then move it into place:
# mv pacman.conf.new /etc/pacman.conf
3. If you can spare a few bucks for a bandwidth-hungry distribution, please donate. We're looking to get another server, but the donations just aren't there yet.
Thanks a lot everyone. We'll keep on making it if you keep on running it.
Editor's Note: The perl script now comes with the new version of pacman, and the download cap has been lifted.
http://archlinux.org/news.php#47
This Week on the Forum:
Rasat made a request that we try to clean up the forums to make it easier to read. One idea was to put [RMx] for remove, [MVx] for move or [FXx] for fixed / resolved, in our topic titles. Read about it here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=2773
Neocephas wrote a CUPS HOW-TO for Arch. It's still being worked on, so go help out over here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=2757
This Week on the Mailing List:
After the announcement by Judd about the bandwidth troubles, people raised some ideas for saving bandwidth. One was randomizing mirrors automatically via pacman. Another was to take the Full 0.5 ISO off of the main ftp site, because it's out of date anyway. Neither of these have been implemented yet, but discussion is still ongoing. Read the threads at:
http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 00844.html
http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 00853.html
The idea was brought up again about multiple flavors of kernels. DanG also asked if multiple 2.4 or 2.6 kernel packages could "live together". The answer was no. A 2.4 and 2.6 kernel can co-exist though. Judd stated that there were no plans for different flavors of kernels (like "failsafe") and instead people should be building their own. Read the thread at: http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 00872.html
What's happening with the TUR mailing list:
We're currently looking to assimilate a couple more Trusted Users to run their own repository and help test packages from /incoming. The system now requires sponsorship. So if you have submitted a lot of packages to /incoming that have made their way into the repositories, the TUs will be willing to sponsor you. If you are interested, join and mail the TUR Mailing list: https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/tur-users
This Week in Dev Land (by Jason Chu):
Manolis Tzanidakis (zen_guerilla) left the development team. He has decided to work on his own personal distro and won't have time for both. We wish him well.
Tobias Kieslich (neri) and Damir Perisa (dp) have joined the dev team. They've started adopting packages and are still learning how everything works. They are a welcome addition to the dev team.
We now have a new package server. All the regular traffic goes to the original server but ftp.archlinux.org is now on a different one. This one has a higher limit on bandwidth but if you use a mirror please continue doing so.
We are debating if/how to add f77 and gcj compilers to gcc. The best suggestion is to have seperate packages that depend on gcc but gcc is a scary package so it's still being researched.
The gcc question brought up another: should we implement multiple packages per PKGBUILD file? It was agreed that a single package per PKGBUILD is much simpler and more like the arch way. At the same time, we still have some issues to work through because of this simple method.
There are new disk images on ftp.archlinux.org. They're more modular and have support for keymaps, xfs/jfs support, and raid/lvm. The setup scripts don't support all of these new features but the advanced user will be able to use them. There will also be an expert install script to support these features.
Xfree86 licensing is still being researched. An interesting link was found: http://www.xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html
An 0.6-base-BETA1 was released. It's available on the archlinux ftp server. Feel free to test it.
An Archlinux goal/philosophy/social contract document was mentioned. Judd said he was thinking about this already and we will probably start one soon.
A number of packages were found to be missing urls and md5sums. Namcap will detect this and spit out an error. If anyone finds PKGBUILDs with these missing, they can submit a bug report for that package.
Package Highlights:
Updated init scripts were released this week. They provide a more cleaned up boot process.
reiserfsprogs 3.6.13 was released this week. This fixes a bug that can prevent a ReiserFS partition from booting. Read about it here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=2614
GCC, Coreutils, the kernel and some other core packages were updated this week. These types of upgrades can be risky sometimes, so be sure to submit any problems you have to the Bug Tracker.
Pacman 2.7.4 was released this week. Changes are:
- fixed a bug in conflict handling, where installing a conflicting package would fail even if the new package "provided" it
- if pacman sees a newer version of itself during an upgrade, it will ask to install itself first, then be re-run to upgrade the other packages.
- You can now use the --info option with --sync to display an uninstalled package's dependency info.
- Added a sane umask before db writes
- buffer overflow fix (bug #442)
FAQ of The Week:
Well, it's the same as last week and the week before. Unfortunately, we're still receiving the same questions. If you are having an issue, please review the past Arch Newsletters because your questions are probably answered.
Bugs Opened this Week:
k3b-0.11.4-1 does not work: broken permissions
autologin feature of kdm and gdm does not work
IP Forwarding in iptables pkg
missing dependency for kdegraphics: fribidi, lcms
Mozilla 1.6 package has broken permissions
makewhatis creates /usr/local/man/whatis via crond
kpilot missing from KDEPIM
Bugs Closed this Week:
Program additions for 0.6 installer
kernel upgrades should remind users to run lilo.
Add nano to base
Choose other server in ftp install
Option to use non us keymaps in installer
Add jfs and xfs support
incorrect url in download list
groff-1.19 now available from German mirror
Please add the graphics mode to the links package!
New Vim 6.2 supports GTK2 but in arch it's still GTK1
InitScripts outdated Copyright
util-linux: missing
PARPORT_1284 support in Kernel
N_HDLC support in Kernel
Joystick support in kernel
Please update mozilla-thunderbird
Reiserfsprogs 3.6.12 can't mount partitions read only
Links (graphics mode)
pacman -Syu behaviour
PATCH: Fix buffer overflow in Pacman
pacman: set umask before writing db entries
libgnomeui needs depends on gnome-common
Nautilus crashes immediately
gqmpeg fails to build
gdesklets missing dependencies
transcode fails to build
mp32ogg fails to build
mjpegtools fails to build
mplayer-plugin fails to build
transcode pkg needs to be updated.
missing dep in transcode pkg. again
avifile dies with failure to build codecs
flashplugin be updated to reflect firebird's new name change
small firefox changes
gtk2 deps screwed up between package and db
gtk2 won't build
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kobodeluxe 0.4pre8-1
pth 2.0.0-1
kile 1.6.1-1
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kdevelop 3.0.1-2
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zile 1.7b3-1
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scite 1.59-1
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coreutils 5.2.0-1
lzop 1.01-3
gtick 0.3.0-2
ogle 0.9.2-3
rar 3.3.0-1
ascii 3.6-1
whois 4.6.9-1
rasmol 2.7.2.1-1
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xfsprogs 2.5.6-1
xmame-sdl 0.78.1-1
lesstif 0.93.94-1
kaffeine 0.4.1-1
alsa-driver 1.0.2-2
xpdf 3.00-1
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cssed pre0.1.4-1
gdsl 1.0-2
glut 3.7-2
rsync 2.6.0-2
vim 6.2-2
links 2.1pre14-2
gvim 6.2-2
kernel24 2.4.25-1
kernel24-scsi 2.4.25-1
uml_utilities 20040114-1
words 1.0-2
user-mode-linux 2.4.24-1
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kernel26 2.6.3-1
reiserfsprogs 3.6.13-1
pacman 2.7.4-1
bzflag 1.10.4.20040125-1
galeon 1.3.13-1
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gcc 3.3.3-1
wine 20040213-1
mozilla-firefox 0.8-2
less 382-1
iptables 1.2.9-4
flashplugin 6.0r79-8
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bash-completion 20040214-1
zope 2.7.0-1
liquidwar 5.6.2-1
pcmcia-cs 3.2.7-1
fortune-mod-buffy 1-1
pango 1.2.5-4
gtk2 2.2.4-3
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j 0.20.2-s1
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fox 1.0.50-s1
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hwd 1.6-2
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libofx 0.6.4-1
gtk-smooth-engine 0.5.6-s1
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mage 6.30.030607-1
mpck 0.04-1
pixieplus 0.5.4-1
potrace 1.2-1
prekin 6.30.030607-1
tla 1.1-2
lwm 1.2.0-1
tse3 0.2.7-1
windowlab 1.21-s1
universalkopete 0.1-1
xv 3.10a-1
smclone 0.55-1
kbarcode 1.6.1-s1
bs 2.6-1
mp3burn 0.3.1-1
shaaft 0.5.0-1
monopd 0.9.0-s1
giftui 0.3.1-1
gurlchecker 0.6.4-s1
mono 0.30.1-1
ttf-cheapskate 0.1-2
libxml++ 1.0.0-1
chromium 0.9.12-1
passepartout 0.4-1
gnome-cups-manager 0.17-1
libgnomecups 0.1.6-1
gweled 0.4-s1
logjam 4.2.4-2
xpenguins_themes 1.0-1
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rox-system 1.9.0-s1
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materm 0.1-1
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parse-yapp 1.05-1
libavc1394 0.4.1-1
xml-dom 1.43-1
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xml-xql 0.68-1
prizm 0.2-s1
liferea 0.4.6b-1
panorama-tools 2.6bml12-s1
sylpheed-gtk2 0.9.8a-s1
amarok 0.8.3-s1
mlview 0.6.2-1
gossip 0.7.1-s1
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gtodo 0.13.5-s1
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xtermset 0.5.1-s1
cdw 0.2.2-s1
gnotime 2.1.7-s1
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spe 0.4.2c-s1
gmencoder 0.1.0-s1
scribus-docs 1.0.1-s1
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Cannot Boot Into Archlinux After Install

I'm trying to install Archlinux on my Lenovo Z570 laptop. I've already installed Windows on this computer, and I'm installing this in another partition I've created (created 3 partitions when I installed Windows with the default Windows tool).
I'm using a bootable USB drive and have tried both downloading the complete .ISO file and downloading the .ISO for the netinstall and booting through that. Both times I follow the steps in the install guide (as detailed https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … ion_Guide) and after I reboot the system, my computer does not boot into anything. I'm trying to use syslinux as my bootloader, although I've tried the steps with Grub and they don't produce any better results. Additionally I installed it with my friend (he installed on his computer) and he used syslinux so I'd just like to keep our system with similar configurations (so I'd like to make the install work with syslinux).
My partition table (extra partitions created with cfdisk) is laid out as:
sda1 primary ntfs
sda5 logical ext4 bootable
sda6 logical ext4
sda3 primary FAT16 (empty formatted drive)
sda4 primary (windows)
I've set sda5 to be my root and sda6 to be my home. They are 15 and 85 gigabytes respectively.
My syslinux.cfg file (/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg) is the standard generated file modified such that
APPEND root=/dev/sda5 ro
for both arch and archfallback.
I've also tried the steps in (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … al_Install), specifically using the altmbr, by entering:
# printf '\x5' | cat /usr/lib/syslinux/altmbr.bin - | dd bs=440 count=1 iflag=fullblock conv=notrunc of=/dev/sda
However the results are the same.
I've tried the steps in the guide where it mentions setting acpi=off and booting - when looking at a terminal with a wall of text (that I can't move through). I can type but everything I've tried to type, but it always says "Cold not find kernel image: <text>", where <text> is whatever I entered. If I type "boot", it says "Invalid or corrupt kernel image."
I would greatly appreciate any help as I've been trying this for a while.

confusion-is-my-sedative wrote:Personally I don't use syslinux, but I know that with grub you have an option to go into command mode and manually give the parameters from which to boot. It could be that syslinux also has such options. You might want to check the config through a live cd if the bootloader menu isn't coming up. It could also be the windows. I'd say that a few diagnostic commands from a livecd would be your best bet. Then you could copy the output to a usb thumb drive, and we'd have better info to assess the situation. Good luck.
Any advice on what diagnostics to run? All my config info I posted through viewing my system by inserting the USB drive and booting into a live Arch image - as it is there's nothing I can do by booting the computer without inserting this (or another live medium). Thanks.

Archlinux policy WRT /usr/share/vim/vim72 vs. /usr/share/vim/vimfiles

Hi all,
with the recent vim upgrade I have notified a couple of package maintainers that they would have to move some vim support files that are in their packages (e.g. syntax highlighting) out of /usr/share/vim/syntax and similar into subdirectories. However, I'm afraid I might have suggested something wrong there: My suggestion was that they be put in /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax and so on, but Pierre has already updated his cmake package (bugreport) and moved it into /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax etc.
Since I've also seen similar discussions at least in the latexsuite package (now removed since the packages have been renamed), and so I wonder what is the difference resp. the Archlinux policy with regard to those two directories: /usr/share/vim/vim72 vs. /usr/share/vim/vimfiles. (Personally, I thought that the vim72 subdirectory is for the distribution of vim itself, whereas distribution-specific stuff would go to the vimfiles subdirectory. - That's where the latex-suite package's files are now, too.)
Anyone with more sound reasoning or an insight into some quasi-"official" view on the question?
TIA,
Andreas

Actually the bug report asked to move from /usr/share/vim to /usr/share/vim/vimfiles
So I am confused..
Edit : ok I see now : http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/c … 3&r2=52345
Pierre moved from /usr/share/vim to /usr/share/vim/vim72 instead.
Last edited by shining (2009-10-08 11:13:01)

ArchLinux Based LiveCD for Gaming

The project live.linuX-gamers.net was founded with the idea to present Linux games at the Linuxtag exhibition in a novel way. A collection of games should be shown to directly run from DVD without the user in need to know about Linux or care about his system. After some intense brainstorming sessions the team decided to create and publish this DVD as a live distribution project. Thus an additional and very difficult problem had to be solved: The dvd should run on every x86 PC out there.
At the very beginning the team was split up into two groups. The first group was meant to create a live-dvd based on any existing live distribution and to include games appropriate for younger players. The second group should create a live distribution from scratch, designed for high performance 3d games.
Unfortunately the first team dedicated to the family suited games failed in finding a good live distribution which could be taken to create a base system fitting our ideas. But luckily the second team was successful. They created a livedvd based on ArchLinux.
http://live.linux-gamers.net/

molom wrote:
Wasn't this project previously based on Gentoo? Or what it always based on Arch?
Personally, I couldn't imagine running a live CD/DVD and playing games, you'll probably need 8gigs of Ram and an Intel Extreme processor.
Cheers,
molom
There was a project based off of gentoo back in the day called Gentoo Games. I'm almost certain Linux-Gamers Live is an entirely different effort.

[SOLVED] New to archlinux

Hello,
Today i installed archlinux for the first time, i always used slackware as my linux distro and i heard allot of good things about archlinux so i decided to switch. I have installed archlinux with the next partition scheme
sda2 Boot 32MB ext2
sda3 Swap 3GB linux swap
sda5 Home 110GB ext3
sda6 Root 15GB ext3
This i what i thought was the best after searching the internet. But i dont get it why Root is only 15GB while everything gets installed on it and home is only for personal files and stuf and its much bigger ?
So i installed archlinux on that scheme the installation went ok. Then i rebooted and logged in as root and then downloaded kde using: pacman -Sy kde after the installation of kde i did startx but nothing happend so i searched the internet and i found that i had to install xorg so i did pacman -S xorg and i installed the whole group. Now when i typ startx i get 3 terminals with xterm as title and i see a clock i cant move the mouse or type anything i have to reset the computer with the reset button on it.
What did i do wrong and how can i fix it and should i do thing differently ? i am willing to reinstall archlinux.
Thanks in advance,
Slayeriq
Last edited by slayeriq (2009-05-28 09:56:08)

karol wrote:
slayeriq wrote:i specified /Root/home as the home folder for the user
And what's wrong w/ good ol' /home<username> like f.e. /home/slayeriq?
Could you please post the output of those commands (as root):
cd /
ls
fdisk -l
BTW: you didn't answer the second question. Please, familiarize yourself w/ what rc.conf does before posting.
Here is the output u asked for:
bash-3.2# cd /
bash-3.2# ls
bin dev home lost+found mnt proc sbin sys usr
boot etc lib media opt root srv tmp var
bash-3.2# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x814e814e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 14359 115338636 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 14360 14364 40162+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 30009 30401 3156772+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4 14365 30008 125660430 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14365 28689 115065531 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 28690 30008 10594836 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
bash-3.2#
Im trying to get as familiarized with archlinux as i can and at the same time im trying not to break the fresh installation.
Last edited by slayeriq (2009-05-25 23:32:20)

How to make the arch LiveUSB with Openbox

I use arch with Openbox, now I want to make iso / LiveUSB from the arch in my hard drive, I would like my arch is already built can be used on any computer like Ubuntu LiveUSB. what should I do?. please help me
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http://pocilyx.blogspot.com
Last edited by pocil (2012-01-25 16:14:31)

First search than ask:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Building_a_Live_CD
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=64989
and so on...

[Solved]Darkmod on archlinux problem launching

Hello gentelmen, i have problems making the Darkmod run on Arch system.
Darkmod is a total converison of the Doom3 game engine. Is in the AUR repository.
The fact is that makepackage doesn't build Darkmod because the package is out of date (i think), so I installed Doom3 and Darkmod with the bash script of id software.
Doom3 runs flawlessly, but when i run Darkmod:
[dragora@irya darkmod]$ ./tdmlauncher.linux
Path to tdmlauncher is /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdmlauncher.linux
Darkmod directory is /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/
Darkmod directory after normalisation is /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod
Trying default value for engine executable: /home/dragora/.doom3/doom.x86
Trying default Linux location for engine executable /usr/local/games/doom3/doom.x86
Found engine executable in /usr/local/games/doom3/doom.x86
Engine path after normalisation is /usr/local/games/doom3/doom.x86
Could not find 'currentfm.txt' file in /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/currentfm.txt
Current FM is:
Searching the /proc/ folder for PID files
Using the following argument vector:
#0: /usr/local/games/doom3/doom.x86
#1: +set
#2: fs_game
#3: darkmod
Trying to launch /usr/local/games/doom3/doom.x86 /usr/local/games/doom3/doom.x86 +set fs_game darkmod
[dragora@irya darkmod]$ DOOM 1.3.1.1304 linux-x86 Jan 16 2007 21:58:02
found interface lo - loopback
found interface wlan0 - 192.168.1.35/255.255.255.0
------ Initializing File System ------
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/game01.pk4 with checksum 0x51c6981f
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/game02.pk4 with checksum 0xf3ec6f7
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/game03.pk4 with checksum 0x5d4230ea
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak000.pk4 with checksum 0x28d208f1
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak001.pk4 with checksum 0x40244be0
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak002.pk4 with checksum 0xc51ecdcd
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak003.pk4 with checksum 0xcd79d028
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak004.pk4 with checksum 0x765e4f8b
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak005.pk4 with checksum 0x8ffc3621
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak006.pk4 with checksum 0x95b65ab
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak007.pk4 with checksum 0x666bdb3c
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak008.pk4 with checksum 0x23ae5993
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_animals01.pk4 with checksum 0xacda2bb
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_base01.pk4 with checksum 0xf42f339d
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_builders01.pk4 with checksum 0xcb2854bf
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_females01.pk4 with checksum 0x1b2a6a31
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_guards01.pk4 with checksum 0x33ca6394
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_heads01.pk4 with checksum 0x5dd21227
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_mages01.pk4 with checksum 0x4fb92e26
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_nobles01.pk4 with checksum 0xe4ff336c
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_pagans01.pk4 with checksum 0xa1349247
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_townsfolk01.pk4 with checksum 0x8ddbd904
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_undead01.pk4 with checksum 0x2477a779
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_monsters_spiders01.pk4 with checksum 0x792b0ca5
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_steambots01.pk4 with checksum 0x731159a8
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_base01.pk4 with checksum 0xfb74186c
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_defs01.pk4 with checksum 0x31417173
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_env01.pk4 with checksum 0x70046471
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_fonts01.pk4 with checksum 0x4d337925
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_game01.pk4 with checksum 0xab7fd2d2
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_game02.pk4 with checksum 0x4a1b32fc
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_game03.pk4 with checksum 0x1c4edae4
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_gui01.pk4 with checksum 0x63a09f0e
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_gui_credits01.pk4 with checksum 0x5b1d7253
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_models01.pk4 with checksum 0x16c8a70a
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_models02.pk4 with checksum 0x3d12c87e
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_models_decls01.pk4 with checksum 0x92c43427
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_player01.pk4 with checksum 0xe4d3e6fd
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_prefabs01.pk4 with checksum 0x838252d0
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_ambient01.pk4 with checksum 0x40500cb
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_ambient02.pk4 with checksum 0x666b0cac
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_ambient03.pk4 with checksum 0xfa3d0336
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_ambient_decls01.pk4 with checksum 0x1f53dda2
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_sfx01.pk4 with checksum 0x8d3d8fa7
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_sfx02.pk4 with checksum 0x6a7ee5ef
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals01.pk4 with checksum 0x749a24b6
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals02.pk4 with checksum 0x3ce30b71
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals03.pk4 with checksum 0xfbc08dea
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals04.pk4 with checksum 0x6bae7076
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals05.pk4 with checksum 0x8bc0bbe1
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals06.pk4 with checksum 0xe1f2a386
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals07.pk4 with checksum 0xe7d94add
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals_decls01.pk4 with checksum 0x1a0de03d
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 with checksum 0x87f7f590
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_carpet01.pk4 with checksum 0xcc1e2e32
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_decals01.pk4 with checksum 0x7e7ce54e
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_door01.pk4 with checksum 0xda543894
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_fabric01.pk4 with checksum 0x7c12c7ad
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_glass01.pk4 with checksum 0x5fa01a26
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_metal01.pk4 with checksum 0x173ce02a
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 with checksum 0x444352b6
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_paint_paper01.pk4 with checksum 0xf4cab8d7
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_plaster01.pk4 with checksum 0xf1b2549c
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_roof01.pk4 with checksum 0x2efab03d
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_sfx01.pk4 with checksum 0xff5da4d5
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_stone_brick01.pk4 with checksum 0xe942a997
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_stone_cobblestones01.pk4 with checksum 0xb215367c
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_stone_flat01.pk4 with checksum 0xc063445
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_stone_natural01.pk4 with checksum 0x6cd8c52a
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_stone_sculpted01.pk4 with checksum 0xf225aa20
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_window01.pk4 with checksum 0xdb10db90
Loaded pk4 /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_wood01.pk4 with checksum 0xe96a8d66
Current search path:
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_wood01.pk4 (293 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_window01.pk4 (226 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_stone_sculpted01.pk4 (304 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_stone_natural01.pk4 (99 files)
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/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_stone_brick01.pk4 (350 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_sfx01.pk4 (32 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_roof01.pk4 (65 files)
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/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 (159 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals_decls01.pk4 (23 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals07.pk4 (1083 files)
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/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals05.pk4 (80 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals04.pk4 (1258 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals03.pk4 (722 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals02.pk4 (1335 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_vocals01.pk4 (66 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_sfx02.pk4 (549 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_sfx01.pk4 (457 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_ambient_decls01.pk4 (8 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_ambient03.pk4 (24 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_ambient02.pk4 (148 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_sound_ambient01.pk4 (151 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_prefabs01.pk4 (440 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_player01.pk4 (123 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_models_decls01.pk4 (88 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_models02.pk4 (1770 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_models01.pk4 (1533 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_gui_credits01.pk4 (49 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_gui01.pk4 (661 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_game03.pk4 (2 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_game02.pk4 (2 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_game01.pk4 (2 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_fonts01.pk4 (731 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_env01.pk4 (92 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_defs01.pk4 (147 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_base01.pk4 (125 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_steambots01.pk4 (27 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_monsters_spiders01.pk4 (89 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_undead01.pk4 (29 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_townsfolk01.pk4 (65 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_pagans01.pk4 (8 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_nobles01.pk4 (51 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_mages01.pk4 (7 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_heads01.pk4 (64 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_guards01.pk4 (286 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_females01.pk4 (138 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_humanoid_builders01.pk4 (84 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_base01.pk4 (8 files)
/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_ai_animals01.pk4 (76 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/darkmod
/home/dragora/.doom3/base
/usr/local/games/doom3/base
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak008.pk4 (3 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak007.pk4 (38 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak006.pk4 (48 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak005.pk4 (63 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak004.pk4 (5137 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak003.pk4 (4676 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak002.pk4 (6120 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak001.pk4 (8972 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak000.pk4 (2698 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/game03.pk4 (2 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/game02.pk4 (2 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/game01.pk4 (2 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
Addon pk4s:
file system initialized.
----- Initializing Decls -----
------- Initializing renderSystem --------
using ARB renderSystem
renderSystem initialized.
1141 strings read from strings/english.lang
Couldn't open journal files
execing editor.cfg
execing default.cfg
execing DoomConfig.cfg
Unknown command 'objectives'
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
1141 strings read from strings/english.lang
----- Initializing Sound System ------
sound system initialized.
----- R_InitOpenGL -----
Setup X display connection
dlopen(libGL.so.1)
Initializing OpenGL display
Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2
DGA DirectVideo Mouse (Version 2.0) initialized
Free86-VidModeExtension Activated at 1024x768
Using 8/8/8 Color bits, 8 Alpha bits, 24 depth, 8 stencil display.
GL_RENDERER: GeForce 9200M GS/PCIe/SSE2
idCommon::VPrintf: truncated to 4094 characters
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------- Input Initialization -------
XKB extension: compile time 0x1:0x0, runtime 0x1:0x0: OK
XKB extension present on server ( 0x1:0x0 )
dlopen(libasound.so.2)
asoundlib version: 1.0.25
Alsa is available
------ Alsa Sound Initialization -----
opened Alsa PCM device default for playback
device buffer size: 5644 frames ( 22576 bytes )
allocated a mix buffer of 16384 bytes
...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
...using GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_add
...using GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
...using GL_ARB_texture_compression
...using GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
...using GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
maxTextureAnisotropy: 16.000000
...using GL_1.4_texture_lod_bias
X..GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette not found
...using GL_EXT_texture3D
...using GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
...using GL_NV_register_combiners
...using GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
X..GL_ATI_fragment_shader not found
X..GL_ATI_text_fragment_shader not found
...using GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
...using GL_ARB_vertex_program
...using GL_ARB_fragment_program
...using EXT_depth_bounds_test
---------- R_NV20_Init ----------
----------- R200_Init -----------
Not available.
---------- R_ARB2_Init ----------
Available.
----- R_ReloadARBPrograms -----
glprogs/test.vfp
glprogs/test.vfp
glprogs/interaction.vfp
glprogs/interaction.vfp
glprogs/bumpyEnvironment.vfp
glprogs/bumpyEnvironment.vfp
glprogs/ambientLight.vfp
glprogs/ambientLight.vfp
glprogs/shadow.vp
glprogs/R200_interaction.vp
glprogs/nv20_bumpAndLight.vp
glprogs/nv20_diffuseColor.vp
glprogs/nv20_specularColor.vp
glprogs/nv20_diffuseAndSpecularColor.vp
glprogs/environment.vfp
glprogs/environment.vfp
glprogs/arbVP_glasswarp.txt: File not found
glprogs/arbFP_glasswarp.txt: File not found
using ARB_vertex_buffer_object memory
using ARB2 renderSystem
found DLL in pak file: /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/tdm_game02.pk4/gamex86.so
copy gamex86.so to /home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/gamex86.so
dlopen '/home/dragora/.doom3/darkmod/gamex86.so' failed: libjpeg.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Regenerated world, staticAllocCount = 0.
Shutting down sound hardware
----------- Alsa Shutdown ------------
close pcm
dlclose
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Sys_Error: couldn't load game dynamic library
I have libjpeg perfectly installed
extra/libjpeg-turbo 1.2.1-1 [instalado]
libjpeg derivative with accelerated baseline JPEG compression and decompression
multilib/lib32-libjpeg-turbo 1.2.1-1 [instalado]
libjpeg derivative with accelerated baseline JPEG compression and decompression (32-bit)
My hypothesis is that archlinux moved some bin from /bin to /usr/bin
But i'm not sure, please help if you can, i will also look on the darkmod forums.
Thank you
Last edited by using_GNU (2012-08-30 14:38:13)

Smudge, you are awsome, you were correct, the only thing i needed was installing the following packages:
lib32-libjpeg6
libjpeg6
and libpng12
Thank you, i hope this will help another person who has the same problem.
Thank you a lot.
Last edited by using_GNU (2012-08-30 14:41:43)

Key features of ArchLinux for geeks and developers

Hello fellow Archers!
Here at ATNoG [1], we have bi-weekly meetings with discussions of several topics.
Planned for next Wednesday is a talk about which Operating System/Distribution each one uses, their major features and why each one would be good for others.
This is a networks and telecommunications group. Most of us work on low level, kernel code (network protocols), or mobile and security applications. Most people here use Windows, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, and maybe a few others, like Gentoo.
What I would like was to get (on top of mine and another's Archer here) your personal contributions on why ArchLinux is great, in this case for developers, people who like to have control of their machines, but also don't want software to get in his way through the times.
Thanks in advance,
André!
[1] - http://atnog.av.it.pt/

Archlinux provides a good amount of control on what occurs in your system. You may hear about this over and over but what does this actually mean? Some distros come with prepackaged applications and/or customizations. Some of these annoy me, for example, linux mint's(LM) firefox has a LM theme associated with it where if you google, 1/4 of the page has LM logos and 'garbage'. I like vanilla firefox, where it is kept simple, clean, and functional. This is just one aspect. Another area of control is in regards to understanding the libraries, dependencies, etc needed for an application to run. Because the default installation is bare bone, you get the opportunity to really understand the background requirements in running an application by debugging it and looking at the errors in logs. This helps the understanding that library A is needed to run application X. This knowledge is useful in case there are certain versions of library A (newer or older) that can cause bugs to occur in application X. Then we can look for the appropriate version and rummage through out of sync mirrors or even the library archive repository.
The arch way of configuration is simple in that the configuration is streamlined to follow the BSD style init.
Arch is rolling release, but unlike some distros, it is bleeding edge. Other rolling release distros can be outdated, simply holding onto packages, kernels, etc for a longer period. You may notice that they are not running on the latest kernel among other things. This may be crucial, in particular to a kernel, if the latest one has a fix for your hardware. Bleeding edge just adds a bonus to Arch that you always have access to the latest versions giving you the power to choose to stick with a stable older version or have it updated.
Overall, in the one month of using linux I've learnt a lot just by reading the wiki on Arch. It is by far the best wiki a distro has made so far for me. I haven't seen any other distros provide such a vast and updated wiki. I normally hate asking questions but really there is rarely a need as the wiki plus forums provide all the answers. Of course if there is an unique issue, the community comes together as long as you provide detailed information and have exhausted all other sources.
Although I am not a dev, I would imagine the above reasons plenty for any dev to welcome this type of environment where control in their environment is critical to the success of the project they are working on.

Request for personal Tux avatar

This is a request to all you GIMP gurus out there - and I know you're there
I've been searching the web for a Tux avatar that resemples me as a person, but with out any luck
So far I've been using this Tux/Rambo avatar (which i actually have tatooed on my left shoulder ), I love it and all, but it doesn't really resemple the person I've grown to be.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/ph … 6.jpg?dl=1
I'd love myself a new avatar that really resemples the new me, but I've never been much of an artist, som if any of you gurus are up for a challenge, here's what Im thinking.
I need an avatar that resemples everything that I stand for which is:
PLUR (Peace Love Unity and Respect),
Spiritual growth &
PsyTrance
I'm thinking Tux on top of some psychedelic backgroud maybe combined with some stringart in flashy colors and OFC eternal love to all beings. Feel free to use your imagination, and if you're up for the challenge, I'd be forever greatfull...
PLUR
AcId
-- mod edit: read the Forum Etiquette and only post thumbnails http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … s_and_Code [jwr] --

well, I clicked on it and started to fill in the info until is what obvious too much info, then I deleted all filled in info and exited without submiting it.

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