Resize Windows XP to install Arch Linux

Me again! Hi! Well my Dad finally gave me permission to install Arch on our computer (hes a bit paranoid..) But I need some help.. I boot archlive and when I go into Cdisk to setup the partitions, Windows Controls the ENTIRE partition on the Hard drive.. How can I resize it so I can install Arch Linux onto the system?

skottish wrote:
arch0r wrote:first of all defragment windows
+100000000000000000000
Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeefinitely. (Emphasis on the "Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeefinitely")
If you're not careful, it's very easy to lose data from Windows partitions due to fragmentation.
Not to discourage or anything. Just be careful.

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Recovering earlier installed Windows 7 after installing Arch Linux

I'm trying to boot windows on my ASUS notebook.
There was windows 7 from the very beginning (disks C:\ and D:\), then I divided disk D:\ on several partitions and installed Arch Linux. I overwrited Windows boot information by boot part of Linux. Now I want to recover windows, that I still have on hard drive. It doesn's matter what there will be: dualboot or only windows (but dualboot is prefered).
Disk info:
[jhon@fckrsns ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 698.7 GiB, 750156374016 bytes, 1465149168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 1AFC9DFF-CD3B-4CE1-8CAF-41C3E5B75772
Device Start End Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 411647 200M EFI System
/dev/sda2 411648 673791 128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda3 673792 586731519 279.5G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda4 586731520 691589119 50G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5 1412718592 1465147391 25G Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda6 691589120 901304319 100G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda7 901304320 1412718591 243.9G Microsoft basic data
[jhon@fckrsns ~]$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 698.7G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 200M 0 part /boot
├─sda2 8:2 0 128M 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 279.5G 0 part
├─sda4 8:4 0 50G 0 part /
├─sda5 8:5 0 25G 0 part
├─sda6 8:6 0 100G 0 part /home
└─sda7 8:7 0 243.9G 0 part
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
[jhon@fckrsns ~]$ lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT
sda
├─sda1 vfat 4DEB-D6D2 /boot
├─sda2
├─sda3 ntfs OS 62364BE9364BBCB3
├─sda4 ext4 c4da4683-871a-49fa-96a3-4da11387d31d /
├─sda5 ntfs Recovery 8ECE4F50CE4F2FAF
├─sda6 ext4 3eba01c6-e422-4542-8442-16064c74a563 /home
└─sda7 ntfs 3B29E7794F6CD932
sr0
OS partition (/dev/sda3):
[jhon@fckrsns /]$ ls /run/media/jhon/OS
altera Boot djvureader DrWeb Quarantine eSupport hiberfil.sys MSOCache N56VM.BIN pagefile.sys Program Files Recovery SecurityScanner.dll VisualCLibs
AsusVibeData bootmgr Documents and Settings eclipse Games Intel MS.Office.2007.Portable.micro.v.1.16 N56VZ.BIN PerfLogs Program Files (x86) $Recycle.Bin System Volume Information Windows
AVScanner.ini BOOTSECT.BAK DOSBox_SIM END gcc Keil_v5 mtd NVIDIA ProgramData Qt R.G. Catalyst Users
I tried to recover MBR with different ways:
with syslinux:
[jhon@fckrsns /]$ sudo dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/bios/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
0+1 records in
0+1 records out
440 bytes (440 B) copied, 0.0226394 s, 19.4 kB/s
with ms-sys:
[jhon@fckrsns /]$ sudo ms-sys --partition /dev/sda1
Start sector 2048 (nr of hidden sectors) successfully written to /dev/sda1
Physical disk drive id 0x80 (C:) successfully written to /dev/sda1
Number of heads (255) successfully written to /dev/sda1
[jhon@fckrsns /]$ sudo ms-sys --mbr7 /dev/sda
Windows 7 master boot record successfully written to /dev/sda
But there is still no way to boot windows.
I run grub-mkconfig before and after these manipulations with MBR:
[jhon@fckrsns ~]$ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
Found fallback initramfs image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
No volume groups found
done
[jhon@fckrsns /]$ sudo os-prober
/dev/cdrom: open failed: No medium found
No volume groups found
I installed rEFInd, now I have two choices on boot screen: vmlinuz-linux, which it founded, and my earlier installed grub bootloader.
Maybe I missed something, but i don't know what exactly.
Last edited by Jhon (2014-09-28 16:45:38)

Now I know that I don't need MBR at all (but google told me that recovering windows = recovering MBR..)
Are there any ways to recover boot information on EFI system partition from Linux without using Windows Live CD and it's bootrec.exe?
I have bootmgr and bootmgfw.efi files on /dev/sda3 (partition with windows installed), what else I need? Simple copy of bootmgfw.efi to /boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi and addition of custom menu item to /etc/grub.d/40_custom does'nt work. There is Windows now in rEFInd and GRUB menus, but there is error on loading.

Installing Arch Linux after Windows 7 64bit dual boot

Total noob here ^^
Im trying to install Arch Linux after my installation of Windows 7, without fucking up that one...
I freed up 50GB and removed it from my Windows boot partition, so Arch can be installed there, I have almost absolutely no experience with this kind of stuff since I've only used Ubuntu and Kali Linux before.
I've got a working arch image on my usb stick and i somehow can't figure out, how to install it without touching the existing partitions.
Is it possible to create a working dual boot, without changing my windows configuration?

yes its possible. What research have you done in order to install Arch. We do not hand hold here in this community. Go read up the appropriate wiki pages and ask specific questions with details in case you get stuck.
Start with the Beginners Guide.

Install Arch Linux with UEFI and GPT

Hi, I purchased a new laptop and I created a partition with Windows 8 (default OS on laptop) and another partition where I want to install Arch Linux.
When I tried to install Arch Linux not boot from CD. After searching in Google I downloaded the latest Arch Linux ISO (2012-12-01) and tried again.
This time CD started without problems but when I used cfdisk showed an error with GPT partition. I went back to search in Google and I read about gdisk and gfdisk and I try it but when I partitioning to install Arch Linux partition show that may cause damage. I searched and searched without success and I wonder if there is a Arch Linux GPT install guide or if someone knows how to install Arch Linux with GPT and a Windows 8 partition in UEFI.
Thanks and regards.

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Is it suitable install Arch Linux on a USB key?

I want to install Arch Linux on a USB key following the wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … _a_USB_key
But I now heard that Arch Linux will be very very slow than LiveUSB because of USB's bad I/O speed. Is it real?
Forgive my poor English, thank you!

Actually I spent some times to study USB, and I concluded out that it is relate with USB's performance, as example, USB 3.0 is better than USB 2.0, SLC is better than MLC.
So the better performance of USB the more suitable to install Arch Linux. However, it will costs me much money to buy expensive USB:)
@Mr Green What's your blog? Is this http://archbang.org/?

How to partition a USB flash-drive to install Arch Linux?

Good afternoon,
Could anyone please guide me in the right direction, how would I go about partitioning my USB flash-drive in order to install Arch Linux onto my Acer Aspire One? I've found guides, but none of them are specific enough - the static assumption being that the OS is already partitioned onto your flash-drive, and that is not the case for me.
Much appreciated,
A Swiftly Tilting Planet

assuming your usb key is /dev/sdz
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdz
//cleans the usb drive
# fdisk /dev/sdz
// press m and read the help, make a partition, make it bootable
// you have to press (double check anyway):
// n, p, 1, <enter>, <enter>, a, 1, t, b, w
# mkfs.vfat /dev/sdz1
// formatting
The first passage can actually replaced to something more modest, like:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdz bs=1024 count=1
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Failure to install Arch Linux via netinstall AIF; PGP key issues

Hello,
I'm am attempting a fresh install Arch Linux on a clean machine: Dell 1420, 4GB RAM. I am using the archlinux-2012.02.09_04-00-01-netinstall-dual.iso installer.
Installation progresses nicely through the package selection (I choose core, core-dev, xfce, and xorg packages only, to keep it simple for now). The packages download quickly, and then the installation fails during installation indicating that none of the PGP keys are known for any of the downloaded files. The process essentially aborts and I press 'Continue' returning me to the main menu. I have repeated this process several times.
What needs to be done to install Arch Linux?
Thanks.

Hi,
Thanks, I have been through the Beginners Guide. I just want to get Arch Linux to "start" with a very basic GUI. during one of my installation iterations I did install only 'core' files, but the same failure occurred. so I'm at a loss as to how to get even a basic installation to take hold. Thoughts on the pgp key issues?
Thanks.
Update: I've switched to using the default net installer (2011.08.19) and the installation succeeded!
Last edited by zaleksf (2012-02-12 05:12:32)

Archwiz Script for installing Arch Linux

I created a new Bash Script Project called Archwiz, located on github flesh/archwiz ,
its still in Beta for a few reasons, I never figured out how to get computer translations working in the script so I can Localize it, and I never figured out all the details to get an AUR custom repo working and lastly I didn't get the Asynchronous downloads to work right, so there are all disabled in this script.
This script was a fork of another script found here Archlinux Ultimate Install Script.
The Script itself has several files, the wizard.sh is a library, that allow programmers to use this library as an API for writing scripts, so its usefully to anyone that wants an API to write Bash Scripts, but the script itself scripts a script that is saved as configuration files, then executes the script inside itself, so you can look at all the configuration files before running it.
The script was written for use by anyone, but mostly targets programmers like myself who need to setup a machine to use as a work station and want it set up a certain way every time, although this script is far from finished, I have a lot of tweaking to do to it before it would be completely there, but as it is, I can get up and running on a machine with little effort, so this make it ideal for a Linux Administrator who has to install thousands of OS's and have them configured all the same way, but works great for someone just wanting to install Arch Linux.
The Project is Self Documenting and Self Localizing, although currently only English works, but the po files are there, so it would be easy enough if you wanted to localize it; but the computer translation function I started would be the correct way to do this.
The scripts makes use of a custom repo, so remove it when finished, the script should do this for you, but just to let you know, it downloads the core to the flash drive, this way it can install very fast, once you install it one, it has all the files on it to install on another computer without an Internet connection, well at least that was my thinking, I never did get the AUR custom repo to work, but the idea is to have all the files on the flash so you do not need to use up bandwidth installing Arch Linux on a new machine, just install it, then run pacman updates.
The Idea of a Wizard is to make the life of those installing an OS, much easier, they have the Option to do a Custom install, or a Wizard install, even an Automatic install to pre-configure machines.
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I only tested GDM, since I installed every Desktop Manager and configuration for my needs, this was the only one I got to work for all of them, but I normally use KDE or Mate, but I ran into issues with Mate and went back to KDE, so I could get back to work.
This script was designed to Format the Drive you install it to, so do not use this on a Partitioned Drive, it will format the hard drive, so you are warned once more during the install, but this could be fixed, I had to abandon the project to finish another, so the script is as it is, but could give someone a great start if they want to folk it and finish it, so fork me.
See the help.html for details.
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Trying to install Arch Linux on a HP-dv2000 laptop

I am able to start up from, the CD no problem. I get the Arch Linux menu. What I think is the problem is maybe a resolution issue because as I go to install it, the screen looks wonky and I can't see the command line properly. I know when I install Ubuntu for example, the installation screen looks off to one side. Only after installing the nvidia driver after successfully installing Ubuntu does the screen look the way it supposed to.
I think the same think is happening here when trying to install Arch Linux. Any suggestions on how I can resolve this? This is a big deal for me because for the first time, I think I am going to learn a ton of stuff about Arch Linux. I am willing to take the plunge following the beginner's guide along the way.
Thanks for the help!!

ArchLinux is designed to run whether in VirtualBox or on a real machine.
If you have a TV connector plugged in it will chop some regular lines at the bottom to make up for the difference in TV resolution.
There are a couple of packages related to nvidia hardware, nouveau is one of them. Just do a pacman -Ss nvidia for possibilities of things you might need to install. Your nvidia hardware is a little newer, so probably nvidia is the package you'll need instead of nouveau.
Are you using X? When you install the proper xf86-video-* driver it shouldn't have any problems with X. If modesetting is turned off, then some resolutions may not be made available (especially in Gnome), so it is best to keep it turned on if at all possible (kernel default).
Last edited by nomorewindows (2012-03-12 17:19:55)

Keyboard and mouse not working when installing arch linux 2014.01.05

trying to install arch linux 2014.01.05 dual iso but when I boot the live cd my keyboard and mouse (both wired) arent detected.
please help

I am from australia > melbourne victoria and usually type in english us or english australian (which keymap do I use in the arch linux install process?) arch linux still does not detect my kb and mouse when on desktop (usb keyboard)...stumped.
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Can I install Arch Linux without Internet connection ?

It sounds noobish but my friends like to know if they can install Arch Linux without Internet connection ?

mcmillan wrote:
The core iso should be all you need, just boot off that to start the installation. It's been a while since I did an install, but somewhere along the way it gives you an option to install off the cd or do a net install. You just need to choose the cd installation.
That being said, all you'll have without internet will be what's on the cd, so you'll be left with a pretty minimal install. If you want to update and install additional software then you'll either need to get the computer temporarily connected, or download the packages on a different computer and transfer them.
I am looking to do something similar. I have the core system installed on an older laptop, but I cannot get the wireless working (it has no ethernet). I've tried downloading the libgl packagesfrom a mirror to a thumbdrive, but it's a dependency nightmare. Is there a better way to do this?

[SOLVED] Install Arch Linux on USB Stick!

So, here is the deal. I want to install Arch Linux on a USB Stick so I can plug it at any computer and have my system... with me
I've had a little bit experience with Arch so I know a few things about it... used it for a few months before on a real system.
My USB stick is a HighSpeed 17-20 MBPS and it's 16 GB capacity.
So how do I do it?
Last edited by 1lj4z1 (2012-04-05 07:25:53)

I'm using occasionally Arch installed on HDD-USB, I've just added usb hook to mkinitcpio.conf and removed autodetect (more modules=more hardware supported). So far it worked on 3 different computers (all of them have one main HDD so no grub issues, but it's no biggie if it doesn't boot right away, you can always edit grub on-the-fly by pressing "e")
About USB stick: installing on USB stick is not the same as running it in LIVE mode! Consider yourself warned.
If you just install it you really should read about SSD optimizations because USB flash cells also have limited read/write cycles (actually is less robust and sophisticated than SSD). Something to look at: noatime mount option, disable swap if not necessary, profile-sync-daemon and so on...
1lj4z1 wrote:Well I don't need to chroot, i am running it live. I'll see about mkinitcpio.conf but I can't understand what you mean rebuilding initramfs? What is that exactcly?
It means if you fiddle with mkinitcpio you should run:
# mkinitcpio -p linux
afterwards or bad things will happen
Last edited by masteryod (2012-03-27 15:37:13)

Installed arch linux on windows 8 laptop and with GNOME

Hi all,
I am trying to learn more about linux and decided to go the Arch Linux way. I've battled through a bunch of issues before I got to this point so I might have fudged something along the way.
The current issue is that I install GNOME, and it boots up into GNOME, and I select my username and type my password, and then I see black screen with blinking cursor for 10 seconds after which I am returned to GNOME login screen. It doesn't do a system reboot before going back to the login screen.
The only way to stop this is to put in my livecd arch-linux usb drive and then delete GNOME, after which arch linux will boot back into terminal. (I wish I knew how to do this without using the usb drive)
What should I look at for hints? I don't see any output when this loop happens.
Thanks!

Ok that works and I can log in. However I don't see any familiar drives mounted. Anyway, I have the output from journalctl. Here it is
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 120.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost org.a11y.Bus[311]: Activating service name='org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost org.a11y.Bus[311]: Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost org.a11y.atspi.Registry[318]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost gnome-session[307]: gnome-session[307]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file orca-autostart.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost gnome-session[307]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file orca-autostart.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.UPower' unit='upower.service'
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Daemon for power management...
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UPower'
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost systemd[1]: Started Daemon for power management.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost upowerd[335]: (upowerd:335): UPower-Linux-WARNING **: energy 49.705840 bigger than full 49.698200
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost systemd[1]: Mounting FUSE Control File System...
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost kernel: fuse init (API version 7.23)
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost systemd[1]: Mounted FUSE Control File System.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.ColorManager' unit='colord.service'
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles...
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost gnome-session[307]: Entering running state
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.ColorManager'
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost systemd[1]: Started Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1' unit='rtkit-daemon.service'
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost systemd[1]: Starting RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service...
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1'
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Successfully called chroot.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Successfully dropped privileges.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Successfully limited resources.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Running.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Canary thread running.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Watchdog thread running.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost systemd[1]: Started RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SHP", prod id 5153
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (II) intel(0): Modeline "3200x1800"x0.0 373.25 3200 3248 3280 3360 1800 1803 1808 1852 -hsync -vsync (111.1 kHz eP)
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Successfully made thread 381 of process 381 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '120' high priority at nice level -11.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Supervising 1 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost colord[374]: /usr/lib/colord/colord-sane: error while loading shared libraries: libsane.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Supervising 1 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Successfully made thread 389 of process 381 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '120' RT at priority 5.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[382]: Supervising 2 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service'
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost pulseaudio[381]: [pulseaudio] module-gconf.c: Unable to read or parse data from client.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost pulseaudio[381]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-gconf" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost pulseaudio[381]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
Mar 07 18:34:57 localhost pulseaudio[381]: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.systemd1.LoadFailed: Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.locale1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.locale1.service'
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Locale Service...
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.locale1'
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost systemd[1]: Started Locale Service.
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost gnome-session[307]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Failed to execute child process "ibus-daemon" (No such file or directory)
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.GeoClue2' unit='geoclue.service'
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Location Lookup Service...
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1' unit='wpa_supplicant.service'
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost systemd[1]: Starting WPA supplicant...
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Successfully activated service 'fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1'
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost systemd[1]: Started WPA supplicant.
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.GeoClue2'
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost systemd[1]: Started Location Lookup Service.
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost polkitd[247]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:c1 (system bus name :1.15 [gnome-shell --mode=gdm], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale C)
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost gnome-session[307]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: No permission to trigger offline updates: Polkit.Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update is not registered
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost org.gnome.OnlineAccounts[311]: goa-daemon-Message: goa-daemon version 3.14.3 starting
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.UDisks2' unit='udisks2.service'
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Disk Manager...
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost udisksd[428]: udisks daemon version 2.1.4 starting
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost dbus[209]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UDisks2'
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost udisksd[428]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.UDisks2 on the system message bus
Mar 07 18:34:58 localhost systemd[1]: Started Disk Manager.
Mar 07 18:34:59 localhost gnome-session[307]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: GNOME Shell started at Sat Mar 07 2015 18:34:58 GMT+0000 (UTC)
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost gdm-password][441]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user asadali by (uid=0)
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[1]: Starting user-1000.slice.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[1]: Created slice user-1000.slice.
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Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user asadali by (uid=0)
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Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd-logind[207]: New session c2 of user asadali.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[1]: Started Session c2 of user asadali.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Starting Sockets.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Reached target Sockets.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Starting Paths.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Reached target Paths.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Starting Timers.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Reached target Timers.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Starting Basic System.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Reached target Basic System.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Starting Default.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Reached target Default.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[445]: Startup finished in 4ms.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 1000.
Mar 07 18:35:11 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
Mar 07 18:35:32 localhost gnome-session[453]: WARNING: IceLockAuthFile failed: Permission denied
Mar 07 18:35:32 localhost gdm-password][441]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session closed for user asadali
Mar 07 18:35:32 localhost gnome-session[453]: gnome-session[453]: WARNING: IceLockAuthFile failed: Permission denied
Mar 07 18:35:32 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
Mar 07 18:35:32 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (II) intel(0): switch to mode [email protected] on eDP1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
Mar 07 18:35:32 localhost gdm-session-worker[441]: <3>GLib: Source ID 39 was not found when attempting to remove it
Mar 07 18:35:32 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (--) synaptics: DLL0665:01 06CB:76AD UNKNOWN: touchpad found
Mar 07 18:37:09 localhost gdm-password][475]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user asadali by (uid=0)
Mar 07 18:37:09 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Session c3 of user asadali.
Mar 07 18:37:09 localhost systemd-logind[207]: New session c3 of user asadali.
Mar 07 18:37:09 localhost systemd[1]: Started Session c3 of user asadali.
Mar 07 18:37:09 localhost gdm[213]: GLib-GObject: g_object_set_data: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Mar 07 18:37:09 localhost gdm[213]: GLib-GObject: g_object_get: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Mar 07 18:37:09 localhost gdm[213]: GLib-GObject: g_object_set_data_full: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Mar 07 18:37:09 localhost gdm[213]: gdm_display_get_timed_login_details: assertion 'GDM_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed
Mar 07 18:37:10 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
Mar 07 18:37:30 localhost gnome-session[484]: WARNING: IceLockAuthFile failed: Permission denied
Mar 07 18:37:30 localhost gnome-session[484]: gnome-session[484]: WARNING: IceLockAuthFile failed: Permission denied
Mar 07 18:37:30 localhost gdm-password][475]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session closed for user asadali
Mar 07 18:37:30 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
Mar 07 18:37:30 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (II) intel(0): switch to mode [email protected] on eDP1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
Mar 07 18:37:30 localhost gdm-session-worker[475]: <3>GLib: Source ID 40 was not found when attempting to remove it
Mar 07 18:37:30 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (--) synaptics: DLL0665:01 06CB:76AD UNKNOWN: touchpad found
Mar 07 18:37:34 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[241]: (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
Mar 07 18:38:21 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Getty on tty4...
Mar 07 18:38:21 localhost systemd[1]: Started Getty on tty4.
Mar 07 18:38:27 localhost login[503]: pam_unix(login:session): session opened for user asadali by LOGIN(uid=0)
Mar 07 18:38:27 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Session c4 of user asadali.
Mar 07 18:38:27 localhost systemd-logind[207]: New session c4 of user asadali.
Mar 07 18:38:27 localhost systemd[1]: Started Session c4 of user asadali.
Mar 07 18:38:27 localhost login[503]: LOGIN ON tty4 BY asadali
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost systemd-udevd[163]: error opening USB device 'descriptors' file
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost colord[374]: /usr/lib/colord/colord-sane: error while loading shared libraries: libsane.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost colord[374]: /usr/lib/colord/colord-sane: error while loading shared libraries: libsane.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost colord[374]: /usr/lib/colord/colord-sane: error while loading shared libraries: libsane.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost kernel: rndis_host 1-2:1.0 usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:14.0-2, RNDIS device, 02:56:06:5d:63:36
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost colord[374]: /usr/lib/colord/colord-sane: error while loading shared libraries: libsane.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Mar 07 18:40:43 localhost kernel: rndis_host 1-2:1.0 enp0s20u2: renamed from usb0
Mar 07 18:40:49 localhost sudo[526]: asadali : TTY=tty4 ; PWD=/home/asadali ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl restart dhcpcd
I only posted a piece of it.
By the way, I got this file by using startX (becuase otherwise i didnt have permissions), used > to output it to a file, mounted a usb flash drive, copied it to flash drive, used a windows computer to copy the file to my ubuntu laptop (because the folder wouldn't show up in the ubuntu computer) and then posted it here. There has to be a better way to post a debug manage on here.

Dual boot Windows 7 (64) and Arch Linux (64) problems

Hello:
I am new to Arch Linux and just finished installing the 64bit on my laptop. It had a prebuilt Windows 7 (64) installed which I kept but split the hdd from 160Gb to 80Gb and 80Gb. I installed Arch there and set 4 partitions, all of them as Logical - a 64 MB ext2 /boot partition; a 512 MB swap partition; a 15 GB root partition; and the rest as my /home partition. My partitions look like this:
Disk Drive: /dev/sda
Size: 160041885696 bytes, 160.0 GB
Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 19457
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
sda1 Primary Unknown (27) 12889.02
sda2 Boot Primary NTFS 106.93
sda3 Primary NTFS [] 73915.11*
sda5 Logical Linux ext2 65.81*
sda6 Logical Linux 509.97*
sda7 Logical Linux ext2 15002.92*
sda8 Logical Linux ext2 57549.55*
The install was succesful(this was running from the core install cd) and I installed GRUB to my /boot but when I restarted it loaded Windows 7. I have used Knoppix USB disc to boot and see my Arch Linux install files and edited the /boot/gur/menu.lst file.
In Windows I installed EasyBCD 1.7.2 and tried to get NeoGrub bootloader working as a dual boot. I tried getting rid of the boot flag for Windows with cfdisk and setting it to my (Logical) sda5. That did not work. So far the only way I have booted into my Arch Linux install has been by going to the Live CD, choosing "Boot from Existing Linux Install" and editing the command files there.
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 ro
initrd /kernel26.img
My goal is to get a dual boot working for Windows 7 and Arch Linux 64 and continue installing the Xorg and KDE to Arch. I just don't know what the problem is here. I don't mind reinstalling Arch if something went wrong, but I would like to keep my Windows running in order and add Arch on.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I ran the LiveCD and chose "Install to MBR hd0". I ended up with this:
setup hd(0,1)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists.....yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/iso9660_stage1_5" exists.....yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/iso9660_stage1_5 (hd0,1)".....failed(this is not fatal)
Running "embed /boot/grub/iso9660_stage1_5 (hd16)".....failed(this is not fatal)
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0,1) /boot/grub/stage2 p (hd0,1) boot/grub/menu.lst".....failed
Error 31: File is not sector aligned
My entry for Windows into the menu.lst looks like this:
# (0) Arch Linux x64
title Arch Linux x64
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/3841273c-d91e-41d6-9dbf-716a15d03a01 ro
initrd /kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux x64
title Arch Linux x64 Fallback
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/3841273c-d91e-41d6-9dbf-716a15d03a01 ro
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img
# (2) Windows 7
title Windows 7
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

[HOWTO] Installing Arch Linux stable release on Acer Aspire One 522

[This is a work on progress and my first howto ever]
These steps will teach you how to install ArchLinux x64 stable release (currently 2010.05) on Acer Aspire One 522 from an existing ArchLinux (your desktop computer)
As you need a 2.6.37+ kernel to make networking work on the AO522, installing stable release as is won't work.
This Howto borns with the intention to address this problem.
You need to be familiarized with Linux internals to follow this howto.
(Expect this howto to become useless with new stable releases of ArchLinux.)
Remember to make a backup of your Windows 7 Starter system before installing ArchLinux.
I did a full raw copy of the harddisk by using systemrescuecd, an external harddisk and dd utility:
Just boot with systemrescuecd
Mount your external harddisk on /mnt/floppy for example
Clone harddisk with: dd if=/dev/sda |gzip -c > /mnt/floppy/ao522.img
This process took me a lot of time since my external harddisk is USB-1 (almost an entire evening)
Result image was about 22GB size
This image will restore partition table, boot sector and all data if things go wrong.
I followed some of the steps from this guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … ting_Linux
If you have some Gentoo Linux experience you will find those steps really familiar.
You will need 2 USB pendrives or similar storage options.
One is needed to boot into your netbook, and the other to store our custom archlinux build.
Making an updated ArchLinux system
1) Make a local dir on your existing linux system
# mkdir ./newarch
2) Install pacman database on it
# pacman -Sy -r ./newarch
3) Install base system
# pacman -S base -r ./newarch
4) Let's chroot inside
# cp /etc/resolv.conf ./newarch/etc/
# cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist ./newarch/etc/pacman.d
# mount -t proc proc ./newarch/proc
# mount -t sysfs sys ./newarch/sys
# mount -o bind /dev ./newarch/dev
# chroot ./newarch /bin/bash
5) Edit configuration files
# nano -w /etc/rc.conf
# nano -w /etc/hosts
# nano -w /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
Forget /etc/fstab for now since you don't know what partitions to use yet
6) Generate kernel image
# mkinitcpio -p kernel26
7) Generate locales
# nano -w /etc/locale.gen
# locale-gen
8) Make a tarball with our custom ArchLinux
# exit
# umount ./newarch/proc
# umount ./newarch/dev
# umount ./newarch/sys
# tar -cvpf newarch.tar ./newarch
9) Copy this tarball to an USB pendrive or external harddisk
10) Boot your netbook with a Linux bootable USB stick (I used systemrescuecd, and remember to pick the x64 bit kernel at grub screen)
You can use any linux distribution with usb bootable options. I suppose ArchLinux works too
To install SystemRescueCD on an USB stick follow this tutorial -> SystemRescueCD on usb stick
Insert the usb stick on your netbook, switch on, hit F2 to enter BIOS menu, and choose to boot from USB as first option. Save and Exit.
You should be booting into SystemRescueCD without any problem.
After initialization you will end in a root prompt.
11) Let's partition the disk
You will find 3 partitions if this is your first time:
/dev/sda1 2048 29362175 14680064 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE
/dev/sda2 * 29362176 29566975 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 29566976 488397167 229312696 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
My recomendation is to leave sda1 and sda2 intact, as they have the recovery information to restore Windows 7 Starter
You have plenty of space with sda3, about 230G.
So run fdisk/cfdisk and delete /dev/sda3
Now create a 100M partition for boot
Now create a Extended partition with all the space left
Now create a 1GB logical partition for swap
Now create a 10-15 GB logical partition for root system
And finally a logical partition for our home partition with all space left
Your partition table should look like this:
/dev/sda1 2048 29362175 14680064 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE
/dev/sda2 * 29362176 29566975 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 29566976 29771775 102400 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 29771776 488397167 229312696 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 29773824 31821823 1024000 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 31823872 63281151 15728640 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 63283200 488397167 212556984 83 Linux
12) Create filesystems
I choosed ext2 for boot, and reiserfs for root and home partitions.
# mke2fs /dev/sda3
# mkreiserfs /dev/sda6
# mkreiserfs /dev/sda7
# mkswap /dev/sda5
13) Mount partitions
# mkdir arch
# mount /dev/sda6 arch
# mkdir arch/boot
# mount /dev/sda3 arch/boot
# mkdir arch/home
# mount /dev/sda7 arch/home
14) Copy our custom ArchLinux build on it
# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/floppy (for example)
# cd arch
# tar -xvpf /mnt/flopy/newarch.tar
15) Configure /etc/fstab
Mine is as follows:
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0
/dev/sda3 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda6 / reiserfs defaults 0 1
/dev/sda7 /home reiserfs defaults 0 1
/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
16) Chroot in your new system
# mount -t proc proc ./proc
# mount -t sysfs sys ./sys
# mount -o bind /dev ./dev
# chroot ./ /bin/bash
17) Install grub
# grub-install
Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to suit your needs
Mine looks like this:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda6 ro
initrd /kernel26.img
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda6 ro
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img
title Windows 7 Recovery
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
As you see, you can restore Windows 7 Starter from Grub.
18) Change root password
# passwd
19) Add a regular user account
# useradd -G video,audio,users -m username
# passwd username
20) You're done!
# exit
# cd ..
# umount ./arch/proc
# umount ./arch/dev
# umount ./arch/sys
# umount ./arch/boot
# umount ./arch/
# reboot
Remove the usb stick from your netbook.
If all went ok, you will be inside your new stable and updated ArchLinux system
Next post is reserved for software configurations specific to the Acer Aspire One 522
Last edited by tigrezno (2011-04-20 12:22:38)

Using acpid to achieve the following:
- Change screen brightness when operating in battery mode
- Power off when the power button is pressed
- Suspend when the lid is down
- Reduce CPU frequency speed to maximize battery usage
Remember that system suspend is only supported by ati free driver xf86-video-ati
1) Install acpid daemon and cpufrequtils
# pacman -S apcid cpufrequtils
2) edit acpid handler script
# nano -w /etc/acpi/handler.sh
Change the following section:
ac_adapter)
case "$2" in
AC)
case "$4" in
00000000)
echo -n $minspeed >$setspeed
#/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode start
00000001)
echo -n $maxspeed >$setspeed
#/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode stop
esac
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
for:
ac_adapter)
case "$2" in
ACAD)
case "$4" in
00000000)
echo 3 > /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness
cpufreq-set -c 0 -f 800Mhz
cpufreq-set -c 1 -f 800Mhz
00000001)
echo 9 > /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness
cpufreq-set -c 0 -f 1000Mhz
cpufreq-set -c 1 -f 1000Mhz
esac
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
Make sure you changed AC) for ACAD)
Now change this other section:
button/power)
#echo "PowerButton pressed!">/dev/tty5
case "$2" in
PWRF) logger "PowerButton pressed: $2" ;;
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
with:
button/power)
#echo "PowerButton pressed!">/dev/tty5
case "$2" in
PWRF) poweroff ;;
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
Change:
button/lid)
#echo "LID switched!">/dev/tty5
logger "ACPI group/action undefined: $1 / $2"
for:
button/lid)
pm-suspend && /etc/rc.d/network restart
logger "ACPI group/action undefined: $1 / $2"
Network restart is used because wlan0 will disconnect from AP after some time. You can try using iwconfig wlan0 essid <ap> key <key> instead of the network script, but haven't tested it myself.
3) Start acpid and load modules
# modprobe powernow-k8
# /etc/rc.d/acpid start
Add "acpid" to DAEMONS in /etc/rc.conf to start on boot
Add "powernow-k8" to the modules sections on /etc/rc.conf to load at boot
Stopping system freezes due to ethernet driver
The only way people have found to avoid freezes is by blacklisting atheros kernel drivers.
To do it at boot just edit /etc/rc.conf and change the MODULES line as this:
MODULES=(!ath9k !atl1c)
Reboot and you're done, but remember to not press the Wifi key, because it can freeze your system.
Correctly starting wireless at boot
I've found that standard scripts wont load properly my wireless lan. It gave an error telling you to use the WIRELESS_TIMEOUT variable and such.
To solve this, edit /etc/rc.d/network script and change the wi_up function by adding a second iwconfig command like this:
wi_up()
eval iwcfg="\$wlan_${1}"
[[ ! $iwcfg ]] && return 0
/usr/sbin/iwconfig $iwcfg
[[ $WIRELESS_TIMEOUT ]] || WIRELESS_TIMEOUT=2
sleep $WIRELESS_TIMEOUT
/usr/sbin/iwconfig $iwcfg
bssid=$(iwgetid $1 -ra)
It will do the trick and will start at boot correctly. This is not a solution but a fix.
Adjust Touchpad to disable false taps
What I did here is defining an area to be ignored. This area are 3 rectangles on top, left and right of the touchpad.
This means you can write and press space without having the cursor click out of the window and such.
# synclient AreaLeftEdge=150
# synclient AreaRightEdge=1300
# synclient AreaTopEdge=300
Also, add it to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
Option "AreaTopEdge" "300"
Option "AreaLeftEdge" "150"
Option "AreaRightEdge" "1300"
EndSection
You can play with those values. They just work for me.
Last edited by tigrezno (2011-04-23 13:49:48)

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