[SOLVED] 3d Acceleration on Arch Linux guest

I've just installed the latest FTP Arch Linux (2009.02) as a Guest running in Virtual Box 3.0.2 in my Windows 7 host, and I cannot get Xorg working at all.
- 3D Acceleration is enabled for the VM, and 128MB of video memory allocated
- Guest Additions were installed successfully, added rc.vboxadd to daemons, and everything loads ok on startup.
Output of 'dmesg | grep vbox':
vboxadd: Successfully loaded version 3.0.2 (interface 0x0010004)
vboxvfs: Successfully loaded version 3.0.2 (interface 0x0010004)
[drm] Initialized vboxvideo 1.0.0 20090303 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Here is my .xinitrc:
/usr/bin/VBoxClient-all
I've symlinked vboxvideo_dri.so since the installer didn't do it.
Output of 'ls -l /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so':
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-07-31 22:42 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so -> /usr/lib/VBoxOGL.so
And error when I run 'startx':
(EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so failed (libXcomposite.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
waiting for X server to shut down
And then it shuts down, without even trying to load swrast_dri.so. But the weirdest part is, that symlink exists, but X is saying it doesn't! I've restarted the VM and still get the same error.
Here is my xorg.conf (created by installing GA), and I do have HAL up and running, loaded before the rc.vboxadd daemon:
# Default xorg.conf for Xorg 1.5+ without PCI_TXT_IDS_PATH enabled.
# This file was created by VirtualBox Additions installer as it
# was unable to find any existing configuration file for X.
Section "Device"
Identifier "VirtualBox Video Card"
Driver "vboxvideo"
EndSection
So... what next?
Last edited by timmahcheese (2009-08-03 15:20:55)

Silly me, I forgot the libxcomposite package. I guess I should read the errors closer.
Anyway, I'm still getting an error (signal 11) being caused by VBoxClient-all. Here is my Xorg.0.log:
X.Org X Server 1.6.2
Release Date: 2009-7-7
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux obi-wan 2.6.30-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 20 11:20:32 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 18 July 2009 08:27:13PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Aug 2 23:20:02 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
(==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using the first device section listed.
(**) | |-->Device "VirtualBox Video Card"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
(II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
(II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput.
(II) Loader magic: 0x7a40
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(II) Loader running on linux
(--) using VT number 7
(--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 80ee:beef:0000:0000 InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/134217728
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) System resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vboxvideo_drv.so
(II) Module vboxvideo: vendor="Sun Microsystems, Inc."
compiled for 1.5.99.901, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) VBoxVideo: guest driver for VirtualBox: vbox
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[5] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[6] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[9] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[10] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VirtualBox guest additions video driver version 3.0.2
(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) VBoxVideo(0): initializing int10
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE Version 2.0
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 131072 kB
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE OEM: VirtualBox VBE BIOS http://www.virtualbox.org/
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 0.2
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: VirtualBox VBE Adapter
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Sun VirtualBox Version 3.0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "shadowfb"
(II) LoadModule: "shadowfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libshadowfb.so
(II) Module shadowfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
(==) VBoxVideo(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Output VBOX1 has no monitor section
(II) VBoxVideo(0): The maximum supported resolution is currently 32000x32000
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Output VBOX1 has no monitor section
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Output VBOX1 connected
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Output VBOX1 using initial mode 1024x768
(==) VBoxVideo(0): RGB weight 888
(==) VBoxVideo(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) VBoxVideo(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(==) VBoxVideo(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
(II) Loading sub module "dri"
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[5] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[6] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[9] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[10] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(==) VBoxVideo(0): Default visual is TrueColor
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 10
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.3
(II) [drm] DRM open master succeeded.
(II) VBoxVideo(0): [drm] Using the DRM lock SAREA also for drawables.
(II) VBoxVideo(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xe0000000
(II) VBoxVideo(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) VBoxVideo(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) VBoxVideo(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler
(II) VBoxVideo(0): visual configurations initialized
(==) VBoxVideo(0): Backing store disabled
(II) VBoxVideo(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
(II) VBoxVideo(0): DPMS enabled
(II) VBoxVideo(0): The VBox video extensions are now enabled.
(II) VBoxVideo(0): [DRI] installation complete
(--) RandR disabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) Next line is added to allow vboxvideo_drv.so to appear as whitelisted driver
(II) The file referenced, is *NOT* loaded
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//ati_drv.so
(EE) AIGLX error: vboxvideo does not export required DRI extension
(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Setting screen physical size to 270 x 203
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 2.2.2
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: always reports core events
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
(II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Found 5 mouse buttons
(II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Configuring as mouse
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device VirtualBox Guest Service
(II) LoadModule: "vboxmouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//vboxmouse_drv.so
(II) Module vboxmouse: vendor="Sun Microsystems Inc."
compiled for 0.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: always reports core events
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: Device: "/dev/vboxadd"
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "VirtualBox Guest Service" (type: MOUSE)
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: Mouse Integration associated with screen 0
(II) VirtualBox Guest Service: On.
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x813154b]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x9e) [0x80cacee]
2: [0xb8008400]
3: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0x80) [0x808c350]
4: /usr/bin/X(main+0x395) [0x8072005]
5: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0xb7be2a36]
6: /usr/bin/X [0x80714b1]
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) VirtualBox Guest Service: Off.
(II) VirtualBox Guest Service: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "vboxmouse"
Last edited by timmahcheese (2009-08-03 04:07:48)

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08:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 08)
08:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Last edited by Manuj19 (2011-07-09 07:20:08)

[SOLVED] Mount Points In Arch Linux

When I performed my initial testing install of Arch Linux today, and I was setting up mount points after I finished partitioning with Cfdisk, I was surprised to see that one of the precanned mount points in the Installer was /etc. On OpenBSD, we were warned against having /etc on its own partition, probably because so much important stuff lives there (like the fstab). I was also surprised to see /var wasn't in the precanned list.
Anyway, my question is, can you really have /etc on it's own partition? And does the exclusion of /var indicate a problem with it being on its own partition?
Last edited by NerveJessen (2010-04-02 12:50:38)

NerveJessen wrote:
It almost sounds like /var was accidently replaced by /etc.
EDIT: I'll look into the bug reporting procedures.
http://bugs.archlinux.org/
There is the FLySpray link, and there is a button at the top right of your screen as well.
Post back within this thread with your bug report, so other users may vote for the task once it has been assigned to a developer.
Welcome to Arch!

[SOLVED] Cookie settings for Arch Linux forum

I really do like the Arch Linux forum.
It is fast, plain and simple; perfect for a distro which is the same
But one thing is bothering me; the cookies.
The arch forum is the only forum for me where the 'new post' colored picture at the left side of the forum parts is not unmarked after reading the new posts.
After I have read all new posts, I do 'mark all topics as read' (the link at the right top) to have this result.
For example phpbb forums do have cookie settings where the forums which are read, automatically turn the 'new post' icon off; it is not colored but the normal color again.
Can it be that some forum settings are not completely right and this should be also the case at the Arch forums?
Hope I have explained it that way you can understand what I mean.
Jan
Last edited by Lontronics (2007-03-03 17:07:04)

Yes, and it has nothing to do with the cookie (except a session).. at least i hope it doesn't cuz that would just make me twice as glad that we switched away from that horrid chunk of code called phpbb.
And on that note, search around a bit, because this has already been explained like three times.

[SOLVED] 'sl' package in arch linux?

Hello, I'm a former Ubuntu user. In Ubuntu I was able to install 'sl' package via
aptitute install sl
Now I use arch linux, and I'm unable to install sl package:
[user@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -S sl
error: 'sl': could not find or read package
[user@myhost ~]$
Can you help pls? Thanks
Last edited by Pontorez (2010-07-21 14:09:22)

karol wrote:[slightly OT]
wonder, how do you search for things like 'sl', 'ne' : via the web interface or you use some AUR helper?
$ slurpy -i sl
Repository : aur
Name : sl
Version : 3.03-4
URL : http://www.tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~toyoda/index_e.html
AUR Page : http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=12473
Category : games
Licenses : unknown
Number of Votes : 164
Out of Date : No
Description : SL (Steam Locomotive) runs across your terminal when you type "sl" as you meant to type "ls".

[SOLVED] no sound in Arch virtualbox guest

I had no sound in an Arch virtualbox guest. The fix (original link below) was to use the alsa97 option in virtualbox settings and then to add
options snd-intel8x0 ac97_clock=48000
to
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Here is the link to where I read about this fix: http://www.withoutthesarcasm.com/fixing … irtualbox/
Last edited by mek42 (2014-09-14 14:21:16)

I mucked around with alsa mixer and muted a channel and now I have sound. However, when I run:
speaker-test -c 6
the app cycles through my speakers, however sound comes out of all the speakers at once for the individual channels front left and front right. I do not get any sound out of either of the rears or the center. I double checked alsa mixer and all the volumes are turned up.
Is there a way I can get arch to send sound to the correct speakers?
--nixIT

[Solved] Cannot ping my Arch linux pc from other devices

My newly installed arch linux pc is connected to my home network via wifi. I can successfully connect to the Internet. Also, I can successfully ping other devices on my network. However, I am unable to connect to my Arch linux pc from any other device on the network. As I said, I cannot even ping it from these other devices.
Does anyone have an idea as to what would cause this?
Last edited by mc33 (2015-05-12 20:29:06)

ewaller wrote:I have a hunch that the router does not know how to find your machine. Routers need to know to find which each IP address that is attached. Yours might not be smart enough to remember that an address that it did not assign talked to it over the wireless. When other computers try to talk to your address, it is clueless that you are on the wireless segment of the network, cannot find it on any wired ports, and (if it is not smart enough to figure out that it is not routable) will send it up stream or (if it is smart) will drop the packet. Try DHCP, or, ensure that the router itself knows that the static address has been assigned to your MAC. To do that, you will need to go into the router setup.
I switched my Arch box to Dhcp. I thought the problem had resolved, but the issue has come back even with Dhcp enabled. I have isolated the problem to the wireless router. If I refresh Dhcp on the router, I can then ping my Arch box from other devices again. Is there anything I can do to the router to resolve this? Again, the wireless router is an Asus RT-N66U.

[SOLVED]How to install Arch Linux UEFI to dual-boot?

Hey,
so I have a Lenovo G50-70 on which I want to have a Windows-Arch dualboot. I followed the Beginner's Guide, installed Arch but ended up with an inaccessible Windows. I could boot into Windows from the BIOS utility, but not from the gummiboot bootloader.
The guide said if I wanted to dual-boot, I must leave windows EFI partition alone, which I did. I have my Windows partitions set up the Windows way, with the system reserved and EFI and recovery partitions, and I have my Windows partition of course and a data partition. After that I have some unallocated space, on which I made the Arch partitions, /dev/sda6 as an ESP partition for the EFI files, /dev/sda7 as root, /dev/sda8 as swap and /dev/sda9 as /home. The install process went without any error, then I made some configurations and installed dosfstools & efibootmgr. After that, I installed gummiboot and ran "gummiboot --path=/boot install". After that I created the configuration files exactly like in the guide, unmounted the partitions, rebooted and saw that there's no (easy) way getting into Windows. So my question is: how can I install Arch to have a working dual-boot system?
Thanks for any help in advance!
Regards, Matteussz
Last edited by Matteussz (2015-02-11 20:41:37)

Hey,
Writing to you on my working dual-boot with ArchLinux (Windows 8.1 64-Bit, UEFI)
So first step I've done is creating free space of an existing partition in the windows disk management (windows button and r and then type diskmgmt.msc). At this step, you have to record which partition your efi partition is (just take a look at your efi partition and remember the mb of this partition for later)
Then go into the uefi settings (bios) and disable secure boot as well as fast boot, otherwise it could cause data crash.
Boot your Arch Live CD and follow the beginners guide all the way along till you reach the disk management.
If you want to have swap, you can create yours right now, should be a primary partition of about 4gigs.
Next partition is gonna be your home, system partition (I've didn't created two partitions for home and for the system but you could do this as well as just go with one partition) this partition gonna be formatted in ext4
Next step, you have to mount your windows-efi partition in /boot/efi but don't format it dont remeber if it asks you how to use the partition but if so, just use as fat32.
After the disk management go ahead with your arch installation and follow the beginners guide. (Make sure you're using the grub bootloader)
After finishing the installation, restart your system, hopefully you will recognize the opening grub menu. (but dont scare, windows wont show in the grub menu at this time so you have to boot your arch)
Arrived in arch linux type the command
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Reboot and your done with your Arch Linux, Windows 8 dual boot, hopefully

[Solved] RAID 0 with Arch Linux and Intel Matrix Storage Manager

I just bought a brand new DELL Studio desktop and it has 2 500 HD's which I would like to run in RAID 0. I've setup the BIOS to run the RAID 0. Now I want the arch linux installation to recognise the volume. I followed the guide on the wikipage
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … _Fake-RAID
but /dev/mapper doesn't show anything after modprobing the modules and installing dmraid. My controller is a intel matrix storage controller, so what module should I modprobe because sata_sil isn't the right one.
Regards
André
Last edited by fettouhi (2008-12-15 10:57:18)

you have a separate /boot partition, so your menu.lst must say :
root (hd0,0) # the partition including /boot
kernel /vmlinuz26 ... # without leading /boot
initrd /kernel26.img # without leading /boot
(in grub, / is the root of the partition that was set with the root command, your vmlinuz26 and kernel26.img are in (hd0,0)/, not in (hd0,0)/boot/)
did you install from core CD or from FTP ?
there was a dmraid update few weeks ago that modified device names that dmraid creates :
it add "p" before the number of the partition (your iws...Volume0 don't change, but your iws...Volume0# change to iws...Volume0p#)
if you installed from core CD, you will only need to add this "p" when you will upgrade dmraid (or the full system)
(you will then need to edit both /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab)
if you installed from FTP, you need to add this "p" now, as you installed last version of dmraid

No 3D acceleration with Arch + virtualbox-guest-modules 4.3.24-1

I've been using Arch happily in 64 bit VirtualBox setup for a few months (under 64bit Win7), but after installing cool-retro-term, realized I have no 3D acceleration. glxinfo shows I'm using unaccelerated Gallium instead of Chromium:
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 128 bits)
I've googled about 100 different bug reports and solution suggestions, but to no avail. Virtualbox forums say that a similar bug was fixed last June, and after that the glxinfo should give a dozen warnings about being unable to load stuff, but report the Chromium drivers. I have the latest version of virtualbox-guest-modules (4.3.24-1) which should contain the fix, but that doesn't help.
I installed Debian today to test things out, and indeed, I had 3D acceleration out of the box. This was likely because the initial install was Debian stable, and the latest Mesa versions (around early 2014) initially broke the 3D acceleration, so probably Mesa was too stable... Upgrading to Debian Jessie broke the 3D acceleration to same state as my Arch install (Gallium renderer instead of Chromium), which seems to support this hypothesis. HOWEVER, re-compiling the latest guest additions seemed to have the effect the Virtualbox forums suggested there should be -- 3D support was restored, and Chromium once again the renderer in glxinfo.
Has someone successfully gotten Arch under Virtualbox working with 3D acceleration without downgrading Mesa libraries? The Cinnamon desktop nags me about not having HW acceleration, and cool-retro-term uses 100 % CPU due to software rendering, so I'd rather have acceleration than not.

I have the same problem (with standard 3.19.2-1 kernel, vbox 4.3.26).
I tried grabbing an older mesa and mesa-libgl from the arch rollback machine (which worked the last time it stopped working) but version 10.4.6 just crashed my machine when gnome was starting. I'm guessing there are more packages required for that approach to work but i don't know what they are. A complete rollback would be clean but would probably be more annoying lol.

[SOLVED] Trying to install Arch Linux from harddisk using /dev/sda2

Hi
I'm trying to install Arch using my swap partition, following this wiki entry: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ha … stallation
What I've done:
Downloaded ISO: archlinux-2010.05-netinstall-i686.iso
Command: swapoff /dev/sda2
Command: fdisk /dev/sda and changed the system type to 83 (Linux) on /dev/sda2
Now it looks like:
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00017e5b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1060289 530144+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1060290 3164804 1052257+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 3164805 105579179 51207187+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 105579180 488392064 191406442+ 83 Linux
It complained about device was busy, but it still seemed to have changed the system type, so I did partprobe as it wrote.
WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at
the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)
Syncing disks.
[root@swamp ~]# partprobe
<no output>
Next I did:
[root@swamp ~]# dd if=archlinux-2010.05-netinstall-i686.iso of=/dev/sda2
327680+0 records in
327680+0 records out
167772160 bytes (168 MB) copied, 4.3025 s, 39.0 MB/s
[root@swamp ~]# mkdir /mnt/sda2
[root@swamp ~]# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2
mount: warning: /mnt/sda2 seems to be mounted read-only.
[root@swamp ~]# ls -al /mnt/sda2
total 150466
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 240 May 16 15:54 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Nov 5 01:40 ..
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 556 May 16 15:52 boot
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 448 May 16 15:54 isomounts
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 May 16 15:54 overlay.sqfs
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 154058752 May 16 15:54 root-image.sqfs
And unmounted it again.
The wiki page says to type: fsck -f /dev/sda2fsck, but I get no such file while trying to open sda2fsck.
[root@swamp ~]# fsck -f /dev/sda2fsck
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.18
e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sda2fsck
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
Can I ignore the above and continue modifying grub?
Thanks :-)
Last edited by valvet (2010-11-08 14:49:07)

fsck -f /dev/sda2fsck makes no sense because /dev/sda2fsck is not a deivce. If the wiki says that, then it is wrong. It's only doing a fsck anyway so probably not really needed. If you are just formatting th swap partition then use, mkfs.ext{234}.
edit:
from the wiki
# fsck -f /dev/sda2fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008)
e2fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 3A: Optimizing directories
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/sda2: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/sda2: 243/78936 files (8.2% non-contiguous), 310519/314880 blocks
The first like should just be
# fsck -f /dev/sda2
Last edited by sand_man (2010-11-05 06:46:01)

[SOLVED] Configuring XFCE on Arch Linux to Use Uswsusp

Hello, first time Archer and I am quickly loving it more than the other distros I have been using over the years.
I have an oldish MacBook Pro (6,2 model, 3-4 years old) I have running Arch with base, base-devel, a variety of selected apps, and now XFCE. I got uswsusp working, and I just usually open the Linux terminal or a terminal emulator and run `sudo s2disk`. How do I configure XFCE buttons from the Logout menu to allow s2disk and s2ram? I have seen a little documentation of the xfconf-query tool and using it, for example, to completely disable such icons for kiosk mode from the official XFCE forum, but I cannot figure out how to choose the suspend and hibernate commands.
Anyone know how?
Last edited by ajstein (2014-03-11 11:27:27)

I assume no one is going to help with this, but rereading the instructions from the wiki regarding using uswsusp with the pm-utils section and using the FreeDesktop component one would use via dbus-send does not work, because it is dated.
[me@laptop ~]$ dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Suspend
Error org.freedesktop.UPower.GeneralError: Method is deprecated, please port to org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.Suspend
I am looking into how to fix this up. Sorry if I am being bothersome.

[SOLVED]Gnome 2 in Arch Linux ??

Hi all
after installing the base system "Arch" it's time to setup the graphical interface so my question is :
how to install Gnome 2 classic , I have installed Gnome before with this command :
pacman -S install Gnome Gnome-extra
but I got the Gnome shell not the classic 1.
so what's the command to get the Gnome classic "version 2.3 or later".
I wanted to run Compiz on Arch but I couldn't use it because of the Gnome shell.
Last edited by YYaaSSeeRR (2012-09-16 05:47:45)

YYaaSSeeRR wrote:
tomk wrote:
Please try to understand at least the basics of Arch. Arch uses the latest stable versions from upstream projects - gnome 2 does not qualify.
Have a look at Mate, it might satisfy your need to turn back the clock.
thanks for the reply.
I'm learning day after day.
I have tried openSUSE and other distros but I really feel like I'm not learning anything with these distros because they have everything done for you just like Windows 7.
Learning is good. Just don't expect that the community here will fill the Windows 7-like gap in your computing life; read the wiki and search the web before posting.

[SOLVED] YubiKey logon in Arch Linux

I have a YubiKey NEO which I use for secure one time passwords, and I'm looking for a way to use this to replace (or maybe, in addition to) my Arch login password. Using Google, I see a few methods that use it for logging in with SSH, but I'm looking for something would work with my everyday logon.
Last edited by adeligen (2012-10-31 20:12:05)

I use this...
http://www.securixlive.com/yubipam/index.php
I don't know why the heck this package has not gotten more love? This will alow you to authenticate OTP on your computer. Then you just edit your /etc/pam.d files and you can use OTP to log into your laptop, sudo, su, kscreensaver, sshd .... anything that supports PAM auth.
That yubico-pam sucks, and dose not let you do what you want i.e. PAM auth with OTP localy
Last edited by hunterthomson (2012-10-31 22:27:21)

[SOLVED] 3d Acceleration on Arch Linux guest

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