T440p 20AWS02A00 and (Arch)Linux compatibility

I will buy the T440p. I really want to use Arch on it. But I am not sure if the harware compomponents are well supported. Has anybody ever used Arch on a machine like that? I am not an expert in linux' driver support stuff. So it would be pretty nice, if you could share your experience with similiar hardware here.
Especially I am worried about the clickpad.
http://www.studi-notebooks.de/Lenovo-No … 02A00.html
Regards
Manuel

@king.flasher.dave
linux-rt: no
express card: no
cat /proc/interrupts:
CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3
0: 31 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 199 6328 120 150 IO-APIC-edge i8042
8: 1 0 0 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc0
9: 624 1672 45 108 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
12: 23125 400378 9516 9350 IO-APIC-edge i8042
16: 37 30 2 2 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb3
18: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi i801_smbus
23: 56 22 0 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb4
42: 2644 30543 1079 1109 PCI-MSI-edge i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
43: 36 8 2 1 PCI-MSI-edge rtsx_pci
44: 10 94 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge snd_hda_intel
45: 12131 15810 5448 6946 PCI-MSI-edge ahci
46: 20 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge snd_hda_intel
47: 1 24 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge mei_me
48: 153 93 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge xhci_hcd
49: 7693 51693 4316 4190 PCI-MSI-edge iwlwifi
NMI: 0 0 0 0 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 107505 58004 98579 77148 Local timer interrupts
SPU: 0 0 0 0 Spurious interrupts
PMI: 0 0 0 0 Performance monitoring interrupts
IWI: 943 865 1473 744 IRQ work interrupts
RTR: 6 0 0 0 APIC ICR read retries
RES: 10606 10086 13264 8057 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 63 449 443 473 Function call interrupts
TLB: 9552 9573 8314 8913 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 0 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
THR: 0 0 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
MCE: 0 0 0 0 Machine check exceptions
MCP: 11 10 10 10 Machine check polls
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
dmesg | grep ACPI:
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bb939000-0x00000000bb988fff] ACPI NVS
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bcd7f000-0x00000000bce7efff] ACPI NVS
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bce7f000-0x00000000bcefefff] ACPI data
[ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 00000000000f0120 00024 (v02 LENOVO)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: XSDT 00000000bcefe170 000DC (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: FACP 00000000bcef9000 0010C (v05 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 00000000bcee2000 11663 (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: FACS 00000000bce4a000 00040
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DBGP 00000000bcefc000 00034 (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: ECDT 00000000bcefb000 00052 (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET 00000000bcef8000 00038 (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: APIC 00000000bcef7000 00098 (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: MCFG 00000000bcef6000 0003C (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bcef5000 00033 (v01 LENOVO TP-SSDT1 00000100 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bcef4000 0044F (v01 LENOVO TP-SSDT2 00000200 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bcee1000 00B75 (v01 LENOVO SataAhci 00001000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bcee0000 0076F (v01 LENOVO Cpu0Ist 00003000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bcedf000 00AD8 (v01 LENOVO CpuPm 00003000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bcedd000 01215 (v01 LENOVO SaSsdt 00003000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bcedc000 00379 (v01 LENOVO CppcTabl 00001000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: PCCT 00000000bcedb000 0006E (v05 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bceda000 00AC4 (v01 LENOVO Cpc_Tabl 00001000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: TCPA 00000000bced9000 00032 (v02 PTL LENOVO 06040000 LNVO 00000001)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: UEFI 00000000bced8000 00042 (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: POAT 00000000bcdb2000 00055 (v03 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: ASF! 00000000bcefd000 000A5 (v32 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BATB 00000000bced7000 00046 (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: FPDT 00000000bced6000 00064 (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: UEFI 00000000bced5000 002E2 (v01 LENOVO TP-GL 00001140 PTEC 00000002)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bced4000 0047F (v01 LENOVO IsctTabl 00001000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[ 0.000000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1808
[ 0.000000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x02] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x03] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x05] lapic_id[0x00] disabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x06] lapic_id[0x00] disabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x07] lapic_id[0x00] disabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x08] lapic_id[0x00] disabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
[ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
[ 0.000000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
[ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a301 base: 0xfed00000
[ 0.000000] ACPI: _OSI method disabled
[ 0.020013] ACPI: Core revision 20130725
[ 0.048043] ACPI: All ACPI Tables successfully acquired
[ 0.203973] PM: Registering ACPI NVS region [mem 0xbb939000-0xbb988fff] (327680 bytes)
[ 0.203991] PM: Registering ACPI NVS region [mem 0xbcd7f000-0xbce7efff] (1048576 bytes)
[ 0.206247] ACPI FADT declares the system doesn't support PCIe ASPM, so disable it
[ 0.206251] ACPI: bus type PCI registered
[ 0.206255] acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.5
[ 0.221523] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)
[ 0.221527] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)
[ 0.221530] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)
[ 0.221533] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device)
[ 0.226504] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 0.283129] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bcd6d918 00436 (v01 PmRef Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.284410] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
[ 0.284415] ACPI: SSDT (null) 00436 (v01 PmRef Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.293467] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bcd6e618 005AA (v01 PmRef ApIst 00003000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.294940] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
[ 0.294945] ACPI: SSDT (null) 005AA (v01 PmRef ApIst 00003000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.306435] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bcd6fc18 00119 (v01 PmRef ApCst 00003000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.307707] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
[ 0.307711] ACPI: SSDT (null) 00119 (v01 PmRef ApCst 00003000 INTL 20120711)
[ 0.317744] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[ 0.317761] ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, While evaluating Sleep State [\_S1_] (20130725/hwxface-571)
[ 0.317775] ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, While evaluating Sleep State [\_S2_] (20130725/hwxface-571)
[ 0.317810] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
[ 0.317814] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[ 0.317883] PCI: Using host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=nocrs" and report a bug
[ 0.318705] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.333846] ACPI: Power Resource [PUBS] (on)
[ 0.335080] ACPI: Power Resource [NVP3] (on)
[ 0.335137] ACPI: Power Resource [NVP2] (on)
[ 0.351056] ACPI Error: [\_OSI] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20130725/psargs-359)
[ 0.351068] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCCD._STA] (Node ffff8804287af730), AE_NOT_FOUND (20130725/psparse-536)
[ 0.351100] ACPI Error: [\_OSI] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20130725/psargs-359)
[ 0.351107] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCCD._STA] (Node ffff8804287af730), AE_NOT_FOUND (20130725/psparse-536)
[ 0.351151] ACPI Error: [\_OSI] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20130725/psargs-359)
[ 0.351158] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCCD._STA] (Node ffff8804287af730), AE_NOT_FOUND (20130725/psparse-536)
[ 0.352603] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11)
[ 0.352789] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 *10 11)
[ 0.352966] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11)
[ 0.353159] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 *7 9 10 11)
[ 0.353296] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11) *0, disabled.
[ 0.353431] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11) *0, disabled.
[ 0.353608] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 *6 7 9 10 11)
[ 0.353783] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11)
[ 0.353883] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-3f])
[ 0.354138] acpi PNP0A08:00: Requesting ACPI _OSC control (0x1d)
[ 0.354372] acpi PNP0A08:00: ACPI _OSC request failed (AE_SUPPORT), returned control mask: 0x0d
[ 0.354376] acpi PNP0A08:00: ACPI _OSC control for PCIe not granted, disabling ASPM
[ 0.356270] pci 0000:00:14.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 0.357379] pci 0000:00:1a.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 0.357764] pci 0000:00:1b.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 0.358421] pci 0000:00:1c.1: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 0.358825] pci 0000:00:1d.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 0.391584] ACPI Error: [\_OSI] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20130725/psargs-359)
[ 0.391596] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCCD._STA] (Node ffff8804287af730), AE_NOT_FOUND (20130725/psparse-536)
[ 0.392263] ACPI: Enabled 4 GPEs in block 00 to 3F
[ 0.392291] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0: notify handler is installed
[ 0.392581] ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x11, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
[ 0.392866] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[ 0.408828] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[ 0.408856] ACPI: bus type PNP registered
[ 0.409829] system 00:00: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c01 (active)
[ 0.410128] system 00:01: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[ 0.410236] pnp 00:02: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0200 (active)
[ 0.410284] pnp 00:03: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0800 (active)
[ 0.410344] pnp 00:04: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c04 (active)
[ 0.410402] pnp 00:05: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0b00 (active)
[ 0.410455] pnp 00:06: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0303 (active)
[ 0.410510] pnp 00:07: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs LEN0036 PNP0f13 (active)
[ 0.410605] pnp 00:08: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs SMO1200 PNP0c31 (active)
[ 0.411230] ACPI Error: [\_OSI] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20130725/psargs-359)
[ 0.411243] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCCD._STA] (Node ffff8804287af730), AE_NOT_FOUND (20130725/psparse-536)
[ 0.411282] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 0.411285] ACPI: bus type PNP unregistered
[ 0.688815] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.688879] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[ 2.797999] ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 2.798303] ACPI: Video Device [VID1] (multi-head: yes rom: yes post: no)
[ 2.817562] ACPI: bus type USB registered
[ 3.193569] ata6.00: ACPI cmd e3/00:1f:00:00:00:a0 (IDLE) succeeded
[ 3.193984] ata6.00: ACPI cmd e3/00:02:00:00:00:a0 (IDLE) succeeded
[ 3.193988] ata6.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[ 3.194322] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/02:00:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) succeeded
[ 3.194326] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
[ 3.194328] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[ 3.196003] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/02:00:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) succeeded
[ 3.196007] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
[ 3.196010] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[ 3.198101] ata6.00: ACPI cmd e3/00:1f:00:00:00:a0 (IDLE) succeeded
[ 3.198422] ata6.00: ACPI cmd e3/00:02:00:00:00:a0 (IDLE) succeeded
[ 3.198424] ata6.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[ 3.424040] ACPI: Requesting acpi_cpufreq
[ 3.429707] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000001828-0x000000000000182f SystemIO conflicts with Region \_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.PMIO 1 (20130725/utaddress-251)
[ 3.429714] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 3.429722] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000000830-0x000000000000083f SystemIO conflicts with Region \_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.LPIO 1 (20130725/utaddress-251)
[ 3.429725] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 3.429726] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000000800-0x000000000000082f SystemIO conflicts with Region \_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.LPIO 1 (20130725/utaddress-251)
[ 3.429729] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 3.448403] ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (off-line)
[ 3.455435] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.24
[ 3.457126] thinkpad_acpi: This ThinkPad has standard ACPI backlight brightness control, supported by the ACPI video driver
[ 3.462006] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
[ 3.466167] thinkpad_acpi: Standard ACPI backlight interface available, not loading native one
[ 3.482204] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM0] (53 C)
[ 4.060960] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20130725/nsarguments-95)
[ 4.062428] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20130725/nsarguments-95)
[ 2075.035591] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: System wakeup enabled by ACPI
[ 2075.048915] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: System wakeup enabled by ACPI
[ 2075.075533] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: System wakeup enabled by ACPI
[ 2075.089373] ACPI: Preparing to enter system sleep state S3
[ 2075.403565] ACPI: Low-level resume complete
[ 2075.450419] ACPI: Waking up from system sleep state S3
[ 2075.537258] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 2075.577280] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 2075.603963] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 2075.967132] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/02:00:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) succeeded
[ 2075.967133] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
[ 2075.967134] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[ 2075.968760] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/02:00:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) succeeded
[ 2075.968761] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
[ 2075.968762] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[ 2075.981587] ata6.00: ACPI cmd e3/00:1f:00:00:00:a0 (IDLE) succeeded
[ 2075.996536] ata6.00: ACPI cmd e3/00:02:00:00:00:a0 (IDLE) succeeded
[ 2075.996538] ata6.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[ 2076.000898] ata6.00: ACPI cmd e3/00:1f:00:00:00:a0 (IDLE) succeeded
[ 2076.001198] ata6.00: ACPI cmd e3/00:02:00:00:00:a0 (IDLE) succeeded
[ 2076.001199] ata6.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[ 2076.697510] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20130725/nsarguments-95)
NVidia graphics: I have the GT730M, but if you do not really need it, I advise you to save that money. Bumblebee works, but I never made use of it, and I honestly can't imagine a situation when I would use it.
Furthermore: the touchpad works more or less. See this post: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1359430
Volume and brightness buttons work more or less. The volume is reset sometimes (I'm still not sure when this occurs exactly, maybe after suspend, but at least never while playing audio), and the brightness buttons themselves work, the KDE slider for brighness setting works too, but they don't play together nicely (if I use the buttons, the slider is not updated). Furthermore, the brighness settings are not restored on boot.
So, all in all, it's a really nice laptop if you are willing to play around a bit and are patient enough to wait until everything works perfectly.
If you have other questions, feel free to ask
Regards,
Laurent

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My fonts looked ugly. This one is such a huge deal for me, that I consider it a showstopper. Might be the fact that I installed it in vmware, but most distros have little issue with this. <caveat. I think arch fonts suck too. I have never had good looking fonts in arch...which is why I have only really used it as a server.>
Did I mention I didn't like the repo structure? It made the simple act of updating pacman repos (pacman -Sy) slow and painful.

Windows XP and Arch Linux

How do I install both Windows XP and Arch Linux on my system? I want to be able to boot either of the two from a menu that loads after the bios. I have created 4 partitions (NTFS, linux root, linux swap, linux home) and installed Windows XP on the NTFS system, as well as Linux on the other partitions. How do I go about the booting process? Are there any better ways of doing this than as above?
Kirk
PS How do I make a user supervisor in Arch Linux? When I try and reboot under my made user, I do not have sufficient rights.

kirkl_uk wrote:How do I install both Windows XP and Arch Linux on my system? I want to be able to boot either of the two from a menu that loads after the bios. I have created 4 partitions (NTFS, linux root, linux swap, linux home) and installed Windows XP on the NTFS system, as well as Linux on the other partitions. How do I go about the booting process? Are there any better ways of doing this than as above?
Just add the following in your /boot/grub/menu.lst
# (1) Windoze XP
title Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
I assume from your description that you installed XP on the 1st partition of your 1st disc. If not, replace hd0,0 according to your setup.
kirkl_uk wrote:PS How do I make a user supervisor in Arch Linux? When I try and reboot under my made user, I do not have sufficient rights.
Just add that user in the root group in /etc/group. Or you can install sudo & 'man sudo' for details.
However, believe me, you don't want to do something like that. In windoze if you try to delete, ie the windows folder through explorer it'll stop you, pointing that this is evil. In linux you can easily call a 'rm -rf /' (as root) and wipe your disc out .
So better stick to a non-root user for everyday usage and su (or sudo) when you need root-access for a task.

Arch Linux compatibility

I have just come to know about arch linux and its lightweight/low-power features. I am working on a project where power consumption is a major issue. I have been using UBUNTU and now I am looking for a better low-power distro. I want to know if Arch Linux has the same application compatibility as UBUNTU? I mean, do the applications like the recent versions of ffmpeg and opencv work fine in arch linux? Moreover, is its power management different/better than UBUNTU?

I still think the CPU is the most power hungry in normal use. Uderclock that for an usable enough desktop, maybe using something minimal like openbox, tint2 (which are considered to be well written), and you should be ok. Usually there's a "sweet spot" of performance/watt efficiency and if you can get it to where it's just enough to do what you want it, the electricity bill may reflect this (tho, probably not by much to justify the effort).
Then the GPU is a close second. Unless, of course, it's running a rendering session or video conversion (also viewing h264 HD content, which is done at hardware level from around the time the Geforce 6000 series came out).
Also, a more efficient power supply wouldn't hurt either. At least a bronze class (80+). Silver and gold are usually expensive and they may or may not pay off over a few years. Depends how much you use it, I guess... For instance if you pay too much for a gold class PSU and those extra $$ would start to pay off after 4 years... in contrast to a cheaper bronze class that pays off after, say, 6 years... then it could be worth getting the more expensive gold one. But if it's a crappy brand, that doesn't even last you 3 years and you have to buy another, then that bronze class (from a better brand) could be the smarter choice.
This would depend on luck too. Hahaha... A PSU may last 3 years or 1.5, who knows... Maybe I'm complicating things too much. The time and effort may not even justify it, financially speaking.
Last edited by DSpider (2011-08-17 18:40:15)

Installing Multiple Operating Systems with grub and Arch Linux

NOTE: Please keep in mind that there are many different ways to achieve this same result using various loop and ramdisk methods, read this with a separate window to jot down your comments and suggestions... this is ongoing for me so any help would be appreciated!
Read the full article at Install Multiple Os without cds
This is my first post and I plan on making this topic an official HOWTO with www.tldp.org.
I have been into the computer security scene since 1990, but I realized that I had very little experience with the various LInux, Unix, and alternative Operating systems out there.
I have a CD-RW drive but being a struggling computer security researcher I had no money for blank cd-recordables. What follows is how I managed to install various operating systems on my computer (1 hard drive) without having to burn to a CD the ISO and then boot from that.
I first partitioned my 120GB harddrive into 10 partitions, the 2nd partition is a small swap and the last partition is extra large because it holds all the ISO images..
I then wrote a small shell script to automatically download (I love wget!) the following.
OpenBSD
IpCOP
Libranet
Arch-Linux
Fire
Local Area Security
Packet Master
Devil-Linux
FreeBSD
Knoppix
Helix
Gentoo
Yoper-Linux
NetBSD
RedHat
Slackware
The script also downloaded Installation manuals and md5 checksums.. (let me know if I should post... its pretty unsophisticated
I installed Slackware (personal favorite) on hda1 using my last blank CD-R, note that I do not have a separate boot partitino. (Should I?). I also installed grub on the MBR. I love grub, if you read through the man pages and all info you can find about grub, you can learn a whole lot. Grub has much more features and capability than lilo, even though lilo comes installed by default with slack.
I organize my kernel situation as follows... In my /boot directory, I mkdir KERNEL, CONFIG, MAP, INITRD and that is a good way for me to keep my kernels and everything organized.. Another good way is a separate dir for each new kernel.
Since Arch-Linux is a solid distro, I'll use that as a first example.
Here is the Arch-Linux section of my shell script
goge Arch-Linux
$w http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/archlinux/arch-0.6.iso
$w http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/archlinux/arch-0.6.md5sum
$w http://www.archlinux.org/docs/en/guide/install/arch-install-guide.html
md55
cat arch-0.6.md5sum
md5sum arch-0.6.iso
md55
The first thing to do is to mount the downloaded ISO image so we can use it as if it were an actual CD.
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cdimage /mnt/cdrom
Where cdimage= the ISO image. EX. /usr/local/src/ISO/Linux/Arch-Linux/arch-0.6.iso
This mounts the iso as /mnt/cdrom.
Next you need to copy /mnt/cdrom to a separate partition for the booting process. So mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda9. ( I prefer reiserfs or even XFS to ext but if you use something other than ext2 you could run into some problems because some of the installation kernels and initrds don't include support for reiserfs and so can't recognize the files. Although you could use mkinitrd to create a new initrd with reiserfs support, that might be pushin it IMO... I use the 9th partition consistently for this. I know there is a "right" way to copy the /mnt/cdrom files so everything stays the way it is supposed too, using tar or cpio, but I'm lazy so I just do cp -rp.
(What is the tar or cpio commands to copy with correct permissions etc??)
So you mount the 9th partition as whatever, say /mnt/hd and then copy the files. Now what?
Now edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst file to include the specific options to boot arch-linux installation.
A good idea is to find the isolinux.cfg file somewhere on the distro cd, this will tell you what to include in the menu.lst.
Here is the section in my menu.lst
title Arch Install
root (hd0,8)
kernel /isolinux/vmlinuz load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 root=/dev/rd/0
initrd=/isolinux/initrd.img
This should be self-explanatory. The root (hd0,8) is pointing to partition 9. So the rest of the commands start from partition 9.
When you experience problems, remember you can always edit the grub boot options by typing 'e' and then edit the section. Also, a good idea is to include several variations in your menu.lst so you can easily try other ways to boot efficiently. And, remember to read up on all the installation guides that come with your distro, specifically, hard-disk installs.
There are special cases, Gentoo, has a semi-new compressed filesystem called squashfs. BTW, this is AWESOME, so check it out. It has to be compiled into the kernel, so some work is in order, but use this recompile to optimize your kernel. You can get the squashfs patch for almost any kernel. I use the latest stable 2.6 kernel. Squashfs is incredible and although I don't think you need it to install from ISO, you do need it to expand the livecd.squashfs filesystem that comes with the cd.
Heres a sample Gentoo section from my menu.lst
title Gentoo Install
root (hd0,8)
kernel /isolinux/gentoo root=/dev/ram0
initrd=/isolinux/gentoo.igz init=/linuxrc acpi=off looptype=squashfs loop=/livecd.squashfs cdroot vga=791 splash=silent
A nother' tip is the shell that is provided if you experience problems, typically busybox or ash. The key tools to get you going from here is mount and chroot. Sometimes you will need to manually create a simulated file system and then chroot into it. For instance, you might have to create boot, etc, bin, directories on the target partition.
I generally install each OS onto the next partition (careful of the logical partition) and add it to my menu.lst after install. A good idea is after installation, copy the kernel and initrd(if there is one) to the slackware(or whatever) boot partition on hda1. I copy kernels to /boot/KERNEL/ and initrd's to /boot/INITRD, then menu.lst is more organized...
You then need to add an updated section to your menu.lst (just comment out the install section for later)
Here is the finished arch-linux section from menu.lst
title Arch Linux 6
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 ro root=/dev/hdc3
This doesn't use my convenient boot/KERNEL/vmlinuz26 as you can tell by setting the root to partition 3.
***NOTE: Make a backup of MBR using dd and save to floppy, also backup the partition table to floppy, using cfdisk or parted. And boot disks (I use 1 with grub, and 1 with slack, and tomsbootdisk) will invariably come in handy. Tomsbootdisk is recommended, and make the grub boot disk when you install grub. install to floppy.
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The final result after some fun experimenting, is when I boot, I have a cool grub boot screen come up with the option to boot into whatever OS I want, this is handy for multiple reasons. One good thing to do after this is to port scan and vuln scan each OS, after you update of course. Write this stuff down and you will know the weaknesses/strengths of the various OS's.
I can boot a custom Firewall, snort, or multiple honeypots using this procedure, as well as a graphical kde environment with a kernel optimized for graphics and my processor/architecture, or an environment devoted to forensics or even an environment suitable for programming.
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P.S. Some of the cooler alternative operating systems are BeOS 5, EOS, ER_OS, V2_OS, and my personal favorite Menuet. Menuet is 100% assembly graphical operating system that fits on a floppy. Its f'in money!
This should be a good enough example to get you started, this kind of thing should be learned and not just copied... Knowing how to do this stuff could prove to be exceptionally useful...

Start by reading all the articles built-in on your Mac - Help > Mac Help, search "printer sharing."
http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/tricks/index.php/2008/04/how-to-print-to-a-cups-se rver-from-mac-os-x/
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080324224027152&query=share%2Bpri nter
http://members.cox.net/18james/osxprintersharing.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-56940.html

[Solved]dual boot windows 7 and arch linux

I have successfully installed arch linux dual boot with the original win7 on my PC. If I only use linux, then the system works well. The problem is that once I boot into Win7 then after reboot, the linux boot manager will stop working and the system always boots into windows automatically. My guess is Win7 automatically repair the boot loader.
My current solution is whenever I have finished using Windows, I'll boot with my linux USB installation, and run "gummiboot --path=/boot install". Afterwards, linux will work fine. But I believe there must be a better solution. Any help will be appreciated.
I have UEFI board by the way.
Last edited by jl2014 (2015-04-19 17:35:57)

Thanks for all your help first! I have tried Head_on_a_Stick's suggestions as the first step. Here is what I did. I have created :
$ cat /boot/loader/entries/windows.conf
title Windows
efi /EFI/hidden/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
The window boot path was :
/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
and I changed
/boot/EFI/Microsoft
to
/boot/EFI/hidden
After reboot, I clicked 'Windows' option on the linux boot manager. Below are the error messages:
Windows failed to start.
File: \EFI\Microsoft/Boot/BCD
Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
Any idea what goes wrong?
I'll try other suggestions soon. Thanks all of you again.
Last edited by jl2014 (2015-04-19 00:03:33)

Dual booting Windows 8 and Arch Linux with UEFI

Hi all!
I'm trying to install Arch Linux on my computer where I already have Windows 8, and I'm getting a little stuck when it comes to the partitioning.
Following the beginner's guide and the method here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … n_in_Linux for setting up the partitions properly, regarding UEFI. My problem is that when using cgdisk to set up a new EFI system partition (ef00), I get an error message when trying to write the partition table (just saying that something went wrong). I figure the problem is that I already have a partition like this (correct me if I'm wrong), but it really looks like it succeded (see info below). So my question is: How do I preceed to keep my Windows 8 installation happy, but installing Arch? Do I remove the old EFI system partition and create a new one, or is there some method that allows me to edit the already existing one, to allow me to dual boot Windows 8 and Arch?
My partition table now looks like this:
Part. # Size Partition Type Partition Name
1007KB free space
1 500MB Windows RE Basic data partition
2 300MB EFI System EFI system partition (this one was already present on my system)
3 128MB Microsoft reserved Microsoft reserved partition
4 63.5GB Microsoft basic data Basic data partition
8 512MB EFI System EFI System partition (this is the one I tried to create when I got the error message)
5 29.5GB Linux filesystem Arch (this is where I was going to put my Arch installation)
6 22GB Windows RE Basic data partition
7 1024MB Windows RE Basic data partition
615KB free space
Just for the record; I only created partition #8 and #5.
Any help is appreciated! And sorry for beeing a total noob, but I really suck at this.

sudo make sandwich wrote:If it is possible to share ESP between OSes, how do I do this (would it be sufficent to follow this section: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#For_UEFI_motherboards)?
There's really very little to do to share an ESP between OSes. Most OS installers will auto-detect the ESP and use it. Problem solved. For Arch it may be a bit more effort just because Arch uses a more hands-on installation process, but I've only done a couple of Arch installations, and the last one was several months ago, so I don't recall the details clearly enough to comment.
And how big will the partition need to be? The beginner's guide says 512MB or higher.
I don't know what was in the mind of the author, but my guess is that's because that's roughly the cutoff point where mkdosfs starts creating FAT32 by default rather than FAT16. The ESP is officially supposed to be FAT32, not FAT16, although FAT16 usually works OK. It's also possible to create FAT32 on smaller partitions by using an explicit option to mkdosfs ("-F 32").
The optimal size of the ESP depends on the files stored on it. If you don't store your Linux kernels, something as small as 100MiB is usually adequate; but a few Linux kernels and their initrd files can consume twice that amount. My own recommendation is for the ESP to be 200-500MiB.
The only error message I got from cgdisk is "Problem saving data! Your partition table may be damaged!", however booting Windows again works fine. Parted did not complain about antything.
Use the "verify" function in cgdisk. That will reveal any problems with the data structures. If a verify turns up OK, then that means that cgdisk ran into some sort of disk problem. Running gdisk rather than cgdisk and using the gdisk "w" option (without making any changes) may produce a more helpful error message.

Parallels and Arch Linux

I am running windows xp on my laptop. Its a work laptop so i am sorta stuck with xp. It has parallels on it. Can i run Arch Linux successfully under parallels? I kow its not on the approved guest os list, but then again, the only ones they list are the "for noobs" distros. I dont see why it wouldn't work but i just thought i would check it out before going through the install and being disappointed. I wish my company would just go linux already and stop all the evil!

Following the wise words of the good people over on this thread:
http://bbs.archlinux.org:80/viewtopic.php?id=65114
who think that I (and all the others who suggested using virtualbox) are complete .... lets say ... dorks, I will repost with what I hope you (the op) might consider a more helpful (and they, a more acceptable) response. So here it is, my revised response.
I have absolutely no idea if it will work. I've never tried installing arch with parallels, But I have tried installing quite a few dozen other flavours of linux on parallels and never had a problem getting them to install. Despite the fact that there is no explicit mention of arch on the 'approved guest os list', I imagine it would work just fine like all the other linux distros that ARE explicitly mentioned.
If you do decide to put your cd/dvd in the drive and try and install arch under parallels, then please post back here so that the next person that asks the same question can be given an explicit yes or no answer.
@Allan (Forum Moderator from the unhappy thread) Please don't ban me for my unacceptable original response. I promise I wont ever say anything ever again.
Last edited by tim (2009-02-11 14:01:46)

Pygrub and arch linux

I had install xen on arch linux and now I am attempting to install arch linux as guest. Archlinux works fine as hvm but when I try to use pygrub I get this error message.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/xen/bin/pygrub", line 876, in <module>
raise RuntimeError, "Unable to find partition containing kernel"
RuntimeError: Unable to find partition containing kernel
I found this https://caffeine-powered.net/tech/debia … with-xvda/
Can someone share their grub.cfg
When I try to usy py by config kernel and ram drive location It claims that it cant find xvda1

Following the wise words of the good people over on this thread:
http://bbs.archlinux.org:80/viewtopic.php?id=65114
who think that I (and all the others who suggested using virtualbox) are complete .... lets say ... dorks, I will repost with what I hope you (the op) might consider a more helpful (and they, a more acceptable) response. So here it is, my revised response.
I have absolutely no idea if it will work. I've never tried installing arch with parallels, But I have tried installing quite a few dozen other flavours of linux on parallels and never had a problem getting them to install. Despite the fact that there is no explicit mention of arch on the 'approved guest os list', I imagine it would work just fine like all the other linux distros that ARE explicitly mentioned.
If you do decide to put your cd/dvd in the drive and try and install arch under parallels, then please post back here so that the next person that asks the same question can be given an explicit yes or no answer.
@Allan (Forum Moderator from the unhappy thread) Please don't ban me for my unacceptable original response. I promise I wont ever say anything ever again.
Last edited by tim (2009-02-11 14:01:46)

Vista laptop and Arch Linux laptop competing for an IP address

Well, when I turn on my mom's Windows Vista: Home Premium laptop at any time while my Arch Linux laptop is on, Windows says that there are two machines using the same IP address shortly after her computer connects to the router, and then it boots my Linux notebook off of the router and cuts it off from wireless. Is there any way to prevent this? We are both using DHCP.
Specs:
Router: Linksys WRT54G
IP: Dynamic, DHCP
Note: I connect to the router fine when her laptop is off, but I am forced to use a 25FT LAN Cable to get Internet when she is on.
Last edited by kr0n05931 (2009-03-24 00:52:27)

Fight! Fight! Fight! Don't take that crap, Arch!
Anyways. I'm guessing something's messed up with your router. It should be making sure no two devices get the same IP. Worst case, you could give one or both a static IP -- I do this all the time anyways, because it's easier to work with.

[SOLVED] Dual boot windows 7 and arch Linux with seperate hard drives

Ok so I'm stuck trying to get my computer to dual boot windows 7 and arch. They are installed on different hard drives and I have grub 2 as the boot loader. I can't find any tutorials on how to do it with seperate hard drives I know how to do it if they are on the same hard drive. Also I want windows on the "first" hard drive how do I check to see which one it considers the first?
Last edited by bdawg (2012-09-21 23:15:37)

DSpider wrote:
drobole wrote:If you want to change it so that sda becomes sdb and sdb becomes sda, you should be able to do that in BIOS.
Not from the BIOS. He would need to physically open up the computer and switch the cables between them (or add another drive).
There's no actual performance increase in changing this order. Performance increase is when you have the partitions as close to the beginning of a HDD as possible, where the platters spin faster (basic mechanics, not to be confused with CD/DVD, which are being written from the inside-out to prevent errors after extended usage), and it especially doesn't apply to SSDs whatsoever.
You may be right about that. I remember I had to do this a while back but I probably switched the cables. It also messed up the drive mapping in Windows 98 if I remember correctly.

Accessibility and (Arch)linux

From slahdot:
"The strongest push-back against Massachusetts' effort to institute open, non-proprietary document formats has come from the accessibility community, who claim that Open-Source desktop software lags behind Windows.
Read on here: http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/korn/20051113
Ok, archlinux is not a desktop linux OS as many other distrobutions and is not for newbies to linux. But is it also not an OS for playing Doom on it in dark rooms.
In my opinion we should do something for the accessibility and usability of archlinux. I mean, we can´t change gnome (usability below zero) and i don´t want GUIs instead of config scripts. But it´s hard to install and running archlinux if you are handicaped (or just don´t want to go mad). We should have some tools included in the distrobutions with that the accessibility of arch is a little bit better.
What´s your thoughts to it?

fun {
Dear Mr <designer>,
we like your new Uberproduct, but find its both difficult and cumbersome for us as we both suffer from (physical incapacity/mental illness/WindowsDependency/Arsewipe Deficiency Syndrome) .
Would you please add/remove/amend/improve the following items, as it would suit us better
...<snip>
We understand that, as this is outside the remit of your design, it would have a dramatic effect on the performance of your product, and impinge on your own personal freetime, by increasing your workload.
But rather than find a product that suits us better, or work towards contributing a solution ourselves, we feel that we should ask you to amend yours as we feel unfairly discriminated against.
signed
A. Goodsuggestion
}nuf
Seriously tho, theres plenty of distro's around that specifically cater for disabilities / ease of use / multimedia / science / games / you-name-it.
Thats the beauty of linux. go find a distro that better suits your needs, and amend it to suit those needs better.
btw, im missing something here.
Is your request for Arch to cater (better) for :
people having trouble with non-proprietary document formats?
people with disabilities?
people afraid of installation induced dementia?
Desktop users, or those who think Arch isn't a suitable desktop environment?
the gaming community?
People who have difficulty with Setup in general?
and is the "we" in "we should do something" a statement of voluntary contribution from your good self or the "royal" we meaning "i'll suggest it, you can do it" ?
kind regards
kern

Windows 7 and Arch linux dual boot problem

hey guys I had an issue with windows 7 dual booted with arch and i was just wondering my windows 7 crashed. I had Reinstalled windows OS and all my partitions are set up but now when I try to boot up arch I cant at all cause windows Boot took over and i have no way of getting into arch is there anyway i can fix this or maybe reinstall arch without loseing my home folder with all my data, or is there just and easyer way to fix this issue im stuck. thank you all for your support as i am a noob

You need to re-install grub. When you reinstalled Windows it will overwrite grub preventing you booting Arch. You'll need to boot from a liveCD and chroot into your Arch installation. details for recovering grub are in the wiki - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … stallation

Microsoft NX-6000 Webcam and Arch Linux

I picked up one of these off ebay cause they looked pretty nice. I love the webcam, it has a great design. But it's turning out to be kind of a PITA to get working right. ATM, the only piece of software I can use this camera with is luvcview (yes, it looks to be a UVC camera). It seems alright, but it is really ... hackjobby. There's a significany video delay, it seems to not have audio recording support, and the video quality is pretty terrible. I've seen videos on the internet of people posting with these webcams, and the quality of the video is much higher than what I've been able to obtain. This makes me curious if this camera is enhanced with proprietary MS code when running in Windows (I sure hope not!).
Regardless, I've been trying the camera with different pieces of software. Cheese always pops up for just a split second, crashes, and verboses "Segmentation Fault" at the terminal. Ekiga can't use the webcam either, but the light on the front of it flashes a couple times when I try to. I installed the linux-uvc-svn driver, and uvcvideo is automatically probed when I plug the camera in (as well as snd_usb_audio). I've heard of other people having success with this camera so I'm curious if I've missed anything!

Hmmmm ... I've been trying other things and I get a really interesting message from fswebcam ...
[max@pwn ~]$ fswebcam | xsel -i
--- Opening /dev/video0...
Trying source module v4l2...
/dev/video0 opened.
No input was specified, using the first.
Adjusting resolution from 384x288 to 352x288.
--- Capturing frame...
gd-jpeg: JPEG library reports unrecoverable error: Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x02 0x8a
Captured frame in 0.00 seconds.
--- Processing captured image...
There are unsaved changes to the image.
Not a JPEG file?

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