Y580 and Mint 15.

Hey guys I have been trying several OSes and keep having an issue with a kernel panic. I believe it is related to EFI boot. When I disable EFI linux boots.
Can someone give me a breif walkthrough in installing Linux on this machine?

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New distro releases, featuring Mageia and Mint

Mageia, the community fork of the now-deceased Mandriva distro,droppedMageia 5 a couple ofweeks ago, andeWeek has a slideshowof new and improved features. A similar alternative,OpenMandriva, also has a new release.Meanwhile, Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon, a.k.a. Rafaella,debutedthis week with ahost of new features. It'sa long-term support release that the project promises to support until 2019.Also worth noting is therelease of VectorLinux 7.1, a Slackware-derived distro that uses the Xfce desktop environment and eschews systemd.
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Mageia, the community fork of the now-deceased Mandriva distro,droppedMageia 5 a couple ofweeks ago, andeWeek has a slideshowof new and improved features. A similar alternative,OpenMandriva, also has a new release.Meanwhile, Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon, a.k.a. Rafaella,debutedthis week with ahost of new features. It'sa long-term support release that the project promises to support until 2019.Also worth noting is therelease of VectorLinux 7.1, a Slackware-derived distro that uses the Xfce desktop environment and eschews systemd.
This topic first appeared in the Spiceworks Community

Lookalike between Windows and Mint

This is so simple and so hard to explain.
So I'm gonna use a simple screenshot :
[http://hfr-rehost.net/http://self/pic/bfb4d49367138a1c4f7cf874dc6af6b276ebc00d.jpeg link text]
As you can see here, the orange menu button is on the same line as all my bookmarks
Basically, I want the same thing on my freshly installed Mint 13
AFAIK ... impossible :/
any help will be greatly appreciated :)
Regards .
Clovis86

Well Firefox looks different on Mint, but you should be able to achieve something very similar. Here's what I did:
* Make sure the bookmarks toolbar is visible by going to "view" menu -> toolbars and ensuring that "Bookmarks Toolbar" is checked
* Right-click on the empty space to the right of the "Help" menu and select "Customize..." from the context menu.
* You should now see a "Customize Toolbar" dialog with various icons like cut/copy/paste. Also, you should see that the bookmarks on the bookmarks toolbar have been replaced by a single item that says "Bookmarks Toolbar Items"
* Drag that "Bookmarks Toolbar Items" up to the right of the "Help" menu
* Hit "Done" on the "Customize Toolbar" dialog. The bookmarks should now be on the same line as the menus.
* You can now hide the (empty) bookmarks toolbar by going to the "View" menu -> Toolbars and unchecking "Bookmarks Toolbar"

Firefox running under Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu) 12 (KDE) won't install extensions for Firefox

Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu) 12, KDE desktop
Firefox 10.0
Started up Firefox right after Mint was installed. On the add-ons page video download helper was shown as a featured extension and I installed it, then rebooted when prompted. After that, Firefox would never install another extension again. Just gives download error.
I google searched and in a forum I found a post about uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox. I tried it. First time I started it up, it installed video download helper again, but then would not install any other extension after that. I tried numerous extensions I '''KNOW''' are working in Firefox 10.0 because they are working in Firefox over on my Win 7. Everytime I get a download error, either from the addons site or from the Add-ons Manager in Firefox.
Someone told me on the Mint forums that I needed to add a subdirectory on a certain directory, so I did that. Didn't work.
It seems Ubuntu disables the root, or cripples it, and I guess Mint does too. You can still use sudo when doing things in Ubuntu (and Mint I would assume, since it's based on Ubuntu) but you can't get true 'superuser' access as I understand it. But, I don't think this would have any bearing on the problem, or my search of the Mint forums would have come up with all kinds of threads screaming about this.

Problem solved - it was caused by an add-on called "PDF Download 3.0.0.2)
To fix - in Firefox :
Click on '''Tools''' command (top of screen)
Select '''Extensions'''
click on "'''disable''' button beside '''PDF Download'''
Close Firefox and restart it.
Clicking on any pdf file should open a new tab now and the document will appear there.

New MacMini and Linux

I'm trying to get Linux to install on my new MacMini but the monitor driver doesn't not appear to be correct. I've tried Edubuntu and Mint so far. Each time the installation will proceed until the monitor stops and goes into sleep mode because the Mini isn't sending a signal. I've tried both the analog and digital (HDMI) monitor outputs.
I know the new Mini is very new and is significantly upgraded. Has Linux not caught up yet?
The graphics card is a NVidia GeForce 320M
Does anyone have this kind of setup working?

Thanks for the suggestion. The issue is that I can't get Ubuntu or Mint installed (the screen goes dark long before the install is completed) so updating the nvidia driver for Linux isn't possible. nVidia doesn't post Mac drivers so that's not an option either.
I'm trying to set this up as a triple-boot (Mac, Windows 7, and Linux). I've done this many times on other Macs but am stuck on this Mac Mini. This is a training lab and I need all of these operating systems in their native environment (not through Parallels or similar).
Thanks for your help!

Informal Poll - What is your fav distro and why.

I am curious as to what version of Linux is prefered and why. I have been using OpenSUSE for my desktops and Ubuntu for servers for the last few years and would be interested to see what others favor and why...
I have six computers all running Linux:
Workshop Bench (forensic tools, disk drive tools and software recovery tools) - OpenSUSE (KDE) 13.2 tumbleweed. Intel Core2Quad 8800
Home Server (Cloud service, Print Server, Backup Server, Media Server) - OpenSUSE (KDE) 13.2 tumbleweed. Intel i3 2350
Web Server (Public Webserver, Cloud and Scheduling) - Ubnutu (hardened) 14.01 LTS AMD A6
Three loaner computers, all AMD A6 based machines - Linux Mint 17.1
So far the least troublesome have been Ubuntu / Mint computers. OpenSUSE seems to be the best KDE platform but I may need to switch to the stable release tree when the next iteration is released. Linux Mint is the most user freindly of the Debian crowd, with good feedback on all counts. The Ubuntu desktop was not well recieved, most thought it was just too "ugly" to be useable.
I am dual booting my G580 between Windows 8.1 (factory OS) and Mint at the moment. As a point of interest - my gaming computer and my better half's computer both run Windows 7 at the moment. Will not be moving to Windows 10, mostlikely to Mint.
CB.

ColonelONeill wrote:
I've been using Manjaro XFCE on my X61t for a while (and briefly on the W520). A bit heavier, but seems to get the job done.
That has an interesting look / feel to it. I am just looking into running Mint on an older notebook to see if it would be a good alternative OS for my clients that do not want to migrate to Windows 8/8.1/10 and the metro desktop.
CB

Lenovo and Suse Enterprise Product Activation and Suse Update?

Hello,
I have just bought an Ideapad S10e with Suse on it.
Can anybody help me with this two questions.
1) I would like to activate my Suse product at the Suse website, where do I find my activation key?
2) Can I update easily from Suse 10 to the new Suse 11, I have got Suse 10 with my new Lenovo.
Thanks a lot for any answer!

Hi,
? Product Activation did hear that for the first time ?
and its not possible to upgrade direct...
the Suse 10 is not really up to date...
its better choice to delete it and starting from a scratch install all other linux if you want linux...
i.e. Opensuse 11,
Linux Mint, Ubuntu 9.04 ... Archlinux..
.and many more..
my favs are Ubuntu and Mint...
all function out of the box....
if you want more information in your native language
you can find news here www.netbooknews.de and answers in the german forum here S10(e) German Forum Linux Section
sincerely KalvinKlein
Message Edited by KalvinKlein on 06-06-2009 10:20 PM
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Ideas Centre A520 ,Yoga 2 256GB SSD,Yoga 2 tablet @ Win 8.1

Strange Graphical Glitches For Both Arch and Archbang

So here is the issue. In 3 diffrent arch installs and my new archbang install, I have been plagued by a strange glitch that seems to persist. This glitch has a few diffrent varitations, the most prevalent being the screen wrapping from an uncentered end to the other side. Here are some pictures to clarify.
Arch
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http://imgur.com/qOJWdR5
http://imgur.com/ECU4FpU
Archbang
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http://imgur.com/kGqG1Y7
The other variations of the error are as follows:
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-A flickering screen after grub bootup, highly distorted.
-A black screen after grub bootup and intitial system processes.
-The same error, but with the rift closer to the middle of the screen.
-A normal bootup
Here are some system specs as well
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Ram- 4 gigs of corsair vengance
Cpu- AMD Phenom II x4 965
Graphics card- Raedon HD6670
The screen for my mint and archbang live usbs are just fine. The screen during the initial install is usually just fine as well. I am postulating that this error is arch-specific, as my old ubuntu and mint installs never had this problem. I am also curious because for my arch installs, even before I installed graphics drivers and mesa and whatnot, I still would get the error. Other then this strange glitch, my arch based operating systems would work just fine and dandy.
Here are some fixes I tried
==================
-Adjusting my monitor- This seemingly obvious fix did abslolutely nothing. It would move the screen over, but a black space would appear where the screen was, almost as if I tried doing the same thing with a fixed screen..
-Installing a display manager (this was in arch)- The screen was still glitched over
-Trying a new monitor- The same glitch happened, although both monitors are the exact same Dell monitor, and the only distinguishing feature is the size.
Here are some theories I have
====================
-The most likely issue is my graphics card itself, as Raedon and Linux tend to have issues as I have heard.
-A corrupted iso file in my live usb (this is highly unlikely since most of the arch install process is done via downloading files from the web). However I used the same flashdrive for both live usbs. I made the archbang one by formatting the previous arch live usb (in FAT32) and then using the dd method.
-A possible monitor size issue, but I feel as though this is highly unlikely
-A corrupted HDD (this is just me grasping at straws, therefore this possibilty is possible, but highly unlikely as other symptoms would have presented themselves).
Does anybody have any idea what to do at this point?

fak9r wrote:
I'm having a very similar problem. I tried installing Arch on a laptop of mine I'm not really using anymore, and every time I'm either trying to startx or startxfce4 my screen looks like this: http://imgur.com/7wZohhw.png (sorry for the blurry image).
As you can see only roughly 40% of the screen are drawn at the top of the monitor, whereas the bottom 60% are artifacts. Note that the system is perfectly responsive, the right click context menu opens up etc. It is safe to assume that this is not a hardware error since the device was running a Win7 installation flawlessly just 2 hours ago. The laptop in question is a stock ASUS X7BJN with a built-in Nvidia GTX 425M graphics card. I tried switching from proprietary Nvidia drivers to the nouveau ones, however all that does is forcing the X server to terminate on startup (no devices detected, etc.). Forcing vesa in the boot options didn't help either.
I can't even play around with the xorg.conf since this will lead me to the same error as above (no devices), I have to delete xorg.conf every time I want to get X running in the first place.
Hooking up an external monitor and trying to move the alignment did nothing for me, same as OP. Unforunately the solution proposed here won't work for me since I don't have an AMD card.
While I do not know much about nvidia graphics cards, I do know that the command that I entered into the grub boot (and made persistant through other means) was a command that edited the power profile of my graphics card. It was suggested to me earlier to edit the power profile, but it didn't work because I didn't mkconfig the changes. However, it would have (in theory) worked. Perhaps you need to find a way to edit your nvidia graphcis driver power profile, and tinker with it until you find a setting that works.

OSD indication for caps lock and num lock on Thinkpad Edge 540

Hello !You may know that the Thinkpad Edge E series have a keyboard lacking the caps lock and num lock leds.On Windows, one can have an OSD display (temporary or permanent) for these two indications.I still need to find something equivalent on Linux.So I ask : Is there a way to have such OSD on Linux ? If not, Mr Lenovo, could you port the Windows OSD on Linux ?Many thanks in advance for your answer.

I use "Keylocks Indicator" in OpenSUSE and Mint installations. Places a tell tale indicator in the system tray as well as provides on screen notification (pop up message). Check it out here... http://www.noobslab.com/2013/10/keylocks-indicator-for-ubuntulinux.html.

Unable to boot new Linux installation on Lenovo G400

I am having problems installing Linux Mint 16 to a Lenovo G400 that I recently purchased here in China. I have an older Lenovo that I have had for several years, and have been quite pleased with it so I thought I would get another. I gave up on Windows several years ago, and have been running exclusively Linux, mostly Ubuntu or Mint, ever since. I have heard and read things about how Microsoft seems to be fighting back to restrict the spread of Linux, so I took a Live USB stick of Linux Mint 16 so I could see if start it with any machine that I was interested in.
The machine I tested my USB stick on worked fine, so I sent them to the warehouse to get a fresh one in a box. My problems started when they came back from the warehouse with another model, newer, with a faster processor, and pre-installed Linux. I entered the data required to complete the setup, and played around with the Linpus OS a bit before deciding to take that machine instead of the other. My thinking was that I could replace Linpus with Mint later. I did not try booting from my USB stick before agreeing to take this machine.
Later, after trying out Linpus and deciding I had a strong preference for a Debian derivative, I had trouble setting the boot order, but resolved that by finding a copy of the user guide in English. When I tried to boot from the USB, the first thing I noticed was that anything I tried to run from a Live USB stick would not function in standard or default mode. The menu would come up, I would select the default or standard mode, and the system would start to load but a few seconds later the screen would go black. The USB continued to flash for a while but the screen stays black.
At first I noticed this problem with Gparted, which would not run in default or failsafe mode, but does run in safe graphic mode. Similarly, with Mint 16, the live USB will only start in compatibility mode. Later there were several other live systems that I have tried with similar results. Almost all of the live systems I tried ran in their equivalent of the compatibility mode. The one exception to that was Boot-Repair-Disk, which I could not get to work at all in the 64-Bit edition. The 32-Bit edition did work, in their equivalent of compatibility mode, but it told me I needed the 64-Bit Edition because EFI was detected.
When I succeeded in getting the Gparted and Mint 16 live USBs to function in non-default modes I decided to go ahead with my repartitioning and installation plans. This may have been my second mistake. Maybe I should have taken this machine back, but I didn't.
With my Live USB of Gparted running in Safe Graphic mode, I found 6 partitions on the HDD: sda1 is FAT 32 and labeled boot; sda2 is an unknown file system and labeled bios_grub. Both of these partitions are 500 Mb, and I left them alone. I also left sda3 untouched, which is labeled linux-swap. Sda4, sda5 and sda6 I re-sized and re-formated to use as two / partitions and a shared /home.
I then installed Mint 16 in sda4 with sda6 as home. I left the GRUB intallation in the default setting, sda. The installation seemed to go alright, but when I try to boot I just see Lenovo and then the screen goes black. It does seem like the system may be loading and I just can't see it, but that is only a guess. I don't see anything that looks like the GRUB screen and so there is no way to use compatibility mode. Using Gparted from a Live USB suggests that the installation worked and there are files there.
I have searched on the web and have been unable to find anything that helps. Obviously, I am not an expert, but I have installed Linux quite a few times and never experienced anything like this. But then I am used to starting from a clean disk.
I am very tempted to delete the two partitions that I left in place and try an installation like I am used to doing. But I do not know anything about EFI, and my hard drive is listed in BIOS setup as an EFI HDD Device, so I don't know if my machine would still work if I delete these partitions.
So I am very much in need of some advice on this and I wonder if anyone can please offer me some guidance. And perhaps I should add a few more details, such as: USB Legacy is enabled; Boot Mode is set at Legacy Support ; Boot Priority is Legacy First ; USB Boot is Enabled; and my BIOS Version is 78CN25WW(V2.03).
I am sorry to go on so long, but I have tried to be thorough, thank you.

Hi, the W520 has ACPI and powermanegement issues on kernels < 2.6.39 without specific patches. Two questions:
What version of (K)Ubuntu are you trying to run?
What is the setting of your graphics system in the BIOS? Most of the time, setting it to Integrated just works fine, the open source Intel driver is quite good. When setting it to Discrete, you can either use the open source Nouveau drivers for the Nvidia card or the Nvidia proprietary binary drivers, all with varying success. At the moment I would not recommend setting it to Optimus, since support with Bumblebee is work in progress and quite tricky to handle. I am not sure what the Live CD is trying to do, but test it with graphics set to integrated first. Because of all the manual tweaking necessary two month ago I switched from Ubuntu to Gentoo, rolled a new kernel and never looked back. See my thread about HowTo Running Linux on the W520:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/HowTo-Running-Linux-on-W520/td-p/453327
W520|4282-W16|2720QM|16GB|Q1000M|FHD|500GB|UMTS|BIOS 1.26|Gentoo Linux/2.6.39-r3|Win7-64-Prof|

For the archive: Upgrading the Satellite L30-134

I got one of these old laptops off a mate who'd discarded it as obsolete.
However with just a little time and money it is possible to upgrade it to a very usable machine.
Not a powerhouse by any stretch but perfectly adequate for browsing the internet and watching standard definition video (just about watchable 720p) etc.
Whilst searching these forums for information for this project I found a lot of conflicting advice and some of my questions were not answered at all. I hope by documenting my experiences here I can help someone in the same position in the future.
*Model*
This machine is the Toshiba Satelite L30-134, Part Number: PSL33E-00E013G3. It is probably very similar but not necessarily the same as the other L30 models. Do not mix them up.
*Original configuration*
Processor- Intel Celeron m 410 (1M Cache, 1.46 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, Socket M). It is a single core version of the (Yonah core) Core Duo processor. It shares nothing in common, and is not swapable with the previous generation Pentium M or Celeron M processors. It is also incompatible with the next generation Core 2 Duo/Solo and the Pentiums and Celerons derived from them.
Memory- A single 512MB SODIMM of PC2-4200 (DDR2 533MHz). This is different to the previous generation DDR and the next generation DDR3. The memory controller only supports single channel mode. This is no loss as the FSB of the processor is not fast enough to take advantage of dual channel anyway.
*BIOS*
My laptop came with the very old version 1.3. Toshiba only provide the latest version (3.10) for download. This is reported to be buggy and messes with the fan profiles so I decided to leave it alone. I can confirm that my upgrades work without updating the BIOS.
*Upgrades*
Processor- I swapped the Celeron for a Core Duo T2350 (1.87 GHz). From all I have read it appears that all Yonah core Core Duo/Solos, Pentiums and Celerons with an FSB of 533 are compatible. The 667 FSB models are not.
The Core Duo T2450 at 2GHz is the highest performing compatible processor but is double the price on eBay. I only paid 12 (used) for the T2350 so there is really no reason to go any lower now all these parts are obsolete.
RAM- There are 2 slots on this machine. Toshiba state a 2GB maximum, 1GB in each slot. Unfortunately the memory controller is very picky and throws up weird errors unless you get just the right ones.
There's not enough information available to figure this one out so for me it was a process of trial and error. Thankfully I found an online retailer that guaranteed 100% compatibility and did returns by free post.
The second pair of sticks worked fine.

*Working on the machine*
Swapping the RAM is as easy as usual. Unscrew the flap on the bottom of the machine to get to them. Getting to the processor on the other hand is a complete nightmare. You probably need to have experience taking laptops apart. And I do mean apart- the motherboard has to come out so EVERYTHING that can be unscrewed and unplugged needs to be. If I hadn't had discovered these amazing instructions I might not have attempted it:
www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba-Satellite-L35/taking-apart-laptop-1.htm
I've no idea who runs this website but it doesn't appear to be commercial. It must have taken them an age to do so click on the 'donate' button if you want to say thanks. If you click on the photos they enlarge and show exactly where the screws are. Brilliant site.
Don't forget to clean the heatsink and fan whilst you've got it all apart. I promise you'll never want to do this again. I forgot to plug the cpu fan back in the first time so I did...
*Other stuff*
As you'll know the BIOS utility is useless, there is very little you can change. There is one trick I found though. Usually I can't get it to boot from usb- there's no option available. However when you take the hard drive out (with an empty optical drive) it will!
The wifi is a Mini PCI card accessable from the second flap on the bottom of the machine. The pigtails (ariels) run into the lid. This is not the same as the modern PCIe (PCI Express) and is incompatible. The fastest version of wifi it supports is 'G' which is old and slow. When connected to a modern router this can slow all of your wireless devices down to this connection speed. The easy fix is to use a usb wifi dongle that supports 'N' speed (or if you're really fly, 'AC'). If you'd like to keep the convenience of an internal device I've only found one Mini PCI card that supports 'N' speeds. TP-Link TL-WN861N. Thankfully it's supposed to be quite good. I used usb since I already had one.
The hard drive conects via SATA. Someone on these forums tried and failed to replace this with an SSD. I don't know why it didn't work. Not worth the money in my opinion.
Whilst you're doing all of this format the hard drive and reinstall Windows XP. Never Vista. Then dual boot it with Linux Mint and only use XP when you absolutely have to. There are no more security updates coming for XP and Mint is better.
Finally here's some Passmark benchmarks from www.cpubenchmark.net
celeron m 410 (1.4ghz single) 348
core duo t2350 (1.8ghz dual) 739
The T2350 benchmarks somewhere around the fastest netbook/htpc processors (AMD E series, Intel Atom D series), Early ultra mobile (U series) Core 2 Duos and the first generation of dual core desktop chips (Pentium D, Athlon x2)
Please post any corrections below.

A few questions. Opinions from the community would be appreciated.

I briefly touched over this in the introduction thread. Assuming you did not read that though.
I am more or less entirely new to Linux, I put Ubuntu on my system no more than a week ago being recommended it as a beginners Linux. I have little to no experience with Linux at all.
That being said..
I am extremely interested in learning Linux inside and out. Computers, hardware and software both are a huge passion of mine.
After some reading I've found very mixed opinions from others about Arch, many describe it as a Linux for experienced "geek" users. While I've been told by others that if I want to use Arch I should just jump into it because they used "insert distro here" for "insert number of years here" and when making the move they realized all of the years spent on other simpler distros didn't really teach them anything anyway. So I would like the communities opinion on the matter, if Arch users agree with the former or latter.
Now the second, possibly more important question. I don't have Internet on the computer I will be installing Arch on at the moment. I haven't really been able to find a whole lot over the matter and I wasn't sure if that would be an issue when I get Internet back and I'm possibly stuck with just a terminal. I don't want to screw myself over or anything so I wanted to ask here first.
I hope my questions weren't too annoying, and appreciate any help I get.
-x0r

Trilby wrote:
x0r.h4 wrote:I love the "you get what you want and nothing more" attitude
Yes, but with arch that may be made more explicit as "you have to go get what you want, it will not be brought to you."
Indeed. No fancy software centers or GUI package managers here. You want something? Find the package, install it and configure it. Fortunately, the wiki works great both for installation of the OS and in almost every post-install matters. But anyway x0r.h4, you'll need an internet connection on a rolling release distro.
x0r.h4 wrote:Fully understandable. I've noticed most people who move to a new distro have been using other distros for years already.
Ive ran across far less people who are new to Linux entirely.
I've used Ubuntu long enough now to know that although I dont hate it by any means like so many others have expressed that they do, I don't necessarily "love" it per say. It's a great OS in my opinion, but like you already stated its very much like Windows. I still felt most of the same restrictions you get from Windows along with a generally Windowy feel to it. I didnt really feel like a Linux user using Ubuntu and Unity.
That's mainly why I stopped using *buntu and Mint. I wanted an OS which gave me total freedom to add, remove and create; and even though *buntu and Mint are not bad OS they are pretty restrictive. I tried openSUSE and had the same problem, but although I was running Debian for a couple months and I learnt a lot it still wasn't what I wanted. In that way, Arch is just what the doctor ordered for me. I allows me to build my "own OS" from scratch and set it up my way.
x0r.h4 wrote:I know I want a more "free" distro, I love the "you get what you want and nothing more" attitude. I just wasnt sure if it was a bad place to start seeing as Arch has a bit of a reputation for being a more difficult distro.
That's the spirit All you need is the will to learn. You will have a better knowledge of how Linux works "behind the scenes", it'll give you more flexibility as an user and a bit of a sense of what is to really administrate an OS. The distro it's pretty easy to use, but the first hours for an unexperienced user (by first hours I mean installing the system, configuring it and run the basic post-install routines) can be pretty rough. Still, if you follow the wiki you should have no problem.
Again, my advice is to not install Arch on a computer without internet connection, but if you can solve that then if I were you I would go right for it.

Understanding Linux/Unix/Arch - not the same thing as using it

Hi there Archers!
I've been using Linux for almost a year now. I started out pretty rough, with Fedora - and uninstalled it pretty quickly as it wasn't the easiest OS to start with, and I didn't have that extra time to learn it by then. I then proceeded with Ubuntu and Mint, until I decided at the beginning of May 2013 to become an Archer/Archie. I'm proud of this decision. (y)
Using Linux and understanding it as I have learned are two entirely different thing, oh so different. I hope this isn't too much to ask for, but I would very much like the advice of some experienced users - which I presume I will find here, easily:
I want to understand Unix/Linux better, maybe not the whole Arch concept - since The Arch Way isn't that hard to understand, at least not the concept. What shall I read and do? I know there is much information out there - but I have no desire to read things that you guys don't find helpful, and I am looking for some pro-tips.
Thanks.

drcouzelis wrote:
grabbexi wrote:I want to understand Unix/Linux better
Which aspect of Unix / Linux do you want to understand better?
Options include:
Networking
Servers
System administration (user accounts, permissions)
Software development
Package management
Differences between distributions / operating systems
Kernel compiling
The Linux Standard Base (LSB)
Shared libraries
Version control software
Embedded linux
The init process, boot manager, and dual booting
File systems
And other stuff.
I was thinking a basic mix of everthing above, basically. Like: What are libraries? How does the system administration work? How does the kernel work? Etc. I mean - the answers are often not so complicated to understand on a basic level. My problem is, I don't know what questions to ask.
I think I'm looking for some "tasks" which don't require a lot of time, I don't really HAVE the need to do extremely much on my Arch - but I would love to be ABLE to do more.
bohoomil wrote:Well, I believe you mean 'using a particular Linux distribution' in the first place.
Yes, you are right - that is what I meant.
General response: Thanks to all of you so far. I'm starting to understand what I should do, just hoping I'm on the right track now.

"No signal" on external monitor

have toshiba tecra a11-11q. after hotplugging external monitor through vga, i have no signal message on that screen. xrandr:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2646 x 1024, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA1 connected 1280x1024+1366+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 338mm x 270mm
1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0
1280x960 75.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0
720x400 70.1
LVDS1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1366x768 60.2*+
1024x768 85.0 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 85.0 72.8 75.0 59.9
720x400 85.0
640x400 85.1
640x350 85.1
here everything seems to be fine. krandrtray also shows that external monitor is operative.
after rebooting computer both monitors work, but i can't change brightness on lvds.
i'm running archlinux, but the same results were on fedora, ubuntu and mint. there is no such problem on windows xp.
maybe it is not supported yet for Core Processor Integrated Graphics, but i couldn't find such information.

same results:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 1024, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1366x768 60.2*+
1024x768 85.0 75.0 70.1 60.0
1024x768i 43.5
832x624 74.6
800x600 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 85.0 72.8 75.0 59.9
720x400 85.0
640x400 85.1
640x350 85.1
VGA1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm
1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0 72.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3
640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0
720x400 70.1
640x350 70.1
external monitor becomes a copy of LVDS1(according to xrandr) but monitor's screen is still black.

Can't get Adobe Flash to work reliably with Video

I'm going NUTS trying to fix Adobe Flash - I hate this company and wish they would go out of business.
Short of that, I want to use Safari as my default browser. Problem is, Adobe site says I have the latest version and shows it's working. However, many sites running Flash video that I need (primarily my investment site and Mint.com) use flash and the player doesn't work there. They do however work in Chrome.
How can I fix this? Nothing seems to work. Does anyone else have this problem?
I've gone through the reinstall, deleting the files in Internet Plug Ins, and opened up the persmissions in Safari preferences. HELP!!!!

If you're sure you've installed the latest version of Flash, take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried. After each step, relaunch Safari and test. For a "missing plug-in" error, start with Step 8. Back up all data before making any changes.
Step 1
You might have to log out or restart the computer before a Flash update takes effect.
Step 2
From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data...
and confirm. Close the window. Then select
 ▹ System Preferences… ▹ Flash Player ▹ Advanced
and click Delete All. Close the preference pane.
Step 3
If you're only having trouble with YouTube videos, log in to YouTube and load this page. You may see a link with the text "Leave the HTML5 Trial." If so, click that link.
Step 4
If you get a warning of a "blocked" or "outdated" plug-in, then from the menu bar select
 ▹ System Preferences… ▹ Flash Player ▹ Advanced
and click Check Now. Quit and relaunch the browser.
If the warning persists, triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
Right-click or control-click the highlighted text and select
Services ▹ Open
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open. Inside it, there should be a file named "XProtect.meta.plist". If that file is missing and you know why it's missing, restore it from a backup or copy it from another Mac running the same version of OS X. Otherwise, reinstall OS X.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
Step 5
In the Safari preferences window, select the Advanced tab and uncheck the box marked
Stop plug-ins to save power
Step 6
Open this folder as in Step 4:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
Delete the following item, or anything with a similar name, if present:
Flash Player (failing).plugin
You may be prompted for your login password.
Step 7
Re-download and reinstall Flash. Download it from the domain "get.adobe.com". Don't click a link from any other website, including this one, because you can't trust links. They may be an attempt to trick you into installing malware masquerading as Flash. Type the address into the browser window. Never download a Flash update from anywhere else.
Step 8
If you get a "missing plug-in" error, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Security
from the Safari menu bar and check the box marked
Allow (or Enable) plug-ins
Then click the button marked
Manage Website Settings...
if present and make sure that the website is not blocked for Flash.
Step 9
Select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
from the Safari menu bar. If any extensions are installed, disable them.

Y580 and Mint 15.

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