hi, it's me again. seems like arch releasing the updated iso with kernel 3.0.3. so i got a few questions

1- core vs netinstall, does it make so much difference? if not, i would like to download core image and install it, else i'll wait till my semester starts for a better internet connection to do netinstall.

2- as my previous problem before, i give up on it. would like to do a fresh install, hopefully with latest kernel, it will work. but how do i proceed? since i already have the archlinux installed already. scared to mess up grub and eventually messed up my laptop. lol

3- been using only fedora 14 before, installing arch is quite tricky for me. during the select package stage, it is recommended to select the base and base-devel. how bout the other package that are listed besides that, is it somehow important or i should do fine with only base and base-devel package. thanks

1 - Both will end up the same. With core, you install the base, and then update to most recent versions of packages. With netinstall, the installer downloads the latest versions of packages.
I personally prefer netinstall, but depends on your connection, though. Always use cable (dhcp) first, and download additional drivers later if required.

2 - If it's a fresh install without any windows patition, just have the partitioner use the entire disk. If you're sharing (dual-boot) with Windows, then just use the old space you had the broken Arch installed on.

3 - Select both base and base-devel. You'll probably need to use make, cmake, automake later, which are all under base-devel. This page contains a brief description of packages. Unselect those you're sure you don't need. http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?repo=Co...ll&sort=pkgname ... Arch is actually piss easy to install. A lot of it is just common sense.

This post has been edited by G-17: Sep 8 2011, 05:48 PM

yeah, the dhcp is what im lacking atm, so guess i need to proceed with core install. i already setup the partition, so if i'm referring to the beginner guide

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide

means i could skip a few steps and proceed with selecting mountpoint and stuff? do i need to format the partition clean first or just overwrite the root and /home

Technically, you can use the same partitions if you plan to use the same file/journaling system as before. Personally, I always do a clean reformat, regardless of distro or mountpoints (unless I have a /home folder I want to re-use). Maybe I'm old-fashioned.

i see, thanks for the explanations

Some juices off Elementary



Lightdm as their login manager simple as always



Meet the new slingshot

Some rough edges , might be refined when it reaches final

CDM ftw!!

LightDM looks good though. Most important for me is whether it will let me change the fonts or not. I always hated GDM's inability to render .bdf fonts. I don't like having an ununiformed desktop experience, and hate having to see unsharp generic truetype sans crap in the DM before I log into my WM with beautiful pixel-sharp fonts.

Found this tut where it shows u how to delete files that even a sudo cant remove

First of all , check whether the file has a "i" flag by using



Then , remove the flag with



And then remove it with



Voila , and this has fix my problem



Source : Click Me

Hi guys.

I got a little problem with my PSP's memory card.

I tried to open it with Thunar but an error popped out saying

Failed to open directory "disk"
Error stating file '/media/disk/.Trash-1001':Input/Output error.

So I tried ls -al and I got this


I tried chown and chmod but no success. =/

I can access the folders inside the card (/media/disk/*) others just fine but the error pop out when I'm trying to access /media/disk.

Is there any way to remove/edit that .Trash-1001 ?

This post has been edited by Patent: Sep 18 2011, 02:08 PM

^Hmm, I haven't encountered this kind of error outside SAMBA. I doubt that the.Trash folder is corrupted.

If I'm not mistaken, Nautilus also names it's trash folders like that. Trash-1000 for first user, Trash-1001 for second...etc.

Have you tried opening thunar as root and accessing the media card? Also, try checking the permissions? (I think in thunar you right-click and go to properties)

I did try to open as root but the same message pop out.

I was trying to delete that .Trash-1001 folder before.. I think that cause the problem.

^ Have you tried cocooh's method?

Yes I did. The error is still the same. 'Input/Output error'.

Tried my luck at Ubuntu section but no reply.

I am a newbie to Ubuntu. I wanted to try out KDE and followed this guide http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/kde

Managed to get it install but when I log-off, I don't have the option to choose between KDE/GNOME. I manually go to login options and change the default GUI to KDE. Now I am stuck with KDE, how do I change it back? On KDE I don't see the same option to switch back to GNOME.



This option is missing on my side

Which means ur login manager has changed ? Is it the same login manager but no option to change or it has changed completely ?

My login page just like the picture I attached but I don't have the option to choose GNOME/KDE like the picture.

Now I am stucked with KDE and don't know how to switch back to GNOME.

When you click on certain user, and the entry box for password appear, you should see the option to choose your preferred session...

I would like to try to boot bodhi linux and install it,but after the normal grub2 menu on the cd,it doesn't show the boot screen,it just show weird line all over the screen.
Incase you wonder,my hardware is a asus notebook,with AMD E-350 APU and radeon HD6310M.I think something can be done on boot menu,but don't know who to do it.

I belive it's just some driver problem for the boot screen. The OS is probably loading in the background. Try wait until like 3 minutes. If nothing happens, then something wrong with the boot cd.

rikimtasu: Had the same spec machine that you have. Here's the way to go about it.

1. Boot Linux USB/Disc
2. Press Tab on the default boot option
3. Add this line : acpi=noirc
4. Linux boots fine

Oh, add this line to the Grub entries when you already installed it also.