Re: [arch-general] Dual Boot with Windows 10 20H2
Hi! El jue., 5 nov. 2020 a las 23:02, escribió: > [...] > CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor 3.60 GHz > RAM: 18 GB > SSD: Samsung 250GB 840 Pro Series for my OS > HDD: WD 2TB as my primary data drive First for all, I have a similar setup. In my case I have a 250GB SSD and two data drives, first is 2TB and second 1TB. > Is it a good choice to install two OS on my system? Yes. I explain. I'm an Arch Linux user since ¿maybe 10 or 15 years ago? I don't remember... Always have dual boot for Windows and Linux. The reason is simple, I'm a "gamer" (no, I don't do Twich videos or have a YouTube channel, only like play computer games). For this reason I need a "video game console", that is Windows. :-D For everything else I use Linux, for work, for browsing Internet, for whatever. With dual-boot I don't have any problem. If I need use my computer, boots Arch, and if i want game, boots Windows. In my case I have this: - In SSD disk (250GB), the first 150GB is for Windows (with the 3 partitions that Windows 10 need), the remaining 100GB for Arch Linux. - The 2TB disk is for Windows data (games need space). - The 1TB disk is for Linux with two partitions, first one (smaller) is for swap and secon one (much bigger) for data (I have several mounts of this disk, for downloads folder, for virtual machines, etc). The installation process is very simple. First for all install Windows reserving the 100GB in SSD for a Linux partition and when you have Windows running install Arch Linux in the reseved partition. If your computer have UEFI you can use systemd-boot for menu choices, if not, GRUB. And there is all. Greetings. -- Óscar García Amor | ogarcia at moire.org | http://ogarcia.me
[arch-general] General protections faults / kernel panics with the Apple Magic Trackpad 2
Hi all. I think I need some help with debugging an issue I have. I recently bought an "Apple Magic Trackpad 2" for reducing strain on my hand (since I have some RSI[0] issues currently), which is supported in Linux since version 4.20[1]. After connecting it to my laptop it worked instantly at first, but "sometimes" un- and replugging the trackpad crashes my system. Often it works fine, but every now and then it triggers `general protection faults` (often while opening big applications like Firefox), causes my status bar to hang up, and usually ends in a freeze. Sometimes, just before the freeze I get thrown back to the console and see a kernel panic at the end of the log. The laptop is a Thinkpad X200 running stock BIOS, Arch Linux and sway, with microcode updates enabled. I could also reproduce the issue with Gnome on Wayland. On Xfce I could not reproduce the issue, and also not on Fedora (which I installed on the same laptop to the same SSD, for testing). I'm using the trackpad only via the USB cable, not via bluetooth. Attached is a snippet from the dmesg output with debug logging enabled (appended `debug` on the kernel cmdline) showing some of the protection faults. I uploaded the full dmesg output here [2]. In this specific dmesg output, most of the protection faults happened concurrently while I was opening Firefox (several times to provoke the crash). A photo of the kernel panic can be found here [3]. This kernel bug report[4] and related arch report[5] seem related to the issue, maybe it's even the same issue? However, the kernel bug report mentions that the issue only affects linux >=5.8.7. In my case, I could reproduce the issue with the following linux versions (installed from the Arch Linux archive): 4.20.0 4.20.1 4.20.3 4.20.7 5.0.0 5.0.13 5.4.74 5.2.0 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.9.2, 5.9.4 5.10rc-2 The USB ID of the trackpad is 05ac:0265. Because I'm very inexperienced with kernel debugging I would appreciate any help/pointers to what would be wise to test next. If this is likely to be an issue with the Linux kernel and not arch-related (unsure, since I could not reproduce it on other distros), please tell me so and I will post to the kernel bug tracker instead. Thanks! Merlin Büge [0]: https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~cscott/rsi.html [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid.git/commit/?h=for-next=9d7b18668956c411a422d04c712994c5fdb23a4b [2]: https://0x0.st/idkH.json [3]: https://0x0.st/idkz.jpg [4]: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209239 [5]: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/67860 -- Merlin Büge amteth_arch_debuglog1_snippet Description: Binary data
Re: [arch-general] Dual Boot with Windows 10 20H2
I'd consider dual-booting the best option and personally I use this when Windows is a requirement. Everything works (just follow the wiki steps) EXCEPT when you try to use a TPM, which is painful to say the least. If you use normal (or no) disk encryption, then go for it. TL;DR- Pros: - Everything works flawlessly (I mean, as flawless as running only linux) Cons: - Secure boot/disk encryption with a TPM is going to be painful. Without a TPM, there's no issue, though. - If you are new, there's always a chance you'd mess up the first time (I remember, during my first Arch installation, I accidentally deleted the Windows bootloader). Although I agree, VirtualBox really sucks. If you want to use Arch on Windows, I'd say try out either Hyper-V (requires Win Pro version) or VMWare (good features are behind a paywall). If I use Arch on Windows, I do it without GUI using Hyper-V (although I've never tried Hyper-V's RDP-like thing), and if I need GUI I just run an X-server on Windows. Or, you can run Windows as a VM. I don't see any reason (taking into account your hardware and windows software needs) why this might be a problem for you. On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 3:32 AM wrote: > > Hello, > > > > i have a problem. > > I would like to go back to ArchLInux, but i must use windows for most > software like a DocumentScanner (Fujitsu Siemens ScanSnap IX500) with OCR > Software, ABBY Fine Reader and so on, i have a LabelPrinter (Brother QL800) > > My Hobby is Photography with my CANON EOS 80D. I use Luminar 4 to edit my > pictures. I found another solution called darktable. But only for this. > > > > I have a PC created by myself in 2015 with specs > > > > CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor 3.60 GHz > > RAM: 18 GB > > SSD: Samsung 250GB 840 Pro Series for my OS > > HDD: WD 2TB as my primary data drive > > > > Is it a good choice to install two OS on my system? > > I like Linux, so i began to learn with Debian 5, with Linux Mint, a little > bit Manjaro and for few months ArchLinux. > > > > I like ArchLInux. > > Is it a good choice to do this or is there another option to use both OS. > > > > A Windows VM with VirtualBox and Boxes doesn’t work fine ☹ i don’t know why > > So this is not an option > > > > > > Please can you help me by my brain storming. > > Many thanks > > >
[arch-general] Dual Boot with Windows 10 20H2
Hello, i have a problem. I would like to go back to ArchLInux, but i must use windows for most software like a DocumentScanner (Fujitsu Siemens ScanSnap IX500) with OCR Software, ABBY Fine Reader and so on, i have a LabelPrinter (Brother QL800) My Hobby is Photography with my CANON EOS 80D. I use Luminar 4 to edit my pictures. I found another solution called darktable. But only for this. I have a PC created by myself in 2015 with specs CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor 3.60 GHz RAM: 18 GB SSD: Samsung 250GB 840 Pro Series for my OS HDD: WD 2TB as my primary data drive Is it a good choice to install two OS on my system? I like Linux, so i began to learn with Debian 5, with Linux Mint, a little bit Manjaro and for few months ArchLinux. I like ArchLInux. Is it a good choice to do this or is there another option to use both OS. A Windows VM with VirtualBox and Boxes doesn’t work fine ☹ i don’t know why So this is not an option Please can you help me by my brain storming. Many thanks
