Re: [arch-general] cd/dvd burning software

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

you could use "dd" to burn iso images, in command line.
http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/how-to-burn-iso-image-to-dvd-and-usb-using-dd

or if u need a simple easy-to-use gui, u can go for balena Etcher

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 07:58, mick howe via arch-general <
arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

> I'm chasing a simple program to burn CD/DVD and print a simple, plain
> text file list prefer to fit the disc case
>
> mick in glen innes 2370
>

[arch-general] adding Polybar to offical Repos

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Dear all,
i am using i3 wm with Polybar as my status bar. i created the currently
installed packages list using pacman's hook command.
when i try to do fresh installation, i can get only the packages that are
present in official Repos that doesnot include Polybar.
Then after installing Yay  i can get Polybar from AUR. it is quite
inconvenience, and i dont know why Polybar is not added to official
packages,

Polybar is quite popular as well as it has quite good features.

is is possible to include Polybar to the official packages under extra or
community? if not could u plz explain?

Thanks in advance

regards
Ramkumar

[arch-general] Graceful shutdown Arch Linux

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Dear Arch users,
I am Ramkumar from India, i use Archlinux with i3 and no login manager.
When i try to shutdown the machine, it throws lot of warnings about
ethernet port and etc..
and when turning on the machine and open an application, say firefox, it
shows like it has been crashed as if it was a forceful shutdown. But i
checked it whether firefox is closed before shutting down and it was
closed.
I am worried whether i am doing some nasty things while shutting the
machine down.
Could you please help me with some graceful shutdown options for Arch linux?

Thanks in advance

-Ramkumar

Re: [arch-general] FOSDEM: Arch Linux hackathon, Jan 30 - 31

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Wow nice, but too bad i am in India :(

On Sun, 5 Jan 2020, 12:06 am Jerome Leclanche,  wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> The Arch Linux team is organizing two full-day hackathons on January 30th
> and 31st in Brussels, the two days before FOSDEM (https://fosdem.org/2020/
> ).
>
> Lunch and drinks will be provided, and other activities such as board games
> are on the menu for the later hours / evenings.
> If you are interested in contributing to Arch Linux and wish to join the
> hackathon, please email me *directly* at this email address with the
> following details:
>
> - Name and phone number / preferred method of contact
> - Rough availabilities on 30th and 31st of January (You do not have to
> attend both days)
>
> Slots are limited, and FOSDEM is coming up soon, please contact me as soon
> as possible if you wish to register :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> J. Leclanche
>
> PS: If you're attending FOSDEM and looking for help finding accomodations /
> things to do in Brussels, feel free to shoot me an email as well.
>

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 5.3.5 and Kernel 5.3.6 perl warnings

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Thank you Jude..

On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 at 07:16, Jude DaShiell  wrote:

> If you start getting warnings that perl failed to set locale that didn't
> happen on earlier versions of the kernel I know how to fix that.
> First you have to have everything correct in /etc/locale.conf.  If that's
> the case, add to your ~/.bash_profile file
> source /etc/locale.conf then save the edit and do source ~/.bash_profile
> then run your perl application like maybe cpanplus or irssi and
> if everything works on your system like it does on my system you won't get
> those warnings again.
>
>
>
> --
>

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base`, package - manual intervention required

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

The list of packages contained in earlier base group is given by
https://www.archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/base/ link,
like wise
what are the stuff does the latest base package will install?

i got only the dependencies list in here
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/any/base/

On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 04:11, Eli Schwartz via arch-general <
arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

> On 10/11/19 6:10 PM, Daniel Moch via arch-general wrote:
> > I see in the archive[1] that these were deleted for not following the
> > submission guidelines[2]. I'm not sure how that's the case, unless the
> > logic is that since they merely bundle packages in Community that they
> > violate rule #1?
> >
> > If that's the logic, does that mean any meta packages in the AUR violate
> > the submission guidelines?
> >
> > Can someone clarify? I'm genuinely a little confused here ...
> >
> > [1] -
> https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-requests/2019-October/034288.html
> > [2] - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_submission_guidelines
>
> Metapackages are a tough question, but in this case a metapackage to
> ease installation which requires one to use the AUR to get the
> metapackage seems to be quite pointless. Besides which, uploading a
> package as a reactive measure due to the lack of clarity with the former
> base group feels odd when people are working behind the scenes to try to
> figure out what a proper solution in the right place should look like.
>
> --
> Eli Schwartz
> Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
>
>

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

I am sorry if this is a repeated/dumb question. What exactly does the base
package have? I.e. if i install only base "pacstrap /mnt base", then what
stuff will i get in it?
Knowing this i can decide what stuff i have to install in addition.

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

>  A good explanation in installation page could solve that.


Yeah this is what we need..

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Hi, i am not clear why the base group is being replaced.. i searched in
wiki and couldnt get a clear idea why.  Could anyone plz explain?

Re: [arch-general] espeakup

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Ofcourse.. windows is dumb when we compare to linux.. thats y microsoft is
trying to make their useless os useful by fitting linux kernels to it

On Tue, 20 Aug 2019, 11:27 am Jack Wu,  wrote:

> Windows is not so smart.
>
> Let's use Linux instead. XD
>
> Bjoern Franke via arch-general 於 2019/8/19 下午8:31 寫道:
> > Am 18.08.19 um 16:24 schrieb adérito :
> >> I have a question: how do I put the espeakup already tried to restart
> espeeakup when putting arch linux in Portuguese and can not make espeakup
> speak in Portuguese has another way to do this?
> >>
> >> Enviado do Correio para Windows 10
> >>
> > Please tell your Windows 10 not to create new threads.
>
> --
> Best regards!
>
> From Jack Wu 
> GPG Fingerprint: 0A5B AD44 5D80 C1CC
> Website: https://origincode.me/
>
>
>

Re: [arch-general] Whatsapp group

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

> This is against the channel ToS, we do not allow anyone to bridge the
> channel to an external service. One of the most obvious reasons is that
> everything via the bot can't be controlled and as an irc user your data
> is leaked to telegram.
>

Yeah i agree on this. lets go for IRC then.

Re: [arch-general] Whatsapp group

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

> That's what the IRC channels are for:
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_IRC_channels


Is it possible to use android devices to access irc?   If so, can u plz
guide me?

[arch-general] Whatsapp group

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Hey there archers,
How about creating whatsapp group along with this mailing list??..
It will be usefull for beginners to get instant clarifications on their
doubts..

What do you think?

Regards
Ramkumar

Re: [arch-general] How to get "b"-menu in Arch i3

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

What?.. i dont understand.. can u plz elaborate?

On Wed, 17 Jul 2019, 11:51 am Jagannathan Tiruvallur Eachambadi via
arch-general,  wrote:

> Can you not top-post repeatedly.
>
> --
> Regards
> Jagan
> PUBKEY: https://j605.tk/pgp
>

Re: [arch-general] How to get "b"-menu in Arch i3

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Oh.. does that package still alive? And is it safe to install it?

On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, 5:09 pm Notopygos via arch-general, <
arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:11:29 +0530
> Ram Kumar via arch-general  wrote:
>
> > I thought like its a separate package like dmenu, but its not. So as u
> > suggested, i will look for alternatives which are compatible with
> > Arch..
>
> It is a seperate package like dmenu and it is compatible with
> archlinux. It is not present in default repos nor in the aur so you
> have to manually install it (not hard).
>
> ~Notopygos
> --
> 1C24 ED06 365A 6045 C128
> A1C0 FB0E 5321 5307 6E7D
>

Re: [arch-general] How to get "b"-menu in Arch i3

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Hi Notopygos,
I thought like its a separate package like dmenu, but its not. So as u
suggested, i will look for alternatives which are compatible with Arch..

Hi Shorrer,
Its a nice explanation and its clear to understand... thanks a lot for
spending ur time in explaning this..

Thank u guys

On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, 2:05 am Shorrer via arch-general, <
arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

> 'bmenu' is that thing like shown here?
> https://classicforum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=28824.msg246141#msg246141
> If that's so then I think I've found it.
>
> First, I don't know how things are working in Manjaro, but it seems like
> you guys are using
> our AUR so you should be familiar with the thing or you at the very
> least heard about it.
> If not and if you're interested in how it works then here is some
> quick'n'dirty explanation:
> it is community-provided repository of stuff that is required to create an
> installable pacman package. "Stuff" is mostly a PKGBUILD script that
> 'makepkg' can use
> to create a package (you can learn more at
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository)
>
> So, let's get back to 'bmenu'. Seems like we had this package in AUR but
> it was removed.
> Except it actually wasn't and you can still get all the data required to
> create it.
> However, this might not work. After all, the AUR page was taken down for
> some reason...
> Steps to get it:
> 1. Go to some temporary directory that you don't mind unpacking stuff into
> 2. Execute "curl -O
> https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bmenu.tar.gz";
> 3. Execute "tar -xaf bmenu.tar.gz"
> 4. Go to 'bmenu' folder that appeared
> 5. Execute "makepkg -sri"
> 6. Enjoy, I think
>
> Now, you AT LEAST should've got the required package. But, that's not
> all. Now we should
> bind that pesky key and I think I couldn't really tell you how exactly
> that's done as I don't
> remember i3 config syntax, but I'll try to cover up and explain what you
> should look for.
>
> i3 allows you to execute whatever you want from it's binds. As this
> 'bmenu' is, from what
> I've seen, a bash script, it needs bash and, more importantly, a
> terminal window. So it all
> boils down to binding your terminal emulator with argument to launch
> bmenu. It might
> look somehow like this
> bind-key $mod+ctrl+b "terminus -c bmenu"
> (again, this isn't exact line that you should be using).
>
> After that you should be done. You can poke around in PKGBUILD, remove
> "#branch=aur" from
> "sources" variable and get a bit more fresh but probably incompatible
> with Arch version.
> And given that the script itself is a bit, eh, old, it might not
> function properly sometimes.
> If you want you can fix it, push changes to git or fork the thing and
> make your own AUR package.
>
> That's it, I think. Hope this helps one way or another, and also sorry
> if this wall of text
> looks like random gibberish and not a step-by-step guide, I've just had
> very little sleep today.
>
> On 15/07/2019 14:40, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote:
> > Hi there Archers,
> > I am moving from manjaro i3 to Arch now, already started customizing i3
> to
> > my need. Has anyone seen how the "b-menu" in Manjaro i3 is?..it contains
> > bluetooth, network manger etc.. binded to mod+ctrl+b keys by default.
> > how can i get a similar one to my Arch config?.. please guide me.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Fellow newbie Archer
> > Ramkumar
>

[arch-general] How to get "b"-menu in Arch i3

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Hi there Archers,
I am moving from manjaro i3 to Arch now, already started customizing i3 to
my need. Has anyone seen how the "b-menu" in Manjaro i3 is?..it contains
bluetooth, network manger etc.. binded to mod+ctrl+b keys by default.
how can i get a similar one to my Arch config?.. please guide me.

Thanks in advance

Fellow newbie Archer
Ramkumar

Re: [arch-general] I3 installation

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Pretty Nice info guys
Thanks a lot..
Now i got what i need.. i will report on this section mail once i install
i3 on my machine..

Thank you


On Wed, 26 Jun 2019, 5:29 pm Artur Juraszek,  wrote:

> You can also consider sway[1], a nearly drop-in replacement for i3 (with
> gaps support), but based on Wayland. While I don't want to start a
> flamewar between X.org fans and everything else fans, one big feature of
> it is that VSync *just works*, without having to drop into arcane
> configuration details - a game changer for me, personally.
>
> [1] https://github.com/swaywm/sway
>
> Ram Kumar via arch-general writes:
>
> > Hey Archers,
> > I have a fresh installation now. Can you please guide me to install I3
> gaps
> > wm? I have seen sites but they are confusing me.. i need detaied step by
> > step instruction please
>
>

[arch-general] I3 installation

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Hey Archers,
I have a fresh installation now. Can you please guide me to install I3 gaps
wm? I have seen sites but they are confusing me.. i need detaied step by
step instruction please

Re: [arch-general] package contents on fresh Arch install, like python etc...

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Wow.. thank u guys for explanation and for command "pacman -Sg base" .. now
i understood..

On Fri, 21 Jun 2019, 10:14 am Eli Schwartz,  wrote:

> On June 21, 2019 12:05:23 AM EDT, Ram Kumar via arch-general <
> arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
> > Dear Archers,
> > A day back, i made a fresh install of Arch on my desktop. It is
> > completely
> > fresh as like it doesnt even have an account other than root.
> > My doubt is, wont basic tools like python come in Arch install? or do
> > we
> > have to install by ourselves?
> >
> > also can anyone give me a brief approximate list of packages that will
> > come
> > pre-installed in Arch, other than gnu tools?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > yours fellow newbie Archer
> > Ramkumar
>
> That's not really how it works. Arch does not come with programs
> preinstalled, because when you follow the Installation Guide and `pacstrap`
> a new system, you interactively choose which programs from the base group
> are desired.
>
> What will be installed is:
> - A kernel, because you need it to boot.
> - Pacman, because it is used for installing and removing things.
> - Standard POSIX tools (*not* gnu tools) like the core utilities,
>   grep, awk, sed, tar, find, sh and so on. Note that most are the
>   GNU versions by default, but it is possible to swap them out, e.g.
>   use busybox.
> - Select tools that are used by people for basic setup, like
>   filesystem support tools or networking tools (wpa_supplicant,
>   netctl).
>
> Python, and anything else you want on an application level, should be
> generally assumed to not exist unless you install it manually or unless it
> is basic scripting tools that are advertised by POSIX (in which case you
> can usually use them on any Linux distro without checking whether they are
> installed).
>
> --
> Eli Schwartz
> Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

[arch-general] package contents on fresh Arch install, like python etc...

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Dear Archers,
A day back, i made a fresh install of Arch on my desktop. It is completely
fresh as like it doesnt even have an account other than root.
My doubt is, wont basic tools like python come in Arch install? or do we
have to install by ourselves?

also can anyone give me a brief approximate list of packages that will come
pre-installed in Arch, other than gnu tools?

Thanks in advance
yours fellow newbie Archer
Ramkumar

Re: [arch-general] Dual boot Arch with Windows 10

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

I will go through the links guys, thanks a lot..

And Yi Zheng, me neither like UEFI, but what to do, nowadays all laptops
comes as UEFI.. and to change it to MBR i have to wipe the entire drive :(


On Mon, 27 May 2019, 12:31 pm Yi Zheng via arch-general, <
arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

> I hate UEFI...
>
> Ali Emre Gülcü via arch-general  于2019年5月27日周一
> 下午2:41写道：
>
> > >
> > > create a USB-Key, install extlinux onto it.  In extlinux.conf, you can
> > > provide kernel cmdline, with root=UUID=xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx
> > > In that way, you can boot your archlinux(and any other linux) from USB,
> > and
> > > using your main HDD(partition) as the rootfs.
> > >
> > > Note, every time you update the kernel, you must copy the updated
> vmliuz
> > +
> > > initramfs.img into you USB disk.
> > >
> > > That is not a LIVE USB-Key, it just an bootable kernel + initramfs.
> Not a
> > > completed OS.
> > >
> >
> > You can do that just in case but I don't think it will be necessary. I am
> > using Arch for years now in 3 different UEFI computers with Windows 10.
> > Just follow the installation guide and boot loader wiki page. Just like
> > Jason and Artur linked, wiki warns you for possible problems before you
> > face them and suggests fixes.
> > In case you wonder, I am using systemd-boot with (almost) default
> configs.
> > Never used GRUB with Arch but it doesn't cause any problems on other
> Linux
> > distros (at least for me) with Windows 10 dual boot so it is a safe bet
> > too.
> >
> > >
> >
>

[arch-general] Dual boot Arch with Windows 10

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Hello Archers,
I am planning to install Arch on a dual boot with windows 10. But i have
read online that on a dual boot with windows 10, the bootloader will
disappear after a windows update and can be cured only by using a live usb.
They say that it is for general linux dual boot and not specific to our
Arch. Before trying for myself, i would like to know whether anyone here
have faced it before, if so, what is the better solution to it?.

I need windows too because of ansys package that i use.. could you please
help me with this?


Thanks in advance

Ramkumar

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Wow,.. Nice to hear that Dorian. Thank you

On Sun, 26 May 2019, 10:56 pm Dorian C via arch-general, <
arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

> I wouldn't install it any other way. I'm using a samsung pro ssd, install
> date was 3-15-2015 no issues whatsoever, on a 2009 HP 8200 elite mind you,
> so i'm guessing my pc will go before my ssd. Proper partition alignment is
> essential for optimal performance and longevity, also check this out:
> arch_solid_state_drive
> 
>
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 11:49 AM Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general <
> arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
>
> > Em maio 22, 2019 12:42 Daurnimator escreveu:
> > > On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 01:34, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general
> > >  wrote:
> > >> Just don't enable discards at the fs mount options and you should be
> > fine. Install
> > >> and enable the fstrim.timer so it runs once a week, which is enough.
> > >
> > > Oh? Why is this?
> > > I've had both enabled for multiple years now.
> > >
> >
> > On NVMe Intel recommends to no have continuous discards at the fs level:
> >
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Solid_state_drive/NVMe#Discards
> >
> > Regards,
> > Giancarlo Razzolini
>

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Oh!.. these features are also available??!!!.. great yeah..

On Thu, 23 May 2019, 2:18 pm Ralf Mardorf via arch-general, <
arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 May 2019 09:01:49 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> >The SSD drive also reports its own personal view of lifetime remaining
> >and other interesting statistics using
> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T%2E.
> >
> >173 Ave_Block-Erase_Count   -O--CK   095   095   000-77
> >202 Percent_Lifetime_Remain CK   095   095   001-5
> >
> >`smartctl -x /dev/sda', for example, can gather the data.
>
> Only if it's in the data base.
>
> [root@archlinux rocketmouse]# smartctl -x /dev/sda | grep 'Vendor
> Specific SMART Attributes' -A 11
> Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME  FLAGSVALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
>   9 Power_On_Hours  -O--C-   100   100   000-16224
>  12 Power_Cycle_Count   -O--C-   100   100   000-581
> 167 Unknown_Attribute   -O---K   100   100   000-0
> 168 Unknown_Attribute   -O--C-   100   100   000-0
> 169 Unknown_Attribute   PO   100   100   010-0
> 173 Unknown_Attribute   -O--C-   161   161   000-0
> 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--C-   100   100   000-149
> 194 Temperature_Celsius PO---K   073   065   020-27 (Min/Max
> 10/35)
> 241 Total_LBAs_Written  -O--CK   100   100   000-287072
> ||_ K auto-keep
>
> For the SSDs on my machine I'm using "ocz-ssd-utility" to get erase
> count, lifetime percentage and other SMART information, let alone that
> I could update the firmware, while the SSDs are used.
>

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Excelent, thanks

Now my next immediate task will be to install Arch on Ssd and begin using
it...

On Thu, 23 May 2019, 9:47 am David C. Rankin, <
drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/22/2019 10:12 PM, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote:
> > Nice,
> > Thanks a lot guys. My first job for tomorrow will be to install Arch on
> my
> > laptop.
> >
> > can you explain me a little detail on that rewrite stuff?, i am slightly
> > confused
>
>   Sure, here is a good article that explains it:
>
> How Long do SSDs Really Last?
> https://www.ontrack.com/blog/2018/02/07/how-long-do-ssds-really-last/
>
>   You can find many more similar articles, and if you find the old
> (pre-2015)
> ones, you will see the fear they had on exceeding the cell write limits.
> SSD's
> have improved significantly, and the cell re-write issue has gone away for
> the
> most part.
>
>   As mentioned in the article to hit the lifetime of a 250GB drive in one
> year, you would need to re-write 190GB per-day, every day, for the entire
> year.
>
>   In normal desktop/laptop use, you rarely write more than 1-2GB a day on
> average -- so that would translate into a 190-95 year wear-life for the
> drive
> under normal use. Even at 10GB a day, that would be a 19 year life for the
> drive.
>
>   So based on those figures, you would install Arch with your choice of
> desktop, use it for the day, delete everything and repeat the
> install/delete
> every day for 10 years and still be fine.
>
> --
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
>

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Nice,
Thanks a lot guys. My first job for tomorrow will be to install Arch on my
laptop.

can you explain me a little detail on that rewrite stuff?, i am slightly
confused

On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 01:41, David C. Rankin <
drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/22/2019 10:27 AM, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote:
> > I bought a new laptop that has NVMe ssd on it. I would like to install
> Arch
> > on that, is there any precautions that i need to take? Also i would like
> to
> > get feedback from Archers who already tried this.
>
> Drive it like you stole it!
>
> No special precautions needed for SSD anymore. The old write-limitations
> have
> all but disappeared. Samsungs 3/5 year warranties presume a 60% daily
> rewrite
> of the drive (so for a 1T drive, that's 600GB of daily writes assumed)
>
> Like 11 sec boots from OFF to Full Desktop? They are pretty amazing
> compared
> to platter. Have large builds (like rebuilding php or KDE). Compile times
> now
> a fraction of what they were with platter drives.
>
> See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Solid_state_drive for TRIM or
> fstrim
> configs/consideration.
>
> --
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
>

[arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

[Ram Kumar via arch-general]

Hello fellow Archers,
I bought a new laptop that has NVMe ssd on it. I would like to install Arch
on that, is there any precautions that i need to take? Also i would like to
get feedback from Archers who already tried this.

Thanks in advance

Ramkumar