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Whenever I try anything Linux-related, my headphones start to squeal and it doesn't stop. I tried changing the audio driver (JBL headphones) on Windows, and everything is fine. Windows has Realtek installed. submitted by /u/Dense_Owl_2157 [link] [comments]

Hey everyone, I'm fully new, just started to customise fastfetch after installing arch with its installer and out of nowhere my keys partially swapped or disappeared. The last command I executed was "fastfetch --list-logos" and after that when typing c/f/q I get white dots in their places. Furthermore the w has been replaced by c, y by z and z by q. The majority of the other symbols have also swapped places. There seems to be a bit more wrong. The alphabet looks like this: ab-de-ghijklmnop-rstuvcxzq AB-DEFGHI-KLMNOPQ---UV-X-Y Update: I turned the laptop off and on again, the letters work again, but the installation is gone for some reason. No sleep tonight till everything works. submitted by /u/Artur_is_annoying [link] [comments]

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Hello everybody, My old notebook runs Arch Linux on two SSDs: a 500 GB drive with LUKS and LVM encryption, and a second one with several directories mounted after login. I originally chose to install Arch Linux with full-disk encryption because I used the notebook for both private and work purposes. However, since I now have a dedicated work laptop, I no longer need the encryption. Until now, I haven’t bothered to change it, but with my notebook being nearly 10 years old, I recently got a new one along with a larger SSD. My goal is to migrate my Arch Linux installation to the new SSD while removing the encryption. So far, I’ve hesitated to proceed because the process might take an unpredictable amount of time. I’ve written down a rough plan of what needs to be done: Boot the old notebook from a USB drive with the new SSD connected via an external enclosure. Open, decrypt, and mount the LUKS/LVM combination. Use dd to clone the decrypted old SSD to the new SSD. Modify /etc/fstab to reflect the new setup. Reconfigure mkinitcpio. At this point, I’m still undecided whether migrating the old installation to the new SSD or performing a fresh Arch Linux install on the new SSD and then copying over my data and configurations would be the better approach. I’d be grateful for any help, comments, or ideas! submitted by /u/Sepinos [link] [comments]

hey guys, wanted to get some feedback from veterans here. i wanted an autonomous background worker for my machine, so i built a persistent systemd daemon (runs as a dedicated yantra_daemon user, not root) that reads telemetry and executes tasks. the terrifying part is obviously letting an LLM execute bash scripts. here is the architecture i built to stop it from nuking the host: The Sandbox: all generated code runs in an ephemeral alpine docker container. hard limits: network_mode="none", cap_drop=["ALL"], user="nobody". it literally cannot escape or hit the network. Host Gateway: for actual host maintenance, it cannot use docker. so it uses an ssh gateway that only allows strictly whitelisted commands (like systemctl restart X). Atomic Rollbacks: for updates, i wrote a pacman hook that takes a btrfs snapshot milliseconds before execution. if the daemon runs pacman -Syu and bricks the OS, i just reboot into grub and restore the snapshot from 5 seconds ago. the whole stack is python, asyncio, and a pure TUI (purged wayland/x11 completely to keep it minimal). i won't drop the project link here to respect the spam rules, but let me know in the comments if you want to read the full architecture spec. mostly looking for critiques on this sandbox setup. has anyone else messed around with autonomous systemd daemons? submitted by /u/YantraOS [link] [comments]

Story is, after distro hopping between mint, cachy, fedora and a few others for about a year now, I’m going to (attempt) an arch install. However, it keeps spitting this error when booting into the USB. I can get to the install screen just fine, although from my hour or so of searching whatever the hell this error is, most say it’s something to do with corruption in some form. I’ve verified the SHA256 checksum, and that was fine. submitted by /u/Few_Boot_8441 [link] [comments]

Ever since the last update of KDE, it seems that the cursor on the desktop is incredibly laggy, that its unsuable. I asked claude and it seems like mesa or something broke, and switching to software cursor doesn't help. I am on nvidia on arch linux on the latest drivers and latest plasma version. Anyone have any workarounds or any idea when it will be fixed? It makes me want to switch to windows. I put the nvidia kernel modeset to 1 in the kernel so its not that, not sure whats causing it. Anyone have any issues? I am on an nvidia optimus laptop (Lenovo Legion 5i with a RTX 2060), my brother on a desktop does not have this issue. submitted by /u/Linuksoid [link] [comments]

I am currently using Arch + KDE, it looks like windows and more control. I want to install a tiling window manager. Should I install Hyprland and configure myself (and learn in the process) or Install Omarchy (with all preinstalled preconfigured) what can i do? if you guys can share any dotfiles, yes please. submitted by /u/0xt0bi03 [link] [comments]

A week ago I published a prebuilt version of webkit2gtk (webkit2gtk-bin), yesterday it got removed following a deletion request from another user. Is there a particular reason I couldn't publish that package? I've checked my emails and I only got notified about the request and the deletion, got no actual explanation of the reason it got accepted. Github Repository that hosted the bin: https://github.com/Brodino96/webkit2gtk-automator, it should be important to note that the code is running on my own server. Edit: My bad, as pointed out by u/cafce25 the reason Is stated in: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-requests@lists.archlinux.org/message/65FT2X7DMUJODFVBWUWUAEAKDCQIMDQ3/ I just tought It was a description of the package, not the removal reason submitted by /u/Brodino__ [link] [comments]

hi wen i try to play a dvd whit vlc it gives me the subsecuent error: The input cannot be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL “dvd:///dev/sr0”. Check the log for details. i installed libdvdread libdvdcss libdvdnav already and restarted the pc i don't know what else to do found solution if some other soul happens this to vcl has been split off into separate packages this is the one for dvds susudo pacman -S vlc-plugin-dvd submitted by /u/alreadytakenm [link] [comments]

Whenever I open steam my audio stops working system wide and only starts working again after a reboot I'm running Arch xfce4 on my thinkpad x270 submitted by /u/Equivalent-Fix9391 [link] [comments]

I just turned on my laptop for the first time in a couple of days and it exhibited some strange behaviour. When I tried to enter my disk password, it wouldn't work. I entered the GRUB console and found out that the U, I, O, 7, 8, and 9 keys were not working, and instead controlled the text cursor forward and back, home and end. Looking it up, it seems like it is an accessibility feature on some OSs to control the mouse with your keyboard called "mouse keys". I don't know how it got enabled in GRUB, but I was locked out of my laptop. I ended up connecting a different keyboard to type in my password and it worked. Once in my computer, the issue persisted within Arch, making me think it was some sort of BIOS keyboard layout issue, but there is no configuration of that kind in my BIOS. After a while, the keyboard just suddenly went back to normal like nothing happened. Does anyone know what could have caused this? I was able to fix it, but it's a strange behaviour to experience. I am also just posting this so it hopefully comes up on google if anyone needs to troubleshoot this, because I haven't found much info surrounding it. Along with this too, when I gave my laptop a reboot afterwards, all of my site cookies were cleared on both librewolf (i have clear cookies on exit disabled,) and weirdly firefox too, which i don't ever use but have as a backup with some sites signed in. This makes me think that a virus could be on my computer, but other than that nothing else has happened, and like I said it all happened after having my computer off for a couple of days. Maybe a solar flare flip some bit or some shit idk. If you've experienced this before lmk submitted by /u/Soft-Diet-9780 [link] [comments]

I've spent the past 5 hours trying to figure it out. It has the 390xx drivers. I am new and need Arch for something I plan to host on my server in the future. All I am asking for is 1080P submitted by /u/Little_Conclusion_24 [link] [comments]

Okay, so I've got a TP-Link Archer TX3000E (pci) and an ALFA AWUS1900 (usb). My router is a Sagemcom F@st 5260. (forgive mefor being terse, but I'm omitting the presentation that was somehow missing from my previous attempt) On windows and debian, both devices connected to my network simultaneously, or with one in monitor mode, or with the two on different networks, vpns on and off, any sort of thing you might do works. On Arch when the (usb) is connected to my network it does...SOMETHING...that my router resolves by blacklisting everything that was on the network at the time of the thing. Because the 2G is visible on the available list of APs and the 5G is not (which is what I was using at the time). Also my phone was disconnected from and could not see the 5G. Reset router and it's back. This happened most recently with only the (usb) connected to my network after 3+ days of functioning normally. I'm glad to provide outputs from any digging in anyone might wanna see. submitted by /u/EverythingIsFnTaken [link] [comments]

I installed Arch yesterday, but when booting into the installation after installing `NetworkManager`, I noticed that the internet was disconnecting any minute or so. This didn't happen when I was using Kubuntu. Can someone please tell me if this fix will work, and if not, can someone tell me a fix? Terminal: ```bash sudo pacman -S wireless_tools sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off ``` `/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf`: ```ini [connection] wifi.powersave=2 ``` Thanks! submitted by /u/HelpfulPlatypus7988 [link] [comments]

I recently updated my computer and noticed that whenever I connect my headphones, the sound goes away. After a crazy amount of troubleshooting, I noticed that Line Out goes to zero as soon as I connect my headphone. The current fix I have it to always reset it using amixer -c 0 set ‘Line Out’ 80%. Here is a video showing how the sound goes to zero as soon as I connect a headphone. At this point, I’m tired having to run the above command every time I connect my headphones. Any help in fixing this will be greatly appreciated as I don't know much about the sound system on linux. submitted by /u/FalbWolowich [link] [comments]

If you do not mind too much and would like to either point me in the general direction or provide an outright solution I would appreciate it. I would like to set up a new guest user. I would like to provide them only the programs and packages I choose instead of the user having access to all the packages and programs I have installed. The idea behind this is for this new guest user to have their own separate programs from mine. A clean slate I can use as a template for later. submitted by /u/Clippy4Life [link] [comments]

Trying to get ollama running at home today and it wasn't seeing my GPU. Turns out the ollama-cuda package isn't installing anything. 0 bytes even showing on the official page: archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/ollama-cuda/ I would have assumed this would have been noticed by someone already? Can it be reported by a normal user like me? submitted by /u/TheRob2D [link] [comments]

KDE Plasma 6 task manager with macOS-style dock zoom animation, smart launcher badges, and advanced window management features. It's based on the default task manager of KDE 6.6. Feature Cairo Penguin option in the skin to change the position of the task indicator. The resolution of the icons has been corrected, as they appear blurry when zoomed in. update pine skin new skin elegantia. Package in github. - Opensuse - Fedora - Arch Linux - kubuntu Github: https://github.com/vickoc911/org.vicko.wavetask submitted by /u/vickoc [link] [comments]

I'd been running a simple DNS server with a headless arch install for several months now, but recently got an itch to expand and needed a solution to have multiple ip addresses pointing at the same machine. Regardless of the best, easiest or most straightforward path, I decided to virtualize DNS and have a simple bridge device for the purpose. I've done this before for VMs on a workstation (with a gui, mind you) and figured transferring the skill to command line would be a surmountable challenge, if not easy. Spinning up a quick container didn't present much if any trouble and getting it and the host to resolve some URLs was, expectedly, roughly as simple as my initial set up. But then came my white whale -- getting shit on the network. I genuinely, at this point, have no idea where things started going wrong, but freely concede my minimal knowledge of networking concepts and superficial understanding of the stack of networking software in use on my install were almost certainly the major contributing factors (a needy five year old and home restoration project playing bit parts as well, to be fair to myself). In the end I had so little record or recollection of what commands i had trialed, what changes id hamfistedly made, and what previously functional configuration id clumsily tweaked to put a containerized DNS server on my network that the simplest path forward became reinstalling the whole ass OS. I mean, that's embarrassing, right? But most frustratingly it leaves me, consistent with the most frustratingly prevalent pattern, of sitting at this interface of proficiency of a level worthy of offering a decent opinion and that of an over-excited fanboy. I'm quite certain of a number of personal things leading to this that are stubbornly unmoving, but from a more practical standpoint -- is networking this great white whale for any others of you? On its face, it seems straightforward enough, but each time I try to dig in to the deeper concepts I find myself paragraphs into reading with no greater understanding. Any books, articles, other resources any of you can recommend on the topic? Frankly, the layered concept of networking is probably the or at least a big missing piece. Anyway, thanks for reading and any input. submitted by /u/G0ldiC0cks [link] [comments]

Context: Software Developer, but asking for non-work casual PC Casual PC user - document editing, image crop, export to PDF, PDF merge, editing, etc Occasionally use it for personal development projects Sometimes don't open laptop for months at a time - Is this a problem? What I like - Minimalism + Tiling Window Managers + keyboard led approach Skills Basic Linux (C/C++ dev at work) No experience with setting up OS from scratch, debugging Linux OS & hardware drivers I hear the stability of arch depends on how frequently you update and "maintain" it. Q. What does maintenance of an Arch distro mean/look like for you? Q. Would you recommend it to someone who may on occasion not even open that laptop for months at a time and use it for short bursts/intervals in between? submitted by /u/anon_pr_ [link] [comments]

EDIT: new BTRFS FS created using the old UUID, btrfs send backups restored via btrfs receive, read-write snapshots of the imported ones created, done... https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1t3g0up/btrfs_rootfs_got_corrupted_likely_due_to_a_flaky/ojwtn0j/ The last time I had a corrupted filesystem was ~25 years ago, with faulty hardware, so I'm a little bit annoyed that this happened to me again now. Yesterday evening, my web browser suddenly crashed and couldn't be restarted. Apparently the crash log it tried to generate couldn't be written to the filesystem either. After launching Konsole and trying to investigate, FISH also couldn't write its history file. I immediately recognized that the FS was remounted as read-only, so I checked the kernel log and saw countless of BTRFS errors, with the kernel having it remounted as RO to protect it from further corruption. I stored the kernel log on my other BTRFS filesystem (data/media RAID1 on two HDDs) and shut down after quickly checking the SMART status on my storage devices, which were all fine. Relevant kernel log (after that just journalctl errors due to RO FS): https://pastebin.com/wJY72Wig My root BTRFS is on a Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe SSD, encrypted in a LUKS2 container/partition, with @, @home and a couple of other subvolumes. @ and @home have automated snapper snapshots. In the Arch install ISO, btrfs check --readonly spat out lots of errors (as well as the --backup flag): [1/8] checking log skipped (none written) [2/8] checking root items [3/8] checking extents tree extent[430374912, 16384] parent 420929421312 has no backref item in extent tree tree extent[430374912, 16384] parent 420925227008 has no tree block found incorrect global backref count on 430374912 found 18 wanted 17 backpointer mismatch on [430374912 16384] data extent[221628784640, 12288] referencer count mismatch (parent 761380864) wanted 0 have 1 data extent[221628784640, 12288] bytenr mimsmatch, extent item bytenr 221628784640 file item bytenr 0 data extent[221628784640, 12288] referencer count mismatch (parent 761364480) wanted 1 have 0 backpointer mismatch on [221628784640 12288] ERROR: errors found in extent allocation tree or chunk allocation [4/8] checking free space tree [5/8] checking fs roots ERROR: unknown key (12414623 36 0) found in leaf 224469680128 [...42997 more "unknown key" lines...] ERROR: errors found in fs roots Opening filesystem to check... Checking filesystem on /dev/mapper/cryptroot UUID: ... found 355694530560 bytes used, error(s) found total csum bytes: 332012940 total tree bytes: 5375229952 total fs tree bytes: 4656857088 total extent tree bytes: 297254912 btree space waste bytes: 1150785676 file data blocks allocated: 856934658048 referenced 538726563840 I was able to mount the FS as RO and access the data just fine though, at least from the last snapshots and live subvolumes (didn't check old snapshots). Even though I already have backups of the most important stuff, I created backups of the last snapshots via btrfs send --proto 2 --compressed-data -f /path/to/backup /path/to/snapshot. I also btrfs received the backups on my data/media RAID to check the backed up data, in case no errors were logged during send (and/or receive). All the data is there. After that I ran a memtest86+, but after ~25 mins there were errors in my second memory bank. I have a Ryzen 3950X with 4x16 GiB 3600 Mhz CAS 16-19-19-39 modules from G.Skill. The 3600 Mhz are set by the DOCP profile, to match my CPU's Infinity Fabric Clock at 1800 Mhz. That's why I bought these modules in 2019. I guess this could be the reason for the BTRFS corruption, flaky RAM modules, but it's of course also possible that this was caused by a bug in the kernel. I was running 6.19.13 for about two weeks. At least the kernel's RO remount prevented more FS corruption. I have now downclocked the RAM modules to 3200 Mhz (JEDEC speeds) and memtest86+ successfully ran for 8 hours this night. Now I don't know how to proceed. Should I attempt a btrfs check --repair or start from scratch (since I can just send/receive the backed up snapshots again)? I obviously haven't run the rapair yet, because it's potentially destructive. If it "succeeds" though, I don't know if I can trust the integrity of the FS again. Starting anew with a fresh BTRFS sounds like the sane option, but this means copying everything again, losing old snapshots, and also updating the UUIDs in my configs. Any advice? Thanks for reading. submitted by /u/abbidabbi [link] [comments]

Please keep all discussion respectful. Focus on the topic itself, refrain from personal arguments and quarrel. Most importantly, do not target any contributor or staff. Discussing the technical implementation and impact of this is quite welcome. Making it about a person is never a good way to have proper discussion, and such comments will be removed. As far as I know, there is currently no official statement and nothing implemented or planned about this topic by Arch Linux. But we can use this pinned post, as the subreddit is getting spammed otherwise. A new post may be pinned later. To avoid any misinterpretation: Do not take anything here as official. This subreddit is not a part of the Arch Linux organization; this is a separate community. And the mods are not Arch staff neither, we are just Reddit users like you who are interested in Arch Linux. The following are all I have seen related to Arch and this topic: This Project Management item is where any future legal requirement or action about this issue would be tracked. The are currently no specific details or plans on how, or even whether, we will act on this. This is a tracking issue to keep paper-trail on the current actions and evaluation progress. This by Pacman lead developer. (I suggest reading through the comments too for some more satire) Why is no-one thinking of the children and preventing such filth being installed on their systems. Also, web browsers provide access to adult material on the internet (and as far as I can tell, have no other usage), so we need to block these too. This PR, which is currently not accepted, with this comment by archinstall lead developer : we'll wait until there's an overall stance from Arch Linux on this before merging this, and preferably involve legal representatives on this matter on what the best way forward is for us. submitted by /u/Gozenka [link] [comments]

First read the Arch Linux FAQ from the wiki Code of conduct How do I ask a proper question? Smart Questions XYProblem Please follow the standard list when giving a problem report. What AUR helper should I use? There are no recommended AUR helpers. Please read over the wiki entry on AUR helpers. If you have a question, please search the subreddit for previous questions. If your AUR helper breaks know how to use makepkg manually. I need help with $derivativeDistribution Use the appropriate support channel for your distribution. Arch is DIY distribution and we expect you to guide us through your system when providing support. Using an installer defeats this expectation. Why was the beginners guide removed? It carried a lot of maintenance on the wiki admin as it duplicated a lot of information, and everyone wanted their addition included. It was scrapped for a compact model that largely referenced the main wiki pages. Why Arch Linux? Arch compared to other distributions Follow the wiki. Random videos are unsupported. <plug>Consider getting involved in Arch Linux!</plug> submitted by /u/Foxboron [link] [comments]