The Archlinux thread

[abhinandh]

i successfully installed arch linux but am unable to configure the network.
my realtek ethernet controller uses r8169 module.module loads but card is not detected.
under ubuntu,

dmesg | grep r8169

gives

[   24.262045] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK loaded
[   32.373381] r8169: eth0: link up
[   32.373390] r8169: eth0: link up

but the same gives no output under arch.help me.
i want my dataone working.

[mehulved]

Show the output of

ifconfig

lspci

[ray|raven]

Offtopic:
Dude, hows arch linux?
Wanted to try it for quite some time now,
just cant get the free time to do it.

Regards,
ray

[abhinandh]

Offtopic:
Dude, hows arch linux?
Wanted to try it for quite some time now,
just cant get the free time to do it.

Regards,
ray

arch with kdemod rocks.lovin it.except 4 this problem.

[ray|raven]

Offtopic again:
How much difference in memory consumption can you see,
between kde and kdemod?

[abhinandh]

ifconfig gives no output
lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/P Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 945G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Unknown device 8136 (rev 01)

[ray|raven]

Hope this helps,
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=41481

Regards,
ray

[abhinandh]

Offtopic again:
How much difference in memory consumption can you see,
between kde and kdemod?

kdemod is optimised kde which is slick and fast.mem diff is ~100mb
arch is itself fast.
29sec to desktop compared to 55sec of ubuntu.

[mehulved]

It's detected all right. See

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Unknown device 8136 (rev 01)

[abhinandh]

Hope this helps,
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=41481

Regards,
ray

SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: No such device

gettin eth0 : no such device at boot also

[mehulved]

Now. How do you connect to internet?

[abhinandh]

Now. How do you connect to internet?

bridge mode.pppoe

guys wait a min.i downloaded arch from the taiwan mirror as it is near but that bloody mirror contained 0.7 iso whwreas 0.8 is latest.
so will download and install 0.8.

[praka123]

^ "ifconfig -a" will give u the available network.
in a root terminal "ifconfig eth0 up" will bring up eth0 -if it is ur lan interface.also loopback interface also must be up.

I am also lurking for a good kde distro.
If it is a gnome distro like Ubuntu,I completely removes qt libs(libqt3..) from it.
likewise,is it possible in any kde distro to completely purge gtk libs?
I dont think so esp in opensuse,kubuntu,fedora etc.
will have to look what arch linux has got

@abhinandh:did u installed it via ftp method?
I am gonna try tonight .already downloaded the ftp-iso of rc-iso Archlinux-i686-2007.11-0.4.ftp.iso
I am not familiar with pacman.but lets see.I am sure,archlinux will be much faster than other distros as it is gonna optimize the build.

[abhinandh]

@abhinandh:did u installed it via ftp method?
I am gonna try tonight .already downloaded the ftp-iso of rc-iso Archlinux-i686-2007.11-0.4.ftp.iso
I am not familiar with pacman.but lets see.I am sure,archlinux will be much faster than other distros as it is gonna optimize the build.

no.will first install core iso and then install X,DE etc

[praka123]

I have completed core installation.now I have to configure rp-pppoe on arch.the bad thing is pppoe is not installed on default install

[abhinandh]

I have completed core installation.now I have to configure rp-pppoe on arch.the bad thing is pppoe is not installed on default install

hey try pppoe-setup. it was installed by default in the 0.7.02 version.heard that it is also a part of rp-pppoe package.

[praka123]

^it is NOT available.I had installed using rc-iso(latest).although pppoe-setup I configured in Live cd,but not able to get it in hdd install.
looks like I have to manually add repositories,sync and install all those.
did u have testing repo enabled?
my /etc/pacman.conf looks like this:

#

# Testing is disabled by default.  To enable, uncomment the following
# two lines.  You can add preferred servers immediately after the header,
# and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# Unstable is disabled by default.  To enable, uncomment the following
# two lines.  You can add preferred servers immediately after the header,
# and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[unstable]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
#

[kdemod]
Server = http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/current/i686

^NOte that I have to add repositories. and my net is so sloww this morning

[abhinandh]

@prakash, everything now workin.
installed x, firefox and should install kdemod
my first post from arch!!!!

[praka123]

^congrats.I have finished archlinux yesterday,though I have to reinstall for the reason of not installing rp-pppoe package.I have used ftp method for installation,cheap and best .
Now,tonight gonna install X,kdemod et al.
and what about ABS?didja tried?

BTW,pacman remembers conary experience I had with foresight linux loong back!

[abhinandh]

^congrats.I have finished archlinux yesterday,though I have to reinstall for the reason of not installing rp-pppoe package.I have used ftp method for installation,cheap and best .
Now,tonight gonna install X,kdemod et al.
and what about ABS?didja tried?

BTW,pacman remembers conary experience I had with foresight linux loong back!

did not try ABS.will try.btw how much size is kdemod-complete package?
waht sound server will u install?

[praka123]

donno.kdemod means kde in modular form,ie,u install only needed packages,not whole kde mess!

[abhinandh]

alsa not workin on intel hidef audio.

alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed

jus checked.kdemod is ~400mb install.so have to install it in the happy hours.

[praka123]

u have to modprobe necessary modules.that u can find it via
"lsmod" command in ur Ubuntu or any livecd which detects ur audio.
BTW,just found my archlinux went corrupt,have to reinstall as UPS failed when power went off and now arch is complaining that only read is allowed

[mehulved]

Maybe you just need to remount it as ro in single user mode and run fsck to correct errors.
fsck -y should help if there are too many errors.

[praka123]

^I had already tried fsck -fvy via my Debian Sid.arch simply failed.

[Dark Star]

Abhinandh can you post an installation guide.. I mean installing all that stuff like X11 and all.. I installed Arch but there was nothing I had to compile everything by my own but I didn't knew a single command

donno.kdemod means kde in modular form,ie,u install only needed packages,not whole kde mess!

You 1'st have to install KDE then one will install KDE Mod.. ALso I can configure my Kubuntu better than KDE Mod.. Or same just like KDE mod Like same translucent panel and all

[praka123]

^but they(kdemod) asked first to purge all ur kde,qt libs before going for kdemod.check their page

[praka123]

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
@abhinandh:kaise chal raha hey?I am having very low speeds @11KB/s to max 35KB/s in all mirrors while downloading
which mirror are u using?
did u tried rankmirror script?
I am downloading Xorg,nvidia driver,vim etc now
the dataone speed sux

[praka123]

________________________________
OK.finished installing archlinux(Arch Linux (Core Dump) as per /etc/issue) with kdemod 8) .it was a PITA with night bb getting as low as 11KB/s speeds
now everything is fine.below is my screenshot of default(wallpaper changed) installation.yeah,I am very new to kde yes,it is kdemod,thanks to the devels for that!where is @darkstar ?


aur haan-it is booting very fast much faster than ubuntu gutsy,a bit faster than my stock Debian Sid :
I am gonna try kde for some time.too much accustomed with Gnome

pacman is a good package manager.there may be gui frontends,but I have not tried.mirrors are painfullly slow at Happy hours.
@abhinandh:there is some bugs in new installation:
u have to "chmod 1777 /tmp" ur directory and edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and in bottom,correct the entry as:

 Setup-Entry
Server = http://mirror.neotuli.net/arch/$repo/os/i686

I am using firefox3beta from their repositories.there are lot of user built packages available along with ABS(yet to try!).

a perfect kde distro(better than suse!)

[abhinandh]

great prakash.me gettin good speeds ~205 from Australia mirrors(after rankmirrors script).i installed kdemod too.it's better than stock kde.

@darkstar, try this guide.it is fairly simple.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide

prakash, usin i686 or x86_64?me using x86_64.