So I installed Arch

[dimi]

I got the touchpad and broadcom chip working.

Especially the broadcom chip drove me crazy

This site helped me:

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http://bbs.archbang.org/viewtopic.php?id=5071
i needed to install yaourt (that's pretty handy btw) and finally it worked.

i already tried to install blackarch, but on the end I got an error message. will try that again.

I know there is a arch forum, but i looked for my broadcom problem on it and I couldn't find it. There were so many hits on the search "broadcom wl", it was quite impossible to find my solution there.

Since there is a growing ARCH user base on Evilzone:

Maybe there can be a topic here with tips for the newbies (like me), or we can further use this topic? It's only a suggestion.

[saucey]

I tried installing it as on VirtualBox but I'm running into some problems, everything seems well until the last reboot, for some reason it gets stuck. I'll do it again tomorrow and see if I have any luck in recreating the error message, I installed using the Arch Wiki

[iTpHo3NiX]

I tried installing it as on VirtualBox but I'm running into some problems, everything seems well until the last reboot, for some reason it gets stuck. I'll do it again tomorrow and see if I have any luck in recreating the error message, I installed using the Arch Wiki

Fuck a VM, just remove windows and install it on your box. You'll run into way less problems

[dimi]

Fuck a VM, just remove windows and install it on your box. You'll run into way less problems

iTpHo3NiX is right. I also had problems installing it in a vm (vmware workstation). Should do it straight in your machine. In dual boot maybe?

[blindfuzzy]

iTpHo3NiX is right. I also had problems installing it in a vm (vmware workstation). Should do it straight in your machine. In dual boot maybe?

Don't dual boot it.

[dimi]

Don't dual boot it.

Why not blindfuzzy? I'm not very good yet in arch and i need windows sometimes. What is wrong with dual boot than?

[iTpHo3NiX]

Why not blindfuzzy? I'm not very good yet in arch and i need windows sometimes. What is wrong with dual boot than?

Dual boot is for the weak. Lol why dual boot, virtual box with win 7 inside of Arch is a much better overall solution

[saucey]

Fuck a VM, just remove windows and install it on your box. You'll run into way less problems

I wish I could, I use it for work and to run other crap I need. I have a MacBook I got for 100 bucks that's probably going to get it since I want to play with it. Installation is relatively straight forward don't know why the VM gave me a headache

[techb]

I wish I could, I use it for work and to run other crap I need. I have a MacBook I got for 100 bucks that's probably going to get it since I want to play with it. Installation is relatively straight forward don't know why the VM gave me a headache

Because it's virtual, no "actual" hardware for it to work with. Why not duel boot?

[saucey]

Because it's virtual, no "actual" hardware for it to work with. Why not duel boot?

Meh I didn't want to do it like that, figured I could just booted it up from VBox like everything else I have lol but nope


What do you run if I may ask

Staff note: use the modify button instead of double posting.

[techb]

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What do you run if I may ask

I run Arch as my main OS on my laptop, media center, and as embedded for my ARM dev boards.
My wife uses Mint though.

[proxx]

Meh I didn't want to do it like that, figured I could just booted it up from VBox like everything else I have lol but nope


What do you run if I may ask

Are those programs you want to run heavy on CPU/MEM/GPU ?
If not I suggest you run windows on KVM and do your stuff in there or do as I do and have a box you can RDP into to do certain tasks, fixes all my problems for sure, plus you can still run heavy programs on the machine if required.
Everything else runs linux pretty much.


As for the thread hijack , I think this is a nice place to discuss such topics so if other staff members agree I will let this continue in such fashion.

iTpHo3NiX checking in, I agree ProxX. This was kind of a Linux experience thread

[rogue.hackz]

I installed Arch too on the raspberry pi a few days ago, and ran into a problem. Thing is my condo doesn't provide Ethernet access, only wifi. Wifi is fine but then there's this login portal that you have to get past to get net access. I spent a lot of time thinking on how to get past that since I wasn't expecting much from the minimal ISO. Thought about creating a perl script to automate that but later realized the minimal iso came with a commandline browser (elinks) and I was surprised at how well it worked.

Anyway installing arch is easy but some stuff especially setting up lvm with luks encryption along with encrypted swap is kinda tricky, but quite do-able after you test it out in a vm and write down the steps.

[techb]

I installed Arch too on the raspberry pi a few days ago, and ran into a problem. Thing is my condo doesn't provide Ethernet access, only wifi. Wifi is fine but then there's this login portal that you have to get past to get net access. I spent a lot of time thinking on how to get past that since I wasn't expecting much from the minimal ISO. Thought about creating a perl script to automate that but later realized the minimal iso came with a commandline browser (elinks) and I was surprised at how well it worked.

Anyway installing arch is easy but some stuff especially setting up lvm with luks encryption along with encrypted swap is kinda tricky, but quite do-able after you test it out in a vm and write down the steps.

You could script it pretty easy to trigger on boot or something. You could also look into DNS tunnelling or try a VPN or something of that nature.