Arch guys (HELP ME)

Why is the flash-64 plugin missing from AUR? I can't find it.

 

Why don't you download flashplugin 10 from extra?

 

It didn't work when I installed it. I was also trying to install it from source, but the tar errored on file validation. It now looks like I shall use the PKGBUILD.


I built that and still nothing. I made the links for the files in my home folder and the mozilla folder. I ran "nspluginwrapper -v -a -i" and it says looking for plugins, but does nothing. Gaaaa. I am currently in a love hate relatonship with Arch. I love the minimal install, but I hate spending hours getting things like flash working.

On the bright side, ALSA correctly detected my audio. At least that works. I just can't use that audio for much at the moment, because I don't keep much media on my laptop. It's all on an external and mostly I just use internet radio/video sites.

 

Did you try and install it from source before or after trying to install flashplugin?
flashplugin should just work out of the box and you shouldn't need to link anything to it. Hmmmmmm
64 bit yes?

 

One more thing - do you have jre installed?

 

The standard plugin from extra is 64-bit already.

Code:

pacman -Sy flashplugin

doesn't work?

 

I tried that

Well I got flash working. Now my sound quit working.

 

I've just installed Arch, starting from a system with xp + xubuntu.
I've "overwrited" xubuntu with arch, leaving /home unformatted but now I cannot "see" the old /home directory because it's not been mounted.

 

Have you added it to mount in /etc/fstab ?
/dev/sda* /home ext3** defaults 0 1

* Whatever partition /home is on
** if using ext4, put in ext4, etc

Once that is working you want to make your new user the owner of all your files
as root, chown -R username* /home/username*

* put your own username

 

No, I don't.

I'd like to know if it's the correct way to use as /home directory the old partitition that hasn't been formatted and mounted during the installation.

After I've modified the etc/fstab file how Can I use that directory as home directory "overwriting" the home directory created during the installation ?

Another issue is that xorg seems to be not well installed.
If I digit startx the "answer" is "device not found".

Have I to do any changes to xorg.conf file ?

 

Hmm you might want to ignore my previous post as I was not paying attention to your situation. I think that you would need to rename your current /home folder before trying to mount your real /home folder because you probably used the same username no?
In any case it would have been easier to use your /home partition as /home during the install without formatting it.

For the time being it seems your priority is getting X up and running.
There's not much I can say as I do not know what you have done this far to try and get X set up.

Have you followed the beginners guide quite closely thus far?

 

You can mount /home during the installation, but make sure it isn't marked for formatting. Otherwise, you can ignore the partition during the installation, and add it /etc/fstab later.

Also, I would recommend installing Ubuntu on your laptop again as a secondary OS. This way, you will have a support linux distro installed until you have arch fully ready as the main OS.

You need video drivers installed, did you install xf86-video-intel?

Also, can you post up the output of lspci and your current xorg.conf?

If you don't have the Intel drivers installed, install them with pacman, then run:

Code:

X -configure

To generate a sample xorg.conf based on what X detected, it will be placed in ~/xorg.conf.new. Before trying it out, your probably going to have problems with Xorg hotplugging. To disable it, add this to the top (of ~/xorg.conf.new):

Code:

Section "ServerFlags"
          Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

Then you can try the configuration with:

Code:

X -config ~/xorg.conf.new

 

Im' following the well done arch guide... I've added a normal user with psw and then I've mounted the old /home directory overwriting the new one.

Now I need to configure xorg but I need before a useful wireless connection for download with pacman the needed packages...

 

Can you use a ethernet wire for the time being? It would make doing this a lot easier. If not, tell use your wireless settings (no password though) and we can help you get connected. But you will need the wireless_tools package, and wpa_supplicant (if you use WPA or WPA2). Also, is your wireless card correctly detected?

 

Not for the moment

The card has been correctly detected and also the wireless lan to which I need to realize the connection.
The problem is that this lan request login+psw (That obviously I have) that have to be inserted by the complerion of web form ( https://access.cli.di.unipi.it)
I already have wireless_tools installed.

My question is: don't having an interface and a browser Can I obtain a connection by an explicit https request using wget ?

 

Is the wireless network encrypted, or is it open? Do you a have a DHCP client installed?

 

No, the network is not crypted but to obtain an IP is requested an https authentication.

Is not dhcpd that acts as dhcp client ?

I have it.

 

See if you have the lynx or links browsers.

 

Use iwconfig to associate with the newtork, and dhcpcd to obtain the IP. After that, you'll need to use either links of lynx like archer7 recommended. After that, you should be able to reach the net.

 

I've just installed X and gnome.

But now no wlan interface is detected by iwconfig.

Which can be the problem ?

I've checked lsmod and the iw-intel driver is not present (I've an intel 3945 card).

Now the wlan interface is present if I type "iwconfig" but not if I type i"fconfig" (Where I see only eth0 and lo)

 

Edit: if I type "ifconfig -a" i see the interface "wlan0:Ethernet" but trying to give it up I get the following message:

Code:

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device

 

At a good point I've obtained an address by the net but it is still impossible ping or connect the net.
I've an address but I'm not able to "surf".

How Can I put my logi+psw for the authentication ?

 

have you added dns servers to /etc/resolv.conf

 

No, in a wireless context the dns servers are not added automatically at the moment of connection with the lan ?

I saw that in that file have been added three new lines:

Code:

#Generated by shcpd from wlan0
# /etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line
nameserver 131.114.120.2
# /etc/resolv.conf.tail can replace this line

 

DHCP will take care of your DNS needs. Since you have Gnome installed, can you use Epiphany or Firefox to connect to the website for authentication?

 

Yes, I tryed.
But if I try to connect to the captive portal ( https://access.cli.di.unipi.it) the answer is (After a while) "Address not found"

However the dhcp server gave me an address...

 

I don't understand because in some cases I continue to get

Code:

SIOCSIFFLAGS: no such device

when I type "ifconfig wlan up".

However... this is the response of 'dhcpcd wlan0':

Code:

wlan0: dhcpcd 4.0.12 starting
wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
wlan0: offered 192.168.100.197 from 192.169.100.1
wlan0: checking 192.168.100.197 is available on attached networks
wlan0: leased 192.168.100.197 for 3600 seconds

But the connection to captive portal still goes wrong...