Re: [arch-general] / mounted ro after update

2012-09-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
What's a good size number for a /boot partition? Needs to be large enough kernel updates don't break the computer if possible or a reasonable estimate to that end. On Fri, 21 Sep 2012, Guus Snijders wrote: > Op 20 sep. 2012 10:03 schreef "Jude DaShiell" het > volgende: > [...] > > Also, I di

Re: [arch-general] [OT] Sending a laptop to the repair shop

2012-09-20 Thread Calvin Morrison
I just had my x220 repaired at a small place. I told them I used linux exclusively and that I didn't want to give out my password. They understood and everything went ok. Typically they just want your password to verify that everything works and maybe to run a quick system cleanup which is very co

[arch-general] Weird charset in console and X

2012-09-20 Thread Martín Cigorraga
Hi everyone, I desperatly need a second look here because this one is driving me nuts: I just found that the console charset it's totally screwed up and in minor degree the X vty, please see these screenshots: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111794870164633905684/albums/5789742128977532193 Now,

Re: [arch-general] [OT] Sending a laptop to the repair shop

2012-09-20 Thread Manolo Martínez
On 09/20/12 at 10:46pm, Martín Cigorraga wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > > On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 20:38 -0400, Manolo Martínez wrote: > > Do you create a new user for them, you > > > give them your user and password and hope for the best, ask them to use > > > a

Re: [arch-general] [OT] Sending a laptop to the repair shop

2012-09-20 Thread Angel Velásquez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 20/09/12 21:38, Manolo Martínez wrote: > Just a quick question. What do you guys do when you have to leave > your laptop at the repair shop? Do you create a new user for them, > you give them your user and password and hope for the best, ask > them

Re: [arch-general] [OT] Sending a laptop to the repair shop

2012-09-20 Thread Martín Cigorraga
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 20:38 -0400, Manolo Martínez wrote: > Do you create a new user for them, you > > give them your user and password and hope for the best, ask them to use > > a live CD? What? > > WHAT? You can't be so naive dude, I would p

Re: [arch-general] [OT] Sending a laptop to the repair shop

2012-09-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 20:38 -0400, Manolo Martínez wrote: > Just a quick question. What do you guys do when you have to leave your > laptop at the repair shop? Do you create a new user for them, you > give them your user and password and hope for the best, ask them to use > a live CD? What? Is you

[arch-general] [OT] Sending a laptop to the repair shop

2012-09-20 Thread Manolo Martínez
Just a quick question. What do you guys do when you have to leave your laptop at the repair shop? Do you create a new user for them, you give them your user and password and hope for the best, ask them to use a live CD? What? Manolo --

[arch-general] Issues with kernel-rt, at least using Arch Linux

2012-09-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) this is very strange. A regular kernel doesn't cause xruns, but a kernel-rt does always cause xruns, when running jack_midi_latency_test. Because the proprietary nvidia driver doesn't work on my machine, when using a kernel-rt, what ever trick I try, I tested the nouveau driver. The nouveau

Re: [arch-general] / mounted ro after update

2012-09-20 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 20 sep. 2012 10:03 schreef "Jude DaShiell" het volgende: [...] > Also, I did learn syslinux does not > support xfs the root of the disk could not be found whenever I used xfs. > Grub-legacy I think is gone and grub-bios didn't work and neither did > lilo. I can try more things later but not

Re: [arch-general] / mounted ro after update

2012-09-20 Thread nailz
I did an install yesterday and i too had / mounted as read only (syslinux) I triple boot and Arch is on HDD3 so i use Sabayons grub to boot into arch , after messin with the fstab it was all good , is this another new "feature of Arch" ? seems there's more spanners flying than at a scaffolders conv

Re: [arch-general] / mounted ro after update

2012-09-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
I neglected to mention when I did a genfstab I used genfstab -p -L /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab in all installation attempts. One thing not explained on the beginners guide is what does labels buy you as opposed to what does uid's buy you with genfstab. Also, I did learn syslinux does not support xf