[arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Hello fellow Archers, I bought a new laptop that has NVMe ssd on it. I would like to install Arch on that, is there any precautions that i need to take? Also i would like to get feedback from Archers who already tried this. Thanks in advance Ramkumar

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote: > > I bought a new laptop that has NVMe ssd on it. I would like to install > Arch > > on that, is there any precautions that i need to take? Also i would like > to > > get feedback from Archers who already tried this. > > Drive it like y

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-22 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Excelent, thanks Now my next immediate task will be to install Arch on Ssd and begin using it... On Thu, 23 May 2019, 9:47 am David C. Rankin, < drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote: > On 05/22/2019 10:12 PM, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote: > > Nice, > > Thanks a lot g

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-23 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Oh!.. these features are also available??!!!.. great yeah.. On Thu, 23 May 2019, 2:18 pm Ralf Mardorf via arch-general, < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > On Thu, 23 May 2019 09:01:49 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > >The SSD drive also reports its own personal view of lifetime remaining > >and

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

2019-05-26 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Wow,.. Nice to hear that Dorian. Thank you On Sun, 26 May 2019, 10:56 pm Dorian C via arch-general, < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > I wouldn't install it any other way. I'm using a samsung pro ssd, install > date was 3-15-2015 no issues whatsoever, on a 2009 HP 8200 elite mind you, > so i'

[arch-general] Dual boot Arch with Windows 10

2019-05-26 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Hello Archers, I am planning to install Arch on a dual boot with windows 10. But i have read online that on a dual boot with windows 10, the bootloader will disappear after a windows update and can be cured only by using a live usb. They say that it is for general linux dual boot and not specific t

Re: [arch-general] Dual boot Arch with Windows 10

2019-05-27 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
I will go through the links guys, thanks a lot.. And Yi Zheng, me neither like UEFI, but what to do, nowadays all laptops comes as UEFI.. and to change it to MBR i have to wipe the entire drive :( On Mon, 27 May 2019, 12:31 pm Yi Zheng via arch-general, < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > I

[arch-general] package contents on fresh Arch install, like python etc...

2019-06-20 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Dear Archers, A day back, i made a fresh install of Arch on my desktop. It is completely fresh as like it doesnt even have an account other than root. My doubt is, wont basic tools like python come in Arch install? or do we have to install by ourselves? also can anyone give me a brief approximate

Re: [arch-general] package contents on fresh Arch install, like python etc...

2019-06-20 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Wow.. thank u guys for explanation and for command "pacman -Sg base" .. now i understood.. On Fri, 21 Jun 2019, 10:14 am Eli Schwartz, wrote: > On June 21, 2019 12:05:23 AM EDT, Ram Kumar via arch-general < > arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > > Dear Archers, &g

[arch-general] I3 installation

2019-06-26 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Hey Archers, I have a fresh installation now. Can you please guide me to install I3 gaps wm? I have seen sites but they are confusing me.. i need detaied step by step instruction please

Re: [arch-general] I3 installation

2019-06-26 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
/swaywm/sway > > Ram Kumar via arch-general writes: > > > Hey Archers, > > I have a fresh installation now. Can you please guide me to install I3 > gaps > > wm? I have seen sites but they are confusing me.. i need detaied step by > > step instruction please > >

[arch-general] How to get "b"-menu in Arch i3

2019-07-15 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Hi there Archers, I am moving from manjaro i3 to Arch now, already started customizing i3 to my need. Has anyone seen how the "b-menu" in Manjaro i3 is?..it contains bluetooth, network manger etc.. binded to mod+ctrl+b keys by default. how can i get a similar one to my Arch config?.. please guide m

Re: [arch-general] How to get "b"-menu in Arch i3

2019-07-15 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
, eh, old, it might not > function properly sometimes. > If you want you can fix it, push changes to git or fork the thing and > make your own AUR package. > > That's it, I think. Hope this helps one way or another, and also sorry > if this wall of text > looks like random

Re: [arch-general] How to get "b"-menu in Arch i3

2019-07-16 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Oh.. does that package still alive? And is it safe to install it? On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, 5:09 pm Notopygos via arch-general, < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:11:29 +0530 > Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote: > > > I thought like its a separate pa

Re: [arch-general] How to get "b"-menu in Arch i3

2019-07-17 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
What?.. i dont understand.. can u plz elaborate? On Wed, 17 Jul 2019, 11:51 am Jagannathan Tiruvallur Eachambadi via arch-general, wrote: > Can you not top-post repeatedly. > > -- > Regards > Jagan > PUBKEY: https://j605.tk/pgp >

[arch-general] Whatsapp group

2019-08-13 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Hey there archers, How about creating whatsapp group along with this mailing list??.. It will be usefull for beginners to get instant clarifications on their doubts.. What do you think? Regards Ramkumar

Re: [arch-general] Whatsapp group

2019-08-13 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
> That's what the IRC channels are for: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_IRC_channels Is it possible to use android devices to access irc? If so, can u plz guide me?

Re: [arch-general] Whatsapp group

2019-08-14 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
> This is against the channel ToS, we do not allow anyone to bridge the > channel to an external service. One of the most obvious reasons is that > everything via the bot can't be controlled and as an irc user your data > is leaked to telegram. > Yeah i agree on this. lets go for IRC then.

Re: [arch-general] espeakup

2019-08-20 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Ofcourse.. windows is dumb when we compare to linux.. thats y microsoft is trying to make their useless os useful by fitting linux kernels to it On Tue, 20 Aug 2019, 11:27 am Jack Wu, wrote: > Windows is not so smart. > > Let's use Linux instead. XD > > Bjoern Franke via arch-general 於 2019/8/19

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

2019-10-09 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Hi, i am not clear why the base group is being replaced.. i searched in wiki and couldnt get a clear idea why. Could anyone plz explain?

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

2019-10-09 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
> A good explanation in installation page could solve that. Yeah this is what we need..

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

2019-10-10 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
I am sorry if this is a repeated/dumb question. What exactly does the base package have? I.e. if i install only base "pacstrap /mnt base", then what stuff will i get in it? Knowing this i can decide what stuff i have to install in addition.

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base`, package - manual intervention required

2019-10-11 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
The list of packages contained in earlier base group is given by https://www.archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/base/ link, like wise what are the stuff does the latest base package will install? i got only the dependencies list in here https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/any/base/ On Sat, 12 Oct 20

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 5.3.5 and Kernel 5.3.6 perl warnings

2019-10-14 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Thank you Jude.. On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 at 07:16, Jude DaShiell wrote: > If you start getting warnings that perl failed to set locale that didn't > happen on earlier versions of the kernel I know how to fix that. > First you have to have everything correct in /etc/locale.conf. If that's > the case

Re: [arch-general] FOSDEM: Arch Linux hackathon, Jan 30 - 31

2020-01-04 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Wow nice, but too bad i am in India :( On Sun, 5 Jan 2020, 12:06 am Jerome Leclanche, wrote: > Hi list, > > The Arch Linux team is organizing two full-day hackathons on January 30th > and 31st in Brussels, the two days before FOSDEM (https://fosdem.org/2020/ > ). > > Lunch and drinks will be pro

[arch-general] Graceful shutdown Arch Linux

2020-05-07 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Dear Arch users, I am Ramkumar from India, i use Archlinux with i3 and no login manager. When i try to shutdown the machine, it throws lot of warnings about ethernet port and etc.. and when turning on the machine and open an application, say firefox, it shows like it has been crashed as if it was a

[arch-general] adding Polybar to offical Repos

2020-07-22 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
Dear all, i am using i3 wm with Polybar as my status bar. i created the currently installed packages list using pacman's hook command. when i try to do fresh installation, i can get only the packages that are present in official Repos that doesnot include Polybar. Then after installing Yay i can g

Re: [arch-general] cd/dvd burning software

2020-10-20 Thread Ram Kumar via arch-general
you could use "dd" to burn iso images, in command line. http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/how-to-burn-iso-image-to-dvd-and-usb-using-dd or if u need a simple easy-to-use gui, u can go for balena Etcher On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 07:58, mick howe via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: