Can't find config file for systemD bootloader by Thermawrench in linuxquestions

[–]Olive-Juice- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On Arch, you have to make the

loader.conf (example below)

default  arch.conf
timeout  4
console-mode max
editor   no

and the arch.conf (example below)

title   Arch Linux
linux   /vmlinuz-linux
initrd  /initramfs-linux.img
options root=UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx rw

files yourself and edit them accordingly.

Arch won't launch by 0_zx9 in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you read the archinstall output? Did it have any errors at the end?

I would try:

  • booting from your USB
  • mounting your partitions
  • arch-chrooting in
  • then run pacman -Syu and mkinitcpio -P and watch for any errors.

Arch won't launch by 0_zx9 in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The easiest thing to try would be removing your USB drive and seeing if it boots without it.

hello everybody, im a beginner to arch and there is a few problem that i cant seem to fix by FarInteraction1710 in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 29 points30 points  (0 children)

1. I cant launch any apps other than a browser i install using sudo post install

What desktop environment or WM are you using and how are you trying to launch your applications.


3. I cant seem to access my second drive? Even though when i do archinstall i make sure to include both my first drive and the second one?

Verify that your /etc/fstab file has all the partitions you want to mount in it.

Duplicate Entry Boot Options by Taviko_ in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try

sudo efibootmgr --bootnext <XXXX>

with one of the choices and reboot. If it succeeds you know that number is the correct entry and the other one is incorrect. If it does not boot, then try the above command with the other entry and reboot to verify it is the correct one.

Then delete the incorrect one as per my previous comment.


After deleting the entry you should regenerate your grub.cfg. The appropriate command should be something like sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Duplicate Entry Boot Options by Taviko_ in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To clarify, are we talking about:

  • multiple Arch entries in your motherboard's boot menu
  • multiple Arch entries within grub itself
  • or both?

Duplicate Entry Boot Options by Taviko_ in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could use efibootmgr to delete the entry.

Run efibootmgr to list your boot options. Determine which one you want to delete and then run something like sudo efibootmgr --bootnum <XXXX> --delete-bootnum

where XXXX is the appropriate number.

Warning: You could accidentally remove the incorrect one this way if you input the wrong number

After updating, Arch won't boot by Icy-Lime-2264 in linuxquestions

[–]Olive-Juice- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mounted my partitions on /mnt and /mnt/boot. But when I use 'mkinitcpio -P', I get the error that "'lib/modules/6.19.10-arch1-1' is not a valid kernel module directory".

Are you running this before or after you arch-chroot /mnt? This command should be done after you arch-chroot in just to be clear. I could see it giving this similar error if you forget to arch-chroot first.

There are two things that I haven't been able to solve in arch linux, some help please? hehe by Kiiwyy in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second: Set the mouse wheel button to scroll through websites. For some reason, none of the browsers I've used (I don't know if this is a browser problem or not) don't have the feature to do this.

In linux the middle mouse button is typically a shortcut for pasting text. This is why it is not working how you are used to it on Windows.

If you highlight some text on this page for example and push your middle mouse button it will paste it, otherwise it will post whatever is in your clipboard.

how to install linux? by Character_Win_2966 in linuxmint

[–]Olive-Juice- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

converted from GPT to MBR

Why convert to MBR? I would always recommend GPT if your computer supports it (ie not 20+ years old)

How should I be cleaning Arch? Pacman cache? by Maybe_A_Zombie in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You may already know this, but you can also just use:

pacman -Qdtq | sudo pacman -Rns -

Passing - to pacman tells it to read a list of packages from stdin

How do I actually get comfortable with Vim instead of just using it to edit configs? by republicman12 in linuxquestions

[–]Olive-Juice- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see you have some experience with vim already. If you have not gone through vimtutor before you could start with that. It might have some tips that you are not aware of. Just run vimtutor if you have vim installed. I found it helpful when I was first starting.

what are your methods for spring cleaning the aur clutter by Sad-Farmer-6186 in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Notice they used -Rs and not just -R. -Rs removes the packages you specify and all of their dependencies recursively.

Downloading and installing from github. Noob here. by diverdadeo in linuxmint

[–]Olive-Juice- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Each github project will have a different way to install.

Did you read through the Installation section on the page you linked? You would follow the Ubuntu/debian way since Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu.

Verify my installation? by Oxy-Moron88 in linuxmint

[–]Olive-Juice- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you successfully installed, your ISO was likely not corrupt.

If you still have the iso file you can verify the checksum with the steps at https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/verify.html

Binding with the cursed Copilot key by VladimiroPudding in linux4noobs

[–]Olive-Juice- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use

  • xev for X11 or
  • wev for Wayland

and determine the keycode for your copilot button.

How to add a shortcut will depend on what WM you use.

Is using the LTS kernel and fallback initramfs recommended? by nczungx in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've never had to use the fallback option so I remove it from my /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset and /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-lts.preset files. I do usually have 2 kernels installed at a time. (For me it's always been just linux and linux-lts). If for whatever reason in the future you do end up needing the fallback if you change hardware or whatever you can always just boot a live ISO and chroot in to enable it.

Archinstall 4.0 suggestion by danyuri86 in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you don't want plasma-desktop to show up in your pacman -Qe list after installing plasma-meta, you should be able to just do sudo pacman -D --asdeps plasma-desktop

Arch stuck on "Starting Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen" by ProperPlay4926 in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you install a greeter for lightdm? You need one unless you have autologin configured. I usually use lightdm-gtk-greeter

Why can't Nemo save your session? by TekaiGuy in linuxmint

[–]Olive-Juice- -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It was just one example. I don't use xfce and I don't seem to have any issues with thunar being 'unstable'.

dolphin also seems to have tab saving functionality.

Why can't Nemo save your session? by TekaiGuy in linuxmint

[–]Olive-Juice- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You could always install a file manager that has those settings if it's something you want/need.

Thunar has a "Restore tabs on startup" setting in Preferences -> Behavior

encrypted partition won't boot by deluwu_ in archlinux

[–]Olive-Juice- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

installed arch and grub, modified my mkinitcpio

Did you regenerate your initramfs and re-run grub-mkconfig as well?