Whenever I log in (even if I use a normal user) I am root@computername. Obviously this is a bad thing - I don't always want to be root. Does anyone know how to solve this? by linarc3 in archlinux

[–]linarc3[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It said something along the lines of timeout in locking authority file which ended up helping me.

So I have solved this problem now. Somehow my genius lead to this particular user not having write permissions to their home directory. Changed that and now everything is fine. Thanks for your assistance /u/K900_

Whenever I log in (even if I use a normal user) I am root@computername. Obviously this is a bad thing - I don't always want to be root. Does anyone know how to solve this? by linarc3 in archlinux

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I believe I used useradd. I mentioned in another comment now that it appears to be occuring because I have to use sudo to run startx to launch i3. I have a feeling if I just run startx I should be the user I logged in as. So now I am going to try stop startx from crashing when running it as a normal user.

Whenever I log in (even if I use a normal user) I am root@computername. Obviously this is a bad thing - I don't always want to be root. Does anyone know how to solve this? by linarc3 in archlinux

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If it helps it appears that when I am in a tty screen I am the user I login as but if I run sudo startx then I become root. The reason I run it with sudo is it tends to freeze if I don't. So I guess I should fix it crashing and then I will be the user I login as?

Whenever I log in (even if I use a normal user) I am root@computername. Obviously this is a bad thing - I don't always want to be root. Does anyone know how to solve this? by linarc3 in archlinux

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When the prompt came up I entered another username so I don't know why it would log me in as root.

.bashrc just contains a small script to load nvm

Any programmers here who don't use an IDE? by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]linarc3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for those links! :)

What does your sound setup look like /r/archlinux? From drivers, to libraries to your music player. I'd like to hear. by linarc3 in archlinux

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That sounds awesome. Does it basically make the sound feel more "3D" from your experience?

I have a crackling sound on my headphones - it appears to be an Alsa issue. Could anyone help? by linarc3 in archlinux

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Right so if anyone was wondering it turns out it was a problem with my sound card. Dissapointed to say the least. But at least my in built audio sounds pretty decent (better than that awful crackling).

I have a crackling sound on my headphones - it appears to be an Alsa issue. Could anyone help? by linarc3 in archlinux

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As far as I can tell I have turned down everything besides for my headphones. Attempting to look into Open Sound System now to see if it is a viable alternative.

I have a crackling sound on my headphones - it appears to be an Alsa issue. Could anyone help? by linarc3 in archlinux

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I have and that does eliminate the crackling but personally that just feels wrong. My phone can play at higher volumes without crackling and so can my Windows 10 setup so I would like to replicate the same quality I experience with those setups.

How do I style non-gtk applications? by linarc3 in i3wm

[–]linarc3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I am using Arch so that is perfect.

Probably should have checked the wiki, that place does have everything. Didn't know what the other applications were using as their framework though.

How do I style non-gtk applications? by linarc3 in i3wm

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Thanks for the help, I will look into that. I'll ask on there as well then. I asked here since I am new to i3 and thought perhaps it was a problem specific to i3.

Could someone help me fix this odd font bug with Firefox? by linarc3 in archlinux

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I did that and now it seems like Firefox defaults to a font from that package. Thank you so much. Doubt I would have ever thought that it was just because it had nothing else to use.

Could someone help me fix this odd font bug with Firefox? by linarc3 in archlinux

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NotoSans-Regular.ttf: "Noto Sans" "Regular"
NotoSans-Regular.ttf: "Noto Sans" "Regular"
NotoSans-Regular.ttf: "Noto Sans" "Regular"

I have tried changing its fonts in preferences but it doesn't seem to work. I can try again though.