Hey!Nobody dare to try
Archlinux?2 days on archlinux now!apart from 3 minor bugs which I fixed on my install,archlinux with kdemod(modular kde) is the fastest kde IMHO
!enjoying kde in arch!way better than suse experience!
guess what?I am booting more into my arch install rather than the good ol` Debian Sid these days!
BTW,
kdemod,the modular kde is the answer for the default kde install which installs everything hence called as bloat!
Works perfect for me!Oh!and arch linux may need some experienced linux user to try,not n00b's!esp pacman(I liked it
),repo management etc.
for those who are aspiring for archlinux installation/for old archlinux users:
the three bugs I had on default ftp install were:
1.the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist the setup server line is pucked up after installation.
the last line was like this:
Code:
# Setup-Entry
Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/mirrorlist/os/i686
which I edited correctly to:
Code:
# Setup-Entry
Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
2.the hal mounting trouble which needs adding of a new file :/etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi
with contents:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->
<!--
Some examples how to use hal fdi files for system preferences
You can either uncomment the examples here or put them in a seperate .fdi
file.
-->
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<!--
The following shows how to hint gnome-volume-manager and other programs
that honor the storage.automount_enabled_hint to not mount non-removable
media.
-->
<!--
<device>
<match key="storage.hotpluggable" bool="false">
<match key="storage.removable" bool="false">
<merge key="storage.automount_enabled_hint" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</match>
</device>
-->
<!--
The following shows how to put sync and noatime on for devices smaller then
1Gb and off for device larger then that. Note that the sync option can wear
out device faster then you'd like too. See
http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/22/111748.html for
more info.
-->
<!--
<device>
<match key="block.is_volume" bool="true">
<match key="volume.size" compare_lt="1000000000">
<match key="@block.storage_device:storage.hotpluggable" bool="true">
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.sync" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.noatime" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
<match key="@block.storage_device:storage.removable" bool="true">
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.sync" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.noatime" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</match>
<match key="volume.size" compare_ge="1000000000">
<match key="@block.storage_device:storage.hotpluggable" bool="true">
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.sync" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.noatime" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
<match key="@block.storage_device:storage.removable" bool="true">
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.sync" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.noatime" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</match>
</match>
</device>
-->
</deviceinfo>
default Gnome and hal is way better and it works!
after adding these lines,everything works again in kde(automounting/umounting of DVD/cd drives,usb drives etc etc)
3.the default permission for /tmp directory is 755 which u should change to :
a minor glitch too:
the dvd/cd drive line was missing in /etc/fstab.I added it manually and that problem also fixed
Code:
/dev/dvd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
Note that /dev/dvd is a symlink.
So,why not arch guys?
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