Questions tagged [arch-linux]
Arch Linux is a rolling-release Linux distribution.
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How do I list files installed by a package from the AUR?
I'm using arch-linux and I have installed a package from the aur. I want to know what changes it has made to my computer (specifically which files it has installed). Is this information available, and ...
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How to map the Caps Lock key to Escape key in Arch Linux
My OS is Arch Linux amd64, Gnome ENV.
I want to map the Caps Lock key to Esc (escape) in Arch Linux.
I run the command:
xmodmap -e 'clear Lock' -e 'keycode 0x42 = Escape'
It works well, but a ...
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dd function seems to freeze when done
I'm trying to copy an iso on a usb stick with this command:
sudo dd bs=4M if=lubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdc status=progress
What is quite straight forward. The iso is 912M big in size. ...
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Install Appimage under Arch Linux
I've downloaded an appimage file and just want to install it. I know that it is pretty simple under Ubuntu and Fedora, but I struggle to get it installed under Arch Linux. Is there a common way to ...
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Pasting 'required text' into terminal emulator results in '^[[200~required text~'
I have noticed that when pasting into a terminal emulator, both on macOS (using Terminal.app or iTerm2.app) or in Linux (using urxvt) sometimes I get extra characters.
The characters are always the ...
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Replace GTK+ file dialog with alternative
Is there any way to configure GTK+ programs to use a different file dialog?
Reading ancient articles on the default dialog and seeing no difference to the current version does no bode well for it's ...
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How to disable top left hotspot corner in KDE?
I'm using KDE 4.7 (from the testing repo) on Arch Linux 3.0-ARCH. It's very annoying that when I move my mouse to the top left, thumbnails of my windows appear.
This is especially annoying with ...
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Bluetooth adapter not detected on Linux
I've been using Arch Linux for a while and bluetooth has been working without issues. Now, for no explicable reason, Arch doesn't detect my bluetooth adapters anymore.
I tried doing:
$ sudo systemctl ...
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"Unable to find root device" on a fresh ArchLinux install
I have installed the latest version of ArchLinux (2014.06.01) on a MacBook Pro 8,1 (15", if that matters regarding hardware) dual-booting with OSX following the instructions in the official install ...
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ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified, arch linux
I recently switched to an arch based distro call Manjaro.
I have problems installing some packages from the aur arch repository
curl-7.54.0.tar.gz ... Passed
curl-7.54.0.tar.gz.asc ... ...
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How to disable GtkFileChooserDialog search?
If I want to open or save a file in an gtk3 app (eg firefox) I get an unwanted search function after tiping a character.
Old and productive behaviour: typing d gives me the first file beginning with ...
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Start a systemd user service at boot
I am trying to start a systemd service for a specific user (service name/goal is not relevant). I do that because I need to have a per user process of an application running at startup.
Here is what I ...
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How do I get systemctl to print in color when being interacted with from a non-tty?
When I run a command like this:
# systemctl status plexmediaserver
I get nicely colored output. But when I run the following command:
# watch -n300 --color systemctl status plexmediaserver
Is ...
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Mounting HFS+ partition on Arch Linux
I'm having some problems with mounting an hfs+ partition on Arch Linux.
When I run sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sda2 /mnt/mac I get this error:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/...
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Speedup a Video on Linux
I don't want to use a player like vlc to speedup the playback. I want to actually speedup playback in the original file; I want the video to be played 2 times faster.
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