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Packer-build VM does not start: Unable to rename file '(null).new' to '(null)': Bad address Setup Host OS Manjaro XFCE x86_64 Apps packer (plugins: qemu) virt-install virt-viewer virt-manager Guest OS: Arch Linux Hypervisor: QEMU KVM Architecture: x64 Machine Type: qc35 EFI Firmware Code: /usr/share/edk2-ovmf/x64/OVMF_CODE.fd EFI Firmware Vars: /usr/share/edk2-ovmf/x64/OVMF_VARS.fd See https://github.com/safenetwork-community/bastille-installer/tree/arch for the box I’m trying to …

VM boots into UEFI Interactive Shell with the filesystem missing Setup Host OS Manjaro XFCE x86_64 Apps packer (plugins: qemu) virt-install virt-viewer virt-manager Guest OS: Arch Linux Hypervisor: QEMU KVM Architecture: x64 Machine Type: qc35 EFI Firmware Code: /usr/share/edk2-ovmf/x64/OVMF_CODE.fd EFI Firmware Vars: /usr/share/edk2-ovmf/x64/OVMF_VARS.fd So I create a customized Arch Linux image using packer build and …

How can I install packages from the Arch Linux installation USB into my installed Arch Linux? I’ve just finished installing Arch Linux following this guide. I was having some trouble and now, although Arch is installed, I do not have iw or wireless_tools packages installed. I do not have an ethernet connection, so now I’m …

escape not working, xev detects weird event I’ve encountered a strange issue in my EndeavourOS-i3wm system. The escape key is not functioning at all. I haven’t reconfigured any keyboard settings or messed with xkbmap. This problem occurred when I attempted to open a file in Doom Emacs. It’s possible that I pressed multiple keys simultaneously, …

Arch and KDE unable to login to paid WiFi network I am in a camping and would like to connect to the internet. The camping’s WiFi is not protected by an SSID but by a custom page restricting the access to the internet. My trouble is in loading that page. When clicking on the login …

Running x86-64 binaries on AArch64 using qemu-system (ArchLinuxArm) I’m running ArchLinuxArm in a VM on my MacBook M1 (Apple Silicon). I need to run a couple of x86-64 binaries, so I installed qemu-user and qemu-user-binfmt packages. If I try to run any x86-64 binary, I get the following error: qemu-x86_64: Could not open ‘/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2’: No …

Is it safe to install brave from AUR? I’m planning to switch to ArcoLinux but I use brave and I was a little bit worried about having to install a program that is maintained by some random person that might corrupt the package itself. Is this even possible? Asked By: deomanu01 || Source AUR is …

How should the EFI partition be handled in a software raid? I am trying to install Arch onto a computer, I have two storage devices. I partitioned the drives identically as I would if I were installing to one storage device on efi dekstop. sda sda1 (boot partition) sda2 (swap) sda3 (root) sdb sdb1 sdb2 …

Missing libraries after installing openssl (libcrypto.so.1.1, …) I made my Arcolinux (5.12.14-arch1-1 x86_64) unusable by trying to install openssh. Googled a few hours and tried something, but without success. I did the following: $sudo pacman -S openvpn Then vpn sayed that it requires oppenssl, so I installed it $sudo pacman -S openssl Then I tried …

gdbus symbol look up error I’m using Archlinux. After a recent update, I find that the gdbus doesn’t work and it presents a symbol lookup error: ➜ tidedra@ZgrArch ~ gdbus gdbus: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal Then I thought it was probably a problem about the version of library, so I checked the …

Can't disable systemd user timer, Unknown method DisableUnitFilesWithFlagsAndInstallInfo I have a simple systemd service and timer under ~/.config/systemd/user for building nightly images of my favorite program: # ~/.config/systemd/user/kicad-build.service [Unit] Description=KiCAD nightly builder [Service] Type=simple StandardOutput=null ExecStart=/bin/bash /home/jan/kicad-nightly-builder/build.sh # ~/.config/systemd/user/kicad-build.timer [Unit] Description=KiCAD nightly build timer [Timer] OnCalendar=daily Persistent=true RandomizedDelaySec=7200 [Install] WantedBy=timers.target Now I wanted to disable …

failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) I’m trying to update my Arch but I get this error: error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: installing libvpx (1.13.0-1) breaks dependency ‘libvpx.so=7-64’ required by ffmpeg-compat-57 Asked By: Robert || Source The error message means exactly what it says. Package ffmpeg-compat-57 depends on …

Can't override a systemd unit's ConditionVirtualization on Archlinux on Distrod on WSL I’m trying to start systemd-timesyncd on Archlinux that was installed via Distrod on top of WSL. By default systemd-timesyncd’s unit file prevents it from starting up on virtualized environment, the unit file has a ConditionVirtualization=!container flag. I’m trying to override this with the …

Installing ArchLinux in VmWare Fusion on M1 Mac I’m following along in this article to install arch in vmware on my m1 mac I’m able to do fdisk just fine, and get the following partition table: I then create the filesystem for partition 2 per the article with mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2. When I mount this with …

pgAdmin4 fails to launch on Linux (Arch) After installing pgAdmin4 with sudo pacman -Sy pgadmin, when I try running it, it gets stuck on the starting screen: It doesn’t even close visually (xorg), I need to do it with killall pgAdmin4. The error log I get is this, when launching from the terminal: QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath: Please …

How to "enable" True Color Support and Nerd Fonts in Arch Linux Console From now on, every time I say "console" I refer to the console you must use in Arch Linux if a desktop environment is not yet installed. I want to "enable" True Color Support in the console so that I can install …

find package with multiple names pacman Some packages like gcc-libs are apparently other packages, under a different name. turns out gcc-libs is just gcc: PKGBUILD if I want to install that package, I know I can run pacman -S gcc-libs, but how can I find the original package, as in, the package which has a …

custom prompt for system encryption password entry on startup I have full disk encryption on my arch linux laptop. When i power on the machine it prompts me for my disk password. My system is encrypted by following the LVM on luks archwiki page. the prompt says something like "a password is required for the …

How to enable simultaneous output to multiple audio devices? I am attempting to configure simultaneous audio output to two or more connected devices on Arch Linux with KDE. I have tried installing paprefs. This did not work as the audio device that is supposed to mirror to all connected audio devices did not show up …

Ctrl + arrow recognize as only arrow on shell On a newly installed archlinux, my shells (bash, zsh, tcsh) don’t distinguish arrow key and Ctrl+arrow keys, or Shift+arrow keys. cat command shows the same code for left arrow, Ctrl+Left arrow or Shift+Left arrow: ^[[D This is annoying because it prevents me to configure the word-by-word …