New arch install

rofle · 04-02-2012, 01:21 PM

I just installed Arch and tried to ping Google to test my network connection. It's coming up with 'unknown host google.com' and I've searched around but haven't been able to find any tips on how to fix this.

I also tried a sudo command and got 'sudo command not found'. I always thought that sudo was a very basic function of the OS that was included as default. Any tips for this?

Thanks.

snowday · 04-02-2012, 01:34 PM

Welcome to the forums!

If you have not followed the Arch Beginner's Guide step-by-step, then it is unlikely you will succeed.

To cover your specific topics:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...f_necessary.29

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...%27_Guide#Sudo

rofle · 04-02-2012, 01:47 PM

Hi, thanks for the reply. I had been following the guide, unfortunately I made a typo in rc.conf that I missed when I checked the first time. Ping is working fine now.

However I'm now having problems downloading sudo from pacman. The 6 pacman mirror that I un-commented all return errors, some say 'file unavailable' and some just say 'not found'. Am I correct in thinking that this is just a problem with the mirrors that I chose to use and I should just try different ones?

snowday · 04-02-2012, 01:50 PM

I think you should re-configure pacman (pacman -Syu, choose fastest mirrors, etc.) now that you have solved the networking problems, hopefully that will solve the problem. Since I do not know what "the typo" was I cannot speculate.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...em_with_pacman

rofle · 04-02-2012, 01:57 PM

I typed 'etho' instead of 'eth0'.

It looks like I will need to reconfigure pacman. At the moment no matter which server(s) I try, it can't download sudo.

snowday · 04-02-2012, 02:01 PM

Go back to the step that failed (3.7.2 /etc/rc.conf) and then pick up the guide from that point.

rofle · 04-03-2012, 10:07 AM

Okay so my old problem is fixed but I'm having new problems now. I'm trying to install AwesomeWM but I'm getting lost in a string of dependencies. Tried to install AwesomeWM, I need yaourt to get it. Tried to install yaourt and I need package-query. Now I'm trying to install package-query and when I run makepkg -s I get another error. I don't really know what to do with this one because I know I have pacman installed already. The error looks like this:

Quote:

configure: error: pacman is needed to compile package-query
==> ERROR: A failure occured in build().
Aborting...

Any advice?

snowday · 04-03-2012, 10:32 AM

It's been a while since I used Arch, but IIRC, I just added the archlinuxfr repo and:

Code:

pacman -Sy yaourt

as described here: http://archlinux.fr/yaourt-en

rofle · 04-03-2012, 12:53 PM

Nevermind, works now for some reason. Thanks for the replies.

rofle · 04-03-2012, 04:11 PM

Okay so I installed X and SLIM and now whenever I try to log in I get a login page from SLIM but it looks like there's a problem with X because it just flashes a few white lines and then boots me back to the login screen. I've checked the wiki but the only solutions for X errors are commands and I can't input any because I can't get past the login screen. Is there anything else I can try?

TobiSGD · 04-03-2012, 04:33 PM

Do you have installed one of the DEs/WMs? Also, have you configured Slim to use them?

snowday · 04-03-2012, 04:37 PM

I am not a slim user but I recommend carefully working step-by-step through section 5.3 Graphical User Interface of the Arch Beginners Guide before you jump ahead to installing a login manager. You'll see instructions for configuring and testing X, for example by using the startx command.

rofle · 04-03-2012, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

Do you have installed one of the DEs/WMs? Also, have you configured Slim to use them?

Nope not yet.

Quote:

Originally Posted by snowpine

I am not a slim user but I recommend carefully working step-by-step through section 5.3 Graphical User Interface of the Arch Beginners Guide before you jump ahead to installing a login manager. You'll see instructions for configuring and testing X, for example by using the startx command.

I tried startx and got the same flash of random white lines that I get when I try to log in.

snowday · 04-03-2012, 05:46 PM

Well, the beginner's guide gives very clear guidance what to do next, under the headings "in case of errors" and "need help?"

Since I am neither an Arch nor a Slim user, that's about all I can offer you.

TobiSGD · 04-03-2012, 06:55 PM

I can only second snowpine's suggestion. You seem to be new to Arch, so please follow the Beginners guide step by step. That may sound a bit harsh, but we are not here to spoonfeed you with solutions (that are in the documentation) for problems that wouldn't exist if you would read the documentation. Arch is a distro for people willing to make their own effort. If you don't want to go with the documentation then may be Arch is not the right distribution for you.