Category Archives: Troubleshooting

Various problems solutions

Arch Linux: installing with EFI and Windows dual-boot

24 February 2019
 

 The goal is to set up a new Arch Linux and Windows (just for some games) on my new PC and use dual-boot using GRUB. Disks Currently disks layout is next: [simterm] [root@archiso ~]# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop0 7:0 0 476.7M 1 loop /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk… Read More »

Arch Linux: grub-mkconfig hangs on the /boot/grub/grub.cfg config generation

23 February 2019
 

  During new Arch Linux set up grub-mkconfig suddenly hangs on creating new /boot/grub/grub.cfg. No warnings, no errors. Thanks to this>>> googled discussion – it worked for me. So the issue looks like next: [simterm] [root@archiso boot]# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg ^C [/simterm] Check the /usr/bin/grub-mkconfig script for every /dev/null redirects: [simterm] [root@archiso boot]# cat /usr/bin/grub-mkconfig… Read More »

Viber: Linux – Qt WebEngine resources not found

20 February 2019
 

 After latest packages upgrade on my Arch Linux workstation – Viber stopped working. Found a few solutions, but the only one really solved the issue. The errors during Viber start looks like next: [simterm] $ viber Qt WebEngine ICU data not found at /opt/viber/resources. Trying parent directory… Qt WebEngine resources not found at /opt/viber/resources. Trying… Read More »

Chromium: Youtube error 400

19 February 2019
 

 In the Chromium browser (and not only the one I believe) sometimes the 400 error can happen. There are two solutions: first, most simple – just to clear all data via Settings => Clear browsing data. The second one has googled on Reddit here>>> with a hint that the error appears because of the The Great Suspender plugin… Read More »

Grafana Labs: Loki – using AWS S3 as a data storage and AWS DynamoDB for indexes

13 February 2019
 

 Let’s proceed with the Loki system. First post of this series – Grafana Labs: Loki – logs collecting and monitoring system and the second one – Grafana Labs: Loki – distributed system, labels and filters. There is the Grafana’s Slack community with the dedicated #loki channel where you can ask for some assist (and it’s really helpful).… Read More »