Tag Archives: Arch Linux

Arch Linux: OpenVPN – resolv.conf is not updated

2 March 2019
 

 On an Arch Linux setup – local resolv.conf not updated after connection to OpenVPN AS. As far as I know – the problem is specific to Arch Linux and its “child’s” like Manjaro Linux installations. Local openvpn installed via pacman – see the OpenVPN: OpenVPN Access Server set up and AWS VPC peering configuration post for… Read More »

Linux: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1108:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave

28 February 2019
 

 Have a fresh Arch Linux system setup. After some Viber’s fixes (see the Viber: no connection – qt.network.ssl: Incompatible version of OpenSSL post) – sound system sometimes stops working. It looks like next: run qmmp, press Play and: [simterm] … DecoderMAD: Fixed rate detected DecoderMAD: Total time: 297900 ReplayGain: disabled Dithering: disabled ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1108:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable… Read More »

Viber: no connection – qt.network.ssl: Incompatible version of OpenSSL

27 February 2019
 

 On a fresh Arch Linux setup – Viber starting, but during authorization – can’t connect to the network. In general – Viber’s desktop version is really limited but anyway it’s better then use it from a cell. Tried to google few times as I didn’t found the error in messages to use exactly in google’s… Read More »

World of Tanks: installing and running on Arch Linux

25 February 2019
 

 Didn’t think it will work, but it did 🙂 Used guide of the 2017 year from here>>>, and after everything was done – found another one here>>>. Not sure if it will work on the nouveau drivers – I did with nvidia. Enable the Multilib repo. Update packages: [simterm] [setevoy@setevoy-arch-pc ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu [/simterm]… Read More »

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 »