Arch Linux

Spack

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Registered: 2006-06-11

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After Arch installation...

You've just do a fresh installation of your Arch Linux and now it's time to make your distribution look more funny/pretty/easy/cool/useful/what_you_want...

So, after an Arch installation, what do you do? What are the first files you edit? What are needed configurations?

Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

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Re: After Arch installation...

Depends ... we talking Desktop ...

Arch & pacman are your new best friends be nice to them they will reward you

O search screenshot thread may be some ideas there.

HTH

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thibdb13

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From: Mechelen - Belgium

Registered: 2005-10-11

Posts: 114

Re: After Arch installation...

Perhaps first installing xorg and then the windows manager of your choice

Spack

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Registered: 2006-06-11

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Re: After Arch installation...

I'm not talking about what I have to do, I have already configured my Arch but I want to know what yo do after your Arch installation, what are your configuration tips...

detto

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Registered: 2006-01-23

Posts: 510

Re: After Arch installation...

well, straight after fresh install i configure my locales with locale-gen and set it also in /etc/profile. /etc/pacman.conf then gets a single server from germany coz i live here and then xorg and wm/de gets installed. oh and configuring X with hwd is one step too.

cheers,
detto

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: After Arch installation...

I always start by getting all of my console stuff (stuff that doesn't require X) setup and working. Only then, after all the console stuff is working, I install X and my favorite X apps.

rayjgu3

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From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: After Arch installation...

1. passwd
2.  /etc/pacman.conf  <enable community
3. /etc/pacman.d/***   < change to local server
4 pacman -Syu   
5 switch console while updating
6 /etc/fstab        flip the  noatime switch & write in my storage partitions
7. adduser
8 /etc/group   <adduser to appropriate groups
switch back if pacman -Syu is done then
9 pacman -S xorg DE plus extras
10 set up mount dir for storage fiddle round with grub or lilo which ever i decided to go with

Ryujin

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From: Centerville, Utah

Registered: 2005-05-12

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Re: After Arch installation...

passwords, users, Xorg, KDE, but most inportaint, I install Zsnes!

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