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hank863

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 77

What do I do after installation? [SOLVED]

I am a complete Arch Linux noob.  I am not a complete noob to linux, however.  I have successfully installed Arch, but don't know what to do after I reboot.  It takes me to a terminal.  How do I set up/get to a gui?  Also, the Grub Bootloader doesn't give me an option to boot into Windows.  Is there a way to fix this?  Sorry if I sound like a complete idiot.

Last edited by hank863 (2008-08-23 17:48:56)

sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: What do I do after installation? [SOLVED]

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide
That wiki article will help you get a desktop environment going.

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hank863

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 77

Re: What do I do after installation? [SOLVED]

Thank You!!!  I looked there before and must've been rushing through it because I didn't see anything, but I do now.  I'll follow it.

FALK

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-03-24

Posts: 95

Re: What do I do after installation? [SOLVED]

Add this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst:

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Change the hd-params if windows is on another harddisk,partition

rooloo

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Registered: 2008-07-09

Posts: 218

Re: What do I do after installation? [SOLVED]

Add this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst:

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Change the hd-params if windows is on another harddisk,partition

it's already in the menu.lst file, the end user just needs to point it to the right HD/partiton and uncomment the lines to activate the feature.

Last edited by rooloo (2008-08-23 02:18:53)

hank863

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 77

Re: What do I do after installation? [SOLVED]

Thank you all, but I have one more question.  I was just testing X and when I pressed ctrl alt backspace to quit it, the screen went whitish and had different colored verticle streaks on it.  I waited quite a while and it didn't get fixed.  So, I rebooted and get this; 'ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE".  After that, nothing happens.

hank863

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 77

Re: What do I do after installation? [SOLVED]

I got past that last error, but now I've just installed Gnome, logged out and restarted.  When I boot back into Arch, i get this "AcpI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode" and it doesn't continue to boot.

tigrmesh

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From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: What do I do after installation? [SOLVED]

I think you should start a new thread for this, since the acpi is a different issue and the thread has been marked solved