I Give Up...

EmyrB · 2007-09-15 11:07:08

OK I don't think I am meant to install Arch at all:(

My problem is this: - I have downloaded the complete ISO of Arch Don't Panic and I have followed the official installation guide and everything goes swimmingly until I reboot into my newly installed Arch Linux Base install with X11 and I get the following error: -

Waiting 0s befor mounting root device
kinit: cannot open root device sda3(8,3)
kinit: init not found!
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempt to kill init!

No matter if I use the auto partitioning feature of the install or I create and mount the partitions my self.

Also, this is happening not only when I use VMware workstation 6, but also on a test laptop.

I have checked the md5 of the iso and there is no problems with that, so I am stumped guys...

Over to you my friends in the community:D

shining · 2007-09-15 11:11:12

Try http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 40#p281040

mucknert · 2007-09-15 11:23:51

For me, it helped when I appended legacyide to the boot-parameters when I started from the CD. Might work for you, too.

EmyrB · 2007-09-15 11:36:53

Hey shining, what do ya know, that worked.

Cheers

low · 2007-09-15 14:38:04

this happened with me on the new arch dont panic iso, so much for getting rid of bugs

EmyrB · 2007-09-17 12:39:36

So, I have my shiny new Arch system up and running. How do I search the pacman for applications, like I can do with apt? I now need to install xorg and a desktop enviroment.

Ramses de Norre · 2007-09-17 12:52:51

Search for application: pacman -Ss application.
Search the wiki for howtos on xorg and such.

Cerebral · 2007-09-17 13:05:00

man pacman would be a good place to start.

EmyrB · 2007-09-17 13:06:32

Ah right . Next question, is there a wiki for pacman?

EmyrB · 2007-09-17 13:07:10

Ah Cerebral answered my next question before I could ask it,

EmyrB · 2007-09-17 19:09:50

Next newbie dug question:D

When ever I issue any pacman command, I get the following error: -

warning: current locale is invalid; using default "C" locale

Any ideas? How do I check my locale, would it be /etc/rc.conf?

Cheers

EmyrB

Cerebral · 2007-09-17 19:18:17

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale

EmyrB · 2007-09-17 19:54:18

OK, what is the correct locale for the UK, I thought it was en_GB.utf8?

erm67 · 2007-09-17 20:48:48

EmyrB wrote:

OK, what is the correct locale for the UK, I thought it was en_GB.utf8?

As root do

vi /etc/locale.gen

uncomment what you need

locale-gen

generate the locale

locale -a

this lists the locale you can now use

EmyrB · 2007-09-18 19:48:14

Pah, no sooner do I think I am winning when I hit another brick wall

I followed erm67's post and I have fixed my locale issue, but now I want to instal Gnome. So i installed GDM and then Gnome. All goes well, all the packages download and then it says its is checking dependencies, this too is ok. Then it comes up with a huge list which contains some of the following (the list is too huge for me to recreate it all here)

gcc-libs: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so exists in filesystem
gcc-libs: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 exists in filesystem
gcc-libs: /usr/lib/libstdc++.s0.6.0.9 exists in filesystem
gcc-libs: /usr/lib/libsupc++.a exists in filesystem
gcc-libs: /usr/share/locale/de/ LC_MESSAGES/libstdc++.mo exists in filesystem
gcc-libs: /usr/share/locale/fr/ LC_MESSAGES/libstdc++.mo exists in filesystem

errors occured, no packages were upgraded

Any ideas?

Cerebral · 2007-09-18 19:51:13

update your system first: pacman -Syu

EmyrB · 2007-09-19 18:26:42

Almost there I hope

Updating my packages worked so a big thanks to Cerebral, now I have gnome and gdm installed

2 questions

1, how do I get gdm to load on boot
2, I followed the wiki for installing xorg and I used hwd to generate the xorg.conf. When I type startx xorg bombs out with this error: -

(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)

So, do I use pacman to install glx?

Cheers

jerek · 2007-09-19 19:00:24

EmyrB wrote:

2 questions
1, how do I get gdm to load on boot

edit /etc/rc.conf with the editor of your choice (e.g. nano) .. at the end of the file you'll find "DAEMONS=(...)". just add gdm at the end of the list.

EmyrB wrote:

2, I followed the wiki for installing xorg and I used hwd to generate the xorg.conf. When I type startx xorg bombs out with this error: -
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)
So, do I use pacman to install glx?

Did you install the correct drivers for you graphics card?

tlaloc · 2007-09-19 19:00:29

at 1: add gdm to your DEAMONS array in /etc/rc.conf

EmyrB · 2007-09-19 19:20:25

Hi jerk, hi tlaloc,

Ah, that might be the flaw, I just downloaded the vesa driver as the wiki said that would be the most compatible with most cards. I guess I should download the vmware driver and see if that makes a difference

EmyrB · 2007-09-19 19:28:05

OK, I downloaded the vmware driver for xorg, but now when I type startx I get the following errors: -

(EE) Failed to load module "glx", (module does not exist, 0)
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 28: twm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 29: xclock: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 30: xterm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 31: xterm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 32: exec: xterm: not found

Ah to be so near but yet so far...

EmyrB · 2007-09-19 20:15:06

Ok, a quick update...

I now have gdm running at boot and it logs in to gnome beautifully, so a big thanks to all who helped, especially Cerebral, a man of few words but they are straight to the point, thanks cerebral

A few quickies...

How do I upgrade gnome to the current 2.19 branch? (I know I should learn to walk before I can run, but there is no harm in asking )

Stuff like Open Office, Alsa, Amarok and codecs to play mp3's and dvd's should only be a pacman away? right?

Cheers

EmyrB
(A happy Arch user)

somairotevoli · 2007-09-19 20:15:16

N/m

Last edited by somairotevoli (2007-09-19 20:16:46)

Cerebral · 2007-09-20 01:39:06

EmyrB wrote:

How do I upgrade gnome to the current 2.19 branch? (I know I should learn to walk before I can run, but there is no harm in asking )

I remember there was a thread about a testing repo for Gnome 2.19 - search the forums, you should find it.

Stuff like Open Office, Alsa, Amarok and codecs to play mp3's and dvd's should only be a pacman away? right?

Yup. pacman -Ss searches, so run pacman -Ss amarok to see what we have. You can also use the front-page to search for these things.

EmyrB · 2007-09-26 20:02:23

Hi it's me again

Ok, I almost have my system up to a useable state (that is, I now have firefox, abiword, amarok, etc installed) but I am having trouble with alsa, mp3 codecs and dvds codecs.

With Debian I usually apt-get install alsa and it does the trick. But no such luck here. So is alsa-lib and alsa-utils all I need to install to get sound working? Or do I also need to install the gnome-alsa-mixer and the gstreamer plugins as well? Oh and is gstreamer installed with the core gnome and extras?

How do I add a testing repo to pacman? Is it like editing sources.lst in Debian, only with pacman.conf?

These maybe stupid newb questions, but there are always stumbling blocks when learning a new distro. If i bork up my install, I can always reinstall, that is part of the fun, eh

Cheers

EmyrB

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