Some Basic Config Questions

czechman86 · 2008-05-26 10:35:25

I have been using linux for about a year now and at my cousin's suggestion, decided to upgrade a ground up distro. i have had some great successes and am really enjoying my arch experience. i do have a few questions however. most of these are probably pretty basic.

1. Ethernet: My eth0 will not start when i log in. instead, i have to go into the terminal and type

dhcpcd eth0

in order to get it working. i tried to edit the /etc/rc.conf to get it started at boot, but it still wouldnt work. here is the current read out for the networking section:

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0=""eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)

2. The time is all messed up. I attempted to add a time server but that has not worked out and it lists my current local time as several hours ahead of what it should be. I followed the instructions here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Net … e_Protocol and used server ntp3.sf-bay.org in place of server ntp.example.org. this did not fix anything however.

3. spell check in pidgin certifies that every english language word is misspelled. now i am not the greatest speller in the world, but i am pretty sure that i can spell somewhat better than what i am seeing in pidgin. all that red hurts my eyes.

4. strange readouts from "sensors":

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:  +11.0 C                                    
Core0 Temp:   -1.0 C                                    
Core1 Temp:   +9.0 C                                    
Core1 Temp:   -3.0 C                                    

it8716-isa-0228
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore:       +1.25 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)   
VDDR:        +1.23 V  (min =  +1.28 V, max =  +1.68 V)   ALARM
+3.3V:       +1.87 V  (min =  +2.78 V, max =  +3.78 V)   ALARM
+5V:         +5.00 V  (min =  +4.49 V, max =  +5.48 V)   
+12V:        +4.86 V  (min =  +9.98 V, max = +13.95 V)   ALARM
in5:         +2.48 V  (min =  +0.58 V, max =  +1.34 V)   ALARM
in6:         +1.79 V  (min =  +1.04 V, max =  +1.36 V)   ALARM
5VSB:        +4.84 V  (min =  +4.49 V, max =  +5.48 V)   
VBat:        +3.04 V
fan1:       3054 RPM  (min =   10 RPM)
fan2:          0 RPM  (min =   10 RPM)  ALARM
fan3:          0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
temp1:        +9.0 C  (low  = +127.0 C, high = +124.0 C)  sensor = thermal diode
temp2:       +35.0 C  (low  = +127.0 C, high = +124.0 C)  sensor = transistor
temp3:       -11.0 C  (low  = +127.0 C, high = +124.0 C)  sensor = transistor
cpu0_vid:   +1.000 V

i am using a brisbane core cpu and i know that is why it reports these funky negative temperatures, but what are these alarms about? the pc that i am using is brand new; just built by myself and i cannot imagine that arch is burning a hole in my mobo or power supply. are these alarms a sign of problems or just some incorrect from sensors?

Those cover all my issues. If anyone could help with anyone of them, that would be great! thanks a million!!!!

Allan · 2008-05-26 10:42:33

czechman86 wrote:

here is the current read out for the networking section:
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0=""eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)

There are too many quotes on the second line.... Also, you probably want eth0="dhcp" if you are not using a static ip address.

czechman86 wrote:

3. spell check in pidgin certifies that every english language word is misspelled. now i am not the greatest speller in the world, but i am pretty sure that i can spell somewhat better than what i am seeing in pidgin. all that red hurts my eyes.

Installing aspell-en should fix this.

jordz · 2008-05-26 10:46:52

You need to change:
eth0=""eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
to
eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
or if you want dhcp
eth0="dhcp"
And you want to add the gateway in the /etc/rc.conf file.

Install openntpd and add it to the daemons array. The only thing you need to do is check if you got the timezone set up correctly in the /etc/rc.conf file.

For pidgin you need to aspell and a dictionary like aspell-en for english.

czechman86 · 2008-05-26 10:55:10

first of all, thank you to you both! the tips have worked great for internet and spelling. now my only question is in regards to the openntpd daemon. is that the exact text that i will enter into the rc.conf? also, if i want to fully get rid of the Openntpd and its config file, do i type:

pacman -Rs openntpd

?

thank you again!!!!

ps- 15 second boot times rock

hokasch · 2008-05-26 11:00:03

1. do you want to use static IP or dhcpcd? for static IP, remove the double " in your eth0 line in rc.conf and add a gateway (eg, gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1" and ROUTES=(gateway). If you want to use dhcpd, the line should look like this: eth0="dhcp". Its all explained here under Network Section.

2. sounds like you got somethin wrong with your time-zone settings (utc vs localtime) in rc.conf. you can also use "date" and "hwclock" to set the time.

3. Check if the correct language-library is active (or: think about the need to have your IM messages spellchecked, and eventually just turn it off)

4.sorry, no idea

EDIT: Crap, am I slow.
@czechman86:
pacman -Rs is allright to get rid of packages, but you will eventually have to remove the config files yourself.

Last edited by hokasch (2008-05-26 11:06:43)

jordz · 2008-05-26 11:06:49

czechman86 wrote:

first of all, thank you to you both! the tips have worked great for internet and spelling. now my only question is in regards to the openntpd daemon. is that the exact text that i will enter into the rc.conf? also, if i want to fully get rid of the Openntpd and its config file, do i type:
pacman -Rs openntpd
?
thank you again!!!!
ps- 15 second boot times rock

pacman -Rscn openntpd

-n, --nosave
Instructs pacman to ignore file backup designations. Normally, when
a file is removed from the system the database is checked to see if
the file should be renamed with a ".pacsave" extension.

And for the timezone: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Timezone
You just setup the timezone and install openntpd and run ntpd to sync the time

czechman86 · 2008-05-26 11:14:23

brilliant! the system is configured very nicely! everything is working great. i guess ill know if those alarms will be problematic if my computer blows up. until then hey, i got a system that is super fast, super secure and super unique! thank you to everyone of you guys/gals!!!

czechman86 · 2008-05-26 11:18:47

spoke too soon. now i have a new problem:

[czechman86@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -Sy
sudo: timestamp too far in the future: May 26 11:10:33 2008

Allan · 2008-05-26 11:23:01

use "sudo -K" to clear that (from memory...)

czechman86 · 2008-05-26 11:28:25

awesome! thank you! i hope thats the last of em!

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