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deukalion

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Registered: 2009-04-11

Posts: 50

Arch64 problems

Don't really know where to report all this but all I've experienced since I've tried out the Arch64 version I've had problems and problems and problems.

First installation my network wasn't detected, switched cables and tried everything with the hardware. Couldn't find the modules.
Motherboard is M2N-E MCP55, nForce. Tried manually loading forcedeth and all other options I've read about by running between computers.

Secondly, I reformated my harddrive again (I did a clean install the first time around) and this time everything worked fine until I installed X.org.
I can't use either my keyboard or mouse when KDM start (I use to use GDM and Gnome before but figured I'd try out KDE again, so)

Now I get errors about keyboard modules not found and mouse modules not found.
Didn't have hotplugging, or any other auto-detection at first, but then I tried it and it still didn't work and the modules it's looking for simply ain't there.

I've had the best experience with Arch i686 over any other Linux dist but with Arch64 - this is TOO MUCH!
How can this be so random? I bet the next time I install it my gpu won't work as it would.

So, if there's someone with any ideas or input abot these things related to 64 and how it sucks ass in comparison to the standard version, please, give me a reason to give it another go.

I get the idea to do it yourself which is one of the best part of Arch, but to get bugs and loads of bugs and really no idea what is causing them (since Arch runs flawlessly and does on my server as well) reading long fixes in Links really isn't my cup of tea at 3am in the morning because it simply is alot of stuff that isn't "fixed", or whatever you call it.

And, I installed from FTPs so everything is up to date.

Any suggestions?

X.0rg.log file says can't find mouse or driver kdb(which I haven't even selected)

I just added "hal fam kdm" to the rc.conf daemon list so far.

I installed

pacman -Sy xorg (i selected everything in every group)
pacman -Sy kde (i selected everything in every group)
pacman -Sy kdebase kdebase-workspace
pacman -Sy hal fam

So, what I am I missing? I did the exact thing just with GDM and Gnome in i686 and it works. Why all these trouble for something like this?

deukalion

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Registered: 2009-04-11

Posts: 50

Re: Arch64 problems

...and the nvidia driver.

deukalion

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Registered: 2009-04-11

Posts: 50

Re: Arch64 problems

OH, I installed xf86-input-udev or something similar, now the mouse works, but not the keyboard! Yay!

I'm going to use i686 and never again Arch64.

dmartins

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Registered: 2006-09-23

Posts: 360

Re: Arch64 problems

Try installing xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-mouse. I doubt this is an Arch64 problem. Sounds more like you forgot to install some packages. If that's the case, the i686 version isn't going to behave any differently.

deukalion

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Registered: 2009-04-11

Posts: 50

Re: Arch64 problems

I've installed Arch a few times and this is the first time I've encountered it.

I've done exactly the same just used KDE instead of Gnome this time.