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toorlv

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Registered: 2009-11-01

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Few questions from Arch newbie

subj.

Hello, guys!

1) Which package replies for 'host' command?
bash: host: command not found

2) Any tips to get better font rendering on 15" LCD with 1024x768 screen resolution?
(tried -lcd packages - still not what I want)

3) Good file manager for Openbox with automount feature?

4) Tips to get working system faster? Already using BFS kernel.

5) Tips to get flash CPU usage lower? mms.cfg with OverrideGPUValidation created, last version installed.

Last edited by toorlv (2010-08-24 10:49:17)

karol

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

1. Do you mean 'hostname'?
If you mean 'host'

[karol@black ~]$ pkgfile host
community/bind-geodns
core/dnsutils

Running 'pkgfile foo' will tell you what package has the 'foo' file. pkgfile itself is in the pkgtools package.

4. Buy a better cpu, add more RAM, use lean software.
5. Don't use flash. Download that movie and watch it from your harddrive with e.g. vlc or mplayer.

toorlv

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

1) solved thanks

tomk

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

3. you haven't mentioned any particular requirements, so I'm going with coreutils.

karol

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

3. you haven't mentioned any particular requirements, so I'm going with coreutils.

I like your way of thinking :-)

2. Try different fonts, tweak AA, hinting.

hitsmaxft

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Registered: 2010-06-02

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

for 2)
try these :
cairo-cleartype , fontconfig-ubuntu , libxft-cleartype

all from AUR

Last edited by hitsmaxft (2010-08-24 12:02:00)

schen

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

3. pcmanfm(install git version)

Vermillion

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

3. Thunar

karol

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

I may be wrong, but isn't automounting done by HAL, udev etc.?

schen

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

Yes, along with gvfs. However, file managers have implemented these methods. Pcmanfm, for example, uses udisks.

ewaller

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

For (2), what is the interface to the panel (built in LVDS ?, HDMI ?, VGA ?)

The most important thing on an LCD is to be very sure you are driving it at its native resolution.  If the image has to be scaled to the panel's resolution, you lose.

If you are not using a digital interface (like VGA), you might need to adjust the clock phase, horizontal size and horizontal offset on your monitor.  If it is a digital link (LVDS, HDMI), never mind.

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karol

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Re: Few questions from Arch newbie

For (2), what is the interface to the panel (built in LVDS ?, HDMI ?, VGA ?)

The most important thing on an LCD is to be very sure you are driving it at its native resolution.  If the image has to be scaled to the panel's resolution, you lose.

If you are not using a digital interface (like VGA), you might need to adjust the clock phase, horizontal size and horizontal offset on your monitor.  If it is a digital link (LVDS, HDMI), never mind.

1024x768 is a VESA-supported resolution so I would be surprised if it's not discovered correctly.

If setting dpi to 96 doesn't suit you, you can pick another value.