Arch Linux Setup - Step 001

Console:
[root@polaris ~]# pacman-db-upgrade
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -Syu

Console:
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S abs
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S base-devel
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S consolekit
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S dbus

Console:
[root@polaris ~]# abs
[root@polaris ~]# useradd -g users -G audio,lp,optical,power,scanner,storage,video,wheel -m user
[root@polaris ~]# passwd user
> Enter new UNIX password > user
[root@polaris ~]# chown user /var/abs/local
[root@polaris ~]# nano -w /etc/inittab
* c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -a user -8 -s 38400 tty1 linux
[root@polaris ~]# nano -w /etc/rc.conf
* DAEMONS=(... dbus)


Console:
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S nvidia
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S openbox
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S xorg-server
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S xorg-xinit

Console:
[root@polaris ~]# nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
* Option "XkbLayout" "de"
[root@polaris ~]# nvidia-xconfig
[user@polaris ~]# mkdir ~/.config
[user@polaris ~]# cp -r /etc/xdg/openbox ~/.config
[user@polaris ~]# nano -w ~/.bash_profile
* if [[ -z $DISPLAY && $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then
* exec startx
* fi
[user@polaris ~]# nano -w ~/.xinitrc
* exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch openbox-session

Arch Linux Setup - Step 002

Console:
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S acpid
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S alsa-utils
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S chromium
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S flashplugin
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S gamin
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S gnome-icon-theme
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S gnome-menus
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S gvfs
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S leafpad
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S nitrogen
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S pcmanfm
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S pm-utils
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S python2
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S sudo
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S ttf-dejavu
[root@polaris ~]# pacman -S xterm

Console:
[root@polaris ~]# nano -w /boot/grup/menu.lst
* kernel /vmlinuz26 ... resume=/dev/sda2 ...
[root@polaris ~]# nano -w /etc/acpi/handler.sh
* PBTN|PWRF) sudo /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate ;;
[root@polaris ~]# nano -w /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
* HOOKS="... sata resume filesystems"
[root@polaris ~]# mkinitcpio -p linux
[root@polaris ~]# nano -w /etc/rc.conf
* DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng network netfs crond dbus acpid)


Arch Linux Setup - Step 000

Console:
[root@archiso ~]# km
Settings:

• Select a keymap: i386/qwertz/de.map.gz
• Select a console font: default8x16.psfu.gz

Console:
[root@archiso ~]# /arch/setup
Settings:

• Select source
• Mirror selection: ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de
• Interface selection: eth0, DHCP
• Set editor
• Text editor selection: nano
• Set clock
• Select region and timezone: Europe/Berlin
• Set time and date: UTC
• Prepare hard drive(s)
• Auto-Prepare: /dev/sda, 100, 5000, 50000, ext3
• Select packages
• Choose bootloader: grub
• Install packages
• Installation complete: Continue
• Configure system
• File: /etc/rc.conf
• HOSTNAME="polaris"
• Install bootloader
• File: /boot/grub/menu.lst
• timeout 1
• hiddenmenu
• Boot device selection: /dev/sda

Console:
[root@archiso ~]# reboot

Parted Magic:

• Partition Editor
• /dev/sda4 > Resize/Move > New size > 261059
• /dev/sdb1 > Format to > ext3
• Mount-gtk
• /media/sdb1 > Mount
• File Manager
• /media/sdb1 > Create New > Folder > backup
• Mount-gtk
• /media/sdb1 > Unmount
• Clonezilla
• device-image > local_dev > sdb1 > backup
• Beginner > savedisk > 001 > sda

Arch Linux Setup - My Hardware

I will start the documentation of my Arch Linux setup with a short description of the computer hardware I'm going to use:

• CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.8 GHz Q9550
• RAM: 4096MB DDR2 800 MHz
• Mainboard: Asus P5Q PRO
• Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 260
• HDD: Western Digital 300GB WDC WD3000GLFS + Samsung 1TB HD103UJ
• Monitors: 2x Iiyama ProLite 82409HDS
• HID: Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX + Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800

Arch Linux Blog

This is my Arch Linux Blog. I'm going document my experiences with Arch Linux here. Feel free to leave comment.