How to Make Arch Linux Stable and What NOT to Do! - Chris Titus Tech
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1. systemd-backlight [525]: Failed to get backlight or LED device 'backlight:acpi_video0': no such device.
2. (systemd):Failed to start load/save screen backlight brightness of backlight:acpi_video.
3.(systemd) failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x12)
4.(systemd)failed to start application launched by gnome-session-binary
So yeah lol if anyone know how to resolve these issues then let me know and yes I have an all AMD system if that may have something to do with it.
Date: 2022-03-21
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Eduard
An older video but still with some usefull info. I would like to add something: you can reinstall the old version of a package from /var/cache/pacman/pkg/.
I also use paccache, which removes old packages to clean up disk space, but in a controlled way: by default it preserves the last 3 versions of a package, but with the right command line switches you can control that too and much more.
I had to restore a previous kernel (together with some dependend packages of it) quite recently from /var/cache/pacman/pkg/, after I noticed that my zfs-dkms (from AUR) was broken and didn't want build anymore, making my ZFS-array unaccessible. Simply reinstalling the previous kernel did the job. I had to wait for this package to get updated from Github to Arch by the maintainer.
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An older video but still with some usefull info. I would like to add something: you can reinstall the old version of a package from /var/cache/pacman/pkg/.
I also use paccache, which removes old packages to clean up disk space, but in a controlled way: by default it preserves the last 3 versions of a package, but with the right command line switches you can control that too and much more.
I had to restore a previous kernel (together with some dependend packages of it) quite recently from /var/cache/pacman/pkg/, after I noticed that my zfs-dkms (from AUR) was broken and didn't want build anymore, making my ZFS-array unaccessible. Simply reinstalling the previous kernel did the job. I had to wait for this package to get updated from Github to Arch by the maintainer.
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Trenton
arch isn't necessarily unstable but it does require a lot of hand holding due to its philosophy of keeping it simple and rolling releases. rolling releases if you update with out checking hem can break certain drivers or cause incompatibility bugs. and expecting the user to install and maintain most packages is a very daunting task. this is why even most arch distros that are beginner focused are more on the beginner side of intermediate. while vanilla arch is pretty much exclusive to advanced users. not a bad thing just something to keep in mind when recommending distros.
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arch isn't necessarily unstable but it does require a lot of hand holding due to its philosophy of keeping it simple and rolling releases. rolling releases if you update with out checking hem can break certain drivers or cause incompatibility bugs. and expecting the user to install and maintain most packages is a very daunting task. this is why even most arch distros that are beginner focused are more on the beginner side of intermediate. while vanilla arch is pretty much exclusive to advanced users. not a bad thing just something to keep in mind when recommending distros.
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Tom
Thank you for the tips.
I always had issues with stabillity in the past (but with almoast every distro) as I am relativly new to the system deep linux stuff even if I used linux -sometimes- from time to time for about 8 years...
I more and more was getting into arch-stuff since manjaro was getting popular and was sticking with arch-based distros from then...
Speaking of manjaro... Do I need the IgnorePkg option there as well? So far as I understood using pacman -Syu will not update the linux kernel in arch in general right?
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Thank you for the tips.
I always had issues with stabillity in the past (but with almoast every distro) as I am relativly new to the system deep linux stuff even if I used linux -sometimes- from time to time for about 8 years...
I more and more was getting into arch-stuff since manjaro was getting popular and was sticking with arch-based distros from then...
Speaking of manjaro... Do I need the IgnorePkg option there as well? So far as I understood using pacman -Syu will not update the linux kernel in arch in general right?
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Shutdown
Yeah I know this video is two years old. I wonder if Chris still has this Archlinux system still up and running? Most likely not. Less is always more and KDE is more. With more back then on constant system updating it broke a lot system dependencies. I also saw third party software on sudo pacman -Syu ... SoSo it was a roll of dice. You want Stable run Slackware. Bleeding edge is for experimenting.. Like Gentoo.. :)
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Yeah I know this video is two years old. I wonder if Chris still has this Archlinux system still up and running? Most likely not. Less is always more and KDE is more. With more back then on constant system updating it broke a lot system dependencies. I also saw third party software on sudo pacman -Syu ... SoSo it was a roll of dice. You want Stable run Slackware. Bleeding edge is for experimenting.. Like Gentoo.. :)
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mamamia88
What if you just used timeshift that makes and image on Saturday night, write a script that updates the system automatically on Sunday morning and writes any manual intervention into a kinda Todo list, you take your walk and get some coffee in you and then address the list. Sunday night it asks you -did everything go ok?- And if so it could make a new image and delete the old.
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What if you just used timeshift that makes and image on Saturday night, write a script that updates the system automatically on Sunday morning and writes any manual intervention into a kinda Todo list, you take your walk and get some coffee in you and then address the list. Sunday night it asks you -did everything go ok?- And if so it could make a new image and delete the old.
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P.
oh wow, that is a lot of work just to update. I do like using the latest software, but damn, actually having to pay attention every time I want to do an update? That is too much energy. Sounds like stressing over an outfit for work everyday like you would for a date, maybe some people are into it, but I most definitely am not.
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oh wow, that is a lot of work just to update. I do like using the latest software, but damn, actually having to pay attention every time I want to do an update? That is too much energy. Sounds like stressing over an outfit for work everyday like you would for a date, maybe some people are into it, but I most definitely am not.
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thezefs
Arch is unstable. Your argument is like saying that this prototype car is not unreliable, its driver who makes it unreliable. First thing you can do is to not to drive it every day.... Rolling release cannot be stable by definition. Saying that Arch could be as stable as Debian is very very far from truth
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Arch is unstable. Your argument is like saying that this prototype car is not unreliable, its driver who makes it unreliable. First thing you can do is to not to drive it every day.... Rolling release cannot be stable by definition. Saying that Arch could be as stable as Debian is very very far from truth
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Naala
i been told that Arch is best for new users because it force them to learn and learn fast mint ubuntu and pop os makes the user lazy.
i am looking into swapping to Linux and would you say this is accurate? i am intrested in Arch since it say that i would have total customization
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i been told that Arch is best for new users because it force them to learn and learn fast mint ubuntu and pop os makes the user lazy.
i am looking into swapping to Linux and would you say this is accurate? i am intrested in Arch since it say that i would have total customization
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