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Time to trouble Gaurish again.. :P

I installed Handbrake on my Arch Linux (2.6.36-ARCH, 64-bit).. ut when I try to rip my Casino Royale DVD, which I got with Top Gear, it doesn't shows any chapters.. The movie plays only about for 5 minutes and stops.. I've also installed libdvdcss.. can you tell me what's the problem? I used GNOME-Mplayer to play the movie..
 
hellknight_mnd said:
Time to trouble Gaurish again.. :P

I installed Handbrake on my Arch Linux (2.6.36-ARCH, 64-bit).. ut when I try to rip my Casino Royale DVD, which I got with Top Gear, it doesn't shows any chapters.. The movie plays only about for 5 minutes and stops.. I've also installed libdvdcss.. can you tell me what's the problem? I used GNOME-Mplayer to play the movie..
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Not directly related to Arch but I would still try to answer:

Perhaps, DVD has some sort of copy-protection? anyways, try again with someother program like AcidRip, dvd::rip,xdvdshrink, k9copy etc

Also make sure you have:

  • The transcode package and it's required codecs (ripping etc),
  • the mjpegtools package (re-multiplexing),
  • the mkisofs package (creating ISO images),
  • the subtitleripper package (converting subtitles),
  • the gocr package (for subtitles),
  • the dvd+rw-tools package (burning), and
  • the dvdauthor package (authoring DVDs).
 
hellknight_mnd said:
Time to trouble Gaurish again.. :P

I installed Handbrake on my Arch Linux (2.6.36-ARCH, 64-bit).. ut when I try to rip my Casino Royale DVD, which I got with Top Gear, it doesn't shows any chapters.. The movie plays only about for 5 minutes and stops.. I've also installed libdvdcss.. can you tell me what's the problem? I used GNOME-Mplayer to play the movie..
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Try VLC!! I know this must be a crazy answer, but lately when I wanted to play mp3 songs, it doesn't run on the default player, but worked fine with VLC. Looks like VLC uses it's own codecs. Or the default player doesn't recognize the codecs. As Gaurish said, it might be due to copy-protection too.
 
The 2.6.37 kernel is doing wonders.. I've been reading a lot of good things about it.. But it is still not available in Arch. Am I right or is the installation of proprietary NVIDIA drivers from AUR is preventing it to be shown when I summon pacman?
 
hellknight_mnd said:
The 2.6.37 kernel is doing wonders.. I've been reading a lot of good things about it.. But it is still not available in Arch. Am I right or is the installation of proprietary NVIDIA drivers from AUR is preventing it to be shown when I summon pacman?
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2.26.37 has hit [testing] repo, should be available in [core] shortly after all conflicts are resolved. But if you want to try the new kernel right now, just enable [testing] repo from /etc/pacman.conf. But do remember, its called [testing] repo for a reason;)
 
Hey guys, please help me out. I was trying to add the GNOME-network manager to the GNOME-panel but it was not working properly, so I removed it. Now, when I try to access the website using either Chromium or Firefox, I can't do that. Moreover, I can't even ping. Deluge is working fine on the other hand. I think that it is a DNS issue. Here's the out put of my /etc/resolv.conf file

Code: 
# Generated by dhcpcd from eth0
# /etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line
nameserver 192.168.1.1
# /etc/resolv.conf.tail can replace this line

The output of my /etc/hosts file

Code: 
#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip-address>    <hostname.domain.org>    <hostname>
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost Arch-64

# End of file

And, the output of my /etc/rc.conf file

Code: 
#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Asia/Kolkata"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(powernow-k8 cpufreq_ondemand vboxdrv vboxnetflt)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="Arch-64"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#

#Static IP example
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs dkms_autoinstaller @crond @alsa dbus hal gdm @cpufreq)


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Never mind.. I solved it.. Just had to remove '!' exclamation mark which was automatically inserted in front of the ROUTES=(!gateway) line.
 
I just bought a new Seagte GoFlex 1 TB External HDD (3.5", 7200 RPM). I formatted it with NTFS as I had to use it on Windows too. But it is giving me low transfer speed in Arch. On Windows, the speed is around 28-32 MB/s but it Arch, it never goes above 13 MB/s that's less than half on what I get on Windows. Here is the output of my lsusb command.
PHP: 
[hellknight@Arch-64 ~]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c52e Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bc2:5071 Seagate RSS LLC 
[hellknight@Arch-64 ~]$
The output of my uname -a
PHP: 
[hellknight@Arch-64 ~]$ uname -a
Linux Arch-64 2.6.37-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 29 20:00:33 CET 2011 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
[hellknight@Arch-64 ~]$
The hardware that I'm using,
PHP: 
AMD Athlon II X4 640
Biostar TA790Gx BE motherboard
8 GB DDR2 RAM
1 TB + 500 GB internal HDDs (both SATA II)
Palit GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Sonic edition card (NVIDA drivers installed)
64-bit OS
Will formatting the HDD in ext4 help? Please guide me..
 
deathgoddg said:
how is archlinux when compared to ubuntu / mint for general computing ..and programming
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Arch is highly flexible system which by default gives you just base system with CLI. Whereas Ubuntu is gives full fledged system with Gnome/KDE. what this means is that you need use small blocks and build your own customized system according to your own needs.

While arch is awesome, you do need to spend some time in installing & upgrading it every week. Further, it assumes that you are not stupid - so it will never try to do any setting automactically.

So bottonline is:

if you love to tinker with your system and know more about how linux works - try ArchLinux. If you want just to get things done - use Ubuntu LTS
 
hahahaha.

btw, if your disk is new and still reformatting, check out other filesystems, like try ext3/ext2 and see how much free space you get along with the speed.

NTFS gobbles up lots of disk space on its own, ext4 might take some up for its journaling and what not...
 
Tried ext3.. didn't tried ext2 coz it is non-journaled and ancient.. ext4 was the fastest & very stable.. But I forgot to try XFS & Reiser4 filesystems.. I have a spare internal HDD.. will try to user reiser4 on it..

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I managed to copy a 10.9 GB file from one internal HDD to another (both SATA II) here are the results :-

ext4 to ext4 - 1:39:187
ext4 to xfs - 1:38:494

XFS is faster by merely a second.
 
I've currently two hard-disks installed on my computer. The primary HDD is Samsung 1 TB SATA which runs @ 7200 rpm.. The secondary HDD is Samsung Green, 500 GB which runs @ 5400 rpm. I was wondering if I could install some sort of power management tool for Arch, which would spin down my HDDs when they're not being used.. Here's the output of my /etc/fstab file :-

Code: 
# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         		<type>    		<options>          	<dump> 	<pass>
devpts                 	/dev/pts      		devpts    		defaults            	0      	0
shm                    	/dev/shm      		tmpfs     		nodev,nosuid        	0      	0

#/dev/cdrom             /media/cd   		auto    		ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      	0
#/dev/dvd               /media/dvd  		auto    		ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      	0
#/dev/fd0               /media/fl   		auto    		user,noauto             0      	0

/dev/sda7 		/boot       		ext3 			defaults 	    	0      	1
/dev/sda8 		swap 			swap 			defaults 		0 	0
/dev/sda9 		/ 			ext4 			defaults 		0 	1
/dev/sdb2 		/media/Multimedia 	ext4 			defaults 		0 	1
none	/proc/bus/usb	usbfs	devgid=108,devmode=664 0 0

I was thinking of installing the laptop-mode tools, but as I'm on a desktop computer, I'm reluctant to do so..
 
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