RSSLeo the Archer update: ntfs-3g and sound
Feb 01
This is a post on my attempts to run an ArchLinux-based desktop on Leo thus the codename “Leo the Archer”. Leo by the way is Betsy’s replacement which we picked up last July prior to my Denmark assignment. The attempt to create an ArchLinux system is partly due to the lack of support of the Mandriva 2007.1 installer (the one I had handy at the time) for the JMicron motherboard controller. Between Ubuntu and ArchLinux, I think I would learn more if I use ArchLinux. 🙂
Last night’s development included the following
- Update to the latest release. This is what is great about rolling distributions, the option to use the latest and the greatest are always at your fingertips, assuming you have an available broadband. 🙂
- better acquaintance with pacman. Installing new packages from Internet repositories does not include specifying -A or –add in the command line. That is reserved for installing local packages.
- NTFS-3G works. This is my first Linux distro that I have easily achieved successful NTFS writing support.
- Sound still does not work. I followed the beginner’s guide for getting sound but no sound devices are being detected.
As it was already getting late, I decided to call it a night. The fact that my wife is practically breathing down on my neck to go to sleep had nothing to do with it. PROMISE! 😉 I hope the restart would make udev detect and produce the right devices when I start it up again. All in all, not a bad piece of update.
[edit] the sound device got created after the reboot but for some reason flash sound (i.e., youtube) is not being processed.
ciao!