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I am also maintaining this content at [https://github.com/kportertx/ArchTPw520 GitHub] and it may be more up to date. | I am also maintaining this content at [https://github.com/kportertx/ArchTPw520 GitHub] and it may be more up to date. | ||
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+ | == GPT / MBR Partition Table == | ||
+ | I was unable to get the most recent version of the BIOS to boot from a GPT partition table. Everything worked fine once I tried an MBR ("msdos" in gparted) partition table. | ||
== Wifi issues == | == Wifi issues == |
Revision as of 01:09, 18 February 2014
Note
I am also maintaining this content at GitHub and it may be more up to date.
GPT / MBR Partition Table
I was unable to get the most recent version of the BIOS to boot from a GPT partition table. Everything worked fine once I tried an MBR ("msdos" in gparted) partition table.
Wifi issues
- Update wireless drivers:
- TODO
- Random Disconnection
- check "dmesg | grep wlan0" will probably be complaining about "wlan0: deauthenticating from MAC by local choice (reason=3)"
- Arch wiki hints at solution: Wicd#Random_disconnecting
- My Solution:
- Disable power management of pci-express in BIOS
- Wicd cannot obtain IP address
- Wicd#Failed_to_get_IP_address
- Use dhclient instead of dhcpcd:
- pacman -S dhclient
- Set wicd to use dhclient:
- in wicd-curse press 'P', select external sources, and then select dhclient
Nvidia Optimus issues
- TODO
- see:
Sound
- Worked out of the box, but was choppy. This helped:
Other
- Boot up issue with UDEV timeout
- cat /var/log/boot | grep -i pci reveals udevd[169]: seq 1352 '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0' killed
- Found similar issue here Arch Bugs Report
- cat /var/log/boot | grep -i pci reveals udevd[169]: seq 1352 '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0' killed
- Disable annoying system beep
- Insert "blacklist pcspkr" into /etc/modprobe.d/pcspkr_blacklist.conf
- Reboot or rmmod pcspkr