ARCH LINUX NOTES.

Enable AUR support for Arch Linux

Edit Pacman.Conf file
sudo [text editor] /etc/pacman.conf
Example:
sudo mousepad /etc/pacman.conf
First enable/uncomment
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Add Repo
[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
install
sudo pacman -Sy yaourt
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Install Flash and other Multimedia Codecs in Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S a52dec faac faad2 flac jasper lame libdca libdv libmad libmpeg2 l
ibtheora libvorbis libxv wavpack x264 xvidcore gstreamer0.10-plugins flashplugin
libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdnav gecko-mediaplayer dvd+rw-tools dvdauthor dvgrab
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To get volume settings and audio controls working on XFCE
sudo pacman -S pavucontrol pulseaudio-alsa
To enable keyboard Volume Buttons install Volumed daemon
sudo yaourt -S xfce4-volumed
A reboot is required.
Once isntalled. Add the XFCE audio mixer to your XFCE panel by right clicking on
panel and selecting add new items.
Then right click on the Applet and select properties.
Change Sound Card to Plyback: Built-in Audio.
right click again and select Run Audio Mixer. Change the sound card
here to Playback: Built-in Audio. Just like before
Now your Audio and Volume controls should all function normally.
It is also recomended that you add pulse audio volume control or pavucontrol to
your panel for quick accsess to device settings.
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Install Archive Managment for Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S xarchiver zlib p7zip unzip zip zziplib

for the cinnamon desktop use
sudo pacman -S nemo-fileroller zlib p7zip unzip zip zziplib
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Install Printer/Scanner support in Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S libcups cups ghostscript gsfonts system-config-printer simple-sca
n
Start Deamon
sudo systemctl enable cups.service
sudo systemctl start cups.service
Software for HP DeskJet, OfficeJet, inkjet, and Photosmart Printers
sudo pacman -S hplip
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Bluetooth Support Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-cups bluez-utils
Enable Driver
sudo modprobe btusb
sudo systemctl start bluetooth
sudo systemctl enable bluetooth
Install Bluetooth Manager
sudo yaourt -S blueman
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Enable auto login for LXDM
sudo [text editor] /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf
Example
sudo mousepad /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf
uncomment and set autologin username to enable
Example:
change this
[base]
## uncomment and set autologin username to enable autologin
# autologin=dgod
to this
[base]
## uncomment and set autologin username to enable autologin
autologin=matt
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Install whisker Menu XFCE

sudo yaourt -S xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

To enable, Right click on your panel and select add New items.
Select whisker menu.
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Enable Sync to V-blank on XFCE 4.10 ( prevents screen tearing )
sudo yaourt -S libxfce4ui-devel
sudo yaourt -S xfwm4-devel
Once these packages are installed you will find a new setting
for Sync to V-blank. in your settings under Window Manager Tweaks.
in the Compositer tab.
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OTHER NOTES AND WORKAROUNDS:
Disable Gnome Keyring:
sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon-old
sudo killall gnome-keyring-daemon
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Enable Teamviewer Daemon in Arch/Manjaro:
sudo systemctl start teamviewerd
sudo systemctl enable teamviewerd
( if it needs to be restarted )
sudo systemctl --system daemon-reload
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Hide Windows Partitions on DualBoot:
Create a new file /etc/udev/rules.d/99-hide-partitions.rules and add one line pe
r partition you want to hide like so:
( change "sda*" to match the partition you wish to hide )
KERNEL=="sda1",ENV{UDISKS_IGNORE}="1"
KERNEL=="sda2",ENV{UDISKS_IGNORE}="1"
You should be able to dynamically activate it as root:
# udevadm trigger --verbose
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Rippping Disk using terminal:
cd /dev; ls -ld sr* cdr* dvd*
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=~/dvdcopy.iso
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Manually Override and enable Trackpad palmcheck:

Add the following command to your startup applications

syndaemon -k -i 2 &
-i 2 sets the idle time to 2 seconds. The idle time specifies how many seconds t
o wait after the last key-press before enabling the touchpad again.
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Disable Screen Blanking (beyond disabling the screensaver)
Add the following commands to your start up applications.
xset -dpms &
xset s noblank &
xset s off &
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Enable Notifications for XFCE Mail-Watcher Extention.
Run on click: thunderbird
Run on New Messages: notify-send "New mail" "You have new messages in your inbox
" -i xfce-newmail
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To display System Checks during The Bootup proscess. Edit yourGrub.conf file wit
h this line of text:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/b7b16ca7-81c7-4614-a29f-837
65d83577a"
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Commands for Managing System Clock.
(Veiw Crrent status) timedatectl status
(enable ntp) sudo pacman -S ntp
sudo timedatectl set-ntp true
(List Timezones) timedatectl list-timezones
(set Timezone "Example") sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
(Manually set system Time "Example") sudo timedatectl set-time "2013-08-11 23:5
6:16"
Note: To Fix Clock errors when dual booting, Select Local time when installing
Manjaro
( This is done by default if using GUI install) Then Open Terminal and Se
t the TimeZone as UTC. Using the followng command.
sudo timedatectl set-timezone UTC
There is a bug that causes the System time and the Local time to be reversed. Se
tting
The TimeZone to UTC Results in Correct time Being diplayed on the Desktop.
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Recomended Software:

octopi
octopi-notifier
pacmanxg4-bin
grub-customizer
conky-manager
bombono-dvd
pinta
k3b