Posts from January 2014

• Adventures in Arch: Part 3 - What the GNOME?

  31 January 2014 | arch linux windows linux gnome screensaver topicons evolution system tray | Comment

  A Choice

  In my previous Adventures in Arch post, I mentioned that I was using XFCE. Because XFCE is cool. However, XFCE got its fame for being a ‘lightweight’ distro, and I had originally chosen it to reduce my CPU load. After noticing, however,… »

• GUIDE: Easier League of Legends Installation Using PlayOnLinux

  06 January 2014 | arch linux guide linux league of legends lol gaming | Comment

  Preamble

  PlayOnLinux is a brilliant wrapper for WINE, allowing for the easy installation of innumerable Windows programs on Linux. Of these, my most recent install was League of Legends, which, of course, does not have a native Linux release. PlayOnLinux installs and runs it… »

• Adventures in Arch: Part 2 - Is It Working Yet?

  03 January 2014 | misc arch linux error rant intel amd guide linux hybrid graphics | Comment

  Let's Get Some Hybrid Graphics Up In Here!

  if [ ! -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ]; then
          sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx /etc/X11/xorg.conf
  fi
  startx /usr/bin/openbox-session -- :1

  How simple was that? And my script for starting X on my integrated card is about the same (only using XFCE,… »

• FIX: Crash when using acpi_call with AMD discrete graphics card

  03 January 2014 | | Comment

  Issue Description

  Using acpi_call to disable and enable AMD discrete graphics card sometimes causes system to crash. Problem does not occur with a simple ‘disable card, enable card, run X’ test, but does sometimes occur if a period of time (in which the computer is… »