Arch Linux

ahh k, so that explains it.

Gotcha. 

There's a recent mlt bug about this: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/35756

It sounds like Mr.G pointed you in the right direction, as of late, via new changes in Arch, namely -> https://www.archlinux.org/news/binaries … ervention/ -all those steps need to be followed to the letter.
Did any of your previously default md confs change ?, major kernel updates in Arch do sporadically intoduce ramdom problems at times.
Hopefully it's not a weird hardware raid issue that suddenly cropped up. ?
If you're running such an important "raid", maybe arch''s more stable "LTS" kernel would be a better/safer environment, since everything had worked before for you, and in future, would be worth considering.
-jus thinkin' out loud.

"snapper" was interesting, and of course they always throw a plug in for their buddies at System76, the  "beast" -Bonobo Extreme. Lol.

I ran outta "GAS".

I was lucky enough (with my Asus K75D latop) that I still have the ability to choose, within bios, either uefi or Legacy-bios.
The point is, "uefi" DOES, unfortunately, depend on the uefi hardware/implentation manufacturer, so to speak.
For example, I tried to install the latest (official)Arch_201306 media.
Everuthing went fine uefi-wise until I booted, it failed, even after installling grub2-uefi..., or whatever,
but then, by chance, I discovered, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … U47_Family, upon which, a simple "make sure" that -> /boot/efi/shellx64.efi exists, suddenly allowed it to boot succcesfully, ..., even within uefi-firmware. wtf ???

Anyway, the future-trouble is, many MB/Laptop makers, these days, are opting for "UEFI-ONLY" default, BUT, in their "own" stupid-non-standard way.

I was, and still am, perfectly happy running multiple-distro's on anything with uefi-disabled, simply because it works flawlessly, for now.
But, as many others have already mentioned as well, "...UEFI is going to be a permanent fixture, whether we like it or not..."
k,  'nuff said.
It's high time it works for ALL Linux distro's, seamlessly or not.
-jus' my 2-cents.

ya but juist dd'ing your AB-rc-uefi iso to a usb drive isn't enough, it doesn't boot via uefi.

That script of yours is looking better though, slowly.

maybe also include the "efibootmgr" package as well, if it's not included already. ?

Basically, I just created a FAT32 parttion of around 2 Gigs, sdx1, on a usb stick.

then -> http://bbs.archbang.org/viewtopic.php?pid=23847#p23847

But it doesn't install successfully, which is what I'm trying to do uefi-wise. The "abinstall"script tries to install standard-MBR grub2, ...,
  it's just a uefi-bootable Live-version only, of archbang-rc

Yep, It all depends on the uefi each manufacturer is using ?
Basically, on my laptop, for Linux's like Arch,... just disable Microsoft "Secure Boot", and enable UEFI.
If your system-BIOS has an enable/disable "CSM" (Compatibility Support Module for MBR-Bioses), then disable it to turn on UEFI support, Or,  enable it if you just want standard-MBR booting ability.
Again though, mileage varies.

Good Luck 

That's an insane Socket-2011 

ya, almost all newer (Intel-based) MB's have uefi now, like asus, gigabyte... -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl1vkj2yB1A   (Socket 1155, the uefi stuff is about 4:48 into that vid).
EDIT: Or, for some "I Hate uEFI IN Linux" humour <- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNC5MIajjD8  I absolutely agree with him about how "freekin'" irritating all this can really be, sometimes 

I still have my older (non-uefi) i7 MB's, haven't upgraded myself yet, but I'm pretty sure all the newer sandy-bridge intel cpu's/MB's are all uefi compliant today. ?
And you're right, my crappy Laptop has uefi, but I removed Win8 on it months ago, couldn't stand it.

It is definitely scriptable.
Well, maybe it's time to just upgrade your Mothetrboard to a uefi-supported one. 
Try to grab a cheap/standard uefi-2.* compliant MB.
(just stay clear of those screwy "hybrid-uefi" MB's.)

...and for much less than 300, especially if you have a compatible case,...

I followed this https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … B_from_ISO  section using our latest archbang-RC, and and the Official Arch_201306 (mkfs.vfat ....).
EDIT: I then copied over the /EFI, and /loader directories from an Official 2013_06 Arch iso, onto the writeable mounted usb partition of the archbang-rc mnt,
and voila, I had a uefi bootable (usb) archbang,  just as a quick, and useless test. 

OR,
-note: if you use http://sourceforge.net/projects/archban … o/download, then you don't have to copy over or even use the Official ARCH_201306 iso,
However, for the "mkfs.vfat..." line you should just use the label ARCHBANG,

EDIT: meaning, AB via uefi, booted into a "Live" environment, however, if I were to try to install it, grub,... would obviously fail.
I followed along the ideas as previously posted by you guys <- http://bbs.archbang.org/viewtopic.php?id=4412

Obviously there's a lot more to it, like you said, that would have to be built into the "abinstall" script, for this to fly.

@Mr. Green, If I could,  I'd definitely send you a uefi-capable laptop for testing ... Trouble is, these uefi systems are still too "new" to pick up at any bargain-basement sale right now-unless it's broken.

Antergos 2013.05.30: (formerly known as Cinnarch).
- I had to manually add .../EFI/boot/bootx64.efi to my uefi/bios pathname, but that was likely me doing something wrong ?
  Also, it only has uefi-support for it's "CLI-Installer" at this time.

Geez, I hate to quote the bible Mark, but: "... Pride doth goeth before the fall... "
-no pity here.

Hey, he would've better off trying to find/Invest in (open)hardware-makers for Linux OS's, way back when, instead of hoping for "closed/greedy/proprietary" manufacturing-corporations to come to him, meaning, as if they really did anyway, for the last 20 years or so ... ?.

In other words, there must've been a reason, only awhile back, Torvalds had said :"...fuck you, Nvidia, ..."

well, this is kinda funny,
'cause with "archbang-rc-15.05.2013-x86_64.iso" I had no problems installing Grub, but with
"archbang-rc-01.06.2013-x86_64.iso" all I got was "Error Installing Grub....", ? and then of course, afterwards, it would NOT boot.
and yes, it's all the same hardware/laptop that I used for the same install.

and no, I didn't use Vmware, (which most Users don't either).

Any idea's ?

@tommydust: 

meaning you tried "Auto-Select" step 1st, and gave it a minute or so to auto-detect... ?  ..."mesa" and "intel-dri" should already be on the CD.

This is dated, but it may be worth a read atleast:
http://bbs.archbang.org/viewtopic.php?pid=791

Also, as a test, try the "i686" archbang...

If so, then
Even if you get arch going on this, The Intel GPU (4500M) may be the bottleneck here. 420p, 720p and much higher, are very common on youtube video's these days, the GPU , especially full-screen, cannot decode video fast enough without shuttering/cache.... ?
This is just my geuss here.
I had an old 4500M laptop and even (true)720p full-screen was so jerky, it was impossible to watch, and yet you would think 480p should atleast be watchable.?

even better, I'll just upgrade your Internet connection over there, so you stop "whining" constantly about your upload speeds when you're pushing these nice archbang rc-iso's up on Sourceforge.
hehehe

as mentioned before, look at the sheer size of debian/buntu forums... and they are not near as "nasty".
But then again debian, moreso the Buntu's are supposed to be much easier to install for n00bs too ? - but, I wouldn't know about that anymore.

I think also what was helpful/more friendly back then was when Arch had a good Captain in charge -namely, Judd Vinet.
Atmosphere and environments, freindliness, ..., always reflect from the top -> down.

Yes, we have girls hockey too, but it's called "Figure Skating" here.
Besides, you guys got Soccer/Fußball, which is much bigger worldwide, than even hockey,...
...just sayin'.
I like all decent (smash-mouth-contact) sports' too.

What do you mean by "...Chromium will not boot..."
Is it an arm-uP?, is this a Chromebook, ... ?
Or, is it that Chromium (web-browser) doesn't fire up, aka, Apps do NOT boot.
Lack of info, ends up as lack of potential answers ?

Thanks for the "fairwear" link.

I had sucessfully used networkmanager/openvpn-plugin... with archbang, but that was only once, back in the days "before" systemd.
Also, there was some known bugs in the past with openvpn and systemd, but they should've also been fixed by now.

Anyway, along with what Mr. G and Oliver suggest that you check, I also found this on arch, which may help you troubleshoot this:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=150440
and of course, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenVPN  -search for "systemd".
But please, if you do post over at the arch forums be aware of: http://archbang.org/news/posting-on-archlinux-forums

hope this helps.

yes, google is even faster, and less than Ten Minutes.

I suggest modifying the line in ~/.config/obmenu-generator/config.pl
so that it reads:

...so that any installed kde apps will show up in the main-menu after.
that is, it worked for me, unless there's a better way ?

ok, it simply just started working, even though the network was up and fine, maybe it needed time to sync with the mirrors around thx anyway.

cool,  2112 was definitely one of their greatest musical pinnacles.
and yet,  I'm also still surprised why "Yes", and even Deep Purple, or King Crimson, are still not in the RnR HoF yet too ?
... maybe King Crimson I could understand why not, because they were a meld of more to come, but still, ...
Cheers, and Thanks.

I guess I've been following this human-genom question for too long now,
But yes, "scary" was the wrong word that I used, since these things that are known, (ie: insane "patents" such as this), go hand-in-hand with the ever-growing corruption of "capitlalism".

yes, "armchair"-wise, you're on the right track, and a "live" netinstalled=latest version of armchair -the way you envision it - is a possibility for sure.?
even though I'm not quite sure.

nice work Mr. G, keep it up.

...It looks very promising indeed, and since the old "automated netinstall backbone" , ( called "AIF" of Arch) is now long gone, in favour to a more manually configured "AIS", I'm just very glad someone is picking up the gammet to make a potential true ArchBang (automated) "netinstall" a reality, especially because of things like "systemd", ..., that need to be easily setup for ppl to not worry about...
It's gonna be a "beaaatch", but it will be well worth it, in the long run.
It makes perfect sense anyway, since, imho, Arch already lends itself to being the most bleeding-edge of ALL Linux distro's.
...k, I'll shutup now.

Kudos bud.

So here's Zak's reply, regarding and from http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5 - with respect of my below question to them.
Please also respect that this is simply their opinion only.

anyway, basically my question was
"Why would the W3C go along with DRM,..., especially if Tim Berners-Lee is still the "Director" of the W3C. ?"

- below is Zak's reply/opinion :

Needless to say, I found this interesting and I hope others may as well,
so ya, lets ALL sign the above petition.

I have received a very good reply/explanation of all this potentially intrusive "DRM" into the W3C from the Campaigns Manager, Zak Rogoff.
Out of respect, I have asked him for permission first, before posting his explanatory quote here.

I'm sorry, but this stuff just drives me nutz..  <frown>

Sooo, I'm gonna pull a (depressing) Aldous Huxley / Arthur C. Clark right now.
... I honestly fear, along with all these iPads'/closed-Tablets/... (which potentially, are not a bad thing, hardware-wise -only if they were more "Open"),
that the whole "Internet" as we know it, is slowly being morphed into a giant interplanetary "sewage"-cable/TV,
and we're ALL witness's to this.

The only way out of this is to support your local "Publicly-owned" broadcasters, make our own movies, and forget all these overpaid hollywood actors,..., (aka I'm sure the (future) Bruce Willis's, and Mel Gibson's will learn to earn a lot less than $20-million per movie?! uhh huh yep.)

UN-subscrice to the HBO's,... and big "Cable/TV" corps/companies/ as well as any of their telecom affiliates. -Don't worry, they will all come crawling back to us, and this time they'll pay us, to watch them.

Even A lot of musicians' these days, don't even bother with the big Record-companies (corporate middlemen) anymore -just look/listen at "Radiohead", ...  ?!
- while we're at it, replace ALL corp/telecom/telephone with "publicly"-owned VOIP/Wireless -use the Internet for what it's really worth -namely, US (you and me) !

Uninhibited freedom-of-speech, ..., having access to the truth for ALL, is what this is all really about, without which we are nothing.

any other idea's ?

yes, I remember sunsolve, and u're right,
Sun's docs, manual pages,..., were, for the most part, imho, the absolute "reference", when it came to technical documentation's, ... They even made Linux's docs back then, look like a bunch of scribbling-scratch pads.
ahh well
- even though Oracle has tried it's best to "kill" OpenSolaris, it's nice to see "open" sun communities still trying to live on: http://openindiana.org/