dot_files/Arch_Notes.md

Removing grub timeout during bootup.

To remove the timeout grub shows during bootup, edit /etc/default/grub by modfying the GRUB_TIMEOUT value. Then run grub-mkconfig as sudo to update your grub configuration. Check out this post if something goes wrong.

Getting xserver up.

# Graphics driver.
yaourt -S xf86-video-vesa 

# Xorg
yaourt -S xorg-server 

# So you can run startx.
yaourt -S xorg-xinit 

# Xorg's default tiling manager
yaourt -S xorg-twm

# Xterm, so we actually get something on screen.
yaourt -S xterm

# Copy a sane default of .xinitrc
cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

# Get an x display session up.
startx

Auto login and startx

To do auto login Arch Wiki:

# /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin username --noclear %I 38400 linux

To do auto startx Arch Wiki:

#~/.zshrc

[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx

Tiling manager (I3-gaps).

#I3-gaps since it is a very awesome fork of i3 that adds a ton of functionality.
yaourt -S i3-gaps-git

# For a wallpaper.
yaourt -S feh imagemagick librsvg

# Replace TWM relevant command with just exec i3.
vim ~/.xinitrc

# And if you need to modify anything i3, like the keys:
# Mod1 -> ALT key
# Mod4 -> Windows key (This does not work with virtualbox!)
vim ~/.config/i3/config

Some quick additions to take advantage of gaps.

# Inside ~/.config/i3/config

for_window [class="^.*"] border pixel 2
gaps inner 12
smart_borders no_gaps

# Wallpaper
exec feh --bg-fill ~/wallpapers/wallpaper.jpg

Resizing in virtualbox.

# Get virtualbox guest additions.
yaourt -S virtualbox-guest-utils

# Load the virtualbox kernel modules upon bootup.
# Add vboxguest, vboxsf, and vboxvideo on new lines.
vim /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf

# Add /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all to you .xinitrc before calling I3.
vim ~/.xinitrc

Styling

# First install xorg-xrdb for reading the xresources file.
yaourt -S xorg-xrdb

# Add the powerline font.
yaourt -S powerline-fonts-git

# And powerline itself.
yaourt -S python2-powerline-git

# Add some goodies to our Xresources.
cat <<EOF > ~/.Xresources
URxvt.background: Black
URxvt.foreground: White
URxvt.scrollbar: false
URxvt.font xft:Sauce Code Powerline:size=9

Xft.dpi: 109
Xft.antialias: true
Xft.rgba: rgba
Xft.hinting: true
Xft.hintstyle: hintfull
EOF

# Add powerline.zsh to our zshrc.
cat ". /usr/share/zsh/site-contrib/powerline.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc

Driver for wifi OurLink AC600

Forum says to use this but it doesn't compile with newest kernel. Instead, this does and seems to work fine.

Vmware Guest

The Wiki has a decent bit of good info, but if using Antergos then a lot is done for you. Networking and auto window resizing works, but clipboard is still iffy. For that, you must install some packages via yaourt -S gtkmm libxtst and restart the machine.