(SOLVED) Just finished first installation, can't use pacman

[warm widget]

sorry if this is a common issue, but I'm a little confused. what do I do here?

ping didn't work either. seems to be a problem with wifi

[echo terrace]

@warm widget iwctl

station wlan0 connect "namehere"

exit

ping -c3 archlinux.org

[warm widget]

iwctl command not found, it says

[warm widget]

should I reboot into the arch iso and try there?

[echo terrace]

how did you install arch?

[warm widget]

iwctl works in the arch iso

I don't want to rush you but do you have any ideas @echo terrace?

I think reinstalling is my best bet here

[echo terrace]

@warm widget

[warm widget]

iwctl

wireless

[echo terrace]

@warm widget manual or archinstall?

[warm widget]

manual

[echo terrace]

@warm widget did you pacstrap networkmanager/iw/d ?

[warm widget]

networkmanager

just networkmanager if that's what you mean

it says NetworkManager is active when I run systemctl status NetworkManager

[echo terrace]

@warm widget nmtui

[warm widget]

what option?

activate?

[echo terrace]

yes

[warm widget]

that worked

tysm

[echo terrace]

you're welcome

@warm widget I wouldn't recommended using a wm for my first use of a wm in arch, I would recommended using a de to get to know arch a little bit better, then use a wm

[warm widget]

I see

thanks for your help

[echo terrace]

... solved

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[echo terrace]

@warm widget

[warm widget]

I was unable to use anything network related even though networkmanager was enabled. iwctl wasn't working either. running nmtui and activating a wifi connection fixed the issue.

[echo terrace]

@warm widget

[mighty marsh]

I disagree. If you have a lot of experience with the WM in question it can be fine imo

[covert pewter]

I'm at a point where I have all display managers with me lmao, Wayland, i3, hyprland and will soon explore more haha
Hyprland looks clean af but Wayland just feels home yk

[mighty marsh]

none of those are display managers

[covert pewter]

Ohhh
: (

Whatever they are then

[mighty marsh]

Wayland iirc is called a display protocol

I3 is a window manager that runs on X11
Hyprland is a wayland based standalone compositor

[warm widget]

(SOLVED) Just finished first installation, can't use pacman

[covert pewter]

Ohh wow i thought i3 and hyprland are basically the same thing haha

[mighty marsh]

I mean, they kinda are

I3 though is JUST the window manager, you've gotta add a compositor, background tool, and all your apps

Hyprland (and all wayland "wm's") is both the compositor and window manager (can't separate)

both are tiling though so Shrug_

[covert pewter]

If only thing you need is tiling then doesn't kde plasma has kwin script for khronkite that automatically tiles windows ?

[mighty marsh]

Yes, BUT, being able to choose absolutely everything that makes up your desktop is the point of standalone WM's

[covert pewter]

Fair enough !
I've been loving hyprland, I'm using the M4LW config and learning more about everything

[mighty marsh]

Nice!! I do think you should know though that the creator of hyprland is a pedophile. Not only that but the codebase apparently sucks. If it works for you though thats fine. If you ever want to switch from it I'd recommend these:

Sway (wayland)
BSPWM (X11)
I3 (Sway bux X11)
Xmonad (X11)

All of these are fantastic Tiling window managers

I've used i3 on and off for years and still love it, though currently running BSPWM and loving it

[covert pewter]

Bro didn't had to pull the pedophile card 😭🙏
Can you tell me more about bspwm?

Maybe some tutorials?

I'm still a very beginner in Linux let alone these wm so I don't really know alot haha

[echo terrace]

... hyprland

[solar tusk]

#16504 📣 Consider this before using it: https://rentry.co/Hyprland-controversy

[mighty marsh]

Okay so I will say this about BSPWM:

It is VERY minimal in comparison to even other WM's.
It doesn't even manage keybinds by itself.
It's a leaf-style tiling wm which is more like Hyprland than i3 or sway lol.

As for tutorials, I'd read the Arch Wiki page on BSPWM first, and the IntrepidPig doc is good too

.aw bspwm

[solar tusk]

Bspwm

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bspwm

[mighty marsh]

https://github.com/IntrepidPig/bspwm-doc

[covert pewter]

Thanks !!

[severe sphinx]

TWM best WM received a thank you cookie!

[mighty marsh]

the channel Distrotube also has many great tutorials for specific tiling wm's, but most of it applies to any tiling wm. He also has one hour long video about tiling wm's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V27tWY_-B5k

[covert pewter]

I see, I'll check them out

[mighty marsh]

nice, have fun!

[echo terrace]

awesome

[mighty marsh]

Awesome is very nice too, and I feel it's quite unique

I prefer the tiling modes over the floating modes personally

[covert pewter]

Clean

[covert pewter]

Will do i wanna install all of these hahaha

[mighty marsh]

Fair lol, playing with window managers is very fun

[covert pewter]

I3, sway, dpswn, hyprland everything lol

[covert pewter]

It fr is, I even installed my main game dev engine in Linux and so far it's working which is surprising

Because I wasn't expecting it to work without any issues but for some reason, it is ?

Crazy stuff

I've been loving linux so far and using wm like hyprland that was pre-configed only made it better

[mighty marsh]

btw, if you want a nice app launcher, you should try rofi

it's unrelated but I just really like rofi

[covert pewter]

This was without any wm, kde plasma with khronkite

[covert pewter]

My app launcher is the one that M4LW guy provides, it's very sleek haha

[mighty marsh]

this isn't hyprland

[covert pewter]

But for some reason khronkite never tiled brave browser and discord so it kind of got annoying

[covert pewter]

Yes ik, it isn't, it was kde plasma with khronkite like I mentioned

[mighty marsh]

Ohhhh sorry

i thought you said you used hyprland

[covert pewter]

I do

[mighty marsh]

I should install kronkhite on my arch steam deck

[covert pewter]

This is my hyprland set-up

[mighty marsh]

dam

https://tenor.com/view/dam-damn-gif-27530020

[covert pewter]

Dam fr 😭😭

https://youtu.be/_S0C53xaoAo

It was this guy whose tutorial I followed

[echo terrace]

you shouldn't take someones dots, you don't know how to use it then

[covert pewter]

Ik, I'm still learning so yk...only option ? The whole thing is a bit complex

[opaque yoke]

If it's too complex for you, and you dont wanna spend time on it, it isn't for you.

[covert pewter]

Orr maybe you can not be an ass and discourage new users from using the damn thing

[opaque yoke]

I'm not, I'm just telling you if you don't want to read documentation, you should look into non-diy distros, if you use these scripts that are often outdated, you WILL encounter issues.

[covert pewter]

I will, and I'll try to learn from the whole thing, the worst that will happen is that I'll break my system, Idc if I lose all my data lmao

[opaque yoke]

The worst is malware

[covert pewter]

I have literally nothing on this laptop

[opaque yoke]

The hyprland wiki is quite good, I recommend you look through it, if you have problems, ask here or in the Hyprland Discord.

[covert pewter]

Will do, thanks for the info, I did look into the documentation btw, I got overwhelmed by it

[severe sphinx]

hybridkernel received a thank you cookie!

[opaque yoke]

Yes that's fair, the find feature on your browser and the tree on the side help a lot!