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[arch-general] [translation] String freeze for pacman 3.1.1 release
by Dan McGee 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

We've weeded out a handful of bugs and issues since 3.1.0, so it is time to call for a string freeze for 3.1.1. I've CC-ed this to the Arch General list to see if we can get a helping hand with some of our currently neglected translations. As this list may not be quite as familiar with how everything works, PLEASE reply to the list or privately to me if you have questions or want to help out but are not sure how. Our pacman translation policy is outlined here. The important sections for translators are the introduction and up to (and including) pre-release updates. http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/translation-help.html As stated in the above document, PO files have been made available to translate: http://code.toofishes.net/pacman/po_files/ I would like to get the release out within the next 7 days, so the sooner the better for the translations. Languages we currently have: cs_CZ: Handled by Vojtěch Gondžala <vogo(a)seznam.cz> de: handled by Matthias Gorissen <matthias(a)archlinux.de> en_GB: Handled by Jeff Bailes <thepizzaking(a)gmail.com> es: status unknown, no current translator fr: Handled by Chantry Xavier <shiningxc(a)gmail.com> hu: Handled by Nagy Gabor <ngaba(a)bibl.u-szeged.hu> it: Handled by Giovanni Scafora <linuxmania(a)gmail.com> pl_PL: Work in progress by Mateusz Jedrasik <m.jedrasik(a)gmail.com> pt_BR: status unknown, no current translator ru_RU: status unknown, no current translator If you wish to help translate, but your language is already listed as handled by someone, please contact them at the above addresses. If the language is listed as "no current translator", then please reply to ALL on this message stating you are doing the translation so we do not have duplicated effort (although you are more than welcome to work in teams). Once you have updated or completed a translation, simply tar and gzip the files up and send them back to pacman-dev(a)archlinux.org with a [translation] prefix in the message. For those that are used to the old method of updating translations (GIT patches), those are still acceptable as well. Please prefix the patch with "translation:" so it can be picked out easily. HOWEVER, if at all possible, please do not needlessly update the line numbers in the code! It makes it much easier to see which translations have been changed and updated if line number changes are not 90% of the patch. The "translations" branch is located in my GIT repo; one of the following things will probably be of help. http://code.toofishes.net/gitweb.cgi?p=pacman.git;a=shortlog;h=translations git remote add dan http://code.toofishes.net/gitprojects/pacman.git git checkout -b translations dan/translations -Dan

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[arch-general] New web page
by Carl Mueller 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

The new web page looks great! Congratulations to all involved. Carl Mueller

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[arch-general] Weird makepkg problem
by David Rosenstrauch 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

Hi. I'm the maintainer for the todotxt package in the AUR (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=7673). While I was trying to update the PKGBUILD today, something really peculiar happened. The todotxt source gets downloaded in a zip file format. But instead of unzipping the zip file to the src directory, for some reason makepkg is *copying* the zip to the src directory. Consequently, the PKGBUILD can't find the files it needs and fails. Anybody know what caused this (it wasn't always this way, as I've been maintaining this package for over a year now) and how to fix it? TIA, DR

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[arch-general] libdts + fglrx questions
by richard terry 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Every time I upgrade I get: ?replace libdts with libdca, and replace fglrx with catalyst. What's the difference, is it safe to say yes (especially to the video driver)? Thanks

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[arch-general] Problem with latest KDE update in testing
by Karolina Lindqvist 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Am I the only one who got problems after the latest KDE update (from testing)? I got crashes in nspluginviewer all the time. I solved it by building a new version of kdelibs/kdebase from CVS, which appears to have some bug-fixes. Karolina

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[arch-general] Comment box in flag package Out-of-date
by Karolina Lindqvist 09 Jan '08

09 Jan '08

Is it possible to make the box for comment, in the flag package out-of-date, a little bit bigger? As it is now, it is hard to see what you write, if you want to explain your findings.

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[arch-general] famd problems
by _saiko 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Famd has always been more problematic then useful for me. On random occasions after i plugged a mp3 player or an external usb drive it would just start using cpu @ 100% and there was no change at all. I had to kill the process. Just now i plugged my USB drive and wanted to copy something. CPU usage was 100% and iostat reported <3MB/s rate non sequential! I checked the processes and as expected ntfs-3g driver was using most but famd was there too! So i nicely killed famd once again... and transfer rate went @ ~22MB/s as expected Is there a way to live without famd since all it brings are problems for me? It's required by many things so i can't just remove it. I'm doing a regular -Syu and this problem was present ... since like forever Any explanation to this? Also i'm using xfce, 2GB ram, separate physical system drive Many thanks

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [extra signoff] nvidia/nvidia-utils 169.07
by Jesse Young 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 09:11:34 +0100, Thomas Bächler wrote: > I added new nvidia drivers 169.07 for i686 and x86_64 to testing. My > nvidia machine is out of order for now, so please sign off both > architectures and as many GPUs as possible. > > I am also interested in signoffs from users, so please don't hesitate to > reply to this message to the arch-general list! > everything looks fine on i686, except for this error on upgrade, I don't know how pacman lost track of it, unless I was installinng my own nvidia* a long time ago. nvidia-utils: /usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 exists in filesystem lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Status Report: 2008-01-07
by Loui 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

On Jan 7, 2008 11:39 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > * ArchCon 2009: Big Baaad Idea > > This is staying right here until someone decides to come to Chicago to visit 8) > No, the US is not dangerous! Hah. Chicago sounds good to me. :D

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[arch-general] forcing speed/duplex on Intel e1000 driver
by Chuck Remes 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

A service provider has forced all of their switch ports to 100/full. I need to do the same on a box running archlinux x86_64 w/kernel 2.6.22- ARCH and the Intel e1000 driver. I edited /etc/modprobe.conf to contain these lines: e1000 Speed=100,100,100,100 e1000 Duplex=2,2,2,2 However, the messages in /var/log/kernel.log indicate the interfaces are still coming up as 100/half which implies they are still attempting to autonegotiate and failing therefore defaulting to 100 (which can be sensed) and half-duplex (which can't be sensed, so this is the default). What's the best way to force the driver into 100/full on boot?

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