November 2008 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] how to install several 2.6.27 kernels in parallel?
by Michael Krauss 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hello Arch users, the new kernel version causes me some trouble. Since version 2.6.27 architecture independent firmware is installed to /lib/firmware. The install path doesn't depend on the actual name of the kernel: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_27#head-a1eaa0eeec567ae80d95dedf354e3663… Hence it isn't possible to install two different kernel packages in parallel anymore, because both packages include the same content of /lib/firmware, so pacman refuses to install the second package. Up to now I "solve" this problem by simply deleting the firmware in my own kernel package. Don't needing the frimware myself makes this an acceptable solution. But for my savekernel skript in the AUR I need a full featured backup kernel. I have examined the interesting part of the kernel config file: CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="" and looked at the commits to the kernel git: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h… http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h… There doesn't seem to exist a simple switch to install the firmware relative to the kernel name. The only solution I can see so far is to stick every firmware name into the EXTRA_FIRMWARE variable and to set EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR to a directory related to the specific kernel. I tried to be clever and looked into the kernel26-ice package from AUR but it suffers the same problem. Maybe the maintainer never tried to install kernel26-ice and the official kernel26 in parallel. The question is: Are there any options to install the firmware relative to the kernel version in general? Kind regards, Michael Krauss

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[arch-general] pkgstats: contribution was never that easy
by Pierre Schmitz 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Annoying bug you filed not fixed? Waiting on a package to be updated? If only there was some way you could help out and improve everybody's favourite Linux distribution... (in case you are wondering, I mean Arch). Wait! There is! Just install the pkgstats package (pacman -Sy pkgstats), run the /usr/bin/pkgstats script as a user and help the Arch developers prioritize their efforts. Come on, all the cool kids are doing it. You can be like them!

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[arch-general] Arch on VIA EPIA Pico?
by Sergey Manucharian 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hi folks, Does anybody have an experience installing Arch on VIA EPIA Pico-series boards? Are there known issues? Thanks! Sergey.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [draft] pkgstats: contribution was never that easy
by Loui Chang 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 01:23:52AM +0100, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Hi, > > here is an announcement draft based on Allan's proposal: > > > Annoying bug you filed not fixed? Waiting on a package to be updated? > If only there was some way you could help out and improve everybody's > favourite Linux distribution... (in case you were wondering, I was > meaning Arch). > > Wait! There is! Just install the pkgstats package, run it as a user and help > the Arch dev's prioritize their efforts. Come on, all the cool kids are doing > it. Wow déja vu. I remember there was something like this called archstats that just silently disappeared into the digital abyss. I'm glad to see it back!

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[arch-general] Support for Sierra Wireless AirCard 881
by Amanai 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Need some help Support Sierra Wireless AirCard 881? The Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 provides enhanced mobile broadband performance to keep you connected with access to email, the Internet, and business applications while on the go. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 provides the latest technology based upon the global standard for wireless - GSM. Best yet, the Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 works seamlessly across AT&T's 3G BroadbandConnect and EDGE networks providing you the perfect combination of performance and coverage. The AirCard 881 is simple to set-up and use so that you can stay connected whether traveling across town, the U.S., or the world. The application and howto can be found here http://www.sierrawireless.com/faq/ShowFAQ.aspx?ID=607 What do I have to Install for Archlinux, to get my card run? Is there any application supported by Archlinux for easy Install via "pacman -S x..." ? Is it possible that a Archlinux developer can maintaining this application? I can't find any Infos at archlinux.org , no Wiki, no Hardware Info.

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[arch-general] is arch vulnerable to the ndiswrapper exploit?
by Jonathan 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

I came across this in the news today, it seems to be a pretty big security hole in ndiswrapper. "Multiple buffer overflows in the ndiswrapper module 1.53 for the Linux kernel 2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets over a local wireless network that specify long ESSIDs." http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4395 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275860 Jonathan

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[arch-general] Fosdem 2009
by Dieter Plaetinck 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Fosdem is a pretty big FOSS-related conference in Brussels, Belgium (Europe). ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSDEM, http://fosdem.org) They basically do/allow 4 things: - devrooms: foss projects can have rooms to meet/discuss/hack/demonstrate/plan IRL with other devs. Members of the community can go in too, although even in the biggest rooms you can get maximum 40 people or so IIRC. (the Gentoo devrooms used to be full 8-) - lightning talks: 15 minutes for someone involved in a (new) project to present it to the community - "real" talks: IIRC about 1hour. usually for bigger known projects like xorg etc. - stands: there is also the fair part, where projects can have stands to show off their project, sell merchandise,.. If any of these sounds interesting for Arch, you can still apply. See: http://fosdem.org/2009/call_for_devrooms_and_stands http://fosdem.org/2009/call_for_lightningtalks http://fosdem.org/2009/node/153 Dieter

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[arch-general] Wiki/AUR Mirrors
by Stythys 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Due to our recent downtime, I wanted to open a discussion about the possibility of mirroring the wiki/aur. I'm sure the are many people among the community (including myself) who'd be willing to put forth some hosting.

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[arch-general] FS#10058 - mysqld rc script creates insecure dummy log
by Loui Chang 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

I fixed this for myself and posted this report long ago but it kind of bugs me that this is still in the wild so I want to bring this to the attention of the mailing list readers. http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10058 The mysqld startup script touches the default mysqld.log location but doesn't do anything to secure it from reading by non privileged users. Databases can have sensitive information so should not be globally readable. mysqld_safe seems to take care of log creation and security itself when a log file is specified in my.cnf and it has write permission to the directory containing the logs. (personally I just create /var/log/mysql/ and gave it user:group of mysql:mysql) Furthermore the startup script assumes too much (location of log file), which may be incorrect depending on my.cnf Let the admin take care of things him/herself. Patch attached. It would be handy though for a novice user to be able to enable secure logging (with logrotate) by just uncommenting a config option in my.cnf Get rid of /var/log/mysqld.log creation diff --git a/rc.d/mysqld b/rc.d/mysqld index 0fcecf7..843397e 100755 --- a/rc.d/mysqld +++ b/rc.d/mysqld @@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ if [ ! -d $MYSQLD_ROOT ]; then chown -R mysql.mysql $MYSQLD_ROOT fi -if [ ! -e /var/log/mysqld.log ]; then - touch /var/log/mysqld.log - chown mysql /var/log/mysqld.log -fi - case "$1" in start) stat_busy "Starting MySQL"

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[arch-general] uswsup in aur
by Johannes Held 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hello I want to suspend my computer (no laptop) to ram or even to disk. For the ease of use I first want to try suspend to ram and looked into our wiki [1] which recommended uswsusp from aur. But I have the same problem like "dninja" in the coments. libgcrypt-1.4.3-2 is installed but the build breaks with this error: gcc -DS2RAM -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=core2 -mtune=native -O2 -m64 -pipe -mmmx -msse -msse2 -static -o resume resume-resume.o libsuspend-common.a -llzo2 -lgcrypt -lgpg-error /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcrypt If I compile some dummy c-file with -lgcrypt everything's ok. What's the problem in here? And another question: If you suspend your normal computer - which method do you use? [1]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Suspend_to_RAM -- Gruß, Johannes Täglich http://blog.hehejo.de und du fühlst dich gut. http://cryptocd.eduforge.org/online_version

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