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

[arch-general] speakers don't turn off when headphones inserted
by Scott Weisman 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Hello, I just obtained a Fujitsu P7120 notebook (a very nice model, by the way). Overall, I am getting this working with Arch just fine (although I would definitely appreciate pointers from anyone else who has installed Arch, especially as I have been using a desktop until now and haven't had the need to configure notebook-type features). One problem I am having that I don't know how to fix is that when I plug in headphones, the speakers don't turn off. Alsamixer shows that the headphones and speakers have separate controls, something I have never seen in a notebook before. While cool, I would really love to have this automatically toggle as expected. Does anyone have a suggestion? Thanks, Scott

5 4

[arch-general] (no subject)
by Agus Setiawan 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

-- Regards, Agus Setiawan http://mysetiawan.net

5 4

[arch-general] Amarok 2.0 released
by Amanai 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Some of the highlights that are included in the 2.0 release are a completely redesigned user interface, tight integration with online services such as Magnatune, Jamendo, MP3tunes, Last.fm and Shoutcast. There is an overhauled scripting API and plugin support to allow better integration into Amarok. Much of the work has gone into migration from the KDE 3 to KDE 4 framework using core technologies such as Solid, Phonon, and Plasma. http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.0 ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/amarok/2.0/src/amarok-2.0.tar.bz2

1 1

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] WICD, up for grabs
by Angel Velásquez 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Eduardo Romero <k3nsai(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I have updated wicd quite a few times already, since I was using > it to test something in my network. I had my few share of bugs opened > for wicd, but now, they are all closed, hopefully, closed and dead. But, > well, I have no more need for wicd, so, I am officially retiring from > maintaining it. Feel free to grab it, or do with the packages what you > want. To this point nobody has showed interest in taking it. So, let's > hope someone takes it and give it the care it should have. > > I honestly have no means to test it to full capacity, so for half the > bugs I had to rely on what others told me. I send this email, because I > won't like it to be there sitting outdated and uncared for too much. > > PS: I just upgraded it for the last time, to version 1.5.6, because it > seems to fix some problems. > > Thanks, > > Eduardo "kensai" Romero > > If nobody will take it, I can maintain it on community. Cheers -- Angel Velásquez angvp @ irc.freenode.net Linux Counter: #359909 Arch Linux Trusted User

5 13

[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.28-1
by Tobias Powalowski 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Hi guys, new kernel adresses the following things: - bump to latest major version - atl2 moved into mainline kernel - wlan-ng26 moved into staging directory of kernel development - for the cool stuff please refer to: http://kernelnewbies.org please signoff for both arches all binary modules have been rebuilt too, please test if they work properly. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

2 1

Re: [arch-general] A good CPU Load/Memory/Network Activity Monitor in KDE
by Charly Ghislain 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Except that its not using a percentage scale but a dynamic one with absolute values. That means you should look a it to know your transfert speed.

1 0

[arch-general] [aur-general] the future of empathy, libtelepathy..
by stefan-husmann＠t-online.de 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hello, there has been a thread on aur-general in October 2008 about this issue, but the situation is not satisfying IMHO: We have a package of empathe in AUR _and_ in [testing].Both are or were orphaned, and the package in AUR was taken by a user and upgraded to version 2.25. I was chatting with him, and we reverted the change and uploaded a release 2.25 as empathy-devel. I think this should not happen again. What is the decision? Will empathe go to [extra] soon? If it is desired to keep the version in AUR, I suggest a developer should take it and keep it until it reaches [extra]. Or it should be removed. Thoughts? Regards Stefan

1 0

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] libnl 1.1-1, iw 0.9.7-1, crda 0.9.5-1
by Grigorios Bouzakis 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > With 2.6.28, the new wirless regulatory infrastructure is there. The above > packages are in extra (libnl) or testing (iw, crda). If we want proper > wireless support, we need these packages in core. It works like this: > > - Install crda > - Uncomment the right country code in /etc/conf.d/wireless-regdom > - Add wireless-regdom to your rc.conf DAEMONS and run > /etc/rc.d/wireless-regdom start > > The kernel will now know on which frequencies you are allowed to send. > Without this, you should only be able to access a small number of channels. > > The cfg80211_regdom kernel module option will be removed in 2.6.29 and > should not be used anymore. > > Theres packages for crda and libnl in AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14856 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21855 & iw in [community]: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19012 Theres also http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21854 whose only reason of existance seemed to be crda. Greg

2 2

[arch-general] vnc on display:0
by sagar n 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hi, I want to connect to display:0 of a headless box remotely. I looked at x11vnc but it seems to be considerably slow compared to a normal vnc session or even XDMCP. Is there a way to run vncserver so that it connects to :0. I looked at xf4vnc-xvnc package, but the module libvnc.so fails to load with the new Xserver. (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libvnc.so dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libvnc.so: undefined symbol: NumCurrentSelections (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libvnc.so (II) UnloadModule: "vnc" (EE) Failed to load module "vnc" (loader failed, 7) Is it a known bug? In any case, is there an alternative way to connect to display:0 remotely? -- Sagar N. ( evilsense ) Dont look at my finger, look at the moon.

4 6

[arch-general] A good CPU Load/Memory/Network Activity Monitor in KDE
by Leonid Grinberg 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows of a good KDE applet for monitoring system activty, similar to the GNOME one. I'd really like to be able to see CPU load, memory usage and network activity. I am running vanilla KDE 4.1.3 (not kdemod). -- Thanks, Leonid Grinberg

8 14