December 2009 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] Gajim 0.13.1-1 generate errors
by Abdourazak Osmanov 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Hi! I refreshed my Arch today, and found that the file ~/.xsession-errors grows to infinity with messages: 13:45:13 (W) gajim.c.x.transports_nb: calling send on empty buffer and queue 13:45:13 (W) gajim.c.x.transports_nb: calling send on empty buffer and queue 13:45:13 (W) gajim.c.x.transports_nb: calling send on empty buffer and queue 13:45:13 (W) gajim.c.x.transports_nb: calling send on empty buffer and queue 13:45:13 (W) gajim.c.x.transports_nb: calling send on empty buffer and queue 13:45:13 (W) gajim.c.x.transports_nb: calling send on empty buffer and queue 13:45:13 (W) gajim.c.x.transports_nb: calling send on empty buffer and queue 13:45:13 (W) gajim.c.x.transports_nb: calling send on empty buffer and queue Please rebuild Gajim package. Sincerely yours, Abdurazak Osmanov aka mao(tm)

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[arch-general] lastsync file on mirrors
by Dieter Plaetinck 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

is it just me or did the lastsync format change? IIRC the lastsync file was 1 file in the root of the repo, with the date in it in string format. now the lastsync files are like so: <path>/{core,extra,testing,...}/os/{i686,x86_64}/lastsync each containing a unix timestamp. note: no lastsyncfile for any 'any' architecture directory, and also none for either architecture for the community-testing repo. maybe the easiest is to go back to 1 global file, as long as we can make sure somehow that rsync will sync the lastsync file as last thing. I maintain an (official) mirror and would like to monitor these files to prevent out-of-date issues. Dieter

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[arch-general] Yikes! kernel26-2.6.32-1-x86_64 leaves Toshiba laptop unbootable
by David C. Rankin 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Guys, I had a fairly rude surprise when I pulled the testing updates tonight. The install of kernel26-2.6.32-1-x86_64 left my toshiba 205d laptop unbootable. The boot process would start as usual but then get to a point just after it had started X and lock. There was no way to ctrl+f1 to break out of X and the only solution was to reboot. I booted to the install cd, and chrooted everything in /mnt/arch and downgraded the kernel to kernel26-2.6.31.6-1 (along with madwifi) and now everything is back to normal. I have looked throught the logs, but I don't know where the useful information would be captured. I think the failed boot sequences (I tried twice) are shown in these snippets: kernel.log: Dec 6 20:55:46 alchemy kernel: Unpin not necessary for ffff88011dd6fe00 ! Dec 6 20:55:46 alchemy kernel: i2c-adapter i2c-1: unable to read EDID block. Dec 6 20:55:46 alchemy kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: LVDS-1: no EDID data Dec 6 20:55:46 alchemy kernel: i2c-adapter i2c-1: unable to read EDID block. Dec 6 20:55:46 alchemy kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: LVDS-1: no EDID data Dec 6 20:55:54 alchemy kernel: Unpin not necessary for ffff8800ba072800 ! Dec 6 20:55:56 alchemy kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready Dec 6 20:55:56 alchemy kernel: wlan0: deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3) Dec 6 20:55:56 alchemy kernel: wlan0: deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3) I don't even know if the failed boot attempts made it to the point that logging was turned on. Anyway, you guys let me know what you want to see or what you want me to test and I'll get it for you FAST. I can't have my Arch install down. I can live without suse, but not Arch ;-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[arch-general] Unable to Install Arch on Server
by Carlos Williams 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

I have a Dell server (Power Edge 1855) blade that I am trying to install Arch Linux on. I have no problems installing / running Debian, CentOS, or Ubuntu on this hardware but when I try to boot from Arch CD (2009.08 Netinst or Core), I get an error: Waiting for boot device... Error: Boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds... Falling back to interactive prompt. You can try and fix the problem manually, log out when you're finished. ramfs$ I also built a new PC from home with parts purchased from Newegg.com. The machine runs perfect with almost any flavor of Linux / Windows but when I go to install Arch Linux as above, I get the same error. I have done md5 sum check on my ISO image and used the CD on other servers fine. I know the disk / image is not the problem. Anyone know how I can resolve this? Here is a link to the screenshot of the error: http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/6127/errorua.png

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.32-1
by Hussam Al-Tayeb 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 09:31 +0100, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Am Samstag 05 Dezember 2009 09:00:38 schrieb Tobias Powalowski: > > - splitted kernel-headers to extra package > > If you want to build external modules please install: > > pacman -S kernel26-headers > > Please change your PKGBUILDS to makedepend on this package. > > Was this done to reduce the kernel package size? It's a little > confusing to > have kernel26-headers and kernel-headers. > Isn't it against Arch philosophy to split packages it binary and header packages?

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[arch-general] coreutils 8.1 major problem
by Lukáš Jirkovský 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

Hi everyone, I've just noticed coreutils 8.1 in [testing] repo and I think I should warn you. Unfortunatelly it has one quite bad regression which can break quite many scripts. There is a change in rm command (it's fixed in git repository) that when you try to remove "" it immediately exits without removing any other specified files. Unfortunately this breaks many scripts and Makefiles(IIRC there's problem with eg. libxt). I suggest NOT to upgrade to coreutils 8.1 before the old behavior is restored. more info: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-11/msg00348.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-12/msg00004.html best, Lukas

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[arch-general] kernel 2.6.32-1
by Tobias Powalowski 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

Hi guys, kernel 2.6.32 first test run ... Upstream changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges Arch Linux bugfixes/feature requests: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16855 # added CONFIG_PM_DEBUG http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/17106 # added CONFIG_MMIOTRACE Arch Linux changes: - splitted kernel-headers to extra package If you want to build external modules please install: pacman -S kernel26-headers Please change your PKGBUILDS to makedepend on this package. - added xen support to 64bit kernel - changed intel kms enabled by default - changed to new firewire subsystem: http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration Broken binary modules: - lirc still needs to be patched, though no fix available yet. Enjoy have fun and give me feedback, greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] 2.6.29 config
by Caleb Cushing 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

where can I get find the configs for older kernels? specifically 2.6.29? -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com

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[arch-general] How to change some setting of gdm under xfce4
by 大熊 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

I use xfce4+gdm, and want to have a auto-login Google result show I can directly modify the /etc/gdm/custom.conf Is there a xfce's GUI App achieve the same work?

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[arch-general] turn mc into a 'SuperTool' enable 'Lynx-like motion'
by David C. Rankin 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Guys, No doubt most of you already know, but I just figured it out. If you use (or want to try) 'mc' (midnight commander), then try it with the configuration option 'Lynx-like motion' enabled. It makes mc a dream to use. No more scrolling back to the top of a directory tree to go up the directory hierchy. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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