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

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Qt 4.6.0
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Hi there, > > I am still not sure if we can move Qt 4.6 to [testing] or even [extra]. In > theory it should be comptabile with all previous 4.x releases but my > experience tells me that there might be broken things. > > So it would be nice if you have a look at my packages and give some feedback. > https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre/packages/{i686,x86_64}/ > > Pierre > Installed here (i686 at this moment). Font looks a bit bigger than with previus qt. http://archlinux.djgera.com.ar/screenshoots/qt45.png http://archlinux.djgera.com.ar/screenshoots/qt46.png -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D

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[arch-general] Setting LD_PRELOAD cripples Firefox
by ndlarsen 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Mojn. Strange issue here. Intended to use libtrash on my system. I added export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libtrash.so.3.2 to /etc/profile to set it systemwide, LD_PRELOAD pointing to /usr/lib/libtrash.so.3.2 is needed in order to get libtrash to work - and it did. Here's the bummer, though. Doing so causes firefox to hang at startup. Any of you ot experinced this or know the reason? Cheers. /ndlarsen

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[arch-general] Problem updating system
by Shridhar Daithankar 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Hello All, I am having trouble doing a system upgrade. ----------------------------------------------------------- root@presario pacman.d]# pacman -Sy :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date [root@presario pacman.d]# pacman -Su :: Starting full system upgrade... local database is up to date ----------------------------------------------------------- Following is my /etc/pacman.conf ----------------------------------------------------------- [options] HoldPkg=pacman glibc SyncFirst=pacman [core] #Include=/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Server=ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 [extra] #Include=/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Server=ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 [community] #Include=/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Server=ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 ----------------------------------------------------------- The mirror is updated on nov 29, according to https://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html but I have not updated the system since nove 16-18(somtime that week). I followed into http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=660210, and forced a package refresh but of no use. Any ideas? -- Shridhar

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[arch-general] wiki email confirmation won't confirm
by Arvid Picciani 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Hey, i'm trying to sign up for the wiki, the confirmation link yields a page that says: "Your e-mail address has now been confirmed." though in the account preferences remains: "Your e-mail address is not yet authenticated. No e-mail will be sent for any of the following features." And i can't edit. Another confirmation code had the same result. -- Arvid Asgaard Technologies

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[arch-general] custom repo guide?
by Arvid Picciani 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

Hey, can you link me to a manual on custom repositories? I couldn't find anything on the wiki. Specifically what needs to be done on the server side to maintain the package index. Looks like that is all that's needed for a repo, is it? thanks. -- Arvid Asgaard Technologies

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[arch-general] future of xorg-server and hal
by Xavier 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:40 PM, <hollunder(a)gmx.at> wrote: >> >> Anyway hal is dead : >> http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2009/Notes?highlight=%28hal%29|%28udev%29#… >> But since that functionality is definitely needed, it will have to be >> replaced.. somehow. > > > Isn't that somehow going to be device-kit? > If so, we won't get rid of dbus. > It looks like devicekit has -disk and -power but not -input. And what Xorg would need is the non-existing -input, so it cannot use devicekit. Besides it looks like some xorg devels are a bit annoyed by the big mess and endless renaming/overhaul of these projects : hal -> devicekit -power/-disk -> upower/udisk ? http://paste.debian.net/52931 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/DeviceKit You might also find more information on devicekit ML. Anyway, as the xorg wiki above points out, and as Jan mentioned in another thread, Xorg will probably just use libudev directly on Linux : http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2009-December/009283.ht… And some further clarification : 18:41 < alanc> right now, Xorg uses HAL for two things: 1) an OS independent way of finding input devices and getting notified of hotplugs, 2) configuration data for those devices 18:42 < jcristau> 1) is going to become os-dependent, and 2) should eventually be possible through xorg.conf.d 18:42 < alanc> for task #1, HAL will be replaced by OS-dependent code - libudev on Linux, libsysevent on Solaris, whatever HAL called on BSD/other OS'es for those OS'es

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[arch-general] Problem loading a site in midori
by Ty John 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

Hi all, I just recently decided to try midori again and I'm impressed in how much its improved in such a short amount of time. One problem I am having is loading my university's website. http://oasis.curtin.edu.au/ Looks like there is some weird kind of redirecting going on there but not sure if that is causing the problem. Loads fine in firefox (and other browser's I've tried) but not midori. There doesn't seem to be an option for midori to output any verbose or debug messages so I'm not too sure where to look for the problem. Another thing I noticed which may or may not be related, is the "speed dial" feature. It worked fine when I first installed midori but now it just shows a blank page exactly like my university's website. Any suggestions? ~ Ty

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[arch-general] dcopserver problem
by richard terry 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

Hi list, Last few days or so of weeks having huge problems with kde4 after the last upgrade. Apps just hang, clicking on the toolbar > no reponse for eons. messages were around kbuildsycoca: WARNING's...... I looked on the forums/net and they seemed to indicate that typing dcopserver_shutdown, followed by kdeinit would fix the problem, which it sort of does temporarily. I wondered what could be going on and how to fix it permanantly. Any helip appreciated. Richard

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] patch-2.6
by Alexander Duscheleit 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:42:33 -0500 Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> > wrote: > > Allan McRae wrote: > >> > >> Ionut Biru wrote: > >>> > >>> On 11/20/2009 07:24 AM, Allan McRae wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Upstream update. Signoff both. > >>>> > >>> > >>> signoff x86_64 > >>> > >> > >> Anyone for i686? > >> > > > > Anyone? > > > > > > > > > > signoff i686 Does this [1] affect arch? I guess it does for users building from aur or abs, but I'm not really familiar with most build-environments. [1] http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2009/12/01/gentoo-service-announcement-keep-clear-… --

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[arch-general] leafnode-svn and zoneminder
by Geoffrey Lane 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

I'm having two seperate issues here, one is simply a question or request for an AUR, but the other is dependancy hell and I can't resolv without removing some components. For several reasons I'd like to try leafnode 2 (beta), they have a git repo which should be easy enough - But I'd like to make a pkg out of THAT so it can be removed in future. Anybody know of a repo or a template for making a arch package out of a svn/git repo? zoneminder is kind of a security application, it allows you to monitor webcam over the net or record pictures/video. If I try to install the package it says it requires mmpeg-svn and a few others. mmpeg-svn also requires x264-git, which will remove x264, mmpeg (reg), and vlc. Vlc has no package that seems to depend on mmpeg-svn so if I remove it I get rid of my favorite video player. I'd appreciate the help getting fustrated on the second Geo -- "'Bill Gates can't guarantee Windows, so how in the HELL can you guarantee our safety!' --John Crichton (Farscape)"

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