March 2009 - 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

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[arch-general] libsoup 2.26.0-1 dependencies in [testing]
by JM 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Hello, I noticed that libsoup in [testing] depends on gconf, is that really necessary? Libsoup is a dependency for some desktop-agnostic applications such as Midori (through its dependency on libwebkit) or hardinfo (currently in AUR). Regards, JM

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[arch-general] Surviving without X
by Maurício 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

Hi, Do you think it's possible to live without X, replacing framebuffer for it, using packages available for arch? I imagine something like DirectFB or similar, using it when text is not enough. I think I could do with a browser and a pdf viewer, but I wasn't able to find a direction to follow to get that. Has any of you tried it already? Thanks, Maurício

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] ttf-ms-fonts (WAS: Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH] New feature: files verification)
by Loui Chang 14 Apr '09

14 Apr '09

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 04:39:23PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre(a)archlinux.de> wrote: > > Am Montag, 30. März 2009 12:17:07 schrieb Thomas Bächler: > >> I say we drop it, as it does not meet Arch's packaging standards. > > > > Yes, if we cannot package it the way we want, lets drop it. > > Can we confirm that things look "nice" without these fonts? I remember > fonts being terribly ugly way back when without this package. Actually I would recommend that ttf-ms-fonts be made a depends, or at least an optdepends of wine. The text in some windows programs is unreadable without it.

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[arch-general] xinput in ArchLinux
by Damjan Georgievski 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

There's a PKGBUILD in AUR of xinput, but I think it needs to be with the other Xorg packages in extra, probably even in the "xorg" group. xinput is a utillity that can dynamically change different properties of the X input devices like the ones that otherwise need to be configured in the xorg.conf file or the HAL fdi file. For example, enabling wheel emulation of a trackpoint. You can also use it to enable or disable input devices. -- damjan

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[arch-general] Fatal Error
by arunix 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Hello :-) i am again posting here i have problem with wmiirc boz when i start X it works bt when i come back with the command ctrl+alt+backkey(backspace) it shows me error The error are :-( (EE)failed to load module"type1"(module doesnot exist,0) (EE)failed to load module"record"(module doesnot exist,0) wmii:not missing fontset for '-*-------font-------" : KSC5601.1987-0, GB2312.1980.0 xlib:extension "Generic event extension" missing on display "0:0" wmii:note :extension "Generic event extension" missing on display "0:0" xIO :fatal IO error 11(Resource temperorily unaviable) on X server ":0.0" after 1166 (1166 unknown processed) with 0 event remaning xinit: for X server lost waiting for X server to shutdown wmii:fatal : cannot read file /directory 'event broken' :Broken Pipe xIO :fatal IO error 11(Resource temperorily unaviable) on X server ":0.0" wmii: fatal: cant mount connection refused /home/arunix/.wmii/wmiirc : line 38 : echo: write error Broken Pipe here is wmiirc file dont understand whts wrong with it? #!/bin/sh -f # Configure wmii # Configuration Variables MODKEY=Mod4 UP=k DOWN=j LEFT=h RIGHT=l # Colors tuples: "<text> <background> <border>" WMII_NORMCOLORS='#888888 #222222 #333333' WMII_FOCUSCOLORS='#ffffff #285577 #4c7899' WMII_BACKGROUND='#333333' WMII_FONT='-*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' set -- $(echo $WMII_NORMCOLORS $WMII_FOCUSCOLORS) WMII_MENU="dmenu -b -fn '$WMII_FONT' -nf '$1' -nb '$2' -sf '$4' -sb '$5'" WMII_9MENU="wmii9menu -font '$WMII_FONT' -nf '$1' -nb '$2' -sf '$4' -sb '$5' -br '$6'" WMII_TERM="xterm" # Column Rules wmiir write /colrules <<! /.*/ -> 58+42 ! # Tagging Rules wmiir write /tagrules <<! /XMMS.*/ -> ~ /MPlayer.*/ -> ~ /.*/ -> sel /.*/ -> 1 ! # Status Bar Info status() { echo -n $(uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g') '|' $(date) } # Event processing # Processed later by `wmiiloop' and evaled. # Duplicate the eval line and replace 'eval' with 'echo' for details. eventstuff() { cat <<'!' # Events Event Start case "$1" in wmiirc) exit; esac Event Key fn=$(echo "$@" | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z_0-9]/_/g') Key_$fn "$@" Event CreateTag echo "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" "$@" | wmiir create "/lbar/$@" Event DestroyTag wmiir remove "/lbar/$@" Event FocusTag wmiir xwrite "/lbar/$@" "$WMII_FOCUSCOLORS" "$@" Event UnfocusTag wmiir xwrite "/lbar/$@" "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" "$@" Event UrgentTag shift wmiir xwrite "/lbar/$@" "*$@" Event NotUrgentTag shift wmiir xwrite "/lbar/$@" "$@" Event LeftBarClick shift wmiir xwrite /ctl view "$@" # Actions Action quit wmiir xwrite /ctl quit Action exec wmiir xwrite /ctl exec "$@" Action rehash proglist $PATH >$progsfile Action status set +xv if wmiir remove /rbar/status 2>/dev/null; then sleep 2 fi echo "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" | wmiir create /rbar/status while status | wmiir write /rbar/status; do sleep 1 done Event ClientMouseDown client=$1; button=$2 case "$button" in 3) do=$(eval $WMII_9MENU -initial "${menulast:-SomeRandomName}" Nop Delete Fullscreen) case "$do" in Delete) wmiir xwrite /client/$client/ctl kill;; Fullscreen) wmiir xwrite /client/$client/ctl Fullscreen on;; esac menulast=${do:-"$menulast"} esac # Key Bindings Key $MODKEY-Control-t case $(wmiir read /keys | wc -l | tr -d ' \t\n') in 0|1) echo -n $Keys | tr ' ' '\012' | wmiir write /keys wmiir xwrite /ctl grabmod $MODKEY;; *) wmiir xwrite /keys $MODKEY-Control-t wmiir xwrite /ctl grabmod Mod3;; esac Key $MODKEY-space wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select toggle Key $MODKEY-d wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl colmode sel default Key $MODKEY-s wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl colmode sel stack Key $MODKEY-m wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl colmode sel max Key $MODKEY-a Action $(actionlist | eval $WMII_MENU) & Key $MODKEY-p sh -c "$(eval $WMII_MENU <$progsfile)" & Key $MODKEY-t wmiir xwrite /ctl "view $(tagsmenu)" & Key $MODKEY-Return eval $WMII_TERM & Key $MODKEY-Shift-space wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel toggle Key $MODKEY-f wmiir xwrite /client/sel/ctl Fullscreen toggle Key $MODKEY-Shift-c wmiir xwrite /client/sel/ctl kill Key $MODKEY-Shift-t wmiir xwrite "/client/$(wmiir read /client/sel/ctl)/tags" "$(tagsmenu)" & Key $MODKEY-$LEFT wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select left Key $MODKEY-$RIGHT wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select right Key $MODKEY-$DOWN wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select down Key $MODKEY-$UP wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select up Key $MODKEY-Shift-$LEFT wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel left Key $MODKEY-Shift-$RIGHT wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel right Key $MODKEY-Shift-$DOWN wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel down Key $MODKEY-Shift-$UP wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel up ! for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do cat <<! Key $MODKEY-$i wmiir xwrite /ctl view "$i" Key $MODKEY-Shift-$i wmiir xwrite /client/sel/tags "$i" ! done } # WM Configuration wmiir write /ctl << EOF font $WMII_FONT focuscolors $WMII_FOCUSCOLORS normcolors $WMII_NORMCOLORS grabmod $MODKEY border 1 EOF export WMII_MENU WMII_9MENU WMII_FONT WMII_TERM export WMII_FOCUSCOLORS WMII_SELCOLORS WMII_NORMCOLORS # Feed events to `wmiiloop' for processing eval "$(eventstuff | sed 's/^[ ]//' | { . wmiiloop; })" echo "$Keys" | tr ' ' '\n' | wmiir write /keys # Functions Action() { action=$1; shift if [ -n "$action" ]; then Action_$action "$@" \ || conf_which $action "$@" fi } proglist() { paths=$(echo "$@" | sed 'y/:/ /') ls -lL $paths 2>/dev/null \ | awk '$1 ~ /^[^d].*x/ && NF > 2 { print $NF }' \ | sort | uniq } # Misc progsfile="$WMII_NS_DIR/.proglist" Action status & proglist $PATH >$progsfile & xsetroot -solid "$WMII_BACKGROUND" & # Setup Tag Bar seltag="$(wmiir read /tag/sel/ctl 2>/dev/null)" wmiir ls /lbar | while read bar; do wmiir remove "/lbar/$bar" done wmiir ls /tag | sed -e 's|/||; /^sel$/d' | while read tag; do if [ "X$tag" = "X$seltag" ]; then echo "$WMII_FOCUSCOLORS" "$tag" | wmiir create "/lbar/$tag" else echo "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" "$tag" | wmiir create "/lbar/$tag" fi done # More functions tagsmenu() { wmiir ls /tag | sed 's|/||; /^sel$/d' | eval $WMII_MENU } actionlist() { { proglist $WMII_CONFPATH echo -n $Actions | tr ' ' '\012' } | sort | uniq } conf_which() { which=$(which which) prog=$(PATH="$WMII_CONFPATH" $which $1); shift [ -n "$prog" ] && $prog "$@" } # Stop any running instances of wmiirc echo Start wmiirc | wmiir write /event || exit 1 wmiir read /event | while read event; do set -- $event event=$1; shift Event_$event $@ done 2>/dev/null -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Fatal-Error-tp22805236p22805236.html Sent from the arch general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[arch-general] HAL mount options
by Edgar Kalkowski 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Hi! Until now I used /etc/fstab to mount my usb memory stick but I would like to switch that task to hal now to be able to use the cool removable devices widget of plasma. The problem is that I defined some options in /etc/fstab and cannot get hal to use the same options. The fstab line look like this: LABEL=USB-Stick /mnt/USB-Stick vfat uid=root,gid=users,showexec,user,noauto,umask=002,utf8,shortname=mixed 0 0 From what I googled on the web I deduced that I should create a file named /etc/hal/fdi/policy/20-USB-Stick.fdi and fill it with the following content: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="volume.uuid" string="4908-87A8"> <merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.showexec" type="bool">true</merge> </match> </device> </deviceinfo> The volume uuid (4908-87A8) was obtained via "$ /lib/udev/vol_id /dev/sdc1" where sdc1 is the partition on my usb stick I want to mount. I restarted hal and tried it after creating this fdi file but it does not work. The executable bit is still set for both directories and folders. As this didn't work I did not yet try to implement the other options. Does anyone have an idea? Is there some documentation about these fdi files on the web that I did not find? Thanks in advance for your help! Edgar

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[arch-general] ArchLinux install CD for the blind, version 2!
by Chris Brannon 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

I am proud to announce the second release of a modified ArchLinux install CD that includes spoken output for blind users. It is mostly equivalent to the official "ftp CD", but the system should start speaking as soon as you boot with it. Speech is provided via the sound card, using the eSpeak software synthesizer and the Speakup screenreader. This CD is only available for the i686 platform; x86-64 is not supported. There are two versions: an Isolinux version and a Grub version. One may obtain ".iso" images via HTTP. Grub: Download URL: http://cmb.tysdomain.com/talkingarch-2009.02-ftp-i686.iso MD5 sum: 932d49d5093e50d8c5fb14527afd17fa Isolinux: Download URL: http://cmb.tysdomain.com/talkingarch-2009.02-ftp-i686-isolinux.iso MD5 sum: 28fa806a745e26424596259a71fc9d64 Thanks to Tyler Littlefield for hosting these files. The following list of steps is a brief guide to installing ArchLinux using this CD. If anyone has trouble with it, send me a private email. The instructions assume that your root partition will be mounted on /mnt. 0. When booting, Grub provides a very long timeout. Press enter once the drive stops spinning. 1. Use the installer on the CD, as per the beginner's guide. 2. Install the alsa-utils and espeak packages: pacman --root=/mnt -S alsa-utils espeak 3. Install the speakup and espeakup packages. These are not yet available in the community repository. There are two ways to install them, depending on how much you trust me. Alternative 1: Use the binary packages from my website. I promise that the speakup package will always match the kernel version available from the official ArchLinux repositories. Append the following two lines to /etc/pacman.conf and /mnt/etc/pacman.conf: [blind] Server = http://members.cox.net/cmbrannon/blind/i686 Install the packages from my custom repository: pacman --root=/mnt -Sy speakup espeakup Alternative 2: Build the packages from source, using the PKGBUILDs available from the Arch User Repository. For convenience, the URLs are: http://aur.archlinux.org/download/speakup/speakup.tar.gz http://aur.archlinux.org/download/espeakup/espeakup.tar.gz If I were going to choose this option, I would probably chroot into the newly installed ArchLinux system in order to build the packages. 4. Customize /mnt/etc/rc.conf: Add speakup and speakup_soft to the MODULES array. Add alsa and espeakup to the DAEMONS array. 5. You also need to save the state of the sound card, so that it will be retrieved on reboot. Execute the command "alsactl store" and copy the file /etc/asound.state to /mnt/etc/asound.state. Alternatively, alsactl -f /mnt/etc/asound.state store 6. When you boot the system from the hard disk, it should start speaking. The ArchLinux developers build their CD images using a set of shell scripts and configuration files named archiso. I added a configuration to archiso that allows me to build accessible CDs. If someone wants to produce customized images containing Speakup, he can do the following. Grab sources using git: git clone http://members.cox.net/cmbrannon/archiso.git git checkout --track -b talkinginst origin/talkinginst All of my work is done on the "talkinginst" branch. The master branch mirrors the master branch from git://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git Now you have a copy in archiso/. Install the scripts contained in archiso/archiso. In order to create the image, pacman needs to be able to find the speakup and espeakup packages. Add my custom [blind] package repository to /etc/pacman.conf on the host system, as described in the instructions for installing from CD. Change to the archiso/configs/talkinginst directory, and type "make ftp-iso". Alternatively, "make BOOTLOADER=syslinux ftp-iso"" yields an image having Isolinux as its bootloader. There are several more targets for "make". For instance, ftp-usb produces an image suitable for a flash drive. Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with ArchLinux. I don't even have Trusted User status in the community. This CD image is not an official release. It is not endorsed by anyone other than myself. It is provided solely for the convenience of its creator and other blind users. It comes with absolutely no warranty. With kind regards, -- Chris

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[arch-general] Computer blocking due to kernel <-> userspace incompatibility?
by RedShift 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hello list Is it possible a computer gets stuck (not responding to keyboard, the only way to bring it back alive is a hard reset) because of a incompatibility between the kernel and userspace? The cursor is still flickering though, that is what leads me to believe it's software crash, not a hardware crash. This is the software in question: glibc 2.9-4 kernel-headers 2.6.27.6-2 kernel26 2.6.25.10-1 Thanks, Best regards, Glenn Matthys

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[arch-general] fortune-mod packages
by Jan Spakula 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

I've noticed that all fortune-mod packages (except fortune-mod itself) have been removed from extra (by Eric). Do you plan on uploading them to AUR, or should I just grab PKGBUILDs from svn and upload them myself if I'm interested on maintaining some of them? Thanks, Jan

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