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

[arch-general] Themes for Gnome
by S Andrews 16 May '09

16 May '09

Where can I find themes for gnome, I am looking for Graphite theme

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[arch-general] Did new kernel version removed vesa FB?
by Javier Vasquez 16 May '09

16 May '09

Hi, I few minutes ago I upgraded a arch box (x86_64), and to my surprise, something that was working before, loading the kernel with parameter "vga=0x37D" is no longer working (nothing happens). The new version is 2.6.29.3-1. The resolution for nvidia quadro fx 570m is "1920x1200", but the nvidiafb module has never worked, so I need to use the vesa FB... Well I tried a other vga modes, like 0x31B, 0x307, and then the screen goes blank and freezes... I don't know what happens, but it seems like the vesafb which used to be compiled built-in, is not longer working properly... Thanks, -- Javier

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[arch-general] Running setserial from rc.local
by Sergi Pons Freixes 15 May '09

15 May '09

With the new Xorg, I need to run the command: setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x0200 irq 5 autoconfig At every boot to get the stylus working in a Tablet PC. I have put the line in /etc/rc.local, as it contains "all the things which are not daemons that you want to run at boot". But it is not working. KDM (therefore, X) starts without using the stylus. If I switch to a terminal, run the command, and the return to X, the stylus is recognised. Any clue about what is I am doing wrong? I know that the command can not be executed from an X terminal (this is why I switch to a "normal" terminal), but running it from rc.local should work, right?

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [aur-general] Get notified on website updates
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 15 May '09

15 May '09

Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Am Freitag, 15. Mai 2009 18:19:12 schrieb Abhishek Dasgupta: > >> Some other similar programs: >> * http://jue.li/crux/ck4up/ >> > > I did not know about this, but it looks really nice. Its a little more complex > and it does not display what has changed. > > On the other hand being able to define some regexp might be usefull. > > Hi, I personally use it, is very simple, this is my config file [#1] Can control with a regex, what part of page you watch :) a sample run (striped) $ ck4up -k sudokuki ....... diff: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=180199&package_id=208… -k is for not touch the internal database if you run with -d (debug) can see all matches: $ ck4up -kd <snip> sudokuki-0.9.12.tar.bz2 sudokuki-0.9.12.tar.gz sudokuki-0.9.11.tar.bz2 sudokuki-0.9.11.tar.gz <snip> sudokuki ....... diff: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=180199&package_id=208… <snip> run with -v to be verbose: $ ck4up -kv rewrite ........ ok netpipes ....... ok xjobs .......... ok <snip> sudokuki ....... diff: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=180199&package_id=208… dbm ............ ok papyrus ........ ok lsyncd ......... ok <snip> another interest parameter is -p that show the config file with all macros expanded Enjoy! [#1] http://djgera.pastebin.com/f4202cba5 -- 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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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Get notified on website updates
by Grigorios Bouzakis 15 May '09

15 May '09

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 06:13:09PM +0200, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Hello, > > maybe you are familar with the following problem: > > You want to get notified when there is a new upstream release. The problem is > that not all projects offer rss feeds or an announce mailing list. And if they > do they are sometimes too verbose or don't cover the updates you like. > > So needed something to watch a certain website and tell me if anything > changed. There are a lot of webservices, firefox plugins etc..; but they are > all too complicated and just don't offer what I need. > > So I though it would be quite easy to write something myself using cron and > lynx. So I after a few minutes I had a simple Bash script whih just does the > job. > > It loops through an url list and prints the diff to the previous run. Running > this by cron I get an email including the diff everytime one of the observed > websites are updated. > > Maybe someone else has some use for it, too. And perhaps I'll even create a > git repo for it; though I don't think I should add much more "features". ;-) > > http://users.archlinux.de/~pierre/packages/src/w3watch/ > Frugalware has been doing similar stuff for a long while but they have an up2date field in their build scripts. See for example: http://www.mail-archive.com/frugalware-git@frugalware.org/msg20141.html They recently converted that to a Flasttar function: http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-stable.git;a=blob_… The source is somewhere in here: http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-current.git;a=blob… -- Greg

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[arch-general] Virtualbox Window Transparent??
by David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. 15 May '09

15 May '09

Listmates, Here is one for the experts. I installed virtual box on my Arch laptop, and upon starting my XP guest machine, I discover that the VB window is almost completely transparent?? This is really strange and I can't explain what is happening, so a picture (screenshot) is worth a 1000 words: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/screenshots/archlinux/vb-transparent2.j… [139k] As you can see, the Virtualbox window background is almost 100% transparent as well as some parts of the applications running in it. This can make it quite challenging to get things done. I am using the radeonhd driver. I tried it with compiz running and then again with kwin. It made no difference. Other than virtualbox being transparent, everything else was OK. Any ideas on this one?? cc: radeonhd list -- 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] Radeonhd - Use EXA Accel instead of XAA Accel
by David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. 15 May '09

15 May '09

Listmates, If you use the radeonhd driver, use EXA acceleration instead of XAA. I just found out about this today and it is a 100% improvement in speed, etc. over XAA acceleration. It isn't as fast as fglrx, but it is a world of improvement over the alternative. To make use of EXA acceleration, simply enable it in your xorg.conf in the device section. Example: Section "Device" BoardName "RS690M" Driver "radeonhd" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "GARTSize" "256" Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" Option "EnablePrivateBackZ" "no" Option "VideoOverlay" "on" Option "no_dri" "no" Option "UseFastTLS" "1" Option "no_accel" "no" Option "mtrr" "off" VendorName "ATI" EndSection -- 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] Autowifi not in AUR
by ludovic coues 15 May '09

15 May '09

Hi listmates, I've seen sometimes ago a link to autowifi. And I wonder why this one can't be found in AUR. I'm using autowifi since I found it, and it's great. No need to care about anything when wpa_supplicant have a right config. Just open a browser, and go on. It could be a great app in the the repo, but without any trace in the AUR, we can't vote for it, and I wonder how it can be add to the repo if it have no vote... 'cause wlan0 haven't to be more complicated than eth0. -ludovic

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Re: [arch-general] Virtualbox Window Transparent?? [solved - sort of]
by Smith Dhumbumroong 15 May '09

15 May '09

Hi, I also have the problem same you described on Openbox + Xcompmgr. I "solved" it by disable guest's 3D acceleration. Another solution is to disable the composite. I'm using radeon driver so I guess this problem might have more to do with VirtualBox or KDE's widget/theme engine than the driver it self (I might be wrong, though). Regards, Smith Dhumbumroong

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[arch-general] How do we handle sudo or kdesu in Archlinux?
by David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. 15 May '09

15 May '09

Listmates, When I need to run apps a root for configuration purposes like kate, or konqueror "File Management", I either put the command in the Alt+F2 run dialog or create a menu entry and then check [ ] run as different users and put 'root' in the different user text box. Even though I have configured sudo I am inevitably prompte for a password. With suse we "patched" this by using kwriteconfig as your regular user: kwriteconfig --file kdesurc --group super-user-command --key super-user-command sudo This wasn't the "recommended" way, but it was the way most chose to get around a mess with kdesu. When I try and access the apps I want to run as root, not only do I get the initial password prompt, but I get a second prompt after the app is closed. That has left me scratching my head. The other option is just to create the menu entries as "sudo command" which doesn't complain wheen opening whatever I need. What says the braintrust? Is this an arch issue or is it a kdemod issue? Any help would be appreciated, thanks. -- 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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