October 2010 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] RPM Question
by Lew Wolfgang 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hi Folks, New Arch user here. I really like it! Another Arch user recommended it to me after I started noticing quality issues with another of the main distributions. I'm currently working on a test install to see if Arch will function in a very restricted environment. So far I've successfully installed KDE and configured for a true IPv6 network. Yet to be done is support for Common Access Cards and their USB readers. I've been having issues with pcscd but I'm not ready to ask for help yet. I also tried fake-raid but gave up in favor of the much simpler JBOD (two disks) config. But I ran into a problem installing something called HBSS from McAfee. This is a package for Windows that is nothing more than a root-kit that allows remote administrators to set policy, remove/block programs, report versions, etc. Unfortunately management mandates that non-Windows systems also run it. So McAfee labored mightily and emitted a Java port of the Windows package that gives minimal reporting capabilities for Linux installs. It works on all the major distros but fails to install on Arch due to an RPM dependency. Their install script just fails saying it can't find rpm. The script contains much ugliness and is McAfee proprietary, so I doubt hacking it will be productive. So the question is: can Arch be configured/tricked into an rpm install? Thanks for a great distro, and your wiki is amazing! It's a little light on IPv6 info, but I might be able to help there later. Regards, Lew Wolfgang

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[arch-general] Problem with keyboard in Gnome
by Christian 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hi all, I have got everything up and running, but I am having a problem. I want to use the swedish keyboard layout in Gnome but what file to specify that in? In the console I have svlatin1 and country is sv_se. Any tips? Many thanks, Christian

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[arch-general] Need help with compilation
by Christian 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hi all, I am trying to compile a package from source called BRLTTY. The current version that is in the repository is v4.1 so I looked in the PKGBUILD script and I installed the dependencies, but most of them were already installed when I installed the version that was in the repository. But I am getting an error 2 when I run make after some time. Would anyone be interested in eventually trying compiling it? Go to: www.mielke.cc/brltty and download the new v4.2 release. Many thanks for any help, Christian

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] abs-2.4.0-1
by Guillaume Brunerie 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

2010/10/2 Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> > Hi, > > I just pushed a new abs release to [testing]. The "major" changes are: > - use the tarball method for initial sync > - fix tarball method to work with $arch in mirrorlist > - updated prototypes for pacman-3.4 > - addition of bzr prototype > > I will push it to [extra] if I hear about no breakages in the next day or > two. Hi, It seems that the bzr prototype is not there: $ pacman -Qi abs | grep Version Version : 2.4.0-1 $ pacman -Ql abs abs /etc/ abs /etc/abs.conf abs /usr/ abs /usr/bin/ abs /usr/bin/abs abs /usr/bin/makeworld abs /usr/share/ abs /usr/share/pacman/ abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-cvs.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-darcs.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-git.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-gnome.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-haskell.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-hg.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-perl.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-rubygem.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-svn.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/proto-gnome.install abs /usr/share/pacman/proto-haskell.install abs /usr/share/pacman/proto-info.install abs /usr/share/pacman/rc-script.proto abs /var/ abs /var/abs/ abs /var/abs/README abs /var/abs/local/ $ Guillaume Brunerie

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] packages are newer in extra than in staging
by Evangelos Foutras 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 2:24 AM, Ionuț Bîru <ibiru(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > Hi, > > some packages have been updated in extra and have been mark as done in the > python todo list but they weren't rebuilt against staging. > > looking quick on the list, django (staging removed on 9 september) > > extra 1.2.3-1 > marked as done and nothing in staging. > > mercurial > 1.6.4-1 in extra, 1.6.3-2 in staging > > please, check your packages again because i don't intent to fix any of this > inconsistencies > > -- > Ionuț I wrote a script [1] to check for packages in [staging] and [community-staging] that are not newer than their [core], [extra] and [community] counterparts. So, below are a few more possibly problematic packages. mercurial isn't included because the ABS tree hasn't been updated with it yet. ==> Checking [staging] denyhosts (2.6-4 isn't newer than 2.6-4 in [extra]) python-pip (0.8-2 isn't newer than 0.8.1-1 in [extra]) python-virtualenv (1.4.9-2 isn't newer than 1.5.1-1 in [extra]) ==> Checking [community-staging] cdemu-client (1.2.0-2 isn't newer than 1.3.0-1 in [community]) griffith (0.11-3 isn't newer than 0.11-3 in [community]) lilypond (2.12.3-5 isn't newer than 2.12.3-6 in [community]) openshot (1.2.2-1 isn't newer than 1.2.2-1 in [community]) python-sphinx (1.0.3-2 isn't newer than 1.0.4-1 in [community]) recoll (1.13.04-3 isn't newer than 1.14.2-1 in [community]) trac (0.12-3 isn't newer than 0.12-4 in [community]) ---- [1] http://gist.github.com/608121

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[arch-general] Xorg 1.9 - This traing is going to hell.
by Fess 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Well, i think, i should say some words. But some of you will say that i'm "out of line". So, i'll just dicribe details of the update. If someone else have such problems, reply me, and i'll post this to bugtracker. Because, i may have "wrong arms" or "bad carma" or whatever. 1)Synaptics. Errors that no synaptics devices found. Google says nothing, except the same errors and "wtf is going on". 2)Bug or feature? Using caps_toggle: X now won't switch on\off your cute led, while you changing language. 3)2d\3d slowdown. Epic slowdown. No erros, both ati drivers(catalyst | xf86-video-ati). RADEON HD4570, .35 stock kernel from repos. --

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[arch-general] Problems mountig ftp/smb via gvfs
by b1 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hello altogether Today I ran into the following problem: When I try to connect to an ftp Server via the "connect to Server Dialog" in Nautilus, the ftp Server gets mounted. Unfortunatelly there are no files in the newly created mountpoint. I also looked manually in the .gvfs/FTPSERVERNAME/ Directory and it is empty. However trying to access the ftp-Server via filezilla (an ftp programm), works fine. The exactly same issue comes up, if I try to connect to a Windows-Share. A mountpoint is created, but its empty. Nautilus shows no error message and I have no idea of how to solve this. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Benedikt

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[arch-general] Monitor not going to "power save" mode in suspend
by Madhurya Kakati 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi, I am using pm-utils to suspend-to-ram and suspend-to-disk. In both the suspends my LCD monitor goes black but doesn't go to the "power save mode" i.e the light doesn't turn orange. This happens only in archlinux though. On Windows when i standby (suspend) the monitor properly goes to "power save mode". Also in both the OS I can't wake up from suspend-to-ram by pressing any key on the key board or moving the mouse. I have to press the power on button on the CPU cabinet. I guess theres a BIOS setting to enable that but i can't seem to find it. Please tell me how to solve both the problems. My motherboard model is Biostar TA785G3 HD and BIOS is AMI BIOS. Thanks.

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Re: [arch-general] Xorg 1.9 - This train is going to hell.
by Evgeny Burmentyev 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

As for me, I didn't even notice, that something changed with 1.8 -> 1.9 upgrade. Everything was working, works and hopefully will be working as intended. From performance demanding things I use mplayer (1920x1080 videos through HDMI on my big TV screen), psx emulator and perhaps something else. No performance decrease detected. I use Lenovo Thinkpad SL500 with Intel GMA 4500MHD.

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[arch-general] xorg 1.9 breaks
by kurrata 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

latest xorg update (1.9) breaks it with nvidia-173xx drivers (173.14.27-3). Easy fix, just install previouse xorg

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