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

[arch-general] go-openoffice in [extra]
by Lukáš Jirkovský 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Hello, I noticed there is still package go-openoffice in [extra]. Shouldn't it be replaced by libreoffice? Moreover this package still depends on python even though it should depend on python2. Lukas

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[arch-general] FYI - kernel26-2.6.36-3 dmraid fail to boot - same Error 24:
by David C. Rankin 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Tobias, all Checking the testing kernel on the box that won't boot with 2.6.35.8-1, I installed the following: kernel26-2.6.36-3 kernel26-docs-2.6.36-3 kernel26-headers-2.6.36-3 nvidia-260.19.12-2 booting gives the same: Booting 'Arch Linux on Archangel' root (hd1,5) Filesystem type is ext2fs, Partition type 0x83 Kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/mapper/nvidia_baacca_jap5 ro vga=794 Error 24: Attempt to access block outside partition Press any key to continue... I haven't heard back from the dm-devel list yet, but thought I would pass the testing information along. Back to 2.6.35.7-1. -- 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] perl 5.12.1-3? not 5.12.2-1?
by Caleb Cushing 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

I'm just a bit curious on this, why release a -3 when upstream released a new ABI compatible (as far as I know) release over a month ago, that isn't yet in repo. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.com

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Re: [arch-general] GDM Locked
by karl 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

On 06:51 Tue 19 Oct , Guillermo Leira wrote: > > After the last Pacman -Syu, I can't login with gdm. As soon as I clikc on my > > username, the system seems to freeze... Although not completely: I can ping > > from other computer, but I can't ssh. > > > > Before I click on the username, the "switch off" icon at the right down corner > > works. Once I click on the username, nothing else works, and I neither can > > ctrl-alt-F1 to the console... > > > > Any suggestions/questions? > > I have removed GDM and installed SLIM. Now I can login, but the screen shows nothing... And if I try to CTRL-ALT-F1 to the console, the system locks again. It is not a GDM problem. > > If I run startx from the command line, X starts. > > Any advice? > > Best regards, > > Guillermo > Hi Guillermo, try and make yourself a new user. If that one can work with the X-part of your system - then some rights in your local $HOME directory are broken (.xinitrc would be a candidate for this kind of weird behaviour, but also .ICEauthority or .Xauthority). If of cause the new user account does have the same problems, your /etx/X11 or worse might have wrong user rights. Have also a look i a file called .xerrors, .xsession-errors - or something like that (can't remember the correct name anymore), there could be some hints in it, if it does exist, what your problem is. Best regards, Karl

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.35.8-1
by Tobias Powalowski 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Upstream update. This package is NOT in testing (2.6.35 currently resides there), but at: http://dev.archlinux.org/~tpowa/kernel26/ please signoff for both arches. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] db-5.1 rebuild
by Jason Reardon 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Gaetan Bisson <bisson(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > [2010-11-01 19:26:31 +1000] Allan McRae: > > db-5.1.19-2 > > heimdal-1.3.3-2 > > iproute2-2.3.25-2 > > libsasl-2.1.23-5 > > pam-1.1.1-2 > > perl-5.12.1-3 > > signoff i686 > > -- > Gaetan > I installed db from testing. Now when I run `pacman -Qu --dbpath /var/lib/pacman` I have one update as 'db 5.1.19-2' (which is currently installed from testing). However, when I run `pacman -Su`, it wants to install 'db 4.8.26-2'. When updating to the testing version, there's a message: 'Consider running db-upgrade on Berkeley DB databases.' I'm not at all familiar with the db package, so I'm not too sure what to do with this, if this is what's causing the problem. Seemed kind of strange anyway, and worth mentioning. -- Jason

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