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

[arch-general] How to take screenshot of ring switcher ?
by Nilesh Govindarajan 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Hi, I want to impress my friend by showing them the Windows 7 Look on Linux and persuade them to ditch Windows and use Linux. I have enabled compiz and some effects. Anybody knows how to take screenshot of the Ring Switcher ? -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Administrator www.itech7.com मेरा भारत महान ! मम भारत: महत्तम भवतु !

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[arch-general] Package signing
by Aleksis Jauntēvs 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Hello, The idea is to implement package signing for Arch similar to rpm GPG package signing. Short description follows. Use case for developers: 1. Dev bulds package with f.e. "-sign" switch. 2. Dev enters passphrase. 3. makepkg builds the package and creates detached signature (now we have 2 files *.tar.xz and *.sig). 4. The two files togeather are distributed to the repos as package with signature. Package installation: Pacman additionally downloads the signature the signature file and verifies the package. Problems: 1. Where to store the package signature file? It is more convenient and logical to keep the package as a single file. Rpm packages uses binary format and the signatures are stored inside. 2. GPG key sharing. Rpm-like distros like fedora and RHL use a single key for signing all their stable packages, but I think their build system is centralised. Is it safe to share one key among all package developers? 3.. Implementation: 1. Add package verification suport in lipalpm (using gpgme or gpg executable as rpm does). 2. Add package signing in makepkg script 3. Patch pacman, add option to turn the package signing ON or Off. 4. Add support for signed package distribution if needed (see Problems #1) 5. Include Arch public pgp key in /etc/pacman.d/..(??) Discussion about this and also other ways for package signing(md5,..) are welcome! -- Alekss

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[arch-general] dual ISP: 1)cable broadband (DHCP) 2){shudder} dial-up (ppp?) Please help!
by Joe(theWordy)Philbrook 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Hi. It's been so long since I've bothered with dial-up that I'm not sure where to begin. But so that I can bring my laptop with me to check my mail etc... when I'm visiting my sister I need to get it working. Without messing up my 'working' broadband set-up. It looks like my best bet is to use wvdial. I'm hoping that the actual use will be as simple as unplugging the Ethernet cable from my laptop & plugging a 'live' modular phone cord into the laptops built in modem and following the instructions for using wvdial... My biggest concern is that everything I've found so far for getting Arch (or other Linux) to connect via dialup all appear to assume that there isn't an available broadband connection. (why else would I bother with dial-up after all...) But I want to confirm that setting up wvdial to use a dial-up ISP won't mess with reestablishing a broadband connection by simply reconnecting the 'live' Ethernet cable... Preferably without having to reboot. (Though I shudder to think what would happen if I goofed and plugged in the broadband during an active dial-up session, or initiated a dialup session without disconnecting the broadband.) http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide_Appen… says: "There are quite a few dialup related documents in the Arch Linux Wiki" But when I search the wiki for "dialup" it mostly lists in various languages, references to the install guide or the document "Dialup without a dialer HOWTO" But I like the idea that wvdialconf is supposed to automatically detect and configure for most modems. And I like that wvdial is supposed to be able to automatically detect pap vs chap etc and generally establish ppp with less requirement for me to micromanage the process... I searched the wiki for wvdial and all I got was instruction for configuring non-root access (which is the last thing I want. When/if connected via dialup, I'll be paying by the connected hour, so I don't want anyone I don't trust with the root password to be able to use it... I'm hoping that All I'll need to do is open a terminal window, su to a root shell, type wvdial Then open a browser or email client in another window. And to be able to quickly pull the plug on the connection (stopping the ISP's connect time clock) by switching back to the root shell that started wvdial and hitting ^C... (that is of course after a root shell runs wvdialconf and then edits the wvdial.conf to include the appropriate DNS server, user and password data etc...) Do I need to worry about wvdial and/or other dial-up ppp connection messing with the broadband Ethernet setup? Could someone point me at the URLs of the other 'dialup' related documents that are supposed to be in the Arch Linux Wiki (since searching for 'dialup' didn't help me)? Thanks! -- | ~-~ ~-~ Guess I just don't know. | <?> <?> Joseph (the Wordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | ___ <jtwdyp(a)ttlc.net> <sigh>

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Chasing various signoffs
by Allan McRae 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

On 24/04/10 11:09, Allan McRae wrote: > These are signoffs I need and the dates they were requested: I am still looking for these signoffs: > 2010-04-18 > cracklib (i686) > ed (i686) > inetutils (i686) > rp-pppoe (i686) > > 2010-04-19 > bridge-utils (i686) > ndiswrapper-utils (both) User signoffs are fine. Allan

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[arch-general] Remove Epiphany Browser
by Carlos Mennens 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

I just installed a fresh system today with Gnome 2.6.30. It automatically installed Epiphany & Epiphany Web Bookmarks too. I would like to know if I remove both of these applications, will I effect Gnome or any of it's dependancies? I wont ever use Epiphany and I don't like useless applications lingering on my system? Is there a way to purge all of it's installation existance off my new machine without messing up Gnome?

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[arch-general] kernel 2.6.33.3 freezes on boot
by didier gaumet 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

Hi list, Since todays's update of the kernel (2.6.33.2 -> 2.6.33.3) my Dell inspiron 1012-9118 (new mini 10) netbook freezes on boot (after displaying "loading modules". I have to poweroff. It is an Atom N450 proc and an x86_64 Archlinux (up-to-date). Has anyone a similar problem?

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[arch-general] Nvidia Driver Installed But Not Running
by Carlos Mennens 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

I recently installed the nvidia driver from 'Pacman' and rebooted. I have not since updated / upgraded the kernel. I notice that when I try and open my 'nVidia X Server Config' window and it tells me: You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file. I looked in /etc/X11/ directory and don't see xorg.conf file. Does anyone know how I can get my nVidia drivers working on Arch Linux? It installed fine however it's not running for some reason. -Carlos

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[arch-general] Kopete auto reply
by Nilesh Govindarajan 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

Does anyone know how to setup kopete so that it can autoreply when away like it is with pidgin (purple-plugin-pack) ? -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Administrator www.itech7.com मेरा भारत महान ! मम भारत: महत्तम भवतु !

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-announce] xorg18 repository moves to testing
by Ray Kohler 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Jan de Groot <announce(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > Jan de Groot wrote: > > The xorg18 repository has been cleared out, all packages have been moved to > testing. A lot of users have been testing this xorg18 repository with success, > so it's time to move it to testing. This means all testing users who haven't > tried the xorg18 repository yet will have to reconfigure their input devices on > the next upgrade. The original announcement for the xorg18 repository can be > found here: http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev- > public/2010-April/016387.html Nouveau should get an upgrade to go with this. I was able to run the existing xf86-video-nouveau from [extra] by setting IgnoreABI. I wasn't able to get the source of that snapshot to compile against the current X stack. A current snapshot built with no problem and the server loaded, though I couldn't test if it actually worked properly (I started that X server on a remote machine).

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.33.3-1
by Thomas Bächler 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

This is an upstream kernel release, including security fixes. Packages will enter testing within the next hour. We had a gcc 4.4 -> 4.5 version bump, so the external modules are still compiled with 4.4, while the kernel is compiled with 4.5. If any external modules break (usual candidates are nvidia and aufs2), we will have to rebuild them with 4.5 as well. Please test this update thoroughly and sign off. Please provide feedback about the state of our nvidia and aufs2 (or other external) builds, so we know whether we require a rebuild.

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