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

[arch-general] No splash - just whitescreen on gnome startup (all kernels)
by David C. Rankin 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Guys, Now that I can boot using 2.6.35-2, I am turning attention to another issue - whitescreen instead of splash on gnome start. After typing in my user:pw and hitting return, I see a total white screen with the busy cursor until the entire desktop is loaded - a long 20-30 seconds. Normally I would expect to see the gnome splash over the default background. Anybody else? What to check? What to try? -- 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] kernel26-2.6.35-2 -> No monitor power off?
by David C. Rankin 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Guys, Testing kernel26-2.6.35-2 as part of bug http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20200, I notice that the dpms monitor power-off does not work in gnome with this kernel running. Is this a kernel problem or a result of just having the new kernel/kernel headers installed and not the rest of the testing packages? If it is a bug, what information should I post to help identify the issue? 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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[arch-general] ArchLinux - Israel
by Netanel Shine 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

>From now, there are other ArchLinux community around the globe -> ArchLinux - Israel There's a lot of work and development has just begun, so think about it when you write comments. Anyway, Goodluck - and thansk to all the people who helped (i.e-> wonder from .ro community) WebSite URL: http://archlinux.org.il Hebrew blog message: http://netanelshine.co.il btw, theres an IRC Channel in freenode ( #archlinux-il ) -- Netanel Shine

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[arch-general] kernel26 2.6.34.2-1 ALSO hardlocks my box on boot??
by David C. Rankin 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Guys, I still have this problem where the changes to the kernel for kernel26 2.6.34 cause my box to hardlock on boot! It happens every time after the kernel has booted once after the initial build of the initramfs with mkinitcpio. It is frustrating has hell. I opened bug 20200 which was closed yesterday for some reason and this bug is NOT fixed. I am continuing to run on the LTS kernel which works fine, but whatever changes were made to the kernel between LTS and 2.6.34 introduced a bug that causes the boot process to hardlock my box at the message: Configuring console for UTF-8 mode I suspect the lockup actually occurs at the line or two before where it loads modules, but I haven't a clue how to determine exactly what is causing this? This is serious stuff, if it is causing my Toshiba laptop to hardlock on boot, it is going to catch others and ... having your box hardlock on boot is somewhat difficult to overlook. If it were not for the fact that I also loaded the LTS kernel and have an alternative to boot into, Arch Linux would not run on my laptop at all. What do we need to do to get this fixed?? I have sent Andreas a message to reopen the bug for the reason "The bug continues to hardlock my box on boot", but failing that -- what else do I need to do? -- 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] [signoff] kernel 2.6.35-2
by Tobias Powalowski 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi guys, please signoff 2.6.35 series for both arches and give feedback if real issues arise. Upstream changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] test
by Ionuț Bîru 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Ignore it -- Ionuț

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[arch-general] [OT] sight-saver colours
by F. Gr. 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi, in your opinion, what is the best combination of text and background colour so as not to tire our eyes? I think we spend many hours in front of a monitor. I've been using the following one: text -> #000000 background -> #F6F6FF (in the past also #F8F4FF, #EDE9E3, and others)

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[arch-general] Lynx package lacks documentation
by Mario Figueiredo 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Is it intentional the decision to not include in lynx package the program documentation, despite it being available from upstream sources? Upstream seems to prefer if users set HELPFILE in lynx.cfg to a local path, as can be seen from this quote (lynx.cfg): "The default HELPFILE is: http://lynx.isc.org/release/lynx2-8-6/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html This should be changed to the localpath." However this isn't currently possible without further action from the user after installing the package. Also of note the fact that an upstream update will render the default URI in HELPFILE invalid and turn lynx help inoperative, until a package with the new version is made available or the user takes corrective measures (they either build from source themselves or download the old version help files to their system). Mario Figueiredo

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[arch-general] test - please ignore
by Mario Figueiredo 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Test. Please ignore -- Mário Figueiredo, Quiettech, Quiet Technologies Development Services and Research Phone: +351 214451247 Mobile: +351 926682351 Email: mario.figueiredo(a)quiettech.org www.quiettech.org <http://www.quiettech.org>

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.34.2-2
by Thomas Bächler 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

This new build fixes the b43 trouble lots of users have been having. This package is NOT in testing (2.6.35 currently resides there), but at: http://dev.archlinux.org/~thomas/kernel26/ Please sign off (also, please someone with the b43 problem test if this is fixed).

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