May 2011 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] qtcurve for gtk3/GNOME3?
by David Rosenstrauch 04 May '11

04 May '11

I'm not loving this GNOME3 upgrade. Latest irritation is that all the gtk apps are no longer picking up the qtcurve theme that I use on all my apps to make a uniform desktop. Is there any way to enable this? Thanks, DR

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[arch-general] strange files
by Juan Diego Tascón 04 May '11

04 May '11

Hi, I'm getting files with random names created in my home directory, last one was: s5EZVJ and they always have the same content: "Hello World", is anyone else getting the same?

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[arch-general] /sbin/rc bug?
by D. Can Celasun 03 May '11

03 May '11

I might have discovered a bug with this new /sbin/rc thing. If I run "/etc/rc.d/httpd start", Apache starts just fine. Yet if I do "rc start httpd" it fails with: :: Starting Apache Web Server [BUSY] (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80 (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs [FAIL] So, bug?

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[arch-general] Yay for rc
by Magnus Therning 03 May '11

03 May '11

Thanks for making this little seemingly minor change. I've been missing something like it in Arch since I made the switch. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term. -- Alan Kay

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[arch-general] [signoff] lzo2-2.05-1
by Tobias Powalowski 03 May '11

03 May '11

Changes in 2.05 (23 Apr 2011) * Converted the configure system to non-recursive Automake. * Applied some overdue speed optimizations for modern x86/x64 architectures and current compilers like gcc 4.6 and MSVC 2010. Please signoff 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] New file "/etc/rc?"
by Grigorios Bouzakis 03 May '11

03 May '11

Yaro Kasear wrote: > I'm a tad confused about the purpose of /etc/rc. It says its used for the > control of daemons and starting and stopping them. Does this mean its > replacing the daemons array or something? And with the starting and stopping > of daemons... is this for automation or something. > > The news page doesn't really offer that much explanation about this new file. > You mean /sbin/rc ? Its just a script that can change or merely show the state of every script in /etc/rc.d/ . Plus its only 50 LOC in bash and it even includes usage examples. You should just read it. Its not replacing anything. PS. The aur-general mailing list is not the place for this kind of questions. Please continue to arch-general. ---- Greg

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[arch-general] devilspie doesn't work
by Maciej Sobkowski 03 May '11

03 May '11

Hi, I want to run devilspie to add opacity to windows of particular apps. But i can't get it to work. I can't even run the example script from arch wiki article [1]. I've tried it under twm and dwm; both don't work. I run "devilspie -d -a" command, to set it to debug mode, then I get: Devil's Pie 0.22 starting... Loading /etc/devilspie Loading /etc/devilspie/example.ds Loading /home/maciejjo/.devilspie Loading /home/maciejjo/.devilspie/opacity.ds 2 s-expressions loaded. But I think it should report something when I open and close windows, and it does not. Can someone reproduce this issue? [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Per_Application_Transparency maciejjo

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[arch-general] What broke?!?!?!?
by David Rosenstrauch 02 May '11

02 May '11

OK, performed a pacman -Syu today, and all sorts of things broke. Can anyone please help point me to fixes? * My USB (wireless) keyboard no longer works under X. (Although it still works fine from consoles 1-6.) * Internal trackpad no longer works under X. * Connecting to an openvpn no longer works under networkmanager/networkmanager-openvpn/nm-applet. * Neither USB (wireless) keyboard or (wired) mouse works under qingy. I've been trying to dig through the forums, but haven't found any helpful info yet. If these are known issues, could anyone point me to relevant forum threads and/or bug reports about them? I honestly don't know where to start to fix this on my own. There were ~150 packages that got upgraded this weekend, and I have no idea which one(s) caused the breakages. Thanks, DR

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[arch-general] Why are financial contributions not accepted?
by Bill Day 02 May '11

02 May '11

It's not that I really have money to give away, but I was struck by the notice on the Arch web site that financial contributions are not currently accepted, although they have been in the past. Given that there has apparently been some discussion of lack of resources for the distro, it seems to me to be reasonable to ask why those of us who can't code can't try to provide a little relief and support for Arch's hard-working volunteers in other ways. -- Bill Day williamson.day(a)gmail.com

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[arch-general] broken suspend - blank screen
by Marek Otahal 02 May '11

02 May '11

Hi guys, sorry to spam the list, but this bug renders my ntb almost unusable. Could any of you please look at the bug and suggest some further steps? https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=24029 Thank you, Mark -- Marek Otahal :o)

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