January 2012 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] KDE 4.8
by Paulo Roberto P. Evangelista 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Hi, When kde 4.8 will be available in extra repossitories??

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[arch-general] Pacman v4.0.1-4 could be less verbose
by Ralf Madorf 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Hi :) I wonder if warnings like # pacman -Syu warning: qtractor: local (0.5.3.15-2684) is newer than community (0.5.3-1) warning: rtirq: local (20111007-1) is newer than archaudio-preview (20090920-1) are useful? Once there will be more packages, it will become uncomfortable to read more important output. 2 Cents, Ralf

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[arch-general] pacman 4 logic error - what part of 'no' doesn't it understand?
by David C. Rankin 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Guys, I have found a logic error in pacman (I think). I don't like replacing both the kernel and kernel-lts in the same 'pacman -Syu' call. So I answered 'no' when prompted to 'Replace kernel26-lts with core/linux-lts? [Y/n] n'. However, then pacman fails to install anything because 'linux-lts and kernel26-lts are in conflict'. When I answered 'n' to Replace kernel26-lts, I expected pacman to ignore upgrading that package (and the others I said no to) but proceed forward and install the remaining updates. Should I file this as a bug? The full output is below: [07:55 archangel:/etc] # pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date archlinuxfr is up to date xyne-any is up to date aaany is up to date aapkg is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... :: Replace kernel26-lts with core/linux-lts? [Y/n] n :: Replace kernel26-lts-headers with core/linux-lts-headers? [Y/n] n :: Replace module-init-tools with core/kmod? [Y/n] y :: Replace perl-exiftool with extra/perl-image-exiftool? [Y/n] resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... :: linux-lts and kernel26-lts are in conflict. Remove kernel26-lts? [y/N] error: unresolvable package conflicts detected error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies) :: linux-lts and kernel26-lts are in conflict -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] A problem with xfce LCD clock
by Leonid Isaev 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Hi, I have just noticed a problem with xfce clock panel-plugin: in the LCD mode instead of showing "8" it shown "0", so 6:18 become 10:10. Removing .cache and reintroducing the panel doesn't help... Any thoughts as of why this could be happening? Can anyone confirm this? Cheers, -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key ID: 164B5A6D Key fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D

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[arch-general] Brightness keys no longer working
by David Rosenstrauch 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

The screen brightness increase and decrease keys on my laptop seem to be no longer working. They were definitely working a week or so ago, so I'm thinking some recent upgrade is responsible. It's not that the keypress is registering and the app just doesn't brighten the screen. But rather, that the keypress doesn't seem to be registering at all (i.e., when I try pressing it while using the "xev" X events tester app). About a week ago, xev used to show a keypress event for something like "XF86BrightnessUp" or some such; now it shows nothing. Anyone have any idea what the culprit might be? Thanks, DR

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[arch-general] lib32-xcb, libxcb, and xcb-proto newer than in repos?
by Oon-Ee Ng 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

:: Starting full system upgrade... warning: lib32-libxcb: local (1.8-1) is newer than multilib (1.7-3) warning: libxcb: local (1.8-1) is newer than extra (1.7-2) warning: xcb-proto: local (1.7-1) is newer than extra (1.6-2) I thought it'd just be an outdated mirror or something, but a check on archlinux.org searching for xcb shows that the latter versions are current in the repos. Did something travel backward in time?

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[arch-general] wicd does not execute custom scripts
by Marek Otahal 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Hi, please could someone verify this? # pwd /etc/wicd/scripts/preconnect # ls -l total 8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47 Jan 25 03:50 hello.sh # cat hello.sh #!/bin/sh echo hello >> /var/log/wicd/aa.log # /etc/rc.d/wicd restart..done <<disconnect and connect>> But! still there is no aa.log and script seems to be not executed at all. No signs of errors in wicd.log I'm glad for any ideas, thanks -- Marek Otahal :o)

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[arch-general] Phillips SAA7231
by Peter G Nikolic 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

Hi folks . Does anyone know the state of play with the SAA 7231 chipset i have a Compro S800F tv card dual terrestial and satelite but it has this darn philips chip is there any progress does anyone know Cheers Pete -- Powered by Kernel: 3.2.1-2-ARCH KDE Development Platform: 4.7.4 (4.7.4) 19:27:57 up 11 min, 4 users, load average: 0.86, 0.65, 0.41

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[arch-general] Some help with systemd needed
by G. Schlisio 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

Hello folks, i'm playing around with systemd atm and everything works fine except of the sound output. systemctl shows no alsa or pulseaudio running and in the wiki entry i cant find any hint but 'systemctl enable alsa-*', but both options (by tabbing: alsa-restore, alsa-store) return Warning: unit files do not carry install information. No operation executed. anybody got a hint? help appreciated georg

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[arch-general] netcfg inconsistency
by Norbert Zeh 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Hi folks, I'm using netcfg heavily on my laptop, both for the wireless and wired adapters. Particularly, I use the net-auto-wirelss and net-auto-wired scripts to enable auto-configuration of these adapters. The net-auto-wireless script of the most recent netcfg package sources /etc/conf.d/netcfg. Thus, there is no need to clutter /etc/rc.conf with netcfg configuration. The net-auto-wired script on the other hand does not source /etc/conf.d/netcfg and thus fails unless WIRED_INTERFACE="..." is specified in rc.conf. It's certainly a matter of taste whether these configuration settings should live in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/conf.d/netcfg, but I think both scripts should be consistent. If the difference in how they treat /etc/conf.d/netcfg is intentional, I'd like to know the reason. Cheers, Norbert

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