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

[arch-general] linux-3.6.2-1 ready for [core]?
by Tobias Powalowski 13 Oct '12

13 Oct '12

Hi guys, Upstream changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges Please report any issues that stops moving this series to [core]. Thanks. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] Writing xkb mappings
by Robbie Smith 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

Hi list Using xmodmap to redefine my keyboard mappings was causing Openbox to hang for about a minute, so I read up on writing my own layouts using xkb[1]. By and large I've achived the desired results (in much fewer lines too!) but there's still a few things that don't quite work. 1. I think I've mapped ALT+CAPS_LOCK to act as the third level switch, but this works sporadically at best. I want to add mathematical symbols to the keypad, and xev detects most of them, but I can't type them anywhere except in Vim. There's a dump of the key mapping xkbcomp created at [2]. 2. Is is possible to have complex variable mappings similar to as described here[3] in X.org? That guide is Max OS X specific, but it's definitely quite nifty. Robbie [1] http://madduck.net/docs/extending-xkb/ [2] https://gist.github.com/3880640 [3] http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/a-modern-space-cadet/

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Re: [arch-general] GNS3 0.8.3-3 from AUR fails to install.
by narve＠hush.ai 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

On 10/11/2012 at 9:38 PM, "Shaka Nkofo" <shakaplus.data(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >An attempt to install GNS3 failed with the output below. Im not >sure why >or what to do next. Has anyone else faced the same issue and got >past >it? Please share your solution. If not can a more savy user take a >look >at the output and point me in the right direction? > >Cheers > >Shaka > > >[shaka@raptor ~]$ sudo packer -S gns3 > >Aur Targets (3): dynamips-community dynagen gns3 > >Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y >Edit dynamips-community PKGBUILD with $EDITOR? [Y/n] > >==> Making package: dynamips-community 0.2.8RC3-1 (Thu Oct 11 >17:43:03 >CEST 2012) >==> Checking runtime dependencies... >==> Checking buildtime dependencies... >==> Retrieving Sources... > -> Found dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community.tar.gz >==> Validating source files with sha1sums... > dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community.tar.gz ... Passed >==> Extracting Sources... > -> Extracting dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community.tar.gz with bsdtar >==> Removing existing pkg/ directory... >==> Starting build()... >make -C stable >make[1]: Entering directory >`/tmp/packerbuild-0/dynamips-community/dynamips- >community/src/dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community/stable' >Linking rom2c >cc: error: /usr/lib/libelf.a: No such file or directory >make[1]: *** [rom2c] Error 1 >make[1]: Leaving directory >`/tmp/packerbuild-0/dynamips-community/dynamips- >community/src/dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community/stable' >make: *** [dynamips.stable] Error 2 >==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). > Aborting... >The build failed. >Edit dynagen PKGBUILD with $EDITOR? [Y/n] > >==> Making package: dynagen 0.11.0-3 (Thu Oct 11 17:52:39 CEST >2012) >==> Checking runtime dependencies... >==> Missing Dependencies: > -> dynamips-community >==> Checking buildtime dependencies... >==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies. >The build failed. >Dependencies for `gns3' are not met, not building.. This sounds like you're missing a dependency (at least) for building. Try installing elfutils from the extra-repository. Appears to be missing as a dependency in the PKGBUILD. mfg narve

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[arch-general] GNS3 0.8.3-3 from AUR fails to install.
by Shaka Nkofo 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

An attempt to install GNS3 failed with the output below. Im not sure why or what to do next. Has anyone else faced the same issue and got past it? Please share your solution. If not can a more savy user take a look at the output and point me in the right direction? Cheers Shaka [shaka@raptor ~]$ sudo packer -S gns3 Aur Targets (3): dynamips-community dynagen gns3 Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y Edit dynamips-community PKGBUILD with $EDITOR? [Y/n] ==> Making package: dynamips-community 0.2.8RC3-1 (Thu Oct 11 17:43:03 CEST 2012) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving Sources... -> Found dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community.tar.gz ==> Validating source files with sha1sums... dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community.tar.gz ... Passed ==> Extracting Sources... -> Extracting dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community.tar.gz with bsdtar ==> Removing existing pkg/ directory... ==> Starting build()... make -C stable make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/packerbuild-0/dynamips-community/dynamips-community/src/dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community/stable' Linking rom2c cc: error: /usr/lib/libelf.a: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [rom2c] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/packerbuild-0/dynamips-community/dynamips-community/src/dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community/stable' make: *** [dynamips.stable] Error 2 ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). Aborting... The build failed. Edit dynagen PKGBUILD with $EDITOR? [Y/n] ==> Making package: dynagen 0.11.0-3 (Thu Oct 11 17:52:39 CEST 2012) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Missing Dependencies: -> dynamips-community ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies. The build failed. Dependencies for `gns3' are not met, not building..

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Changes to postgresql
by Marti Raudsepp 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > 1) > postgresql expects its configuration files in /usr/etc/postgresql/. It > doesn't install any files there by default, so namcap doesn't notice - > however, you can copy the sample files from /usr/share/postgresql to > this location. This must be fixed by appending --sysconfdir=/etc to the > configure options. I think you're wrong about this. PostgreSQL, by default, does not store config files in /etc (or sysconfdir) at all. Configuration files are stored along with everything else in PGDATA (/var/lib/postgres/data)... % sudo -u postgres strace -eopen postgres -D /var/lib/postgres/data 2>/tmp/strace.out [...] ^C % egrep '(etc|conf)' /tmp/strace.out open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 open("/var/lib/postgres/data/postgresql.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 open("/etc/host.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 open("/etc/resolv.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 open("/etc/gai.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 8 open("/var/lib/postgres/data/pg_hba.conf", O_RDONLY) = 9 open("/var/lib/postgres/data/pg_ident.conf", O_RDONLY) = 9 No attempted accesses to /usr/etc. Regards, Marti

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[arch-general] host and win7 guest files sharing
by Arno Gaboury 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

Dear list, I built a win7 guest with virt-install: $virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name=merdox --ram 4000 --cpu host --disk path=/dev/vg0/lv_merdox,bus=virtio,sparse=false,format=raw --cdrom /dev/cdrom --description="merdox -vm guest on host magnolia" --graphics vnc --os-type=windows --os-variant=win7 --video=vga --hvm --accelerate --network bridge=br0 --disk path=/home/gabx/isofiles/virtio-win-0.1-30.iso,device=cdrom Everything is fine so far. The only point is I can't share folders (unless using USB key). I couldn't use these arguments : -device virtio-9p-pci,id=fs0,fsdev=fsdev0,mount_tag=hostshare, only possible with $qemu-kvm. I found some tuto explaining how to share with VM Manager: Details ->add filesystem . I did it, but when : # mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L /hostshare /tmp/sharewin7 it returns : mount: special device /hostshare does not exist, with this error in logs : 9pnet_virtio: no channels available All modules are loaded (9p,9pnet,9pnet-virtio,virtio_netvirtio). I am supposed to find available mount tags in /sys/bus/virtio/drivers/9pnet_virtio/virtio<n>/mount_tag files. But I don't have /virtio<n> Is there anything I can do to solve this issue? TY for help

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[arch-general] systemd transition on virtual server - help needed
by G. Schlisio 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

hi list, i am running an arch server (x84_64) inside a virtual private server. now that systemd smoothly comes to be standart, i would like to understand, how this affects my machine. as this is a vps, i have no control over the running kernel, which is a 2.6.36.4-vs2.3.0.36.39-netcup atm. (netcup is a german webhosting provider). also i do not know much about the virtualisation machinery running there. as this is a server used for productivity, i would like to understand whats happening to it, to keep maintenance downtime at a reasonable low level. at what point will i (propably) get in trouble because of systemd, when (if ever) will i be unable to boot with this machine if i keep updating? thanks for helping suggestions. georg

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[arch-general] netcfg
by Dimitri Sabadie 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

Hi, I want to contribute as a developper, but I don’t know where to begin. I subscribe to the bug tracker and found an issue I really wanna fix : https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29337?only_watched=1&type%5B0%5D=&sev%5B0%5… Is there any direction for me? Thanks in advance. Regards, skp

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Re: [arch-general] systemd transition on virtual server - help needed
by narve＠hush.ai 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

On 10/10/2012 at 8:29 AM, "Abdul Halim Mat Ali" <sagikliwon(a)gmail.com> wrote:On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:43 PM, G. Schlisio <g.schlisio(a)gmx.de> wrote: >> hi list, >> i am running an arch server (x84_64) inside a virtual private server. >> >> >This might be related to your question. But I am wondering which VPS >provider provides a 64-bit kernel. He said: "as this is a vps, i have no control over the running kernel, which is a 2.6.36.4-vs2.3.0.36.39-netcup atm. (netcup is a german webhosting provider)." So I'd suggest you check out netcup.de :) mfg narve

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [draft] Install medium 2012.10.06 introduces systemd
by Damjan 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

> The October release of the Arch Linux install medium is available for > [Download](https://www.archlinux.org/download/) and can be used for new > installs or as a rescue system. It contains a set of updated packages > and the following notable changes: Is there a way to boot the install medium over PXE similar to ArchBoot? -- дамјан

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