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

[arch-general] Systemd : A big big thanks to all the dev work
by Arno Gaboury 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

When # pacman -Rs consolekit a few mn ago, I was thinking of all the summer flame on this list about systemd. My Arch is since a while a 100% systemd, and honestly, as a newbye, I didn't experienced much issues, neither did I have any painful configuration to set up. I just wanted to publicly thanks all the Arch devs for this smooth transition. The average user i am is garteful and happy to belong to the Arch community.

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[arch-general] How to specify a Type 1 font in .Xresources?
by D. R. Evans 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

When I execute "fc-list : file" (as stated at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration ) one of the lines is: /usr/share/fonts/Type1/ufonts.com_ti92pluspc.pfb: How do I now tell a particular class of xterm to use this font? In the ~/.Xresources I have a class called "drlog", and so I have a line that starts: ---- drlog*VT100*font: ---- but what do I put after the colon to force this class to use the font in the file /usr/share/fonts/Type1/ufonts.com_ti92pluspc.pfb? Doc -- Web: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR

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Re: [arch-general] (no subject)
by Gijs Schroder 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

> Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:58:01 -0500 > From: Juan Diego Tasc?n<juantascon(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discusson about Arch Linux<arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: [arch-general] ssd > Message-ID: > <CAA0N71U-9WC1vh4j0_YZjEOCJYrQHHgJUg_2vjCrBc54tQ7aLQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Good day, > > I just got a new laptop with a 25Gb ssd and I was wondering which would be > best if putting my home directory (minus music and videos) there or and > arch install (minus pacman pkg cache). I read the ssd related article in > the wiki and even though it mentions some optimizations and considerations > it doesn't mention anything regarding this issue. > > Thanks Hi, IMO you should put the arch install there. Because of the limited amount of writes a cell can handle, you typically want the data on your SSD not to change very much over time. Since its greater reading speed can improve on the starting time of larger applications, it is (in my understanding) recommended for an SSD to contain mostly applications and/or system files. This should also make your computer boot faster. Good luck on choosing and setting up your system, Gijs

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[arch-general] consolekit removal - a question
by mike cloaked 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

For people who have converted to systemd it seems that consolekit is no longer needed. When removing it should one do "pacman -R consolekit" or "pacman -Rs consolekit" - I was unsure whether the dependencies should also be removed or not? Thanks -- mike c

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[arch-general] Sticky keys and gaming
by Rafael Beraldo 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hello all, I don't play very often but when I do, I get sticky keys. By sticky keys I mean that after about half an hour playing, when I stop pressing, say, ‘w’, the character continues walking forward. I first noticed that playing Minecraft and thought the issue was related to Java. A quick search [0,1] supported that theory. However yesterday I was playing Counter Strike 1.6 on wine and, after a while, I noticed I'd continue walking forward even after I'd stopped pressing ‘w’, so I thought I'd drop an email here and see if anybody else has had that kind of issue. I had this problem running both Fluxbox and i3. I think that's not related, but I run setxkbmap us intl every time I go to either window manager. Thanks for your time, [0]: https://www.google.com.br/search?q=sticky+keys+minecraft+linux&ie=utf-8&oe=… [1]: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=sticky+keys+minecraft+linux -- Rafael Beraldo cabaladada.org

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[arch-general] ConsoleKit replaced by logind vs Initsricpts
by Ralf Mardorf 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hi :) I'm using GDM and Xfce. It isn't a surprise that I can't log in anymore. If I should replace GDM and for sure Network Manager too and reconfigure ntcfg. Will there still be other serious issues if I stay with initscripts? Is there a Wiki describing how to switch to systemd easy? Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] ssd
by Juan Diego Tascón 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Good day, I just got a new laptop with a 25Gb ssd and I was wondering which would be best if putting my home directory (minus music and videos) there or and arch install (minus pacman pkg cache). I read the ssd related article in the wiki and even though it mentions some optimizations and considerations it doesn't mention anything regarding this issue. Thanks

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[arch-general] net-tools: Deprecated?
by Karol Babioch 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hi, I've just upgraded GNOME to version 3.6 and realized that net-tools was pulled in as a requirement for the new version of networkmanager. Now I'm wondering what the current status of "net-tools" is, because according to [1] it is deprecated and I was perfectly fine without it ;). I'm not familiar with the requirements for networkmanager, so basically my question comes down to this: What is net-tools needed for and is there a way to abandon this requirement? What are the plans for the future? Thanks in advance. Furthermore I would like to thank all of you making GNOME 3.6 available for us. Probably a lot of work has gone into this, so thanks again! Best regards, Karol Babioch [1] https://www.archlinux.org/news/deprecation-of-net-tools/

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[arch-general] [Cups and systemd] duplicated service file
by Brock.Zheng 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hi all, I found that the package cups hav duplicated service file, Here is some cmdline interactivity: [root@system 09:47:09]$ pacman -Ql cups | grep service cups /usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.service cups /usr/lib/systemd/system/cupsd.service [root@system 09:47:48]$ diff cupsd.service cups.service gives no result. [root@system 09:46:35]$ cat cupsd.service [Unit] Description=CUPS Printing Service [Service] ExecStart=/usr/sbin/cupsd -f PrivateTmp=true [Install] Also=cups.socket cups.path WantedBy=printer.target [root@system 09:46:49]$ cat cups.service [Unit] Description=CUPS Printing Service [Service] ExecStart=/usr/sbin/cupsd -f PrivateTmp=true [Install] Also=cups.socket cups.path WantedBy=printer.target [root@system 09:46:31]$ systemctl enable cupsd.service Failed to issue method call: No such file or directory [root@system 09:52:28]$ systemctl enable cups.service ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.service' '/etc/systemd/system/printer.target.wants/cups.service' ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.socket' '/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/cups.socket' ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.path' '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cups.path' -- Brock Zheng <goodmenzy(a)gmail.com> 郑祎 Software Enginner

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[arch-general] PyQT fails when I try to use it with Python 2.7
by Asdrúbal Iván Suárez Rivera 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hello guys, this is my first message to this list. I'm trying to install PyQT for Python 2.7 on Archlinux. I installed the following packages > pyqt 4.9.5-3 > pyqt-common 4.9.5-3 > pyqt3 3.18.1-11 > python2-pyqt 4.9.5-3 When I try to do "import qt", the following message appears > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > RuntimeError: the sip module implements API v9.0 but the qt module requires API v8.1 I have the following sip-related packages installed on my system > python-sip 4.14-2 > python2-sip 4.14-2 > sip 4.14-2 Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in Advance PS: I'm not a native english speaker, so please, excuse me for grammar mistakes. -- Asdrúbal Iván Suárez Rivera Si quieres aprender, enseña. Marco Tulio Cicerón. ¿Tienes twitter? Sígueme: @asdrubalivan

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