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

[arch-general] xdg-open fails to open a url in a "generic" environment
by Mateusz Loskot 24 Jun '12

24 Jun '12

Hi, There has been a bug reported to freedesktop.org about problems in xdg-open: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45859 I can reproduce this bug on my Arch installation (updated daily). I think this bug report is related to that problem too: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/28011 I wonder if, is there any fix for that problem baked by Arch itself? BTW, perhaps Arch users could vote for the bug report in freedesktop.org so its priority is bumped up. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net

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[arch-general] Chromium browser does not follow the proxy settings
by Jayesh Badwaik 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

Hi, I am using chromium with KDE, and whenever I open Chromium proxy settings, I get KDE proxy settings. I have already enabled my KDE proxy settings, so the proxy should work right? But it doesn't. I can browse using the proxy through rekonq browser. So, the settings are apparently working fine. It is the chromium browser that is causing the problem. Any solutions? -- Cheers and Regards Jayesh Badwaik stop html mail | always bottom-post www.asciiribbon.org | www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

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Re: [arch-general] Alsa doesn't detect Xonar DS sound card on a fresh install
by m a 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

> Make sure you have snd-virtuoso module loaded up. Thank you for you reply. It is loaded.

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[arch-general] Alsa doesn't detect Xonar DS sound card on a fresh install
by m a 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

Alsamixer only shows my onboard one, and so does aplay -l. How can I add the new one? I looked it up on alsa wiki but didn't find much..

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[arch-general] Complete mess after having attempted to install Nvidia drivers
by m a 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

Hello, I was trying to remove the proprietary drivers for my nvidia, to install the open source ones. I read in the wiki that I also had to remove the /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but only found an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, so I removed that one. I don't know if this is the reason why I can no longer use either the keyboard or the mouse when reaching the login screen. Let me add that I forgot to also remove the intel video drivers that I used before, don't know if this could have anything to do with what I'm facing now though. The question is, what did I do wrong and how can I fix this? I tried adding either 3 or 1 to the grub kernel line, but I still can't reach the command line.

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Re: [arch-general] Complete mess after having attempted to install Nvidia drivers‏‏
by m a 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

Ok, I got my keyboard and mouse back! I suppose it wasn't really wise of me to follow the instructions given on the Archbang wiki, everything worked perfectly with the Arch wiki on chroot. I wrote down the alternative method suggested here though, I'm sure I'll find it useful some time soon. Anyway, thank you all very much. Now, I was getting an insanely flickering screen with the nouveau drivers, so decided to switch back to the proprietary ones. The problem that I'm facing now is that I get an error message saying "No screens found". Is there anything I can about this? I looked around but didn't find a solution.

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Re: [arch-general] Complete mess after having attempted to install Nvidia drivers‏
by m a 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

> You could try to reinstall xorg-server: > # pacman -S xorg-server How am I going to do this? In normal boot, I can't use my keyboard and, when booting from a LiveCD, I can't install anything on the system. > You mentioned intel graphics driver, is there any possibilty that you > have Intel + Nvidia Optimus? No, I just recently bought the graphic card. I used the onboard one up to that point.

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Re: [arch-general] Complete mess after having attempted to install Nvidia drivers‏‏
by m a 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

> Boot from the LiveCD and chroot to your system I have already done that (having followed the relevant Archbang wiki) but, once I attempt to install anything, I get this: error: GPGME error: Bad file descriptor error: xorg-server: missing required signature error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

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Re: [arch-general] Complete mess after having attempted to install Nvidia drivers‏
by m a 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

> Do not know of a quick fix off the top of my head but yes deleting the > entire folder xorg.conf.d deletes other needed files. I would maybe try > booting a LiveCD chroot in and copy the files over you deleted then reboot. > Why would you blindly delete an entire folder? > HTH Cause I'm an idiot, obviously. I have booted from a LiveCD and mounted the root directory. I don't know where these files are to copy them from, though. Can you please tell me?

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[arch-general] tmp files no longer removed
by Lukáš Jirkovský 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

Hello, before submitting bug report I want to make sure this isn't feature. My problem is that my /tmp folder is no longer cleaned up during boot. Now I have to do that manually which is really annoying. I dug through the git of initscripts and it seems to be caused by the replacement of the original code by the systemd-tmpfiles tool. I've just tried to run systemd-tmpfiles manually and it seems that it is not able to do even a simple task such as rm -rf /tmp/*. Lukas

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