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

[arch-general] systemd and netcfg
by Robbie Smith 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

So I switched to systemd about a week or so ago, and I'm quite impressed with it. One particular feature I like is it's auto-restart of daemons, but this has a tendency to behave oddly with netcfg. My primary internet connection is a mobile broadband one using an external USB modem and pppd via netcfg. systemd does its bit automating the connection, but it does it a little too well: if I disconnect the network interface (say, to switch to a wireless or wired one), systemd will restart my mobile broadband device when it's next physically plugged into the computer, *without* informing netcfg that it's brought the interface up. This effectively blocks me from switching interfaces, as netcfg can't bring down the interface, and killing pppd stops systemd from reconnecting it automatically when I resume from a suspend. How can I get the two to communicate better so I don't get this glitch?

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[arch-general] systemd, locales and gvim
by Matthias Traunsberger 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

I have succesfully migrated to systemd on my desktop-pc and laptop. I'm using German locale, and it's working quite well everywhere in X and in those virtual terminals (Alt+F*), but there is an issue with my laptop that really bugs me. I can't see underscores "_" in gvim. vim isn't affected. My .vimrc is identical on both boxes and doesn't contain any font or locale related settings. Following files are identical on both boxes, too: /etc/locale.conf: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 /etc/vconsole.conf: KEYMAP="de-latin1-nodeadkeys" uncommented lines in /etc/locale.gen and generated with /usr/sbin/locale-gen: de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8 de_DE ISO-8859-1 de_DE@euro ISO-8859-15 Maybe someone can help me with this issue. Cheers, Matthias

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[arch-general] Some funny bloke - 2
by Fons Adriaensen 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

Just received a second bogus 'unsubscribe confirmation request'. This begins to look like stalking. The request was sent from anonymouse.org, so whoever is doing this is a miserable coward apart from whatever else. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)

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[arch-general] SystemD poll
by Jérôme Bartand 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

Hi! Yesterday I read on Phoronix that Arch devs are planning to switch to SystemD, but many users are unhappy with this move. You can see a lot of controversy discussion on this list. I have created an online poll to determine the will of the community: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=502d2113e4b02c3adb09a939 Please vote and spread!

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[arch-general] Glibc 2.16.0-2 and /lib problem : the answer ;)
by fredbezies 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

Well, Tom gave the answer. Boot on rescue-CD / rescue USB-key. Remove /lib. And create a symlink : ln -sf /usr/lib lib I think there will be a lot of problem for a lot of users when glibc 2.16.0-x will be uploaded on core. Well, I think I have to do this mistake. I *do* know that forcing wasn't a good idea :| -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies(a)gmail.com

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[arch-general] systemd-pulseaudio-no sound card
by Arno Gaboury 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

Dear list, I have spent now many hours trying to understand why pulseaudio is not working when I boot with systemd, but works when booting with sysvinit. I found the culprit could be this: [gabx@magnolia:~]$ aplay -l aplay: device_list:252: no soundcards found... What is strange is that all my devices are recognised and modules loaded. $ lspci -v 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 838b Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at fa080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8444 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 57 Memory at fa300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel $ lsmod snd_hda_intel 25700 0 $ loginctl SESSION UID USER SEAT 1 1000 gabx seat0 1 sessions listed. $ loginctl seat-status seat0 ├ /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 │ (sound:card0) "PCH" ├ /sys/devic...:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1 │ (sound:card1) "NVidia" $ pulseaudio E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. when I open the volum control in XFCE panel: GStreamer was unable to detect any sound device. Some sound system specific GStreamer package maybe missing. It may also be a permissions problem. To sum up, I don't understand why my sound devices are not recognized. I may have misconfigured something in systemd set up, but I have no idea. Thank you for your help, as this is the only issue when booting with systemd.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] merging systemd back to a singular package
by Heiko Baums 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

Am Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:15:39 -0400 schrieb Dave Reisner <d(a)falconindy.com>: > I apologize for this being somewhat after-the-fact. It was discussed > on IRC, but that of course doesn't necessarily cater to a wide enough > audience. Some of you have probably already noticed that systemd 189 > now provides, conflicts, and replaces libsystemd and systemd-tools. > This is the next logical step since systemd will eventually be in > base once we have sufficient unit coverage. > > As an added bonus, maybe this will encourage people who haven't > switched over yet to do so. ;) "Nobody is forcing systemd on anybody." Wasn't it this what was always said by the devs in all those long threads about systemd? And what are you doing now? Isn't this not forcing it on everybody? "Nobody has the intention to build a wall." Heiko

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[arch-general] Raid 1 array with mismatched blocks
by Mauro Santos 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

I have 2 usb disks that are part of a raid 1 array and after checking the array for consistency the mismatch count is not zero. >From all I could find by searching the internet this could be due to disk failure (not the case), or because of user mistake (most probable). In this case one can either blindly repair/resync the array and hope for the best or try to get the correct data before the resync. My doubt here is what would be the best way to access each disk individually (it's raid 1 so it should not be hard) and allow me to copy the correct data, sync the array and write back the correct data. I was thinking about something along the lines of connecting only one disk at a time, issue 'mdadm -R -o /dev/md0' to avoid any more changes between disks, mount the filesystem and check if the files are ok or not. If it helps, I do have a md5sum of all files and I know which files I have written that may not be consistent across disks. -- Mauro Santos

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[arch-general] systemd-pulseaudio
by Arno Gaboury 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

Dear list, I am able to boot with systemd. For now, I am still using the mixed systemd installation, until everything is clear. The only issue is with pulseaudio. $ journalctl returns [pulseaudio] module-equalizer-sink.c: resume state exists but is wrong size! I am on XFCE4, and when I start mixer, i have this error: GStreamer was unable to detect any sound device.Some sound system specific Gstreamer packages maybe missing. It may also be a permission problem. In /var/log/errors, I find these entries: localhost pulseaudio[29270]: [pulseaudio] module-equalizer-sink.c: resume state exists but is wrong size! localhost login: pam_systemd(login:session): Failed to release session: Connection was disconnected before a reply was received My music player (ncmpcpp with mpd) is indeed playing music, and I can control volume with the +/- keys. Thank you for help.

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[arch-general] Is Nouveau 2D or 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards?
by Kelvin 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

The description of package xf86-video-nouveau ( http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xf86-video-nouveau) is "Open Source 2D acceleration driver for nVidia cards", but Arch Wiki( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau) says that it is "Open Source 3D acceleration graphics driver for NVIDIA cards". Is there any mistakes?

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