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

[arch-general] Libreoffice Impress 3.5.6-1 - problems opening *.ppt
by Lorenzo Bandieri 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

Hi everyone, Yesterday I upgraded Libreoffice from 3.5.5-1 to 3.5.6-1, and I started to notice problems opening several *.ppt files. When I double click on the ppt, an "ASCII Filter Options" popup appears - I never saw this popup before. Anyway, I have to click "Ok" for Libreoffice to start importing the presentation. The problem is that after this operation is completed, Libreoffice doesn't show the *.ppt as usual; instead, the window remains blank for a long time, and I have to force quit. I tried this with several *.ppt files (at first I thought about a corrupted file), and this happened with every one. Downgrading the package to 3.5.5.1 solves the issue, and the files are displayed fine. Now, I'm not sure if this 'ASCII Filter Options' thing is a feature or a bug. Is anyone else seeing this? I didn't find anything related on the forum. Thanks for your time, Lorenzo

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[arch-general] systemd-readahead
by Paul Gideon Dann 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

Hello all, Does anyone know if system-readahead is supposed to work in our current package? For me, there is an error message during boot (something about an event being too large to process), and there is no /.readahead file created. systemctl also reports a non-zero exit status, but no log entry, and I can't find the actual error message in the journal or dmesg. Does someone have this working? Paul

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[arch-general] Michael Kohlhaas
by Ralf Mardorf 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kohlhaas Perhaps this helps. I'm a Don Quixote myself. I don't know how known Michael Kohlhaas is in other countries, but Germany. Please, stop all discussions about systemd. It's better for you blood pressure. No joke, I own an http://www.docmorris.de/images/3159451_b.jpg;jsessionid=855AD7284858349B54B… Really, it's measurable. It's not Linux because I need to measure my blood pressure ;), but I've got the gear at hand. ;) :p :D Since I'm not involved in this discussion, I feel much better, measurable better! Hth ;), Ralf

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[arch-general] Virtualbox Linux guest performance very slow
by Ralf Mardorf 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

Hi :) the host is an Arch Linux 64bit install. I run Windows XP 32bit as guest, getting a very good, fast performance. I installed Fedora 17 64bit as guest and the performance is slow, the mouse cursor is moving in slow motion. Is there anything I can do to get a better performance? Regards, Ralf PS: I also will install a backup of my Arch Linux as guest and then switch to systemd for this guest ;) ;) ;) ;) ;). At the moment I got caught in playing with LVM for the Fedora install, since I never used it before, but systemd will be the next experiment.

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[arch-general] openldap unit file ignores /etc/conf.d/slapd?
by Geert Hendrickx 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

I've recently been testing systemd. One issue I encountered is with slapd, the unit file ignores /etc/conf.d/slapd. Is this a bug, or am I supposed to configure cmd line arguments (specially SLAPD_SERVICES) another way with systemd? Geert -- geert.hendrickx.be :: geert(a)hendrickx.be :: PGP: 0xC4BB9E9F This e-mail was composed using 100% recycled spam messages!

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[arch-general] kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement: NetworkManager is not running. Please start it.
by Martin Zecher 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

First of all, I know this has been talked about many times already, but I still have this problem (since about 3 months now) and haven't found a way to fix it. Most of the info is in this thread, but no one seems to be following it so I decided to ask in mail list: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1147741#p1147741 I use systemd + KDM + KDE Whenever I login into KDE, the applet says "NetworkManager is not running. Please start it." Networkmanager is indeed running and connects fine to previously configured networks. If I logout from KDE, restart networkmanager daemon in a shell and the relogin into KDE, it works fine. I am in this groups: adm tty disk lp wheel uucp hal network video audio optical floppy storage scanner power users lapsus networkmanager adbusers lpadmin boinc I also tried with testing's networkmanager 0.9.6.0-1 and kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement 1:0.9.0.4-1 without luck. I would really appreciate some help with this annoyance. -- Martin Código de novios Falabella: 585855-00 (gracias!) No envíen archivos pesados por mail. Usen DropBox <https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTIwODk0MDk> (2GB + *500MB bonus*) o SpiderOak<https://spideroak.com/download/referral/dd6b3051b5f1f10a5674d694f22dd3e8>(tras registrarse vayan a 'buy more space' e ingresen el código "worldbackupday" --> *8GB*)

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[arch-general] systemd: Disable dhcpcd
by Simon Perry 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Hi all, Today I've set up one of my VPS boxes with systemd after using it for a while on various laptops. I'm using netcfg(a)eth0.service to configure a static IP, however it seems that systemd insists on starting dhcpcd, and this screws up my resolv.conf. After a fair bit of looking around, I haven't found a solution to this, can anyone enlighten me on how to stop dhcpcd from being started as it's not needed? I simply can't find any unit in /etc/systemd that would be doing it. Cheers. -- Simon Perry (aka Pezz)

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[arch-general] irqbalance: /usr/lib/systemd/system/irqbalance.service exists in filesystem
by Martín Cigorraga 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Since yesterday I'm receiving this error message when uprgading the irqbalance systemd service, as this happened again some days ago when upgrading dhcpd systemd service, I follow Tom G. advise and waited for repos to update but this time there were more than 24hs, several mirror changes and the problem still exists, any idea? BTW, I did a quick bbs search but there's nothing there yet. (4/4) checking for file conflicts [---------------------------------------] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) irqbalance: /usr/lib/systemd/system/irqbalance.service exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. ~ $ Regards, Martin

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[arch-general] grub2 + luks + keyfile
by Adrian Pop 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Hello, I'm trying to configure grub2 to read a keyfile from a usb flash drive in order to decrypt the root partition. The grub2 wiki page specifies that in order to decrypt the root partition, the following should be added in /etc/default/grub: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sda2:root" Also an earlier version of the luks wiki page, that was intended for grub-legacy, mentioned that to decrypt the root partition using a keyfile, the following kernel parameter has to be added: cryptkey=/dev/disk/by-uuid/<uuid>:vfat:/keyfile So I've attempted to add both of these parameters in /etc/default/grub: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sda2:root cryptkey=/dev/disk/by-uuid/3848-EFD5:vfat:/keyfile" I've also added the encrypt hook and vfat module in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf. This is displayed while booting up: :: running early hook [udev] :: running hook [udev] :: Triggering uevents... :: running hook [encrypt] Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/3848-EFD5 ... Keyfile could not be opened. Reverting to passphrase. The usb flash drive is formated with mkfs.vfat and contains just the keyfile. I would greatly appreciate any advice.

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Re: [arch-general] grub2 + luks + keyfile
by Adrian Pop 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Seems I forgot to add the usb hook. It works now. Thank you for replying and directing my attention towards mkinitcpio.

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