October 2013 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] Add gdbm and db to [multilib]?
by Dylan Cali 18 Oct '13

18 Oct '13

Hey guys, The [core] packages gdbm and db are not also available in [multilib]. This has the side effect, for example, of not being able to create a 32bit Perl using perlbrew. There are versions available in the AUR (which are orphaned and need to be updated), but instead of updating the AUR versions does it instead make sense to bring these into the official [multilib], as they're fairly core libraries? Thanks, Dylan

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[arch-general] UMTS with Networkmanager
by Silvio Siefke 18 Oct '13

18 Oct '13

Hello, i has installed Arch Linux today first time. Without problems but one thing make me trouble. I need UMTS Connection for Internet and thats with my Mobile or Huawei USB. I has follow the wiki articles, but want not work. When i understand systemd Log correct then the System know my Mobile, but with NetworkManager want not work. Log: [root@archmobile ~]# dmesg | tail [ 1079.250828] option 3-6:1.1: device disconnected [ 1079.253386] option1 ttyUSB2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now disconnected from ttyUSB2 [ 1079.253452] option 3-6:1.2: device disconnected [ 1079.255945] option1 ttyUSB3: option_instat_callback: error -108 [ 1079.256302] option1 ttyUSB3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now disconnected from ttyUSB3 [ 1079.256363] option 3-6:1.3: device disconnected [ 1079.256735] qmi_wwan 3-6:1.4 wwp0s29f7u6i4: unregister 'qmi_wwan' usb-0000:00:1d.7-6, WWAN/QMI device [ 1088.376702] usb 3-6: new high-speed USB device number 18 using ehci-pci [ 1088.507048] cdc_acm 3-6:1.1: ttyACM0: USB ACM device [ 1088.509572] cdc_acm 3-6:1.3: ttyACM1: USB ACM device [root@archmobile ~]# lsusb Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0ac8:c326 Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. Namuga 1.3M Webcam Bus 003 Device 018: ID 0421:0223 Nokia Mobile Phones Can someone give me a advice why the NetworkManager not want use, or Arch not want use. Thanks for help & Greetings Silvio

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[arch-general] Fwd: Re: [arch-dev-public] Plasma-NM plasmoid moved to [extra]
by Genes Lists 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

Sorry hit reply and forgot to change to arch-general - resending as I am not permissioned on arch-dev-public. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [arch-dev-public] Plasma-NM plasmoid moved to [extra] Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 22:43:20 -0400 From: Genes Lists <lists(a)sapience.com> To: Public mailing list for Arch Linux development <arch-dev-public(a)archlinux.org> On 10/12/2013 01:22 PM, Andrea Scarpino wrote: > Hi all, > just to inform all the KDE + NetworkManager users out there that I moved > kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement to AUR. I am trying this now and it seems to be a bit buggy and not really ready for prime time. I used it to connect to local wifi - worked fine. Left my laptop and returned a couple hours later. I am still connected - and the hover pop up shows the connection and correct SSID. However clicking the applet no longer shows an active connection section. No way to disconnect. There is a previous connection (also no 'unknown connections' section) but it had nothing useful (just a connection out of my list not used for years). After a few minutes the SSID I was connected to showed up in the 'previous connections' section - with a button to 'connect'. Clicking that, the connection was killed and re-establihsed and the 'active connections' section re-appeaed with the connected SSID now visible. The unkown connection section also re-appeared. For those not yet using this you may want to wait a while until it matures more. gene >

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[arch-general] truecrypt, loop and /etc/modules-load.d/truecrypt.conf
by John Davis 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

Hello I used the wikipage to address the problem where loop module does not load. Here is the relevant page. === Failed to set up a loop device === If you get a message "Failed to set up a loop device" when trying to create/mount a TrueCrypt volume, it may be because you updated your kernel recently without rebooting. Rebooting should fix this error. Otherwise, check if ''loop'' has been loaded as kernel module: $ lsmod | grep loop If not listed, retry the TrueCrypt command after {{ic|modprobe loop}}. Should it work, consider to add ''loop'' to the modules in {{ic|/etc/modules-load.d}}: # tee /etc/modules-load.d/truecrypt.conf <<< "loop" {{Note|As of udev 181-5, the loop device module is no longer auto-loaded, and the procedure described here is necessary.}} I am using a stock kernel. I tried to use sudo to run truecrypt and it failed to setup a loop device. I did a check of lsmod output and loop was not loaded after I made the truecrypt.conf change. After I modprobe loop by hand truecrypt would work and the encrypted drive would be mounted on /mnt/truecrypt1. Is there something which needs to edited to the wiki page regarding truecrypt.conf? It does not seem to work, and it seems that manually loading the module is required. -- John F. Davis 6 Kandes Court Durham, NC 27713 919-888-8358 独树一帜

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[arch-general] How to show (kernel) messages by journalctl?
by Ralf Mardorf 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

Hi, yesterday I rebooted at 17:51 from linux 3.11.4-1 to linux-rt 3.10.14_rt9-1 and then shut down at 17:55. How can I get log data, kernel messages of this startup? This is all I get: [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ journalctl -a --since "2013-10-12 17:50:00" --until "2013-10-12 18:00:00" -- Logs begin at Wed 2013-08-28 22:06:09 CEST, end at Sat 2013-10-12 20:36:06 CEST. -- Oct 12 17:51:10 archlinux systemd[579]: Stopping Default. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ A log in for rt kernels 3.10.x doesn't work on my machine, rt kernels 3.8.x don't cause this issue. During shutdown and startup there were much more messages, than just "Oct 12 17:51:10 archlinux systemd[579]: Stopping Default." [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ journalctl -k -- Logs begin at Wed 2013-08-28 22:06:09 CEST, end at Sat 2013-10-12 20:36:06 CEST. -- JFTR there are no .xsession-errors.old for the attempt to log in. Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] logwatch with postfix configuration
by jb 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

Hi, this is my configuration: $ cat /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf mailer = "/usr/bin/postfix" Running: # logwatch --debug 5 shows the familiar output. But running: # /etc/cron.daily/0logwatch does not deliver output to root or forwarded to myself.

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[arch-general] Moving kpovmodeler and kgraphviewer to unsupported
by Laurent Carlier 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

I plan to move both packages to unsupported: * kpovmodeler isn't maintained upstream anymore and homepage is dead. it doesn't work anymore with upstream povray with third party patches. (see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/36352) * kgraphviewer isn't maintained upstream anymore except cosmetic patches, and will not work with graphviz-2.34.0 in staging without deep changes. -- Laurent Carlier ArchLinux Developer http://www.archlinux.org

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Re: [arch-general] arch wiki xen installation questions
by Sean Greenslade 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

John Davis <davisjf(a)gmail.com> wrote: >There's your problem. You can't bridge wifi adapters. It needs to be >> ethernet in order for brctl to use it. >> >> If I remember correctly, this is due to wifi not being "routable," >that >> is, you cannot proxy packets destined / sourced from a MAC that is >not your >> own. >> >> --- >> --John "Sean" Greenslade >> > >Hello Sean, > >Ahh, I did not know that. I could have sworn that when I used vmware >on >windows, I was able to share the wifi connection. However, its been >such a >long time, I can't really remember. > >Does this mean that when using xen on linux, you can't use wifi >networking >for guest os's? Not entirely. There are several "tricks" you can use to get networking from wifi to a guest. VMWare (Workstation) uses NAT by default, turning your computer into a gateway router and creating a virtual bridge. This can be done in linux, just google "iptables nat". You could also (in theory, at least) pass your wifi card hardware through to the guest. It would only allow one guest to connect at a time, but this may be acceptable ib your use case, I don't know. If you need more help with Xen configuration, there is a very helpful Xen mailing list called xen-users. You'd get more Xen help there than on arch-general, I think. --- --John "Sean" Greenslade

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[arch-general] arch wiki xen installation questions
by John Davis 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

Hello I am trying to install xen. I am using this page as a guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xen I have a problem where I can not get the commands for setting up the networking bridge to work. During the xen installation, I noted that it uses netctl instead of netcfg. I made those changes and if I boot my regular kernel it appears to work with a wifi connection. Here is the result of some command regarding networking with regular kernel. [root@t61p ~]# netctl list xenbridge-dhcp * wlan0-hs-dlink wlan0-hs-dlink.wifi-menu [root@t61p ~]# I believe this command shows that wlan0-hs-dlink is the active profile and is enabled at boot automatically. For instance: [root@t61p ~]# systemctl | grep hs-dlink netctl(a)wlan0\x2dhs\x2ddlink.service loaded active exited Networking for netctl profile wlan0-hs-dlink [root@t61p ~]# This is a result of systemd having netctl(a)wlan0\x2dhs\x2ddlink.service in the /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants directory. So it looks ok for having networking via wifi working in regular linux kernel. As far as xen and bridge goes, I created the following file /etc/netctl/xenbridge-dhcp with the following contents: Description="Xen Bridge connection" Interface=xenbr0 Connection=bridge BindsToInterfaces=(wlan0 wlan1 tap0) IP=dhcp Basically, I used the example given on the arch xen wiki page and changed eth0 to wlan0 and eth1 to wlan1. When I try to start the xenbr0 (bridge) I get an error about tap0 not found. This is the command I issue (bascially from the wiki) and the result from journalctl # netctl start xenbridge-dhcp -- Unit netctl(a)xenbridge\x2ddhcp.service has begun starting up. Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p network[525]: Starting network profile 'xenbridge-dhcp'... Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p systemd-udevd[530]: error opening ATTR{/sys/devices/virtual/net/xenbr0/address} for writing: Permissio Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p systemd-udevd[530]: error opening ATTR{/sys/devices/virtual/net/xenbr0/address} for writing: Permissio Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p systemd-udevd[530]: error opening ATTR{/sys/devices/virtual/net/xenbr0/address} for writing: Permissio Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p systemd-udevd[530]: error changing net interface name xenbr0 to eth0: File exists Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p kernel: device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p dhcpcd[503]: wlan0: removing IP address 192.168.0.114/24 Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p dhcpcd[503]: wlan0: removing route to 192.168.0.0/24 Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p network[525]: RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p network[525]: Cannot find device "wlan1" Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p network[525]: Cannot find device "wlan1" Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p network[525]: Cannot find device "tap0" Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p network[525]: Cannot find device "tap0" Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p dhcpcd[591]: version 6.0.5 starting Oct 08 19:42:45 t61p dhcpcd[591]: xenbr0: soliciting a DHCP lease Oct 08 19:42:55 t61p dhcpcd[591]: timed out Oct 08 19:42:55 t61p dhcpcd[591]: exited Oct 08 19:42:55 t61p network[525]: DHCP IP lease attempt failed on interface 'xenbr0' Oct 08 19:42:55 t61p network[525]: Failed to bring the network up for profile 'xenbridge-dhcp' Oct 08 19:42:55 t61p systemd[1]: netctl(a)xenbridge\x2ddhcp.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Oct 08 19:42:55 t61p systemd[1]: Failed to start Networking for netctl profile xenbridge-dhcp. -- Subject: Unit netctl(a)xenbridge\x2ddhcp.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/be02cf6855d2428ba4… -- -- Unit netctl(a)xenbridge\x2ddhcp.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Any advice is appreciated. -- John F. Davis 6 Kandes Court Durham, NC 27713 919-888-8358 独树一帜

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[arch-general] Black screen at first boot
by Thorsten Jolitz 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

Hi List, since a few days (I did not change anything, no updates, nothing) the first boot of my machine results in a non-responsive black screen. I have to do a cold-start, and then the second boot works as expected. Has anybody witnessed this too? A hardware problem? -- cheers, Thorsten

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