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

[arch-general] How to safe configs to another path than ~
by Ralf Mardorf 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

Hi, how can I safe configurations to another path, instead of using ~? I need this for audio applications, to restore different audio sessions and to get different profiles for some applications. If I run HOME=/home/rocketmouse/alt_profiles/1 xfce4-terminal --maximize by xfce4-terminal the path gets completely ignored, all settings still are stored to /home/rocketmouse and not to the path /home/rocketmouse/alt_profiles/1. If I run HOME=/home/rocketmouse/alt_profiles/1 xfce4-terminal --maximize by the Xfce panel launcher I get "Failed to execute child process "HOME=/home/rocketmouse/alt_profiles/1" (No such file or directory)". If I run HOME=/home/rocketmouse/alt_profiles/1 gedit something is saved to /home/rocketmouse/alt_profiles/1, but it doesn't effect gedit. If I change settings, the settings are only used if I run gedit if I run HOME=/home/rocketmouse/alt_profiles/1 gedit gedit starts using it's defaults. The only good, t doesn't use the settings saved to /home/rocketmouse , as it does if I launch it by gedit. Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] Dns zone in ldap ?
by Olivier BATARD 25 Jul '13

25 Jul '13

Hello, I'm wondering, after some googling, how is the best way in archlinux to manage dns zone and data in openldap directly ? I read about powerdns but the ldap part seems to be unmaintained. So, what is the best way to use ldap with dns on Arch ? Thanks by advance, Olivier.

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[arch-general] Can`t playback other sounds (ie flash, xmms) while on a skype call
by Victor Silva 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

Folks seems skype and pulseaudio are blocking all other sound outputs while I`m on a call. When I turn off the skype call the other sounds start to work again. I could find no logs to provide you more info but I will happy to show them as long you point me out what you need. Regards, Victor

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[arch-general] Archlinux ISO signing
by Leonid Isaev 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Hi, One of the ways to verify an archlinux iso image is via its gpg signature. However, doing this on an atom/geode system with < 1GiB of RAM is definitely not fun. And I suppose it also takes noticeable time to sign, even on an opteron/xeon server. Is there a particular reason why the images themselves are signed as opposed to only their checksum files? For instance, Fedora provides sha256sums with inline sigs [1], and verifying image checksum + checksum file signature is _much_ less CPU and memory demanding than verifying signature of an entire image. Thanks, Leonid. [1] http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/19/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-x86_64… -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key: 0x164B5A6D Fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D

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[arch-general] linux-3.10.2-1 in [testing], still broken community modules
by Tobias Powalowski 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Hi, I built the kernel, now there are issues with following - community binary modules: cdfs ndiswrapper open-vm-tools-modules Please find patches and fix those, 3.10 will move to [core] when signoff procedure is done. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT1: Unable to dock! (ThinkPad X230/KDE)
by mert 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Hi, I noticed there's alway an 'Unable to dock' error message after suspend to RAM: Arch kernel: ACPI: Low-level resume complete Arch kernel: PM: Restoring platform NVS memory Arch kernel: Enabling non-boot CPUs ... Arch kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 1 APIC 0x1 CPU1 is up smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 2 APIC 0x2 CPU2 is up smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 3 APIC 0x3 CPU3 is up ACPI: Waking up from system sleep state S3 ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT1: docking ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT1: Unable to dock! System info: ThinkPad X230i, Linux 3.9.9-1-ARCH, systemd 204-3, I have tried to set Handle{SuspendKey,HibernateKey,LidSwitch} all to ignore, but I still get the same error message. Any other solution to make that message disappear? Regards.

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[arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?
by M Saunders 21 Jul '13

21 Jul '13

Hi all, I'm writing a feature about Arch for Linux Format, a UK-based newsstand Linux magazine. I've been using Arch myself for a while for testing new app releases, and it's brilliant for that purpose. I'm still left wondering though: who uses it on production servers? I mean, the distro's overall simplicity and trimmed-down base installation are plus points here, but surely a rolling release poses problems. After installation you just want security and critical bug fix updates for software, and not major version bumps, right? www.archserver.org seems to be on hold, and I've also seen this page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Enhancing_Arch_Linux_Stability which has some useful tips. But it'd be interesting to hear from people running Arch on production servers, how well it works for them and what (if any) problems they've faced. Thanks! Mike

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[arch-general] Can't store passwords with subversion 1.8.0
by Oliver Kraitschy 19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13

Hello everyone, since the update to subversion 1.8.0 i can't make subversion store passwords. It asks for the password with every command i execute. I also tried to tell subversion explicitely to store passwords and to store them in plaintext with the following settings in the servers config file: store-passwords = yes store-plaintext-passwords = yes But that didn't do the trick, either. So did anyone encounter the same problem or am i just doing something wrong? Thanks in advance. Oliver

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[arch-general] Bringing in alsa-tools
by Rashif Ray Rahman 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

Hey folks I'd like to provide alsa-tools [1] in our repos as it contains some very useful niche tools for some sound cards (mostly pro audio). It is presently in the AUR in one form or another. [2] It comes as one single tarball in terms of sources but the subdirs are self-contained. I'm leaning on providing a split package that will result in about 18--20 packages. You can take a look at the current working package here: http://pkgbuild.com/~schiv/alsa-tools/ There is no specific reason to do this - I just think this would make users happy. As a single package, all it would do is take up a few MBs worth of disk space and clutter up graphical application menus. However, the tools are all for different devices. Let me know if you have any objections to (i) adding this to [extra], and/or, (ii) splitting the package like this. CC'ing arch-general if anyone who uses the stuff wants to comment (advice and suggestions only). [1] http://alsa.opensrc.org/Alsa-tools (may not be up-to-date) [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?K=alsa-tools -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

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[arch-general] Why is netcfg again in [base]?
by A Rojas 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

I thought it was deprecated in favour of netctl. Now it's impossible to install the base group, since netctl and netcfg are in conflict.

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