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

[arch-general] Wrapper for yaourt and pacman
by Ralf Mardorf 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

Hi, to write a wrapper for yaourt, e.g. "yaourt -Syua" and pacman e.g. "pacman -Syu" I need to redirect the output to a variable, since I need to know the packages. i=`yaourt -Syua` doesn't work, $i only contains the last package i=`pacman -Syu` does work, $i contains all packages How can I get a package list of the output "-Syua"? Btw. is there a way to get a cache for yaourt that isn't located in /tmp? if not, then this would be one of the tasks the wrapper should do. Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] does using kms mean that you're stick to a framebuffer with specific resolution that you can't change?
by Xeslaro 15 Jul '13

15 Jul '13

the maximum resolution of my laptop is 1366x768, that's also the framebuffer size with kms enabled. the problem is when i attach a monitor with resolution 1920x1080 to it, the video output is at the top-left corner of the monitor. and i found myself unable to change the framebuffer size, appending video= option to the kernel command line doesn't take any effect. so, i wonder is there anyway to get a framebuffer with resolution 1920x1080 so i can benefit from the big monitor while still with kms enabled? kernel version : 3.10.0+ graphic card : intel hd4000

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[arch-general] distcc requires dbus
by Iru Cai 14 Jul '13

14 Jul '13

distccd needs libdbus-1.so.3, and `pactree distcc` does not have core/dbus.

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[arch-general] FS#30473 Patch
by Stefan Tatschner 14 Jul '13

14 Jul '13

Hi, I've created a patchfile for FS#30473 [1]. The Patchfile is for git, pkgver=1.8.3.2, pkgrel=1. The solution can be seen in [2]. I have justed merged the official PGKBUILD with [2] to make git-subtree working. Stefan [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/30473 [2] https://github.com/mtorromeo/archlinux-packages/blob/master/git-subtree/PKG…

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[arch-general] xdelta3 not updated for i686
by Karol Blazewicz 13 Jul '13

13 Jul '13

https://www.archlinux.org/packages/differences/ says that xdelta3 has not been updated for 32-bit - why? https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/commit/trunk?h=packag… https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/xdelta3/ BTW, if Allan is not the maintainer anymore, the PKGBUILD should be updated to reflect this: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/plain/trunk/PKGBUILD?…

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[arch-general] gcc 4.8 breaking libdrm for me
by Andreas Radke 13 Jul '13

13 Jul '13

This is just a heads up notice. I've found gcc 4.8 breaking libdrm on my nouveau nv44 device. When compiled with gcc 4.8 I'm faced with random nouveau related error messages in dmesg. Using new google maps quickly leads to Xorg hanging and finally to Xorg freezing or even crashing. I've seen other Arch people also claiming about random X crashes. Recompiling libdrm with -O0 or other new optimizaions disabled didn't solve it for me so far. But recompiling with a local gcc 4.7.3 makes it stable again. I'm asking for help in tracking this down. We need to find out if a certain part of libdrm has broken code that needs to be fixed. Please everybody with random Xorg crashes try to downgrade to libdrm 2.4.43 (the last one that was built with gcc 4.7) and post your gfx card. And this could also be a gcc 4.8 bug or regression. I've seen almost the same behavior with kernel xfs file system code leading to fs corruption under heavy load: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57436 Then we need to compare assembler code created by gcc 4.7 vs. 4.8. Any suggestion and help is welcome. -Andy

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Re: [arch-general] does using kms mean that you're stick to a framebuffer with specific resolution that you can't change?
by Jan Alexander Steffens 13 Jul '13

13 Jul '13

On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Xeslaro <bfsc.yb(a)gmail.com> wrote: > the maximum resolution of my laptop is 1366x768, that's also the > framebuffer size with kms enabled. the problem is when i attach a > monitor with resolution 1920x1080 to it, the video output is at the > top-left corner of the monitor. and i found myself unable to change > the framebuffer size, appending video= option to the kernel command > line doesn't take any effect. so, i wonder is there anyway to get a > framebuffer with resolution 1920x1080 so i can benefit from the big > monitor while still with kms enabled? > > kernel version : 3.10.0+ > graphic card : intel hd4000 AFAIK this is not possible, as for VTs there is only one framebuffer mirrored to all monitors. Enabling framebuffers per monitor (fbpercrtc) would just result in the VTs using the boot monitor only. Use X.

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[arch-general] Texlive 2013 packages releases to [testing]
by Rémy Oudompheng 12 Jul '13

12 Jul '13

Hello, I have pushed TeXLive 2013 packages to [testing]. The main difference with the 2012 packages is that /etc/texmf files are now in texlive-core rather than texlive-bin. The texlive-bin package now contains almost only binaries, and texlive-core contains all basic data files including the ones in /etc/texmf. Feel free to report any issues you encounter. If you have an existing installation, the upgrade might install new versions of /etc/texmf/ files as *.pacnew. It is unlikely that things work properly if you don't handle the pacnew files unless you realy know what you are doing. If pacnew files appear (notably texmf.cnf and fmtutil.cnf), and the installation reports a failure in regenerating formats (which you will know by not being able to use an engine), you will need to handle the pacnew files, and run "fmtutil-sys --all" by hand. If this situation reaches a high level of absurdity, and if possible considering pacman's behaviour, new packages not behaving like this might be built later before going to [extra]. Regards, Rémy.

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[arch-general] Apache 2.4 revisited
by Armin K. 11 Jul '13

11 Jul '13

Hello, I've wondered why no one upgraded Apache to 2.4 after being available for so long. Then I stumbled upon an answer on this list where it has been said that 2.4 breaks too many packages [1]. I've taken some time to verify what does it break, and fixed all packages from [extra] and [community] which had direct dependency on the "apache" package (mod_whatever ones). The mod_fcgid, mod_wsgi2 and mod_wsgi just need simple rebuilds against newer versions. PHP case was somehow strange. I had to modify some configure switches. Without --disable-cgi I'd get undefined references at build time and without --with-apsx=/usr/bin/apsx I'd get undefined references at run time. For other ones, I've found patches online and assembled them for direct applying in Archlinux svn (I used svn add and svn diff) In case someone is interested, patches can be found at [2]. It's free hosting, so it might "suck" sometimes. I've tested the packages against apache24 package from AUR. By tested, I mean compiled, loaded into httpd and checked that httpd doesn't fail to start. As a side note, apache24 uses event_mpm by default, but you might need to change to prefork one to use PHP module. Also, with apache 2.4 you can use php-fpm via mod_proxy as described at [3] As for the perl module, I had to use svn checkout of the httpd24 branch. Patch was getting way to big to ship in package. Regards [1] https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2012-October/031777.ht… [2] http://blackprince.net63.net/apache24/ [3] https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/PHP-FPM

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[arch-general] Question regarding virt-manager-tui in ArchLinux
by An Nguyen 08 Jul '13

08 Jul '13

Hello, I would like to know what happened to virt-manager-tui in Arch. I searched but couldn't find any information about whether it was dropped or moved. By virt-manager-tui, I mean the Text User Interface, ncurses based of Virt-Manager. Please let me know. Regards. An. -- Nguyễn Châu An || An NGUYEN Linux Technician & FOSS Advocate ------- OpenPGP KeyID 2048R/8F77A48C Key Fingerprint 7652 B403 749F F173 227D 4865 FB71 EC95 8F77 A48C

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