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

[arch-general] Possibility of including xorg input patch
by Kirill Churin 25 Jul '15

25 Jul '15

Can this patch https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=33142 be applied to Arch's xorg? It solves famous problem https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865 with broken keyboard input for users who use multiple keyboard layouts without any noticeable side-effects. It's known this patch has been applied in Ubuntu. -- Kirill Churin Jabber: reflexing(a)reflexing.ru, ICQ: 8163230, Skype on demand.

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[arch-general] arch rollback machine
by Lieven Moors 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Hi, Does anyone know what is happening with Arch Rollback Machine? The server (arm.konnichi.com) has been unavailable for more than a week now, and I'm depending on it to keep an offline machine up to date... Greetings, lieven

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[arch-general] A little script to deploy dot files
by 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) 26 Oct '13

26 Oct '13

[Inspired by tomd123@bbs.archlinux.org](https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=134622), I have wrote a small script to deploy the dotfiles acrossing viarous hosts, may be you guys are interested to have a look. Github: https://github.com/techlivezheng/dotploy Thoughts and advices are very welcome, cause my bash skills are still need much improving, there must be some ugly workaround. Regards, Techlive Zheng

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[arch-general] Isolate systemd target if service fails
by Buce 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

Hi, I just set up a custom systemd target on my laptop for the first time using [1] to split out services that I don't want running if I'm on a public wifi. I configured things so that by default, I boot into a custom 'home.target' which starts everything up, and then if I'm on an untrusted network I can `systemctl isolate multi-user` to bring down httpd, mysqld, sshd, and anything else I'd rather not have listening to outside traffic. Usually under those circumstances, my SSID wouldn't be available and netctl(a)homewifi.service would have failed, so in an effort to automate the process I added the following to the netctl service file and did `systemctl --system daemon-reload` to read in the changes. OnFailure=multi-user.target OnFailureIsolate=true The end result is that if systemd is unable to start netctl(a)homewifi.service, it will isolate the multi-user target, thus shutting down httpd, mysqld, sshd, and other services belonging to home.target. I'm just posting this because the solution wasn't obvious and a google search for the terms in the subject of this email didn't turn up anything about OnFailure and OnFailureIsolate. Hopefully the info will be useful to someone else. I also wouldn't mind feedback on this setup. Is what I'm doing sane? Could it be done better? My full home.target and netctl(a)homewifi.service are linked below [2]. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/systemd#Targets [2] https://gist.github.com/DMBuce/6390806 -Buce

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[arch-general] libreoffice in [testing] - file conflicts between -en-GB and -common
by Oon-Ee Ng 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

Filed bug report here - https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/36732 Just so anyone reading this knows its already been filed and doesn't need to search =)

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[arch-general] disable fourth mouse button
by David Benfell 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, My mouse is great except for one thing. The fourth mouse button is entirely too easy to press by accident. Normally it doesn't do anything. But in a browser it can be disastrous. I would really like it to go away. Google isn't helping me. And the Arch Wiki mouse articles seem to be leading in a different direction. Can someone point me in the right direction? I use both chromium and firefox on an ongoing basis. I'd rather just tell the driver to ignore the button. Thanks! - -- David Benfell / benfell(a)parts-unknown.org Please see https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 for GnuPG information (or the attachment you don't understand) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.21 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSHsmEAAoJEKrN0Ha7pkCOR78QAIq79pKNEjkfs2itbR6WXGzX nkMVVqIbBGIfGlZoFKhYUUzGXiUc5YWELuFiFl44xMqkFkaWdjzRCaQhBDox46qV 4KQ1zF4tfJIwjDbfnLLx2gekpiNt2NTeuWR3NFJQH5u2mnlNuE2XVyTzzskVIYLA NIMpIRPATvKFvdt2yJFJH32M9liqHeBmTHiKmbRJtytMnsqXySNcjjnjsYsPnWJ7 wA8+lBUtWo0FN9m6AQI/fPty+6rtuQwxSS+zMLrFxGs2BfEz1y0YkblZjUR2wvZU f7LkKEFXaXt0v8Pq6eOYOsrZfqkve4PFze2EZNiHx0SvEkgmLp0oUm+Pk8ExlyCp pPXAKa4aKT5hW6jTZH3yymVR/bBDF+2rL3zhAKWzjcYoqyTXLjYPiRGbG1hXVUGO b3HHobcHf2lNYYnabAT5QKMavSHB4H3jVJH77gfFs+Tbm0SNwCfaO6B/v0cfV3wV 1SwavkheIf2m2I0MLq6D+v5fu3KRvd4HQuEJkn7dr+Fti9pkfVg23Q4fAbRDZ/q6 13Z0EDNyUN1g9VFZnRFEobW2sxr3Eczj4THClvjv3fUFbsaecTcwNdSUWqLQItF0 xgEoxBdD1n0bBr08cBUV401qIzlziyvSBMqlbQwseCaUXj/xMNX12tNFeqsqHSMb qMojMpk7P4ksQ/ZM4ieA =yRZs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Initramfs doesn't ask for password to encrypted LVM
by Bartłomiej Piotrowski 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

I guess it's trivial to fix, I usually overlook basic things... I installed Arch on encrypted LVM without issues, but for some reason initramfs doesn't ask for password to encrypted LVM and waits for root device instead. I'm not sure where the problem lies -- configuration files[1] seem correct to me. Any ideas? [1] https://paste.xinu.at/pbiA78/ -- Bartłomiej Piotrowski http://bpiotrowski.pl/

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Re: [arch-general] Pip2 commands throw error [Solved]
by Squall Lionheart 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Squall Lionheart < headmastersquall(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Felix Yan <felixonmars(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Friday, August 16, 2013 14:49:49 Squall Lionheart wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > Since upgrading to version 1.4.1 in July of python2-pip, I have been >> > receiving this Exception on the commands I execute. Received an update >> to >> > version 1.4.1-1 today and the error persists. This is a desktop machine >> > and I get the same error on a server running Parabola. I tried a manual >> > install of pip-1.4.1 and distribute on Slackware and everything runs as >> it >> > should. Have not tried the manual install on Arch yet since I would >> prefer >> > to use the packaged versions. >> > >> > Please help. >> > >> > $ pip2 list >> > caatinga (1.0.1) >> > clojure-py (0.2.4) >> > distribute (0.6.28) >> > Fabric (1.7.0) >> > git-remote-helpers (0.1.0) >> > logilab-astng (0.24.3) >> > logilab-common (0.60.0) >> > netsnmp-python (1.0a1) >> > paramiko (1.11.0) >> > pep8 (1.4.6) >> > pip (1.4.1) >> > pycrypto (2.6) >> > pylint (0.28.0) >> > python-libtorrent (0.16.10) >> > Exception: >> > Traceback (most recent call last): >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 134, >> in >> > main >> > status = self.run(options, args) >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/list.py", line >> 80, in >> > run >> > self.run_listing(options) >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/list.py", line >> 127, >> > in run_listing >> > self.output_package_listing(installed_packages) >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/list.py", line >> 136, >> > in output_package_listing >> > if dist_is_editable(dist): >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/util.py", line 347, in >> > dist_is_editable >> > req = FrozenRequirement.from_dist(dist, []) >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 194, in >> > from_dist >> > assert len(specs) == 1 and specs[0][0] == '==' >> > AssertionError >> > >> > Storing complete log in /home/squall/.pip/pip.log >> > >> > >> > The contents of pip.log are the same as the error output. >> > >> > >> > Thank you >> > >> > Squall >> >> Same for me when using python2-distribute 0.6.45-1, but after upgrading >> to testing/python2-setuptools 0.9.8-1 the error was gone. >> >> Regards, >> Felix Yan > > > Upgraded today to python2-setuptools 0.9.8-1 from extra and still get the > same errors. Tried removing and reinstalling the python2-pip package and > that had no affect. > > > It appears that I had a version of distribute that was manually installed. After removing it, the pip2 commands work as expected.

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[arch-general] Downgrading packages with ABS tree svn/git repo
by BlissSam 24 Aug '13

24 Aug '13

Hello those who need help, It is unfortunate that Arch Rollback Machine (A.R.M.) has shut down. I just want to tell those who need to build old packages: There is a svn/git repo for ABS. You can fetch it for old PKGBUILDs. Now I use those PKGBUILDs to keep a productive server stable. I share my idea here and hope that it can solve your problem. Link: [core]/[extra]: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/ [community]: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/ P.S. If anyone find it useful, please consider appending this to the Downgrading_Packages page on ArchWiki. -- Best regards, StarBrilliant (@m13253)

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[arch-general] System freeze while switching between X sessions
by Dennis Lange 23 Aug '13

23 Aug '13

Hi, if I switch between more than one X session my Arch Linux is freezing earlier or later. I saw this before on the same system with Debian Jessie (Testing). Before Jessie the same system runs fine with Debian Wheezy where changing between X sessions where no problem, so I thought it has something to do with the new kernel and the proprietary nvidia driver, but i am not sure. After freeze the X server can not be killed with ctrl + alt + backspace and the Num Lock LED does not respond anymore. Yep its really ugly, only cold start helps in this situation. I need to test ssh because music plays onward. [dennis@rore ~]$ lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 [GeForce GTX 560 Ti] (rev a1) Will not upset anyone by pasting my complete Xlog into this mail so here is a link for it: http://www.pasteall.org/45056 Regards, Dennis

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