October 2014 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] HD Videos
by Heiko Becker 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Helo everyone, since some weeks I have a new laptop. Until now everything seemed to work fine. But I can't get youtube to play videos better than 360p, which s quite ugly. Does anyone have a hint on this? I installed flasplayer from adobe and gst-plugins-base/bad/ugly. Best, Heiko

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Re: [arch-general] mobile phone internet access
by message 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

On 2014-10-08 12:00, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > Send arch-general mailing list submissions to > arch-general(a)archlinux.org > > 1. Re: mobile phone internet access (Jesse Jaara) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:10:23 +0300 > From: Jesse Jaara <jesse.jaara(a)gmail.com> > > the dmesg output suggests that the phone is registered as a USB storage > device, make sure that USB storage mode in the phone is not turned on. > > Yes, solved thank you by changing the mobile mode. Further observations: At xfce start, a dialogue dialogue windows appears advising an error with wicd dbus connection. After starting the daemon (as root) wicd-gtk starts successfully (as normal user) with the command 'wicd-gtk'. As root: wicd-gtk (process:784): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. Importing pynotify failed, notifications disabled. Has notifications support False Loading... Connecting to daemon... Connected. displaytray True Done loading. refreshing... ESSID : ... /usr/share/wicd/gtk/gui.py:458: Warning: Source ID 55 was not found when attempting to remove it gobject.source_remove(self.update_cb) /usr/share/wicd/gtk/gui.py:458: Warning: Source ID 2250 was not found when attempting to remove it gobject.source_remove(self.update_cb) refreshing... ^CTraceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1066, in <module> main(sys.argv) File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 91, in wrapper return func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1062, in main mainloop.run() /usr/share/wicd/gtk/gui.py:458: Warning: Source ID 51 was not found when attempting to remove it gobject.source_remove(self.update_cb) The mobile phone reports successful connection after approval to connect to the computer, confirmed by identical mac addresses on both portable computer and mobile phone. However, the wicd-gtk states not connection and confirmed by failed use of lynx to access a web site. Internet access is possible via usb mobile phone tether. Is there a connection notification tool (i.e. a dialogue window that appears when usb tether connection is enabled and disabled) compatible with xfce?

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[arch-general] Installing PECL uploadprogress
by mick 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

I'm in the process of setting up a Drupal 7.xx site and have com to the point where it recommends using PECL uploadprogress to provide feedback on the progress of file uploads but I'm unable to find any Arch specific install instructions, only those for .rpm or .deb files. This is the first time I have done much with php. any help would be welcome. mik

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[arch-general] systemd timers: switch default target to timers.target?
by Neitsab 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

Hi everybody, It seems like systemd now provides a target that is intended to gather all timers supposed to be activated after boot. From man 7 systemd.special: > timers.target > A special target unit that sets up all timer units (see > systemd.timer(5) for details) that shall be active after boot. > It is recommended that timer units installed by applications get > pulled in via Wants= dependencies from this unit. This is best > configured via WantedBy=timers.target in the timer unit's > "[Install]" section. systemd package itself provides two timers, /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-readahead-done.timer and /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer, the latter being statically enabled in the "new" /usr/lib/systemd/system/timers.target.wants directory. Five other packages in base group provide systemd timers: logrotate, man-db, mdadm, shadow and util-linux. I didn't manage to use pkgfile to get this list (globbing and regex switches didn't help, dunno why), so I only counted .timer files present in /usr/lib/systemd/system/. $ pacman -Qo /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.timer /usr/lib/systemd/system/fstrim.timer is owned by util-linux 2.25.1-1 /usr/lib/systemd/system/logrotate.timer is owned by logrotate 3.8.7-3 /usr/lib/systemd/system/man-db.timer is owned by man-db 2.6.7.1-1 /usr/lib/systemd/system/mdadm-last-resort@.timer is owned by mdadm 3.3.1-2 /usr/lib/systemd/system/shadow.timer is owned by shadow 4.2.1-1 /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-readahead-done.timer is owned by systemd 216-3 /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer is owned by systemd 216-3 Currently, three timers are statically enabled via symlinks in /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ after install (logrotate.timer, man-db.timer and shadow.timer), while as already said systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer is statically enabled via a symlink in /usr/lib/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/ (seemingly respecting new practice). On the other hand, util-linux' fstrim.timer, when enabled via systemctl, gets symlinked in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/. Other packages not part of base like extra/pkgstats or extra/mlocate also provide timers that once enabled, get symlinked to /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/. So AFAICT, there are quite some discrepancies concerning how systemd timers are implemented. I'd like to discuss whether Arch should switch default timers target for packages in base group from multi-user.target to timers.target, possibly doing so for other packages in official repos. Cheers, Neitsab

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Re: [arch-general] mobile phone internet access
by message 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

On 2014-10-06 12:00, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: mobile phone internet access (Jesse Jaara) > 2. Re: mobile phone internet access (Mateus Rodrigues Costa) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 22:17:36 +0300 > From: Jesse Jaara <jesse.jaara(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] mobile phone internet access > > Activate the tether on the connected phone an check if it is registered > as > a network interface by running 'ip addr' if not check the dmesg. If the > phone uses regular android tether and not some funky custom tether by > the > manufacturer it should register as a rndis USB ethernet device. > > There is no "funky" software in use. On another rpm linux portable pc, mobile phone internet is enabled, the usb cable plugged into computer and a dialogue window appears to confirm connection to the phone. extracts below of dmesg output: [ 0.846957] systemd-udevd[40]: starting version 212 [ 0.882331] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC,PNP0f13:MOU2] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12 ... [ 0.909112] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs [ 0.909143] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub [ 0.912781] SCSI subsystem initialized [ 0.913690] usbcore: registered new device driver usb [ 0.914639] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver [ 0.914891] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver [ 0.915069] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller [ 0.915081] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus numbea ... [ 7.209623] ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, git-1.2.2 [ 7.209630] ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [ 7.211802] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] enabled at IRQ 11 [ 7.211809] PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered [ 7.212565] ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection ... [ 7.673534] systemd-udevd[130]: renamed network interface eth0 to wlp2s4 ... [ 77.836709] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci [ 78.086356] usb-storage 1-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [ 78.087740] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0 [ 78.087918] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage ... > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 16:21:30 -0300 > From: Mateus Rodrigues Costa <charles.costar(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] mobile phone internet access > > 2014-10-05 16:12 GMT-03:00 Neven Sajko <nsajko(a)gmail.com>: > >> I don't use a network manager and SystemD makes it just work for me >> when I connect the cable. >> There are instructions for configuring a network on the Network wiki >> page. >> (Basically just ip link set *interface* up) > > > Maybe he needs to install the android-udev package so udev can > recognize > the Android device? > Installed this package, but had no visible, known effect. > Original Sender, could you check if you have more than one cable > interfaces? > Does dmesg output above inform?

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[arch-general] (Solved) Re: Problem vmware update kernel arch
by Maykel Franco 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

2014-10-03 21:04 GMT+02:00 Maykel Franco <maykeldebian(a)gmail.com>: > When update the modules, I get this error: > > vmware-modconfig --console --install-all > > > Stopping VMware services: > VMware Authentication Daemon done > VM communication interface socket family done > Virtual machine communication interface done > Virtual machine monitor done > Blocking file system done > make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' > /sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD > SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ > MODULEBUILDDIR= modules > make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/driver.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/hub.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/userif.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/netif.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/bridge.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/filter.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/procfs.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o > scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target > '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/filter.o' failed > Makefile:1333: recipe for target > '_module_/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' failed > make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' > Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmnet.ko' failed > make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' > make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' > /sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD > SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ > MODULEBUILDDIR= modules > make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/driver.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciResource.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciRoute.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o > scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target > '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/driver.o' failed > Makefile:1333: recipe for target > '_module_/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' failed > make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' > Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmci.ko' failed > make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' > > > I search in the wiki: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware > > And apply patch for kernel 3.16 but not works... > > Thanks in advanced... Resolved my problem with vmware-patch in AUR. Thanks for all.

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[arch-general] linux 3.17 in [testing]
by Tobias Powalowski 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

Hi, just released 3.17 kernel to [testing] repository. Only acpi_call binary module did not build. Please take a look at it. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] mobile phone internet access
by message 05 Oct '14

05 Oct '14

Readers, Having read the web page 'android tethering', I write praying that a novice user is _not_ expected to have root access to a mobile phone, openvpn, android sdk etc. etc.! Currently using an old RPM distribution on another portable computer, internet access via an android mobile phone and usb cable is achieved by simple insertion of the usb cable into the computer! Mobile tethering is activated on the phone and "voila!", a dialogue window appears confirming internet access. Could someone please indicate: is this possible in arch linux? Anyway, on the other old(er) computer running arch linux, wicd was installed, but fails to recognise mobile phone internet access either via usb connection (tether mode) or wireless hotspot activation. Below is the wicd error log. --------------------------- wicd initializing... --------------------------- wicd is version 1.7.2.4 768 did not find backend in configuration, setting default external setting backend to external trying to load backend external successfully loaded backend external trying to load backend external successfully loaded backend external Automatically detected wireless interface wl... did not find wireless_interface in configuration, setting default wl... setting wireless interface wl... automatically detected wired interface eth0 did not find wired_interface in configuration, setting default eth0 setting wired interface eth0 did not find wpa_driver in configuration, setting default wext setting wpa driver wext did not find always_show_wired_interface in configuration, setting default False did not find use_global_dns in configuration, setting default False setting use global dns to False did not find global_dns_1 in configuration, setting default None did not find global_dns_2 in configuration, setting default None did not find global_dns_3 in configuration, setting default None did not find global_dns_dom in configuration, setting default None did not find global_search_dom in configuration, setting default None setting global dns global dns servers are None None None domain is None search domain is None did not find auto_reconnect in configuration, setting default True setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True did not find debug_mode in configuration, setting default False did not find wired_connect_mode in configuration, setting default 1 did not find signal_display_type in configuration, setting default 0 did not find should_verify_ap in configuration, setting default 1 did not find dhcp_client in configuration, setting default 0 Setting dhcp client to 0 did not find link_detect_tool in configuration, setting default 0 did not find flush_tool in configuration, setting default 0 did not find sudo_app in configuration, setting default 0 did not find prefer_wired in configuration, setting default False did not find show_never_connect in configuration, setting default True Wireless configuration file not found, creating... Wired configuration file not found, creating a default... Creating wired profile for wired-default dhclient.conf.template not found, copying... chmoding configuration files 0600... chowning configuration files root:root... Using wireless interface...wl... Using wired interface...eth0 Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Creating ad-hoc network Stopping dhcp client and wpa_supplicant Putting wireless interface down Setting mode, channel, and essid Putting interface up Setting IP address Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Daemon going down, killing wicd-monitor... Removing PID file... Shutting down... Exception KeyError: KeyError(-1221368064,) in <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.pyo'> ignored --------------------------- wicd initializing... --------------------------- wicd is version 1.7.2.4 768 setting backend to external trying to load backend external successfully loaded backend external trying to load backend external successfully loaded backend external Automatically detected wireless interface wl... setting wireless interface wl... automatically detected wired interface eth1 setting wired interface eth0 setting wpa driver wext setting use global dns to False setting global dns global dns servers are None None None domain is None search domain is None setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True Setting dhcp client to 0 Wireless configuration file found... Wired configuration file found... chmoding configuration files 0600... chowning configuration files root:root... Using wireless interface...wl... Using wired interface...eth0 Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect rfkill: blocking wifi rfkill: blocking wlan rfkill: blocking wimax rfkill: blocking wwan rfkill: unblocking wifi rfkill: unblocking wlan rfkill: unblocking wimax rfkill: unblocking wwan Setting hidden essidwifinetworkname Setting hidden essidwifinetworkname Setting hidden essidwifinetworkname Daemon going down, killing wicd-monitor... Removing PID file... Shutting down... Exception KeyError: KeyError(-1220552960,) in <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.pyo'> ignored The 'man' page for wicd states that a man page exists for '/etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf'. What is the command to access this page please? conf file shown below GNU nano 2.2.6 File: /etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf [Settings] backend = external wireless_interface = wl... wired_interface = eth0 wpa_driver = wext always_show_wired_interface = False use_global_dns = False global_dns_1 = None global_dns_2 = None global_dns_3 = None global_dns_dom = None global_search_dom = None auto_reconnect = True debug_mode = 0 wired_connect_mode = 2 signal_display_type = 1 should_verify_ap = 1 dhcp_client = 0 link_detect_tool = 0 flush_tool = 0 sudo_app = 0 prefer_wired = False show_never_connect = False The wireless configuration file '/etc/wicd/wireless-settings.conf' exists, but is empty. Could some one please suggest recommended web pages to start configuration of appropriate files to achieve mobile phone internet access?

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[arch-general] Package guidelines for apps requiring a specific Java version
by Maxwell Anselm 04 Oct '14

04 Oct '14

I'm working on a PKGBUILD for a Java app that must be built and run using Java 8, but I couldn't find any guidelines on best practices for such a situation. The easy part is including 'java-environment=8' and 'java-runtime=8' in makedepends and depends respectively, but how to ensure the right version is set as default when building and running (rather than spitting out the opaque Java errors you get when using the wrong version)? Right now at the start of build() I have echo "Checking that default Java is version 8..." java -version 2>&1 | grep 'version "1.8' Which seems reasonable since building is infrequent. But what about for the shell script that starts the app? I could put a similar check there, but that seems like it would be really annoying for people who have multiple Java versions installed. Could there be a good way of letting my app always use Java 8, even if some other version is set as the default? Thanks, Max

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[arch-general] Problem vmware update kernel arch
by Maykel Franco 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

When update the modules, I get this error: vmware-modconfig --console --install-all Stopping VMware services: VMware Authentication Daemon done VM communication interface socket family done Virtual machine communication interface done Virtual machine monitor done Blocking file system done make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' /sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/netif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/bridge.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/filter.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/procfs.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/filter.o' failed Makefile:1333: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' failed make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmnet.ko' failed make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' /sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciResource.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciRoute.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/driver.o' failed Makefile:1333: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' failed make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmci.ko' failed make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' I search in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware And apply patch for kernel 3.16 but not works... Thanks in advanced...

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