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

[arch-general] The pacman upgrading error has been solved
by Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

Hi all: I really appreciate Emil Lundberg, Paul Gideon Dann, Temlin Oliv?r, , Guus Snijders' great suggestion, you are right, that's my fault to use /dev/mapper/arch_root_image as the root partition, now I can login the system,it seems my system is working now. There are two things I do today (my mistakes) based on your suggestion: 1. Instead of using /dev/mapper/ arch_root_image, I use /dev/sda3 as my root partition, and mount first. 2. I copy the files /bin/* to /mnt/bin, so that the error message "failed to run command /bin/sh, no such file or directory" will not exists. I don't see this solution in the internet, I am just think it by myself, so maybe this can help other people with the same problem if what I have done is correct. I don't know how to appreciate all of you, the community. I am so glad to fix this problem now. During the process, I have learned a lot of things, and become more familiar with arch linux, and also love it more (I always love the things more when I get more familiar with). The feeling is strange, at beginning, I see that problem, I have no idea, and become very worried about that. I am considering that time I am failers, just hoping some angel can come and solve that problem for me ... But now, I start learning these things, about what's happening, and with your help, I become more and more confident. Thank you all. I hope my experience can benefit other people, especially the new archer, I want to tell you, don't be afraid, go ahead, start learning, asking good question, and then finally you can fix your problems! The last thing I will do is format the window system of my laptop, install arch linux :) Renzhi Cao Cell: 573-825-8874 Email : rcrg4(a)mail.missouri.edu<https://bluprd0112.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=HgdIKZwfkkG-ZqHZQdR5l5Qjeol…> http://web.missouri.edu/~rcrg4/

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[arch-general] netctl hangs after last update
by Robert Knauer 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

Hello, after the update yesterday (see pacman log at the end of the e-mail), netctl hangs when I try to start my network connection with the error message: > A dependency job for netctl(a)conn1.service failed. See 'journalctl > -xn' for details. The hanging sub-process of netctl seems to be /usr/bin/systemd-tty-ask-password-agent --watch. In my syslog are the following lines: > [19:42:09] info daemon systemd Expecting device sys-subsystem- > net-devices-eth0.device... > [19:43:39] warning daemon systemd Job sys-subsystem-net-devices- > eth0.device/start timed out. > [19:43:39] err daemon systemd Timed out waiting for device > sys-subsystem-net-devices-eth0.device. > [19:43:39] err daemon systemd Dependency failed for The main network > connection. My netctl profile is the following: > Description='The main network connection' > Interface=ens3 > Connection=ethernet > IP=static > Address=('xx.xx.xx.xx/22') > Gateway='xx.xx.xx.xx' > DNS=('xx.xx.xx.xx' 'xx.xx.xx.xx') > IP6=static > Address6=('xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::1/64') > Gateway6='fe80::1' My network interfaces: # ifconfig -a ens3: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet xx.xx.xx.xx netmask 255.255.252.0 broadcast xx.xx.xx.xx inet6 xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether 52:54:63:06:b9:80 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 8523282 bytes 514974023 (491.1 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 128762 bytes 22725577 (21.6 MiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback) RX packets 4277680 bytes 330093367 (314.8 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 4277680 bytes 330093367 (314.8 MiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 If I set my ip, subnet, gateway, ... manually with ifconfig, route & so on, everything works fine. Does anybody have an idea what I can do to fix this problem? Regards, Robert. Pacman log: [2014-03-09 17:14] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade [2014-03-09 17:14] [PACMAN] upgraded chrpath (0.13-3 -> 0.16-1) [2014-03-09 17:14] [PACMAN] upgraded file (5.17-1 -> 5.17-2) [2014-03-09 17:14] [PACMAN] upgraded gnutls (3.2.12-1 -> 3.2.12.1-1) [2014-03-09 17:14] [PACMAN] upgraded gptfdisk (0.8.9-1 -> 0.8.10-1) [2014-03-09 17:14] [PACMAN] upgraded libarchive (3.1.2-4 -> 3.1.2-6) [2014-03-09 17:14] [PACMAN] upgraded libnl (3.2.23-1 -> 3.2.24-1) [2014-03-09 17:14] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ... [2014-03-09 17:14] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait... [2014-03-09 17:14] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default' [2014-03-09 17:14] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img [2014-03-09 17:14] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.13.6-1-ARCH [2014-03-09 17:14] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base] [2014-03-09 17:14] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev] [2014-03-09 17:14] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect] [2014-03-09 17:14] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf] [2014-03-09 17:14] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback' [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.13.6-1-ARCH [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck] [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.13.5-1 -> 3.13.6-1) [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM] warning: /etc/php/php.ini installed as /etc/php/php.ini.pacnew [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] upgraded php (5.5.9-1 -> 5.5.10-1) [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] upgraded php-gd (5.5.9-1 -> 5.5.10-1) [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] upgraded php-intl (5.5.9-1 -> 5.5.10-1) [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] upgraded owncloud (6.0.1-1 -> 6.0.2-1) [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] upgraded php-cgi (5.5.9-1 -> 5.5.10-1) [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] upgraded php-mcrypt (5.5.9-1 -> 5.5.10-1) [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] upgraded phpmyadmin (4.1.8-1 -> 4.1.9-1) [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] upgraded s-nail (14.6.1-1 -> 14.6.2-1) [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] installed libseccomp (2.1.1-1) [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] :: systemd has not been reexecuted. It is recommended that you [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] reboot at your earliest convenience. [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] :: Network device naming is now controlled by udev's net_setup_link [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] builtin. Refer to the NETWORK LINK CONFIGURATION section of the [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] udev manpage for a full description. [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] :: No changes have been made to your network naming configuration. [2014-03-09 17:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Interfaces should continue to maintain the same names. [2014-03-09 17:15] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd (208-11 -> 210-3)

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[arch-general] Cannot recover pacman upgrade fails problem
by Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

Hi, all: I really have no idea for the pacman upgrading fails issue, so I summarize the problem I meet, and the things I try, if any one can give me suggestions of what I miss something or I do something wrong, I really appreciate, if not, I hope this summation can benefit some other people who meets the same problem. The initial problem: After using pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem to upgrade my arch linux, and reboot, get the following message: ERROR: device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/3f51b ...' not found. Skipping fsck. ERROR: Unable to find root device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/3f51b ...'. You are being dropped to a recovery shell. You are being dropped to a recovery shell Type "exit" to try and continue booting sh: cant access tty; job control turned off. [ramfs /]# _ The solution may be used to solve this problem : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman#Q:_After_updating_my_system.2C_… I first try the first method, not work, and then try the second method: The following is the command I run and the output after I use a live CD for my system: (People have similar problem can consider it) #fdisk -l /Dev/sda : 2000.4 GB. Device boot|start|end|blocks|id|systems /dev/sda1 … Linux swap/solaris /dev/sda2 … Linux /dev/sda3 … Linux Disk /dev/mapper/arch_root-image Units ... Sectorsize ... #mount /dev/mapper/arch_root-image /mnt #mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home #mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot #arch-chroot /mnt #pacman-key --init #pacman-key --populate archlinux (This command is needed for the signiture, it takes me a while to figure out this). #pacman -Syu mkinitcpio systemd linux (133/133) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) filesystem: /bin exists in filesystem filesystem: /sbin exists in filesystem filesystem: /usr/sbin exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. (I Check this website for the solution: https://www.archlinux.org/news/binaries-move-to-usrbin-requiring-update-int…) #pacman -Qqo /bin /sbin /usr/sbin | pacman -Qm – (you may get different output, the following is mine) sysvinit-tool 2.88-9 lilo 23.2-3 grub-common 2.00-1 sysvinit-tool 2.88-9 lilo 23.2-3 #pacman -R lilo #pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem,bash #pacman -S grub #pacman -S sysvinit-tools #pacman -S systemd #pacman -S bash #pacman -Su #pacman -Syu mkinitcpio systemd linux (now for me, this command can run successfully) #exit, and umount, reboot After rebooting, I get the following error: /dev/sda3: clean ... ERROR: root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist. Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck. Sh: cannot access tty: job control turned off. [rootfs/]# _ (I check this website for the solution:1. Add "init=/bin/systemd" to the kernel line, based on https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=146388 2. Add "init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" to the kernel line, based on https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=166423) None of them work for me. Here is the command I run in rootfs : #ls bin,buildconfig,config,dev,etc,hooks,init,init_functions,lib,lib_64,new_root,proc,run,root,sys,tmp,usr. I check the folder new_root, it is my system's root folder before it crashes. I don't know how this new folder comes, I am guessing I do something wrong for arch-chroot? I checked : #ls -l /sbin/init .... 7 Mar, /sbin/init -> busybox ( the same output for ls -l /bin/init) #ls -l /bin/systemd No such file #ls -l /usr/lib/systemd/systemd No such file It seems I miss something, and I remember I do reinstall the grub and sysvinit-tools before I quit arch-chroot. Welcome to ask me questions for some details if you have the same problem, and welcome to give me suggestions. ? Thank you all! Renzhi Cao Email : rcrg4(a)mail.missouri.edu<https://bluprd0112.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=HgdIKZwfkkG-ZqHZQdR5l5Qjeol…>

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[arch-general] Problems of using pacman and updating the filesystem
by Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

Hi, I get some problems about pacman. At beginning, I use pacman -Syu to update the system, and then I cannot login the system. I checked the internet, and then use CD to load the system, and use pacman -Syu mkinitcpio systemd linux, and get the following information: (133/133) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) filesystem: /bin exists in filesystem filesystem: /sbin exists in filesystem filesystem: /usr/sbin exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. After this, I use the following command to update the system: pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem,bash pacman -S bash and then reboot, get the following information: ERROR: root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist. Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck. Sh: cannot access tty: job control turned off. ? I really appreciate if anyone can help me to solve this problem, it seems I damage the file system. Is there any way to go back to the previous system, or repair this error? Thank you all. Renzhi Cao Email : rcrg4(a)mail.missouri.edu<https://bluprd0112.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=HgdIKZwfkkG-ZqHZQdR5l5Qjeol…>

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Get involved with tracking security issues in Arch Linux packages
by Karol Blazewicz 09 Mar '14

09 Mar '14

Please add some description etc. of the new ML https://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [kde-unstable] 4.13
by Genes Lists 09 Mar '14

09 Mar '14

Thanks for putting this up - much appreciated. Testing this now - I didn't see any significant visual changes and don't see much behavioural diffs either other than desktop search. However I had nepomuk turned off (I have zero need or interest in any global search) - for the life of me I cannot find the off button with baloo. I did add every directory to the ignore list - but i'd rather turn off unneeded services. Anyone know how to turn it off?

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[arch-general] Move from libjpeg-turbo to mozjpeg
by N30N 08 Mar '14

08 Mar '14

Hi there, Mozilla have made a fork of the libjpeg-turbo package called mozjpeg, which features improved encoding: https://blog.mozilla.org/research/2014/03/05/introducing-the-mozjpeg-projec… I'd like to propose making the switch. The "library configuration defaults are the same as for libjpeg-turbo, in order to make transitions as painless as possible". A PKGBUILD can be found on the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mozjpeg/ Thanks for your consideration, N30N.

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[arch-general] PKGBUILD any way to create pkg-A & pkg-A-test that install w/o conflict
by David C. Rankin 08 Mar '14

08 Mar '14

All, Is it possible to create multiple packages that have different package names but are the same package (with different patches) and have them install without conflict? (for testing) Currently I'm testing systemd patches for pkg 'tde-tdebase'. I built a separate package with the systemd patches called 'tde-tdebase-systemd'. Both have the same provides=('tdebase'). Whenever I attempt to install tde-tdebase-systemd, it conflicts with every file from the old tde-tdebase packages requiring a 'pacman -Rdd tde-tdebase', then a pacman -U tde-tdebase-systemd to install. I would like to find something like replaces=() that would work on simple package installs without doing a Sysupgrade each time I switch back and forth. Is this possible, or is it just better to keep the same pkgname and use different pkgrel to distinguish (I've been doing it this way, but would like to use a descriptive filename that identifies included patches) I know 'replaces' is only for Sysupgrade, is there any workaround for normal package installs? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] systemd-nspawn/systemd-networkd/
by arnaud gaboury 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Hi, I do not consider myself as a Linux expert, but rather an advanced user. I am running Arch for a few years now, with a clean setting environment and no major breakage. I am a great fan of systemd functionallities, but I waste my time the past two weeks setting up a working network on a systemd-nspawn managed container with no success. My setup is rather basic : a static IP for the main machine (it seems the HOST term is not relevant) and a static IP for the container. I have been reading/posting a lot, but as today didn't get a clean answer about netctl/systemd-networkd configuration files. Systemd is now ruling the Linux world, as more and more services are managed by it. This is not a bad thing, but in my opinion, there is a clear lack of good documentation/manuals/wiki. As it seems we are bound to learn systemd, I wish the systemd community could propose more documented manuals. This is not the case today. We shall now engage a serious rethinking of what part of systemd shall be in core, and what part stay in devel. A good example would be systemd-networkd. Honestly, this service needs supra intelligence or NASA tech engineer knowledge. Lennart and his team are certainly very good dev and clever guys, but they clearly don't deliver good documentation. I remember that one of my main pain in Linux was to set up a working pulse audio service ! As a long time Linux user, I do not see any interest in setting up packages with no serious documentations. I do not want my post to start a new flame as the one two years ago, but I am expecting some kind of community reaction against beta/broken/incomprehensible services. I wish the Arch community could be able to separate the working/documented part of systemd from the dark/beta part only dedicated to a few elite.

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[arch-general] bridge with netctl
by arnaud gaboury 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Dear list, I am running a machine "hortensia" with a container "dahlia". As the container will be a server, I want to have one IP for hortensia and another one for dahlia. On hortensia, with dhcpcd.service and systemd-networkd both disabled, I start at boot two netctl profiles. /etc/netctl/bridge-hortensia Description="Bridge connection to container" Interface=br0 Connection=bridge BindsToInterfaces=() IP=no /etc/netctl/static-hortensia Description='hortensia static ethernet connection' Interface=enp7s0 Connection=ethernet IP=static Address=('192.168.1.87/24') Gateway=('192.168.1.254') DNS=('192.168.1.254') Then here is the result: $ ip addr 2: enp7s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 14:da:e9:b5:7a:88 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.1.87/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global enp7s0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::16da:e9ff:feb5:7a88/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 22:6d:8b:ac:6e:31 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet6 fe80::206d:8bff:feac:6e31/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever Two questions : - is the command output correct for br0 ? - all wiki said to bind bridge interface to my ethernet device (enp7s0). But if I modified the /etc/netctl/bridge-hortensia this way : BindsToInterfaces=(enp7s0) I have no working network on machine hortensia. Is this behavior correct ? Now let's start the dahlia container # systemd-nspawn --machine=dahlia --network-bridge=br0 -bD /dahlia' On hortensia, now a new ip addr output, as supposed it shall be (vb-dahlia): $ ip addr 2: enp7s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 14:da:e9:b5:7a:88 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.1.87/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global enp7s0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::16da:e9ff:feb5:7a88/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: br0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default link/ether 1a:2d:eb:58:8e:db brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet6 fe80::206d:8bff:feac:6e31/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 5: vb-dahlia: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop master br0 state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 1a:2d:eb:58:8e:db brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff My issue is that br0 is DOWN and can't make it up with this command: # ip link set dev br0 up This has no effect. Then, I can see NO-CARRIER in the br0 status. Is it the expected output ? Why is br0 DOWN ? Why can't I bring it UP ? All this leaves me with a broken network on the container dahlia: $ ip addr 2: host0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,ALLMULTI,NOTRAILERS,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether b2:25:69:eb:ea:a9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.1.94/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global host0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever host0 is DOWN with again NO-CARRIER I have no idea what part of the setup is missing. I run a custom kernel, so is there any wrong configuration on it ? The kernel is moderately customized, but maybe did I disabled some needed flag ? Thank you for help.

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