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

[arch-general] inetutils and the 'base' group
by Leonid Isaev 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hi, Is there a reason why core/inetutils is in base group, i.e. which packages implicitly rely on it? It was added to base around Aug. 2011 ago, I think because of hostname(1), but shouldn't this functionality be now provided by hostnamectl? Thanks, -- Leonid Isaev GPG fingerprints: DA92 034D B4A8 EC51 7EA6 20DF 9291 EE8A 043C B8C4 C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D

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[arch-general] Changing sizes of panes in a vimsplit resets scrolling
by Kyle Terrien 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hello Archers, Has anyone else been experiencing an issue where scrolling is reset when changing the size of window splits in Vim? 1. Open a file in Vim that is sufficiently long enough that you need to scroll to view the whole buffer. 2. Scroll to somewhere in the middle of the buffer. 3. Use :split to open another file. You should have two windows open (2nd file on the top pane, and 1st file scrolled to somewhere in the middle on the bottom pane). 4. Use ^W- and/or ^W+ to adjust the relative sizes of the panes. The pane that is unfocused scrolls to the top of the buffer. The quick fix is to toggle focus between the panes, which will cause the scrolling position to reset to normal. I have narrowed this down to gvim/vim-runtime 7.4.307-1 and later. Earlier versions of the package do not have this issue. I am asking here because I am unsure if the issue is package related or upstream. --Kyle

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[arch-general] AUR, Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous
by Mihamina Rakotomandimby 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hi all, Most of my AUR installs warn me about the installed package being unsupported and potentially dangerous. I guess this is normal, and it's the default behaviour to warn about community package?

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[arch-general] NotMuch man pages
by luc.linux＠mailoo.org 16 Jun '14

16 Jun '14

Hello every one, I use notmuch to handle my mails, but I recently discovered that the man pages aren't present in the notmuch package and there isn't any notmuch-man package. Is that a decision or should I report a bug ? Eventually should I make a notmuch-man package on the AUR ?

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[arch-general] *-git packages last update
by Mihamina Rakotomandimby 16 Jun '14

16 Jun '14

Hi all, For several resaons, I use a few *-git packages from AUR. I noticed one thing: the last update date is often far behind (i.e. 2012,...) I just would like to ensure it's just the package last update date, and it has no realtion with the git tree freshness: git always checks out "master". I'm right?

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[arch-general] Question on version numbers
by Stefan Tatschner 15 Jun '14

15 Jun '14

Hi, just because I'm inquisitive. What's the purpose of version numbers with a colon? I've seen this in several packages, e.g. this one [1]. Upstream version number is 5.0.2 and arch version number is 1:5.0.2. Regards, Stefan [1]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/python-setuptools/

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[arch-general] Network configuration
by Yamakaky 14 Jun '14

14 Jun '14

Hi all I write you this mail because I'm a bit lost between all these network configuration tools available : - systemd-networkd - dhcpcd service - netctl - wpa_supplicant - NetworkManager/wicd There is two profiles I use now : a laptop (wifi auto-discover and connect with gui tray and easy to add network, ethernet auto-connect) and a raspberry py server (low ressources, ethernet only, dhcp configured, config not often changed). Actually, I use nm on my laptop (it's much much better than wicd) and dhcpcd on my raspberry pi. What would you use and why ? Additional question : it seems systemd-timesyncd requires systemd-networkd, is it true ? Thanks Yamakaky

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[arch-general] Bring back the old X11 values
by Dimitris Zervas 14 Jun '14

14 Jun '14

In the latest Xorg updates, there is a major change in the default of mouse mouvment and key repeating speed. How can I change these back? I am really used to the old ones and the new ones just slow down my workflow.

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Re: [arch-general] Bring back the old X11 values
by Mark Lee 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

Salutations, I suggest looking at the diff histories of the x11 packages in the arch packages. Regards, Mark -----Original Message----- From: "Dimitris Zervas" <dzervas(a)dzervas.gr> Sent: ‎6/‎13/‎2014 7:29 PM To: "General Discussion about Arch Linux" <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Bring back the old X11 values On June 13, 2014 8:37:59 PM EEST, Bigby James <bigby.james(a)crepcran.com> wrote: >On 06/13, Dimitris Zervas wrote: >> >> Not helping... :/ >> > >The new mouse movement and keyboard repeat speeds aren't to your taste. >You >want the old ones back. Questions: > >1) Do you know what the old settings were? Kind of moot to ask for help >and then >give such a vacuous response when help is offered, if you don't know >what the > settings are that have actually changed. > >2) Similarly, what's "not helping?" That response suggests that you >know what >you're looking for, and couldn't find it on those wiki pages. Yet if >you know >what you're looking for, you should already have an idea where to look >for it... > >3) If you're unsure of what the necessary settings actually are, how >are you >testing the current ones vs. the previous ones? No offense, but are you >sure you > aren't imagining this? > >Folks need more to go on than this. Is the key repeat speed too fast? >Too slow? >Do you use a custom keymap? I'm limiting my questions to the keyboard, >because >changing mouse speed and sensitivity is usually trivial. Yea, you're right. As for the links provided I meant "The links are not help, 'cause I don't know the old values". Sorry for the misunderstanding. The mouse is too slow (and sometimes, WAY too slow, if I make a small movement). The key repeat is also slow. I am asking for the old values of the mouse sensitivity/acceleration/etc and key repeat. Just how they were before the update. I am not "imagining" (I thought of it too in the first place), because I get frustrated times that I really am focused on other things (ex. when copy/pasting code from one monitor to another) Thank you.

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[arch-general] Strange (sd-pam) process
by Yamakaky 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

Hi `systemd --user` has a child `(sd-pam)`. It's certainly related to pam, but why has it such a strange name ? Thanks

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