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

[arch-general] To those that are testing Gnome 3.14
by Lorenzo Bandieri 27 Sep '14

27 Sep '14

Hi list, I have a favor to ask to those that are currently testing Gnome 3.14. In gnome 3.12 I am having problems with user switching, which is quite important for me. In particular, I had this annoying bug [1] since I installed Gnome in this computer. When Xorg 1.16 came out, it broke completely the switch user functionality for me (it caused my system to hang, forcing me to send a SIGTERM with Alt+SysRq+e). For what it's worth, I created a /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config, but that did not solve the issue. At the time I didn't want to investigate the issue since I needed the system to Just Work(tm), and I simply downgraded Xorg. I'm still running with the old Xorg, but I know that I can't go on like this forever. If anyone running Gnome 3.14 happened to test the switch user functionality, I would be interested to know: - if you are observing any problem switching user with Xorg 1.16, - if you are observing Bug #730360; to test, see [1] Thanks in advance! Lorenzo [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730360#c7

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[arch-general] Mailinglist migration test
by Florian Pritz 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

This mail should now come with the correct List-Id header and should work with old filters. Sorry for the noise earlier.

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[arch-general] multiarch support like debian, pro and cons?
by Ranomier 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

I wrote my idea first on the irc, but i think here is a better place. The idea is to give up multiarch repo and make pacman and archlinux capable for real multiarch support That means u could install a 32bit package from the normal repos core, extra, community usw and not from multilib repo in 64bit arch. (example: pacman -S firefox:i386) And that means package maintainer don´t have to maintain two 32bit packages, plus all 32bit package where available ob 64bit. What are u guys thinking, about that ideas. What where the pro and cons, that i don´t see. Greetings, Ranomier

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[arch-general] Gnome 3.14 boot hanging (Reached System Update Target)
by lltp 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

Hi, I just upgraded to Gnome 3.14 and wanted to test new things, especially the new Pacman backend to PackageKit (through gnome-software). I just clicked on the "update and restart" notification and I couldn't boot anymore. I remove the "quiet" kernel boot flag in Grub and saw that the offending line was "[OK] Reached System Update Target". There was no timeout so my system just hanged like that for a dozen of minutes (coffee time). No TTY was available. I solved this by adding the "single" kernel boot flag in Grub, then log in as root, then remove the /system-update folder then reboot. Regards

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[arch-general] mkinitcpio debugging with systemd
by Tobias Hunger 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

Hello! I am running a initrd make with mkinitcpio using the "systemd" hook. This works great in general, but after a bit of playing with the hooks and systemd code the generated initrd will no longer start. That is no big deal and entirely my fault and I should be able to fix it. My problem is now that I can not really debug the initrd anymore. Is there a way to get a debug shell on the initrd when using the systemd hook? Any hints would be greatly appreciated:-) Best Regards, Tobias

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[arch-general] Gstreamer upgrade broke rhythmbox streams?
by Stephen Martin 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

I listen to quite a few radio stations through rhythmbox, and all of them now fail to play with an error of "Could not determine type of stream." I noticed that gstreamer updated yesterday to 1.4.3. Might that be the issue? Are others experiencing similar problems?

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[arch-general] New CVE - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7169
by David C. Rankin 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

It's like a game of Whack-a-Mole lately... Further reading: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146319 -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] archlinux.org down
by Karol Blazewicz 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

At least for the last 15 minutes (since around 7 PM CEST) some of Arch Linux sites have been down: http://www.archlinux.org/ https://www.archlinux.org/packages/ https://bugs.archlinux.org/ https://www.archlinux.org/download/ The forum and wiki seem unaffected.

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[arch-general] Dual monitor extreme slow response
by Matthias Klein 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

Hi, I tried to switch on my Lenovo L530 Notebook from Debian testing (KDE) to Arch Linux. Installation was no problem, but when I connect a second monitor to the VGA port the whole system gets very slow / unuseable. (The same hardware constalation works without problems under Debain testing.) I tried varios things, but nothing solved the problem: - acceleration method: UXA - acceleration method: Glamor - Upgrade to xf86-video-intel-git - Kernel downgrade to 3.14 I tried to downgrade the xf86-video-intel using Arch Rollback Machine but pacman complained about xorg-server X-ABI-VIDEODRV_VERSION. Do I have to downgade the whole xorg? Or should I try to rebuild the old driver which is used in Debian from source against my Xorg installation? I have uploaded some logfiles to pastebin: dmesg: http://pastebin.com/AW6x11Zq lspci: http://pastebin.com/GQJdJh2F xorg log sna: http://pastebin.com/xmCq1K58 xorg log uxa: http://pastebin.com/j9nH6rHa xorg log kernel 3.14: http://pastebin.com/gijmJnCc xorg log debian: http://pastebin.com/aDR8qHDs Can someone help me? Best regards, Matthias

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[arch-general] Dropbox requires setup each time I boot
by Squall Lionheart 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

Hello, I use the dropbox client as provided on their web site. Everything works as expected however, when I reboot my machine it requires me to setup my local folder each time. I also run a Fedora 20 system with a similar setup and I only had to set up my local folder once. Anyone know what would cause this behavior and how to correct it? My permissions look like: drwx------ 5 squall squall 155 Sep 22 12:29 .dropbox drwxr-xr-x 3 squall squall 68 Jul 29 18:44 .dropbox-dist Thank you Squall -- Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why its called the present. Headmaster Squall :: The Wired/Section-9 Close the world txen eht nepo $3R14L 3XP3R1M3NT$ #L41N https://github.com/headmastersquall

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