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

[arch-general] Display Manager issue
by Frank Zimmermann 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Good Morning folks, my DM is behaving strange. The systems boote to a bblank screen with a mouse cursor. To be able tologin I have to press Ctrl+Alt-F2 followed by Alt+F1. The journal does not provide any clue that somethings going wrong. Any ideas? Thanks Frank

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[arch-general] Moving chmsee to AUR
by Laurent Carlier 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

chmsee will be move to unsupported, because it doesn't build anymore with xulrunner 31 and is unmaintained upstream since August 2013. ++ -- Laurent Carlier http://www.archlinux.org

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[arch-general] Location of the pacman database
by Yamakaky 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hi ! Why is the pacman local database location defaulted to /var/lib/pacman ? It should go in /usr as it reflects the installed packages and it is only updated when a package is updated. If it where in /usr, it would be easier to share the /usr partition between hosts. What do you think ?

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[arch-general] no audio in VLC after seek in video playback
by Nelson Marambio 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hi, Arch'ers, again I've a problem with audio/video in GNOME and again I hope you can give me a hint to solve it. I trust in you ! :) I realized it yesterday that there is a problem with VLC and playing MP4-files (might concern other formats too). The audio mutes if I forward / rewind during the playback. This also happens if I pause the playback before I forward. Google finds a lot of stuff to this description, most of them with an earlier version of VLC and also most of them in context of (K)Ubuntu. Some threads suggested to install a package 'vlc-plugin-pulse' but I think that does not fit to Archlinux. Starting VLC by 'vlc -vvv' naturally produces a lot of debug output but apart from the pasted lines below there was'nt something useful to read there. First I thought it might be related to my bluetooth headset and bluez again but the problem also occurs if I use the interal audio speakers of my laptop or analog audio headset. I don't even know where to focus on: pulseaudio or VLC ? I guess on VLC, with GNOME MPlayer video playback works fine (but fullscreen mode does not run smoothly). Kind regards, Nelson. ******* [0x8ed1d80] pulse audio output debug: underflow [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 8% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 16% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 25% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 33% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 41% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 50% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 58% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 66% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 75% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 83% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 91% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 100% [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Stream buffering done (325 ms in 27 ms) [0xb050c228] main decoder debug: End of video preroll [0xb050c228] main decoder debug: Received first picture [0xb05115c0] main input debug: Decoder buffering done in 73 ms

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[arch-general] ncmpcpp 0.6beta2-1
by Manolo Martínez 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

Hi, Since the upgrade of nmcpcpp to 0.6beta2 yesterday, custom keybindings no longer work, and the commandline subcommands (most importantly for me, `ncmpcpp toggle`) have stopped working as well. Downgrading to 0.5.10 solve these issues. Perhaps the package should stay at the last stable release? (I should say I don't follow ncmpcpp development closely at all, and for all I know that beta might have been around for years. In any case, I'm seeing the above problems with the beta version.) Cheers, Manolo --

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[arch-general] systemctl reboot
by Ralf Mardorf 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

Hi, as user I have the permission to run systemctl reboot _without_ sudo. $ groups wheel games video audio optical storage power users vboxusers rocketmouse $ sudo cat /etc/sudoers | grep -v "#" | grep " " root ALL=(ALL) ALL rocketmouse ALL=(ALL) ALL 1. How can I disable it? 2. Since I'm the only user I could live with it, but I anyway want to be ask for a password, before I run the command by a menu entry. Is anything speaking against running gksudo systemctl reboot ? Is anything speaking against running gksudo -u some_user reboot ? I don't think so, but I want to ensure that I don't miss something. Again, I can execute it successfully without gksudo, I want to add gksudo, because I want to be asked for the password. Regards, Ralf

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Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 119, Issue 18
by Andries Information Services 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

"Can't find file "es_ESUTF-8" for symbols include" below makes me think you may have had a typo when you set up your LANG/locale stuff during install? On 09/12/2014 10:07 AM, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > Subject: [arch-general] Cannot boot from gnome-shell > Message-ID: > <CAJ2aOA96wOm2Htm1TYhK_Thy2vaEssZ-bOnofyNcRfgOOj0v_g(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, I have installed archlinux + gnome shell. > > When I run "systemctl start gdm.service" , I get this error in screen: > > Oh, no! Somethings has gone wrong... > > I see the log journalctl -b | tail -n 100: > > Sep 12 12:23:23 arch-gnome3 gdm-Xorg-:1[27273]: The XKEYBOARD keymap > compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Sep 12 12:23:23 arch-gnome3 gdm-Xorg-:1[27273]: > Error: > Can't find file "es_ESUTF-8" for symbols include > Sep 12 12:23:23 arch-gnome3 gdm-Xorg-:1[27273]: > Exiting > Sep 12 12:23:23 arch-gnome3 gdm-Xorg-:1[27273]: > > Abandoning symbols file "default" -- Andries Information Services www.andriesinfoserv.com 936-755-4857 Email disclaimer: The information contained in this communication is intended for the addressee only. Any use by third parties, including disclosure, copying, or distribution of this information is prohibited. If this email is received in error, please contact Andries Information Services at http://www.andriesinfoserv.com/contactandriesinformationservices.htm quoting the name of the sender and the email address to which it has been sent and then delete it. Please note that neither Andries Information Services nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan or otherwise check this email and any attachments.

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[arch-general] linux kernel 3.17 and virtualbox
by Genes Lists 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Quick heads up - virtualbox needs couple fixes which are not yet in upstream 4.3.14 in order to compile against 3.17. There are patches here: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=296650#p296650 The patch file I used was : virtualbox-alloc_netdev.diff.txt I have tested the module version of this and confirm it works with 3.17.rc3 custom kernel and that virtualbox comes up and can boot a windows vm. Regards, gene

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[arch-general] Virtualbox 4.3.16 vs Windows 7 VM crash
by Genes Lists 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

My Win 7 VM (64bit on 64bit host) crashes under 4.3.16. It works again after rolling back to 4.3.14. Ifound some noise on the net with others having similar issues (e.g. https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=63607) For now I am back to 4.3.14. gene

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[arch-general] Check for update in script
by Yamakaky 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi I can't find a good way to check for available upgrades without touching the database, as running `pacman -Sy` without `u` isn't supported. Any idea ? Maybe a new pacman switch like "--upstreamdbpath" to toggle change the location of sync/ without touching local/ ? Why I need it : https://github.com/XavierBerger/RPi-Monitor/pull/57#issuecomment-55248969 Yamakaky

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