October 2015 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] Can't login after upgrading ncurses but not bash (partial upgrade)
by Nick Andryshak 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Hello, I'm in a bit of a sticky situation, which is the result of me being an idiot and not knowing how to use Arch even after years of using it. I reinstalled ncurses with pacman, which I assume gave me ncurses 6 and removed ncurses 5. But I didn't upgrade bash (or zsh), I guess is still linked against 5, because when I try to login I get this error: $ ssh me(a)xyz.com Last login: Mon Oct 26 08:56:59 2015 from x.x.x.x -bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Connection to xyz.com closed. I can't use sftp either. Oh, also, this is on a vps, so I don't have physical access to the machine. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks, Nick

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[arch-general] xbacklight, gnome brightness slider don't work, but changing rightness within /sys will
by Alexander Terry 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

as per subject, whenever i try to change my brightness with xbacklight -set, it doesnt work. it does not change the brightness. the same thing happenes in gnome, with the brightness slider on the top right menu. what does work is (as root) going into /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight, and changing the value in the brightness folder. there are no other folders in /sys/class/backlight.

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[arch-general] screensaver
by flow 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

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[arch-general] pulseaudio, systemd --user and session problems
by Karsten Rode 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hi, I have a problem I think is related to the startup of a systemd user session. I noticed lately that pulseaudio does not automatically start, although I can start it form the command line later with $ pulseaudio --start After digging around I found that pulseaudio should be started by the systemd user session, so as a first test I did $ systemctl --user which gave Failed to list units: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1 From what I recall, there are some conditions that has to be met in order for user sessions to work, and the output of $ loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID contains (among other things): Remote=no Service=lightdm Desktop=xfce Scope=session-c2.scope Leader=1118 Audit=0 Type=x11 Class=user Active=yes Does anybody have an idea of where o look for further information ? As you can see above I use lightdm as the display manager. -- Karsten

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[arch-general] jpurnalctl --setup-keys error
by Dennis Anderson 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hello everyone, When I run the setup keys command I get this: #journalctl --setup-keys Generating seed... Generating key pair... Generating sealing key... Failed to set file attributes: Operation not supported The new key pair has been generated. The secret sealing key has been written to the following local file. This key file is automatically updated when the sealing key is advanced. It should not be used on multiple hosts. /var/log/journal/9999999999999999999999/fss Please write down the following secret verification key. It should be stored at a safe location and should not be saved locally on disk. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The sealing key is automatically changed every 15min. The keys have been generated for host xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I changed the secret stuff. Paranoid? It seems like it worked AFAIK. Any advice or comments welcome and appreciated. Thanks, Dennis

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[arch-general] Gnome-Terminal can we update to 3.18.0.1
by Britt Yazel 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hi, I know that the reason Gnome-Terminal has not been upgrade from 3.18.0 is due to us waiting for the 3.18.1 release, however there is a ridiculous bug that causes the app to have a search bar that takes up 50% of the width of the window that I have been living with for 3 weeks, and which was fixed in 3.18.0.1. I hate to pester, but the package was flagged out of date weeks ago but still hasn't been updated, and this bug is impossible to ignore, and is cringe worthy. -Britt

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[arch-general] gtk related packages reported as corrupt and blocking all updates
by mick 20 Oct '15

20 Oct '15

for the last few days I have been unable to apply updates. Pacman reports the following:- (85/85) checking package integrity [######################] 100% error: at-spi2-core: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens(a)gmail.com>" is invalid :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/at-spi2-core-2.18.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: gtk-update-icon-cache: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens(a)gmail.com>" is invalid :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gtk-update-icon-cache-3.18.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: gtk3: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens(a)gmail.com>" is invalid :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gtk3-3.18.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. can anyone help me find the answer? mik

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[arch-general] Blue/Black Screen of Death with Plasma5
by Dutch Ingraham 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Hi folks- The backstory: I bought a new el-cheapo multi-function printer-scanner today and as a consequence installed sane, xsane, and kdegraphics-ksaneplugin. I did all that while logged into my usual window manager, dwm. All was fine. Then I wanted to try the kde plugin, so logged into kde desktop and was presented with what appeared to be the blue screen of death (sometimes black). Plasma seems to start fine, i.e., splash screen goes through its usual motions, then the blue/black screen appears when the desktop usually does. However, not was all as it seemed. The entire kde suite works, i.e., mouse and keyboard, and most, but not all, applications (although to access them I need to alt-F2 and run them manually.) The only thing that does not seem to work is the desktop itself. I cannot say the packages I installed today are the cause - it could be any update within the last two weeks; as noted, I rarely log into the kde desktop. My uname -a is: Linux arch 4.2.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 3 18:52:50 CEST 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux My desktop is: plasma-desktop-5.4.2-1 As you can imagine, there are no shortage of google results regarding the blue/black screen. However, there was nothing current enough or otherwise useful. [1][2][3] Here's what I've tried so far, in no particular order: 1. removed kdegraphics-ksaneplugin; 2. re-installed plasma-desktop; 3. downgraded kactivities-frameworks; 4. removed ~/.kde and /tmp/kde-dutch. Logs don't show anything of importance (as I would expect, as Xorg starts and runs properly.) Top shows kwrapper5, dbus, polkit, kdeinit5, klauncher, kded5, kactivitymanager, etc., all running. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated; If further information is needed, please let me know. [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143124 [2] https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=118151 [3] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193286

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[arch-general] Qemu / KVM 9p rootfs not booting automatically
by H8H 18 Oct '15

18 Oct '15

Hi I'm trying to paravirtualize my archs. Therefore I've created a directory and fill it with `pacstrap -d /root/arch base` After that I've chrooted into `arch-chroot /root/arch /bin/bash` Inside I've changed the /etc/mkinitcpio.conf MODULES="9p 9pnet virtio virtio_blk virtio_pci virtio_net" HOOKS="base udev block autodetect modconf filesystems keyboard fsck" (Don't know if all the stuff is necessary) I've saved that file and run `mkinitcpio -p linux` I've exit chroot and start vm on the host system qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel "/root/arch/boot/vmlinuz-linux" \ -initrd "/root/arch/boot/initramfs-linux.img" \ -virtfs local,id=r,path=/root/arch,mount_tag=r,security_model=passthrough \ -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=r,mount_tag=r \ -enable-kvm \ -nographic \ -append 'root=r rw rootfstype=9p rootflags=trans=virtio console=ttyS0' As you can see it drops a recovery shell. But I can survive ... i think the same way the parameter append does. I don't know why this does not work automatically!? Any hints? Thanks :: running early hook [udev] starting version 226 :: running hook [udev] :: Triggering uevents... ERROR: device 'r' not found. Skipping fsck. ERROR: Unable to find root device 'r'. You are being dropped to a recovery shell Type 'exit' to try and continue booting sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [rootfs /]# mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio r new_root/ [rootfs /]# Trying to continue (this will most likely fail) ... :: mounting 'r' on real root mount: you must specify the filesystem type You are now being dropped into an emergency shell. sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [rootfs /]# Trying to continue (this will most likely fail) ... :: running cleanup hook [udev] Welcome to Arch Linux! [ OK ] Reached target Swap. [ OK ] Created slice System Slice. [ OK ] Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch. [ OK ] Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs. [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket (/dev/log). [ OK ] Created slice system-getty.slice. [ OK ] Reached target Encrypted Volumes. [ OK ] Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe. [ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems. [ OK ] Started Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch. [ OK ] Reached target Paths. [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket. Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System... Starting Setup Virtual Console... Mounting Debug File System... Starting Create list of required st... nodes for the current kernel... Starting Apply Kernel Variables... Starting Journal Service... Mounting Huge Pages File System... [ OK ] Listening on udev Control Socket. Mounting Temporary Directory... [ OK ] Listening on LVM2 metadata daemon socket. Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems... [ OK ] Listening on udev Kernel Socket. [ OK ] Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice. [ OK ] Created slice User and Session Slice. [ OK ] Reached target Slices. [ OK ] Set up automount Arbitrary Executab...ats File System Automount Point. Mounting Configuration File System... [ OK ] Mounted Huge Pages File System. [ OK ] Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System. [ OK ] Mounted Debug File System. [ OK ] Mounted Temporary Directory. [ OK ] Started Journal Service. [ OK ] Started Setup Virtual Console. [ OK ] Started Create list of required sta...ce nodes for the current kernel. [ OK ] Started Apply Kernel Variables. [ OK ] Started Remount Root and Kernel File Systems. [ OK ] Mounted Configuration File System. Starting udev Coldplug all Devices... Starting Load/Save Random Seed... Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev... Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage... [ OK ] Started Load/Save Random Seed. [ OK ] Started Flush Journal to Persistent Storage. [ OK ] Started Create Static Device Nodes in /dev. [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems (Pre). [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems. Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Starting udev Kernel Device Manager... [ OK ] Started udev Coldplug all Devices. [ OK ] Started udev Kernel Device Manager. [ OK ] Started Create Volatile Files and Directories. Starting Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown... [ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown. [ OK ] Reached target System Initialization. [ OK ] Started Daily verification of password and group files. [ OK ] Started Daily man-db cache update. [ OK ] Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket. [ OK ] Reached target Sockets. [ OK ] Reached target Basic System. Starting Login Service... Starting Permit User Sessions... [ OK ] Started D-Bus System Message Bus. [ OK ] Started Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories. [ OK ] Started Daily rotation of log files. [ OK ] Reached target Timers. [ OK ] Started Permit User Sessions. [ OK ] Found device /dev/ttyS0. [ OK ] Started Serial Getty on ttyS0. [ OK ] Started Getty on tty1. [ OK ] Reached target Login Prompts. [ OK ] Started Login Service. [ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System. [ OK ] Reached target Graphical Interface. Arch Linux 4.2.2-1-ARCH (ttyS0) localhost login: ===== Otherwise (Double CTRL+D without typing anything) :: running early hook [udev] starting version 226 :: running hook [udev] :: Triggering uevents... ERROR: device 'r' not found. Skipping fsck. ERROR: Unable to find root device 'r'. You are being dropped to a recovery shell Type 'exit' to try and continue booting sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [rootfs /]# Trying to continue (this will most likely fail) ... :: mounting 'r' on real root mount: you must specify the filesystem type You are now being dropped into an emergency shell. sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [rootfs /]# Trying to continue (this will most likely fail) ... :: running cleanup hook [udev] ERROR: Failed to mount the real root device. Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck. sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [rootfs /]# [ 2.790188] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000000 [ 2.790188] [ 2.791557] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.2.2-1-ARCH #1 [ 2.792420] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.8.2-20150617_082717-anatol 04/01/2014 [ 2.793920] 0000000000000000 0000000087ab9fb0 ffff88000655be08 ffffffff8156b9da [ 2.795077] 0000000000000000 ffffffff8170d340 ffff88000655be88 ffffffff8156a86a [ 2.796230] ffff880000000010 ffff88000655be98 ffff88000655be38 0000000087ab9fb0 [ 2.797418] Call Trace: [ 2.797796] [<ffffffff8156b9da>] dump_stack+0x4c/0x6e [ 2.798548] [<ffffffff8156a86a>] panic+0xce/0x206 [ 2.799252] [<ffffffff81077749>] do_exit+0xb39/0xb40 [ 2.799993] [<ffffffff810777db>] do_group_exit+0x3b/0xb0 [ 2.801094] [<ffffffff81077864>] SyS_exit_group+0x14/0x20 [ 2.801669] [<ffffffff81570f6e>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x71 [ 2.802442] Kernel Offset: disabled [ 2.802816] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000000 [ 2.802816] Cheers Chris

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[arch-general] Network issue with broadcom-wl-dkms
by Thomas AUREL 15 Oct '15

15 Oct '15

Hi everyone, I have some issues with my wireless. It is capable to connect to a network (with a static IP address) but when i launch a application which network, my laptop froze. The last driver version is installed with dkms (I removed all other versions). My laptop is the Dell XPS 13 (2015), I uses linux-lts. Any hint will be appreciate, Thomas

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