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

[arch-general] Building in docker?
by Magnus Therning 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

For various reasons I'm looking into not using `makechrootpkg` when building the 200+ packages I put into a non-official repo. Obviously it's important to keep the building environment separate from my ordinary system environment. Going to full virtualisation is definitely overkill and the only containers I know of are chroots and docker. Docker has some nice attributes, in particular no need for root access. However, I don't know a whole lot about it, so I wonder are there any aspects to it that makes it a bad choice for building packages? /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Heuristic is an algorithm in a clown suit. It’s less predictable, it’s more fun, and it comes without a 30-day, money-back guarantee. -- Steve McConnell, Code Complete

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[arch-general] Smartcard troubles on Arch
by Mathias Huber 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Dear Archers, I am trying to get my Gemalto USB Shell Token V2 (GPG-Smartcard-Reader in a USB-Stick) to work on Arch. I've set up Udev in the way I did successfully in Ubuntu 12.04.LTS. However, no success. I am still trying to figure out where the trouble lies. I can never see the card using gpg --card-status But sometimes I see its fields when using pcscs_scan. Possible culprits: pcscd, which sometimes gives errors, gpg's USB support? Has anyone had success in setting up this reader or similar smartcard readers? Or had similar troubles? I would love to hear from you. Best, Mathias

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[arch-general] Additional mouse (Lenovo N700) gesture binding
by Oon-Ee Ng 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

I just got the above bluetooth and/or wireless (dual-mode) mouse for my work, as the presenter laser looked pretty useful. 3 basic buttons (1, 2, 3) worked out of the box. So did the touch-scrolling (up/down). So I'm looking for advise for the remaining 3 inputs supported. This mouse has a 'Windows key' button and supports left/right swipe gestures (targeted at the new Windows side-screen gestures). Firstly, regarding the gestures, here's what I obtain from xinput test. I've also listed which keys these correspond to. Left swipe:- key press 22 Backspace key press 133 Super_L (left Windows key) key press 37 Control_L key release 22 Backspace key release 133 Super_L (left Windows key) key release 37 Control_L Right swipe:- key press 54 c key press 133 Super_L (left Windows key) key release 54 c key release 133 Super_L (left Windows key) This seems to correspond to pressing 3/2 key combos and releasing them in the same order. This seems to cause problems with xbindkeys and sxhkd (the only two key-binding daemons I've used before) as using the Super-c combo expects the Windows key to be pressed first, followed by the c key being pressed and released. How can I bind gestures to the above? Is it possible, for example, to bind keys to a specific input device (so for example I can bind to the letter c but only from the mouse, not from my keyboard)? Or something involving xmodmap? Thanks for your advise/help.

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[arch-general] Possibility of including xorg input patch
by Kirill Churin 25 Jul '15

25 Jul '15

Can this patch https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=33142 be applied to Arch's xorg? It solves famous problem https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865 with broken keyboard input for users who use multiple keyboard layouts without any noticeable side-effects. It's known this patch has been applied in Ubuntu. -- Kirill Churin Jabber: reflexing(a)reflexing.ru, ICQ: 8163230, Skype on demand.

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[arch-general] at times when booting system-logind fails and system hangs
by Javier Vasquez 08 May '15

08 May '15

I haven't identified under which circumstances, when booting the system hangs, and the only thing that can be related to that is the message: Failed to start Login Service Of course the recommendation to see the output of: systemctl status systemd-logind.service Is useless when that happens. That because the system hangs. A phisical hard power down is what I've done, and then usually by starting the system again everything works. Has anyone experienced this? Any suggestion? Thanks, -- Javier

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Re: [arch-general] Kernel Module snd_seq_midi No Longer Inserted Automatically
by AIS Information 02 May '15

02 May '15

On 04/08/2015 07:00 AM, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:58:20 -0700 > From: Steven Grace <sgrace(a)pobox.com> > To: ML_arch-general <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: [arch-general] Kernel Module snd_seq_midi No Longer Inserted > Automatically > Message-ID: <55248B3C.3010103(a)pobox.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > I'd like help regarding a problem I'm having with kernel module > snd_seq_midi. Until sometime in March this module was being > automatically inserted; that's no longer happening. The module is still > present and can be manually inserted with modprobe. > > I know that snd_seq_midi is part of package "linux" but I don't know > what's responsible for automatically inserting the module. I'd > appreciate any information as to how I can find out. > > The issue may have started with my update of linux to 3.19.2-1 on March > 21. Today I updated linux to 3.19.3-1 but that didn't solve the problem. > > It's also possible that the issue is related to ALSA; I updated alsa-lib > and alsa-utils to 1.0.29-1 on March 10. > > I'd appreciate any help regarding how snd_seq_midi used to be > automatically inserted, or general information regarding how automatic > module insertion works. Thanks. > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > arch-general mailing list > arch-general(a)archlinux.org > https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-general > > ------------------------------ > > End of arch-general Digest, Vol 126, Issue 7 > ******************************************** > the wiki explains kernel modules here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_modules alternatively(though perhaps unecessary/ill-advised?) you could load the module early by adding it to mkinitcpio.conf and rebuilding your kernel. you can search "mkinitcpio, arch" for the arch wiki page on that. good luck.

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[arch-general] PKGBUILD inheritance
by Roman Rader 02 May '15

02 May '15

Hi I want to make PKGBUILD for kernel in AUR with enabled options that I need. I did #ABSROOT=. abs core/linux fixed config and I'm good, but to keep it updated with core/linux I need to do it all the time (load latest core/linux, fix the config, rebuild). Is there some tools/mechanisms to make a PKGBUILD that will do it automatically? Thanks

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[arch-general] vmware workstation 11 crashes
by Mihamina Rakotomandimby 30 Apr '15

30 Apr '15

Hi all, I suddenly got my vmware workstation 11 crash, with this log: https://bitbucket.org/snippets/rakotomandimby/XB4g As I dont launch it at session start I dont really know what action (some upgrade or what) broke it... Using arch up-to-date with nouveau drivers Would you know?

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[arch-general] no write access to gvfs-mount with certain applications
by Lev Cohan 30 Apr '15

30 Apr '15

> Hi, > > I have a strange problem with gvfs mounts with the SMB/CIFS backend. > Both packages are in the latest version 1.24.1-1. > > The smb shares are mounted with nautilus. The neccessary credentials are > stored in the gnome-keyring. I can open / read and write files with > LibreOffice and gedit. There is also no problem when accessing / > creating files with the terminal and vi. > > But when I try to open a library with calibre the application tells me, > that the database is read only. The access rights of the library files > are all rwx and i can create files in the directory with for example > touch or gedit. > > As fare as i can remember the (write) access with calibre worked before > the update of the latest gnome version. > > Does anybody has suggestions how to solve this problem? > > Sebastian Hi Sebastian, I have the same problem but with encfs stashes. This seems to be a regression. A downgrade of the two packages gvfs (1.24.1-1 -> 1.22.3-2 ) gvfs-smb (1.24.1-1 -> 1.22.3-2) remedies this problem. I opened a bug report upstream https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748675 and one for arch https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44785 lev

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[arch-general] Upgrading from linux 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 without reboot
by Chi Hsuan Yen 29 Apr '15

29 Apr '15

Hello Arch users, I just upgraded to linux 4.0.1-1 in [core] from linux 4.0.0-2 in [testing]. In recent days, I've heard of lots of news that since kernel 4.0, no reboot is necessary for upgrading kernel. However, uname still gives me the old kernel version: $ uname -r 4.0.0-2-ARCH Is it necessary to run additional commands for completing kernel upgrading, or do I have to wait for some time? If I have to wait, how long should I wait for? Thanks for any related information or opinions! Best Regards, Yen Chi Hsuan

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