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Re: [arch-general] Headphone Sound Trouble
by Steven Grace 10 May '15

10 May '15

On 05/09/2015 01:01 PM, Heiko Becker wrote: > > > On 05/09/2015 10:01 PM, Heiko Becker wrote: >> >> >> On 05/09/2015 09:42 PM, Steven Grace wrote: >>> On 05/09/2015 10:57 AM, Heiko Becker wrote: >>>> since some days I am experiencing strange issues with my laptop >>>> headphone jack. >>>> >>>> When I boot into Windows 8.1, everything works as expected. No problems >>>> or cracking sounds. >>>> >>>> When I boot my Arch installation, it seems like everything breaks. >>>> My headphones randomly produce loud cracking sounds and when I manage >>>> to get something out of them, the sound is blurred and sounds >>>> disturbed. >>> >>> I've had issues in the past with audio crackles that were caused by >>> the video driver. >> >> What video driver? Maybe an nvidia one? > > Oh and how did you solve it? :D I had the problem in 2012 with another distribution (not Arch). The problem occurred with the "nouveau" driver for a NVidia graphics card. Switching to the proprietary "nvidia" driver solved the problem. I'm still using the same computer and am now successfully using the "nouveau" driver on Arch, so presumably whatever was causing the problem in 2012 has been fixed.

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Re: [arch-general] Headphone Sound Trouble
by Steven Grace 09 May '15

09 May '15

On 05/09/2015 10:57 AM, Heiko Becker wrote: > since some days I am experiencing strange issues with my laptop > headphone jack. > > When I boot into Windows 8.1, everything works as expected. No problems > or cracking sounds. > > When I boot my Arch installation, it seems like everything breaks. > My headphones randomly produce loud cracking sounds and when I manage > to get something out of them, the sound is blurred and sounds disturbed. I've had issues in the past with audio crackles that were caused by the video driver.

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[arch-general] Headphone Sound Trouble
by Heiko Becker 09 May '15

09 May '15

Hello everyone, since some days I am experiencing strange issues with my laptop headphone jack. When I boot into Windows 8.1, everything works as expected. No problems or cracking sounds. When I boot my Arch installation, it seems like everything breaks. My headphones randomly produce loud cracking sounds and when I manage to get something out of them, the sound is blurred and sounds disturbed. Searching the Asus FAQ's gave me: https://www.asus.com/en/support/FAQ/1009646 But I do not know how to check for these settings and wether this applies to me. Some system information: Hardware: Asus N550 JK Laptop uname -a: Konsole output Linux Goomba 4.0.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 29 12:00:26 CEST 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux pacman -Q alsa-utils: Konsole output alsa-utils 1.0.29-1 aplay -l : Konsole output **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC668 Analog [ALC668 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Thank you in advance for advices. Cheers, Heiko

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Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 123, Issue 4
by Wayne Song 09 May '15

09 May '15

unsubscribe On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 2:35 AM, <arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > Send arch-general mailing list submissions to > arch-general(a)archlinux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-general > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > arch-general-owner(a)archlinux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of arch-general digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. list of user/group ids supplied by official packages > (member graysky) > 2. Re: makepkg as root (Ralf Mardorf) > 3. Re: makepkg as root (member graysky) > 4. Re: list of user/group ids supplied by official packages > (Troy Engel) > 5. Re: list of user/group ids supplied by official packages > (Troy Engel) > 6. Re: list of user/group ids supplied by official packages > (member graysky) > 7. Re: list of user/group ids supplied by official packages > (Troy Engel) > 8. Re: makepkg as root (Eli Schwartz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 07:50:49 -0500 > From: member graysky <graysky(a)archlinux.us> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: [arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by official > packages > Message-ID: > < > CAO_nJAboyXF5dhJbvE27F95dC5oqqaWRQy2bhet_iNNmwsv4oQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Is there a list of user/group IDs that official packages from [core] > [extra] and [community] provide? I wish to insure that the user/group > id in an AUR package I provide[1] does not conflict a user created by > an official package. I can grep for 'useradd' in my abs tree and > parse through the resulting 137 lines but there must be a better way. > Thanks. > > 1. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kodi-standalone-service > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 14:09:19 +0100 > From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: Re: [arch-general] makepkg as root > Message-ID: <20150102140919.001b7b0e@archlinux> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > I am/was an '--asroot' user too. Does a feaure request makes sense? > > Happy New Year! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 08:12:51 -0500 > From: member graysky <graysky(a)archlinux.us> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] makepkg as root > Message-ID: > <CAO_nJAY7Y2hiwgKT=6QdH= > o3dx4X_V0H0sY0-CtavNyn4cACOQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Don't think you'll get it added back officially. See the discussion in > Allan's blog: http://allanmcrae.com/2014/12/pacman-4-2-released/ > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Ralf Mardorf > <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: > > I am/was an '--asroot' user too. Does a feaure request makes sense? > > > > Happy New Year! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 08:48:17 -0600 > From: Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by > official packages > Message-ID: > < > CAO7q0mnLYfMkYf63hjZrUbADjHj14+PEuD0KNU3avGh6zJNUZQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 6:50 AM, member graysky <graysky(a)archlinux.us> > wrote: > > Is there a list of user/group IDs that official packages from [core] > > [extra] and [community] provide? I wish to insure that the user/group > > id in an AUR package I provide[1] does not conflict a user created by > > an official package. I can grep for 'useradd' in my abs tree and > > parse through the resulting 137 lines but there must be a better way. > > Thanks. > > There's a wiki-based effort to track them here: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database > > A valiant initiative, I'll survey my system(s) and see if I can > contribute anything... > > -te > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 08:57:01 -0600 > From: Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by > official packages > Message-ID: > <CAO7q0m= > QxsO-wBtDxjpkUD6nbF+r7VK2+a3H1ovJf_DTOo1PLw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database > > ...and the first one I came across wasn't listed (git), I looked at > it's .INSTALL file and see it's dynamic: > > ==== > post_install() { > if ! getent group git >/dev/null; then > groupadd --system git > fi > if ! getent passwd git >/dev/null; then > useradd --system -c 'git daemon user' -g git -d / -s /bin/bash git > fi > } > ==== > > So there are core/extra/community packages using the system dynamic > method which is probably what you should do as well, since everyone's > 'git' UID/GID are most likely different. :( Makes it hard if you need > to align across a cluster/shared filesystem, though. > > -te > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 10:00:29 -0500 > From: member graysky <graysky(a)archlinux.us> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by > official packages > Message-ID: > <CAO_nJAY6xsCDqYnLJt2oSwtcvTAKDxeBycqP-= > cB+PM3e-E+wg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Thanks for that link and for the info on dynamic UID's. > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database > > > > ...and the first one I came across wasn't listed (git), I looked at > > it's .INSTALL file and see it's dynamic: > > > > ==== > > post_install() { > > if ! getent group git >/dev/null; then > > groupadd --system git > > fi > > if ! getent passwd git >/dev/null; then > > useradd --system -c 'git daemon user' -g git -d / -s /bin/bash git > > fi > > } > > ==== > > > > So there are core/extra/community packages using the system dynamic > > method which is probably what you should do as well, since everyone's > > 'git' UID/GID are most likely different. :( Makes it hard if you need > > to align across a cluster/shared filesystem, though. > > > > -te > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 09:14:07 -0600 > From: Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by > official packages > Message-ID: > <CAO7q0m=wvB7E=Kmo=ZTu92CsYUfonNm= > Hncu7+4Afq5qSnPH9A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 9:00 AM, member graysky <graysky(a)archlinux.us> > wrote: > > > > Thanks for that link and for the info on dynamic UID's. > > You're welcome - and I think you've helped uncover a small bug (well, > enhancement) - I found two new systemd* users with suspiciously high > UIDs: > > systemd-journal-remote:x:998:998:systemd Journal Remote:/:/sbin/nologin > systemd-journal-upload:x:997:997:systemd Journal Upload:/:/sbin/nologin > > I'm pretty sure since package 'filesystem' isn't creating them (just > checked) that systemd is creating them dynamically at runtime, > searching through code now to prepare a bug report... > > -te > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 13:35:52 -0500 > From: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] makepkg as root > Message-ID: > <CAAp_6BtPWs+0YZvig+bhcpUsMf+HUshbrXWbH= > QNu93zcK8V6w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > '--asroot' was removed with deliberation and forethought. > > If anyone can think of a compelling reason the developers have not thought > of, perhaps you will have luck convincing them. Random feature requests > saying you want it probably don't qualify... at least explain why you are > not able to simply run 'makepkg' in another user account. > > I do have to wonder, though, why... one is running as root by default??? > Why else would '--asroot' be needed? > > -- Eli Schwartz > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 123, Issue 4 > ******************************************** >

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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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[arch-general] PyChess Audio
by Grady Martin 08 May '15

08 May '15

Hello, all. Does anyone play chess? PyChess is great and seems mostly free of bugs now. There is one, glaring exception, but it could be specific to Arch. Sound effects do not play, and the sound files the pychess package installs to /usr/share/pychess/sounds do not appear in the sound selection dialogs (which have strange "untitled filters" applied to them). Should the problem be reported upstream?

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08 May '15

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[arch-general] core/linux provides kernel*26*, not kernel4
by Roman Rader 03 May '15

03 May '15

Why https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/linux/ package provides kernel26 while current version is 4? Is it a mistake or 26 means something else? Roman

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[arch-general] Conky autostart problem
by Francis Gerund 03 May '15

03 May '15

Hello! Using Arch with Gnome, I can start and run Conky manually. But I can't get it to autostart. As stated in the Arch wiki Gnome article, Tweak tool will add autostarts, but there is no entry for Conky in the list of application programs accessed by using the " + " button. It also says to "copy the relevant .desktop file from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.config/autostart" . . . Well, even after re-installing Conky, ~/.config/autostart is empty, and /usr/share/applications has no entry for Conky. Also, /usr/share/applications does not seem to have anything like a "conky.desktop" file. So, do I need to create a "conky.desktop" file, and if so, how? P.S. I can't seem to find a good answer using a search engine. And I really don't want to (and should not have to) try downgrading (and then upgrading again) Gnome, just to try something obsolete referred to as "gnome-session-properties".

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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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