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[arch-general] Supermicro cd/dvd inst error: ARCH_201603 device did not show up after 30 seconds
by David C. Rankin 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

All, First let me explain I have search through the forums, StackExchange site (SuperUser & Linux Unix StackExhange) and read the problems with similar title, 90% of which were USB install and related to failure to have the proper iso name (e.g ARCH_201603) as the image name, the other 10% were related to /dev/disk/by-label not being created and suggest the creation of the directory and symlink of the install device (e.g. /dev/sr0 to /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201603) and exiting the maintenance shell to have the install pickup and continue. Neither of these are a solution. I have one Supermicro server (similar but slightly older) where the install went without issue (H8QM8-2 w/4 Opteron 8360SE). This server is the H8DME-2-LS006 Rev 1.10 w/2 Opteron 8382 processors. (specs: http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron2000/MCP55/H8DME-2.cfm) Initially, the boot would hang during pci activation with the line pci 000:00:1a.0: [1a:1e:1100] type -- class 0x060000 I reset the bios to the failsafe defaults, still no joy. The Hardware Detection Tool showed a 3Leaf Systems, Inc.|unknown device at that address, the details of which were: Vendor : 3Leaf Systems, Inc. Product : unknown Class : Host bridge Location : 00:1a.0 PCI ID : 1a1e:1100[0000:0000] Latency : 0 Module : unknown Looking though all the bios options, trying one at a time, I found an option for something related to AQUA (? This board an AQUA were apparently the brainchild of 3Leaf, Inc. now out of business http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1172150 which allowed you to link 32 Opteron processors into a single server) So disabling AQUA completely in the bios allowed the box to boot normally all the way though: :: running hook [archiso_pxe_nfs] :: Mounting '/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201603' to '/run/archiso/bootmnt' Waiting 30 seconds for devices.... then the error and I'm dropped to the maintenance shell (e.g. [rootfs /]# ). I've tried the solutions shown at the beginning but I still can't proceed with the remainder of the install. When I create the /dev/disk/by-label directory, create the symlink, and exit the maintenance shell, I get the following error: Buffer I/O error on dev sr0 logical block 0, async page read sr 6:0:1:0 [sr0] tag#0 UNKNOWN(0x2003) Result:hostbyte-0x00 driverbyte=0x08 sr 6:0:1:0 [sr0] tag#0 Sense Key : 0x4 [current] sr 6:0:1:0 [sr0] tag#0 ASC=0x8 ASCQ=0x3 sr 6:0:1:0 [sr0] tag#0 CDB: opcode: 0x28 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=sr0, iso_blknum=16, block=16 So I need help from the smart folks here. I'm not entirely sure what this error is telling me other than there is some UNKNOWN result that prevents the archiso mount. With this AQUA setting completely disabled in the bios, I don't know if this error is related to that setting, but I suspect it is. What could I try to get past this error? Is there some kernel parameter I coud try to pass at boot that might help? Has anyone else seen this or found another solution? Thanks for any advise you can give.. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: [arch-general] kmail and qt5-webengine latest : no mail contentesyukuk
by Caio Prado 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Beleza k -- Caio A. G. Prado URBANA LEGIO OMNIA VINCIT “The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.” (Douglas Adams) On Oct 10, 2016 5:47 AM, "SET" <nmset(a)netcourrier.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Since today's update installing qt5-webengine-5.7.0-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz, > no > mail content can be viewed in kmail. Reverting to 5.7.0-3 restores normal > functioning. A long list of errors is output in console : > > ... > #32 0x7fe45aa61df9 <unknown> > #33 0x7fe459eec2f4 QtWebEngine::processMain() > #34 0x0000004006d3 <unknown> > #35 0x7fe458e20291 __libc_start_main > #36 0x00000040072a <unknown> > ... > > Upstream or Arch related, I just want to signal it. >

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[arch-general] kmail and qt5-webengine latest : no mail content
by SET 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Hello, Since today's update installing qt5-webengine-5.7.0-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz, no mail content can be viewed in kmail. Reverting to 5.7.0-3 restores normal functioning. A long list of errors is output in console : ... #32 0x7fe45aa61df9 <unknown> #33 0x7fe459eec2f4 QtWebEngine::processMain() #34 0x0000004006d3 <unknown> #35 0x7fe458e20291 __libc_start_main #36 0x00000040072a <unknown> ... Upstream or Arch related, I just want to signal it.

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[arch-general] How to set up a virtual network / NAT for libvirt?
by Peter Nabbefeld 09 Oct '16

09 Oct '16

Hello, I've been told that I cannot bridge multiple networks using WLAN (as WDS would not have been implemented correctly on all devices), but I've to use a virtual network, brobably with NAT, but I cannot find sufficient advice, neither in the arch wiki nor on the internet - probably just my search terms are incorrect, I don't know. Could You give me advice, what I've to do to get internet access on my QEMU/Windows VM? Default networking does'nt work. Kind regards Peter

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Re: [arch-general] Cannot receive files via bluetooth
by Peter Nabbefeld 09 Oct '16

09 Oct '16

Hello, changes are: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 514464 26. Sep 17:30 bluez-5.42-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76128 26. Sep 17:30 bluez-libs-5.42-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1007296 26. Sep 17:30 bluez-utils-5.42-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz However, I'm not a bluetooth expert, so I cannot do much other than trying out some minor changes without any advice. Kind regards Peter

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[arch-general] Fwd: f2fs-tools please update to: 1.7.0 needs libselinux from aur
by Thomas Kowaliczek 08 Oct '16

08 Oct '16

I have asked the Manitainer of f2fs-tools about an upgrade from 1.6.1 to 1.7.0 but he cant do it because f2fs-tools 1.7.0 needs libselinux and that package is only in AUR repo: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libselinux/ I hope im right now here to report this. greetings Thomas

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Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?
by Maxwell Anselm 02 Oct '16

02 Oct '16

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 7:12 AM, mike lojkovic via arch-general < arch-general(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > I'm in favor of the merge as well. For beginners there are plenty of > Youtube videos that cover common desktop setups. That should be more than > enough for users who are first learning how to setup a Linux distro. Another reason for the merge is to solve a perception problem. The Beginner's Guide was one of the only wiki articles that consolidated all of its information in one place, rather than organizing things into separate articles and references to official documentation. This gave new users the impression that the Arch Wiki is a place for all-in-one hand-holding tutorials. Then they finish installing their system and are shocked and appalled at how "sadistic" and "inaccessible" the rest of the wiki is. The installation guide isn't a ritualistic hazing, it's a "you must be this tall to ride" sign. Max

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[arch-general] PXE - what goes in /srv/tftp if iso mounted loop on /mnt/archiso?
by David C. Rankin 01 Oct '16

01 Oct '16

All, I've played with setting up a PXE boot server, using dhcpd, apache and tftp. (all on the same box) I've been through the archwiki PXE and Diskless_system wiki pages (as well as a dozen other howtos) and I'm still confused about whether I need to copy parts of the iso to /srv/tftp or whether I can just point to the pxelinux.0 on the iso mounted at /mnt/archiso? E.g. the file now at /mnt/archiso/arch/boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 Can I just symlink, e.g. # ln -s /mnt/archiso/arch/boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 /srv/tftp/pxelinux.0 Or is there a reason I need to copy files to /srv/tftp and create /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg along with the various options? I would like it to be able to boot EFI and legacy (both i686 and x86_64), which is currently handled by the setup on the iso. Which brings me to the final question about the "filename" to pass in dhcpd.conf. The arch PXE wiki shows: if option architecture = 00:07 { filename "/grub/x86_64-efi/core.efi"; } else { filename "/grub/i386-pc/core.0"; } which appears to be for a setup with the files copied under /srv/tftp/grub... The current iso does not use that. Would I instead pass for example: /EFI/boot/bootx64.efi and then for legacy boot one of the vmlinuz specified by another option in dhcpd.conf, or would simply passing a single filename of pxelinux.0 select the right config under /mnt/archiso? All of the examples/tutorials, seem to do it differently from each other. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Samba Upgrade 4.4.5 -> 4.5 Broke mount.cifs share mounting
by David C. Rankin 01 Oct '16

01 Oct '16

All, I've run samba in standalone mode since the 2.0.7 days and have been though a few breakages due to version updates along the way. It seems we have hit one again in the 4.4 to 4.5 update. Specifically, the update was: samba-4.4.5 => samba-4.5.0 There were no changes made to smb.conf, but the following attempted mount failed using: mount.cifs //phoinix/samba /mnt/phx -o username=david,uid=1000,credentials=/home/adm/mountcfile,noperm I've been mounting the box like this for the past several years. There are no entries in the logs telling me why the mount fails, it just fails. Has anyone else experienced problems with the samba-4.4.5 => samba-4.5.0 update, and if so, any solutions? I've currently downgraded to samba-4.4.5 and all works as it should. I've checked the old forum thread - https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=190592 that isn't related to the current issue. I've check the arch and samba wikis, no help. I've also posted to the samba list, still awaiting a reply. So if anyone has any additional information, I would greately appreciate any you can provide. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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