November 2020 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] root login @ console
by Jack Frost 15 Nov '20

15 Nov '20

So I foo-bared my /home partition, no big deal, done it before, and I keep good backups. I boot to single mode and get to a prompt. My regular user is gone so I try to just login at the console (no X) as root. It doesn't work. I know I set the root password. What setting is preventing root from being able to authenticate. I noticed when I went to cups on localhost:631 and tried to do an admin task and needed to authenticate. Root couldn't login. How do I allow root logins under Arch/Arco linux at a console???

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[arch-general] postgres 12
by ente 14 Nov '20

14 Nov '20

Hi, since the upgrade of postgress from 11.9 to 12.5 I am having issues starting up using the systemd service file. When I do: > su postgres > postgress -D data it works great. When I do > systemctl start postgresql I get: An old version of the database format was found. Checking the database version shows it is on 12. So obviously the systemd unit file seems to point postgres to an unexpected location. My system file is pointing to a non-standard location according to the arch wiki: [Service] Environment=PGROOT=/pathto/pgroot PIDFile=/pathto/pgroot/data/postmaster.pid Anyone else facing the same issue? Any suggestions?

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[arch-general] Firefox slowness
by David Rosenstrauch 14 Nov '20

14 Nov '20

Perhaps this is just me, but it feels like Firefox has gotten super slow / hogging lots of CPU recently. Anyone else seeing this? And/or know what might be causing it? (Some recent upgrade to the package perhaps?) Thanks, DR

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[arch-general] Thunderbird package version
by Steven Guikal 11 Nov '20

11 Nov '20

Hi, I'm looking at the thunderbird package, and the reported version is 68.12.0-1 which is rather outdated. Trying to install the package also installs the outdated version. However, looking at the PKGBUILD it's 78.4.1. Why is this the case?

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[arch-general] PSA: OpenVPN no longer runs scripts as root
by Ben Oliver 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

OpenVPN now runs scripts as the user `openvpn`, not as root. This tripped me up recently, because I use the `update-systemd-resolved` script, but it can't do its thing without root. Just thought I'd put this out there in case anyone else was having issues.

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[arch-general] Thunderbird 78
by Peter 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Hello, > Thunderbird allows you to use GnuPG for private key operations if you > can’t/don’t want to import your private key into Thunderbird. This is > a feature lot of us need, because if you use a smartcard-like hardware > solution (Yubikey, Nitrokey, any PGP smartcard…) that’s the only > solution (since you cannot import your private key into Thunderbird). > Thunderbird calls this the “external GnuPG feature”: > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Smartcards Thank you for the information. Alright! Thunderbird does have a fallback for GnuPG. Please correct me if I'm wrong: currently everybody that uses Thunderbird, whether they have a need for GnuPG or not, is stuck with an out-of-date version 68.12.0. I'm using Archlinux for many years and normally Archlinux updates packages as they are released. If some people cannot use the latest version for whatever reason, they are free to add the package to IgnorePkg in their /etc/pacman.conf. Now, I understand that it must be sour if the package maintainer himself/herself has to do that, but it does not seem right what is happening now. To avoid that the discussion goes about whether there are "a lot" or "a few" or how many there are that have a need for GnuPG, please consider whether it is worth to avoid shipping (security) updates. Peter.

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[arch-general] Thunderbird 78
by Peter 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Hello, > anthraxx did update the PKGBUILD and we are testing the build but > currently for instance I’m unable to decrypt messages using the > external GnuPG feature (reported upstream), and there is also a build > issue with system bzip2 (I used the vendored one instead, but that’s > not what we want for the final build). > > So for now this remain WIP. I couldn't find the ticket in Bugzilla. Can you please post the ticket number of the bug that was reported upstream? GnuPG was replaced by OpenPGP. What are you referring to when you say "decrypt messages using the external GnuPG feature"? Peter.

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Re: [arch-general] locked out
by flipee 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

6 de nov. de 2020 14:43 por fons(a)linuxaudio.org: > Hello all, > > After a full upgrade it seems I'm locked out :-( > > The system boots normally, and shows the xdm login screen. > But my password is not accepted. Same in a tty, also for > root. > > I can boot using an installation stick, mount all partitions > under /mnt as during installation, and do an arch-chroot /mnt > > I reset my password and the root password in that environment, > but that didn't help. After a normal boot I'm still locked out. > > Any hints to solve this will be much appreciated ! > > -- > FA > It looks like a PAM lockout [1]. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Security#Lock_out_user_after_three_fai… -- Regards, flipee

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[arch-general] locked out
by Fons Adriaensen 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Hello all, After a full upgrade it seems I'm locked out :-( The system boots normally, and shows the xdm login screen. But my password is not accepted. Same in a tty, also for root. I can boot using an installation stick, mount all partitions under /mnt as during installation, and do an arch-chroot /mnt I reset my password and the root password in that environment, but that didn't help. After a normal boot I'm still locked out. Any hints to solve this will be much appreciated ! -- FA

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[arch-general] Dual Boot with Windows 10 20H2
by joerg.jellissen＠t-online.de 06 Nov '20

06 Nov '20

Hello, i have a problem. I would like to go back to ArchLInux, but i must use windows for most software like a DocumentScanner (Fujitsu Siemens ScanSnap IX500) with OCR Software, ABBY Fine Reader and so on, i have a LabelPrinter (Brother QL800) My Hobby is Photography with my CANON EOS 80D. I use Luminar 4 to edit my pictures. I found another solution called darktable. But only for this. I have a PC created by myself in 2015 with specs CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor 3.60 GHz RAM: 18 GB SSD: Samsung 250GB 840 Pro Series for my OS HDD: WD 2TB as my primary data drive Is it a good choice to install two OS on my system? I like Linux, so i began to learn with Debian 5, with Linux Mint, a little bit Manjaro and for few months ArchLinux. I like ArchLInux. Is it a good choice to do this or is there another option to use both OS. A Windows VM with VirtualBox and Boxes doesn’t work fine ☹ i don’t know why So this is not an option Please can you help me by my brain storming. Many thanks

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