December 2023 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

Bring ARM into the fold?
by Christer Solskogen 02 Mar '24

02 Mar '24

Is it time to bring Arch Linux ARM into the fold of Arch Linux? The GNU toolchain of ALARM is now very behind, and the developers are dead silent about why. There little to no response on pull requests on the github page, and while it seems like there is activity on their PKGBUILDs repo, it almost seems to me that it is some kind of automatic jobs being run. Their forum is broken and has been broken for quite some time as well. -- chs

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Arch Linux inside OSTree
by Michael Zimmermann 06 Jan '24

06 Jan '24

Hi, I've put some work into making it easy to install Arch Linux inside OSTree. I have started creating a guide at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_inside_OSTree with the intention of that being just another installation method like LUKS or LVM. Unfortunately, the page was moved to my personal space with the reason: "personal install guide for the author's os-tree wrapper, does not belong in the official namespace". This sounds like the Arch Linux project doesn't want to support this installation method. Is that correct? If yes, why? Thanks Michael

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Archlinux man pages, CSS format for <pre> blocks causing lines to wrap?
by David C. Rankin 30 Dec '23

30 Dec '23

Archdevs, Not sure where this should go, but the CSS for <pre> in https://man.archlinux.org/man/tmpfiles.d.5.en is causing the information to wrap. Changing zoom or browser window size doesn't change the width of the <pre> blocks and the text wraps in an awkward fashion, e.g. <pre>#Type Path Mode User Group Age Argument f /file/to/create mode user group - content f+ /file/to/create-or-truncate mode user group - content ... It literally looks as shown in this e-mail with fixed font: <pre>#Type Path Mode User Group Age Argument f /file/to/create mode user group - content Not a big deal, but I'm used to seeing the Arch pages well laid-out and not subject to css hiccups. Tried in both Firefox and Brave browsers, same result. Anybody else see this? Just passing the info along so it can be passed to the right person if tweaking is warranted. To all a good 2024! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] pcmanfm-gtk3 no longer working on wayland?
by Javier 30 Dec '23

30 Dec '23

Hi ! pcmanfm-gtk3 is segfaulting on wayland when trying to access any directory. I don't know if others are experiencing the same. The alternative I've been using is thunar, though I really liked pcmanfm-gtk3. Is there a work around? Although I don't like it, I also tried "GDK_BACKEND=x11 pcmanfm" and it also segfaults... Have others experience the same? Greetings ! -- Javier

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[arch-general][waybar] simple quick launch buttons
by Javier 30 Dec '23

30 Dec '23

Happy holidays ! AFAIK waybar doesn't offer quick launch buttons, but it does offer custom modules, which one can use to mimic such buttons. I'm using custom modules in a pretty simple way, for example for librewolf (I didn't find an awesome icon font for it, so using the FF one): > "custom/librewolf": { > "format": "", > "interval": "once", > "on-click": "librewolf", > }, I have some other ones for other applications. I do use keybindings as well, and I can use wofi to search for the applications, but none of them are really alternatives for other users. It does work ! However I was looking for a very simple way to add what official modules, like a "tooltip-format" which is part of the official modules. Not sure why on earth it's not part of the custom modules. So for example, I'd look for something similar to: > "custom/librewolf": { > "format": "", > "tooltip-format" "Firefox Browser" > "interval": "once", > "on-click": "librewolf", > }, So that if someone doesn't recognize the awesome font icon, one could just find out by the tip shown when getting the mouse on top of the button. As this is not supported. Is there any simple way to do that? Hopefully not requiring to add several scripts just for this. Something that might be part os such snippet, and pretty simple would be great, :) Please let me know of suggestions. Thanks ! -- Javier

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Problem with python 3.11
by pete 24 Dec '23

24 Dec '23

Hi Folks strange one here had an update fail a few weeks ago cleared all the fails apart from this lot could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/libsvn/_ra.so could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set uptools/config/__pycache__/ warning: could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set uptools/config/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-311.opt-1.pyc warning: could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set uptools/config/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-311.pyc warning: could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set uptools/config/__pycache__/_apply_pyprojecttoml.cpython-311.opt-1.pyc warning: could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set uptools/config/__pycache__/_apply_pyprojecttoml.cpython-311.pyc warning: could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set uptools/config/__pycache__/expand.cpython-311.opt-1.pyc warning: could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set uptools/config/__pycache__/expand.cpython-311.pyc plus more all the packages that are complained about are present and seem to be complete . I am at a loss as to where to go next any help appreciated Happy Christmas to all hope 2024 is vastly better than 2023 has been Cheers Pete .

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[Part 1] These are the guides I have followed to install Arch Linux with Linux Kernel 6.6.7 and GNOME on my refurbished Aftershock gaming laptop
by Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming 23 Dec '23

23 Dec '23

Subject: [Part 1] These are the guides I have followed to install Arch Linux with Linux Kernel 6.6.7 and GNOME on my refurbished Aftershock gaming laptop Good day from Singapore, I have <<<successfully>>> installed Arch Linux with Linux Kernel 6.6.7 and GNOME Desktop Environment on 19 Dec 2023 Tuesday late night (crossing midnight) using the following guides. These guides should be followed in sequence. [1] Installation guide Link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide [2] Pacman Link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman [3] Network configuration Link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration [4] GRUB Link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#Generate_the_main_configuration_file [5] General recommendations Link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/General_recommendations [6] [Solved] Bring eth interface up automatically Link: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=251669 [7] How To Add Route on Linux Link: https://devconnected.com/how-to-add-route-on-linux/ [8] How to Install GNOME in Arch Linux Link: https://phoenixnap.com/kb/arch-linux-gnome [9] How to Use the Arch Linux Network Manager Link: https://linuxhint.com/arch_linux_network_manager/ [10] mp4 support Link: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=88036 [11] Users and groups Link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/users_and_groups Over the next few days or the next few weeks, I will be installing Google Chrome web browser in Arch Linux and additionally configuring the sudoers file. I have also taken 92 screenshots with my vivo V25 Pro 5G mobile phone so far. Arch Linux is very very tedious and time consuming to install. It can only be installed using the Command Line. Fortunately I am very familiar with the Linux Command Line. After installing Arch Linux successfully, it gives you a sense of satisfaction. Thank you. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individual in Singapore Blogs: https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.com https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com GIMP also stands for Government-Induced Medical Problems. 20 Dec 2023 Wednesday 12.59 AM morning Sent with Proton Mail secure email.

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Plasma application dump
by Shridhar Daithankar 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

Hello, I run KDE plasma under wayland. On several occasions, the applications crash. The front runners are akregator,kontact etc. Usually, I find a core dump associated with the crash with coredumpctl. Where can I report the crashes/back trace/core dump to help those projects? Should it be arch bug tracker or upstream? -- Thanks and Regards Shridhar

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What is the plan for dhcpd/kea?
by David C. Rankin 20 Dec '23

20 Dec '23

Devs, With ISC dhcpd now mature and frozen (end of life, but ISC will continue to make available on gitlab and if necessary provide bug fixes), the new ISC offering is Kea that is its successor to dhcpd. The wiki notes the successor in the first paragraph https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dhcpd but there is no Kea page and no indication if Arch will start packaging Kea. For those of us with long standing ISC bind/dhcpd setups what does the future look like on Arch? Will there be a Kea at some point? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Potential conflict with icu package?
by WinFan3672 17 Dec '23

17 Dec '23

Dear all, I was recently performing my system's scheduled maintenance and went to upgrade my packages, as you do. When I attempted to do so, this happened: |$ sudo pacman -Syu [sudo] password for winfan3672: :: Synchronizing package databases... ... :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: unable to satisfy dependency 'libicuuc.so =73-64' required by freerdp :: installing icu (74.2-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=73-64' required by brltty :: installing icu (74.2-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=73-64' required by gspell :: installing icu (74.2-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=73-64' required by harfbuzz-icu :: installing icu (74.2-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=73-64' required by libphonenumber :: installing icu (74.2-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=73-64' required by libphonenumber :: installing icu (74.2-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=73-64' required by raptor :: installing icu (74.2-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=73-64' required by scribus :: installing icu (74.2-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=73-64' required by thunderbird :: installing icu (74.2-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=73-64' required by thunderbird| This piqued my interest as it appears to be a package conflict outside of my control. I performed the upgrade excluding the |icu| package, and (almost) everything is fine now. However, I would like to know: * Is this an issue with the |icu| package? o In this case, this is an issue that needs attention and the relevant maintainer should probably look into it. * Is it an issue with me? o If so, what do I do, aside from ignoring it? I look forward to hearing your response(s). Yours truly, -- WinFan3672.

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