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the archlinux torrent
by Jude DaShiell 01 Sep '23

01 Sep '23

Having downloaded the torrent and burned the iso to a dvd I verified the torrent using sha256sum but apparently that wasn't enough since the installation broke part of the way through which means I ought to have used the gpg verification that is available online. What is done with those asc files to verify a download? I used lftp with no options on the command line and maybe that was also a mistake on my part. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

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Re: the archlinux torrent
by Jude DaShiell 29 Aug '23

29 Aug '23

Thanks. I'll download that on another system and try doing this correctly next time. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Tue, 29 Aug 2023, Thibault de Villèle wrote: > It seems to be sequoia-sq : > > $ sudo pacman --files --refresh # long version of 'pacman -Fy' > $ pacman --files --regex '.*bin/sq' # long version of 'pacman -Fx' > [...snip...] > /usr/bin/sq is owned by extra/sequoia-sq 0.31.0-1 > [...snip...] > > Le mar. 29 août 2023 à 10:00, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel(a)panix.com> a écrit : > > > What package has sq in it? > > > > -- > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > > Please use in that order." > > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > > On Tue, 29 Aug 2023, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > the download page as well as the installation guide describe what to do. > > > I didn't copy the description, the details are provided by those links. > > > > > > "[...] With this key the signature can be verified like this: > > > > > > sq [...]" - https://archlinux.org/download/ > > > > > > > > > "1.2 Verify signature > > > [...] gpg" - > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide#Verify_signature > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ralf > > > > > > > > >

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vbox dkms fix - How to include fix for linux, but not linux-lts?
by David C. Rankin 27 Aug '23

27 Aug '23

All, Doug, A header include is requires for 6.4.12, but not for LTS. How do I modify the PKGBUILD to apply the change only when building the module for linux and not linux-lts. I chose a simple sed -i to include the needed header: # fix 6.4.11 include requirement sed -i 's|#include <linux/inetdevice.h>|&\n#include <net/gso.h>|' "${_extractdir}/src/vboxhost/vboxnetflt/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c" The problem is that LTS doesn't like the additional include. I suspect it will take some makefile patch instead of a change of the source file so LTS can build without the new header. How best to do this? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Unicode issues after system upgrade
by Jeanette C. 27 Aug '23

27 Aug '23

Hey hey, I just upgraded my system and upon restart, now running kernel 6.4.11-arch2-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC and everything else that was available one/two days ago. When I rebooted my computer today, I ran into UTF-8 issues. I use a braille display, running brltty, which apparnelty has also been updated to the next version. So I can't really tell, whether the improper display of characters is related to TTY settings or BRLTTY. I looked at /etc/local.conf, which is set to a UTF charset. Also the command locale displays that charset/locale. I looked at brltty to make sure that the Linux terminal parameter Unicode is set to yes. The locale is also present (locale-gen). Any ideas what this could be? Some change in the terminal settings? Any hints and tips are appreciated! Best wishes, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c Make all the clouds disappear Put all your fears to rest <3 (Britney Spears)

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Linux 6.4.12 Breaks Virtualbox 6.1.46 DKMS Build
by David C. Rankin 26 Aug '23

26 Aug '23

All, This shouldn't happen, but the linux-6.4.11 to linux-6.4.12 broke the dkms build of virtualbox 6.1.46 modules. Specifically from the log: DKMS make.log for vboxhost-6.1.46_non_OSE for kernel 6.4.12-arch1-1 (x86_64) Fri Aug 25 05:35:45 PM CDT 2023 CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxnetflt/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxnetflt/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c: In function ‘vboxNetFltLinuxForwardToIntNetInner’: /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxnetflt/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c:1561:40: error: implicit declaration of function ‘skb_gso_segment’; did you mean ‘skb_gso_reset’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 1561 | struct sk_buff *pSegment = skb_gso_segment(pBuf, 0 /*supported features*/); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | skb_gso_reset /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxnetflt/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c:1561:40: warning: initialization of ‘struct sk_buff *’ from ‘int’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion] cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:252: /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxnetflt/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:497: /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxnetflt] Error 2 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.o In file included from ./include/linux/string.h:254, from /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxdrv/include/iprt/string.h:39, from /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvInternal.h:46, from /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.c:33: In function ‘fortify_memcpy_chk’, inlined from ‘supdrvIOCtlInnerUnrestricted’ at /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.c:1746:13, inlined from ‘supdrvIOCtl’ at /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/6.1.46_non_OSE/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.c:2698:14: ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:520:25: warning: call to ‘__write_overflow_field’ declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Wattribute-warning] 520 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Should I open a bug with Arch? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Install a package to alternative location
by Jeanette C. 21 Aug '23

21 Aug '23

Hey hey, my system partition is as good as full, so I wonder if there is a safe method to install packages to alternative locations. The packages in question are android-studio-system and android-ndk. Extending the system partition is unfeasible. Yes, it is bad planning. Best wishes, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c You know I'm one of a kind, There'll never be another me <3 (Britney Spears)

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kernel 6.4.11 bug prevents boot on some hardware
by Genes Lists 17 Aug '23

17 Aug '23

Sharing in case this helps others. Also posted to arch forum: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=288095 There is a bug with the rtsx driver in 6.4.11 that prevented 1 machine from booting. It presented in my case as NVME failure, thus preventing machine from booting. 6.4.10 is fine. The hardware that triggers this is in my case is: 03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01) Solution: A work around is simply to blacklist the driver (its only a card reader). i.e. Add blacklist rtsx_pci blacklist rtsx_pci_sdmmc to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist_rtsx.conf rebuild the initramfs so that the blacklist gets put into it. More details on this are available on lkml: https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/8/16/1183 regards gene

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Access to unix socket files
by Hauke Fath 16 Aug '23

16 Aug '23

Hi, while scripting around ssh-agent(8), I noticed that on Arch a non-privileged user is not able to get any information on active unix domain sockets - not even her own. I tried fuser(1), lsof(8) and sockstat(1). While the lsof(8) man page hints at requiring 'setuid root' on some OSes, that doesn't make a difference, nor does it for the other two tools. You appear to only get information on domain sockets as root. Is this behaviour intended? It is certainly not documented. A Debian 11 machine I tried behaves differently, as do NetBSD, FreeBSD and OmniOS. What is the rationale for this default? And how can I change it? Cheerio, Hauke -- The ASCII Ribbon Campaign Hauke Fath () No HTML/RTF in email Institut für Nachrichtentechnik /\ No Word docs in email TU Darmstadt Respect for open standards Ruf +49-6151-16-21344

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Failed to boot after latest pacman -Syu
by David N Murray 16 Aug '23

16 Aug '23

Hi all, I ran a `pacman -Syu` yesterday and when I boot, I'm greeted with: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. The relevant portion of journalctl: Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: Starting Set Up Additional Binary Formats... Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: Update Boot Loader Random Seed was skipped because no trigger condition checks were met. Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount: Got automount request for /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc, triggered by 429 (systemd-binfmt) Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: sysinit.target: Found ordering cycle on systemd-vconsole-setup.service/start Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: sysinit.target: Found dependency on sysinit.target/start Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: sysinit.target: Unable to break cycle starting with sysinit.target/start Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: Requested transaction contains an unfixable cyclic ordering dependency: Transaction order is cyclic. See system logs for details. Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount: Failed to queue mount startup job: Transaction order is cyclic. See system logs for details. Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount: Failed with result 'resources'. Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd-binfmt[429]: Failed to check if /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc is mounted: Host is down Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Aug 14 21:43:53 beorn systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. I tried `systemd-analyze verify sysinit.target proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount systemd-vconsole-setup.service` and it reported the same messages. systemd-vconsole-setup.service is the culprit. Since vconsole-setup isn't run, I can't login. Removing vconsole.conf had no effect. vconsole-setup is invoked by udevd, so I can't disable it (not that I want to). No other services appear to start after this failure (like lightdm). I'm stumped. Any thoughts on how to fix this? TIA, Dave

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Something going wrong with Firefox 116.0.2
by Ruiyang Peng 15 Aug '23

15 Aug '23

I was using Firefox and suddenly there was something wrong with it: I can't switch the tabs. I found that Firefox has taken over 2GB of memory, while I've just opened three tabs (A circuit simulator, a local file, and a music website and none of it could take such memory)! I rebooted, but the problem is still there. It was okay at the beginning , but when I was trying to switch the tabs, the monitor showed that the memory suddenly grew from 269MB to 1.8GB. (versions: Mozilla Firefox 116.0.2, Latest Arch Linux 6.4.10 on x86-64 laptop) Omg, while I was writing this post I didn't close Firefox and now it takes 7.4GB of memory, and STILL GROWING!! Now 11.1GB Of course there's a memory leak. -- Ruiyang Peng

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