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[arch-general] netctl-auto and netctl refuse to work (probably due to wpa_supplicant)
by Bennett Piater 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

Hello, I cannot connect to wifi networks using netctl or netctl-auto. Some journalctl -xe output is attached. The only action I could remember that could have had anything to do with this was an upgrade of wpa_supplicant, so I googled and found [0]. However, unlike the commenters on that bug, it still didn't work after downgrading wpa_supplicant. Did anyone else experience anything similar? I'm using intel network hardware. Thanks, Bennett [0]: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44731 -- GPG fingerprint: 871F 1047 7DB3 DDED 5FC4 47B2 26C7 E577 EF96 7808

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Re: [arch-general] Community and TU questions
by Sebastiaan Lokhorst 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

You can easily search the bug tracker[1] yourself, and help out with bugs in packages you are familiar with. Maintaining packages is usually not very time-intensive for the maintainers. So I think that there is little to offer there. Besides that, you can have a look at this page[2] for more things to do. Basically, you don't have to be a TU to help out on most tasks. Good luck and thanks in advance, Sebastiaan [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/ [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getting_involved

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Re: [arch-general] Key not working
by Peter O'Doherty 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Unfortunately it doesn't work with the live CD. Faulty key then. Thanks for you help all. <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Ivan <parazyd(a)dyne.org> </div><div>Date:09/12/2015 15:26 (GMT+01:00) </div><div>To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org </div><div>Subject: Re: [arch-general] Key not working </div><div> </div>Try booting a live CD/USB and test it. Other than that, it's a faulty key. On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 15:11:36 +0100 Peter O'Doherty <mail(a)peterodoherty.net> wrote: > Hi, > I've just done a new arch install on my Dell laptop and have noticed > that the right arrow isn't working. And showkeys doesn't respond to > the key being pressed. Is there anything else I can try before > assuming it's a hardware problem? > > Many thanks, > Peter

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Re: [arch-general] Key not working
by Peter O'Doherty 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Yes, the others work. I just plugged a keyboard in and the arrow works. That seems to suggest a laptop hardware problem, right? <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Ben Oliver <benoliver999(a)gmail.com> </div><div>Date:09/12/2015 15:15 (GMT+01:00) </div><div>To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [arch-general] Key not working </div><div> </div>On 9 Dec 2015 2:12 pm, "Peter O'Doherty" <mail(a)peterodoherty.net> wrote: > > Hi, > I've just done a new arch install on my Dell laptop and have noticed that the right arrow isn't working. And showkeys doesn't respond to the key being pressed. Is there anything else I can try before assuming it's a hardware problem? > > Many thanks, > Peter I would rule out hardware before digging too deep. Do the other arrows work? Do you have a keyboard you can plug in?

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[arch-general] Key not working
by Peter O'Doherty 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Hi, I've just done a new arch install on my Dell laptop and have noticed that the right arrow isn't working. And showkeys doesn't respond to the key being pressed. Is there anything else I can try before assuming it's a hardware problem? Many thanks, Peter

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Re: [arch-general] Code Bachelorarbeit & Stichwörter
by Matthias Zinner 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Hallo Alex, ja, denn hab ich. Wenn die Stichwörter so passen würde ich die dort eintragen und dir denn dann schicken. Grüße, Matthias On Wednesday 09 December 2015 12:42:02 Alexander Stante wrote: > Hallo Matthias, > > hast du eigentlich unseren Publikationsantrag? Ich würde dein Arbeit bei uns > abgeben wollen damit du auch dein Arbeitszeugnis bekommst. > Grüße, > Alex > > -- > Dipl.-Inf. Univ. Alexander Stante > Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter > Geschäftsfeld Automotive > Fraunhofer-Institut für Eingebettete Systeme und Kommunikationstechnik ESK > > Hansastraße 32 | 80686 München > Telefon, Fax: +49 (0)89/54 70 88-345 | +49 (0)89/54 70 88-220 > E-Mail: alexander.stante(a)esk.fraunhofer.de > > Internet: > http://www.esk.fraunhofer.de > http://www.facebook.com/FraunhoferESK > http://www.twitter.com/FraunhoferESK > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Matthias Zinner [mailto:zinner.matthias@googlemail.com] > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. Dezember 2015 10:43 > > An: Alexander Stante > > Betreff: Code Bachelorarbeit & Stichwörter > > > > Hallo Alex, > > > > im Anhang ist der Code von der Bachelorarbeit. Wegen der > > Publikationsmeldung: da muss ich Stichwörter unter der die Arbeit > > gefunden werden kann eintragen. Ich würde folgende vorschlagen: > > Automotive > > ADL > > Complexity > > Complexity measure > > Complexity metrics > > EAST-ADL > > Fault prediction > > Fault-proneness > > metrics > > metrics suite > > model quality > > quality > > Quality Assessment > > UML metrics > > > > Viele Grüße, > > Matthias

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[arch-general] Community and TU questions
by Ivan 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hello. The Arch community has been serving me very nice during the past years and now I've been thinking and I would like to give back to the community. My intention is, to possibly become a TU and help maintain packages, fix bugs and anything that would make the world a better place :D I don't know if I really have to become a TU to do this, but I'm figuring any help would be good for eveyone involved. Could anyone give me further guidance? Ivan aka. Parazyd -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWZyvmAAoJELteLjW5Ljc+gMQP/R3zTnygtgCKJoj6SA5Uf4S0 VeV/08vOc+NDqugNTK+43YUraYqVWv6u8du52LBN2ng/uQtQ4NIPKETLjeDKu9gS Y1WppYHLLwr1WAjNIZsPccRJRpr2hVrQ7P6nW5Hcb9g47Tb0QSvPy8EBhGDc+RcL MWbX8/VMw9sK4TwCyr4CRNPvqC8RJlDJU+nuAxKMUkqo9YeNk3+U9WOjUYiwtZ8L 9vbx5HxdGXYmGAh1X0qkA17pc9/uFTmwuA4oScYtr+6W0CCDsCZcGv2yjDt/JcEy uMuyLnX7rwS0RcPybS6xZhp7EmBAz03JWlt/clTmPYb8TcpvpROlI269H9mzZyUo hwrOQNDYJgpMVsEHKEuPlhaY9vRizSDlPWkZ7cXfqbDz35nqxe6hD40GiNVZo1vL vzCLZw9h/drvWTpUlsRHDwB6PCeYfo38dQQ8Ev8NmZJQOcF8f9eoPUXmDt2TcSM3 TrE3V/5AGlvYQcOPuPK9kxgM5JSEuQ+d4swcpUf917KWOYVLrwWuytJgMTWZTio3 hHkgbFEeEiAYFVtNY9N9CudmXS+K2vRqp2rvcpDX6RysSITeU5ip6i3rybt1S3BG lmh+CXrCg5erxNVnyIhvJWiMnZg0Bj/SR1YWyWP/mzwwn0v+GlGD0zO59yji98Aj AKdvNSQS71QBuTVz52iy =kEJN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] best practices for rebuilding packages
by Michał Zegan 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

Hello. If I have a package build from aur that depends on a library, and the library is updated, and package from aur requires rebuild, is it possible to somehow track and automate that? In other cases maintaining such configurations may be the trouble as you have to remember what aur packages depend on your library. Another question: what about modifying aur/abs pkgbuilds, like I replace the whole configure line because I want to do so, but to do such a configuration for a new version of the package, I have to manually modify any new pkgbuild I get to get the same result. How to make it nicer?

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[arch-general] Installing Arch on an Alienware Machine
by Hunter Jozwiak 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Salutations, I am trying to get Arch Linux to install on my Alienware machine, but I am having a bit of bad luck. First and foremost, I can't get sound to work with the Talking Arch distribution, which is basically the Arch live CD with espeakup and brltty installed. I did not have any luck with alsactl init. Secondly, does Wi-Fi-menu use AES out of the box, or will I have to write a handwritten config for the university Wi-Fi___33? And finally, are there kernel modules for the Killer Wi-Fi___33 drivers? Here are the specifications for the machine: Sound: SoundBlaster Recon 3dI Bluetooth: Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Graphics: Intel Imbedded and NVidia GeForce GTX 970M Ethernet: Killer E2200 WiFi: N/A/C 1525 Wireless Adapter Processor: Intel Core I7 Help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, and have a nice day, Hunter

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[arch-general] QEMU and the spicec client
by Jakub Klinkovský 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

The QEMU page on the wiki [1] has a section on the "spice" support in the qemu package [2], which also mentions the "spicec" client program. As far as I remember, it has been part of the qemu package, but now it seems to be gone and even pkgfile can't find it. Does anybody know what happened? [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/QEMU#Spice_support [2] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/qemu/ -- jlk

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[arch-general] failed retrieving file 'core.db' in "pacman -Syu"
by mudongliang 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

# pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.ustc.edu.cn : Recv failure: Connection reset by peer error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.163.com : Recv failure: Connection reset by peer error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from archlinux.polymorf.fr : Recv failure: Connection reset by peer error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from fooo.biz : Recv failure: Connection reset by peer error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.one.com : Recv failure: Connection reset by peer ^C Interrupt signal received But I found that I can ping mirrors.ustc.edu.cn # ping mirrors.ustc.edu.cn PING mirrors.ustc.edu.cn (202.38.95.110) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from mirrors.ustc.edu.cn (202.38.95.110): icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=5.46 ms 64 bytes from mirrors.ustc.edu.cn (202.38.95.110): icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=5.68 ms 64 bytes from mirrors.ustc.edu.cn (202.38.95.110): icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=5.07 ms ^C --- mirrors.ustc.edu.cn ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 5.076/5.410/5.686/0.252 ms I don't know what's the problem about my x86_64 archlinux. -- My best regards to you. No System Is Safe! mudongliang

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[arch-general] grub
by flow 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Is it possible to boot archlinux-2015.11.01-dual.iso (and install then) with grub? - -- Have a nice day! ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Sun Nov 8 16:34:29 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlY/eZUACgkQViYZwngkfDvt3wCgn+9OaqEcaWIiPg1GLnNZpj7d hnUAoI2NhlrMRoQ92kdC1X95rQB8ExAI =zPPR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] KVM troubles
by Luna Moonbright 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

Does anyone here have experience troubleshooting KVM installs in arch? I am using virsh and virt-manager, the VM seems to successfully boot, but the virtualization window is only showing a black screen with a cursor in the top left of the window. (on the host) journelctl -xe only shows one related error: "libvirtd[298]: this function is not supported by the connection driver: virConnectGetCPUModuleNames" If it helps: the ISO I am trying to boot from is the live disk that comes with "Hacking: The Art of Exploitation" Thanks in advance.

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[arch-general] lost thunderbird icon
by James 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

I lost the thunderbird icon from the lxde menu.

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[arch-general] systems upgrade from 227-1 to 228-3
by Michael Dahlberg 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

I just upgraded my archlinux system and with it I upgraded systemd from version 227-1 to 228-3. Now when the system reboots I get stuck at a start job running “Create Volatile Files and Directories” and since it looks as if there is no timeout limit my system just sits there trying to run this service. I’ve checked my /var partition and it is mounted with the acl option and it looks as if the /var/log/journal directory does have all attributes. Any suggestions? Thanks. -- Michael Dahlberg

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[arch-general] [SOLVED] Re: Intel graphic Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated i915 module
by Maykel Franco 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

2015-11-26 12:16 GMT+01:00 Maykel Franco <maykeldebian(a)gmail.com>: > Hi, I have a kernel 4.2.5-1-ARCH and I have the problem...In dmesg: > > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 0 at > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c:620 > hsw_unclaimed_reg_debug+0x6d/0x90 [i915]() > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: Unclaimed register detected before > reading register 0x223a0 > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi > joydev mousedev rtsx_usb_ms rtsx_usb_sdmmc memstick hid_generic > rtsx_usb arc4 x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp iTCO_wdt msi_wmi usbhid > iTCO_ve > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: hid soundcore btusb snd_soc_sst_acpi > btrtl btbcm video btintel i2c_designware_platform bluetooth > gpio_lynxpoint 8250_dw i2c_designware_core spi_pxa2xx_platform > acpi_als kfifo_b > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: CPU: 3 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/3 Not > tainted 4.2.5-1-ARCH #1 > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: Hardware name: Micro-Star > International Co., Ltd. GE62 2QD/MS-16J2, BIOS E16J2IMS.113 07/17/2015 > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: 0000000000000000 62d0bb3ca29d2511 > ffff88045ecc3c88 ffffffff81570d0a > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: 0000000000000000 ffff88045ecc3ce0 > ffff88045ecc3cc8 ffffffff810748a6 > nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: 0000000000000001 ffff880446330000 > 00000000000223a0 ffff880446334398 > > I have the module i915. > > I probed this in the grub /etc/default/grub > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i915.powersave=0" > And: > > grub-mkconfig -o /boot/EFI/grub/grub.cfg > > But the kernel panic persist... Can I help me please? > > Kernel 4.2.5-1-ARCH. I think solved in the kernel 4.3-rc ... > > Could try install linux-git? I have resolved it with this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2284315&page=2 ------------------ I have posted the complete process that I followed to get it set up earlier on in this thread but I will post it again here for convenience. Here it is: 1. You HAVE to install ubuntu 15.04 64bit. Any other version simply does not work. 2. In the BIOS you have to disable the following: FastBoot, Intel Speedstep, SecureBoot 3. In the BIOS make sure that UEFI is enabled with CSM 4. When starting the Ubuntu installation you have to add the kernel option "libata.force=noncq". This is a MUST! 5. After the installation do a full update on Ubuntu. Then you can remove the kernel option "libata.force=noncq". Your SSD should perform faster now. But SpeedStep is still a problem. I have to keep it off. 6. I even re-enabled Fastboot and Secure in the BIOS and it still runs fine. --------------------- It works!!!

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[arch-general] Blank screen in X after updating to latest nvidia and xorg-server
by João Miguel 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Hello, I use a custom kernel and nvidia-dkms, but tested this with the regular kernel and nvidia package, and get precisely the same problem(s). As such, I'm going to try anything with DKMS and the custom kernel, so I don't need to be switching back and forth and rebooting all the time. After updating my system, I get a blank screen when I start the X. Normally (before the update, and in my current state), I see the first few lines of output of startx, the screen turning on and off (because of modesetting), and then my .xinitrc getting executed. However, with the latest Xorg and nVidia versions, I see the first few lines, and then X appears to freeze. I can switch to another tty and check that it executed my .xinitrc and my WM is running, but if I switch back, I just see a frozen image of whatever I was looking at before switching to the terminal running the X. In fact, if when it starts I do <Meta-Shift-Enter>touch x-works<Ctrl-D><Meta-Shift-Q> it does create a file called x-works and exit normally. A log of this is available as Xorg.18.log (attached). I'm not very knowledgeable about the X, but it seems to me it is related to this part of the log: [ 5167.048] (II) modeset(1): using drv /dev/dri/card0 [ 5167.048] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section. [ 5167.048] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting" while in Xorg.17.log (attached), it does its job. Here's the combinations of up/down-grading I tried after I got the blank screen. The versions I had before the update were 355 and 17 and graphical acceleration did work, but trying now, it doesn't (tried with glxgears). Also, to downgrade xorg-server I also needed to downgrade xf86-input-evdev and xf86-video-intel. I always remembered to recompile the nvidia module with DKMS. Xorg versions 1.17 1.18 nVidia 355 No accel nVidia complaint about X version, crash versions 358 OK Blank screen $ lspci |grep 3D 04:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 840M] (rev a2) I have also mangled with nvidia-xconfig, but it only made things that were working not work, or had no visible effect. My xorg.conf is also attached. I'm curious as to why the 358-1.17 combo works, and latest doesn't, and why the 355-1.17 combo used to work, and now works but glxgears doesn't work with it. Thank you in advance for any suggestion, P.S.: Sorry that the attachments are in a tgz, but the original was rejected (over 40K). Also, sorry that I posted this following another thread.

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[arch-general] suckless-terminal (st) in community - is there an issue with st-255color terminfo and tmux?
by Oon-Ee Ng 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

I'm really glad st is now in community, though I find it slightly odd its orphaned even though it's just been moved. Anyway, on the upgrade my terminal would not start, and I tracked that down to the default config.h setting termname to 'st-256color' Changing that to 'stterm-256color' means it doesn't crash on startup anymore. It's because I start tmux automatically in terminal. The problem with 'st' is that the name is nigh-on un-google-able... anyone else knows about this issue or has hit it before?

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[arch-general] Intel graphic Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated i915 module
by Maykel Franco 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Hi, I have a kernel 4.2.5-1-ARCH and I have the problem...In dmesg: nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 0 at drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c:620 hsw_unclaimed_reg_debug+0x6d/0x90 [i915]() nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: Unclaimed register detected before reading register 0x223a0 nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi joydev mousedev rtsx_usb_ms rtsx_usb_sdmmc memstick hid_generic rtsx_usb arc4 x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp iTCO_wdt msi_wmi usbhid iTCO_ve nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: hid soundcore btusb snd_soc_sst_acpi btrtl btbcm video btintel i2c_designware_platform bluetooth gpio_lynxpoint 8250_dw i2c_designware_core spi_pxa2xx_platform acpi_als kfifo_b nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: CPU: 3 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/3 Not tainted 4.2.5-1-ARCH #1 nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GE62 2QD/MS-16J2, BIOS E16J2IMS.113 07/17/2015 nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: 0000000000000000 62d0bb3ca29d2511 ffff88045ecc3c88 ffffffff81570d0a nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: 0000000000000000 ffff88045ecc3ce0 ffff88045ecc3cc8 ffffffff810748a6 nov 25 20:10:27 cherraez kernel: 0000000000000001 ffff880446330000 00000000000223a0 ffff880446334398 I have the module i915. I probed this in the grub /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i915.powersave=0" And: grub-mkconfig -o /boot/EFI/grub/grub.cfg But the kernel panic persist... Can I help me please? Kernel 4.2.5-1-ARCH. I think solved in the kernel 4.3-rc ... Could try install linux-git?

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[arch-general] Linux still at 4.2, but nvidia and virtualbox compiled for 4.3?
by Sebastiaan Lokhorst 24 Nov '15

24 Nov '15

So I just did an update and got the following messages: (16/24) upgrading nvidia [----------------------------------] 100% cat: /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-4.3-ARCH/version: No such file or directory .... (20/24) upgrading virtualbox-host-modules [----------------------------------] 100% cat: /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-4.3-ARCH/version: No such file or directory It seems like these are looking for Linux 4.3, but the linux package in [core] is still at 4.2. I'm afraid if I'll reboot, there will be problems with the graphics driver. Why wasn't the linux package updated alongside these others? Or am I wrong, and is this harmless?

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[arch-general] Problems with movie playback (HTML5)
by Łukasz Michalski 24 Nov '15

24 Nov '15

Hi, After recent update I have problems in HTML5 movie playback. In Chromium, films on YouTube are buffered but don't want to start at all. Pressing play/pause has no effect. I can manually move playback to different time but this only causes new frame to show without playback. In firefox I can play video, switch on another one but I cannot reload page - firefox freezes completely. System updated with pacman 16.11.2015. Anyone seeing similar things? Regards, Łukasz

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[arch-general] hifishield / odroid-c1+ plus on archlinux
by Andreas Ladanyi 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Hi, howto setup the hifishield odroid-c1+ on archlinux. cheers, Andreas

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[arch-general] archwiki - PHP page, no longer a recommended config for php and apache?
by David C. Rankin 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

All, Less than 90 days ago I went through a server rebuild and at the time there were 3 options listed in the PHP wiki for using PHP (the normal php package) with apache: libphp5.so apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi (see original thread from 8/25/15 titled: "PHP - libphp5.so, OR php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi, OR php5 with apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid") I initially installed with libphp5.so, and all worked well. I was going to investigate the other two over the holidays, but returning to the wiki today I find none of those remain recommended configurations. Instead, now the wiki only recommends a configuration for Zend Core + Apache which includes: Install mod_fcgid (the official one sucks) Install Zend Core (official PHP distribution) Uninstall the php package ^^^^^^^^^ Where the confusion lies, is there are no longer *any* suggested configurations for plain PHP (from the traditional php package) and Apache? Does this mean that the combination of plain php and apache is no longer recommended/supported on Arch or has the earlier content of wiki just been deleted for some other reason? Are the other configurations for using the normal php package with apache still fine, but will no longer be mentioned in the arch wiki? I try to stick with the way arch recommends doing/configuring packages as stated in the arch wiki, but it just seems like the current PHP wiki page has either had relevant information unintentionally deleted, or the entire way apache/php has been used in the past is undergoing a radical change. What say those that know? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Bug? Home (encrypted) unmount error message during shutdown, when using UUID in fstab
by Merlin Büge 22 Nov '15

22 Nov '15

Hello everyone, This is my first post here, hope I'm doing it allright:) I have an encrypted setup with both / and home encrypted, on two different partitions with plain LUKS, so no LVM, RAID, etc.. Since my last Arch update I have a strange issue: during shutdown, I get the following error message: systemd[1]: Stopped (with error) /dev/mapper/home_crypt. Due to a hint on #archlinux, I've changed the specification of the encrypted home_partition in my /etc/fstab from "UUID=..." to "/dev/mapper/home_crypt", and this indeed removed the error message during shutdown. Before the update, everything went fine - with UUID in my /etc/fstab. I described the issue very detailed here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1580311 I'm not sure if this is a bug, so my question is, should I file a bug report on this? Thank you! Have a nice day :) Merlin -- Merlin Büge <toni(a)bluenox07.de>

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[arch-general] Rerun bootloader from initramfs
by Mauro Santos 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

I've been searching if rerunning the bootloader from an initramfs is possible but my searches have come up empty. Anyone here knows how to do it or if it is possible? I would be happy if someone could provide me with some pointers. -- Mauro Santos

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[arch-general] Mouse buttons not working in X
by Magnus Therning 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

I've just updated a sligtly neglected machine I have (not upgraded since mid-September). Thanks to the [ARA][1] I managed to upgrade it in weekly steps. It all seemed to work fine, and indeed it boots just fine. There's only one little thing that's broken: the mouse buttons don't work. Yes, it's really only the mouse buttons that don't work. I can move the pointer using the mouse. I can scroll using the scroll wheel. Starting `xev` I thought I'd have a look at what actually happens: 1. Start `xev`. 2. Move the pointer into the window -> the various events scroll by in the terminal. 3. Press the left mouse button -> no event printed in the terminal. 4. Move the pointer in the window -> no events are printed in the terminal. 5. Change focus to another window using Ctrl-Tab, change back -> movements in the `xev` window once again generate events. I've tried searching for a solution, but I can't find anything resembling this. What could be causing this behaviour, and how do I fix it? /M [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux_Archive -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Goto labels should be left-aligned in all caps and should include the programmer's name, home phone number, and credit card number. -- Abdul Nizar

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[arch-general] lxc-console to LXC container not working
by Viktor Trojanovic 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Hi list, I ran pacman -Syu on one of my LXC containers running Arch and subsequently could not log on to it using lxc-console. The login screen would appear at first but the credentials entry was messed up. Every time I enter my credentials, I get back a login prompt, and several times the password entry would not even be obfuscated but show the typed text. At any rate, no matter how often I would try to login, it would fail. Luckily, lxc-attach still worked so I could easily check the logs, here an extract: Nov 17 15:49:51 fileserver login[90]: pam_unix(login:auth): authentication failure; logname=LOGIN uid=0 euid=0 tty=pts/0 ruser= Nov 17 15:49:54 fileserver login[90]: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM pts/0 FOR viktor, Authentication failure Nov 17 15:49:57 fileserver login[90]: pam_securetty(login:auth): unexpected response from failed conversation function Nov 17 15:49:57 fileserver login[90]: pam_securetty(login:auth): cannot determine username Nov 17 15:49:57 fileserver login[90]: pam_nologin(login:auth): cannot determine username Nov 17 15:49:57 fileserver login[90]: FAILED LOGIN SESSION FROM pts/0 FOR (unknown), Error in service module Nov 17 15:49:57 fileserver login[86]: pam_tally(login:auth): pam_get_uid; no such user Nov 17 15:50:00 fileserver systemd[1]: container-getty(a)0.service: Service has no hold-off time, scheduling restart. Nov 17 15:50:00 fileserver systemd[1]: Stopped Container Getty on /dev/pts/0. Nov 17 15:50:00 fileserver systemd[1]: Started Container Getty on /dev/pts/0. Nov 17 15:50:00 fileserver systemd[1]: getty(a)lxc-tty1.service: Service has no hold-off time, scheduling restart. Nov 17 15:50:00 fileserver systemd[1]: Stopped Getty on lxc/tty1. Nov 17 15:50:00 fileserver systemd[1]: Started Getty on lxc/tty1. Nov 17 15:50:04 fileserver agetty[109]: pts/0: input overrun I solved my issue simply by commenting the line auth required pam_securetty.so in the file /etc/pam.d/login, and now I can properly log in using lxc-console. Does anyone know what the exact issue is here, and if there is a better way to handle this than I presented? Thanks, Viktor

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[arch-general] Policy about packages and file capabilities
by Damjan Georgievski 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

What's the policy about capabilities for executables in Arch packages? I'm asking since in my setup I'm running wpa_supplicant as the 'nobody' user, but I let it keep the NET_ADMIN and NET_RAW capabilities (excerpt from the .service file): User=nobody SupplementaryGroups=rfkill CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_RAW The executable needs to have those capabilities on the executable in order to keep them when switching to user `nobody`, so I set them with: setcap 'cap_net_raw=ep cap_net_admin=ep' /usr/bin/wpa_supplicant I'd suggest (and send a patch) to add these capabilities in the next update to the package if that's acceptable. PS. wpa_supplicant is still not updated from version 2.3 which doesn't work with the wifi interface in the 4addr mode, bridged and with the -b option of wpa_supplicant. 2.4 and 2.5 work in that scenario. so I hope an update is due. -- damjan

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[arch-general] gsl 2.1
by Scott Lawrence 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

Hi all, It seems that the latest officially stable version of gsl (gnu scientific library) is 2.1. The repository is at 1.16, and I don't see anything more recent in [testing] or AUR. Is there an intention to update this package straight to 2.1, or to introduce a gsl2 package? I've no problem with putting this on AUR myself, but I don't want to step on toes / waste time. -- Scott Lawrence

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[arch-general] Thunar sftp connection not working - access denied
by Friedrich Strohmaier 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

Hi Folks, since some time I cannot get thunar connect my remote servers folders via sftp. Error dialog: Failed to open "/my/remote/path on my.server" access denied ssh access works as expected. I feel like it stopped working after I got this arch announce: https://www.archlinux.org/news/d-bus-now-launches-user-buses/ System: recent arch x86_64 xfce4 4.12 I didn't find anything useful by net search, so my question here: Did anyone else get hit by this? Is there likely a relation to changes in D-Bus. Any hint to nail down this one appreciated. -- Friedrich

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[arch-general] Line Drawing Characters
by David N Murray 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

Hi all, I've built several machines by installing Arch from scratch. Recently, I built a Linode VM using their Arch image, dated 2015-08. From there, I did a normal `pacman -Syu` to update the system. My problem is probably trivial, annoying, and I haven't been able to figure it out. I'm hoping someone can give me a hint on where to look. I've been through the post-install docs and can't figure out what might be causing this. The machine I'm on is running xfce and I'm using xfce4-terminal 0.6.3. If I do something like `systemctl status`, I see output that is mostly ascii characters: * on the first line next to the name of the host, pipe (|) next to each line in the CGroup. If I ssh into another local machine, I see the same thing. My problem is on the Linode box. When I ssh there and run the same command, I'm seeing garbage where I see pipes next to each line in the CGroup output. I don't know if this is going to paste properly, but I'll try: Local: CGroup: / |-init.scope Linode: CGroup: / ââinit.scope On the linode box, those 2 characters actually occupy 6 characters in the output and the last 5 characters are each drawn in a box and overwrite the first character of the process name. All the characters appear as "garbage." What's really strange is that the output from `top` is fine, and that appears to use some graphics and color. Has anyone seen something like this? All sessions have the same TERM variable (xterm). This is an area of any Linux I've never spent much time. It always just worked out-of-the-box (for any distro I've ever used). The only thing I can think of at this point is to try and diff the two systems' /etc directories and see if I can track it down that way. Maybe that's next. TIA, Dave

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[arch-general] Xorg 1.18.0 enters [testing].
by Laurent Carlier 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

Xorg 1.18.0 is entering [testing] with the following changes: - You can now choose between xf86-input-evdev and xf86-input-libinput. - xf86-input-aiptek will not be updated and will be removed when xorg-1.18.0 is moved to [extra] Caveat: NVIDIA drivers are not yet compatible with 1.18.0. You can block the upgrade by appending --ignoregroup=xorg to the pacman command or adding 'xorg' to IgnoreGroup in pacman.conf -- Laurent Carlier http://www.archlinux.org

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-announce] Xorg 1.18.0 enters [testing]
by Leonid Isaev 14 Nov '15

14 Nov '15

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 01:01:09PM -0000, Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Laurent Carlier wrote: > Xorg 1.18.0 is entering [testing] with the following changes: > > * You can now choose between `xf86-input-evdev` and `xf86-input-libinput`. > > * `xf86-input-aiptek` will not be updated and will be removed when xorg-1.18.0 > is moved to [extra] > > Caveat: > > NVIDIA drivers are not yet compatible with 1.18.0. You can block the upgrade by > appending --ignoregroup=xorg to the pacman command or adding 'xorg' to > IgnoreGroup in pacman.conf > > URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/xorg-1180-enters-testing/ Hmm, on my machine Xorg now runs as root, and I had to create /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config to enfoce the old behavior of dropping suid privs... Has anyone else noticed this? Thanks, -- Leonid Isaev GPG fingerprints: DA92 034D B4A8 EC51 7EA6 20DF 9291 EE8A 043C B8C4 C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D

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[arch-general] systemd-networkd and netctl with multiple interfaces
by Bennett Piater 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Hello! I installed Arch on my new Thinkpad T450s over the weekend. Everything works well, but I have a question: I use systemd-networkd to manage my network interfaces and netctl for the connections. I set everything up according to (this)[0] and (this)[1] to get automatic activation of wifi via netctl-auto and netctl-ifplugd. My question is as follows: I use i3wm, and i3status shows *both* ethernet and wifi as connected if I plug in the cable while having a wifi connection. What does this mean exactly, and how is my traffic routed? Thanks in advance for clearing that up. Cheers, Bennett [0]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-networkd#Wired_and_wireless_ad… [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netctl#Automatic_switching_of_profiles -- GPG fingerprint: 871F 1047 7DB3 DDED 5FC4 47B2 26C7 E577 EF96 7808

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Re: [arch-general] QT applicacion dies on plain fluxbox, but not on fluxbox on top of LXDE
by Javier Vasquez 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v(a)gmail.com> wrote: > ... > > In case more information is required, well besides bein using Arch for > x86-64, up to date, with fluxbox version 1.3.7-1, attached go some > outputs from strace, gdb, and coredump. I actually can't make much > sense out of them... OK, attachments failed, so linking to gist files with the outputs: https://gist.github.com/je-vv/89c4910a740afcac89a7#file-hpmyroom_coredump-t… https://gist.github.com/je-vv/7595e5949870db15d6d0#file-hpmyroom_gdb-txt https://gist.github.com/je-vv/a3a7b9d95b8d0eca9078#file-hpmyroom_strace-txt Thanks, -- Javier

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Re: [arch-general] systemd-networkd and netctl with multiple interfaces
by Tinu Weber 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 16:06:18 +0100, Bennett Piater wrote: > They have different metrics as per the example from the wiki. > > However, no wiki article or manpage that I encountered explained what > exactly the metric does. Could you explain that to me? > > Cheers, > Bennett > > > If there are multiple default routes with the same metric, this might > > cause issues, as packets might be sent randomly through one of the two > > interfaces (thus with different IP addresses), leading to packet drops. > > > > If the metric value is different, this shouldn't be a problem, though. The idea is that if none of the routes match the destination, the default route is used. If there multiple of them... well, nobody can tell you what happens. Usually the kernel chooses the route with the lower metric (to "break the tie"), but I cannot tell you exactly what it signifies. I'd suggest to try to find out why netctl makes it possible to have multiple default routes (however, as I don't use netctl, I'm not able to answer this), as this is usually a bad idea. By the way, I'll redirect this discussion back to the mailing list, maybe someone can answer this. Best, Tinu

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[arch-general] QT applicacion dies on plain fluxbox, but not on fluxbox on top of LXDE
by Javier Vasquez 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Hi, I've been using plain fluxbox, rather than any DE, for several years now. I use dunst for libnotify server BTW... However now a days there's an application "hpmyroom" [1], based on QT for linux, which dies any time there's an interactive popup. For example deleting a buddy will pop up a dialog to ask whether you want to confirm or not. Or when someone sends a buddy request, a dialog pops up to confirm whether to accept it or not. When using plain fluxbox, "hpmyroom" immediately dies with a segmentation fault, when such popups are suppose to happen (nothing pops up actually). Other guys using Arch were not having problems, but they were using DEs like XFCE, Gnome, KDE and others. So I tried LXDE, but using fluxbox instead of openbox. To my surprise, that worked out. Same fluxbox, just on top LXDE. Problem is that I don't really want to be running a DE. I was exploring what would LXDE be providing that I'm not using on plain fluxbox with no DE, but couldn't find what it might be. As mentioned, I was already using a libnotify server, dunst. I changed it for others like "xfce4-notifyd" and "notification-daemon", which made no difference. So I discarded a libnotify issue. Then the other thing that came to mind, though more relunctantly was graphics polkit. So I called "lxpolkit" (part of lxsession from LXDE) on the .xinitrc, prior to calling "startfluxbox", but that didn't help either. So, as I suspected initially, that didn't seem like it. Arch handles dbus through xinit, when calling "startx" or using "xdm", but then just in case I tried manually: systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY XAUTHORITY dbus-update-activation-environment DISPLAY XAUTHORITY As expected, that didn't help a bit... Anyone with some clues as to what I might be missing to keep using plain fluxbox? -- Javier [1] https://www.myroom.hpe.com

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[arch-general] xcompmgr/compton + compositing + fluxbox
by Javier Vasquez 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Hi, To enable the Xorg compositing extension with plain fluxbox (no DE), and be able to use true transparency, I'm using compton (I've used xcompmgr with worse results), but I experience some problems: 1.- At times, though fluxbox is still up and running, it stops managing the non GTK/QT applications, such xterm or rxvt-unicode. The only way to get fluxbox to start controlling them again is through a fluxbox restart. 2.- At times, when restarting fluxbox due to [1], the X session dies, and a new login is required. As I said, with xcompmgr the problems show up more often, both [1] and [2]. That's why I keep using compton. Any idea on how to avoid these problems? In case, I'm calling compton in my ~/.xinitrc, prior to calling startfluxbox, like this: compton -bc -o 0.22 -m 0.88 & I'm not having any particular Xorg configuration to enable compositing. Some fluxbox setting to take advantage of transparency: session.screen0.menu.alpha: 210 session.screen0.slit.alpha: 210 session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha: 215 session.screen0.toolbar.alpha: 210 For rxvt-unicode: URxvt*.depth: 32 URxvt*.background: [88]#000000 And for conky: own_window_argb_visual = true, own_window_transparent = true, Don't think those settings will help anything, but just in case... Thanks, -- Javier

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[arch-general] [mkinitcpio] keeping modules added by install file
by Mauro Santos 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

I'm working on install and hook files for mkinitcpio and I'm adding some modules to the initramfs image with the install file. My problem is that the modules I add with the install file get removed when the autodetect hook runs. Is there any way to keep some modules when the autodetect hook runs as if they were defined in the MODULES array in mkinitcpio.conf? I know I'm seeing the expected behavior but I need some modules to be included in the initramfs even if they are not in use in the running system, and it would be nice to have the smallest initramfs as possible. -- Mauro Santos

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[arch-general] Openvpn Iptables
by siefke_listen＠web.de 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Hello, i try to setup a openvpn server. The server and client communication is successfully installed but the routing make trouble. Iptables: #!/bin/bash # reset iptables -F iptables -X iptables -t nat -F iptables -t nat -X iptables -t mangle -F iptables -t mangle -X iptables -t raw -F iptables -t raw -X iptables -t security -F iptables -t security -X iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT # openvpn iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE iptables -A INPUT -i tun+ -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i tun+ -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i tap+ -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i tap+ -j ACCEPT Has someone a idea how can routing all traffic through sever from clients? The openvpn configuration is same like tutorial on wiki page from archlinux, change only certifications path and ta key is activated. Thanks for help ---------------- Silvio Siefke

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[arch-general] Long-term offline Arch system
by Aron Widforss 07 Nov '15

07 Nov '15

Hi, I'm going out for a four month hike next spring, and will not bring my loved XPS with me. It struck me yesterday that being offline for four months is something pacman and yaourt might not like. How do these programs handle long-term stasis, will things break horribly when I come back and run an update? Is there anything I can do to avoid it? Best regards, Aron Widforss

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[arch-general] Kernel 4.2.5-1-ARCH max CPU temperature
by Dennis Lange 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Hi everybody, I am using an i7-2600K and since Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH my CPU temperature goes up to 98°C. Before 4.2.5-1 lm_sensors max temperature was around 64°C. First I examine my CPU fan, but it works like before. Any idea why this is happening?

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[arch-general] LXQt 0.10 in [community]
by Jerome Leclanche 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

LXQt in [community] has been updated to 0.10. Enjoy! See here for the announcement and changelog: http://sourceforge.net/p/lxde/mailman/message/34586993/ J. Leclanche

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[arch-general] Infinality repositories seems to break upgrade (could not satisfy dependencies).
by Maxim Lacrima 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Hi, I use infinality for better font rendering, but looks like it breaks system upgrade. sudo pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date infinality-bundle is up to date infinality-bundle-fonts is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... :: Replace ttf-noto-sans-ib with infinality-bundle-fonts/ttf-noto-fonts-ib? [Y/n] :: Replace ttf-noto-sans-multilang-ib with infinality-bundle-fonts/ttf-noto-fonts-nonlatin-ib? [Y/n] :: Replace ttf-noto-serif-ib with infinality-bundle-fonts/ttf-noto-fonts-ib? [Y/n] resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: ttf-noto-serif-multilang-ib: requires ttf-noto-serif-ib Should I just disable infinality repositories and enable them later, when it is fixed? Thank you -- Regards, Maxim

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Re: [arch-general] Can't login after upgrading ncurses but not bash (partial upgrade)
by Nick Andryshak 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Thanks Simon, this is what I ended up doing. My provider (DigitalOcean) mounted an Arch ISO for me, and allowed me to boot into it using the console access from their control panel. I was then by able to repair the installation by mounting my system and using pacman with the --root, --cache-dir and --config switches pointed at my install. Nick On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Simon Brulhart <simon(a)brulhart.me> wrote: > Le 26 oct. 2015 16:05, Nick Andryshak <nandryshak(a)gmail.com> a écrit : > > > > Hello, I'm in a bit of a sticky situation, which is the result of me > being > > an idiot and not knowing how to use Arch even after years of using it. > > > > I reinstalled ncurses with pacman, which I assume gave me ncurses 6 and > > removed ncurses 5. But I didn't upgrade bash (or zsh), I guess is still > > linked against 5, because when I try to login I get this error: > > > > $ ssh me(a)xyz.com > > Last login: Mon Oct 26 08:56:59 2015 from x.x.x.x > > -bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot > open > > shared object file: No such file or directory > > Connection to xyz.com closed. > > > > I can't use sftp either. Oh, also, this is on a vps, so I don't have > > physical access to the machine. > > > > Is there any way to fix this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nick > > Are you able to boot from a different system in your VPS's control panel? > If you have a 'network boot' or 'boot from ISO' feature, you could use it > and reinstall bash with pacstrap from there. > > Simon

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[arch-general] Laptop sometimes freeze
by Maykel Franco 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Hi, since I updated the kde 4 to plasma kde 5, the system sometimes freeze... maykel  maykel-arch  ~  Downloads  $  dmesg | grep -i error [ 2.568585] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.GFX0._DSM] (Node ffff8802264acb40), AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT (20150619/psparse-536) [ 2.570201] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.GFX0._DSM] (Node ffff8802264acb40), AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT (20150619/psparse-536) [ 2.570208] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM] (Node ffff8802264c52f8), AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT (20150619/psparse-536) [ 2.701980] [drm:intel_set_pch_fifo_underrun_reporting [i915]] *ERROR* uncleared pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder A [ 2.701998] [drm:intel_pch_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* PCH transcoder A FIFO underrun Why is this?

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[arch-general] i3 and .zprofile
by Stefan Tatschner 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

Hi, I have recently switched from gnome to i3. I really like it, but there are still a few annoying problems left… Currently I use gdm to login; my login shell is set to zsh in /etc/passwd. I have several dotfiles, like ".zshrc" and ".zprofile" in $HOME. The problem is, that i3 does not seem to spawn a login shell correctly (is this even possible?). In gnome3 my settings in .zprofile are applied globally and just fine. In i3 the entire .zprofile is missed. Since .zprofile is sourced by interactive login shells, I guess that there might be a problem. Am I missing something here? Thanks, Stefan

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Re: [arch-general] Can't login after upgrading ncurses but not bash (partial upgrade)
by Simon Brulhart 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Le 26 oct. 2015 16:05, Nick Andryshak <nandryshak(a)gmail.com> a écrit : > > Hello, I'm in a bit of a sticky situation, which is the result of me being > an idiot and not knowing how to use Arch even after years of using it. > > I reinstalled ncurses with pacman, which I assume gave me ncurses 6 and > removed ncurses 5. But I didn't upgrade bash (or zsh), I guess is still > linked against 5, because when I try to login I get this error: > > $ ssh me(a)xyz.com > Last login: Mon Oct 26 08:56:59 2015 from x.x.x.x > -bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > Connection to xyz.com closed. > > I can't use sftp either. Oh, also, this is on a vps, so I don't have > physical access to the machine. > > Is there any way to fix this? > > Thanks, > > Nick Are you able to boot from a different system in your VPS's control panel? If you have a 'network boot' or 'boot from ISO' feature, you could use it and reinstall bash with pacstrap from there. Simon

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[arch-general] Can't login after upgrading ncurses but not bash (partial upgrade)
by Nick Andryshak 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Hello, I'm in a bit of a sticky situation, which is the result of me being an idiot and not knowing how to use Arch even after years of using it. I reinstalled ncurses with pacman, which I assume gave me ncurses 6 and removed ncurses 5. But I didn't upgrade bash (or zsh), I guess is still linked against 5, because when I try to login I get this error: $ ssh me(a)xyz.com Last login: Mon Oct 26 08:56:59 2015 from x.x.x.x -bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Connection to xyz.com closed. I can't use sftp either. Oh, also, this is on a vps, so I don't have physical access to the machine. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks, Nick

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[arch-general] xbacklight, gnome brightness slider don't work, but changing rightness within /sys will
by Alexander Terry 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

as per subject, whenever i try to change my brightness with xbacklight -set, it doesnt work. it does not change the brightness. the same thing happenes in gnome, with the brightness slider on the top right menu. what does work is (as root) going into /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight, and changing the value in the brightness folder. there are no other folders in /sys/class/backlight.

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[arch-general] screensaver
by flow 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

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[arch-general] pulseaudio, systemd --user and session problems
by Karsten Rode 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hi, I have a problem I think is related to the startup of a systemd user session. I noticed lately that pulseaudio does not automatically start, although I can start it form the command line later with $ pulseaudio --start After digging around I found that pulseaudio should be started by the systemd user session, so as a first test I did $ systemctl --user which gave Failed to list units: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1 From what I recall, there are some conditions that has to be met in order for user sessions to work, and the output of $ loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID contains (among other things): Remote=no Service=lightdm Desktop=xfce Scope=session-c2.scope Leader=1118 Audit=0 Type=x11 Class=user Active=yes Does anybody have an idea of where o look for further information ? As you can see above I use lightdm as the display manager. -- Karsten

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[arch-general] jpurnalctl --setup-keys error
by Dennis Anderson 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hello everyone, When I run the setup keys command I get this: #journalctl --setup-keys Generating seed... Generating key pair... Generating sealing key... Failed to set file attributes: Operation not supported The new key pair has been generated. The secret sealing key has been written to the following local file. This key file is automatically updated when the sealing key is advanced. It should not be used on multiple hosts. /var/log/journal/9999999999999999999999/fss Please write down the following secret verification key. It should be stored at a safe location and should not be saved locally on disk. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The sealing key is automatically changed every 15min. The keys have been generated for host xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I changed the secret stuff. Paranoid? It seems like it worked AFAIK. Any advice or comments welcome and appreciated. Thanks, Dennis

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[arch-general] Gnome-Terminal can we update to 3.18.0.1
by Britt Yazel 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hi, I know that the reason Gnome-Terminal has not been upgrade from 3.18.0 is due to us waiting for the 3.18.1 release, however there is a ridiculous bug that causes the app to have a search bar that takes up 50% of the width of the window that I have been living with for 3 weeks, and which was fixed in 3.18.0.1. I hate to pester, but the package was flagged out of date weeks ago but still hasn't been updated, and this bug is impossible to ignore, and is cringe worthy. -Britt

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[arch-general] gtk related packages reported as corrupt and blocking all updates
by mick 20 Oct '15

20 Oct '15

for the last few days I have been unable to apply updates. Pacman reports the following:- (85/85) checking package integrity [######################] 100% error: at-spi2-core: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens(a)gmail.com>" is invalid :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/at-spi2-core-2.18.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: gtk-update-icon-cache: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens(a)gmail.com>" is invalid :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gtk-update-icon-cache-3.18.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: gtk3: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens(a)gmail.com>" is invalid :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gtk3-3.18.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. can anyone help me find the answer? mik

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[arch-general] Blue/Black Screen of Death with Plasma5
by Dutch Ingraham 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Hi folks- The backstory: I bought a new el-cheapo multi-function printer-scanner today and as a consequence installed sane, xsane, and kdegraphics-ksaneplugin. I did all that while logged into my usual window manager, dwm. All was fine. Then I wanted to try the kde plugin, so logged into kde desktop and was presented with what appeared to be the blue screen of death (sometimes black). Plasma seems to start fine, i.e., splash screen goes through its usual motions, then the blue/black screen appears when the desktop usually does. However, not was all as it seemed. The entire kde suite works, i.e., mouse and keyboard, and most, but not all, applications (although to access them I need to alt-F2 and run them manually.) The only thing that does not seem to work is the desktop itself. I cannot say the packages I installed today are the cause - it could be any update within the last two weeks; as noted, I rarely log into the kde desktop. My uname -a is: Linux arch 4.2.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 3 18:52:50 CEST 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux My desktop is: plasma-desktop-5.4.2-1 As you can imagine, there are no shortage of google results regarding the blue/black screen. However, there was nothing current enough or otherwise useful. [1][2][3] Here's what I've tried so far, in no particular order: 1. removed kdegraphics-ksaneplugin; 2. re-installed plasma-desktop; 3. downgraded kactivities-frameworks; 4. removed ~/.kde and /tmp/kde-dutch. Logs don't show anything of importance (as I would expect, as Xorg starts and runs properly.) Top shows kwrapper5, dbus, polkit, kdeinit5, klauncher, kded5, kactivitymanager, etc., all running. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated; If further information is needed, please let me know. [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143124 [2] https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=118151 [3] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193286

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[arch-general] Qemu / KVM 9p rootfs not booting automatically
by H8H 18 Oct '15

18 Oct '15

Hi I'm trying to paravirtualize my archs. Therefore I've created a directory and fill it with `pacstrap -d /root/arch base` After that I've chrooted into `arch-chroot /root/arch /bin/bash` Inside I've changed the /etc/mkinitcpio.conf MODULES="9p 9pnet virtio virtio_blk virtio_pci virtio_net" HOOKS="base udev block autodetect modconf filesystems keyboard fsck" (Don't know if all the stuff is necessary) I've saved that file and run `mkinitcpio -p linux` I've exit chroot and start vm on the host system qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel "/root/arch/boot/vmlinuz-linux" \ -initrd "/root/arch/boot/initramfs-linux.img" \ -virtfs local,id=r,path=/root/arch,mount_tag=r,security_model=passthrough \ -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=r,mount_tag=r \ -enable-kvm \ -nographic \ -append 'root=r rw rootfstype=9p rootflags=trans=virtio console=ttyS0' As you can see it drops a recovery shell. But I can survive ... i think the same way the parameter append does. I don't know why this does not work automatically!? Any hints? Thanks :: running early hook [udev] starting version 226 :: running hook [udev] :: Triggering uevents... ERROR: device 'r' not found. Skipping fsck. ERROR: Unable to find root device 'r'. You are being dropped to a recovery shell Type 'exit' to try and continue booting sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [rootfs /]# mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio r new_root/ [rootfs /]# Trying to continue (this will most likely fail) ... :: mounting 'r' on real root mount: you must specify the filesystem type You are now being dropped into an emergency shell. sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [rootfs /]# Trying to continue (this will most likely fail) ... :: running cleanup hook [udev] Welcome to Arch Linux! [ OK ] Reached target Swap. [ OK ] Created slice System Slice. [ OK ] Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch. [ OK ] Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs. [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket (/dev/log). [ OK ] Created slice system-getty.slice. [ OK ] Reached target Encrypted Volumes. [ OK ] Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe. [ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems. [ OK ] Started Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch. [ OK ] Reached target Paths. [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket. Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System... Starting Setup Virtual Console... Mounting Debug File System... Starting Create list of required st... nodes for the current kernel... Starting Apply Kernel Variables... Starting Journal Service... Mounting Huge Pages File System... [ OK ] Listening on udev Control Socket. Mounting Temporary Directory... [ OK ] Listening on LVM2 metadata daemon socket. Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems... [ OK ] Listening on udev Kernel Socket. [ OK ] Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice. [ OK ] Created slice User and Session Slice. [ OK ] Reached target Slices. [ OK ] Set up automount Arbitrary Executab...ats File System Automount Point. Mounting Configuration File System... [ OK ] Mounted Huge Pages File System. [ OK ] Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System. [ OK ] Mounted Debug File System. [ OK ] Mounted Temporary Directory. [ OK ] Started Journal Service. [ OK ] Started Setup Virtual Console. [ OK ] Started Create list of required sta...ce nodes for the current kernel. [ OK ] Started Apply Kernel Variables. [ OK ] Started Remount Root and Kernel File Systems. [ OK ] Mounted Configuration File System. Starting udev Coldplug all Devices... Starting Load/Save Random Seed... Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev... Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage... [ OK ] Started Load/Save Random Seed. [ OK ] Started Flush Journal to Persistent Storage. [ OK ] Started Create Static Device Nodes in /dev. [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems (Pre). [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems. Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Starting udev Kernel Device Manager... [ OK ] Started udev Coldplug all Devices. [ OK ] Started udev Kernel Device Manager. [ OK ] Started Create Volatile Files and Directories. Starting Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown... [ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown. [ OK ] Reached target System Initialization. [ OK ] Started Daily verification of password and group files. [ OK ] Started Daily man-db cache update. [ OK ] Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket. [ OK ] Reached target Sockets. [ OK ] Reached target Basic System. Starting Login Service... Starting Permit User Sessions... [ OK ] Started D-Bus System Message Bus. [ OK ] Started Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories. [ OK ] Started Daily rotation of log files. [ OK ] Reached target Timers. [ OK ] Started Permit User Sessions. [ OK ] Found device /dev/ttyS0. [ OK ] Started Serial Getty on ttyS0. [ OK ] Started Getty on tty1. [ OK ] Reached target Login Prompts. [ OK ] Started Login Service. [ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System. [ OK ] Reached target Graphical Interface. Arch Linux 4.2.2-1-ARCH (ttyS0) localhost login: ===== Otherwise (Double CTRL+D without typing anything) :: running early hook [udev] starting version 226 :: running hook [udev] :: Triggering uevents... ERROR: device 'r' not found. Skipping fsck. ERROR: Unable to find root device 'r'. You are being dropped to a recovery shell Type 'exit' to try and continue booting sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [rootfs /]# Trying to continue (this will most likely fail) ... :: mounting 'r' on real root mount: you must specify the filesystem type You are now being dropped into an emergency shell. sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [rootfs /]# Trying to continue (this will most likely fail) ... :: running cleanup hook [udev] ERROR: Failed to mount the real root device. Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck. sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [rootfs /]# [ 2.790188] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000000 [ 2.790188] [ 2.791557] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.2.2-1-ARCH #1 [ 2.792420] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.8.2-20150617_082717-anatol 04/01/2014 [ 2.793920] 0000000000000000 0000000087ab9fb0 ffff88000655be08 ffffffff8156b9da [ 2.795077] 0000000000000000 ffffffff8170d340 ffff88000655be88 ffffffff8156a86a [ 2.796230] ffff880000000010 ffff88000655be98 ffff88000655be38 0000000087ab9fb0 [ 2.797418] Call Trace: [ 2.797796] [<ffffffff8156b9da>] dump_stack+0x4c/0x6e [ 2.798548] [<ffffffff8156a86a>] panic+0xce/0x206 [ 2.799252] [<ffffffff81077749>] do_exit+0xb39/0xb40 [ 2.799993] [<ffffffff810777db>] do_group_exit+0x3b/0xb0 [ 2.801094] [<ffffffff81077864>] SyS_exit_group+0x14/0x20 [ 2.801669] [<ffffffff81570f6e>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x71 [ 2.802442] Kernel Offset: disabled [ 2.802816] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000000 [ 2.802816] Cheers Chris

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[arch-general] Network issue with broadcom-wl-dkms
by Thomas AUREL 15 Oct '15

15 Oct '15

Hi everyone, I have some issues with my wireless. It is capable to connect to a network (with a static IP address) but when i launch a application which network, my laptop froze. The last driver version is installed with dkms (I removed all other versions). My laptop is the Dell XPS 13 (2015), I uses linux-lts. Any hint will be appreciate, Thomas

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[arch-general] No nVidia support on Apparmor kernel
by João Miguel 15 Oct '15

15 Oct '15

Hey there, I've used the ABS to compile a kernel with the CONFIG_AUDIT=y and CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR=y options enabled. Apparmor and audit work just fine, but when I tried to start a game, I failed. The following errors occur only when using the apparmor enabled kernel (independently of kernel boot parameters to enable/disable apparmor). $ lsmod | grep nvidia $ modprobe nvidia modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found. $ glxgears Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual $ glxinfo name of display: :0 Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Anything that doesn't require fancy graphics works (though libreoffice and some other programs complain anyway). The configuration files are much alike (diff attached) with only apparmor and audit options changed, and a few others presumably by `make config`. I also tried to use `make nconfig` in the PKGBUILD to change them, to the same effect. By following the wiki, I eventually found this out: $ ls /lib/modules/extra* /lib/modules/extramodules-4.2-apparmor: version /lib/modules/extramodules-4.2-ARCH: bbswitch.ko.gz nvidia.ko.gz nvidia-uvm.ko.gz version $ modprobe -c > ARCH.modprobe-c # with default kernel loaded $ modprobe -c > apparmor.modprobe-c # with compiled kernel loaded $ # ^^^-- diff attached to this message The diffs of these files clearly show the apparmor kernel seems to have no nvidia support, while the compile time configuration files show no difference in this matter. Using insmod doesn't work, as those extra modules are compiled for another kernel (error "Invalid module format"). But how are they there? I couldn't find any information on EXTRA modules in the wiki, never heard about them. Seems they are compiled separately: $ pacman -Qo /lib/modules/extramodules-4.2-ARCH/* /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-4.2-ARCH/bbswitch.ko.gz pertence a bbswitch 0.8-37 /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-4.2-ARCH/nvidia.ko.gz pertence a nvidia 355.11-3 /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-4.2-ARCH/nvidia-uvm.ko.gz pertence a nvidia 355.11-3 /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-4.2-ARCH/version pertence a linux 4.2.2-1 I guess at least now I know it's not some weird compilation option I forgot about... Might as well put the compiled kernel in the AUR. I doubt nvidia is giving away source code to compile that... Is this a dead end? Or perhaps the guys with nvidia and OpenSUSE found a way? How can I get that nvidia extra module to work on ? And why is it an "extra"? Wait, now I think of it, maybe I can make this work. Maybe I can get this to work with ABS, by pointing to the correct headers to the nvidia package. I will post this now because possibly someone else knows best, and if I end up solving my own problem, at least the solution becomes available for anyone looking for it. I found the answer to 60% of my original questions regarding this problem, while writing this email, if I don't post this now I may never do. I hope you're okay with this. Note: I sent this a while ago, got an error that it was too large, so now I used diff -c3 on the original attachments. Thanks for your time, João Miguel

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[arch-general] [dkms] Don't load blacklisted modules when starting dkms.service
by Simon Brulhart 14 Oct '15

14 Oct '15

Hello, I found that when starting the dkms service, every dkms module is loaded right after, even the ones that are blacklisted. The behavior is avoidable by adding the '-b' option to modprobe, in the dkms start script (/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/dkms), line 26. I don't see any drawback in adding this option, and the resulting behavior seems more intuitive in my option. It would also help prevent some issues as the one described here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=189032 Basically when using bumblebee and nvidia-dkms, the dkms service loads the nvidia and nvidia_uvm module after bumblebeed starts, which powers the discrete graphic card back on indefinitely. I wasn't sure if I should directly post an issue on the bugtracker, or first discuss about it here. Cheers Simon

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[arch-general] libreoffice not work
by mudongliang 14 Oct '15

14 Oct '15

$ libreoffice (soffice:4385): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_value_set_boxed: assertion 'G_VALUE_HOLDS_BOXED (value)' failed (soffice:4385): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: gtype.c:4268: type id '0' is invalid (soffice:4385): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: can't peek value table for type '<invalid>' which is not currently referenced Application Error $ libreoffice --version LibreOffice 5.0.2.2 00m0(Build:2) $ pacman -Ss libreoffice | grep installed extra/libcdr 0.1.1-2 [installed] extra/libreoffice-fresh 5.0.2-3 [installed] version not matchs here. There are no enough error tips. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? - mudongliang

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[arch-general] python2-cherrypy stuck to old version
by Cédric Girard 12 Oct '15

12 Oct '15

Hi, python2-cherrypy [1] is stuck at an old version (3.6.0) despite having been rebuilt several times since flagged out of date. Is there any reason for this? Current revision is 3.8.0 [2]. [1] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/python2-cherrypy/ [2] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/CherryPy Regards -- Cédric Girard

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[arch-general] glibc-2.22-4?
by Oon-Ee Ng 12 Oct '15

12 Oct '15

Was just doing an update, and saw glibc-2.22-4. Updating that gave the following error:- [2015-10-12 07:43] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] bash: loadlocale.c:130: _nl_intern_locale_data: Assertion `cnt < (sizeof (_nl_value_type_LC_COLLATE) / sizeof (_nl_value_type_LC_COLLATE[0]))' failed. This totally hosed my system, so I had to download the ISO and downgrade. However I can't seem to find glibc-2.22-4 anymore, not even on www.archlinux.org. Did I have a compromised mirror, or was it simply a mistake in pushing? For reference, I provide my top-most mirror (generated from reflector months ago) in case that's useful:- Server = http://archlinux.polymorf.fr/$repo/os/$arch

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Re: [arch-general] crda
by flow 10 Oct '15

10 Oct '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain > cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: > cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset > cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_e= irp), (dfs_cac_time) > cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/= A) > cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/= A) > cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/= A) > cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/= A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) > cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/= A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) > cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0= s) > cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/= A) > cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N= /A) > cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: 97 > systemd-udevd[1780]: Process '/usr/bin/crda' failed with exit code 234. If there is no way to fix it, then I would like to exclude follow message =66rom loging. Tell me the way how to do it. 13:28:36 kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain 13:28:39 kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain 13:28:42 kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain - --=20 _ - --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF4EAREKAAYFAlYPrxAACgkQBJ+YanH0fh6+wwD/S7UTDjfsl9vTmAisdsCDVDFk mt61gv74fDrxygalUjwA/3+97/qUr4/Qu86uwCPkayn/mWYmjtZcATeLBNhXSXbO =We+F - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi-- ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Sat Oct 3 17:10:10 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlYQC/MACgkQViYZwngkfDu10wCfWtLzW7bPz5flDZAIgTbB0Jch 4dAAn3eRegPECXa9rMQtb16oTOXWWrt0 =XQwk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Call for the Archlinux France Meetup #2
by Sébastien Luttringer 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hello, In order to prepare the second edition of the french Archlinux meetup, we are looking for talkers[1]. Lightning or longer talks are welcome. This edition should happen this November in Paris. If you are interested, please submit a subject by sending me a mail. Cheers, [1] We are also looking for sponsors for pizza and beer. -- Sébastien "Seblu" Luttringer https://seblu.net | Twitter: @seblu42 GPG: 0x2072D77A

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[arch-general] how to remove template service from systemd
by Łukasz Michalski 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi, I have template service for VirtualBox: [root@serenity amag_kghm]# cat /etc/systemd/system/vboxvmservice@.service [Unit] Description=VBox Virtual Machine %i Service Requires=systemd-modules-load.service After=systemd-modules-load.service [Service] User=zork Group=vboxusers ExecStart=/usr/bin/VBoxHeadless -s %i ExecStop=/usr/bin/VBoxManage controlvm %i savestate [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target On of service from this template failed and I removed it. Now systemctl status vboxvmservice@* shows: ● vboxvmservice(a)A.service - VBox Virtual Machine A Service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vboxvmservice@.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2015-10-01 12:02:49 CEST; 4 days ago Main PID: 15101 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) How to mak systemd forget about this service? I checked /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ and there is no link for my service. Regards, Łukasz

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[arch-general] retext in aur is broken?
by mudongliang 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

I installed retext in the aur, but the retext seems broken. $ retext Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/retext", line 22, in <module> from ReText import datadirs, globalSettings, app_version File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/ReText/__init__.py", line 17, in <module> import markups ImportError: No module named 'markups' But I found python-markups package installed in my system which provides this module. What's wrong with it? - mudongliang

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[arch-general] installing
by Bill Cunningham 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Looks like a nice OS. I am running fedora. I have the tarball and I'm having a little trouble. A directory called "root.x86_64" is created. Do I want an ISO for a first time install? Or is the tarball complete and OK? Bill

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[arch-general] Mkvtoolnix-gui/cli
by Vladimir Nikšić 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Hi. After the latest "pacman -Syu" I'm having a weird issue, I've upgraded the mkvtoolnix package, and I seem to have lost the "mmg" program. This was a gui for mkvmerge basically but with a nice featureset and I was using it heavily for editing home videos I'm making with my smartphone and other stuff. Looking over the official site, mmg seems to be active still, while it's totally missing from the arch packages. I've tried downgrading the package from the cached packages, but I'm getting weird runtime errors, probably depending on a different library: Warning: Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected. The library used 3.0 (wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1008,wx containers,compatible with 2.8), and your program used 3.0 (wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1009,wx containers,compatible with 2.8). And when merging files, I'm getting errors about timestamp mismatches among the mkv files, although I've not changed the way I'm encoding the videos, this might be related. I'm hoping it was simply missed from packaging. I'll compile the program myself if needed, but maybe it's an oversight. Any info is welcome. Thanks! :)

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[arch-general] cgmanager install issue
by arnaud gaboury 04 Oct '15

04 Oct '15

# pacman -Syu cmanager cgmanager resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (2) libnih-1.0.3-2 cgmanager-0.39-1 Total Installed Size: 1.10 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (2/2) checking keys in keyring [##############################] 100% (2/2) checking package integrity [##############################] 100% (2/2) loading package files [##############################] 100% (2/2) checking for file conflicts [##############################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) cgmanager: /lib exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. Lucky me to have /lib exists in filesystem !! It seems something is wrong, no? -- google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx

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[arch-general] Manual startup of systemd/user
by Zorro 03 Oct '15

03 Oct '15

Hello, On my arch linux computer I have a vncserver running. I can connect to my arch linux system with vnc. Because the vnc user is not authenticated against PAM a systemd/user instance is not started for user vnc. And I would like to have a systemd/user instance for user vnc running because for instance pulseaudio depends on it. Is it possible to start manually an instance of systemd/user for user vnc? Is /'loginctl/ enable-linger vnc' the right way to start systemd/user for user vnc or is there another way? Kind regards, Harm-Jan Zwinderman

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[arch-general] AFS home drive under GNOME no longer working
by Patrick Helfenstein 03 Oct '15

03 Oct '15

I asked this question in the forum as well, but got no answers. Hoping to have better luck here. I use my asf drive as home directory at work. So far this has worked fine, but something broke some time ago. Gnome-terminal acts like I don't have any valid tickets and denies access to my files. klist shows that I obtained the correct tickets (kerberos and afs) and when I switch to console, everything works absolutely fine. Running 'tokens' in the console lists my afs ticket, but the same command run from gnome-terminal acts as if there was no ticket. Very strange. I first thought it was a kernel issue, so I downgraded the kernel to a known working version and reinstalled openafs and openafs-modules-dkms from aur. No change, and why should it since it was always running outside of gnome. Oh, and I use krb5-auth-dialog for automatic ticket renewal. Very strange issue, I wonder why it doesn't work... Any ideas?

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Re: [arch-general] wi-fi interface had disappear after system
by flow 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > Got it back after downgrade to > > linux-firmware-20150722.e10097a-1 > > linux-4.1.5-1 > > linux-headers-4.1.5-1 > > linux-lts-headers-3.14.50-1 > > > > I have use broadcom-wl-dkms driver from AUR. > > Did you rebuild the driver for the new kernel? If you're using DKMS, check Sure. > `systemctl status dkms` to see whether there's build failures or not. 4.1.5-1-ARCH. Output will be useles in this case. wi-fi interface is up. I have no time for experiments. Sorry. - -- _ ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Thu Oct 1 21:01:15 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlYNnxsACgkQViYZwngkfDtYAwCeP6gMH8qARmvG8z69umj5cTWc Bh0AoKCWkNzLD85V6LrQo1fy+rns5DZ4 =zyTs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] wi-fi interface had disappear after system upgrade.
by flow 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Got it back after downgrade to linux-firmware-20150722.e10097a-1 linux-4.1.5-1 linux-headers-4.1.5-1 linux-lts-headers-3.14.50-1 I have use broadcom-wl-dkms driver from AUR. - -- _ ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Thu Oct 1 04:22:20 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlYMtPwACgkQViYZwngkfDtzngCfWlNAzVvxACo8029qwpkpCpt4 WiAAn3VJ3DnnQYe7IAATBoEAhMlIacHh =TLyi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [arch-general] mkvtoolnix-gtk: The new GUI is missing
by Benjamin Robin 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

Hello Giovanni Scafora, I am trying to contact you about the bug reports opened about the mkvtoolnix package. Please see the email below posted on the mailing list. Thank you, Benjamin >> Hi, >> >> We do have trouble with some bug reports [1], [2] and [3]. >> The maintainer (Giovanni Scafora) does not answer, nor update the >> PKGBUILD. In the last bug report [3] we kindly offer a working example of >> PKGBUILD which fix the problem : bring back the GUI (Qt5 instead of Gtk) >> The first bug report [1] is more than 4 years old without any respond... >> >> What do we need to do to resolve this issue ? >> >> [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24532 >> [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44948 >> [3] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/45439 > Antonio Rojas wrote: > Have you tried directly emailing the maintainer?

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[arch-general] Linux x64 no-execute protection (NX) not enabled by default?
by Georg Altmann 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

Hey, is there a reason for x64 no-execute [1] being disabled by default in Arch? I opened FS#46496 on this. https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46496 Regards, Georg [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NX_bit -- PGP-Key: 0x1E320E65 D150 7783 A0D1 7507 1266 C5B3 BBF1 9C42 1E32 0E65 I don't like the idea of secret agencies to analyse and archive personal communication. GnuPG is available as open source, free as as in freedom, as a countermeasure. I use http://www.enigmail.net/ for Mozilla Thunderbird. If you can, please use a frontend of your choice to send me encrypted e-mail. See http://www.gnupg.org/ for an overview.

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[arch-general] Deltup keyring issue
by Ralf Mardorf 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hi, today's Deltup failed [1]. Commenting out UseDelta the update worked without an issue. I wont use it any more, but I'm willing to send a bug report. Were should I report this issue? Regards, Ralf [1] checking delta integrity... applying deltas... generating linux-firmware-20150904.6ebf5d5-1-any.pkg.tar.xz with linux-firmware-20150722.e10097a-1_to_20150904.6ebf5d5-1-any.delta... success! (5/5) checking keys in keyring [-------------------------------------------] 100% (5/5) checking package integrity [-------------------------------------------] 100% error: linux-firmware: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens(a)gmail.com>" is invalid :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-firmware-20150904.6ebf5d5-1-any.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

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[arch-general] mkvtoolnix-gtk: The new GUI is missing
by Benjamin Robin 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hi, We do have trouble with some bug reports [1], [2] and [3]. The maintainer (Giovanni Scafora) does not answer, nor update the PKGBUILD. In the last bug report [3] we kindly offer a working example of PKGBUILD which fix the problem : bring back the GUI (Qt5 instead of Gtk). The first bug report [1] is more than 4 years old without any respond... What do we need to do to resolve this issue ? Thank you, Benjamin (benjarobin) [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24532 [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44948 [3] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/45439

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[arch-general] Alsa Softvol and MOC
by AIS Information 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

On 09/26/2015 07:00 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. Alsa Softvol and MOC (Storm Dragon) > 2. OVMF fails to build (mytbk920423(a)gmail.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:06:27 -0400 > From: Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976(a)gmail.com> > To: Arch Linux General <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: [arch-general] Alsa Softvol and MOC > Message-ID: <20150925190627.GA807@frankendell> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" > > Howdy, > I have installed extra/moc 1:2.5.0-3. Reading through the docs, and things on the net, I found a way to set up a softvol control for it in alsa, so when I adjust its volume, it only changes the volume for moc. Everything went well, except, I can't adjust the volume from within the moc app, which should be possible because you can set the alsa device and mixer in the ~/.moc/config file. > It is using the right device, and amixer sset Mocmaster 50% sets the volume. It's just the in program controls that fail. When moc starts, it gives this error: > ALSA lib dlmisc.c:254:(snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_softvol.so > This makes me think that either a plugin is missing from alsa-plugins, or maybe moc is using an outdated way to change its volume. However, if the alsa controls are set to their defaults, the volume works fine, but it lowers the volume on the whole system. > I did a pacman search for alsa softvol but it didn't return anything. Is there anything I can install to fix this? > Thanks for any help > Storm > my only guess would be to install this: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/asoundpp-git/ as i see moc uses speex. just a guess though.

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[arch-general] Alsa Softvol and MOC
by Storm Dragon 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

Howdy, I have installed extra/moc 1:2.5.0-3. Reading through the docs, and things on the net, I found a way to set up a softvol control for it in alsa, so when I adjust its volume, it only changes the volume for moc. Everything went well, except, I can't adjust the volume from within the moc app, which should be possible because you can set the alsa device and mixer in the ~/.moc/config file. It is using the right device, and amixer sset Mocmaster 50% sets the volume. It's just the in program controls that fail. When moc starts, it gives this error: ALSA lib dlmisc.c:254:(snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_softvol.so This makes me think that either a plugin is missing from alsa-plugins, or maybe moc is using an outdated way to change its volume. However, if the alsa controls are set to their defaults, the volume works fine, but it lowers the volume on the whole system. I did a pacman search for alsa softvol but it didn't return anything. Is there anything I can install to fix this? Thanks for any help Storm -- Powered by Arch Linux! I am registered Linux user number 508465: https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.tk/ get my public PGP key: gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 43DDC193 Twitter and Facebook are so ... yesteryear. Get your 2MB Social account TODAY! http://2mb.social/main/register My Blackberry is Broken: http://is.gd/my_blackberry_is_broken "I am your soul insane" Slayer - Gemini

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[arch-general] OVMF fails to build
by mytbk920423＠gmail.com 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

Hi, I've just tried to build OVMF but failed to build with the ABS PKGBUILD. ----------------- Ran 259 tests in 1.271s OK make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/makepkg/ovmf/src/edk2/BaseTools/Tests' make: Leaving directory '/tmp/makepkg/ovmf/src/edk2/BaseTools' WORKSPACE: /home/irudog/SourceCode/edk2 EDK_TOOLS_PATH: /tmp/makepkg/ovmf/src/edk2/BaseTools sed: can't read Conf/target.txt: No such file or directory ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). Aborting... ----------------- Iru

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[arch-general] build package from source and shared libraries issue
by arnaud gaboury 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

I am scratching my head since a week now and can't figure out how to solve my issue. Here is the situation: 1- I have installed parallel_studio_xe from Intel with the AUR package[0] 2- /etc/ld.sconf.so has all the needed .conf file to feed correctly my ld.so.cache 2- I build R package[1] from source with the following script. The goal is to build R with intel MKL shared libraries and gcc compiler. ----------------------- source /opt/intel/mkl/bin/mklvars.sh intel64 _icclibpath=/opt/intel/composerexe/compiler/lib/intel64/ _mkllibpath=$MKLROOT/lib/intel64/ _omp_lib=/opt/intel/lib/intel64 MKL=" -L${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64 \ -Wl,--start-group \ -lmkl_gfl_ilp64 \ -lmkl_core \ lkml_intel_thread \ -Wl,--end-group \ -liomp5 -ldl -lpthread -lm" export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${_icclibpath}" export CFLAGS="-DMKL_ILP64 -m64 -I${MKLROOT}/include" export CXXFLAGS="-DMKL_ILP64 -m64 -I${MKLROOT}/include" export FFLAGS="-DMKL_ILP64 -m64 -I${MKLROOT}/include" export FCFLAGS="-DMKL_ILP64 -m64 -I${MKLROOT}/include" ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --libdir=/usr/lib \ --sysconfdir=/etc/R \ --datarootdir=/usr/share \ rsharedir=/usr/share/R/ \ rincludedir=/usr/include/R/ \ rdocdir=/usr/share/doc/R/ \ --with-x \ --enable-R-shlib \ --with-blas="$MKL" \ --with-lapack \ F77=${_F77} \ FC=${_FC} \ LIBnn=lib make -j4 ------------------------------------------------------------- from build package: $ ldd bin/exec/R linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffd707b4000) libR.so => /usr/lib/R/lib/libR.so (0x00007f909d4e2000) libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f909d2c5000) libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f909cf21000) libmkl_gf_lp64.so => /opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64/libmkl_gf_lp64.so (0x00007f909c84d000) libmkl_core.so => /opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64/libmkl_core.so (0x00007f909ace0000) libmkl_gnu_thread.so => /opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64/libmkl_gnu_thread.so (0x00007f9099f89000) libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f9099d85000) libimf.so => /opt/intel/lib/libimf.so (0x00007f90998ca000) libm.so.6 => /usr/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f90995cc000) ............................ libintlc.so.5 => /opt/intel/lib/libintlc.so.5 (0x00007f90976df000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/../lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f90974c9000) libncursesw.so.6 => /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6 (0x00007f909725c000) libicudata.so.55 => /usr/lib/libicudata.so.55 (0x00007f90957a6000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f9095424000) ----------------------------------- Fine, I can see some shared intel libraries. 3- Now I build same package on my systemd nspawn container, Fedora 22. I use same script, same ld.so conf files, intel parallel studio on same path (/opt/intel). 4- from build folder: linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffe3d9de000) libR.so => /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so (0x00007f1061d6c000) libgomp.so.1 => /lib64/libgomp.so.1 (0x00007f1061b3b000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f106191f000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f106155e000) libblas.so.3 => /lib64/libblas.so.3 (0x00007f1061305000) libgfortran.so.3 => /lib64/libgfortran.so.3 (0x00007f1060fda000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007f1060cd1000) libquadmath.so.0 => /lib64/libquadmath.so.0 (0x00007f1060a92000) libreadline.so.6 => /lib64/libreadline.so.6 (0x00007f1060848000) libtre.so.5 => /lib64/libtre.so.5 (0x00007f1060637000) libpcre.so.1 => /lib64/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007f10603c7000) liblzma.so.5 => /lib64/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007f10601a1000) libbz2.so.1 => /lib64/libbz2.so.1 (0x00007f105ff90000) libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007f105fd7a000) librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x00007f105fb72000) libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f105f96d000) libicuuc.so.54 => /lib64/libicuuc.so.54 (0x00007f105f5dc000) libicui18n.so.54 => /lib64/libicui18n.so.54 (0x00007f105f185000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00005610cd111000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f105ef6d000) libtinfo.so.5 => /lib64/libtinfo.so.5 (0x00007f105ed43000) libicudata.so.54 => /lib64/libicudata.so.54 (0x00007f105d317000) libstdc++.so.6 => /lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f105cf95000) ---------------------------------------------------- As you can see, no links at all to any Intel shared libraries. I am looking for advices/hints why I don't have the same linking libraries on both systems. I have tried to look everywhere I could, changed many and many settings/variables, I still can't get same result about shared libraries. I must forget or do something wrong, but no idea what. My building environment shall differ at some point. The config.log are nearly the same on the two distro, except for this: On Fedora: ------------------------------------------------- Configured with: ../configure --enable-bootstrap --enable-languages=c,c+$....... --------------------------------------------------------- On Arch: ------------------------------------ Configured with: /build/gcc-multilib/src/gcc-5.2.0/configure ...... Thank you for any hints and where to look to compare build environment diff. [0]https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=intel-parallel-stu… [1]https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/r/ --

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[arch-general] Arch Forum problem
by Travis 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

if you try to register https://bbs.archlinux.org/register.php it has a anti-spam question. that fails on both cent and arch cent: [x@x /]$ date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g > ^C [x@x /]$ arch: [root@alarmpi ~]# echo date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g > [root@alarmpi ~]# date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g > [root@alarmpi ~]# ... also the post i'm asking about (and was willing to register to the arch forum) https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=183086 someone did a RTFM response and the wiki/manual page person reference doesn't have a straight answer and please don't complain about it being an old post, i'm trying to help you guys, as that post comes up in google first page and with fairly board google searches. so a proper answer would help other potential Arch users.

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[arch-general] Glade package outdated
by Lukas K. 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

Hi there, the glade package is outdated for quite some time now. Glade 3.19 has been released June this year and still isn't included in the Archlinux repos. I flagged the package out of date several times, but the flag got reset without the package being updated. Are there any roadblocks in updating the package to 3.19? I'm running Glade 3.19 for some time without any issues. Lukas

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[arch-general] man page selection helper for arch
by David C. Rankin 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

All, For what it is worth, I like to have an automatic list of manual pages presented when there is more than one matching page available (similar to whatis) I also like to be able to select which page to display from the that list, without having to type 'man pg name' again. This has always been a feature on some oh the other distros. I couldn't find anything that would do that on Arch, so I wrote a small function that can be aliased to provide the functionality. If you're interested, it is: ## function to alias as man on arch to provide # user selection of available man pages manselect() { [ -z "$1" ] && return 1 if [ -z "$2" ]; then local timeout=5 local pgs=( $(whatis "$1" | sed -e 's/^.*[(]//' -e 's/[)].*$//') ) local npgs=${#pgs[@]} [ $npgs -eq 0 ] && return 1 local pg=${pgs[0]} if [ $npgs -eq 1 ]; then /usr/bin/man $pg "$1" else local line while read -r line; do printf " %s\n" "${line%)*})" done < <(whatis "$1") printf "Select a man page (%s): " "$pg" read -t $timeout ans && pg=$ans || echo "" /usr/bin/man $pg "$1" fi else if [ ${1:0:1} -eq ${1:0:1} ] >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then /usr/bin/man $1 "$2" else printf "error: invalid man page specification: '%s'\n" "man $1 $2" fi fi } I just include it as a function in .bashrc and then provide an alias: alias man='manselect' You can adjust the order the man pages are presented in by adjusting the SECTION order in /etc/man_db.conf. This can tailor the order of which page is shown by default if no selection is made. Thought I would pass it along... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] systemd-logind: failed to get session
by Ralf Mardorf 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Hi, Arch runs without any issues, so I randomly discovered this: [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 26.702] Current Operating System: Linux archlinux 3.10.61-rt65-1-rt-lts x86_64 [ 27.745] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to get session: PID 437 does not belong to any known session [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ps aux | grep 437 root 437 2.1 2.2 297136 84320 tty7 Ssl+ Sep22 32:09 /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch Web research regarding "does not belong to any known session" without experiencing issues leads nowhere. What could be the reason? Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] Kernel NULL pointer and crash - raid bug in 4.1.6 - and fix
by Genes Lists 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

I (and others) have enocuntered a pretty nasty raid bug that crashes the machine running current 4.1.x stable. It seems a commit is available but not yet in 4.1.6. (commit 49895bcc7e566ba455eb2996607d6fbd3447ce16) Seems like it is in 4.2 tho. Not sure it's worth patching 4.1.6 with this if 4.2 is imminent - but it may be - it kills the machine and has caused some file lossage. Bugzilla: Upstream: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103711 Arch : https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46188 Tobias - what do you suggest best way to proceed - skip as 4.2 is out or patch 4.1.6? Thanks gene/

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[arch-general] sddm crashing with plasma
by Genes Lists 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Anyone else seeing this - started after systemd 226 update. It starts sometimes - most often crashes on warm reboot - cold reboot seems more likely to work. Feels like a threading bug (missing mutex somewhere, or a barrier or something). Symptom: Reboot - sddm won't start. Log: ddm-helper[4240]: segfault at 14 ip 000000000042965e sp 00007ffdec4eb3b0 error 4 in sddm-helper[400000+3a000] Rebooting cold - will usually get it running again with no errors.

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[arch-general] pulseaudio 6.99 in [testing], daemon can't start, chokes on module-native-protocol-unix
by Oon-Ee Ng 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Anyone else seeing this? My default.pa is stock (it wasn't before, but I reverted the minor changes and no change in behaviour), and the daemon just won't start. If I comment out module-native-protocol-unix it will, but of course it's not usable that way. Reported it as a bug on freedesktop[1], but I'd be surprised if its actually a bug given how I'd assume I'm not the only [testing] user using this... any ideas? [1] - https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92061

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[arch-general] Can we talk about the systemd mkinitcpio hook for a minute?
by Chris Bell 20 Sep '15

20 Sep '15

Hello all, First off, apologies if this has been/is being discussed elsewhere, but this has been on my mind for quite some time. The state of the systemd mkinitcpio hook has been bothering me recently. It seems that there is some confusion/ambiguity about what capabilities, precisely, said hook provides; particularly with regards to replacing the 'base' hook at some point. I think it's effectively ready now; I've been using the systemd hook without base and udev for some time now. The only sticking point seems to be with the rescue and emergency shells. Of the 19 open systemd bugs [0], four of them [1-4] deal with systemd not providing an emergency/rescue shell and/or busybox/maintenance tools to the initrd image. Based on my understanding of the status quo, the systemd init hook is intended to simplify and streamline the boot process and the initrd image for systemd-based systems. The hook currently does this. It does not provide any functional rescue capabilities (you can get to an emergency shell, but it doesn't work), and I don't think it should. The use case for initrd-based rescue shells is very small and specific; many of these use cases can make do with a live image or something similar. Basically, my view is this: the systemd hook should only provide boot functionality, and not contain rescue/emergency targets/shells by default. The problem with providing such functionality is that the dependencies and binary include requirements quickly spiral out of control when providing a full shell within the initrd (sulogin, busybox, any rescue tools, etc). Having so many dependencies goes against the simplicity that the systemd hook is trying to accomplish. If anything, I propose a new hook, sd-rescue, which provides rescue.{target,service}, emergency.{target,service}, busybox, and minimal binaries useful for rescuing a system. This can be used in situations where live-image booting is not an option, or where the sysadmin prefers the option of initrd emergency/rescue functions. Also, we should maybe stop including emergency.target with the systemd hook, since it doesn't seem to work in most cases. -- Chris [0] https://bugs.archlinux.org/?project=1&cat%5B%5D=31&string=systemd [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44493?project=1&cat%5B0%5D=31&string=systemd [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/45480?project=1&cat%5B0%5D=31&string=systemd [3] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/42399?project=1&cat%5B0%5D=31&string=systemd [4] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/36265?project=1&cat%5B0%5D=31&string=systemd

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Re: [arch-general] race condition when upgrading the new ncurses package
by Martti Kühne 20 Sep '15

20 Sep '15

I had these messages for the readline update in question, too. I think it's just natural that if ncurses is a dep of readline and readline is a dep of bash, that bash would link the ncurses.so it was built against. During the update, readline's post-upgrade install-snippet can't be run with bash, because bash links it and its own dependency ncurses, which, as a dependency, is already upgraded to provide the newest version. To have a fully up to date info directory, it appears, the install-info updates that are attempted for readline need to be executed by hand after running pacman -Syu. All this is obvious if you look at the install file you should have in /var/abs/*/readline/ and basic knowledge about how archlinux packages work. In fact, I guess it's sort of a logical requirement to using archlinux to catch these things, because, as is denoted in the wiki, partial updates are unsupported [0] and your system forcefully goes through partially updated state during an update... cheers! mar77i [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman#Partial_upgrades_are_unsupported

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[arch-general] kservice-5.14.2 broken
by Genes Lists 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

This update breaks plasma - kbuildsycoca5 runs exits and restarts in an infinite loop. Fix is to downgrade to kservice-5.14.0-1 Gene

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[arch-general] Selectively enable bash completion
by Francis Moreau 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

Hi, I'd like to choose which commands will use bash completion and would avoid to enable it for all commands. Is that possible ? Thanks. -- Francis

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[arch-general] Firefox display problem
by Francis Gerund 18 Sep '15

18 Sep '15

Using Firefox to access http://cnn.com, photos show up, but often have a superimposed small, hollow rectangle in the center of each. The rectangles contain the characters "FI" above the characters "33". Is this a sign of some missing component from Firefox, or just an error at the cnn.com website? Or something else?

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[arch-general] race condition when upgrading the new ncurses package
by Damjan Georgievski 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

( 2/70) upgrading ncurses [######################################] 100% ( 3/70) upgrading readline [######################################] 100% /usr/bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory error: command failed to execute correctly ( 4/70) upgrading bash -- damjan

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[arch-general] Please update to OpenVPN 2.3.8
by Florent M 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

Hi everyone, There are some reasons that openvpn in core is 2.3.6 ? Please update openvpn package to 2.3.8 asap. Just update PKGBUILD to 2.3.8, it works, and remove openvpn@.service because systemd service files are now provided by OpenVPN. Thanks. (I'm on good ML ?)

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Re: [arch-general] crda
by flow 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Mon, 14 Sep 2015 03:14:49 +0100 (BST) > flow <flow(a)nym.mixmin.net>: >=20 > > Why this happen? >=20 > Dunno. > Perhaps because "97" is not a country code? > See /etc/conf.d/wireless-regdom. There is valid value and COUNTRY variable is set to US. - --=20 _ - --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF4EAREKAAYFAlX2/9MACgkQBJ+YanH0fh7lLQEAwtK1OBV43jEMd16x2q1J0IPi wO5LDvSNb3uWVgWLHlQA+wf+GhvWyZL06fZDJsD1QVkY9vjoY4SZfjW5q8boHH26 =fLGU - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o-- ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Mon Sep 14 20:43:04 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlX3MVkACgkQViYZwngkfDsOUwCffggB8IGlXsSWoMtVED9Mkluf eEAAoIfgEwvX5x4XTfwK+uoATnriwABD =2gf1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] crda
by flow 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Why this happen? cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time) cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A) cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: 97 systemd-udevd[1780]: Process '/usr/bin/crda' failed with exit code 234. - -- _ ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Mon Sep 14 02:14:49 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlX2LZkACgkQViYZwngkfDuEPACgiXiBIaBZuLE+6C4ai2q9kwSk AvQAnAmcvEDcpq3EOwpREHynpSlZZB6F =OovB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Makefile possibly removed libc?
by vattan 12 Sep '15

12 Sep '15

> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:04:58 +0200 > From: J?rgen Werner <jotz.csp(a)web.de> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] Makefile possibly removed libc? > Message-ID: <55F2A74A.7030105(a)web.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > Thanks guys, but pacman -qk sublime-text and glibc both listed a pile of > > files and said nothing was missing. Normally when I screw up this bad id > > uninstall/reinstall but I will not have net access on this machine for > another two weeks so its sneaker net for me. any other ideas? > > Hi Vattan, > unless you ran sublime as root it could have not damaged anything system > relevant. Usually if I run out of disc space, I made the observation, > that either my home or the /tmp directory is screwed up. Try to > delete/rename the .sublime folder in your home. Also, if your /tmp > directory is not in RAM, clean it. > If neither helps, try starting sublime as a different user (with clean > home directory). > Good luck! > Renaaming the folder found in ~/.config let it launch! All the uncommented lines in the makefile I am blaming are as follows: SHELL = /bin/sh PREFIX = ./BUILDS TARGET = coil_inducer CC = gcc CFLAGS = -02 clean: rm -f *.o rm -f coil rm -f tables I had commented out the workings of that makefile in an attempt to learn how it works, and added some of the earlier lines, but accidently did not comment out the last 4. I don't know why it would modify my settings but? So now sublime is working, but I want all my old tweaks back, wish me luck in recovering them.

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[arch-general] dbus-daemon : high cpu load on resume
by SET 12 Sep '15

12 Sep '15

Hello, Since yesterday's update, after resume from suspend, dbus-daemon eats up all cpu cores and load average quickly increases. Got this on two machines using KDE5. Arch related ? Upstream ? Any hint to resolve that ? Thanks.

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Re: [arch-general] [Solved] Re: PKGBUILD ERROR
by Ralf Mardorf 12 Sep '15

12 Sep '15

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 20:02:17 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:32:59 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: >>As Ralf said, nothing *requires* yaourt, and indeed some things will >>blow up when you try installling via yaourt -- but standard makepkg >>handles fine, and indeed so do most AUR wrappers, in the AUR Helpers >>comparison chart [1] see the "Clean build" entry for yaourt. ;) [2] > >FWIW I'm using yaourt and usually it doesn't fail. There's just one >issue I encounter from time to time, but that also happens when using >makepkg. By default I set up makepkg to build in tmpfs and it >sometimes is too small. One time building a kernel failed, but usually >building default Arch kernels works with around 2 GiB tmpfs. If I build >a bloated web browser, such as e.g. firefox, the around 2 GiB tmpfs >don't provide the needed space. IMO building in tmpfs isn't really >faster, but I like it, because I don't need to tidy up tmpfs ;). Btw. >makepkg is set up to save the packages not in the tmpfs, but in a cache >to archive packages. My apologies. Just for fun I read the "Clean build" entry. That's correct! The setting to build in tmpfs is for yaourt, I just tend to run makepkg in tmpfs too. However, indeed, if it fails I build outside tmpfs using makepkg.

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Re: [arch-general] [aur-general] Arch general mailing list
by Florian Pritz 12 Sep '15

12 Sep '15

On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 09:48:39 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <info.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: > 2 mails I send to Arch general more then 12 hours ago didn't come > through the list. I received no postmaster, no mailman and no moderator > message. For testing purpose I resend one of those two mails a few > minutes ago and it also didn't come through. Please send me a list of Message-IDs of the mails that are missing so I have something to look for. In most clients you should be able to view the message source (Thunderbird and at least my claws-mail have it bound to crtl+u) and then look for the Message-ID header. Also for kicks I'm sending this to arch-general myself. Let's see if it works. Florian

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Re: [arch-general] [Solved] Re: PKGBUILD ERROR
by Ralf Mardorf 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 20:02:17 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >Btw. makepkg is set up to save the packages not in the tmpfs, but in a >cache to archive packages. Again apologies. I meant that I set up my makepkg.conf to save packages in a cache.

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11 Sep '15

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[arch-general] Fw: important
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11 Sep '15

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[arch-general] gpg-agent
by edson duarte 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 hi! for some time now, gpg-agent complains about "--write-env-file" being an obsolete option, but in the wiki[1] still says to configure ~/.bash_profile using this option. i don't really know how gpg-agent works so, someone knows how to correctly configure it? [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GnuPG#gpg-agent thanks, - -- edson duarte https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJV8jsDAAoJEEuaWOJw2A3LrMkP/12Zq+AJXIilcBVu9LfalXN7 U4sjG5HsXM36V6LsGxBiyipP7LunX/N1M7hMWMm15+UohbYBihwIm4y3UibF3d2S ttRiHu/nZermcXrdf8IUvo8WImXRn3uT5N8NRM7hYFUS2HHdQ8b8zKMppn48pGFl RcuEsqv8wf+YikjBp0B75nt0ArIvH4r38CLPg/T/Xu/uD59Sq166XkeBcoZUWSdQ 8Kd/vqFEdMSlIohU+ujGOtC+YhVoDFs0MJKKCQDlL4iRmT8e9wLD7/7oqdoL1f3Z 3rITi9Z2LJW+Kzq/0CxPiz2afF4inVp1y+WfRuEJpPy/ooW1N01f09IGVesGr3L6 TuqHXiAitU1dPlcWNEnvQguvG+tg9Coenacgitir+I8wBWclfXq6igQHxNc1HTGK IZxmr70iBALlXDm5BzE+cliheEslC6dx/CWsBn0QYaPM1XpGYTnbZ5tSQ1RqC+iV OCUTdCpU5SKpKXwd8QW55e1Ofzndid053GYSUnEQ5IkNGX29//hvQBme4j3XWTQI W0yxQXb/slWvomEpfuci9rJ3587bTPxnUUsdHYT7MJ8SFRFNhSKUa59yMMU2d3q1 GW8OnF6UYqsDYbwrcfoDD2MvKi+ZTfbbKHZOYiGyJZowL5MV06m6VSBQHIhh3goJ 5e+1ED4zH3YxckZb5rgX =gEVz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] PKGBUILD ERROR
by mudongliang 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

I got the following errors in "yaourt -S sublime-text-dev" : sublime-text-dev 3.3083-2 (2015-07-07 21:14) ( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! ) ==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort) ==> ------------------------------------ ==> y Please add $VISUAL to your environment variables for example: export VISUAL="vim" (in ~/.bashrc) (replace vim with your favorite editor) ==> Edit PKGBUILD with: vim ==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent, catastrophic damage to your system. Unable to read PKGBUILD Waiting for help.Thank you all! - mudongliang

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[arch-general] Makefile possibly removed libc?
by vattan 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

So I am trying to learn about c programming and I was editing a simple c program I got off the web. I was modifing the makefile to understand what it does and after building it from inside sublimetext 2 I noticed that my root directory had zero free space. I rebooted and had 2 gigs free again, but now when I try to launch sublime text I get a segfault. Dmesg reports an error 4 in libc-2.21.so I have not had any internet connection on this machine for 2 months so I know it wasn't update related. My key suspect is the last few line of the make file which I thought I had commented out but actually missed and read: Clean: rm -f *.so rm -f coil rm -f tables When I built it from the terminal in its directory it may have been fine, but when I built it thru sublime I suspect the path was different in some way and it deleted files it shouldn't have. Can anyone help me out here? Sublime is what this pc is for and I am kind of hosed! Can I just rebuild some library? Is my suspicion misplaced and you need more info? Is there a way to see what files have been deleted in the last 24 hours dispite a reboot?/ Thanks!

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Re: [arch-general] PKGBUILD ERROR
by 杨令 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: mudongliang <mudongliangabcd(a)outlook.com> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Cc: > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:28:59 +0800 > Subject: [arch-general] PKGBUILD ERROR > I got the following errors in "yaourt -S sublime-text-dev" : > > sublime-text-dev 3.3083-2 (2015-07-07 21:14) > ( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! ) > ==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort) > ==> ------------------------------------ > ==> y > > Please add $VISUAL to your environment variables > for example: > export VISUAL="vim" (in ~/.bashrc) > (replace vim with your favorite editor) > > ==> Edit PKGBUILD with: vim > > ==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is not allowed as it can cause > permanent, > catastrophic damage to your system. > Unable to read PKGBUILD > > Waiting for help.Thank you all! > - mudongliang > > I guess you run `sudo yaourt -S sublime-text-dev` which is not correct. You needn't run `yaourt` with sudo. yaourt will ask for password when it needs Try to run `yaourt -S sublime-text-dev` --- YANG

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Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 131, Issue 10
by vattan 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:19:08 +0200 > From: Jens Adam <jra(a)byte.cx> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: Re: [arch-general] Makefile possibly removed libc? > Message-ID: <20150910131908.3b1fd16d(a)titan.byte.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:13:22 +0200 > Chris Sakalis <chrissakalis(a)gmail.com>: > > > Hi Vattan, > > > > You can use pacman to check what files each package is supposed to > > have. A quick google search nets me a bash script [1] to do that. > > [...] > > [1] - https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34281 > > Yes, you can use pacman to check what files each package is supposed to > have: with pacman -Q(q)k(k), see the manpage. > > --byte Thanks guys, but pacman -qk sublime-text and glibc both listed a pile of files and said nothing was missing. Normally when I screw up this bad id uninstall/reinstall but I will not have net access on this machine for another two weeks so its sneaker net for me. any other ideas?

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[arch-general] iptutils 20150815.1b5d03a-2 and ipv4-only system
by Leonid Isaev 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Hi, I noticed that ping in [testing]/iputils does not work on systems with disabled IPv6 stack. For example (as root): ---------- # ping archlinux.org ping: socket: Operation not permitted (raw socket required by specified options). # cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=../vmlinuz-linux ... ipv6.disable=1 ... # pacman -Qo ping /usr/bin/ping is owned by iputils 20150815.1b5d03a-2 # getcap /usr/bin/ping /usr/bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep ---------- I tried playing with cmdline options, without any success. ping from [core]/iputils 20140519.fad11dc-1 does work. Is this a bug or a feature, and does anyone know how to make ping work again? Thanks, -- Leonid Isaev GPG fingerprints: DA92 034D B4A8 EC51 7EA6 20DF 9291 EE8A 043C B8C4 C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D

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Re: [arch-general] Remove ca-certificate-cacert dependencies
by Felix Yan 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

On 09/10/2015 03:53 PM, Niklaus Schiess wrote: > Hi, > > the ca-certificates package depends on ca-certificates-cacert, which in > my opinion should not be the case. What seems to be the proper way to > remove CAcert certificates from the trust store? Just remove the certs > with `trust anchor`, or pacman -Rdd ca-certificates-cacert? Both seem to > be temporary fixes. I suggest the CAcert certificates should be removed > or at least the ca-certificates package should not depend on them. The package "ca-certifcates" is a virtual package that provided by "ca-certificates-utils" too, so you can simply remove ca-certificates-cacert together with ca-certificates. -- Regards, Felix Yan

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[arch-general] DHCP server package orphaned
by Mike Cloaked 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Having seen that the dhcp server package has been orphaned yesterday, hopefully this will be picked up and maintained as it is a pretty important standard package for a server. -- mike c

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[arch-general] Remove ca-certificate-cacert dependencies
by Niklaus Schiess 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Hi, the ca-certificates package depends on ca-certificates-cacert, which in my opinion should not be the case. What seems to be the proper way to remove CAcert certificates from the trust store? Just remove the certs with `trust anchor`, or pacman -Rdd ca-certificates-cacert? Both seem to be temporary fixes. I suggest the CAcert certificates should be removed or at least the ca-certificates package should not depend on them. Regards, Niklaus -- PGP FP: CB84 8C68 ADDB 6C50 7DF1 4227 F2A6 056A A799 76DA

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[arch-general] systemd-networkd 226 in virtual machines
by Damjan Georgievski 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

in 226, systemd-networkd now supports predictable interface names for virtio devices.[1] For people running Arch in KVM with virtio-net (as I do), that means the network interface name will change from eth0 to - in my case - ens5. That, for me also meant no ip address after reboot. Make sure to set [Match]Name=en* or some such before rebooting. [1] https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/23d08d1b2bfd7f4b3c0a9408c9ccd65c3fb… -- damjan

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[arch-general] Any ETA on the Tex Live 2015 update?
by Mohammad_AlSaleh 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

Hello. Tex Live 2015 was released on June 11. The Arch packages were flagged out-of-date on June 13. I'm wondering if there is any reason for the hold-up. Other than the maintainers(s) being busy of course.

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[arch-general] ca-certificates update
by mick 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

After re-installing in july I'm having problems with certificates and was pointed to https://www.archlinux.org/news/ca-certificates-update/ ca-certificates update 2014-12-11 - Jan Steffens The way local CA certificates are handled has changed. If you have added any locally trusted certificates: 1 Move /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/*.crt to /etc/ca-certificates/trust-source/anchors/ 2 Do the same with all manually-added /etc/ssl/certs/*.pem files and rename them to *.crt 3 Instead of update-ca-certificates, run trust extract-compat Also see man 8 update-ca-trust and trust --help. when I tried step 2: move /etc/ssl/certs/*.pem to /etc/ca-certificates/trust-source/anchors/ and rename them to *.crt I found 1 the mv command seems to have lost the ablity to rename files as they are moved. 2 moving or copying the *.pem file results in adirectory full of broken links. I think the solution might be to create symlinks to the real files, located at /etc/ca-certificates/extracted/cadir instead of linking to link to the files but before I try that I want to be sure I wont break anything. mick

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[arch-general] systemd 215 breaks machinectl login
by arnaud gaboury 05 Sep '15

05 Sep '15

I just upgraded to systemd 215, and connaction to my container is broken. # machinectl login MyMachine Connected to machine MyMachine. Press ^] three times within 1s to exit session. Then it hangs here indefinitely. No login shell. -- google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx

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[arch-general] Update problems
by edson duarte 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 hi! pacman reports that the repositories are up to date for a couple of weeks now with no errors or warnings and this had never happened, i've tried looking in the forums and the news on the website but found nothin g. anyone knows why this is happening? thanks! - -- edson duarte https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJV5vmTAAoJEEuaWOJw2A3L0HIP/3hK2qGN8mvismCbOBiIf+9k 7il7ROwjRkd1NadoHXawMkgDu6ywLYVCiSy5K5nR6+Jz4opAE9xoWKdyJ5b6sWNp tEwKu73JWlEV7Wrnl7aEZcj6U/QW6yRdQic+9eQABBL3HEilScgloYsvS1ZrhON5 1spLWWEbQi6XwNgKqoRFkewybUFMfJXd+zWNdlVSKuBi1Repr+JsRnfStzHuLBKQ MptNCC+ybJTmJ/KFvw7dDjObb1tDXNjEzLpdNok1RFLcrMeYCrmBM3soOsn6EGuf vFyRXZuMKxI+y4DdlFCeIkBhw/XPd7c48bkkw/tj1RpYl9OCKAbpVK79J3p7r25k jTZLbsqE+D2R8aT4i9Ji3f/Se6tWvUuwhxKaxhY4RshpMdPo311Eiz+8OO8aMz3+ iwxfxHDzcgUhrAtGU6LWlEnUjgoDa1oBa+uvXpEgBcmJsKay5ueM06WDAxXu31Vg 89RY3+pD7hbjNidiKdZFfF4IvNTsokFFHGaCh/ui51ceRcXjfCePJLBftc21R/2a ak2PKsBsJYxIgLL4z3l6heulmqiOmpOnDzUgrfna05q+0jDfhS1Fis3suyV31dzZ 5oi5+tWl+Nkp80h/XbRUGHYjkMt/gJ14Kr/Bu0WYx01urd16SpbvUEyMq28utdyP ZKhyX2tOnApKKo/giWze =rBdK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Strange mdadm fail to activate root raid1 array - resulting in loss of libraries and pacman data?
by David C. Rankin 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

All, I saw TB's patch posts to the kernel-raid mailing list. I believe I experienced the same systemd-mdadm error which resulted in ~440 libraries being left as 0-byte files and pacman losing all reference to what files where owned by what packages. In my case dmesg showed the system never made any attempt to activate sda7 as part of the root array (md1) on boot. Following a --fail, --remove and --add to re-add sda7 worked as advertised. However, on next reboot, grub was found and launched the kernel, only to have the system crash due to /usr/lib/libkmod.so "file too short" (0-byte). Attempting to re-install the kernel to attempt to address the issue resulted in: [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: No modules were added to the image. This is probably not what you want. [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: errors were encountered during the build. The image may not be complete. [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback' [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 4.1.6-1-ARCH [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base] [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev] [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf] [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block] [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> ERROR: module not found: `eata' [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> ERROR: module not found: `a100u2w' [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> ERROR: module not found: `3w_sas' [2015-08-31 15:58] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> ERROR: module not found: `bnx2fc' <snip> lots of modules not found Booting the install media, chrooting and investigating revealed some 440 libraries in /usr/lib that were 0-byte. pacman had also lost its package-file database. E.g. # pacman -Ql unixodbc # (showed no files) all of this occurred with mdadm 3.3.2-2, which is still the current package. TB's original post at the kernel raid list regarding the patch is: [PATCH 0/2] mdadm: Fix udev rule interaction with systemd, http://www.spinics.net/lists/raid/msg49678.html The explanation of the losses on my system posted to the list are: Re-add of raid1 drive resulted in strange loss of data on Archlinux? http://www.spinics.net/lists/raid/msg49704.html Are these the symptoms (or related symptoms) that the TB's patch is intended to address? This has only occurred once since the current mdadm was installed back on 2015-05-26. What is the recommended work-around until a fix is in place? (validate all arrays with /proc/mdstat) But then how to handle a degraded boot? I did --fail, --remove --add, and ended up with a mess. Is there some other suggested way to handle this? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] GA-990FX - on boot I get IO_PAGE_FAULT & AMD-Vi: Event logged??
by David C. Rankin 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

All, Installed arch on a new gigabyte GA-990FX-UD3 board with a AMD FX-8350. This is the board I had to enable IOMMU in the BIOS to get the Realtek 8111/8168/8411 onboard NIC to work. Ever since enabling IOMMU, I get kernel messages regarding Page_Faults and AMD Vi Events. Enabling the kernel parameter amd_iommu=on seems to have stopped some of the xhci-hcd messages printed to the screen, but they are still in dmesg. I need to know if anyone has seen this and if there is a fix. Everything works fine after it boots, but it is horrible looking at the errors on boot. Specifically, here is what is logged: [ 1.663291] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver [ 1.663401] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver [ 1.663545] QUIRK: Enable AMD PLL fix [ 1.663575] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: EHCI Host Controller [ 1.663581] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 [ 1.663586] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: applying AMD SB700/SB800/Hudson-2/3 EHCI dummy qh workaround [ 1.663596] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: debug port 1 [ 1.663634] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: irq 17, io mem 0xfe509000 [ 1.663730] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver [ 1.664080] ohci-pci: OHCI PCI platform driver [ 1.674434] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00 [ 1.674667] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 1.674681] hub 1-0:1.0: 5 ports detected [ 1.674861] xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: xHCI Host Controller [ 1.674868] xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 [ 1.698638] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0 [ 1.744500] firewire_ohci 0000:04:0e.0: added OHCI v1.10 device as card 0, 4 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x11 [ 2.244836] firewire_core 0000:04:0e.0: created device fw0: GUID 0014aafc64aa2c00, S400 [ 2.424912] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 4018.296 MHz [ 19.310338] xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: can't setup: -110 [ 19.310768] xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: USB bus 2 deregistered [ 19.310811] xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: init 0000:02:00.0 fail, -110 [ 19.311341] xhci_hcd: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -110 [ 19.311385] AMD-Vi: Event logged [ [ 19.311394] Switched to clocksource tsc [ 19.311406] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: EHCI Host Controller [ 19.311412] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 [ 19.311415] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: applying AMD SB700/SB800/Hudson-2/3 EHCI dummy qh workaround [ 19.311443] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: debug port 1 [ 19.311500] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: irq 17, io mem 0xfe507000 [ 19.311678] IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0016 address=0x00000000ce9f9880 flags=0x0010] [ 19.311689] AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0016 address=0x00000000ce9f9880 flags=0x0010] [ 19.312650] AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0016 address=0x00000000ce9f9880 flags=0x0010] [ 19.313611] AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0016 address=0x00000000ce9f9880 flags=0x0010] <snip many more AMD-Vi Events> [ 19.335619] AMD-Vi: Event logged [ [ 19.335918] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00 [ 19.335924] IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0016 address=0x00000000ce9f9880 flags=0x0010] [ 19.335925] AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0016 address=0x00000000ce9f9880 flags=0x0010] [ 19.335926] AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0016 address=0x00000000ce9f9880 flags=0x0010] [ 19.335926] AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0016 address=0x00000000ce9f9880 flags=0x0010] <snip ~480 more AMD-Vi Events (same event)> [ 19.336291] AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0016 address=0x00000000ce9f9880 flags=0x0010] [ 20.581330] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 20.581343] hub 2-0:1.0: 5 ports detected [ 20.581604] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: EHCI Host Controller [ 20.581608] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 [ 20.581611] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: applying AMD SB700/SB800/Hudson-2/3 EHCI dummy qh workaround [ 20.581619] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: debug port 1 [ 20.581641] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: irq 17, io mem 0xfe504000 [ 20.596725] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00 [ 20.596913] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 20.596925] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected ... continues normally Anybody have any idea how to fix this? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Extremely slow battery status on MBP
by Emanuel Evans 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

Apologies for the repeat posting--I think my previous posting ended up bouncing due to some misconfigured dmarc settings. Anyways, I have kind of a weird issue that I'm having trouble debugging. On my MacBook Pro (11,1), checking battery status (through acpi or the /sys filesystem) becomes extremely slow after the computer's been on for a while. Here's an example: $ time cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status Charging real 0m54.519s user 0m0.000s sys 0m4.663s dmesg and journalctl aren't outputting anything during the call, and I tried strace during the command and there was no output during the blocked time. It's highly intermittent--acpi can take anywhere from 0-60 seconds with no discernible pattern, except that it doesn't happen when the battery is plugged in and charged. Any ideas for how to debug this further, or possible solutions? Thanks so much!

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[arch-general] Having trouble understanding UEFI booting
by mick 29 Aug '15

29 Aug '15

I've been trying to install archlinux on my Lenovo B50-70 laptop and got stuck installing grub boot loader inconjunction with UEFI. Either I'm miss understanding the wiki pages on the subject and/or the wiki pages could do with a bit more clarity. I'm dual booting arch and windows 8.1, previously I had ubuntu 14.04 but when I upgraded to 15.04 it got too messed up so I decided to bite the bullet and go with arch. The disk is currently split into 11 partitions part size code name 1 1 gb 2700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo 2 260mb EF00 EFI system partition 3 1 gb ED01 Basic data partion windows or lenovo 4 128mb 0C01 Microsoft reserved 5 71gb 0700 Basic data partion windows system 6 25gb 0700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo 7 14gb 2700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo 8 153gb 0700 shared NTFS data partition 9 78gb 8304 Linux / 'root' partition 10 9 gb 8200 swap 11 108gb 8302 /home when installing I have only used partitions 9, 10 & 11. partitions 1 - 8 were on the disc from the windows pre-install and shrunk to make way for linux. A recent operation is affecting my concentration and comprehension so be kind please. mick

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[arch-general] Weird glitch with X keymap
by Mauro Santos 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

Like the subject says I have stumbled upon a weird glitch with X keymap. The TL;DR version is the keymap on a usb keyboard that I have connected to my laptop is wrong until I press any key on my laptop's keyboard. I have a workaround in place but I would like to fix this properly. Now the long version. I am configuring X's keymap with /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keymap.conf, which contains: Section "InputClass" Identifier "Keyboard Defaults" MatchIsKeyboard "yes" Option "XkbLayout" "pt" Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" EndSection I'm using XFCE and it should not be messing with the keyboard configuration, the keyboard configuration utility is set to "Use system defaults". If I'm using only my laptop's built-in keyboard this works as expected and the pt keymap is (or seems to be) properly set as soon as XFCE starts. Now I have a usb mouse/keyboard combo (Logitech MK520) connected to the laptop, as I have put the laptop to the side to use a larger monitor. The weird problem manifests itself when starting XFCE either if starting XFCE with the keyboard already plugged in or if I plug the keyboard after start XFCE. If I start XFCE and use the laptop's keyboard first, the keymap is correct. If I start XFCE and use the usb keyboard first, the keymap is wrong, as far as I can tell it seems to be using the us keymap. If I start XFCE and press any key on laptop's keyboard before using the usb keyboard, then the keymap on the usb keyboard is correct. I have looked through X's logs and nothing seems to be out of place and the pt layout is the only thing that is present in the logs, there is no mention to the us layout. The output of 'setxkbmap -query -v' is the same before and after pressing any key on the laptop's keyboard to "fix" the problem with the usb keyboard. There is nothing on the journal or dmesg that might point to the problem. The workaround I have in place is using running 'setxkbmap pt' automatically (via autostart) after I start XFCE, in this case things work as they should. Google did not help with this and the is nothing on the wiki about this weird problem. Has anyone seen this behavior before? Any ideas on how I can properly fix this? -- Mauro Santos

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Re: [arch-general] ABS
by flow 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:18:05 +0100 (BST) > flow <flow(a)nym.mixmin.net>: >=20 > > Still can't find out yet where is avaible libreoffice-fresh 4.4.5-1 >=20 > https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/snapshot/packages-5c= fa49f17e4149dc4d7d2d6aec2cbd11310a8b04.tar.gz >=20 > Found through exactly the same steps as described earlier. >=20 > Do you want to modify the PKGBUILD and rebuild libreoffice yourself? Not exactly. First of all I would be stay on 4.4.5. And wanna have ability to build it f= or meself when need. > Because, you know, there's also libreoffice-still 4.4.5-2 in the repos. This port have no native language interface. - --=20 _ - --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF4EAREKAAYFAlXfUuwACgkQBJ+YanH0fh5NmwEAoJXWjd/C3N2Gs6CNxklj0nDH n5Ar14Iyv2mjZtn0+bwBAMb03/NzG5O1wn+M4z2IR5kDZyHEVA0neIstFlHynbXe =9Y0J - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy-- ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Thu Aug 27 23:11:39 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlXfmSsACgkQViYZwngkfDvtsACfc3A3Psg/zVOT7l4Z9X0RWQqt H7IAn1oXmUzArSTWAQl/+nnCWUrk8/1M =jqxS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [arch-general] Having trouble understanding UEFI booting
by Maxwell Anselm 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

I also recommend rEFInd for a similar reason. It's much simpler to install than grub and it will probably autodetect both Arch and Windows. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:00 AM, <arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > > I never bothered with grub on EFI, especially now that a UEFI boot loader > comes bundled into systemd. So why bother installing another one, > especially considering that managing grub is way more complex since it > handles all the cruft necessary to boot on BIOS that is no longer necessary > on EFI? > > "bootctl install" will get sd-boot installed and you will only need to > check /boot/loader/entries to make sure it detected all Linuxes properly. > Windows is auto-detected and does not even need an entry. > > Best Regards, > Tobias > Am 27.08.2015 06:19 schrieb "mick" <bareman(a)tpg.com.au>: > > > On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:50:19 -0400 > > Ian <ian.ninjabadger(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I don't think I have the knowledge to solve your problem, but what is > the > > > problem you are having? So far you have just described your partition > > > scheme and that you are stuck somewhere. > > > > > > Which wiki page are you referring to? > > > > Sorry, was up til 3am try to work it out. > > > > wiki pages: > > > > Installation guide and beginners guide and chasing down the links for > > bootloaders > grub > ... > > > > the final symptom is a failure by grub-install to write x86_64.efi or > very > > similar name. > > > > from what I've looked at this morning I suspect it may relate to not > > having mounted the EFI system partition but I've confused myself so much > > I'm not sure and thought it better to reach out rather than blunder about > > and do more damage. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:17 PM, mick <bareman(a)tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > > I've been trying to install archlinux on my Lenovo B50-70 laptop and > > got > > > > stuck installing grub boot loader inconjunction with UEFI. > > > > > > > > Either I'm miss understanding the wiki pages on the subject and/or > the > > > > wiki pages could do with a bit more clarity. > > > > > > > > I'm dual booting arch and windows 8.1, previously I had ubuntu 14.04 > > but > > > > when I upgraded to 15.04 it got too messed up so I decided to bite > the > > > > bullet and go with arch. > > > > > > > > The disk is currently split into 11 partitions > > > > part size code name > > > > 1 1 gb 2700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo > > > > 2 260mb EF00 EFI system partition > > > > 3 1 gb ED01 Basic data partion windows or lenovo > > > > 4 128mb 0C01 Microsoft reserved > > > > 5 71gb 0700 Basic data partion windows system > > > > 6 25gb 0700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo > > > > 7 14gb 2700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo > > > > 8 153gb 0700 shared NTFS data > > partition > > > > 9 78gb 8304 Linux / 'root' > > partition > > > > 10 9 gb 8200 swap > > > > 11 108gb 8302 /home > > > > > > > > when installing I have only used partitions 9, 10 & 11. partitions 1 > - > > 8 > > > > were on the disc from the windows pre-install and shrunk to make way > > for > > > > linux. > > > > > > > > A recent operation is affecting my concentration and comprehension so > > be > > > > kind please. > > > > > > > > mick >

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[arch-general] aurweb is not synchronized with AUR4
by Roman Rader 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

Noticed that when I update package via git for AUR4 information about package is not updating on aurweb. For example: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vagga-bin AND https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=vagga-bin Version and dependencies in PKGBUILD updated, but web shows old ones. And 'yaourt' also shows old versions, btw.

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Re: [arch-general] ABS
by flow 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 03:05:14 +0200 > Jens Adam <jra(a)byte.cx> wrote: > > > > Where I can get old ABS content? > > Flow, you can get it through SVN or the Git mirror. Info should be in the wiki. Still can't find out yet where is avaible libreoffice-fresh 4.4.5-1 - -- _ ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Wed Aug 26 22:18:04 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlXeOx0ACgkQViYZwngkfDvPPgCglUnq7uegcEY89zHOpkupMicH drgAoJdysF+Mbl7el2F0smP0COfQGt04 =0HRW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] LTS Kernels
by bildermejl76＠gmail.com 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 2Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 23:39:16 +0200 From: Patrick Helfenstein <pfilz0(a)bluewin.ch> To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org Subject: Re: [arch-general] LTS Kernels Message-ID: <55DCE084.2070504(a)bluewin.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >David, >No changes are necessary in any of the /etc/grub.d files. >the LTS kernel will be found automatically when running grub-mkconfig. >Cheers, Patrick Thanks Patrick! I think I will try installing an LTS kernel, but I heard a new LTS kernel is being released, 4.1. Do you have any idea how long it will take to show up in the repository? Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ – Skickat från Mailbox

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[arch-general] PHP - libphp5.so, OR php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi, OR php5 with apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid
by David C. Rankin 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

All, When I last loaded a full server install in 2013, at that time, the use of libphp5.so was discouraged by the wiki, indicating that path was likely to be deprecated. The wiki suggested an alternate install using php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi, or php5 with apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid as the preferred approaches for PHP. Fast forward 2-years, a failed disk controller and a new server build in 2015. Configuring PHP, I was surprised to find libphp5.so still an option, much less the first option suggested in the wiki. What happened? What is the proper-suggested PHP configuration? Is libphp5.so still on its way out? (there is no indication this is still the case). I have a relatively lightly used web-server, so the use of mod_mpm_prefork and loss of threading is not an issue with my setup. Why would I choose either php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi, or php5 with apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid as an alternative to libphp5.so for my PHP config on Arch? I'm trying to find out what the trade-offs are and whether it would make sense to use one way over another. Ideas? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] LTS Kernels
by bildermejl76＠gmail.com 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Hello, I have been thinking about instslling an LTS kernel, but I don't have the skills to make complete sense of the wiki pages about grub and kernel installation. I have 4.1.15 installed now and not so many GUI programs installed beside Libre Office, web browser... mostly CLI utilities. But I wonder if I can install an LTS kernel in an already existing installation as a fallback? The wiki sounds fairly straight forward, but I get lost where it says "install kernel" without saying how, and to "edit the grub config file" without an explanation, and to "generate the main configuration file". Not sure whether I am getting in way over my head or if it is actually quite simple. That's what I need to know. Thanks, David – Skickat från Mailbox

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[arch-general] Cannot tether from Android using USB or bluetooth
by Alfredo Palhares 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

Hello fellow Arch Linux users, I recently tried to use USB tethering, without success. The interface just won't come up. I enabled the usb tethering on the phone, but ip link didn't show any new interface: 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: enp0s25: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 28:d2:44:6c:0b:f8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 7c:7a:91:21:19:39 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 5: wwp0s20u4i6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 02:15:e0:ec:01:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (wwp0s20u4i6 is my builtin modem interface) journalctl -k tells me the following: myhost kernel: usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110 myhost kernel: usb 1-1: new low-speed USB device number 37 using xhci_hcd myhost kernel: usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 myhost kernel: usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110 myhost kernel: usb 1-1: new low-speed USB device number 38 using xhci_hcd myhost kernel: usb 1-1: Device not responding to setup address. myhost kernel: usb 1-1: Device not responding to setup address. myhost kernel: usb 1-1: device not accepting address 38, error -71 myhost kernel: usb 1-1: new low-speed USB device number 39 using xhci_hcd myhost kernel: usb 1-1: Device not responding to setup address. myhost kernel: usb 1-1: Device not responding to setup address. myhost kernel: usb 1-1: device not accepting address 39, error -71 myhost kernel: usb usb1-port1: unable to enumerate USB device myhost kernel: usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 40 using xhci_hcd myhost kernel: cdc_acm 1-1:1.1: ttyACM3: USB ACM device myhost kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 40 myhost kernel: cdc_acm 1-1:1.1: failed to set dtr/rts myhost kernel: usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 41 using xhci_hcd myhost kernel: rndis_host 1-1:1.0 usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:14.0-1, RNDIS device, aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff myhost kernel: rndis_host 1-1:1.0 enp0s20u1: renamed from usb0 myhost kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 41 myhost kernel: rndis_host 1-1:1.0 enp0s20u1: unregister 'rndis_host' usb-0000:00:14.0-1, RNDIS device myhost kernel: usb 1-1: new low-speed USB device number 43 using xhci_hcd The important stuff seems to be here: rndis_host 1-1:1.0 enp0s20u1: renamed from usb0 usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 41 rndis_host 1-1:1.0 enp0s20u1: unregister 'rndis_host' usb-0000:00:14.0-1, RNDIS device usb 1-1: new low-speed USB device number 43 using xhci_hcd The interface comes up but its immediately down, for some weird reason. I can't reproduce the problem every time. Anyone can point me on how to debug this further? Regards, -- Alfredo Palhares GPG/PGP Key Fingerprint 68FC B06A 6C22 8B9B F110 38D6 E8F7 4D1F 0763 CAAD

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[arch-general] ABS
by flow 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Where I can get old ABS content? - -- _ ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Tue Aug 25 00:44:38 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlXbunYACgkQViYZwngkfDtL5wCgpFYYT87OjDJ3B3VIF51QCiWp d4sAnisyEo3f5AzAeqkzQwsBBpKkWpDa =6mxf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Process 13696 (systemctl) of user 0 dumped core ??
by David C. Rankin 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

All, After bandaiding my server back together by putting a 4-port pci-sata controller in it to work around the failed onboard disk controller, the system is up and running fine. In the BIOS, currently the onboard sata controller is 'Enabled', but each of the sata ports is 'Disabled'. When I check the status of something with systemclt, I get an odd error at the end of each command, eg: [15:47 phoinix:~/.ssh] # sc status smbd ● smbd.service - Samba SMB/CIFS server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smbd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2015-08-22 22:57:26 CDT; 1 day 16h ago Main PID: 542 (smbd) CGroup: /system.slice/smbd.service ├─542 /usr/bin/smbd -D └─559 /usr/bin/smbd -D Bus error (core dumped) Looking at the journal and looking at the core dumps, the only other process that is implicated is: Cannot add dependency job for unit cups.socket, ignoring: Unit cups.socket failed to load: No such file or directory. Nothing else is generating a core dump. But each time I check the status of a process, it ends with: Bus error (core dumped) The only other thing I see in the journal that may or may not be related is: Aug 24 14:21:58 phoinix systemd[13187]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Aug 24 14:21:58 phoinix systemd[13187]: Unit type .busname is not supported on this system. I don't know if that's related, but it was the only thing else tangentially related to 'bus'. Looking at the core dump list with 'coredumpctl list' show a handful of files: [17:46 phoinix:~/.ssh] # coredumpctl list TIME PID UID GID SIG PRESENT EXE Mon 2015-04-06 19:00:15 CDT 342 0 0 11 /usr/bin/cupsd Tue 2015-05-26 13:15:01 CDT 23265 0 0 11 /usr/bin/crond Tue 2015-05-26 14:01:01 CDT 23563 0 0 11 /usr/bin/crond Tue 2015-05-26 14:05:01 CDT 23593 0 0 11 /usr/bin/crond Sun 2015-08-23 05:51:43 CDT 3151 0 0 7 * /usr/bin/systemctl Sun 2015-08-23 05:52:16 CDT 3179 0 0 7 * /usr/bin/systemctl Sun 2015-08-23 07:11:33 CDT 3639 0 0 7 * /usr/bin/systemctl Sun 2015-08-23 07:12:31 CDT 3652 0 0 7 * /usr/bin/systemctl Mon 2015-08-24 15:30:11 CDT 13565 0 0 7 * /usr/bin/systemctl Mon 2015-08-24 15:32:05 CDT 13580 0 0 7 * /usr/bin/systemctl Mon 2015-08-24 15:53:37 CDT 13696 0 0 7 * /usr/bin/systemctl Looking at the dumps in gdb shows: [17:47 phoinix:~/.ssh] # coredumpctl gdb 13696 PID: 13696 (systemctl) UID: 0 (root) GID: 0 (root) Signal: 7 (BUS) Timestamp: Mon 2015-08-24 15:53:37 CDT (1h 54min ago) Command Line: systemctl status smbd Executable: /usr/bin/systemctl Control Group: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/session-c2.scope Unit: session-c2.scope Slice: user-1000.slice Session: c2 Owner UID: 1000 (david) Boot ID: aeecdf7479ea4b43aae7f1b9b83b2502 Machine ID: 8d32bcc3152b4a1f87c4d71f948f93fb Hostname: phoinix Coredump: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.systemctl.0.aeecdf7479ea4b43aae7f1b9b83b2502.13696.1440449617000000.lz4 Message: Process 13696 (systemctl) of user 0 dumped core. <snip> (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f353981becf in ?? () #1 0x00007f3539801c09 in ?? () #2 0x00007f3539801d38 in ?? () #3 0x00007f3539801b64 in ?? () #4 0x00007f3539801d38 in ?? () #5 0x00007f3539801b64 in ?? () #6 0x00007f353980310e in ?? () #7 0x00007f35397f4080 in ?? () #8 0x00007f353983340b in ?? () #9 0x00007f35397ed1d1 in ?? () #10 0x00007f35397e2414 in ?? () #11 0x00007f35386f5790 in __libc_start_main () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #12 0x00007f35397e3049 in ?? () (gdb) frame 0 #0 0x00007f353981becf in ?? () (gdb) info frame Stack level 0, frame at 0x7ffed3907080: rip = 0x7f353981becf; saved rip = 0x7f3539801c09 called by frame at 0x7ffed3907160 Arglist at 0x7ffed3906fd8, args: Locals at 0x7ffed3906fd8, Previous frame's sp is 0x7ffed3907080 Saved registers: rbx at 0x7ffed3907048, rbp at 0x7ffed3907050, r12 at 0x7ffed3907058, r13 at 0x7ffed3907060, r14 at 0x7ffed3907068, r15 at 0x7ffed3907070, rip at 0x7ffed3907078 (gdb) quit I haven't seen or noticed this happening before, but obviously the first core dump was back in April related to cups. The question is "What should I check?" and "Does any of this look related to BIOS settings and the new disk controller?" (that looks more doubtful after looking over all the information) Anybody have experience with this type thing? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] unable to load virtualbox kernel module
by James 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

I just installed virtualbox yesterday and I rebooted and can't load the kernel module. I reinstalled the package: $ sudo pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules > (1/1) reinstalling virtualbox-host-modules > [######################] 100% > In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually. > $ sudo insmod vboxdrv > insmod: ERROR: could not load module vboxdrv: No such file or directory

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[arch-general] Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - cannot get dhcpcd address (link UP)
by David C. Rankin 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

All, As a continuation of the disc controller failure/system rebuild, I have the new box built and a pair of fresh drives waiting for a new Arch install. This motherboard has the Realtek 8111/8168/8411 chipset. (Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 motherboard). I am booting with the latest install medium which boots fine in legacy or EUFI mode. No matter what I do, I cannot get an IPv4 address. I have read: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_configuration#Realtek_no_link_… (that's not the problem, link light is on, activity indicator is flashing, and link is reported 'Up' by 'ip link') I have read: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_configuration#Realtek_RTL8111.… - installed (pacman -U r8168-8.040.00-5-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz) - blacklisted r8169 - loaded r8168 - confirmed the NIC is using r8168 w/lspci -v - systemctl restart dhcpcd (many times) - systemctl status dhcpcd reports no IPv6 Routers no IPv4 Leases request timeout It's not the cable or my dhcpd server, I boot the box with the failed disc controller, and it is assigned an address just fine. (same cable) I'm stuck, looking at the log on my dhcp server, the requests are never seen. It's like the card isn't sending, but the link light is fine and the activity light on the NIC is flashes when it sees traffic? What else can I try? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Failed kernel update
by Peter Nikolic 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Hi All .. Had a kernel update fail yesterday core dumped part way thru the install of the new Kernel this has left the system unbootable . I am fairly sure i can fix the problem booting from the latest Arch cd but cant quite find the right method . Help please other than this the system has been great for a long time ... Pete . -- Linux voyager 3.6.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 12 23:58:58 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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[arch-general] filezilla won't start
by James 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

I did a fresh install of filezilla and tried to start it but it didn't start. filezilla-3.12.0.2-1 Here's a picture: http://lockie.ca/test/filezilla_017.png

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[arch-general] Komodo Edit
by James 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

I installed Komodo Edit and I want to put a quick launch button on my task bar but it doesn't show up in the list of "installed applications". That is weird because it shows up in the "Menu" in the "Programming" section. I use lxde.

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[arch-general] mdmonitor.service - fails to start/load?
by David C. Rankin 23 Aug '15

23 Aug '15

All, I'm not sure if this is a config issue or bug. I have 2 servers with mdadm/mdraid arrays. In both a check of 'systemctl --type=service' shows mdmonitor has failed. It fails to start each time: ● mdmonitor.service - MD array monitor Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdmonitor.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2015-08-22 22:33:52 CDT; 7h ago Process: 377 ExecStart=/sbin/mdadm --monitor $MDADM_MONITOR_ARGS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 375 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/mdadm_env.sh (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Main PID: 377 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Looking at the service file I'm not sure if there is an issue here, or somewhere else, but there is no file 'mdadm_env.sh' that is reference by ExecStartPre=: # This file is part of mdadm. # <snip> [Unit] Description=MD array monitor DefaultDependencies=no [Service] Environment= MDADM_MONITOR_ARGS=--scan EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/mdadm ExecStartPre=-/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/mdadm_env.sh ExecStart=/sbin/mdadm --monitor $MDADM_MONITOR_ARGS Is this a bug? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 130, Issue 19
by bildermejl76＠gmail.com 22 Aug '15

22 Aug '15

Thanks for the answers! I think those explanations and links will help me get through the process. David – Skickat från Mailbox On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 2:00 PM, null <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. Re: SOLVED Re: Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - cannot get > dhcpcd address (link UP) (LoneVVolf) > 2. Re: SOLVED Re: Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - cannot get > dhcpcd address (link UP) (David C. Rankin) > 3. LTS Kernels (bildermejl76(a)gmail.com) > 4. Re: LTS Kernels (Iru Cai) > 5. Re: LTS Kernels (Ralf Mardorf) > 6. Re: LTS Kernels (LoneVVolf) > 7. Re: LTS Kernels (Karol Blazewicz) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:10:55 +0200 > From: LoneVVolf <lonewolf(a)xs4all.nl> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: Re: [arch-general] SOLVED Re: Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - > cannot get dhcpcd address (link UP) > Message-ID: <55D7235F.1010302(a)xs4all.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > On 21-08-15 04:58, David C. Rankin wrote: >> On 08/20/2015 09:34 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: >>> >> >> $#%#@%#$%... You have to enable IOMMU in the BIOS before the NIC will >> work! I stumbled across this obscure little tidbit on the fedora forum: >> >> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=295616 >> >> It triggers some nasty AMD I10 Page Faults/xhci messages during boot >> of the 201508 install media, but the network comes right up, dhcp >> works, no more lost packets, etc. >> >> I wonder if this is related to it corrupting my USB drives I plug into >> it? Drives work the first time, sync, then umount. Next time you plug >> them in, filesystem is gone? >> >> Oh well, at least I have a network now. I'll add it to the wiki. >> >> > Blame Gigabyte, the only reason to disable IOMMU is if you run a 32-bit OS . > On all x86_64 OSes running with IOMMU disabled will degrade graphics > performance A LOT. > As you found , disabling IOMMU also affects other hardware badly. > TL;DR : > 64-bit OS >>> ENABLE IOMMU > Some links : > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOMMU > http://developer.amd.com/community/blog/2008/09/01/iommu/ > Lone_Wolf > ------------------------------ > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 22:39:53 -0500 > From: "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty(a)suddenlinkmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] SOLVED Re: Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - > cannot get dhcpcd address (link UP) > Message-ID: <55D7EF09.4010506(a)suddenlinkmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > On 08/21/2015 08:10 AM, LoneVVolf wrote: >> >> Blame Gigabyte, the only reason to disable IOMMU is if you run a 32-bit OS . >> >> On all x86_64 OSes running with IOMMU disabled will degrade graphics performance >> A LOT. >> As you found , disabling IOMMU also affects other hardware badly. >> >> TL;DR : >> 64-bit OS >>> ENABLE IOMMU >> >> >> Some links : >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOMMU >> http://developer.amd.com/community/blog/2008/09/01/iommu/ >> >> Lone_Wolf > Thanks, and yes, so I found out. It would really be helpful if motherboard > manuals were worth a crap anymore, but those days are long gone. The ONLY > description concerning IOMMU in the entire manual was: > <quote (page 49)> > IOMMU Controller > Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Disabled) > </quote> > A lot of good that does to guide someone in its use. :p > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > ------------------------------ > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:30:56 -0700 (PDT) > From: bildermejl76(a)gmail.com > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: [arch-general] LTS Kernels > Message-ID: <1440232255845.6c8fa0fa@Nodemailer> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Hello,? > I have been thinking about instslling an LTS kernel, but I don't have the skills to make complete sense of the wiki pages about grub and kernel installation. > I have 4.1.15 installed now and not so many GUI programs installed beside Libre Office, web browser... mostly CLI utilities. > But I wonder if I can install an LTS kernel in an already existing installation as a fallback? > The wiki sounds fairly straight forward, but I get lost where it says "install kernel" without saying how, and to "edit the grub config file" without an explanation, and to "generate the main configuration file". > Not sure whether I am getting in way over my head or if it is actually quite simple. That's what I need to know. > Thanks, > David > ? > Skickat fr?n Mailbox > ------------------------------ > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 16:54:56 +0800 > From: Iru Cai <mytbk920423(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] LTS Kernels > Message-ID: > <CALWv5jRcpCjyOLtWD2R7sgrFm0D6MJJTEUmrcSF1Hitcpd=_Hg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 4:30 PM, <bildermejl76(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have been thinking about instslling an LTS kernel, but I don't have the >> skills to make complete sense of the wiki pages about grub and kernel >> installation. >> >> I have 4.1.15 installed now and not so many GUI programs installed beside >> Libre Office, web browser... mostly CLI utilities. >> >> >> But I wonder if I can install an LTS kernel in an already existing >> installation as a fallback? >> >> You can install an LTS kernel along with an existing kernel. >> >> The wiki sounds fairly straight forward, but I get lost where it says >> "install kernel" without saying how, and to "edit the grub config file" >> without an explanation, and to "generate the main configuration file". >> >> install kernel: pacman -S linux-lts > edit grub config file: grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg >> >> Not sure whether I am getting in way over my head or if it is actually >> quite simple. That's what I need to know. >> >> >> Thanks, >> David >> >> >> >> ? >> Skickat fr?n Mailbox >> > ------------------------------ > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:00:27 +0200 > From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: Re: [arch-general] LTS Kernels > Message-ID: <20150822110027.359fdca4@archlinux> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:30:56 -0700 (PDT), bildermejl76(a)gmail.com wrote: >>The wiki sounds fairly straight forward, but I get lost where it says >>"install kernel" without saying how > Really? > sudo pacman -Syu linux-lts >>and to "edit the grub config file" without an explanation, and to >>"generate the main configuration file". > sudo nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg > Then copy the entry from the "default" kernel and edit it to fit to the > LTS kernel. Just take a look at it and you'll see it's self-explaining. > However, AFAIK there are also update commands for GRUB, using some OS > prober thingy to generate an updated grub.cfg. > Did you take a look at the grub man page? Maybe installing the kernel > automatically updates grub.cfg? > I'm using GRUB too, but it's not part of my Arch install, it's a > stand-alone GRUB and I anyway prefer to manually edit grub.cfg. > Regarding a FreeBSD install I decided to use GRUB2. Using another > bootloader doesn't harm, if you shouldn't really need GRUB. > ------------------------------ > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:02:56 +0200 > From: LoneVVolf <lonewolf(a)xs4all.nl> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: Re: [arch-general] LTS Kernels > Message-ID: <55D83AC0.7050407(a)xs4all.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > On 22-08-15 10:30, bildermejl76(a)gmail.com wrote: >> But I wonder if I can install an LTS kernel in an already existing installation as a fallback? >> > Yes, that's not very hard and a good idea. >> The wiki sounds fairly straight forward, but I get lost where it says "install kernel" without saying how, and to "edit the grub config file" without an explanation, and to "generate the main configuration file". >> >> >> Not sure whether I am getting in way over my head or if it is actually quite simple. That's what I need to know. > If you use kernel modules that are not part of the stock kernel (like > nvidia , catalyst, vhba-modules ) additonal steps are needed. > For now i'll assume you don't have such modules. > - Almost every time an arch wiki page states "install program" , it > means one of 2 things : > install with pacman > install from AUR with makepkg > The lts kernel is in official repos, so you can install it with pacman. > - to be able to boot the lts-kernel , you have to add an entry to your > bootloader config for it. > Grub stores that info in grub.cfg , grub page lists where it can be found. > As Root : > copy grub.cfg to something like grub.cfg.original > open the file with your fav tekst editor. > Copy the entry for arch stock kernel to a new entry and change what is > needed to have that boot the lts-kernel instead of the stock kernel. > Reboot and test if it works. > LW > ------------------------------ > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:55:52 +0200 > From: Karol Blazewicz <karol.blazewicz(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] LTS Kernels > Message-ID: > <CAO0v=MOsj7N63WBPqkojt4LLYZ8-SmwQA_cbmJuKX8yataUL=w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 10:30 AM, <bildermejl76(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> The wiki sounds fairly straight forward, but I get lost where it says "install kernel" without saying how, and to "edit the grub config file" without an explanation, and to "generate the main configuration file". > What wiki article? > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Enhance_system_stability#Install_the_l… > provides links to e.g. > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Generate_the_main_configuration_f… > What about https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernels ? > ------------------------------ > 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 130, Issue 19 > *********************************************

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[arch-general] weechat installs to /usr/local
by Jagannathan Tiruvallur Eachambadi 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

HI The weechat package now installs to /usr/local after the recent update. Can the maintainer look into it. I looked into the PKGBUILD, but there is no change in the way the package is compiled. Only sources have been updated. Regards Jagan

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[arch-general] debug package repositories again
by Joe Julian 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

It's been hashed and rehashed, but I need to bring this up again. Every other popular distro has a way of debugging without completely rebuilding a package, saving countless combined hours. Why can't we just have a way of installing the symbols? When I find a bug, I don't want to spend another hour building python, for instance. I want to install the symbols, open up gdb, and figure out where the problem is. I'll report it, probably fix it, and we'll all be happy. Allan has already added the features necessary to make this possible. Why is this so hard? What can I do to help make this a reality? https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2013-April/024812.html https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2015-April/038794.html

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[arch-general] Extremely slow battery status on MBP
by Emanuel Evans 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

Hi! I have kind of a weird issue that I'm having trouble debugging. On my MacBook Pro (11,1), checking battery status (through acpi or the /sys filesystem) becomes extremely slow after the computer's been on for a while. Here's an example: $ time cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status Charging real 0m54.519s user 0m0.000s sys 0m4.663s dmesg and journalctl aren't outputting anything during the call, and I tried strace during the command and there was no output during the blocked time. It's highly intermittent--acpi can take anywhere from 0-60 seconds with no discernible pattern. Any ideas for how to debug this further, or possible solutions? Thanks so much!

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[arch-general] NetworkManager warn logs, Is it something to be concerned?
by piruthiviraj natarajan 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

I get these logs in my journal and I am not sure if something is wrong. My wifi works fine though. I have intel card 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2200 [8086:0891] (rev c4) my journalctl -r log is [code]Jul 21 22:12:39 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (0) Jul 21 22:12:39 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): IPv6 MTU (0) smaller than 1280, adjusting Jul 21 22:12:39 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Raising device MTU (0) to match IPv6 MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:12:55 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:13:21 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:14:13 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:14:50 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (0) Jul 21 22:14:50 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): IPv6 MTU (0) smaller than 1280, adjusting Jul 21 22:14:50 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Raising device MTU (0) to match IPv6 MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:15:06 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:15:41 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:16:02 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:16:43 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (0) Jul 21 22:16:43 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): IPv6 MTU (0) smaller than 1280, adjusting Jul 21 22:16:43 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Raising device MTU (0) to match IPv6 MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:17:33 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:17:53 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:18:26 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:18:46 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (0) Jul 21 22:18:46 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): IPv6 MTU (0) smaller than 1280, adjusting Jul 21 22:18:46 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Raising device MTU (0) to match IPv6 MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:19:36 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:20:14 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:20:52 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (0) Jul 21 22:20:52 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): IPv6 MTU (0) smaller than 1280, adjusting Jul 21 22:20:52 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Raising device MTU (0) to match IPv6 MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:21:30 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:22:15 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:22:59 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (0) Jul 21 22:22:59 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): IPv6 MTU (0) smaller than 1280, adjusting Jul 21 22:22:59 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Raising device MTU (0) to match IPv6 MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:23:27 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:24:23 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:25:19 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (0) Jul 21 22:25:19 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): IPv6 MTU (0) smaller than 1280, adjusting Jul 21 22:25:19 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Raising device MTU (0) to match IPv6 MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:25:47 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:26:45 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (0) Jul 21 22:26:45 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): IPv6 MTU (0) smaller than 1280, adjusting Jul 21 22:26:45 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Raising device MTU (0) to match IPv6 MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:27:23 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:27:44 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:28:07 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:28:52 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (0) Jul 21 22:28:52 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): IPv6 MTU (0) smaller than 1280, adjusting Jul 21 22:28:52 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Raising device MTU (0) to match IPv6 MTU (1280) Jul 21 22:29:10 archlinux NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (wlp2s0): Lowering IPv6 MTU (1500) to match device MTU (1280) [/code]

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[arch-general] motherboard change - strategies for saving current install?
by David C. Rankin 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

All, I lost the disc controller in my arch server this past Sunday. I've ordered a replacement w/new processor, etc.. My question is what is the best strategy to save my current install? It's a simple: "can I boot the install media, assemble raid arrays, chroot old and update, or do I just dump the root partition and reinstall completely?" The hardware change will be from an AM2+ MSI board with Phenom 9850 to a Gigabyte AM3+ board with FX8350 if that matters. The primary goal is to preserve the raid arrays and server config for mail, web, etc... I know I can chroot, save the needed configs, reformat root and reinstall, but what I don't know is if there is an easier way that would avoid the reformat/reinstall of root? This will also be by first UEFI install, but I'm fairly certain the beginner's guide will get me through if a full reinstall is needed. However, does that have implications on being able to save the old partitions and my mdraid arrays? The current setup was a simple MBR, mdraid1 with grub2. I don't have a EFI system partition, but I believe I left space at the end of my arrays (I'll have to check if it is a full 512 MiB). I don't know if I can salvage that setup by adding the EFI system partition at the end? Reading from the beginner's guide: "The target drive requires a GPT partition table, and an EFI System Partition of at least 512 MiB in size, gdisk type EF00, and formatted with FAT32." That seems to indicate that any chance of salvaging my current install may be hopeless due to the current MBR partition table. If there is a link that covers this in the wiki, I apologize, I haven't found it yet. Thanks for any advise or helpful tips you can give. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] What is the archlinux-bootstrap-2015.08.01?
by David C. Rankin 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

All, In preparation for the motherboard change, I went to grab the latest netinstall-dual.iso and found the normal iso and then an 'archlinux-bootstrap' iso. Is the bootstrap iso the single architecture netinstall? I've checked the install, beginner's and download, but only found reference to the pxe boot which can't be that big? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Problems with Gnome or Xorg (?)
by Lucas Prado Melo 12 Aug '15

12 Aug '15

Hello, I've been experiencing some visual glitches in Gnome or Xorg (I guess?). I can't really describe exactly what is happening but here are some examples of weird behaviors: 1) Sometimes, when I change tabs in my web browser (Google Chrome), a region from the previous web page gets stuck and I need to change tabs a number of times to return to normal behavior. 2) In Chrome, sometimes, when I exit full screen, several visual glitches happen and I must also change tabs. 3) In the game Klotski, when I repeatedly click on the pieces, small details change. Do you have any suggestions that might help me fix this?

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[arch-general] PS/2 Hand Scanner Problems
by Sean Snell 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Hey everybody! I'm dealing with what I believe is a kernel issue, but I'm still learning so please bear with me. I've used Arch for the better part of 2+ years, and it's taught me more about Linux and the way it works more than any other distro to date. That being said, I'm not a complete n00b, but please deal with me as I'll probably have moments that'll need clarification. The goal: To get a number of our aging HP t5730 terminals, used as POS terminals, relevant again using our existing hardware to extend their usability. So far tentative testing has shown this a feasible option so long as I can get all hardware working as expected. The problem: I have a PS/2 hand scanner that works perfectly as a HID in Windows, verified working on the untouched terminals still using the "old system", but under Arch it's acting as if it's detected but it doesn't give it's scanned data to any apps. The USB CC reader is working fine, as is the receipt printer. The symptoms: dmesg -t | grep '^i8042' ...returns the following output: i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp The hand scanner is "working" in the sense that I can push the button, the scanner lights up, and * beeps * when I scan a barcode. However, that's all it does. It does not pass that data onto to any simple applications such as mousepad, or even the terminal. What I've tried: 1. Yes, I've read this, but as the controller appears to be detected, this doesn't appear as relevant detail to me. Please correct me if I'm wrong. <https://www.archlinux.org/news/linux-313-warning-ps2-keyboard-support-is-no…> [1] 2. I found this post, and I attempted the user's Grub entries, but those didn't help. I've undone those changes and I'm currently back at "square one". I know how to work with Grub, so I know I didn't make simple mistakes here; when applied, these entries caused the grep command to inform me that PNP was disabled, still made no positive impact. <https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=176497>[2] Other Observations: I've tried a number of live- distros, and the surprising thing is that other, older distros (Such as DSL, kernel 2.x) work just fine without any tinkering at all. Further reading online suggests that this is because of the kernel version. It seems that one of the 3.x kernel updates seems to have dropped some PS/2 support. This also proves to me that this *should* be able to work, I just can't figure out the proper ways of troubleshooting this problem based on this observation. I'm at work all day dealing with this project, so I'll be online most of the day. Thank you so much ahead of time for any help that you can give me! :)

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[arch-general] Moving libasl to an official repo
by Zeev Pekar 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Hi All, ca. 2 months ago Andrejs has kindly agreed to package ASL for Arch (thank you!): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libasl/ Besides that his numerous tests and suggestions have improved the library significantly. Today Evgeniy (an Arch Trusted User) agreed to move libasl to an official repo as soon as it has more than 10 votes. So I'm turning on the Arch community asking those who are interested in having libasl in an official repo to vote for the package on the above mentioned link. Thank you! Zeev PS: we also need 12 more "Likes" on our Facebook page in order to get proper URL and not that ugly one: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Avtech-Scientific/828973737156105

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[arch-general] crda
by flow 08 Aug '15

08 Aug '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 $ crda Failed to set regulatory domain: -7 COUNTRY environment set to JP WIRELESS_REGDOM="JP" string uncommented in wireless-regdom file. What else shoud I do? - -- _ ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Fri Aug 7 21:57:18 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlXFKb4ACgkQViYZwngkfDuAOACfbDqH0Wpx+ixd/scfObi/jcgx uOYAoJG3RMGWAeFJrNpyJSjnHJmNJUVc =DgTe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Cannot install bacula-client error unknown public key
by Maykel Franco 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

Hi, I try install bacula-client in my archlinux but I get this error: -> Found bacula-fd.service ==> Validating source files with sha256sums... bacula-7.0.5.tar.gz ... Passed bacula-7.0.5.tar.gz.sig ... Skipped bacula-fd.service ... Passed ==> Verifying source file signatures with gpg... bacula-7.0.5.tar.gz ... FAILED (unknown public key 9E98BF3210A792AD) ==> ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified! ==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build bacula-client. ==> Restart building bacula-client ? [y/N] How can resolve it? Thanks in advanced.

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[arch-general] Additional mouse (Lenovo N700) gesture binding
by Oon-Ee Ng 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

I just got the above bluetooth and/or wireless (dual-mode) mouse for my work, as the presenter laser looked pretty useful. 3 basic buttons (1, 2, 3) worked out of the box. So did the touch-scrolling (up/down). So I'm looking for advise for the remaining 3 inputs supported. This mouse has a 'Windows key' button and supports left/right swipe gestures (targeted at the new Windows side-screen gestures). Firstly, regarding the gestures, here's what I obtain from xinput test. I've also listed which keys these correspond to. Left swipe:- key press 22 Backspace key press 133 Super_L (left Windows key) key press 37 Control_L key release 22 Backspace key release 133 Super_L (left Windows key) key release 37 Control_L Right swipe:- key press 54 c key press 133 Super_L (left Windows key) key release 54 c key release 133 Super_L (left Windows key) This seems to correspond to pressing 3/2 key combos and releasing them in the same order. This seems to cause problems with xbindkeys and sxhkd (the only two key-binding daemons I've used before) as using the Super-c combo expects the Windows key to be pressed first, followed by the c key being pressed and released. How can I bind gestures to the above? Is it possible, for example, to bind keys to a specific input device (so for example I can bind to the letter c but only from the mouse, not from my keyboard)? Or something involving xmodmap? Thanks for your advise/help.

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[arch-general] Since last systemd update dhcpcd no longer updates resolv.conf
by Manuel Reimer 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

Hello, since the last systemd update I have to "systemctl restart dhcpcd@..." every time I boot my system. What do I have to do to get sure that dhcpcd updates /etc/resolv.conf on the first time? Thanks in advance Manuel

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[arch-general] systemd-networkd, bridging, and STP
by Zach La Celle 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

I'm trying to set up a server network configuration in Arch using systemd-networkd tools. The networkd configuration files that I have are not doing what I think they should be doing. My setup is this: 4 physical ports -> bond0 -> vlans 2-8 -> a few on bridges, a few on their own. First I'll post the two errors I'm seeing, then I'll post my configs below to help make sense of it. First error: systemd-networkd[315]: [/etc/systemd/network/10-create-bond0.netdev:7] Failed to parse bond transmit hash policy, ignoring: "802.3ad" Second error, is that I can't get br-devel bridge to use STP: # brctl show bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces br-devel 8000.4e565e92019a no bond0.3 bond0.6 I have a [Bridge] section in the .network file that sets the bridge address/network settings, but it doesn't seem to have any effect. __Config Files__ Right now, I have a bond set up: _10-create-bond0.netdev_ [NetDev] Name=bond0 Kind=bond [Bond] Mode=802.3ad TransmitHashPolicy=802.3ad LACPTransmitRate=fast MIIMonitorSec=0.1 UpDelaySec=0.2 DownDelaySec=0.8 I also have a bridge set up: _20-create-brdevel.netdev_ [NetDev] Name=br-devel Kind=bridge I then create some VLANs: _20-create-vlan3.netdev_ [NetDev] Name=bond0.3 Kind=vlan [VLAN] Id=3 _20-create-vlan6.netdev_ [NetDev] Name=bond0.6 Kind=vlan [VLAN] Id=6 Next, I set up the VLAN networks: _30-setup-vlans.network_ [Match] Name=bond0 [Network] VLAN=bond0.3 VLAN=bond0.6 Next, I add the interfaces to the bridge: _40-add-bond0.3-brdevel.network_ [Match] Name=bond0.3 [Network] Bridge=br-devel _40-add-bond0.6-brdevel.network_ [Match] Name=bond0.6 [Network] Bridge=br-devel Finally, I set up the br-devel bridge: _50-brdevel.network_ [Match] Name=br-devel [Network] Description="Development Bridge" [Address] Address=172.18.1.50/16 Broadcast=172.18.255.255 [Bridge] UnicastFlood=on HairPin=true UseBPDU=yes FastLeave=off AllowPortToBeRoot=on

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[arch-general] Anyone using virtualbox-5.0.0 yet?
by walt 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Arch updated vbox to 5.0.0 on 22 July, so I'm wondering if anyone is actively using it, and if you've had any problems with it. I certainly had a catastrophic problem when I tried it on my everyday gentoo desktop machine recently. If you Archers have been using it without any problems then I have a whole lot of research to do...

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[arch-general] Update to OpenCV 2.4.11?
by André Apitzsch 29 Jul '15

29 Jul '15

Hi everybody, OpenCV 2.4.11 has been released about five months ago. Arch still ships 2.4.10. An Update to the newer version would simplify transition to 3.0. See http://code.opencv.org/projects/opencv/wiki/ChangeLog#30-rc What's holding back an update to 2.4.11? Regards, André

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[arch-general] [extra] festival packge (Orphan)
by Tobias Markus 28 Jul '15

28 Jul '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi list, I hope this is the right place to post. The festival package (in [extra]) has been an orphan and out-of-date for a while, 2.1 is packaged, 2.4 is available. I fixed some of the errors coming up when trying to build festival 2.4 in the festival-patched-hts package (AUR) [1], and it works quite well now. The PKGBUILD can be modified for the non-HTS-patched version quite easily, only removing the relevant patches, and I kept modifications to a necessary minimum (to make it obvious I don't have any bad intentions...). Because of this, I wonder if some package maintainer could pick the actual festival package up and apply my changes to make it work with 2.4. I encountered a build error that is very likely an upstream bug [2], but I don't have time to report it right now. A workaround until the issue is resolved upstream is included. Aside from that, I changed the MD5 hashes to SHA-256 hashes and removed some parts of the some of the compatibility patches that were made obselete by upstream changes. Please do not hestitate to ask me further questions regarding the changes involved. Thank you very much in advance, Best regards Tobias [1] https://aur4.archlinux.org/packages/festival-patched-hts/ [2] festival/src/modules/clustergen/HTS_vocoder_me.cc includes a C file (not a header!), namely festival/src/modules/hts_engine/HTS_vocoder.c, causing linkage errors (multiple definitions of symbol). Workaround is a header file and some uncontroversial non-breaking changes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlW314IACgkQAO6N0EYmC9b0jgCgugOF+IgM7l7qfzIP+QmEETHA 4+YAmwUwmghQEkSXf3F/0Y4mdC8CBaTk =wg7q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] kernel package 4.1.3 still in testing
by David Kaylor 28 Jul '15

28 Jul '15

Anyone have any idea why 4.1.3 is being held back in testing, nearly a week now? Seems unusual for a .3 or newer, although I realize it might not be for a x.x.1 or .2. Anyone using the testing repo having major issues? No bugs shown against it, and nothing obvious in testing or kernel/hardware forums. Upstream, not sure about.

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[arch-general] Possibility of including xorg input patch
by Kirill Churin 26 Jul '15

26 Jul '15

Can this patch https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=33142 be applied to Arch's xorg? It solves famous problem https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865 with broken keyboard input for users who use multiple keyboard layouts without any noticeable side-effects. It's known this patch has been applied in Ubuntu. -- Kirill Churin Jabber: reflexing(a)reflexing.ru, ICQ: 8163230, Skype on demand.

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[arch-general] Signing kernel modules
by Damjan Georgievski 25 Jul '15

25 Jul '15

Since some time ago, the Linux kernel has had support for cryptographically signed modules, i.e. the kernel can be configured to only load properly signed modules. https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/module-signing.txt I wouldn't go to lengths explaining the benefits of it, I was just wondering if Arch has the infrastructure to sign the modules - since developers already sign the kernel package itself [*], and in that sense we (the users) already trust them to that level. I'm not suggesting that CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is enabled by default - that would break 3rd party modules, but people could optionally use the "enforcemodulesig=1" kernel command line option if they want to. Thoughts? [*] though packages are gpg signed, and modules use x.509 -- damjan

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[arch-general] smartctl - 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count
by Apfelkuchen 24 Jul '15

24 Jul '15

Hey, I tested my hard drives with smartctl -a. And for 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count I get a raw value of 808. Should I worry about this disk? I'll post you below the whole output of smartctl -a. Someone said it could be a CRC-Failure. But I don't know exactly what this means. This is my backup drive. So it would be critical if it is something wrong with this disk. smartctl -a /dev/sdd1 smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [x86_64-linux-4.1.2-2-ARCH] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate SV35 Device Model: ST2000VX000-1ES164 Serial Number: Z4Z1JHXZ LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 079dbcc19 Firmware Version: CV26 User Capacity: 2.000.398.934.016 bytes [2,00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Fri Jul 24 12:39:16 2015 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 80) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x73) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. No Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 217) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x10b9) SCT Status supported. SCT Error Recovery Control supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 119 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 212390608 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 096 096 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 470 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 253 030 Pre-fail Always - 654069 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 941 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 384 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 098 000 Old_age Always - 48 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 092 092 000 Old_age Always - 8 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 070 055 045 Old_age Always - 30 (Min/Max 27/30) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 26 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 474 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 030 045 000 Old_age Always - 30 (0 13 0 0 0) 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 182 000 Old_age Always - 808 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

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[arch-general] I am looking for the squid package maintainer.
by Eliezer Croitoru 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

Hey, I am looking for the squid package maintainer. I have been using the last built of squid 3.5.6 and it is missing rock cache_dir. It is considered to be stable enough for public use and testing. The addition of rock cache_dir doesn't affect any current installations or configuration. How can I get a hold of the package maintainer? Eliezer

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[arch-general] [Q] Package all sources in openjdk8-src as Fedora does
by Konstantin Gribov 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

As I saw in fedora openjdk rpm, they bundle non-public java sources (like packages in sun, jdk etc). It's quite useful for debugging when low-level jdk parts involved, so I propose this patch (based on java8-openjdk 8.u51-1). File all-sources.patch contains patch for ${srcdir}/jdk-${_repo_ver}/make/CreateJars.gmk to include all sources instead of whitelisted ones. PKGBUILD.patch adds all-sources.patch to sources, its checksum and apply it in prepare phase. -- Best regards, Konstantin Gribov

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[arch-general] A small and special Arch Linux distro
by feel.squally 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Hi folks, Few months ago I started an Arch Linux related open source project and, now that is in a stable version and it has got an interesting popularity, I wanted to announce it in the Arch Linux community. The project website is: http://fsquillace.github.io/junest-site/index.html The github page is: https://github.com/fsquillace/junest The JuNest project consists on a tiny distro Arch Linux based that can run upon any already existing GNU/Linux distros as a sandbox. In the sandbox you can install packages and run programs without any root access. There are more functionalities that are documented in the website such as possibilities to run the image on different architectures and so on. The intent of JuNest is, of course, not to substitute Arch Linux but to have an Arch Linux environment everywhere is needed. Any feedback and contribution are really welcome :) Thank you, Filippo

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[arch-general] journald configuration
by kqt4at5v＠gmail.com 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

This is my first system that uses systemd-journald for logging Rsyslog and syslog-ng have facility and priority to control what gets logged and how verbose How is this done with journald Richard

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[arch-general] sudo 1.8.14.p2-1 breaks gksudo
by Ralf Mardorf 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Hi, after upgrading sudo today, gksudo stopped working. Downgrading sudo fixed the issue. [rocketmouse@archlinux tmp]$ grep sudo /var/log/pacman.log | grep 2015-07-21 [2015-07-21 15:30] [ALPM] upgraded sudo (1.8.14.p1-1 -> 1.8.14.p2-1) [2015-07-21 18:24] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U sudo-1.8.11.p2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' [2015-07-21 18:24] [ALPM] warning: /etc/sudoers installed as /etc/sudoers.pacnew [2015-07-21 18:24] [ALPM] downgraded sudo (1.8.14.p2-1 -> 1.8.11.p2-1) [2015-07-21 18:58] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S sudo' [2015-07-21 18:58] [ALPM] warning: /etc/sudoers installed as /etc/sudoers.pacnew [2015-07-21 18:58] [ALPM] upgraded sudo (1.8.11.p2-1 -> 1.8.14.p2-1) [2015-07-21 18:59] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U sudo-1.8.11.p2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' [2015-07-21 18:59] [ALPM] warning: /etc/sudoers installed as /etc/sudoers.pacnew [2015-07-21 18:59] [ALPM] downgraded sudo (1.8.14.p2-1 -> 1.8.11.p2-1) I need to extract the package of version 1.8.14.p1-1 from a backup, I downgraded to 1.8.11.p2-1, because this was the version provided by the downgrade command, however there wasn't an issue when 1.8.14.p1-1 was installed. Any ideas, before I file a bug report? Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] Arch Linux trademark and docker images
by Christoph Seitz 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

Hi there, I just stumbled on the following [1] blog post, which says that shipping ubuntu docker images with modifications (e.g. web app, etc.) might be a violation of trademarks. I was wondering wether this also applies to arch linux, since the trademark policy [2] is derived from ubuntu somehow. Especially if you use aur packages inside the container, the trademark policy insists on a trademark license. I found some packages [3] that include aur packages. The FSF started a dialog with Canonical in order to allow such customization based on ubuntu. [4] Am I right with my assumption, that docker images with aur packages need a trademark license? Would it be a possibility to change the policy in oder to allow such works as docker images with aur packages? Regards, Christoph --- [1] http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/36312.html [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:TrademarkPolicy [3] https://registry.hub.docker.com/search?q=arch&searchfield= [4] https://www.fsf.org/news/canonical-updated-licensing-terms

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[arch-general] Tuxguitar: documentation and SWT/GTK
by Alan E. Davis 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

I have stumbled. Archlinux does almost everything to perfection, so I am concerned I may have erred in the installation of tuxguitar. I am uisng a 64 bit, a relatively mature installation with many packages installed, including many from AUR. Tux guitar works well, so far; however, when trying to access Documentation through "Help>Documentation" Tuxguitar hangs. I've spent some hours researching this problem, and have gotten nowhere. Every google search I make leads one to mention of SWT, and apparently the most up to date 4.2 version, and some issue regarding gtk. The following messages are received: (TuxGuitar:10351): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type 'GtkWi dget' (TuxGuitar:10351): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot add class private field to in valid type '<invalid>' (TuxGuitar:10351): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot add private field to invalid (non-instantiatable) type '<invalid>' (TuxGuitar:10351): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static: assert ion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed (TuxGuitar:10351): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type 'GtkBu ildable' (TuxGuitar:10351): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_interface_add_prerequisite: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE (interface_type)' failed (TuxGuitar:10351): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result != 0' failed (TuxGuitar:10351): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static: assert ion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed (TuxGuitar:10351): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_register_static: assertion ' parent_type > 0' failed (TuxGuitar:10351): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot add private field to invalid (non-instantiatable) type '<invalid>' Also interesting, in the "About" screen, is the following information: This product include third party libraries: -> SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit): http://www.eclipse.org/swt/ -> iText (Free Java-PDF library): http://www.lowagie.com/iText/ The documentation is pretty good, in general, on the Archlinux Wiki. I could not find much useful information regarding this problem with Tuxguitar with respect to Archlinux, even there. Can someone shed some light, or, better still, suggest a way to solve this problem. I suppose I can try to get a PDF of the docs, and use that. Alan Davis -- “That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes.” --- Albert Einstein

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Re: [arch-general] vmnet fail to recompile when kernel upgrade
by mudongliang 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

I scan the webpage: Sources common-functions.sh vmci-10.0.4-3.14.patch vmci-10.0.6-3.19.patch vmci-10.0.6-4.0.patch vmmon-10.0.4-3.14.patch vmmon-10.0.5-3.14.patch vmnet-10.0.1-3.13.patch vmnet-10.0.4-3.14.patch vmnet-10.0.5-3.17.patch vmnet-11.1.0-3.19.patch vmware-patch.sh vmware-unpatch.sh vmware-usbarbitrator.service vmware-workstation.service vmware.service vsock-10.0.4-3.14.patch vsock-10.0.6-3.15.patch vsock-10.0.6-3.19.patch There is no corresponding patch for vmnet 4.0.0 Maybe I should use the higher version of VMware Workstation. I hear that someone has installed 11.2 without this issue in kernel 4.0.0. Thank you all the same. - mudongliang On 07/20/2015 02:55 PM, Chi Hsuan Yen wrote: > Dear mudongliang, > > The AUR package vmware-patch[1] may be helpful. > > Best Regards > > Yen Chi Hsuan > > [1] https://aur4.archlinux.org/packages/vmware-patch/ > > On 20 July 2015 at 10:38, mudongliang <mudongliangabcd(a)outlook.com> wrote: > >> Today I upgraded kernel to 4.0.0-2, but when I restart ,I found that >> vmnet module can't be recompiled >> I use vmware workstation of version : 10.0.3 >> I search and find that all the thing about kernel 3.19 in arch wiki. >> >> # curl http://pastie.org/pastes/9934018/download -o /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch >> # cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source >> # tar -xf vmnet.tar >> # patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch >> # tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only >> # vmware-modconfig �Cconsole �Cinstall-all >> >> But this method is not right with kernel 4.0.0-2. vmnet module can't be >> compiled successfully. >> I need a patch for kernel 4.0.0-2 so that I can use vmware normally. >> Thanks in advance. >> - mudongliang >>

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[arch-general] vmnet fail to recompile when kernel upgrade
by mudongliang 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

Today I upgraded kernel to 4.0.0-2, but when I restart ,I found that vmnet module can't be recompiled I use vmware workstation of version : 10.0.3 I search and find that all the thing about kernel 3.19 in arch wiki. # curl http://pastie.org/pastes/9934018/download -o /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch # cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source # tar -xf vmnet.tar # patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch # tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only # vmware-modconfig �Cconsole �Cinstall-all But this method is not right with kernel 4.0.0-2. vmnet module can't be compiled successfully. I need a patch for kernel 4.0.0-2 so that I can use vmware normally. Thanks in advance. - mudongliang

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[arch-general] current flash vulnerabilities - what to do?
by Francis Gerund 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Hello! Run: - Arch linux 64-bit - 4.0.7-2-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 30 07:50:21 UTC 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux - Firefox 39.0-1 - flashplugin 11.2.202.481-1 (Install Date : Wed 08 Jul 2015) What is best practice about the current flash vulnerabilites? Just uninstall flashplugin? Can live without, but many websites still require it.

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[arch-general] pc speaker keep silence on boot.
by John Doe 18 Jul '15

18 Jul '15

Until "kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #1. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj." 4.1.2-2-ARCH

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[arch-general] Linux Kernel capabilities
by arnaud gaboury 17 Jul '15

17 Jul '15

I build my own kernel with ABS. To allow my nspawn container to load kernel modules, I must add this to nspawn unit file: --capability=CAP_SYS_MODULE. Unfortunately, it doesn't work and needed modules are not loaded from container but only from host. I realized there is no #define CAP_SYS_MODULE in /usr/lib/modules/4.1.2-2-ARCH/build/include/linux/capability.h. Is this specific to the arch kernel ? Thank you for hints. -- google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx <https://plus.google.com/_/notifications/emlink?emr=05814804238976922326&emi…>

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Re: [arch-general] network setup help
by 飘尘 14 Jul '15

14 Jul '15

Maybe here is the problem ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip addr add 192.168.2.110/24 broadcast $broadcast dev %i changing the variable $broadcast to a specific adress(192.168.2.255) might help ssfdust

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[arch-general] network setup help
by kqt4at5v＠gmail.com 13 Jul '15

13 Jul '15

I am having a bit of trouble getting my network connection working Following "Systemd with wpa_supplicant and static IP" at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#Manual_… If I follow this exactly to interface will not come up [root@grumpy10 ~]# systemctl -l status network-wireless@mlan0 * network-wireless(a)mlan0.service - Wireless network connectivity (mlan0) Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/network-wireless@.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2015-07-13 08:17:23 CDT; 6min ago Process: 239 ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip addr add $address/$netmask broadcast $broadcast dev %i (code=exited, status=2) Process: 237 ExecStart=/usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -B -i %i -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 235 ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i up (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 239 (code=exited, status=2) CGroup: /system.slice/system-network\x2dwireless.slice/network-wireless(a)mlan0.service Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 systemd[1]: Starting Wireless network connectivity (mlan0 $address)... Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 ip[239]: RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 systemd[1]: network-wireless(a)mlan0.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 systemd[1]: Failed to start Wireless network connectivity (mlan0 $address). Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 systemd[1]: network-wireless(a)mlan0.service: Unit entered failed state. Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 systemd[1]: network-wireless(a)mlan0.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. If I change the "ip addr add" line and change $address/$netmask to 192.168.2.110/24 the interface will come up [root@grumpy10 ~]# cat /etc/conf.d/network-wireless-mlan0 address=192.168.2.110 netmask=24 broadcast=192.168.2.255 gateway=192.168.2.1 [root@grumpy10 ~]# cat /etc/systemd/system/network-wireless\@.service [Unit] Description=Wireless network connectivity (%i $address) Wants=network.target Before=network.target BindsTo=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device [Service] Type=oneshot RemainAfterExit=yes EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/network-wireless-%i ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i up ExecStart=/usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -B -i %i -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip addr add 192.168.2.110/24 broadcast $broadcast dev %i ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip route add default via $gateway ExecStop=/usr/bin/ip addr flush dev %i ExecStop=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i down [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Suggestion appreciated

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[arch-general] Lenovo T550 TLP Bugs
by Neal Oakey 11 Jul '15

11 Jul '15

Hi there, I'm having some different issues with TLP drivers, which seam to cause problems with standby [ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 0x00000000ACDFE014 000024 (v02 LENOVO) [ 0.000000] ACPI: XSDT 0x00000000ACDFE1C0 0000F4 (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: FACP 0x00000000ACDF8000 00010C (v05 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 0x00000000ACDE3000 010FB9 (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: FACS 0x00000000ACD68000 000040 [ 0.000000] ACPI: SLIC 0x00000000ACDFD000 000176 (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000001) [ 0.000000] ACPI: ASF! 0x00000000ACDFC000 0000A5 (v32 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET 0x00000000ACDFB000 000038 (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: ECDT 0x00000000ACDFA000 000052 (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: APIC 0x00000000ACDF7000 000098 (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: MCFG 0x00000000ACDF6000 00003C (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDF5000 000033 (v01 LENOVO TP-SSDT1 00000100 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDF4000 000486 (v01 LENOVO TP-SSDT2 00000200 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDE2000 0009CB (v01 LENOVO SataAhci 00001000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDE1000 000152 (v01 LENOVO Rmv_Batt 00001000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDE0000 0006C5 (v01 LENOVO Cpu0Ist 00003000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDDF000 000B74 (v02 LENOVO CpuSsdt 00003000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDDE000 000369 (v02 LENOVO CtdpB 00001000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDDC000 001475 (v01 LENOVO SaSsdt 00003000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDDB000 000394 (v02 LENOVO CppcTabl 00001000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: PCCT 0x00000000ACDDA000 00006E (v05 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDD9000 000AC4 (v02 LENOVO Cpc_Tabl 00001000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: TCPA 0x00000000ACDD8000 000032 (v02 PTL LENOVO 06040000 LNVO 00000001) [ 0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000ACDD7000 0006A5 (v01 Intel_ TpmTable 00001000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.000000] ACPI: UEFI 0x00000000ACDD6000 000042 (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: MSDM 0x00000000ACCB1000 000055 (v03 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: BATB 0x00000000ACDD5000 000046 (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: FPDT 0x00000000ACDD4000 000064 (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: UEFI 0x00000000ACDD3000 00030A (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: DMAR 0x00000000ACDD2000 0000B0 (v01 LENOVO TP-N11 00001070 PTEC 00000002) [ 0.057504] ACPI: All ACPI Tables successfully acquired [ 0.178849] ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance' [ 0.178851] ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: View and update with x86_energy_perf_policy(8) [ 0.214252] Your BIOS is broken and requested that x2apic be disabled. This will slightly decrease performance. Use 'intremap=no_x2apic_optout' to override BIOS request. [ 0.288351] #2 #3 [ 0.413684] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: [ 0.413718] ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF88043B100800 000436 (v01 PmRef Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20120711) [ 0.415895] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: [ 0.415925] ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF88043B101000 0005AA (v01 PmRef ApIst 00003000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.418226] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: [ 0.418250] ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF88043B3E0000 000119 (v02 PmRef ApCst 00003000 INTL 20120711) [ 0.421494] ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, While evaluating Sleep State [\_S1_] (20150204/hwxface-580) [ 0.421514] ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, While evaluating Sleep State [\_S2_] (20150204/hwxface-580) [ 0.477282] ACPI: Enabled 4 GPEs in block 00 to 7F [ 21.922815] systemd[1]: display-manager.service: Cannot add dependency job, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. [ 22.038414] thinkpad_ec: thinkpad_ec_request_row: arg0 rejected: (0x01:0x00)->0x00 [ 22.038418] thinkpad_ec: thinkpad_ec_read_row: failed requesting row: (0x01:0x00)->0xfffffffb [ 22.038466] thinkpad_ec: initial ec test failed [ 22.453006] thinkpad_acpi: Unsupported brightness interface, please contact ibm-acpi-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net [ 22.456824] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95) [ 22.457158] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95) [ 22.576745] nouveau E[ DEVICE][0000:08:00.0] unknown chipset, 0x118070a2 [ 22.576749] nouveau E[ DRM] failed to create 0x00000080, -22 [ 22.576891] nouveau: probe of 0000:08:00.0 failed with error -22 [ 22.744904] thinkpad_ec: thinkpad_ec_request_row: arg0 rejected: (0x01:0x00)->0x00 [ 22.744905] thinkpad_ec: thinkpad_ec_read_row: failed requesting row: (0x01:0x00)->0xfffffffb [ 22.744906] thinkpad_ec: initial ec test failed has anyone got an idea what I could try? the google results didn't help. Greetings, Neal

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[arch-general] TLP ac/batt auto switch
by Giuseppe Turrisi 11 Jul '15

11 Jul '15

Hi guys, from about a week on my notebook tlp do not auto recognize ac/batt state and it don't auto load the config. If i restart the daemon manually after an ac/batt switch it will work well. Any idea to fix it? I'm on a Lenovo G50-70 Greetings, Giuseppe -- * Giuseppe Turrisi <giuseppeturrisi(a)gmail.com> GPG Key: 0x64CC9BD9 * * Questo messaggio contiene firma GPG ed e' autentico * * http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Privacy_Guard *

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[arch-general] geary segfault
by Frank 11 Jul '15

11 Jul '15

Good evening, on my quest for a lightweight MUA I stumbled over Geary. Looks really nice but keeps crashing with a segfault. Here's whats in the journal: kernel: geary[966]: segfault at 6c ip b4561773 sp bf86e5e0 error 4 in libc-2.21.so[b451f000+1b1000] systemd-coredump[1060]: Process 966 (geary) of user 1000 dumped core. KR Frank

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[arch-general] pidgin facebook connection
by Javier Vasquez 11 Jul '15

11 Jul '15

I just found out facebook no longer supports xmpp interface, and it's using its own api [1]. However I found a plugin for pidgin on github [2]. It seems to be working fine for me. If anyone interested, the following PKGBUILD is also working for me: ++++++++++++++++++++++ # Maintainer: Javier <j.e.vasquez.v at gmail dot com> pkgname=purple-facebook pkgver=a34b993324e4 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Facebook protocol plugin for libpurple" arch=("i686" "x86_64") url="https://github.com/jgeboski/purple-facebook" license=('GPL2') depends=('libpurple' 'pidgin') source=("https://github.com/jgeboski/purple-facebook/releases/download/${pkgver}/pur…") md5sums=('50e706ec573708da63951c33b5db120d') build() { cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}" ./configure --prefix=/usr make } package() { cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}" make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install install -Dm644 COPYING "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE" } # vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et: ++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Javier [1] http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/04/facebook-chat-api-empathy-pidgin-stop-wo… [2] https://github.com/jgeboski/purple-facebook

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[arch-general] improving the app stream data
by kendell clark 10 Jul '15

10 Jul '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 hi all I'm writing in to ask how I can help arch improve it's app stream data, which is largely what gnome software depends on to be able to install and find software. As it stands now there are a lot of packages missing data, so you often get "no application found" when using gnome software to search for them. A good example is orca, the screen reader. Another issue is using gnome software to find software for mime types the system doesn't know how to handle. Often you'll get sorry we couldn't find any software to handle this mime type, when software does exist. Does anyone know how the app stream system works and can you point me to docs and standards so I can read up on it? Once I've got that down, where can I pull down the source appstream data arch uses so I can start improving it? I've got the archlinux-appstream package installed, but I'm not sure if I can edit the data with a running package and it will be picked up automatically or if I need to edit the data and then generate a new package. Sorry for my ignorance I'm completely new at all of this stuff. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading Kendell clark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVntwXAAoJEGYgJ5/kqBTdTBEQAKokO6xvZNn8rIp4yEbLgxzP hdj6aO1idz0wE9fV7tySSEGlskkY80JViYj72H74fT4HyX0nP8ib9f9WvgPsq8Ke uzMsn+B8yjrGiNzRyIHYp3ZMbLT/oUuE63jEVO12S2EX+3aBgisvpwbk4t66uWkv JH/xaRWyRT0A2tSihtfi/ArFcAySlUSg0Dels5SutlBJzZT5nH9djGmapy7c48+X CntHkHwbiudQr2Fe6FE6GvUp4LYsCTyiv705G+JJ/Jz8QtdOHeiJPzEE1KRL6OJq 7gNwCizkxEvlRrwLfGnVlANiYaUd0cp9ucvh9h6lC1FplFeC2V6sWnKN36uAdQzr 8hypRdyqZtyMMi2zAjVB7RDvMvLyEC4p/BN1zgSlGjEV2CArpVJNfmpHywHKy0AS 7k1Fb1RJltan0xCpYuHxhHjhbn+55E4oEdvTJgQXC171HIaBunyyVzquQQy/ZRsl h1iXBMvVmNvtS1s7aiAq94X3TH/fETVKn99VlwxWjx7XcPhU0Uk8EhsZBRvky29w 4mH9r+bHZkFIuXxu4p0nOI+kSEU4knXgzfpibSiWqZyjqiCfubEIFSn7GNVt28zH jGsq8mA6hCEfFdDlgRiS03HfIqqUFscLWjF5Zx52SKMrAaixA0wHFDDyirAjur16 0yQBHlURV1J+17XCkdWt =M2j5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] zynaddsubfx shouldn depend on jack, not jack2
by Nick Lanham 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

This seems to be a new change, as it previously depended only on jack, which is provided by both the jack and jack2 packages, allowing users to use their preferred flavor. Looking at the zyn site, I don't think anything has changed to make it require jack2. Thanks! -Nick

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[arch-general] How to update kde4 to kde5 plasma
by Maykel Franco 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Hi, I have updated my system arch with the packages kde5 but the kde run is kde4... [000][+][[maykel@maykel-arch: ~]] $ kded [TAB] kded4 kded5 How can I use the kde5?

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[arch-general] systemd new dependencies impede using OpenRC
by jmcf125＠openmailbox.org 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Hi there, Not sure whether I should email this mailing list about this problem, but here goes: I've been using OpenRC in Arch Linux for a long time, and uninstalled systemd, as I don't use anything that requires it. However, in the latest update it seems an awful lot of packages I use suddenly require systemd. First, I have a conflict between libgudev and eudev-systemdcompat, so the installation stops right there. I don't even remember a libgudev package when I used systemd! The pacman output, 1st refusing to remove eudev, then accepting, is as follows: $ sudo pacman -Syu :: A sincronizar a base de dados de pacotes... core está actualizado extra está actualizado community está actualizado multilib está actualizado openrc-eudev está actualizado siosm-selinux está actualizado :: A iniciar a actualização do sistema... atenção: libselinux: local (2.4-1) é mais recente que siosm-selinux (2.2-1) atenção: libsepol: local (2.4-1) é mais recente que siosm-selinux (2.2-1) atenção: setools: local (3.3.8-5) é mais recente que siosm-selinux (3.3.8-1) a resolver dependências... a procurar pacotes em conflito... :: libgudev e eudev-systemdcompat estão em conflito (libsystemd). Remover eudev-systemdcompat? [s/N] erro: detectado conflito entre pacotes sem solução erro: falhou ao preparar a transação (dependências em conflito) :: libgudev e eudev-systemdcompat estão em conflito (libsystemd<221) $ sudo pacman -Syu :: A sincronizar a base de dados de pacotes... core está actualizado extra está actualizado community está actualizado multilib está actualizado openrc-eudev está actualizado siosm-selinux está actualizado :: A iniciar a actualização do sistema... atenção: libselinux: local (2.4-1) é mais recente que siosm-selinux (2.2-1) atenção: libsepol: local (2.4-1) é mais recente que siosm-selinux (2.2-1) atenção: setools: local (3.3.8-5) é mais recente que siosm-selinux (3.3.8-1) a resolver dependências... a procurar pacotes em conflito... :: libgudev e eudev-systemdcompat estão em conflito (libsystemd). Remover eudev-systemdcompat? [s/N] s :: libgudev e eudev estão em conflito (libgudev-1.0.so). Remover eudev? [s/N] s erro: falhou ao preparar a transação (não foi possível cumprir as dependências) :: chromium: exige systemd :: libwacom: exige systemd :: libgudev: exige libsystemd :: libinput: exige systemd :: udisks2: exige systemd :: colord: exige systemd :: device-mapper: exige systemd :: lib32-systemd: exige systemd :: mesa: exige systemd :: lvm2: exige systemd :: subversion: exige systemd :: udisks: exige systemd :: xf86-input-vmmouse: exige libsystemd :: accountsservice: exige systemd :: ceph: exige libsystemd :: eudev-openrc: exige eudev :: kmscon: exige systemd :: libatasmart: exige libsystemd :: libgsystem: exige libsystemd :: libgusb: exige udev :: libpulse: exige systemd :: libusb: exige systemd :: lighttpd: exige systemd :: media-player-info: exige systemd :: mkinitcpio: exige systemd :: openrc-core: exige udev>=186 :: openvpn: exige libsystemd :: pcmciautils: exige systemd :: pkgstats: exige systemd :: procps-ng: exige libsystemd :: qt5-base: exige systemd :: qtwebkit: exige systemd :: rtkit: exige systemd :: syslog-ng: exige systemd :: upower-pm-utils: exige eudev-systemdcompat :: util-linux: exige libsystemd :: xf86-input-evdev: exige systemd :: xf86-video-openchrome: exige systemd Why in the world should util-linux require systemd!? Why do all these packages need it when they were fine without it before? I wouldn't like to install systemd, but will if necessary. Nonetheless, I don't want it to replace OpenRC. What can I do? I want an updated system, but I'd very much prefer to have one without systemd. Thank you in advance, João Miguel

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[arch-general] Chromium refuses to start
by Frank Zimmermann 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Good morning, with the latest update to 43.0.2357.130-1 Chromium won't start anymore. This is the output when starting from console: perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/List/Util/Util.so: undefined symbol: Perl_xs_apiversion_bootcheck KR Frank

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[arch-general] out of date accessibility package, liblouis
by kendell clark 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 hi all I'm writing in to let everyone know that according to packages.archlinux.org, liblouis has been flagged out of date since september of last year. The url and download location has changed, details below The url has changed from: http://code.google.com/p/liblouis to http://liblouis.org. I'm not at all sure where liblouis is being downloaded from, but the new location is http://liblouis.org/downloads/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz. I'd fix this myself but I don't have access to the arch repositories, so I'm writing in so others can. I hope this isn't the wrong list to email this to? Thanks for reading Kendell clark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVmG9NAAoJEGYgJ5/kqBTd5noP/2w1K2cs0DibKeYfsTJAhc5s jlmbXU7SD/tMOqNIrWQx59Cw2dtVgj5VdMwcbBboE8QswHxtTHYL5fgcErukirAz 4+RofKtcu9mjPCj16VcuSDjDUMn8FzJ28lvMq7IM6eiIRKlGUrJaR3ATVP3rL6zq FViumXwADBGwtl6x4U4G5kuiJSdkjQZJgNdG9ADkeX0uDjseqOinlDtzTqNwrwrV o0JQQwS2x6LHoe+uIGQXpAvBsC1lNKFmMdPQwEPjZLDWf5GEjaLMKd9nLVEzG6vS 7LQXlX3teYWLzVrsvvvLAjay9SfhvxdL65bUCBVnOY01cUnK/yrwVFFqUQi1e3F9 cMpqid7Axvs1AFm4ikweST3K7ImEUtBZz5/b5nbidWHtVwh8bT1Y90HPpGLuRWd8 rkgccyhSD68EA83h3uxDsakACUWIxckFuZN0Ss/NUvYut4pGvWL4vqMwcwIJUrbO mZRCCCOwtbCcgP4XE3xkEVV+twIvIJ+dMuNmeYqvKIDSrg3/o5tlM1AgLEQpBf+4 GBe5DAPqpoDGLlPpsTkZWzZDPQq3EF09qBKAnZiTRRiphKlygXbQZb+hkPxmDj6J Yhk2qspWyi+ISwj6MZQ2vBxzFPeyt3fSIrYp2bZeBC5zU9JEMhXDsBG5GFbDaofG PeeD7a2MmQEm30alFxKf =kcDE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] odd behavior of screen
by Michał Zegan 05 Jul '15

05 Jul '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello. Since few upgrades of screen, I observe a strange behavior of it, that i s: I run weechat in screen. When I detach the screen session, then it works correctly except that the weechat window does not disappear from the screen, and the bash prompt is printed like on top of it. I have to use clear command to fix that. It is a similar effect to when someone uses a write or wall command and it sends a message to you while you are inside a fullscreen program, and it garbles the output completely. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVlVqkAAoJEHb1CzgxXKwYvwsP/ArpvWgIfsh57VFpFUxkO4i5 c/d+p76SnBCrErIq/A8/wc93wTwN+YKqplECumOIjc+kfFvn5+5fzdk+fS+mpK55 I2ouR8GZ8nL5n3GroeFBTfM7Z2/WjAQBrumaZ/+BT0t6NrhRMCGA4DuDnR47L3tC cSjgMoOLaC4A13EGzC8/p3XQCHD9feO1ulPKhS0JYJU+n4K2x3MCxIJdp/wtNtfE N5/pkDMZ1rWemGiuwQfp2LdC9Ej0SAVX5Te/DIoTNPb3qwb63asiAP2zDv+sYVWj shMFFgUuyo5xwfL857s0wNCLl0qraC9+AZM9ICzb/C+8AziMqcPXag8liI1v+3X1 Nge6JIp9PURMLTjDWQafgUjSQr4KVQkOHc/qM4tlBVD8qJqeSw++huFpzBzIcUq4 LUNZhQyR4YNWJSjHtmkhhn1U67HQoDRW36RjJ8yf4S2c+h2lf0NOP4MZJllEfSlz gcNhFenmIkEzHtvg9NekWSM1LGTSDARMtk3jVIB9uxUUcy4VgbDSLB4llv4qrc2/ y9cNVWRQUNnctRF/WCFtjf++LMv3xkJF5RDYbkN8ilDYJQeObvle8kO4dTynCj4X aokMfGCU4Kq2JJ5pX7XJhBS58Qlzoi+Ksg4jtSuZZIxrz3ntKLTtC1zCO7WsPL4f lXBiD6aMMmw8b+/rJaWu =Wrh1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] vps2arch - The fastest way to convert a VPS to Arch Linux!
by Timothy M. Redaelli 05 Jul '15

05 Jul '15

Hi, I wrote a simple script that allows you to convert (almost) any VPS to Arch Linux. The procedure is very simple, as you an see on a video posted by jx47 (http://jx47.de/posts/20150627_vps2arch.html) Just do: # wget git.io/vps2arch # chmod +x # ./vps2arch With the latest version of the script you can also specify mirrors with the -m option, network system (systemd-networkd, netctl) with -n option and the bootloader to be installed (grub, syslinux). OpenVZ is partially supported, because it doesn't work on systemd 220+ and it will enforce systemd 219. It also enforce netctl as networking system and no bootloader (of course). Please test and report! https://github.com/drizzt/vps2arch -- Timothy M. Redaelli Arch Linux Trusted User

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[arch-general] vlc core dumps
by James 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

I can play files but it core dumps when I open my home directory. Any suggestions? $ vlc VLC media player 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax) (revision 2.2.1-0-ga425c42) [0000000001616168] pulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused [0000000001519148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.2 libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable. libdvdread: Couldn't find device name. libdvdread:DVDOpenFilePath:findDVDFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed libdvdread:DVDOpenFilePath:findDVDFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO. libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO [mp3 @ 0x7fe76cc59000] invalid new backstep -1 *** Error in `vlc': double free or corruption (out): 0x00007fe76cc5b410 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x71bad)[0x7fe795b31bad] /usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x770fe)[0x7fe795b370fe] /usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x778db)[0x7fe795b378db] /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux/libavformat_plugin.so(+0x3ed2)[0x7fe774993ed2] /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8(vlc_module_unload+0xa0)[0x7fe7958464f0] /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8(+0x42d12)[0x7fe7957fad12] /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8(+0x51df6)[0x7fe795809df6] /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8(+0x567a8)[0x7fe79580e7a8] /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8(+0x2e860)[0x7fe7957e6860] /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0(+0x7354)[0x7fe796077354] /usr/lib/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d)[0x7fe795ba7bfd] ======= Memory map: ======== 00400000-00403000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 4219605 /usr/bin/vlc 00602000-00603000 r--p 00002000 08:21 4219605 /usr/bin/vlc 00603000-00604000 rw-p 00003000 08:21 4219605 /usr/bin/vlc 01519000-016c9000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] 7fe76680f000-7fe766810000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 7fe766810000-7fe766910000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack:10963] 7fe766910000-7fe766912000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 844910 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/meta_engine/libfolder_plugin.so 7fe766912000-7fe766b11000 ---p 00002000 08:21 844910 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/meta_engine/libfolder_plugin.so 7fe766b11000-7fe766b12000 r--p 00001000 08:21 844910 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/meta_engine/libfolder_plugin.so 7fe766b12000-7fe766b13000 rw-p 00002000 08:21 844910 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/meta_engine/libfolder_plugin.so 7fe766b17000-7fe766b18000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 7fe766b18000-7fe766c18000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack:10961] 7fe766c18000-7fe766c98000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 797998 /usr/lib/liborc-0.4.so.0.23.0 7fe766c98000-7fe766e97000 ---p 00080000 08:21 797998 /usr/lib/liborc-0.4.so.0.23.0 7fe766e97000-7fe766e99000 r--p 0007f000 08:21 797998 /usr/lib/liborc-0.4.so.0.23.0 7fe766e99000-7fe766e9d000 rw-p 00081000 08:21 797998 /usr/lib/liborc-0.4.so.0.23.0 7fe766ea0000-7fe766ed2000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 797178 /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.4.1 7fe766ed2000-7fe7670d2000 ---p 00032000 08:21 797178 /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.4.1 7fe7670d2000-7fe7670d3000 r--p 00032000 08:21 797178 /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.4.1 7fe7670d3000-7fe7670d4000 rw-p 00033000 08:21 797178 /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.4.1 7fe7670d8000-7fe76710e000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 797176 /usr/lib/libnettle.so.6.1 7fe76710e000-7fe76730d000 ---p 00036000 08:21 797176 /usr/lib/libnettle.so.6.1 7fe76730d000-7fe76730f000 r--p 00035000 08:21 797176 /usr/lib/libnettle.so.6.1 7fe76730f000-7fe767310000 rw-p 00037000 08:21 797176 /usr/lib/libnettle.so.6.1 7fe767310000-7fe767321000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 797151 /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.6.4.2 7fe767321000-7fe767521000 ---p 00011000 08:21 797151 /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.6.4.2 7fe767521000-7fe767522000 r--p 00011000 08:21 797151 /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.6.4.2 7fe767522000-7fe767523000 rw-p 00012000 08:21 797151 /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.6.4.2 7fe767528000-7fe767582000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 797156 /usr/lib/libp11-kit.so.0.1.0 7fe767582000-7fe767782000 ---p 0005a000 08:21 797156 /usr/lib/libp11-kit.so.0.1.0 7fe767782000-7fe76778c000 r--p 0005a000 08:21 797156 /usr/lib/libp11-kit.so.0.1.0 7fe76778c000-7fe76778e000 rw-p 00064000 08:21 797156 /usr/lib/libp11-kit.so.0.1.0 7fe767790000-7fe7679dd000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 4223173 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 7fe7679dd000-7fe767bdc000 ---p 0024d000 08:21 4223173 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 7fe767bdc000-7fe767bf8000 r--p 0024c000 08:21 4223173 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 7fe767bf8000-7fe767c04000 rw-p 00268000 08:21 4223173 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 7fe767c04000-7fe767c07000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fe767c08000-7fe767c13000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798377 /usr/lib/libgsm.so.1.0.13 7fe767c13000-7fe767e12000 ---p 0000b000 08:21 798377 /usr/lib/libgsm.so.1.0.13 7fe767e12000-7fe767e13000 rw-p 0000a000 08:21 798377 /usr/lib/libgsm.so.1.0.13 7fe767e18000-7fe767e60000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798378 /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0 7fe767e60000-7fe76805f000 ---p 00048000 08:21 798378 /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0 7fe76805f000-7fe768060000 r--p 00047000 08:21 798378 /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0 7fe768060000-7fe768061000 rw-p 00048000 08:21 798378 /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0 7fe768061000-7fe76808f000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fe768090000-7fe7680b8000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798470 /usr/lib/libopencore-amrnb.so.0.0.3 7fe7680b8000-7fe7682b8000 ---p 00028000 08:21 798470 /usr/lib/libopencore-amrnb.so.0.0.3 7fe7682b8000-7fe7682b9000 r--p 00028000 08:21 798470 /usr/lib/libopencore-amrnb.so.0.0.3 7fe7682b9000-7fe7682ba000 rw-p 00029000 08:21 798470 /usr/lib/libopencore-amrnb.so.0.0.3 7fe7682c0000-7fe7682d3000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798465 /usr/lib/libopencore-amrwb.so.0.0.3 7fe7682d3000-7fe7684d2000 ---p 00013000 08:21 798465 /usr/lib/libopencore-amrwb.so.0.0.3 7fe7684d2000-7fe7684d3000 r--p 00012000 08:21 798465 /usr/lib/libopencore-amrwb.so.0.0.3 7fe7684d3000-7fe7684d4000 rw-p 00013000 08:21 798465 /usr/lib/libopencore-amrwb.so.0.0.3 7fe7684d8000-7fe768500000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 797930 /usr/lib/libopenjpeg.so.1.5.2 7fe768500000-7fe7686ff000 ---p 00028000 08:21 797930 /usr/lib/libopenjpeg.so.1.5.2 7fe7686ff000-7fe768700000 r--p 00027000 08:21 797930 /usr/lib/libopenjpeg.so.1.5.2 7fe768700000-7fe768701000 rw-p 00028000 08:21 797930 /usr/lib/libopenjpeg.so.1.5.2 7fe768708000-7fe768752000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798473 /usr/lib/libopus.so.0.5.0 7fe768752000-7fe768952000 ---p 0004a000 08:21 798473 /usr/lib/libopus.so.0.5.0 7fe768952000-7fe768953000 r--p 0004a000 08:21 798473 /usr/lib/libopus.so.0.5.0 7fe768953000-7fe768954000 rw-p 0004b000 08:21 798473 /usr/lib/libopus.so.0.5.0 7fe768958000-7fe768a1c000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798476 /usr/lib/libschroedinger-1.0.so.0.11.0 7fe768a1c000-7fe768c1c000 ---p 000c4000 08:21 798476 /usr/lib/libschroedinger-1.0.so.0.11.0 7fe768c1c000-7fe768c1e000 r--p 000c4000 08:21 798476 /usr/lib/libschroedinger-1.0.so.0.11.0 7fe768c1e000-7fe768c20000 rw-p 000c6000 08:21 798476 /usr/lib/libschroedinger-1.0.so.0.11.0 7fe768c20000-7fe768c21000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fe768c28000-7fe768c3f000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798482 /usr/lib/libspeex.so.1.5.0 7fe768c3f000-7fe768e3f000 ---p 00017000 08:21 798482 /usr/lib/libspeex.so.1.5.0 7fe768e3f000-7fe768e40000 r--p 00017000 08:21 798482 /usr/lib/libspeex.so.1.5.0 7fe768e40000-7fe768e41000 rw-p 00018000 08:21 798482 /usr/lib/libspeex.so.1.5.0 7fe768e48000-7fe768e60000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798441 /usr/lib/libtheoradec.so.1.1.4 7fe768e60000-7fe76905f000 ---p 00018000 08:21 798441 /usr/lib/libtheoradec.so.1.1.4 7fe76905f000-7fe769060000 r--p 00017000 08:21 798441 /usr/lib/libtheoradec.so.1.1.4 7fe769060000-7fe769061000 rw-p 00018000 08:21 798441 /usr/lib/libtheoradec.so.1.1.4 7fe769068000-7fe7690a7000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798442 /usr/lib/libtheoraenc.so.1.1.2 7fe7690a7000-7fe7692a7000 ---p 0003f000 08:21 798442 /usr/lib/libtheoraenc.so.1.1.2 7fe7692a7000-7fe7692a8000 r--p 0003f000 08:21 798442 /usr/lib/libtheoraenc.so.1.1.2 7fe7692a8000-7fe7692a9000 rw-p 00040000 08:21 798442 /usr/lib/libtheoraenc.so.1.1.2 7fe7692b0000-7fe7694a5000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 797740 /usr/lib/libvpx.so.2.0.0 7fe7694a5000-7fe7696a4000 ---p 001f5000 08:21 797740 /usr/lib/libvpx.so.2.0.0 7fe7696a4000-7fe7696a6000 r--p 001f4000 08:21 797740 /usr/lib/libvpx.so.2.0.0 7fe7696a6000-7fe7696a7000 rw-p 001f6000 08:21 797740 /usr/lib/libvpx.so.2.0.0 7fe7696a7000-7fe7696aa000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fe7696b0000-7fe7697a8000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798510 /usr/lib/libx264.so.144 7fe7697a8000-7fe7699a7000 ---p 000f8000 08:21 798510 /usr/lib/libx264.so.144 7fe7699a7000-7fe7699a8000 r--p 000f7000 08:21 798510 /usr/lib/libx264.so.144 7fe7699a8000-7fe7699a9000 rw-p 000f8000 08:21 798510 /usr/lib/libx264.so.144 7fe7699a9000-7fe769a24000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fe769a28000-7fe769ddc000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 4224489 /usr/lib/libx265.so.59 7fe769ddc000-7fe769fdc000 ---p 003b4000 08:21 4224489 /usr/lib/libx265.so.59 7fe769fdc000-7fe769fdd000 r--p 003b4000 08:21 4224489 /usr/lib/libx265.so.59 7fe769fdd000-7fe769fde000 rw-p 003b5000 08:21 4224489 /usr/lib/libx265.so.59 7fe769fde000-7fe769fe3000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fe769fe8000-7fe76a088000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798502 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so.4.3 7fe76a088000-7fe76a288000 ---p 000a0000 08:21 798502 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so.4.3 7fe76a288000-7fe76a289000 r--p 000a0000 08:21 798502 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so.4.3 7fe76a289000-7fe76a293000 rw-p 000a1000 08:21 798502 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so.4.3 7fe76a293000-7fe76a2fc000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fe76a300000-7fe76a317000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 798458 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7fe7774e8000-7fe7774ec000 r-xp 00000000 08:21 844955 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux/libsmf_plugin.so gzip: stdout: Broken pipe Aborted (core dumped)

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[arch-general] XMMS2 error in latest version with equalizer build
by Storm Dragon 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Hi, when I upgraded XMMS2 today the preamp stopped working. I use it for a soft volume affect. So I went into the #xmms2 channel on freenode, and after a bit it was discovered that one of the plugins didn't build right. Here's the bit of the conversation: < vdust> 14:35:28 ERROR: ../src/xmms/plugin.c:375: Failed to open plugin /usr/lib/xmms2/libxmms_equalizer.so: /usr/lib/xmms2/libxmms_equalizer.so: undefined symbol: iir < vdust> seems like there is an issue with the plugin build. < vdust> It should be reported to arch linux Is this the correct place to report this, or should it do it somewhere else? Thanks Storm -- Powered by Arch Linux! I am registered Linux user number 508465: https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.tk/ get my public PGP key: gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 43DDC193 Free and open source social networking, get your account TODAY! http://social.2mb.solutions/main/register How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a lightbulb? http://goo.gl/eO4PJ "I am your soul insane" Slayer - Gemini

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Re: [arch-general] XMMS2 error
by Luna Moonbright 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Storm Dragon, Looks like you are just missing whichever component of the plugin that contains iir. I'd try and re download then rebuild the plugin. If they offer a hash of it you may want to check it against whatever archive you downloaded before reinstalling. If none of that works then I recommend looking for missing dependencies, because that, in my experience with linux, is the most common solution to the issue that you seem to be having here. Also I grabbed your key so if you need anything else, email me encrypted like. Best of luck, Luna This is a reply to: Hi, when I upgraded XMMS2 today the preamp stopped working. I use it for a soft volume affect. So I went into the #xmms2 channel on freenode, and after a bit it was discovered that one of the plugins didn't build right. Here's the bit of the conversation: < vdust> 14:35:28 ERROR: ../src/xmms/plugin.c:375: Failed to open plugin /usr/lib/xmms2/libxmms_equalizer.so: /usr/lib/xmms2/libxmms_equalizer.so: undefined symbol: iir < vdust> seems like there is an issue with the plugin build. < vdust> It should be reported to arch linux Is this the correct place to report this, or should it do it somewhere else? Thanks Storm -- Powered by Arch Linux! I am registered Linux user number 508465: https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.tk/ get my public PGP key: gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 43DDC193 Free and open source social networking, get your account TODAY! http://social.2mb.solutions/main/register How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a lightbulb? http://goo.gl/eO4PJ "I am your soul insane" Slayer - Gemini

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[arch-general] package bup marked out-of-date for several months
by David Kaylor 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

bup 0.27 was released upstream several months ago, package has been marked out-of-date since then, could one of the maintainers update?

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[arch-general] Why couldn't pacman resolve the dependency?
by Ralf Mardorf 30 Jun '15

30 Jun '15

Hi, the problem could be solved by installing the problematic dependency first, but why couldn't pacman -Syu not resolve the dependency? This is what happened: $ pacman -Si perl-cpanplus perl-package-constants Repository : community Name : perl-cpanplus Version : 0.9152-2 Depends On : perl perl-log-message perl-archive-extract perl-term-ui perl-log-message-simple perl-module-pluggable perl-object-accessor perl-package-constants Optional Deps : None Conflicts With : None Replaces : None Repository : community Name : perl-package-constants Version : 0.06-1 Depends On : perl Optional Deps : None Conflicts With : None Replaces : None $ date;sudo pacman -Syu Sun Jun 28 17:44:01 CEST 2015 :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date multilib is up to date archaudio-production is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... warning: ardour: ignoring package upgrade (4.0-2 => 4.1-1) warning: audacity: local (2.1.0-2) is newer than extra (2.1.0-1) warning: clthreads: local (2.4.0-5) is newer than community (2.4.0-1) warning: gvfs: local (2013.08.18-1) is newer than extra (1.24.1-2) warning: hunspell-en: ignoring package upgrade (7.1-3 => 2015.05.18-4) warning: libfishsound: local (1.0.0-2) is newer than community (1.0.0-1) warning: linux-rt: ignoring package upgrade (4.0.4_rt1-1 => 4.0.5_rt4-1) warning: linux-rt-docs: ignoring package upgrade (4.0.4_rt1-1 => 4.0.5_rt4-1) warning: linux-rt-headers: ignoring package upgrade (4.0.4_rt1-1 => 4.0.5_rt4-1) warning: linux-rt-lts: ignoring package upgrade (3.10.61_rt65-1 => 3.18.16_rt13-1) warning: linux-rt-lts-docs: ignoring package upgrade (3.10.61_rt65-1 => 3.18.16_rt13-1) warning: linux-rt-lts-headers: ignoring package upgrade (3.10.61_rt65-1 => 3.18.16_rt13-1) warning: ignoring package replacement (mate-calc-1.8.0-2 => galculator-gtk2-2.1.3-3) warning: meterbridge: local (0.9.2-5) is newer than community (0.9.2-1) warning: pulseaudio: local (2013.08.18-1) is newer than extra (6.0-2) warning: sylpheed: local (3.4.2-20141124) is newer than community (3.4.2-1) warning: virtualbox: ignoring package upgrade (4.3.12-1 => 4.3.28-1) warning: virtualbox-guest-iso: ignoring package upgrade (4.3.12-1 => 4.3.28-1) warning: virtualbox-host-dkms: ignoring package upgrade (4.3.12-1 => 4.3.28-1) warning: zita-alsa-pcmi: ignoring package upgrade (0.2.0-1 => 0.2.0-2) warning: zita-resampler: ignoring package upgrade (1.3.0-2 => 1.3.0-3) resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: perl-cpanplus: requires perl-package-constants $ sudo pacman -S perl-package-constants resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (1) perl-package-constants-0.06-1 Total Download Size: 0.00 MiB Total Installed Size: 0.00 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] :: Retrieving packages ... perl-package-constants-0.06-1-any 4.7 KiB 1581K/s 00:00 [--------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) checking keys in keyring [--------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) checking package integrity [--------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) loading package files [--------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) checking for file conflicts [--------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) checking available disk space [--------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) installing perl-package-constants [--------------------------------------] 100% $ date;sudo pacman -Syu Sun Jun 28 17:47:47 CEST 2015 :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date multilib is up to date archaudio-production is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... [...] Packages (60) [...] Total Download Size: 47.35 MiB Total Installed Size: 251.29 MiB Net Upgrade Size: -1.47 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] Question on removing pacman keys (and adding new ones)
by Sebastian Pipping 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Hi there! In relation to making virtual machine images of Arch I noticed that sharing images with pacman keys inside would enable two systems to present spoofed packages to the other unnoticed. True? It seems like a good idea to remove and re-add pacman keys specific to each system again, later. I wonder how to best remove the system-specific keys (not secure deletion, just not breaking the system) and how (more than when) to re-add new ones to the existing system to get it back to fully functional. Any ideas? Many thanks in advance, best, Sebastian

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[arch-general] Generating Arch OpenStack images
by Sebastian Pipping 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Hi! TL;DR: Bullet-style summary at the end. I registered for a closed beta account at CloudScale [1] a few weeks ago and noticed that they offer a number of Linux flavors: Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, .. but no Arch Linux. They use OpenStack with the official OpenStack images [2] of Debian, Ubuntu and so on. It seems there are no official OpenStack images for Arch. There are the ec2 images of Uplinklabs [3] but that's all I find on the net. I have been working on a tool called image-bootstrap [4] for a while, originally aimed at creating virtual machine images for Debian and Ubuntu. Recently, I have added Arch Linux support to image-bootstrap (and created an Arch equivalent of Debian's debootstrap [5] called "directory-bootstrap" in the process, same code base). Since today, when passing the --openstack option to image-boostrap, it does create bootable Arch OpenStack images. But there is something missing. When giving birth to a new virtual machine, an OpenStack image file [6] of say 1 GiB size is copied onto a say 50 GiB "disk", some kind of block device passed to a hypervisor. The original image was generated believing that the given hard disk was say 2 GiB in size, some fixed size, not the size that OpenStack is actually launching virtual machines with. To give access to the full disk space to users, OpenStack images are prepared to do the following: 1. During early boot (initramfs time), the one and only partition is enlarged to the full size of the disk. 2. during normal boot, cloud-init is running resize2fs to enlarge the ext4 root file system to the new size of that partition. It's a little crazy, but it works: the user hardly notices. In Debian, apart from cloud-init that magic is done by packages cloud-utils and cloud-initramfs-growroot of cloud-initramfs-tools [7]. While Arch does have cloud-init, I find cloud-utils in AUR only and no cloud-initramfs-growroot at all. I am looking for Arch developers to bring these to the Arch master repository. There is yet something else: Trust. Anyone can make images and upload them but who is going to trust the image if it is not signed by a person that they trust? There is a group of five people in the Arch master signing keys [8]. One of them created, signed and uploaded the archlinux-bootstrap-*.tar.gz files that users rely on. My hope is that one of these five is willing to use image-bootstrap [4] to create, sign and upload OpenStack images as well. Let me summarize: * Arch OpenStack images are in reach * cloud-utils and cloud-initramfs-growroot need packaging for the Arch master repository. Can you take over? * image-bootstrap (and directory-bootstrap) [4] can be of help with bootstrapping Arch Linux today. * I am looking for master signing key members interested in using image-bootstrap for OpenStack image generation. Please get in touch. * I welcome your thoughts and bug reports (no pull requests before discussion at the moment, please) Thanks for your attention. Best, Sebastian [1] https://www.cloudscale.ch/ [2] http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/content/ch_obtaining_images.html [3] https://www.uplinklabs.net/projects/arch-linux-on-ec2/ [4] https://github.com/hartwork/image-bootstrap [5] https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap [6] http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/content/ch_openstack_images.html [7] https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/cloud-initramfs-tools [8] https://www.archlinux.org/master-keys/

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[arch-general] :D
by Ralf Mardorf 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

This adds Pacman to the progression thingy ([######################################]): $ cat /etc/pacman.conf [snip] # Misc options [snip] Color ILoveCandy [snip] Get insulted if you mistype: $ sudo cat /etc/sudoers [sudo] password for rocketmouse: You type like i drive. [sudo] password for rocketmouse: [snip] Defaults insults [snip]

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[arch-general] pacman mirrorlist update
by Francis Gerund 19 Jun '15

19 Jun '15

Hello. Just installed update pacman-mirrorlist -20150618-1, installed by pacman as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew, and there is nothing exotic about my /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist. I just normally update my mirrorlist by doing: sudo reflector --verbose --country 'United States' -l 200 -p http --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist as suggested by the Arch wiki pacman article. Should I again just: sudo reflector --verbose --country 'United States' -l 200 -p http --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and then just delete /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew?

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[arch-general] Mutt's Missing Manual
by Grady Martin 19 Jun '15

19 Jun '15

Hi, all. Mutt's the bee's knees, but a recent install has revealed that the HTML manuals in /usr/share/doc/mutt have been replaced with an empty text file, /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt. Can anyone confirm this? I performed a fresh install, just to make sure I wasn't off my rocker. Might mutt's manuals not mean much to most men?

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[arch-general] Archlinux + LXC: create Debian and CentOS containers
by Mihamina Rakotomandimby 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hi all, I'm looking for some tutorials on creating Debian and CentOS LXC containers from an Archlinux host https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Linux_Containers has a "container creation" section but not detailed. The goal is to create Debian 7, Debian 8, CentOS 6, CentOS 7 containers. Thank you for your help.

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[arch-general] FS mount for google drive
by Javier Vasquez 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hi, I was looking for a way to mount google drive as a FS, and found [1] and [2]. >From [2], the fuse application recommended was google-drive-ocamlfuse [5]. It's available from Aur. However the amount of ocaml dependencies to get it installed was huge, and many from Aur itself. Therefore I dropped it as an option for me. >From [1], there were 2 fuse applications that got my attention, fuse-google-drive [3] and gdrivefs [4]. Both available through Aur. I was wondering if someone is using any of them. I followed instructions for fuse-google-drive, and after authenticating I'm always getting: -------- ... Host: docs.google.com User-Agent: fuse-google-drive/0.1 Accept: */* Authorization: OAuth <...> < HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request < Content-Type: application/vnd.google.gdata.error+xml < Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 22:51:20 GMT < Expires: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 22:51:20 GMT < Cache-Control: private, max-age=0 < X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff < X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN < X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block < Server: GSE < Accept-Ranges: none < Vary: Accept-Encoding < Transfer-Encoding: chunked < * Connection #0 to host docs.google.com left intact -------- The target mount point gets actually used as if were mounted, but with nothing within. One needs to go and do "fusermount -u" to it... Well, although this should mount "read only", as the author indicates, it's the smallest mountfs application, and the one with less dependencies. Is anyone else using it successfully? It seems last commit was on 2012-09 unfortunately. Like there's no further work on it. Is that the case? Gdrivefs is a different story. It's working for me, and its last commit was on 2015-06 (just this month). I'm using the git version on Aur. The only problem with gdrivefs is the several dependencies on python2 stuff. Not as many as the ocaml solution, but definitely way more than fuse-google-drive. Any problems at all with gdrivefs? If someone is using whether fuse-google-drive or gdrivefs, please share any drawbacks, pitfalls, how to make it work in teh case of fuse-google-drive, and some other stuff you might want to share. I'm looking for light non gui dependent options, :-) Thanks, -- Javier [1] https://code.google.com/p/gdrive-linux/wiki/Tools [2] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/37234/mount-google-drive-in-linux [3] https://github.com/jcline/fuse-google-drive [4] https://github.com/dsoprea/GDriveFS [5] https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse

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