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[arch-general] fresh install: netctl and interface renaming
by Łukasz Michalski 11 May '15

11 May '15

Hi, I am trying to setup network with netctl on fresh arch install. Netctl fails to start static profile due to different interface name. It looks like netctl is trying to start (twice?) before kernel finishes network interface renaming. What can be wrong? Here are parts of my journal log from boot: May 07 22:40:12 serenity kernel: Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware ...skipping... May 07 22:40:12 serenity network[345]: Interface 'enp0s25' does not exist May 07 22:40:12 serenity network[345]: Failed to bring the network up for profile 'internal' May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: netctl(a)internal.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: Failed to start Networking for netctl profile internal. -- Subject: Unit netctl(a)internal.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit netctl(a)internal.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: Unit netctl(a)internal.service entered failed state. May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: netctl(a)internal.service failed. May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: Started Initialize hardware monitoring sensors [cut] May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: Starting Getty on tty1... -- Subject: Unit getty(a)tty1.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- ...skipping... May 07 22:40:12 serenity network[365]: Interface 'enp0s25' does not exist May 07 22:40:12 serenity network[365]: Failed to bring the network up for profile 'internal' May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: netctl(a)internal.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: Failed to start Networking for netctl profile internal. -- Subject: Unit netctl(a)internal.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit netctl(a)internal.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: Unit netctl(a)internal.service entered failed state. May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: netctl(a)internal.service failed. May 07 22:40:12 serenity netctl[359]: Job for netctl(a)internal.service failed. See "systemctl status netctl(a)internal.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. May 07 22:40:12 serenity systemd[1]: Started (Re)store the netctl profile state. -- Subject: Unit netctl.service has finished start-up [cut] May 07 22:40:12 serenity kernel: e1000e 0000:00:19.0 enp0s25: renamed from eth0 May 07 22:40:12 serenity kernel: iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0 May 07 22:40:12 serenity kernel: iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.11 May 07 22:40:12 serenity kernel: iTCO_wdt: Found a 9 Series TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1860) May 07 22:40:12 serenity kernel: iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0) May 07 22:40:12 serenity kernel: sound hdaudioC0D0: ALC1150: SKU not ready 0x00000000

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Re: [arch-general] Headphone Sound Trouble
by Steven Grace 10 May '15

10 May '15

On 05/09/2015 01:01 PM, Heiko Becker wrote: > > > On 05/09/2015 10:01 PM, Heiko Becker wrote: >> >> >> On 05/09/2015 09:42 PM, Steven Grace wrote: >>> On 05/09/2015 10:57 AM, Heiko Becker wrote: >>>> since some days I am experiencing strange issues with my laptop >>>> headphone jack. >>>> >>>> When I boot into Windows 8.1, everything works as expected. No problems >>>> or cracking sounds. >>>> >>>> When I boot my Arch installation, it seems like everything breaks. >>>> My headphones randomly produce loud cracking sounds and when I manage >>>> to get something out of them, the sound is blurred and sounds >>>> disturbed. >>> >>> I've had issues in the past with audio crackles that were caused by >>> the video driver. >> >> What video driver? Maybe an nvidia one? > > Oh and how did you solve it? :D I had the problem in 2012 with another distribution (not Arch). The problem occurred with the "nouveau" driver for a NVidia graphics card. Switching to the proprietary "nvidia" driver solved the problem. I'm still using the same computer and am now successfully using the "nouveau" driver on Arch, so presumably whatever was causing the problem in 2012 has been fixed.

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Re: [arch-general] Headphone Sound Trouble
by Steven Grace 09 May '15

09 May '15

On 05/09/2015 10:57 AM, Heiko Becker wrote: > since some days I am experiencing strange issues with my laptop > headphone jack. > > When I boot into Windows 8.1, everything works as expected. No problems > or cracking sounds. > > When I boot my Arch installation, it seems like everything breaks. > My headphones randomly produce loud cracking sounds and when I manage > to get something out of them, the sound is blurred and sounds disturbed. I've had issues in the past with audio crackles that were caused by the video driver.

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[arch-general] Headphone Sound Trouble
by Heiko Becker 09 May '15

09 May '15

Hello everyone, since some days I am experiencing strange issues with my laptop headphone jack. When I boot into Windows 8.1, everything works as expected. No problems or cracking sounds. When I boot my Arch installation, it seems like everything breaks. My headphones randomly produce loud cracking sounds and when I manage to get something out of them, the sound is blurred and sounds disturbed. Searching the Asus FAQ's gave me: https://www.asus.com/en/support/FAQ/1009646 But I do not know how to check for these settings and wether this applies to me. Some system information: Hardware: Asus N550 JK Laptop uname -a: Konsole output Linux Goomba 4.0.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 29 12:00:26 CEST 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux pacman -Q alsa-utils: Konsole output alsa-utils 1.0.29-1 aplay -l : Konsole output **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC668 Analog [ALC668 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Thank you in advance for advices. Cheers, Heiko

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Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 123, Issue 4
by Wayne Song 09 May '15

09 May '15

unsubscribe On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 2:35 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. list of user/group ids supplied by official packages > (member graysky) > 2. Re: makepkg as root (Ralf Mardorf) > 3. Re: makepkg as root (member graysky) > 4. Re: list of user/group ids supplied by official packages > (Troy Engel) > 5. Re: list of user/group ids supplied by official packages > (Troy Engel) > 6. Re: list of user/group ids supplied by official packages > (member graysky) > 7. Re: list of user/group ids supplied by official packages > (Troy Engel) > 8. Re: makepkg as root (Eli Schwartz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 07:50:49 -0500 > From: member graysky <graysky(a)archlinux.us> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: [arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by official > packages > Message-ID: > < > CAO_nJAboyXF5dhJbvE27F95dC5oqqaWRQy2bhet_iNNmwsv4oQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Is there a list of user/group IDs that official packages from [core] > [extra] and [community] provide? I wish to insure that the user/group > id in an AUR package I provide[1] does not conflict a user created by > an official package. I can grep for 'useradd' in my abs tree and > parse through the resulting 137 lines but there must be a better way. > Thanks. > > 1. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kodi-standalone-service > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 14:09:19 +0100 > From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: Re: [arch-general] makepkg as root > Message-ID: <20150102140919.001b7b0e@archlinux> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > I am/was an '--asroot' user too. Does a feaure request makes sense? > > Happy New Year! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 08:12:51 -0500 > From: member graysky <graysky(a)archlinux.us> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] makepkg as root > Message-ID: > <CAO_nJAY7Y2hiwgKT=6QdH= > o3dx4X_V0H0sY0-CtavNyn4cACOQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Don't think you'll get it added back officially. See the discussion in > Allan's blog: http://allanmcrae.com/2014/12/pacman-4-2-released/ > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Ralf Mardorf > <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: > > I am/was an '--asroot' user too. Does a feaure request makes sense? > > > > Happy New Year! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 08:48:17 -0600 > From: Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by > official packages > Message-ID: > < > CAO7q0mnLYfMkYf63hjZrUbADjHj14+PEuD0KNU3avGh6zJNUZQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 6:50 AM, member graysky <graysky(a)archlinux.us> > wrote: > > Is there a list of user/group IDs that official packages from [core] > > [extra] and [community] provide? I wish to insure that the user/group > > id in an AUR package I provide[1] does not conflict a user created by > > an official package. I can grep for 'useradd' in my abs tree and > > parse through the resulting 137 lines but there must be a better way. > > Thanks. > > There's a wiki-based effort to track them here: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database > > A valiant initiative, I'll survey my system(s) and see if I can > contribute anything... > > -te > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 08:57:01 -0600 > From: Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by > official packages > Message-ID: > <CAO7q0m= > QxsO-wBtDxjpkUD6nbF+r7VK2+a3H1ovJf_DTOo1PLw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database > > ...and the first one I came across wasn't listed (git), I looked at > it's .INSTALL file and see it's dynamic: > > ==== > post_install() { > if ! getent group git >/dev/null; then > groupadd --system git > fi > if ! getent passwd git >/dev/null; then > useradd --system -c 'git daemon user' -g git -d / -s /bin/bash git > fi > } > ==== > > So there are core/extra/community packages using the system dynamic > method which is probably what you should do as well, since everyone's > 'git' UID/GID are most likely different. :( Makes it hard if you need > to align across a cluster/shared filesystem, though. > > -te > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 10:00:29 -0500 > From: member graysky <graysky(a)archlinux.us> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by > official packages > Message-ID: > <CAO_nJAY6xsCDqYnLJt2oSwtcvTAKDxeBycqP-= > cB+PM3e-E+wg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Thanks for that link and for the info on dynamic UID's. > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database > > > > ...and the first one I came across wasn't listed (git), I looked at > > it's .INSTALL file and see it's dynamic: > > > > ==== > > post_install() { > > if ! getent group git >/dev/null; then > > groupadd --system git > > fi > > if ! getent passwd git >/dev/null; then > > useradd --system -c 'git daemon user' -g git -d / -s /bin/bash git > > fi > > } > > ==== > > > > So there are core/extra/community packages using the system dynamic > > method which is probably what you should do as well, since everyone's > > 'git' UID/GID are most likely different. :( Makes it hard if you need > > to align across a cluster/shared filesystem, though. > > > > -te > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 09:14:07 -0600 > From: Troy Engel <troyengel+arch(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by > official packages > Message-ID: > <CAO7q0m=wvB7E=Kmo=ZTu92CsYUfonNm= > Hncu7+4Afq5qSnPH9A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 9:00 AM, member graysky <graysky(a)archlinux.us> > wrote: > > > > Thanks for that link and for the info on dynamic UID's. > > You're welcome - and I think you've helped uncover a small bug (well, > enhancement) - I found two new systemd* users with suspiciously high > UIDs: > > systemd-journal-remote:x:998:998:systemd Journal Remote:/:/sbin/nologin > systemd-journal-upload:x:997:997:systemd Journal Upload:/:/sbin/nologin > > I'm pretty sure since package 'filesystem' isn't creating them (just > checked) that systemd is creating them dynamically at runtime, > searching through code now to prepare a bug report... > > -te > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 13:35:52 -0500 > From: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] makepkg as root > Message-ID: > <CAAp_6BtPWs+0YZvig+bhcpUsMf+HUshbrXWbH= > QNu93zcK8V6w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > '--asroot' was removed with deliberation and forethought. > > If anyone can think of a compelling reason the developers have not thought > of, perhaps you will have luck convincing them. Random feature requests > saying you want it probably don't qualify... at least explain why you are > not able to simply run 'makepkg' in another user account. > > I do have to wonder, though, why... one is running as root by default??? > Why else would '--asroot' be needed? > > -- Eli Schwartz > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 123, Issue 4 > ******************************************** >

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[arch-general] at times when booting system-logind fails and system hangs
by Javier Vasquez 08 May '15

08 May '15

I haven't identified under which circumstances, when booting the system hangs, and the only thing that can be related to that is the message: Failed to start Login Service Of course the recommendation to see the output of: systemctl status systemd-logind.service Is useless when that happens. That because the system hangs. A phisical hard power down is what I've done, and then usually by starting the system again everything works. Has anyone experienced this? Any suggestion? Thanks, -- Javier

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[arch-general] PyChess Audio
by Grady Martin 08 May '15

08 May '15

Hello, all. Does anyone play chess? PyChess is great and seems mostly free of bugs now. There is one, glaring exception, but it could be specific to Arch. Sound effects do not play, and the sound files the pychess package installs to /usr/share/pychess/sounds do not appear in the sound selection dialogs (which have strange "untitled filters" applied to them). Should the problem be reported upstream?

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[arch-general] mytbk920423@gmail.com has indicated you're a friend. Accept?
by mytbk920423＠gmail.com 08 May '15

08 May '15

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[arch-general] core/linux provides kernel*26*, not kernel4
by Roman Rader 03 May '15

03 May '15

Why https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/linux/ package provides kernel26 while current version is 4? Is it a mistake or 26 means something else? Roman

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[arch-general] Conky autostart problem
by Francis Gerund 03 May '15

03 May '15

Hello! Using Arch with Gnome, I can start and run Conky manually. But I can't get it to autostart. As stated in the Arch wiki Gnome article, Tweak tool will add autostarts, but there is no entry for Conky in the list of application programs accessed by using the " + " button. It also says to "copy the relevant .desktop file from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.config/autostart" . . . Well, even after re-installing Conky, ~/.config/autostart is empty, and /usr/share/applications has no entry for Conky. Also, /usr/share/applications does not seem to have anything like a "conky.desktop" file. So, do I need to create a "conky.desktop" file, and if so, how? P.S. I can't seem to find a good answer using a search engine. And I really don't want to (and should not have to) try downgrading (and then upgrading again) Gnome, just to try something obsolete referred to as "gnome-session-properties".

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Re: [arch-general] Kernel Module snd_seq_midi No Longer Inserted Automatically
by AIS Information 02 May '15

02 May '15

On 04/08/2015 07:00 AM, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:58:20 -0700 > From: Steven Grace <sgrace(a)pobox.com> > To: ML_arch-general <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: [arch-general] Kernel Module snd_seq_midi No Longer Inserted > Automatically > Message-ID: <55248B3C.3010103(a)pobox.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > I'd like help regarding a problem I'm having with kernel module > snd_seq_midi. Until sometime in March this module was being > automatically inserted; that's no longer happening. The module is still > present and can be manually inserted with modprobe. > > I know that snd_seq_midi is part of package "linux" but I don't know > what's responsible for automatically inserting the module. I'd > appreciate any information as to how I can find out. > > The issue may have started with my update of linux to 3.19.2-1 on March > 21. Today I updated linux to 3.19.3-1 but that didn't solve the problem. > > It's also possible that the issue is related to ALSA; I updated alsa-lib > and alsa-utils to 1.0.29-1 on March 10. > > I'd appreciate any help regarding how snd_seq_midi used to be > automatically inserted, or general information regarding how automatic > module insertion works. Thanks. > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 126, Issue 7 > ******************************************** > the wiki explains kernel modules here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_modules alternatively(though perhaps unecessary/ill-advised?) you could load the module early by adding it to mkinitcpio.conf and rebuilding your kernel. you can search "mkinitcpio, arch" for the arch wiki page on that. good luck.

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[arch-general] PKGBUILD inheritance
by Roman Rader 02 May '15

02 May '15

Hi I want to make PKGBUILD for kernel in AUR with enabled options that I need. I did #ABSROOT=. abs core/linux fixed config and I'm good, but to keep it updated with core/linux I need to do it all the time (load latest core/linux, fix the config, rebuild). Is there some tools/mechanisms to make a PKGBUILD that will do it automatically? Thanks

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[arch-general] Audacity Library Mismatch (Wxgtk2.8)
by Grady Martin 01 May '15

01 May '15

Hi, all. I hope I have reached an acceptable place to bitch about what looks like a packaging error, possibly involving wxgtk2.8. Running audacity prints the following to stderr and quits. Can anyone reproduce this? Warning: Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected. The library used 2.8 (no debug,Unicode,compiler with C++ ABI 1008,wx containers,compatible with 2.6), and your program used 2.8 (no debug,Unicode,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,wx containers,compatible with 2.6).

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[arch-general] vmware workstation 11 crashes
by Mihamina Rakotomandimby 30 Apr '15

30 Apr '15

Hi all, I suddenly got my vmware workstation 11 crash, with this log: https://bitbucket.org/snippets/rakotomandimby/XB4g As I dont launch it at session start I dont really know what action (some upgrade or what) broke it... Using arch up-to-date with nouveau drivers Would you know?

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[arch-general] no write access to gvfs-mount with certain applications
by Lev Cohan 30 Apr '15

30 Apr '15

> Hi, > > I have a strange problem with gvfs mounts with the SMB/CIFS backend. > Both packages are in the latest version 1.24.1-1. > > The smb shares are mounted with nautilus. The neccessary credentials are > stored in the gnome-keyring. I can open / read and write files with > LibreOffice and gedit. There is also no problem when accessing / > creating files with the terminal and vi. > > But when I try to open a library with calibre the application tells me, > that the database is read only. The access rights of the library files > are all rwx and i can create files in the directory with for example > touch or gedit. > > As fare as i can remember the (write) access with calibre worked before > the update of the latest gnome version. > > Does anybody has suggestions how to solve this problem? > > Sebastian Hi Sebastian, I have the same problem but with encfs stashes. This seems to be a regression. A downgrade of the two packages gvfs (1.24.1-1 -> 1.22.3-2 ) gvfs-smb (1.24.1-1 -> 1.22.3-2) remedies this problem. I opened a bug report upstream https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748675 and one for arch https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44785 lev

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[arch-general] Upgrading from linux 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 without reboot
by Chi Hsuan Yen 29 Apr '15

29 Apr '15

Hello Arch users, I just upgraded to linux 4.0.1-1 in [core] from linux 4.0.0-2 in [testing]. In recent days, I've heard of lots of news that since kernel 4.0, no reboot is necessary for upgrading kernel. However, uname still gives me the old kernel version: $ uname -r 4.0.0-2-ARCH Is it necessary to run additional commands for completing kernel upgrading, or do I have to wait for some time? If I have to wait, how long should I wait for? Thanks for any related information or opinions! Best Regards, Yen Chi Hsuan

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[arch-general] Tool to create mtree
by Magnus Therning 29 Apr '15

29 Apr '15

When looking at the internals of an Arch package I learned about the mtree format. However, I didn't find any tool to create an mtree file myself. Is it really the case that `makepkg` and `pacman` handle mtree files internally, and that Arch completely lacks a tool for working with mtree files? (Yes, I've already found the AUR package at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mtree/) /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus

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[arch-general] Post-packaging modification tool
by Magnus Therning 29 Apr '15

29 Apr '15

I have a large set of already packages (300+) that I'd like to make some minor modifications to the meta data in. Since it takes a few hours to build them all I'd prefer to avoid dong that. So, is there a tool out there that allows me to make some minor changes to the meta data of a package? To be specific, I'd like to add a `provides` to each and every package. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true. -- Albert Einstein

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[arch-general] Add wpa_supplicant to the Group 'Base'
by H8H 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

Hi I recently installed archlinux over the air (wifi) and after a reboot I realizied sh**t you forgot to install wpa_supplicant to get connect to the world (over wifi / wpa/wpa2) and install more packages. So I had to restart, boot to the live system, mount the whole crypt stuff, (arch-chroot) and install wpa_supplicant. In my opinion wpa_supplicant is an important tool, so is it possible to add it to the group 'base'? Cheers H8H

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[arch-general] Random no signal on display-manager init
by Bráulio Bhavamitra 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

Hello all, I've installed Arch on a Intel NUC. With sddm or lightdm, most of times the system boots and then the monitor tells 'No signal', then I have to press Control + Alt + F2 and then start sddm or lightdm manually. A few times it boot directly in to the display manager. Anybody got this?? thanks, bráulio -- "Lute pela sua ideologia. Seja um com sua ideologia. Viva pela sua ideologia. Morra por sua ideologia" P.R. Sarkar EITA - Educação, Informação e Tecnologias para Autogestão http://cirandas.net/brauliobo http://eita.org.br "Paramapurusha é meu pai e Parama Prakriti é minha mãe. O universo é meu lar e todos nós somos cidadãos deste cosmo. Este universo é a imaginação da Mente Macrocósmica, e todas as entidades estão sendo criadas, preservadas e destruídas nas fases de extroversão e introversão do fluxo imaginativo cósmico. No âmbito pessoal, quando uma pessoa imagina algo em sua mente, naquele momento, essa pessoa é a única proprietária daquilo que ela imagina, e ninguém mais. Quando um ser humano criado mentalmente caminha por um milharal também imaginado, a pessoa imaginada não é a propriedade desse milharal, pois ele pertence ao indivíduo que o está imaginando. Este universo foi criado na imaginação de Brahma, a Entidade Suprema, por isso a propriedade deste universo é de Brahma, e não dos microcosmos que também foram criados pela imaginação de Brahma. Nenhuma propriedade deste mundo, mutável ou imutável, pertence a um indivíduo em particular; tudo é o patrimônio comum de todos." Restante do texto em http://cirandas.net/brauliobo/blog/a-problematica-de-hoje-em-dia

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[arch-general] xfce-powermanager issue since kernel 3.19
by Friedrich Strohmaier 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

Hi all, since having updated to kernel 3.19 xfce Power Manager Panel Plugin does not show my logitech trackball (m570) and keyboard (k230) both connected through wireless usb dongle. other logitech device (logitech m235 mouse) does. all are shown with lsusb: $ lsusb | grep Logitech Bus 004 Device 005: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver Bus 004 Device 004: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver Bus 003 Device 007: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver and all work fine. downgrading to kernel 3.18 solves this issue. This is nothing making me sad all the day :o)) Nevertheless I'm a little bit lost where to report what? -- Friedrich

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[arch-general] java-atk-wrapper outdated
by Michał Zegan 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

Hello. It actually seems to me that the java-atk-wrapper project is again in active development, and the version in arch is out of date at the moment.

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[arch-general] no write access to gvfs-mount with certain applications
by Sebastian Hempel 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

Hi, I have a strange problem with gvfs mounts with the SMB/CIFS backend. Both packages are in the latest version 1.24.1-1. The smb shares are mounted with nautilus. The neccessary credentials are stored in the gnome-keyring. I can open / read and write files with LibreOffice and gedit. There is also no problem when accessing / creating files with the terminal and vi. But when I try to open a library with calibre the application tells me, that the database is read only. The access rights of the library files are all rwx and i can create files in the directory with for example touch or gedit. As fare as i can remember the (write) access with calibre worked before the update of the latest gnome version. Does anybody has suggestions how to solve this problem? Sebastian -- *Sebastian Hempel* eMail: sebastian(a)hempel-roeslau.de GnuPG Fingerprint: 9396 67A0 D3F3 6EBB BD7C 783D 34D8 65FE 9EB7 B49F Twitter: https://twitter.com/ithempel

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[arch-general] `journalctl -m` does not show /var/log/journal/remote/*
by a 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

Hello, I have some remote journal from vps. It has come with systemd-journal{-remote,-upload}. ``` $ ls -l /var/log/journal/remote/ remote-10.8.0.2@b9e0664324d845afa9e8a4f9c17db0c8-0000000000000001-000513ba70b17fc3.journal remote-10.8.0.2@b9e0664324d845afa9e8a4f9c17db0c8-00000000000000d0-000513ba710c9056.journal remote-10.8.0.2@b9e0664324d845afa9e8a4f9c17db0c8-000000000000061e-000513bb668ea2c1.journal remote-10.8.0.2.journal remote-::ffff:10.8.0.2.journal ``` I can see these logs with `journalctl -d /var/log/journal/remote`. But when I'd tried with '-m' merge flag, it just showed localhost's journal. How could i see logs from both localhost and remote in realtime? Arch Linux systemd 219-5 Thanks. -- a

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[arch-general] PATH variable not set in DE (GNOME)
by Maximilian Kaul 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

Hello list, I'm currently experiencing something weird on a (less than regularly, but recently) updated Arch machine. After the last update some graphical programs that rely on the path variable being properly set stopped working. In particular one application uses exiftool, and works properly if started from the command line. However, if I open an image, the application complains that it can not find exiftool. So I checked in a terminal: $ which exiftool /usr/bin/vendor_perl/exiftool $ echo $PATH .../usr/bin/vendor_perl... BUT if I put the following code in a file #!/bin/sh env > /tmp/env and execute it via GNOME (double click the file and select 'run') and then check the PATH variable in /tmp/env it does _not_ include the perl directory. What is the correct way to set this variable? I always thought it is set in /etc/profile.d/ but it is already there. # grep -R vendor_perl /etc grep: /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lm_sensors.service: No such file or directory grep: /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/S.gpg-agent: No such device or address /etc/profile.d/perlbin.csh:[ -d /usr/bin/vendor_perl ] && setenv PATH ${PATH}:/usr/bin/vendor_perl /etc/profile.d/perlbin.csh:[ -d /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/bin ] && setenv PATH ${PATH}:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/bin /etc/profile.d/perlbin.sh:[ -d /usr/bin/vendor_perl ] && PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin/vendor_perl /etc/profile.d/perlbin.sh:[ -d /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/bin ] && PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/bin Is there some way I do not know about? Is this a GNOME problem, or is something else causing this? The program used to run and find exiftool. I checked with the developer because my first thought was that they changed something about how they detect exiftool. They did not. Thank you for your help! Maximilian

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[arch-general] pacman's "Depends On"
by Ralf Mardorf 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

Hi :) if a dedicated version of a dependency is needed, some packages mention it, others don't. Firefox does not explicitly mention a version of libvpx $ pacman -Si firefox | grep On Depends On : [snip] libvpx [snip] but it needs a dedicated version $ firefox XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so: libvpx.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM. ffmpeg does mentions that a dedicated version is needed $ pacman -Si ffmpeg | grep On Depends On : [snip] libvpx.so=2-64 [snip] IMO official packages should mention dedicated versions, since for users of a rolling release, there sometimes are good reasons to downgrade. I tried to build Firefox from ABS against the outdated version of libvpx that is needed and installed on my system, but that's another issue. Perhaps other packages are broken too and I get aware of it, at an inconvenient time. How can I figure out what packages depend on a dedicated version of another package? Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] Intel CPUs and glibc-2.21.3
by Fabien Dubosson 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Hi, Yesterday after upgrading my system I started having emacs segfaulting when started in daemon mode. This bug was weird because it didn't happen after an emacs update. Looking for help on IRC, Namarrgon helped me to get the trace that looked like this [1]: Thread 1 (Thread 0x7ffff7f96980 (LWP 1768)): Already logging to trace.log. #0 __lll_unlock_elision (lock=0x7fffefbc1ee8, private=0) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/elision-unlock.c:29 No locals. #1 0x00007fffef97512c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libEGL.so.1 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00007fffef9078c2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libEGL.so.1 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007fffffffe1e0 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007fffef986831 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libEGL.so.1 No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007fffffffe1e0 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #6 0x00007ffff7dea815 in _dl_fini () at dl-fini.c:257 nmaps = <optimized out> nloaded = <optimized out> i = <optimized out> l = 0x7ffff7faca50 ns = 140737215411296 maps = 0xffffffff maps_size = 140737262191424 do_audit = <optimized out> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "_dl_fini" Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?) The reason of the segfault was located in the glibc, and was due to the update to glibc-2.21-3. According to the explanation of Namarrgon, the bug is not a glibc one but a bug in the Intel CPU firmware: > TSX is defective on haswall and some broadwell CPUs and intel > disabled it via firmware, you weren't applying the firmware and > running into the bug > > lock-elision is part of the broken instruction The solution is quite simple: Follow instructions on the wiki to install the Intel Microcode [2]. The general procedure is: - Install `intel-ucode' - Update bootloader config to include it (e.g. grub: `# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg') - Restart && Enjoy On reddit [3] there was other people having the same issue but with different software: at least VLC for the the original poster. I'm sharing this here because the issue is not evident to find. The bug was not present with previous versions of glibc in my case (I never had the microcode installed). I hope this could help other people to identify the problem if they encounter it. Maybe an official announcement could be useful if there is other people having this issue with the new glibc? I'll let devs and TUs decide this. [1] http://hastebin.com/dopoluqodu.vala [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microcode [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/33laqv/segmentation_fault_in_vl… Best regards, ++ Fabien

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[arch-general] swap and tmpfs
by Ralf Mardorf 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Hi, this line in fstab $ grep tmp /etc/fstab tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid,size=3G 0 0 usually is commented out. One time it was needed, when building a kernel failed. Today building Firefox failed. I'll try with 3G again, instead of half of the memory (1.9G), after a restart, to safely clean tmp first. I suspect that if the RAM size doesn't fit, swap isn't used?! I also wonder why just one swap partition is recognized?! $ df -h | grep /tmp tmpfs 1.9G 1.9G 464K 100% /tmp $ grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo SwapTotal: 2546264 kB $ grep swap /etc/fstab /dev/sdb7 none swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda10 none swap defaults,pri=-2 0 0 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ lsblk | grep sdb7 ├─sdb7 8:23 0 2.4G 0 part [SWAP] [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ lsblk | grep sda10 ├─sda10 8:10 0 2.2G 0 part $ sudo nano /etc/fstab $ sudo mount -a $ lsblk | grep SW ├─sdb7 8:23 0 2.4G 0 part [SWAP] $ grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo SwapTotal: 2546264 kB $ grep swap /etc/fstab | grep -v "#" /dev/sdb7 none swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda10 none swap defaults 0 0 Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] update error(?)
by Francis Gerund 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Just recently did: sudo pacmatic -Syuv and got: :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from arch.localmsp.org : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds core is up to date error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from arch.localmsp.org : Connection timed out after 10001 milliseconds extra is up to date error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from arch.localmsp.org : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds community is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (3) gdm-3.16.1.1-1 libgdm-3.16.1.1-1 llvm-libs-3.6.0-5 Total Download Size: 8.77 MiB Total Installed Size: 38.01 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0.23 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n So, I chose NO, then per the wiki I updated the mirrorlist, and once the mirrorlist wsa updated, I did: sudo pacmatic -Syyuv and got: Root : / Conf File : /etc/pacman.conf DB Path : /var/lib/pacman/ Cache Dirs: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ Lock File : /var/lib/pacman/db.lck Log File : /var/log/pacman.log GPG Dir : /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/ Targets : None :: Synchronizing package databases... core 121.4 KiB 1167K/s 00:00 [##################################] 100% extra 1800.4 KiB 4.00M/s 00:00 [##################################] 100% community 2.6 MiB 4.41M/s 00:01 [##################################] 100% :: Starting full system upgrade... warning: gdm: local (3.16.1.1-1) is newer than extra (3.16.1-3) warning: libgdm: local (3.16.1.1-1) is newer than extra (3.16.1-3) there is nothing to do Huh? why: warning: gdm: local (3.16.1.1-1) is newer than extra (3.16.1-3) warning: libgdm: local (3.16.1.1-1) is newer than extra (3.16.1-3) I again did: sudo pacmatic -Syyuv and got the same exact result. Note that at the time this is posted, archlinux.org does not seem to show gdm 3.16.1-3 or libgdm 3.16.1-3, just gdm 3.16.1.1-1 and libgdm 3.16.1.1-1 So, what to do?

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[arch-general] Updating multiple Arch OS's at once
by Mark Lee 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Salutations, I wrote a script to update some USB OS's of mine per instance. The idea's that multiple instances can be run. The script is located at : <https://github.com/bluerider/mkportarch/blob/master/update-usb> However, I get the following error : ------------ :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed to update core (unable to lock database) error: failed to update extra (unable to lock database) error: failed to update community (unable to lock database) error: failed to synchronize any databases error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database) error: could not lock database: File exists if you're sure a package manager is not already running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck ------------ Those are separate chroot environments so they wouldn't be sharing /var/lib/pacman/db.lck. Regards, Mark

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[arch-general] Virtualbox can't start a guest caused by NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED
by Ralf Mardorf 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Hi, 2015-04-20 virtualbox [1] still could start a guest. After closing Virtualbox I upgraded kdebase-runtime (15.04.0-3 -> 15.04.0-4) thunar (1.6.6-2 -> 1.6.7-1) and then shutdown Arch Linux to make a backup of this Arch Linux install. 2015-04-21 I used Arch Linux again and upgraded kdebase-lib (15.04.0-1 -> 15.04.0-2) perl-file-basedir (0.06-1 -> 0.07-1) sip (4.16.6-1 -> 4.16.7-1) python-sip (4.16.6-1 -> 4.16.7-1) python2-sip (4.16.6-1 -> 4.16.7-1) libxfcegui4 (4.10.0-4 -> 4.10.0-5) libsystemd (217-8 -> 219-5) systemd (217-8 -> 219-5) systemd-sysvcompat (217-8 -> 219-5) lib32-systemd (217-1 -> 218-1) reinstalled linux (3.19.3-3) upgraded libvpx (1.3.0-1 -> 1.4.0-2) ffmpeg (1:2.6.1-3 -> 1:2.6.2-1) ffmpeg-compat (1:0.10.15-2 -> 1:0.10.16-1) firefox (37.0.1-2 -> 37.0.2-1) gd (2.1.1-1 -> 2.1.1-2) graphviz (2.38.0-3 -> 2.38.0-4) gst-plugins-good (1.4.5-1 -> 1.4.5-2) gstreamer0.10-bad (0.10.23-8 -> 0.10.23-9) gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins (0.10.23-8 -> 0.10.23-9) vlc (2.2.1-1 -> 2.2.1-2) libkolab (0.5.3-1 -> 0.6.0-1) mencoder (37379-2 -> 37379-3) mplayer (37379-2 -> 37379-3) xine-lib (1.2.6-4 -> 1.2.6-5) After that I wanted to use Virtualbox, but it can't start a guest anymore: "Failed to create a new session. Callee RC: NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED (0x80040154)" If I run Virtualbox in a terminal I get "Qt WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile" already before I try to start a guest. After some WWW inquiries I disconnected USB of an iPad and of an external WD from the computer and rebooted to clean /tmp, but this didn't solve the issue. Then I tried some Voodoo by running $ sudo mv /boot/initramfs-linux-rt-lts.img /boot/initramfs-linux-rt-lts.img.bak $ sudo mv /boot/initramfs-linux-rt-lts-fallback.img /boot/initramfs-linux-rt-lts-fallback.img.bak $ sudo mkinitcpio -p linux-rt-lts and a reboot, but nothing changed. I continued doing nonsense by downgrading systemd to the version I used the last time running Virtualbox. The remove was needed for the downgrade $ sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/remote-fs.target libsystemd (219-5 -> 217-8) systemd (219-5 -> 217-8) systemd-sysvcompat (219-5 -> 217-8) lib32-systemd (218-1 -> 217-1) in addition I restored initramfs $ sudo rm initramfs-linux-rt-lts-fallback.img initramfs-linux-rt-lts.img $ sudo mv initramfs-linux-rt-lts.img.bak initramfs-linux-rt-lts.img $ sudo mv initramfs-linux-rt-lts-fallback.img.bak initramfs-linux-rt-lts-fallback.img and rebooted. Despite all the Voodoo Virtualbox still fails and all cats and chickens in the neighbourhood are still alive. Arch is up to date [2]. Any hints are welcome. Regards, Ralf [1] $ pacman -Q virtualbox linux-rt-lts virtualbox 4.3.12-1 linux-rt-lts 3.10.61_rt65-1 I need this old Virtualbox, because new versions of Virtualbox faile, when I try to update my iPad's iOS by USB, running iTunes on a XP guest. Building Virtualbox modules with dkms for new kernel versions fail, so I run it on a LTS RT kernel. [2] $ sudo pacman -Syu [snip] :: Starting full system upgrade... warning: ardour: ignoring package upgrade (2.8.16-1 => 3.5.403-1) 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 (1.24.1-1) warning: lib32-systemd: ignoring package upgrade (217-1 => 218-1) warning: libfishsound: local (1.0.0-2) is newer than community (1.0.0-1) warning: libsystemd: ignoring package upgrade (217-8 => 219-5) warning: linux-rt: ignoring package upgrade (3.18.9_rt5-2 => 3.18.11_rt7-1) warning: linux-rt-docs: ignoring package upgrade (3.18.9_rt5-2 => 3.18.11_rt7-1) warning: linux-rt-headers: ignoring package upgrade (3.18.9_rt5-2 => 3.18.11_rt7-1) warning: linux-rt-lts: ignoring package upgrade (3.10.61_rt65-1 => 3.14.36_rt34-1) warning: linux-rt-lts-docs: ignoring package upgrade (3.10.61_rt65-1 => 3.14.36_rt34-1) warning: linux-rt-lts-headers: ignoring package upgrade (3.10.61_rt65-1 => 3.14.36_rt34-1) warning: ignoring package replacement (mate-calc-1.8.0-2 => galculator-gtk2-2.1.3-3) warning: mate-dialogs: local (2013.08.18-1) is newer than community (1.8.0-2) 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 (6.0-1) warning: sylpheed: local (3.4.2-20141124) is newer than community (3.4.2-1) warning: systemd: ignoring package upgrade (217-8 => 219-5) warning: systemd-sysvcompat: ignoring package upgrade (217-8 => 219-5) warning: virtualbox: ignoring package upgrade (4.3.12-1 => 4.3.26-3) warning: virtualbox-guest-iso: ignoring package upgrade (4.3.12-1 => 4.3.26-1) warning: virtualbox-host-dkms: ignoring package upgrade (4.3.12-1 => 4.3.26-3) 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) there is nothing to do

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Re: [arch-general] update error(?)
by john＠johneb47.id.au 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 09:10:00AM -0500, Francis Gerund wrote: > Okay . . . > > Thank you for the input. > > May I just state that I can (and do) use all of the information resources > aforementioned. Oh, if you only knew the may hours I have spent reading, > reading, reading. Yes, I have learned much from reading. > > But reading is not always the most efficient or even the most effective > learning modality. Often, just asking questions is the best way to > promote knowledge transfer. > > ....... Francis, Do not become discouraged, you are asking your questions on the right list. I have been using Archlinux for about seven years and Linux as an OS for more than twenty years and I am still learning new ways of doing things. eg: rankmirrors from this discussion was something new that I learnt. Sure you have to search the wiki and the man pages and the HOWTOs to gain information but when all else fails ask on the lists. Also don't forget the forums, these can be heavy but there are gems of informationin ther as well. Always remember the only stupid question is the one that remains unasked. Regards John

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[arch-general] Updated to gnome 3.16 and I'm getting the "oh no. Something has gone wrong. All extensions have been disabled as a precaution" error.
by Dinesh Narayan 21 Apr '15

21 Apr '15

Hey guys, Updated the system last night and right how I'm not able to see the DM. Gnome is popping the "oh no. Something has gone wrong. All extensions have been disabled as a precaution" error. Can anyone help me here. Kernel : 3.19.3.3

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[arch-general] hawaii desktop environment
by Akilesh K 21 Apr '15

21 Apr '15

Is is possible to launch hawaii from a display manager as a standalone desktop environment? Thank you, Ageeleshwar K

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[arch-general] Unzip archive in which are multiple sub zip archiers?
by Csányi Pál 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

Hi, I just get a ZIP archive and want to unzip it. I'm using unzip to unpack this archive. But when I did first unzip command, I get more ZIP archives, which have again in it more ZIP archives. Is there a command or application whic can unzip this ZIP archive and it's sub ZIP archives at once? -- Regards from Pal

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[arch-general] libgnutls problem
by Sławek Kapłoński 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

Hello, After today upgrade of system I got some problems with mutt client. When I want to start it I got errors like: mutt: error while loading shared libraries: libgnutls.so.28: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory So I checked what was upgraded and with what it could be related. After downgrading packages: nettle and gnutls mutt starts working properly. But after that I want to run spotify and it fails with error: /usr/share/spotify/spotify-client/spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgnutls.so.30: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory So it looks that for spotify I should have this newest gnutls installed. Is it "common" bug or only I have something broken in my packages? And second question, can I have installed two versions of package somehow? -- Best regards / Pozdrawiam Sławek Kapłoński slawek(a)kaplonski.pl

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[arch-general] Marble wallpaper screwed
by SET 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

Hello, Just updated Arch for latest KDE. The marble wallpaper just doesn't show at all. Tried on 2 machines and tried with a new user. kdeplasma-addons- wallpapers-marble and kdeedu-marble are installed. Not a big issue, yet... Any suggestions ? Thanks.

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[arch-general] mate-session listening socket lockdown
by Troy Engel 18 Apr '15

18 Apr '15

Doing a little hardening, I notice on my workstations that 'mate-session' activates a user-level listening socket on 0.0.0.0 that you can telnet into and slam with gibberish (and it doesn't exit) -- does anyone know how to set up a config to lock that to 127.0.0.1 and ::1? $ netstat -lntp | grep mate-session tcp 1 0 0.0.0.0:60715 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 24246/mate-session tcp6 0 0 :::50621 :::* LISTEN 24246/mate-session $ telnet localhost 60715 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. HELP asdas asd a asd a ^] telnet> close Connection closed. I've had a perusal of the source[1] and see that it's some sort of "xmp" thing, but I freely admit I don't do a lot of debugging in this area of the X world (I'm a server guy). Any pointers what this is for and how I can get it locked down? The gconf schema file doesn't have a setting, perhaps it's configured somewhere else? The Googletubes are failing me, or maybe I just don't understand what I should be googling for to get the right hits... thx! -te [1] https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-session-manager/tree/1.8/mate-session

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[arch-general] How to autostart ufw on system startup?
by Francis Gerund 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Hello! How do I get ufw to start automatically upon Arch system startup? The Arch wiki Uncomplicated Firewall pages says: "Start ufw as systemd service to have it running and enable it to make it available after boot. " How do I do that? Then it shows an example configuration (can't I just keep the default: deny all incoming, allow all outgoing)? Then it says: "The next line is only needed *once* the first time you install the package: # ufw enable" That does not seem to be true - I have to do "sudo ufw enable" every time I restart the system. Then, it says: "Then enable the ufw service with systemctl." How? Bottom line: ufw works okay, I just want it to start automatically when the system starts up.

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[arch-general] Login manager does not exit properly
by Siddhartha 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Hi, sddm/lightdm works properly, but if I stop the sddm/lighdm service (systemctl stop sddm), tty1 (where it was started) goes blank with a blinking cursor instead of exiting cleanly and showing the login prompt. Can someone help me debug this? Thanks, Siddhartha

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[arch-general] Kernel 3.19.3 not detecting SD cards
by Magnus Therning 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

SD cards were noticed just fine under 3.19.2, but that stopped when upgrading to 3.19.3. Has anyone else noticed this? For now I've reverted to 3.19.2 again, but would love to hear if it's some configuration option that I can use to get it working under 3.19.3. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger Dijkstra

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[arch-general] Touchpad doesn't work since boot ocasionally
by Sergei Sinyak 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Kernel version linux 3.19-3 Randomly synaptic doesn't work. Usually while booting there are message about psmouse module loading and detecting synaptic. But rarely there are no messages about loading driver. And of course it doesn't work. Im using gnome-shell as DM How can I try to detect it? While disappearing lspci also does show synaptic device. Any other way? Ah, and reboot always turns touchpad back. Thanks in advace. P.S. was experiencing it since 3.9 maybe or even earlier

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[arch-general] opal package out of date for long
by Michał Zegan 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Hello. It seems that the package opal is out of date, and marked such for a year without it being updated. The current version in arch is 3.10.3, the newest is 3.14.3, if I remember correctly. Any suggestions about what to do in this case? I'm not sure if such mails belong to this list or not.

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[arch-general] Pacman for user-only packages
by William Hatch 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Hello, I've been an Arch user for years now because pacman is my favorite package manager. However, I've been working at a job for almost a year now where I use a RHEL machine without root access. They let me use whatever software I want, but I have to build it all from source and install it in my home directory. Since this means that I have the better part of a linux distribution installed ad-hoc by hand, I've often wished I could somehow use pacman and the ABS to automate my builds, have versioning and dependencies, rollback in case of errors, etc. Is there any way to set up pacman/ABS/AUR to install to a user's home directory? Or is there some other user-oriented package manager that people know of to accomplish this sort of thing? Thanks, William

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[arch-general] arch linux install iso problem
by Francis Gerund 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

Hello. I downloaded the most recent arch linux dual-boot install iso (from 2015-04-01). - checked it with md5 and sha1 against checksums from the website. Also did gpg verify. All okay. - burned to cd using Brasero. Verified cd from within Brasero. Okay. - verified by loop mounting, per website. Okay. Then booted cd. Got to initial menu, chose 64-bit install (computer is 64-bit). Then it stalls out, with error messages (can't copy because can't complete boot process). Sort of like: :: Triggering uevents . . . ... blk_update request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 1226572 ... blk_update request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 1226572 ... Buffer I/O error on dev sr0, logical block 153344, async page read :: Mounting '/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201504' ^@ERROR: device did not show up after 30 seconds . . . I burned another cd, and got the same exact results, including the same exact error messages. I have had no other problems making and using other cds or dvds, including images of other distributions < ducks : ) > Note: I can (and have) installed ARCH on the same computer, using the Evo/lution 0.4 installer - works fine. But I want to learn to install The Arch Way. So, is the Arch iso from 2015-04-01 defective as published? Or, what else might be wrong?

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[arch-general] Why does network interface sometimes change name?
by Felix E. Klee 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

I am running Arch as a guest in VMware Player on Win7X64. On every odd boot, the name of the network interface changes. Sometimes it is: eno16777736 Sometimes it is: eth0 This makes it really hard to configure a fixed IP, which I do by having in `/etc/dhcpcd.conf`: interface eno16777736 static ip_address=192.168.101.10/24 static routers=192.168.101.2 static domain_name_servers=192.168.101.2 I have to change back and forth the interface name in that configuration file.

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[arch-general] libicuuc.so.54: cannot open shared object
by arnaud gaboury 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

gabx@hortensia ➤➤ ~ % R /usr/lib64/R/bin/exec/R: error while loading shared libraries: libicuuc.so.54: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory gabx@hortensia ➤➤ ~ % mypac icu 306:icu 55.1-1 386:lib32-icu 54.1-1 gabx@hortensia ➤➤ ~ % ls -al /usr/lib32/libicuio.so.54 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 22 02:14 /usr/lib32/libicuio.so.54 -> libicuio.so.54.1* This issue is quite new, R never complain about this lib. How can I solve this issue? Thank you -- google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx

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[arch-general] linux 4.0 in [testing]
by Tobias Powalowski 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

Hi, just released 4.0 kernel to [testing] repository. - nvidia-304xx - nvidia-340xx - r8169 modules do not build. Please take a look at it. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] /etc/bash.bashrc not sourcing/setting HISTXXX environment
by David C. Rankin 10 Apr '15

10 Apr '15

All, I generally create a system-wide /etc/bash.bashrc.local file to contain history defaults. E.g.: $ cat /etc/bash.bashrc.local HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth:erasedups HISTIGNORE='[ ]*:&:?' (HISTSIZE & HISTFILESIZE are exported on a per-user basis in ~/.bashrc) I then just add a line to source it in /etc/bash.bashrc: $ cat /etc/bash.bashrc # # /etc/bash.bashrc # <snip> # - source /etc/bash.bashrc.local [ -r /etc/bash.bashrc.local ] && . /etc/bash.bashrc.local Both files are present and readable: $ ls -l /etc/bash.bashrc* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 697 Apr 6 20:01 /etc/bash.bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 418 Mar 10 09:40 /etc/bash.bashrc.local I do this the same way on both Arch and SuSE. Chasing a bash bug on SuSE, I would check the the environment with: $ env | grep HIST HISTSIZE=20000 HISTFILESIZE=20000 HISTIGNORE= *:&:?:?? HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth:erasedups Doing a pacman update earlier to day, I just checked the environment on Arch on a whim: $ env | grep HIST HISTSIZE=5000 HISTFILESIZE=15000 Huh? Where is HISTIGNORE and HISTCONTROL? Is there something unique to Arch that prevents sourcing or prevents setting HISTXXX in this manner. I can't think of anything offhand that would prevent it, but it certainly isn't being set. Any ideas on why? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Device or ressource busy
by arnaud gaboury 10 Apr '15

10 Apr '15

Below is part of $ lsblk return: ----------------------------------------- sdb sdb 8:16 ├─sdb1 sdb1 8:17 btrfs poppy-root └─sdb2 sdb2 8:18 -------------------------------------------------- /dev/sdb2 has no filesystem yet, and is not mounted anywhere. Now running this command: ------------------------------------------------------ # make-bcache --block 4k --bucket 2M -B /dev/sdd4 -C /dev/sdb2 --discard Can't open dev /dev/sdb2: Device or resource busy ----------------------------------------------------------- I can't find any reason for /dev/sdb2 to be busy. Thank you for hint. -- google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx

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[arch-general] Lenovo carbon X1 and kernel 3.19 issues
by andrea crotti 10 Apr '15

10 Apr '15

Hi guys, I have a Lenovo Carbon X1 third generation, just bought a few months ago. Everything worked perfectly but a week ago I upgraded to the new kernel version: "Linux carbon 3.19.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 18 16:21:02 CET 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux" After that two problems started: 1. Audio doesn't work anymore, even speaker-test fails, I already tried everything and, the audio card still comes up, but nothing happens even using speaker-test, which makes me thing it might be a hardware issue, what do you think? $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice # card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3232 Analog [ALC3232 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 2. Sometimes after resuming from suspension Xorg becomes crazy. I use Awesome as VM and basically it still shows something but I can't click or do anything, and the weird thing is that if I kill "Awesome" and start it again, same problem. It only starts to work normally again when I reboot the machine. The problem is not Awesome either because I tried also Fluxbox and Xfce4 but still the same problem. I can't see any clue from the logs either, any idea what I could look at? Thanks a lot PS. About 1. sometimes while listening to music the computer would give a tiny shock that made the external monitor skip and a small shock in my headset, which was very annoying, and makes me thing is a hardware issue.

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[arch-general] Why are there no debug packages?
by Andrew Chen 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

There has been many discussions and requests for separate debug symbol packages, even people offering to implement modifications needed for separate debug repos. But now, several years later, debug packages did not happen. I couldn't even find a definitive answer why there couldn't be debug packages in the official repos. So, why are there no debug packages (not even for the commonly requested ones like KDE and glibc)? Links: https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2013-April/024812.html https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20921 https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10975

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[arch-general] Kernel Module snd_seq_midi No Longer Inserted Automatically
by Steven Grace 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

I'd like help regarding a problem I'm having with kernel module snd_seq_midi. Until sometime in March this module was being automatically inserted; that's no longer happening. The module is still present and can be manually inserted with modprobe. I know that snd_seq_midi is part of package "linux" but I don't know what's responsible for automatically inserting the module. I'd appreciate any information as to how I can find out. The issue may have started with my update of linux to 3.19.2-1 on March 21. Today I updated linux to 3.19.3-1 but that didn't solve the problem. It's also possible that the issue is related to ALSA; I updated alsa-lib and alsa-utils to 1.0.29-1 on March 10. I'd appreciate any help regarding how snd_seq_midi used to be automatically inserted, or general information regarding how automatic module insertion works. Thanks.

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[arch-general] How to change Wayland resolution to 1024x768?
by Felix E. Klee 06 Apr '15

06 Apr '15

System: VMware Player I added as kernel parameter: drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/1024x768.bin However, when I run `weston-launch`, then I always get an 800x600 desktop.

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[arch-general] Cannot use monitor in 1920x1080 anymore
by Alfredo Palhares 06 Apr '15

06 Apr '15

Hello fellow Arch users, Suddenly I cannot use my external monitor in the 1920x1080 mode, I add the following script that run every time I connect my thinkpad to the base: ``` #!/bin/bash set -x xrandr --output DP2-3 --mode 1920x1080 --right-of eDP1 xset m 1/2 1 ``` And after a update (I think) i can't use this resolution anymore. But when connecting the monitor to the laptop I still have that resolution ``` $ xrandr # Connected to the base Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 2646 x 1024, maximum 32767 x 32767 eDP1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 277mm x 156mm 1366x768 60.00*+ 1024x768 60.00 800x600 60.32 56.25 640x480 59.94 DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2-3 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1024x768 60.00 + 75.08 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 800x600 75.00 60.32 640x480 75.00 60.00 720x400 70.08 HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) ``` ``` $ xrandr # Connected to the laptop VGA Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 2646 x 1024, maximum 32767 x 32767 eDP1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 277mm x 156mm 1366x768 60.00*+ 1024x768 60.00 800x600 60.32 56.25 640x480 59.94 DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1920x1080 60.00 + 1680x1050 59.95 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 1152x864 75.00 1024x768 75.08 60.00 800x600 75.00 60.32 640x480 75.00 60.00 720x400 70.08 DP2-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) ``` Any ideas how can I debug this problem further ? -- Regards, Alfredo Palhares

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[arch-general] Little automation to install
by Bráulio Bhavamitra 05 Apr '15

05 Apr '15

Hello all, After some many years, I'm back to ArchLinux. One thing that took me time was to read the manuals and run all the commands for installation. That made me wonder on how automation might help things get easier and faster on install. Could you please tell the current works on that? The result of my work was this script: https://github.com/brauliobo/gitconfig/blob/master/histories/archinstall.sh cheers, bráulio -- "Lute pela sua ideologia. Seja um com sua ideologia. Viva pela sua ideologia. Morra por sua ideologia" P.R. Sarkar EITA - Educação, Informação e Tecnologias para Autogestão http://cirandas.net/brauliobo http://eita.org.br "Paramapurusha é meu pai e Parama Prakriti é minha mãe. O universo é meu lar e todos nós somos cidadãos deste cosmo. Este universo é a imaginação da Mente Macrocósmica, e todas as entidades estão sendo criadas, preservadas e destruídas nas fases de extroversão e introversão do fluxo imaginativo cósmico. No âmbito pessoal, quando uma pessoa imagina algo em sua mente, naquele momento, essa pessoa é a única proprietária daquilo que ela imagina, e ninguém mais. Quando um ser humano criado mentalmente caminha por um milharal também imaginado, a pessoa imaginada não é a propriedade desse milharal, pois ele pertence ao indivíduo que o está imaginando. Este universo foi criado na imaginação de Brahma, a Entidade Suprema, por isso a propriedade deste universo é de Brahma, e não dos microcosmos que também foram criados pela imaginação de Brahma. Nenhuma propriedade deste mundo, mutável ou imutável, pertence a um indivíduo em particular; tudo é o patrimônio comum de todos." Restante do texto em http://cirandas.net/brauliobo/blog/a-problematica-de-hoje-em-dia

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[arch-general] ctrl to caps
by Bennett Stedwell 05 Apr '15

05 Apr '15

I've been trying to swap ctrl to caps (mainly for emacs) and I've tried all the basics (dconf, xsession, and xinitrc) but none of them work.

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[arch-general] How secure is wifi-menu
by h8h＠dev-nu11.de 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

hi I recently switched to a new laptop and therefore I copied all my wifi-configuration files (/etc/netctl) to the new one. Too bad that the wifi interface has changed (thanks to sysctl) and I wrote a small bash script, which should change the `interface` variable. By the way the script doesn't work very well, but I place it in the same folder with all the wifi-configuration files (/etc/netctl/) and I noticed that the tool `wifi-menu` is executing my script. I don't think this is a big vulnerability nor a bug, but if an attacker has the opportunity to place a bash file there, the system could be damaged by simple executing `wifi-menu`. Yes I know that the folder is not world / user writeable, but maybe some thoughts from the archlinux community? The reason for executing is sourceing all the files in /etc/netctl, maybe this could be improved by using eval and grep, see [1] Cheers Christian Homeyer H8H [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=85726

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[arch-general] gcc bug ?
by 施不二 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

This error just occurred when I compile HOOMD-BLUE which could be compiled normally using gcc 4.9.1 /usr/include/boost/signals2/detail/signal_template.hpp: In instantiation of 'void boost::signals2::detail::signal1_impl<R, T1, Combiner, Group, GroupCompare, SlotFunction, ExtendedSlotFunction, Mutex>::force_cleanup_connections(const connection_list_type*) const [with R = std::bitset<32ul>; T1 = unsigned int; Combiner = comm_flags_bitwise_or; Group = int; GroupCompare = std::less<int>; SlotFunction = boost::function<std::bitset<32ul>(unsigned int)>; ExtendedSlotFunction = boost::function<std::bitset<32ul>(const boost::signals2::connection&, unsigned int)>; Mutex = boost::signals2::mutex; boost::signals2::detail::signal1_impl<R, T1, Combiner, Group, GroupCompare, SlotFunction, ExtendedSlotFunction, Mutex>::connection_list_type = boost::signals2::detail::grouped_list<int, std::less<int>, boost::shared_ptr<boost::signals2::detail::connection_body<std::pair<boost::signals2::detail::slot_meta_group, boost::optional<int> >, boost::signals2::slot1<std::bitset<32ul>, unsigned int, boost::function<std::bitset<32ul>(unsigned int)> >, boost::signals2::mutex> > >; typename boost::signals2::detail::group_key<Group>::type = std::pair<boost::signals2::detail::slot_meta_group, boost::optional<int> >]': /usr/include/boost/signals2/detail/signal_template.hpp:420:15: required from 'boost::signals2::detail::signal1_impl<R, T1, Combiner, Group, GroupCompare, SlotFunction, ExtendedSlotFunction, Mutex>::invocation_janitor::~invocation_janitor() [with R = std::bitset<32ul>; T1 = unsigned int; Combiner = comm_flags_bitwise_or; Group = int; GroupCompare = std::less<int>; SlotFunction = boost::function<std::bitset<32ul>(unsigned int)>; ExtendedSlotFunction = boost::function<std::bitset<32ul>(const boost::signals2::connection&, unsigned int)>; Mutex = boost::signals2::mutex]' /usr/include/boost/signals2/detail/signal_template.hpp:240:85: required from 'boost::signals2::detail::signal1_impl<R, T1, Combiner, Group, GroupCompare, SlotFunction, ExtendedSlotFunction, Mutex>::result_type boost::signals2::detail::signal1_impl<R, T1, Combiner, Group, GroupCompare, SlotFunction, ExtendedSlotFunction, Mutex>::operator()(T1) [with R = std::bitset<32ul>; T1 = unsigned int; Combiner = comm_flags_bitwise_or; Group = int; GroupCompare = std::less<int>; SlotFunction = boost::function<std::bitset<32ul>(unsigned int)>; ExtendedSlotFunction = boost::function<std::bitset<32ul>(const boost::signals2::connection&, unsigned int)>; Mutex = boost::signals2::mutex; boost::signals2::detail::signal1_impl<R, T1, Combiner, Group, GroupCompare, SlotFunction, ExtendedSlotFunction, Mutex>::result_type = std::bitset<32ul>]' /usr/include/boost/signals2/detail/signal_template.hpp:718:17: required from 'boost::signals2::signal1<R, T1, Combiner, Group, GroupCompare, SlotFunction, ExtendedSlotFunction, Mutex>::result_type boost::signals2::signal1<R, T1, Combiner, Group, GroupCompare, SlotFunction, ExtendedSlotFunction, Mutex>::operator()(T1) [with R = std::bitset<32ul>; T1 = unsigned int; Combiner = comm_flags_bitwise_or; Group = int; GroupCompare = std::less<int>; SlotFunction = boost::function<std::bitset<32ul>(unsigned int)>; ExtendedSlotFunction = boost::function<std::bitset<32ul>(const boost::signals2::connection&, unsigned int)>; Mutex = boost::signals2::mutex; boost::signals2::signal1<R, T1, Combiner, Group, GroupCompare, SlotFunction, ExtendedSlotFunction, Mutex>::result_type = std::bitset<32ul>]' /home/shirui/hoomd-blue/src/hoomd-blue/libhoomd/communication/Communicator.cc:1023:41: required from here /usr/include/boost/signals2/detail/signal_template.hpp:502:9: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault } ^ Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <https://bugs.archlinux.org/> for instructions.

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[arch-general] Window manager with resolution independent decorations?
by Felix E. Klee 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

For example, I want to specify that the title bar should be 5mm tall.

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[arch-general] git bug? (2.3.4-1)
by Magnus Therning 27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15

I thought I'd ask here before raising a ticket. Is anyone else seeing this behaviour with git 2.3.4-1: ~~~ [I] % git fetch ssh: Could not resolve hostname build01:: Name or service not known fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. ~~~ Downgrading to 2.3.3-1 "solves" it. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus $my_args = shift; system("gcc $my_args"); print "I prefer C\n"; -- Robert Dieterich's contribution to the 2004 Perl Haiku Contest, Haikus in Perl - 'Dishonerable Mention' winner

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Re: [arch-general] Nouveau Errors
by AIS Information 23 Mar '15

23 Mar '15

On 03/21/2015 07:00 AM, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > Message: 6 Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:03:27 +0100 From: Heiko Becker > <heikobecker92(a)gmail.com> To: General Discussion about Arch Linux > <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Nouveau Errors > Message-ID: <550D33DF.1010902(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=utf-8; format=flowed On 03/21/2015 12:41 AM, Heiko Becker wrote: >> > Hey everyone, >> > >> > since the upgrade to kernel 3.19 I'm having some trouble with my laptop: >> > >> > When booting, it occasionally either crashes while establishing an >> > ibus connection or it floods the tty with some nouveau errors: >> > >> > nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] SCHED_ERROR [ UNK06 ] >> > >> > Can someone help me fix this? >> > >> > Thanks in advance, >> > >> > Heiko > I was able to stop the scheduler errors from occuring by removing > xf86-vide-nouveau and installing vesa. > At least I'm able to see the other errors that come from nouveau currently. > > You can find them in a GitHub Gist: > https://gist.github.com/HeikoBecker/be417e2d97a34636dfd4 > This is the full dmesg output. > > > I hope someone can help me with this. > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > Heiko i might not be much help on this but here's some info. ---if it were me, i would update my bios/uefi. ---from your log output we see(lines 870 & 871): "[ 9.863404] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nv117_fuc409c failed with error -2 [ 9.863409] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/fuc409c failed with error -2 " ---so this might be useful: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=191566 ---i would, of course be sure to double check everything on the arch nouveau wiki page good luck

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[arch-general] diff is going nuts
by Ralf Mardorf 22 Mar '15

22 Mar '15

Hi, for some time past I often need to replace diff with meld, since diff is going nuts. Today I noticed the most ridiculous thing. Just the first line is different! [1] Nothing else is different, but the complete file is listed. Regards, Ralf [1] [rocketmouse@archlinux energyXT27]$ pacman -Q diffutils diffutils 3.3-2 [rocketmouse@archlinux energyXT27]$ pacman -Si diffutils | grep Ver Version : 3.3-2 [rocketmouse@archlinux energyXT27]$ diff jack.cpp.default jack.cpp 3c3 < // compile: g++ -shared -lasound -ljack jack.cpp -o /_path_to_energyXT2_/libaam.so --- > // compile: g++ -shared -lasound -ljack jack.cpp -o /lib64/libaam.so 12,35c12,35 < const int STREAM_INIT = 0; < const int STREAM_OPEN = 1; < const int STREAM_CLOSE = 2; < //const int STREAM_PLAY = 3; < //const int STREAM_STOP = 4; < const int STREAM_EXIT = 5; < const int STREAM_ABOUT = 6; < const int STREAM_AUDIO_COUNT = 7; < const int STREAM_AUDIO_NAME = 8; < const int STREAM_FRAMES = 9; < const int STREAM_RATE = 10; < const int STREAM_LATENCY = 17; < const int STREAM_RELOAD = 18; < const int MIDI_IN_COUNT = 30; < const int MIDI_IN_NAME = 31; < const int MIDI_IN_ENABLE = 32; < const int MIDI_IN_ENABLED = 33; < const int AUDIO_IN_COUNT = 40; < const int AUDIO_IN_NAME = 41; < const int AUDIO_IN_ENABLE = 42; < const int AUDIO_IN_ENABLED = 43; < const int AUDIO_OUT_COUNT = 50; < const int AUDIO_OUT_NAME = 51; < const int AUDIO_OUT_ENABLE = 52; --- > const int STREAM_INIT = 0; > const int STREAM_OPEN = 1; > const int STREAM_CLOSE = 2; > //const int STREAM_PLAY = 3; > //const int STREAM_STOP = 4; > const int STREAM_EXIT = 5; > const int STREAM_ABOUT = 6; > const int STREAM_AUDIO_COUNT = 7; > const int STREAM_AUDIO_NAME = 8; > const int STREAM_FRAMES = 9; > const int STREAM_RATE = 10; > const int STREAM_LATENCY = 17; > const int STREAM_RELOAD = 18; > const int MIDI_IN_COUNT = 30; > const int MIDI_IN_NAME = 31; > const int MIDI_IN_ENABLE = 32; > const int MIDI_IN_ENABLED = 33; > const int AUDIO_IN_COUNT = 40; > const int AUDIO_IN_NAME = 41; > const int AUDIO_IN_ENABLE = 42; > const int AUDIO_IN_ENABLED = 43; > const int AUDIO_OUT_COUNT = 50; > const int AUDIO_OUT_NAME = 51; > const int AUDIO_OUT_ENABLE = 52; 42,44c42,44 < class CThread < { < public: --- > class CThread > { > public: 46,47c46,47 < pthread_t handle; < CThread(); --- > pthread_t handle; > CThread(); 50c50 < virtual void execute() {}; --- > virtual void execute() {}; 52,54c52,54 < < CThread :: CThread() < { --- > > CThread :: CThread() > { 57,62d56 [snip]

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[arch-general] Nouveau Errors
by Heiko Becker 21 Mar '15

21 Mar '15

Hey everyone, since the upgrade to kernel 3.19 I'm having some trouble with my laptop: When booting, it occasionally either crashes while establishing an ibus connection or it floods the tty with some nouveau errors: nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] SCHED_ERROR [ UNK06 ] Can someone help me fix this? Thanks in advance, Heiko

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[arch-general] postfix 3.0.0-3 in testing wont start
by Genes Lists 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

FYI After updating to this new version - there is an error: fatal: /usr/lib/postfix/postfix-script: No such file o Which is absolutely correct - that file does not exist. Downgrading back to 3.0.0-2 works around the issue. Gene

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[arch-general] Can't reboot or shutdown my computer (cgroup: option or name mismatch)
by Janilson Andrade 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

Hi all. After months trying many things and after posting in arch forum[1] I am here asking if anyone could help me.Everytime I try to reboot or shutdown my computer, after turning everything off, my system hangs and display one of these messages below. a) cgroup : option or name mismatch, new: 0x0"", old: 0x4 "systemd" shutdown[1]: Failed to finalize file systems, ignoring b) A stop job is running for Daemon for power management (20s/1min 30s)I use Gnome 3, when I've changed to my DE to KDE the reboot options worked sometimes, but most of the times it didn't. After it stop working at all I've come back to Gnome, since I can't reboot my system no matter what I do. OBS: I know the cgroup message is just a warning to most of people, but for me it freezes my system and I can only turn the power off and on in order to reboot my computer, I really want some help of how can I at least search for the possible things that is causing this problem.Sorry for long e-mail. [1] System doesn't reboot/shutdown (cgroup : option or name mismatch....) / System Administration / Arch Linux Forums Att, Janilson M. de Andrade

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[arch-general] Duplicated Trash folder in thunderbird
by Yamakaky 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

Hi My thunderbird now creates another Trash folder (checked via webmail), and the two trash folders are marked with the trash icon. I can't find a way to go back to a normal situation. Does anybody has the same problem ? I use thunderbird-beta-bin-all-localizations. Yamakaky

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[arch-general] Linphone-3.8.0
by Mark Lee 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 While this may not be the proper way of submitting packages, linphone is out of date and repackaging it does require some fiddling. The major change is the use of bzrtp for zrtp encryption now. I've attached the PKGBUILDs I used to build linphone-3.8.0 so the maintainers can avoid some duplication of effort if they'd like. Note, I enabled GLX for linphone video calls in my version of mediastreamer. Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlUDwR8ACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/YmqQD+Nm4WX/hvn3b+d2LqGfrODIpf cPqDlJz/oJJxeJqaiFwA/2apVSnA9ByrYmQsE9I+jUSBiXZRoUGQp5au1bKk3oKU =XVOP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Signoff report for [testing]
by Alajos O'Doyle 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

On 02/28/2015 10:07 AM, Arch Website Notification wrote: > == Completed signoffs (10 total) == > > * curl-7.41.0-1 (i686) > * iproute2-3.19.0-1 (i686) > * linux-3.19-1 (i686) > == All packages in [testing] for more than 14 days (11 total) == > > * linux-3.19-1 (i686), since 2015-02-09 > * linux-3.19-1 (x86_64), since 2015-02-09 How long does it usually take to move a package to core after completing the signoff? I eagerly await the new linux package. -- Alajos O'Doyle

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[arch-general] mono tray icons in plasma 5
by Jameson 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

Has anyone else tried to run a mono based program under KDE Plasma 5, and discovered that there is no tray icon? I haven't been able to turn up any information about it by searching, so I don't know if I have a broken/missing package, or if it's actually broken. I've tried both KeePass, and Tomboy. If this is a bug, I'm not sure if I should report it against Plasma or mono. Any ideas? Thanks.

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[arch-general] Qt Creator black window on designer
by Sadika Sumanapala 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

Hi, I have QtCreator installed on my system. When I switch to designer mode (by opening *.ui.qml file) some of the window areas goes black, application start to response slowly and the crashes. This happens on both Nouveau & NVIDIA drives (If this matter). Does anyone knows to solve this problem? Screenshot: http://imgbin.org/index.php?page=image&id=22643 Thanks, Sadika -- *Sadika Sumanapala* *Mobile:* +94 77 59 29 123 *E-Mail:* sadikahs(a)gmail.com

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[arch-general] Conflict python-html2text/html2text (both /usr/bin/html2text)?
by David C. Rankin 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

All, I have been working on a project that retrieves and parses statutes basically making use of the piped processes 'curl -s url | html2text -utf8' with the read-end of the second pipe passed to getline. I moved the code from my laptop (suse) to my servers (Arch) and the pipe process broke. Poking around, I found it was due to Arch packaging python-html2text (as /usr/bin/html2text) instead of the gcc-libs version (see: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/html2text-with-utf8) While not updated recently, the gcc-libs version is quite a bit more robust and flexible (not to mention it actually provides a man page). See: http://www.mbayer.de/html2text/ There are format shortcomings with the python version as well. One big one being you cannot control the word wrap (--body-width) and prevent double line-breaks after block elements. e.g. (--single-line-break requires --body-width=0). Is there any reason in particular Arch is packaging the python version instead? If nothing else, is there any interest in at least renaming the resulting executable to prevent direct conflict with the gcc-libs version. ('pyhtml2text' makes sense) As an example, compare the output of: (gcc-libs version) $ curl -s http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TN/htm/TN.1.htm | html2text -utf8 (python version) $ curl -s http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TN/htm/TN.1.htm | html2text This conflict can easily avoided in the python version with the rename: $ diff -uNb --label PKGBUILD PKGBUILD.orig PKGBUILD --- PKGBUILD +++ PKGBUILD 2015-03-10 09:25:43.906168003 -0500 @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ url="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/html2text/" license=('GPL3') depends=('python-setuptools') -provides=('html2text') -replaces=('html2text') +provides=('pyhtml2text') +replaces=('pyhtml2text') source=(https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/h/html2text/html2text-$pkgv… sha256sums=('c3977dfe6fd1ba0d4091f85963306488b3e9e236cfe60d8821158ce5a7fcb619') @@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ package() { cd "${srcdir}"/html2text-${pkgver} python setup.py install --root="${pkgdir}" + mv "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/html2text "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/pyhtml2text } The install script could even check for the presence of /usr/bin/html2text, and if absent, provide a soft-link. I just found it very odd to find an executable in Arch named 'html2text' that works completely different from the traditional 'html2text' found in many distributions for years. I don't know if there is any interest among the devs to rectify this. If there is I'm happy to file a feature request, etc. Let me know. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Registration on bugs.archlinux.org
by Martin Brodbeck 07 Mar '15

07 Mar '15

Hi all, I tried to register on bugs.archlinux.org yesterday but didn't receive an email with the registration code yet. I just want to ask if it is normal that it takes some time or if there might be a technical problem? Another user said that he is waiting rather long on a password reset so I thought I better ask here. Thanks Martin

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[arch-general] openntpd creating /usr/var/run/ntpd.sock
by Squall Lionheart 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Hello, I am running openntpd on several machines, one of which has /usr mounted as read only. Openntpd wants to create it's socket file in /usr/var/run and can't, thus it fails to start. I was unable to find a configuration option to change this location to /run, where it seems like it should be. Is there a way to change this somewhere that I missed? Or is this a bug that needs to be filed? Thank you Squall -- Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why its called the present. Headmaster Squall :: The Wired/Section-9 Close the world txen eht nepo $3R14L 3XP3R1M3NT$ #L41N https://github.com/headmastersquall

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[arch-general] Install qgis
by Viktor Garske 28 Feb '15

28 Feb '15

Hello, when I try to install "qgis" I get resolving dependencies... warning: cannot resolve "qwtpolar>=1.1.0", a dependency of "qgis" warning: cannot resolve "spatialindex>=1.8.0", a dependency of "qgis" :: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies: qgis :: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: qgis: requires qwtpolar>=1.1.0 :: qgis: requires spatialindex>=1.8.0 What does it mean? Viktor

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Re: [arch-general] LightDM GTK+ Greeter 2.0.0
by Pablo Lezaeta Reyes 28 Feb '15

28 Feb '15

On 02/25/2015 04:33 PM, Pablo Lezaeta Reyes wrote: >>>* Hi all, *>>>>>>* Version 2.0.0 of the LightDM GTK greeter was released about week ago. *>>>* This release drops GTK2 support. *>>>>*> That's ironic, Xfce recommend lightdm as DM for the gtk2 theme, and the *>*> upcomimng xfce-gtk-engine 3.1 drop gtk3 support. *>*> *> >From what I saw, it didn't drop it. It just disabled it by default, which >makes sense given that the desktop is GTK+2 only and they don't want to >unnecessary pull in the gtk+3 dep only for the engine. > 3.1.0 taged http://git.xfce.org/xfce/gtk-xfce-engine/tree/NEWS verbatim from the news: "Gtk+-3 support has been stopped" I asume they keep it but they stop supporting so I think unles a patch that fix all the themes emerge wldly, will be better drop xfce3-gtk-engine or the entire xfce-gtk-engine, but that mostly prove that they not support gtk3, drop gtk2-greeter will render without a wai to use a gtk2 only environment since lxdm is mostly no-more-maintained and is better have a greeter than a binary unsupported. Also xfce4 recomend greybird as theme for xfce if someone need a gtk2-gtk3 theme >>>* Therefore I propose to rename the current "lightdm-gtk3-greeter" into *>>>* "lightdm-gtk-greeter" and drop the legacy "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" to AUR. *>*> looking oxygen keep the gtk3 in AUR gtk3 only themes tend to use gtk3 and *>*> gtk2 only thend to use gtk or gtk2, I will preffer keep the 3 in the name. *>>*> I could keep "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" around for a while in [community] if *>>*> some people want me to (I'm thinking people using MATE for example, *>>*> but it's going towards GTK3 anyway), but keep in mind that you can use *>>>* LXDM instead if you really need a GTK2 display manager. *>*> Or Xfce4 users, the upcoming xfce4 release is gtk2, and only after that the *>*> migration to gtk3 will start. *>*> so a gtk2-greeter will be apreciated until xfce drop gtk2, and dont forget *>*> that LXDM is now presumably unmaintained or in low maintainance since they *>*> migrate to QT *>>>>>*> If there aren't any objections by the end of the week, I'll proceed with my *>>*> proposal. *>>>>*> Me *>*> *>>>* Cheers, *>> tldr; I will go for keep gtk2-greeter for xfce4 user since lxdm is semi-unmaintained and better a unmaintained theme that a binary. someone know if slim keep working with systemd, last time was buggy or not start or not let thing start at all (like logind) -- *Pablo Lezaeta*

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[arch-general] ls -qla lists some files twice
by Marcel Kleinfeller 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Hello. I'm a bit confused because I don't know what happened here: [root@oompf boot]# ls -qla total 31318 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 27. Feb 21:38 . drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 27. Feb 21:31 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4423 27. Feb 04:04 bcm2708-rpi-b.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4702 27. Feb 04:04 bcm2708-rpi-b-plus.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17856 27. Feb 03:59 bootcode.bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 175 6. Feb 03:16 cmdline.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6967 27. Feb 04:18 config.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 22. Jan 04:17 config.txt.pacnew -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1669 15. Okt 23:15 config.txt.pacsave -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1669 15. Okt 23:15 config.txt.pacsave -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18693 23. Feb 2014 COPYING.linux -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18693 23. Feb 2014 COPYING.linux -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2353 27. Feb 03:59 fixup_cd.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6150 27. Feb 03:59 fixup.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9202 27. Feb 03:59 fixup_x.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 1. Jan 1980 FSCK0000.REC -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9790472 23. Feb 2014 kernel_emergency.img -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9790472 23. Feb 2014 kernel_emergency.img -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5528968 27. Feb 04:17 kernel.img -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1447 19. Jan 17:33 LICENCE.broadcom -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1447 19. Jan 17:33 LICENCE.broadcom drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 27. Feb 21:31 overlays -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 555672 27. Feb 03:59 start_cd.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2651256 27. Feb 03:59 start.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3608936 27. Feb 03:59 start_x.elf Is it save to reboot and if not, how can I rebuild my /boot directory?

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[arch-general] Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card
by Csányi Pál 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Hi, I'm running Arch linux on my laptop. The laptop has Multi-in-1 card reader. I just bought a micro SD card with an adapter so I can it plug in into this card reader. But the Arch linux system doesn't recognise it so I can't use it. I tried with Gparted too without any success: I get Gparted error: Output/Input error during read on /dev/mmcblk0 whyle on the virtual console I get error messages: mmcblk0: error -84 transferring data, sector 7, nr 1, cmd response 0x900, card status 0x0 Buffer I/O error on dev mmcblk0, logical block 0, async page read However, this same micro SD card has been recognised on MS Windows system. What can I do to solve this problem on my Arch linux system? -- Regards from Pal

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Re: [arch-general] LightDM GTK+ Greeter 2.0.0
by Pablo Lezaeta Reyes 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

>Hi all, > >Version 2.0.0 of the LightDM GTK greeter was released about week ago. >This release drops GTK2 support. > That's ironic, Xfce recommend lightdm as DM for the gtk2 theme, and the upcomimng xfce-gtk-engine 3.1 drop gtk3 support. >Therefore I propose to rename the current "lightdm-gtk3-greeter" into >"lightdm-gtk-greeter" and drop the legacy "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" to AUR. looking oxygen keep the gtk3 in AUR gtk3 only themes tend to use gtk3 and gtk2 only thend to use gtk or gtk2, I will preffer keep the 3 in the name. >I could keep "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" around for a while in [community] if >some people want me to (I'm thinking people using MATE for example, >but it's going towards GTK3 anyway), but keep in mind that you can use >LXDM instead if you really need a GTK2 display manager. Or Xfce4 users, the upcoming xfce4 release is gtk2, and only after that the migration to gtk3 will start. so a gtk2-greeter will be apreciated until xfce drop gtk2, and dont forget that LXDM is now presumably unmaintained or in low maintainance since they migrate to QT > >If there aren't any objections by the end of the week, I'll proceed with my >proposal. > Me >Cheers, -- *Pablo Lezaeta*

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[arch-general] LightDM GTK+ Greeter 2.0.0
by Maxime Gauduin 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Hi all, Version 2.0.0 of the LightDM GTK greeter was released about week ago. This release drops GTK2 support. Therefore I propose to rename the current "lightdm-gtk3-greeter" into "lightdm-gtk-greeter" and drop the legacy "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" to AUR. I could keep "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" around for a while in [community] if some people want me to (I'm thinking people using MATE for example, but it's going towards GTK3 anyway), but keep in mind that you can use LXDM instead if you really need a GTK2 display manager. If there aren't any objections by the end of the week, I'll proceed with my proposal. Cheers, -- Maxime

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[arch-general] filesystem update
by Simon Hanna 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

Hi, the latest filesystem package now owns /home my /home used to be a symlink to some other location, so the upgrade failed. I "fixed" it for now by just linking my home folder into /home (since I'm running a single user setup it's fine) However I'm curious whether the directory should be left as it is, or if it's "allowed to play with" cheers

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[arch-general] Bad md5sum or bad download for archlinux-2015.02.01-dual.iso
by David C. Rankin 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

All, http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/iso/2015.02.01/md5sums.txt reports: 3d6a54886230649a049a9d431e03bbba archlinux-2015.02.01-dual.iso Actual download reports: 31fa61afd67cbd88c91f97d7d04244a1 archlinux-2015.02.01-dual.iso Will try download again, but can anyone confirm correct md5sum? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Automatizing makepkg
by Neven Sajko 22 Feb '15

22 Feb '15

Does somebody know of a tool which would rebuild a package and its dependencies using makepkg and official PKGBUILDs from SVN? That would be pretty nice when I want debug symbols with packages. Neven

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[arch-general] clamd.service very slow
by Viktor Garske 21 Feb '15

21 Feb '15

Hello, I noticed that Clamd service is very slow on my computer. The booting process is very slow, too. When I run "systemd-analyze blame" after booting up I get something like "48.238s clamd.service". Why is clamd.service so slow? How can I increase the speed? Viktor

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[arch-general] Severity of Failed checksum for PKGBUILD
by Mark Lee 20 Feb '15

20 Feb '15

Salutations, After trying to build the mpv-0.8.0-1 and finding that the PKGBUILD's checksum was incorrect, I filed a bug report. See <https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43882?project=5&cat%5B0%5D=33&string=mpv>. I filed it under "critical" since an incorrect checksum means that the package was built from source that doesn't match upstream's source. I was told it's not a critical issue and it was downgraded to medium. I'm wondering why incorrect checksums aren't considered "critical". Regards, Mark

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[arch-general] Maybe bug in glibc
by Klaus 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Hi, my firefox and seamonkey have been segfaulting for a month or so. Running the software with gdb produces the following errors: Firefox: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff7de6567 in _dl_relocate_object () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 Seamonkey: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff7de6567 in _dl_relocate_object () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.21-2. I have already tested the laptop ram with memtest86 and I got no errors. Deleting and creating new browser profiles in home does not change anything, too. Does anyone have the same problem? Greetings, Klaus -- Jabber: thorres(a)deshalbfrei.org PGP/GnuPG: 0x326F6D7B

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[arch-general] opendmarc / opendkim - suggestion
by Genes Lists 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

opendkim is in community repo. dmarc and dkim are now in broad use by the major internet mail companies (google, yahoo, microsoft, etc). If a maintainer is willing, it would makes sense to move opendmarc from AUR to community as well. For those who may not know, while dkim cryptographically validates the domain of the sender in email, dmarc takes the next step and validates that the domain in the From: header matches the dkim domain. It's simple but effective way to be comfortable that the sender domain is who it claims to be. Thanks. gene

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[arch-general] Plasma 5
by Paul Gideon Dann 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

After switching to Plasma 5 from KDE SC 4, I have a couple of small issue, and I wonder if anyone else already has a solution? 1) I'm using SDDM now, but even with KDE4, I was unable to get SDDM to actually launch a Plasma session. After entering my details, I get a black screen and no further activity. I have to switch to another console, log in, and invoke startx myself. 2) I used to have some global shortcuts for launching certain apps. I don't seem able to set these up any more. After setting a shortcut on a lancher in the panel (e.g. Firefox), nothing happens when I actually hit the shortcut combination. 3) Despite installing sni-qt, I'm getting no tray icon for my Telepathy IM contacts. 4) I'm not sure how to get my beloved comic widget back on my desktop :( Paul

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[arch-general] syslog-ng + systemd-journald = no logs for syslog-ng
by Ephaeton＠gmx.net 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

## vanilla /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf # grep -v '^#' /etc/systemd/journald.conf [Journal] Storage=none ForwardToSyslog=no ForwardToKMsg=no ForwardToConsole=no ForwardToWall=no # note: ForwardToSyslog set to no as per the first few paragraphs of # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/syslog-ng # I tried ForwardToSyslog=yes as well, doesn't work either # # systemd-journald and syslog-ng have been (re)started # logger -p mail.info "mail argh" # logger "user notice argh" # logger -p local0.alert "local argh" # cd /var/log/ # grep -l argh * # # nothing to be seen here. In fact, the only thing that seem to log anything "live" is syslog itself. Note that this setup used to work just fine until prior to some 10 to 15 days ago, i.e., I expect an update broke it. This is with an up-to-date system. (syslog-ng 3.6.2-1 and systemd 218-1) Any ideas, anybody? I'd really like to NOT store anything via systemd-journald, in fact, I'd really like to systemctl disable systemd-journald and never be bothered by it again, so please don't tell me I should be just using systemd-journald ;) Regards, -Martin

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[arch-general] filesystem-2015.02 package errors from symlinks
by Genes Lists 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

I use symlinks for some directories (e.g. /srv/http and /var/spool/mail are sym links to dedicated disks) When i update the filesystem package I get this error: error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) filesystem: /srv/http exists in filesystem filesystem: /var/spool/mail exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. What is the recommended way to deal with this? My version is: filesystem 2014.10-3 Trying to update to : filesystem-2015.02-1 in testing repo. Thanks. Gene

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[arch-general] "sc" in [community]?
by Ido Rosen 15 Feb '15

15 Feb '15

Happy new year, Would anyone like to bring the venerable UNIX spreadsheet program "sc" into [community]? I'm maintaining it in AUR currently. Many other distros support it. :-) Ido

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[arch-general] PKGBUILD: replaces array in split packages
by Jakub Klinkovský 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

Hello, I'm writing a script [1] to update package links on ArchWiki. The script also gives hints on broken/outdated package, e.g. for 'mesa-dri` the hint is "replaced by 'mesa'" (with an appropriate link to the 'mesa' package). I've chosen to only look into the 'replaces' array of the packages, because unlike 'provides', a package can be replaced only by one other package, whereas multiple packages can "provide" the same package. Or at least I thought so - it appears that both qemu and libcacard have qemu-kvm in their 'replaces' array. In this case, it's because qemu is a split package (qemu + libcacard) and the replaces array is defined globally in the PKGBUILD, not per-package. Is this a bug or was my assumption about the 'replaces' array wrong? How would pacman handle the situation where qemu-kvm is supposed to be replaced by libcacard and/or qemu? Thanks for answers, Jakub Klinkovský (Lahwaacz) [1]: https://github.com/lahwaacz/wiki-scripts/blob/master/update-package-templat…

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[arch-general] Key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely
by Viktor Garske 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

Hello, I've got a problem with pacman: when I try to upgrade the system pacman writes "key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely". Then I looked into this forum thread (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1501915#p1501915) I tried the workaround but "pacman-key --refresh-keys" returned (after a long time): gpg: Refresh vom Schlüsselserver fehlgeschlagen: Dateiende ==> FEHLER: Ein spezifizierter lokaler Schlüssel konnte nicht vom Schlüssel-Server aktualisiert werden. (it means:) gpg: refresh failed from the key server: end of file ==> ERROR: a specified local key could not be refreshed by the key server. Do you have any solutions? -- Viktor

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[arch-general] [extra] package depending on [community] package
by Oon-Ee Ng 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

Wasn't there a guideline somewhere against this? Should I raise bugs when I see this is taking place? Specific example that I just noticed is mpd, because libnfs in community updated. Of course, mpd was updated within 12 hours or so, and I understand packages are mostly best maintained by those who actually know/care about the project, hence I just want to ask the question, is this considered a bug or not?

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[arch-general] pacman security when importing new keys?
by Manuel Reimer 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Hello, today, pacman asked me to import a new signature key. So far this was done "automatically" using a keys-package, which, itself, was signed with a trusted key. How is the new mechanism secured? Is the new way, to bring keys to users, prone to MITM attacks? Thanks in advance. Manuel

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[arch-general] error: key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely
by mick 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

The last few days when I try to update (pacman -Syyu) I get the following:- (29/29) checking keys in keyring [######################] 100% downloading required keys... error: key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely error: required key missing from keyring error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. how do I fix it??

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[arch-general] NFS won't start since 2015-2-11 update (solved)
by Rodrigo Rivas 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Do # systemctl enable rpcbind.service and reboot or `systemctl restart nfs-utils`. It seems that the before rpcbind-0.2.2 this service were preset to "enabled" but this is no longer the case, so it will default to "disabled". Just my €0.02. -- Rodrigo

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[arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning
by Sebastiaan Lokhorst 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

Hello everyone, Since more than a year now, fdisk (provided by util-linux) has had GPT support. This theoretically makes gdisk a duplicate of fdisk, and we could replace gdisk with fdisk. Now, I'm not asking to drop gdisk or anything like that, but in an effort to clean up the Beginners' guide of the Arch Wiki, we want to use a single partitioning tool for both MBR and GPT partitioning instructions.[1] util-linux fdisk is able to provide this functionality, but we are not completely sure if it is stable by now (it should be, I think). So, now my question: is there anyone who has had bad experiences with fdisk and GPT partitions, where gdisk was superior? Or any other objections why we should keep gdisk instructions in the Beginners' guide? Thanks! Sebastiaan [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Talk:Beginners%27_guide#remove_gdisk_i…

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[arch-general] broken locale after glibc upgrade
by arnaud gaboury 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

After a recent upgrade, my locale was broken. Here is extract from pacman.log: [2015-02-11 08:19] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu' [2015-02-11 08:19] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists [2015-02-11 08:19] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade [2015-02-11 08:20] [ALPM] transaction started [2015-02-11 08:20] [ALPM] transaction failed [2015-02-11 08:21] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu' [2015-02-11 08:21] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists [2015-02-11 08:21] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade [2015-02-11 08:21] [ALPM] transaction started [2015-02-11 08:22] [ALPM] upgraded linux-api-headers (3.18.1-1 -> 3.18.5-1) [2015-02-11 08:22] [ALPM] upgraded glibc (2.20-6 -> 2.21-2) [2015-02-11 08:22] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Generating locales... [2015-02-11 08:22] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Generation complete. I had to manually edit /etc/locale.gen, uncomment the needed locales, then run locale-gen to fix this issue. Any idea about what happened ? -- google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx

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[arch-general] Running Arch linux on a headless ppc GNU/Linux box?
by Csányi Pál 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

Hi, I have a headless PowerPC box called Bubba Two. Could one install on it the Arch linux system? I'm running on it now a Debian Wheezy GNU/Linux system. $ uname -a Linux b2 3.2.62-1 #1 Mon Aug 25 04:22:40 UTC 2014 ppc GNU/Linux -- Regards from Pal

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Re: [arch-general] Any printer didn't work
by Bastien Traverse 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

> When add printer manually on cinnamon. > The printer found, forward , search driver and freeze. > > When add printer manually on KDE. > The printer found, show "Pcik a Driver" and said > "Failed to search for recommended: driver: 'Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked tthe reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.' Hi, there is currently a critical bug preventing from adding a printer in the latest versions of cups: see FS#42666 [1]. To summarize, when trying to find a driver `foomatic list` stalls, hogging up the CPU and `cupsd -l` does the same. See the provided link for upstream bug report URL (they say they can't reproduce it although it affects many Arch users) and link to discussion in the forums. I am currently unable to use any printer either :-/ [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/42666

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[arch-general] FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly
by Ralf Mardorf 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Hi, I experienced Virtualbox 4.3.14 x86_64 as broken, when I tried to sync an iPad2 with iTunes running on a XP SP3 guest. I only tested it with USB2 enabled, since it worked with 4.3.12. Usually I use the packages virtualbox, virtualbox-host-dkms, virtualbox-extension-pack and I add the guest additions, that fit to the used vbox version. Because I wasted much time with trying to use 4.3.14, I did an incomplete downgrade to 4.3.12 yet, since I'm short in time, but even with virtualbox 4.3.12-1 virtualbox-host-dkms 4.3.12-1 no extension pack, no USB2 and with wrong guest additions, version 4.3.14, I get rid of the issues. I will complete the downgrade on my machine ASAP and IMO the community packages should be downgraded for the repositories too. Do others experienced issues with Virtualbox 4.3.14 USB too? Since I'm short in time I only reported the bug to https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41424 I didn't find a related bug, just 4 completely other vbox bug reports. https://www.virtualbox.org/search?q=4.13.14&noquickjump=1&ticket=on results in "No matches found." https://www.virtualbox.org/search?q=usb&noquickjump=1&ticket=on gives tons of hits, no time to care about them right now Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] linux 3.19 in [testing]
by Tobias Powalowski 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Hi, just released 3.19 kernel to [testing] repository. - nvidia-304xx - virtualbox modules do not build. Please take a look at it. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] I can not login in my system with gdm after update to kernel 3.18.6
by José Vilmar Estácio de Souza 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Hi all. After I upgrade to kernel 3.18.6, I was stuck at the login screen. I type the login and password, press the enter key and the login screen appears again. There are no problems with my login because I can login in the console normaly. After I downgrade to kernel 3.18.5 the problem desappears. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks. []s José Vilmar Estácio de Souza

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[arch-general] strange behaviour after 3.18.6 kernel update
by Genes Lists 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

I have one server which does internal mail and nfs - which went weird after about a day on the new kernel. I remote admin via ssh - symptom on the terminal was many commands failed in bad ways. Though 'ls' seemed to be fine. e.g. vi - gave input/output error. journalctl -lf -> bus error Rebooted and it hung on shutdown - there were manu input/output errors on the console - after it stopped on systemd shutdown target and got no further - i hard powered off and back on. Machine came up fine - journalct shows all logging stopped at 9.14 pm and resumed as normal after the reboot at 10.30 pm. Any advice as to what to look for? Anyone else seeing strange IO errors after a period? thanks. gene

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[arch-general] CIFS filename reserved characters in 3.18
by Carl Schaefer 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

After upgrading to 3.18 I found that my rsync backup to a CIFS filesystem was failing on filenames that contained reserved characters in the set :<>|*?\ According to [1] the default strategy for handling these characters changed in 3.18, but in my experience (and according to [2]) it didn't work very well. A patch [3] addressing these problems seems to work for me. Carl [1] https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/SMB3-Linux [2] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92401 [3] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.cifs/10512/

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[arch-general] Any printer didn't work
by MASAKI Yuhsuke 08 Feb '15

08 Feb '15

Hi, I want to use multifaunctional printer Canon MP630 and HP Photosmart 5521. But both didn't work. I reinstalled system and whole package on this month. They worked before then. I checked: * Printers work on other system. * cnijfilter-mp620 ( for MP630), hplip and hplip-plugin ( for 5521 ) are installed. * CUPSd is installed and started. When connected a printer on KDE or Cinnamon, show notifification "New printer conncted." and nothing. Lately, neither show anything at a printer conneced. When add printer manually on cinnamon. The printer found, forward , search driver and freeze. When add printer manually on KDE. The printer found, show "Pcik a Driver" and said "Failed to search for recommended: driver: 'Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked tthe reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.' So I try "Manually Provide a PPD File". When I click "finish," printer name highlighted and disabled finish button. One day, I tried to add printer manually on KDE, finish button worked, added, and test page printed. But today, I attempted to print pages, but not work printer because "the printer is disconnected or turned off." I tried change cable and change port, but still "the printer is disconnected or turned off." I click "Resume printer" on KDE. Printer status changed to "Idle." I send print job, Printer status changed to "Printing," but soon changed to "Idle" without working. When printer reconnected, DE says "Configurating new printer." And return to the beginning but configured printer exists. I remove configured printer, but nothing to change. What should I do? Thank you. ****************************** * The Rider, Hacker and Musician. * +++ ENABLE YOUR HEART +++ ****************************** * MASAKI Yuhsuke. * hydrangea+ml(a)reasonset.net * Website: http://reasonset.net/ * GitHub : https://github.com/reasonset/ * Twitter: @reasonset ******************************

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[arch-general] PAM/crond crashes with glibc 2.21-1
by Genes Lists 08 Feb '15

08 Feb '15

Fully updated from testing repo. Bug filed: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43738 After this glibc update I am now getting: crond[952]: PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so): /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0: symbol __getrlimit, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference crond[952]: PAM adding faulty module: /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so crond[952]: segfault at 59d6 ip 00000000000059d6 sp 00007fffea697798 error 14 in crond[400000+d000] Perhaps packages need to be rebuilt against the new glibc? Thanks Gene

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[arch-general] Hello!
by Shurjo Sakib Masood 08 Feb '15

08 Feb '15

Hey people, this is Shurjo. Just saying hi :)

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[arch-general] anyone interested in a multilib qt-at-spi package?
by kendell clark 07 Feb '15

07 Feb '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 hi all I'm not sure how to begin this, but here goes. In order for screen readers, like orca, to be able to access applications written in qt4 (qt5 handles all of this built in}, it needs a package called qt-at-spi. This is a bridge of sorts which links the qt accessibility API's to the at-spi daemon which orca uses to read the screen. This is in community, so this all works. However, there's an issue that's just obscure enough that I'm not sure how to handle it. The issue arises when 64 bit linux installations try to talk to 32 bit qt applications. Since the qt at-spi bridge is 64 bit, it can't communicate with the 32 bit app, so orca cannot read it. THis makes applications such as teamviewer and skype completely inaccessible on 64 bit systsms. I'm not certain teamviewer is written in qt, but I do knos skype is. Ok, ramble over. Is anyone interested in building a 32 bit version of the qt-at-spi package and possibly throwing it in multilib? THis does not need any maintenance, since this is only for qt4 applications, the package has been deprecated since the code has been murged into qt5. I've tried a few workarounds to no avail. I've tried downloading the i686 package and trying to get pacman to install it, this didn't work. I tried extracting the actual .so files out and placing them in lib32, but I don't know enough about how the underlying system works to make this work. Thoughts? Kendell clarK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJU1YfJAAoJEGYgJ5/kqBTd1Z0P/3o9RwAYZsm3I4SDoIXkhy6S tE0LZabP5EV3e5YrP+FvxVkL+t7Dp6GQdTqCEd0f14pptMLepagSrZUTLTAMvi7T jPX1dzz6Vm8atsbdpMa/bSZ0Jxok4adgejbjQhKgOR3M8Uzd8xojudNrhF8pDrVo K8bbory0Azj89fSrJOmp6O9Dx4AOlUbtZa6KWqQY/0YVPjKfG3chI9gcw3p1ldlZ KEtYhL6TSR1Fo3knDpbY5DFG4kDAtGYNnjUq14tF7S7R5QJ7LDlnHYTank0Xf3QW 2cMnozBdWmcaXvg/fpiO4WyYjGTsB3D1x4xoQ3U6l/VYFbY2FTSxbUN074e1KDI7 uh8FEbMudLFVaUokJKgBXCe8ARRb7XydW6WTA7tvIpSG3Hm4MplGV6qnpZxir8jB ZxYwZlsUWqqVT2FKXRM+xT+XAKxxoak+iNRgryAn1hXjV422BM5HHgaDE9GINH7V DKmbJstG2a6BS3cI4eMNXpnwAMWQILlzP2kaY31J/iYmfLg9ONTQbVyvWyMRuM50 QpCLiryZcFaya8ogmM+TjFLNaDz1da8hmUZeyYFmiMTJ4iC//SSJsOtIB+1fy0PB 3vT/k0gsYmnR2cCVaQIh04MwDsQT6FstczHJDT1ilcjiL1aR/jDpHIRZW+4y+ZVS tI1xjE9ApHna+mAw96xB =eJyz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Why are CA certifcates writable for every user?
by Marcel Kleinfeller 07 Feb '15

07 Feb '15

Hello! When I'm doing "cd /etc/ssl/certs/ && ls -al" I see something like this: [...] lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 102 21. Dez 17:56 Verisign_Class_1_Public_Primary_Certification_Authority_-_G3.pem -> ../../ca-certificates/extracted/cadir/Verisign_Class_1_Public_Primary_Certification_Authority_-_G3.pem [...] All certificates are publicly writable. I never set chmod to 777 on this directory and I see a great security lack here. Any program could inject its own certificate there, you should know this isn't good ;) Tell me whether this is just an issue on my own system or a general issue. Marcel Kleinfeller <marcel(a)oompf.de>

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[arch-general] startx failed: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Operation not permitted
by Csányi Pál 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hi, on a fresh install of arch linux I have first installed the nouveau video driver. Then I realise I must install the nvidia driver because one application doesnÍt work without it. I have linux kernel 3.14.31.-1-lts installed. My videocard is GeForce 7600 GT so I installed the nvidia-304xx-libgl nvidia-304xx-lts nvidia-304xx-utils I created the configuration file for X Window system: Section "Device" Identifier "Nvidia Card" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" EndSection In /etc/mkinitcpio.conf I have commented the line: #MODULES="nouveau" But, when I start X with 'startx' command, I get the error mentioned in subject of this mail. What am I missing here? -- Regards from Pal

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[arch-general] core/crda and core/wireless-regdb are outdated
by Petko Bordjukov 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hello, The core/wireless-regdb package is 6 versions behind the current version of the wireless regulatory database (and has been flagged as out of date on 2014-12-02). I contacted the maintainer with a patch last month. Since then there has been a new release of wireless-regdb and a corresponding (and required by the newest version of wireless-regdb) release of CRDA. I have not yet received a response from the maintainer and I have patches that update both packages to the latest versions, what would you advise me to do in order to have them applied? Regards, Petko

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Re: [arch-general] Fwd: Kernel panic - after upgrade
by Csányi Pál 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

2015-02-01 13:42 GMT+01:00 Guus Snijders <gsnijders(a)gmail.com>: > Op 1 feb. 2015 12:41 schreef "Csányi Pál" <csanyipal(a)gmail.com> het > volgende: > >> 2015-01-31 23:12 GMT+01:00 Guus Snijders <gsnijders(a)gmail.com>: >> > 2015-01-31 21:20 GMT+01:00 Christian Demsar <vixsomnis(a)fastmail.com>: >> > [...] >> >> At this point, I'd backup configuration files and home directories and >> >> do a full reinstall. Sounds like there's something going terribly >> >> wrong. >> >> Hopefully that works... >> > >> > Hmm, I'd first check if dmesg shows SATA error (bus reset, seek >> > failed, etc) and if that is not the case, I'd do a memory test >> > (memtest86 is very nice for this). >> > Seeing that the OP is getting kernel panics, my first guess is memory >> > problems (I fail to see how a bad HDD would cause panics), but I might >> > be wrong... >> >> The output of dmesg is here: >> http://pastebin.com/9TnBGHqn >> >> I did not see any suspicious in it. Am I right? > > A couple of things i noticed: > -Nvidea complaining about not having a textmode driver configured > - ext4 mentions 14 errors on sda4 > > I'm not sure if these are serious or not. Could you try the memtest first? > Bad memory can cause very strange errors and is easy to test (takes time, > though). Before I start the memtest I ask an advice: how long should I run the memtest? -- Regards from Pal

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[arch-general] Trusting certificates when installing mono
by Drew DeVault 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

It can be a frequent problem among .NET devs that mono trusts no certificates by default. The usual procedure is to have users manually run `mozroots --import --sync` to trust the same certs Mozilla trusts, but that makes it so that there will always be a manual step after installing your software, even through a package manager. Can the mono package be altered to import all of the systemwide certificates (/etc/ssl/certs) into mono's trust store? This should make the problem much less frustrating. -- Drew DeVault

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [extra] Dropping ocaml packages
by Mike Cloaked 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Tobias Powalowski < tobias.powalowski(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > I don't use it on any of my machines anymore, anyone who wants to step up? > Else those are candidates for AUR/community. > > ocaml > ocaml-compiler-libs > facile > lablgtk2 > unison > > greetings > tpowa > > I noticed from the arch-dev-public list in the post quoted above that ocaml is planned to be dropped to AUR or community. I also notice that ocaml is still a dependency for one of the kde packages. # pacman -R ocaml checking dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: kdeedu-kalzium: requires ocaml I guess it needs to be maintained else there may be problems with updates to kde in the future? -- mike c

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[arch-general] NFS server broke after reboot - *urgent* need help
by Genes Lists 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

I have a problem where nfs failed. 2 units fail to start rpc-statd.service nfs-server.service. ------------------------------------- rpc-statd: systemctl status rpc-statd rpc.statd[736]: Version 1.3.2 starting rpc.statd[736]: Flags: TI-RPC rpc.statd[736]: Running as root. chown /var/lib/nfs to choose different user rpc.statd[736]: failed to create RPC listeners, exiting systemd[1]: rpc-statd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 systemd[1]: Failed to start NFS status monitor for NFSv2/3 locking.. systemd[1]: Unit rpc-statd.service entered failed state. systemd[1]: rpc-statd.service failed. ------------------------------------- I am unable to start this by hand either - continues to fail same way. I had seen this once a month or so back - but was able to start it by hand after machine was up. ------------------------------------- nfs-server: systemctl-status nfs-server ● nfs-server.service - NFS server and services Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2015-01-31 16:05:32 EST; 5min ago Process: 743 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd $RPCNFSDARGS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 741 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/exportfs -r (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 743 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) rpc.nfsd[743]: rpc.nfsd: writing fd to kernel failed: errno 111 (Connection refused) rpc.nfsd[743]: rpc.nfsd: unable to set any sockets for nfsd systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE systemd[1]: Failed to start NFS server and services. systemd[1]: Unit nfs-server.service entered failed state. systemd[1]: nfs-server.service failed. ------------------------------------- Machine is fully updated from testing repo. I did try kernel 3.19.rc6 but it does not help. nfs-utils 1.3.2-1 linux 3.18.5-1 rpcbind 0.2.2-1 Really appreciate some help - this is my main nfs server and I can no longer get it working ... Thanks for any advice. gene

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[arch-general] Fwd: Kernel panic - after upgrade
by Csányi Pál 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

2015-01-18 18:20 GMT+01:00 Damjan Georgievski <gdamjan(a)gmail.com>: >> >>Here I exit from the prompt and reboot the machine, but get the same >> >>error message: can't run init. >> >> >> >>What did I wrong? >> > >> > You missed that the base group should be reinstalled, as the error is >> > not with the ramdisk, > > > there's no /init outside of the ramdisk, so his problem seems to be in the > initramfs, but probably because his base system is a bit borked and it > mkinitcpio creates the initramfs out of it. > > >> Well, I did so but can't to run successfully the `pacman -S base' >> command because of some difficulties. >> It complains about existing files and folder: >> it won't overwrite the /usr/lib64 folder. > > post the exact errors you're getting The output of `pacman -S base' command is: (50/50) checking keys in keyring (50/50) checking package integrity (50/50) loading package files (50/50) checking for file conflicts (50/50) checking available disk space ( 1/50) reinstalling filesystem error: extract: not overwriting dir with file /usr/lib64 error: problem occured while upgrading filesystem error: could not commit transaction error: failed to commit transaction (rransaction aborted) Errors occured, no packages were upgraded. I know that that the /usr/lib64 is a symlink only. What to do? -- Regards from Pal

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[arch-general] systemd-nspawn : centOS container
by arnaud gaboury 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

I have happily used a second Arch as a container booted with systemd-nspawn. I would like now install a CentOS container, but I am not sure how to proceed the install. What is the correct way ? - first install minimal CentOS from an iso in a dedicated partition (in my case it will be a ssd), then mount the ssd filesystem in /var/lib/container/MyCentOS ? - mount the iso file with systemd-nspawn --image=/path/to/CentOS.iso, boot my container and then install CentOS . Thank you for hint.

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[arch-general] postgresql 9.3 -> 9.4
by Georg Altmann 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Hi, There was nothing mentioning a minor realease upgrade or did I miss something? Next time a heads up would be nice, so I know I have to dump and restore beforehand. Thanks! Georg -- 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] KDE Application Launcher Theming
by Jameson 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

I'm having an issue with Plasma 5 themes, and the Application Launcher. I'm trying to use Breeze Dark. I've also specified it for Colors, and Icons. The problem is, the background of the Application Launcher is still a light gray color. It's so light it's almost impossible to read the light text on top of it. Has anyone else run into this? Is there a separate configuration for this? Thanks, =-Jameson

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[arch-general] changelogs (was Re: postgresql 9.3 -> 9.4)
by Carl Schaefer 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

The thread about the postgresql update reminded me of one of the few things about Ubuntu that I miss: package updates usually included a useful changelog entry describing what was fixed and/or new. Perhaps I assume too much, but I imagine Arch package maintainers would generally be aware of the changes in an update they're making, and so it wouldn't be much additional work to include that information in a changelog entry. When I first started using Arch I'd hoped "pacman -Qc" would do this, but at this point only three of the 867 packages on my system have a changelog, and most of those entries are just "version bump" or equivalent. Carl

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[arch-general] Libre Office Freezing system?
by Michael Rasmussen 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

It does for me. Have a Writer document with a embedded table, click and drag to highlight a segment. Boom, my user interface is locked up. No <CTR><ALT><F#> to get a terminal, no toggle of the caps lock indicactor LED, no <CTRL><ALT><Backspace> to kill X. No nothing. I can ssh in from another system and top shows nothing unusual going on. I've disabled hardware acceleration, that did not affect the problem. Does this sound familiar? Suggestions for resolving? -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity Actually _everything_ about fixed-gears sounds nuts to those who have not been inducted into the cult. ;-) ~ Sheldon Brown

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[arch-general] CVE-2015-0235: glibc / heap overflow in gethostbyname()
by Ido Rosen 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Hi Allan & others, This is a pretty big remote vulnerability, with a big attack surface. I'm not sure if this is the right list to be sending it to, but I'd suggest patching glibc right away. I think RedHat's already released an RHEL5 backported patch, and upstream has already patched it (as of yesterday). See the links below. Ido glibc bug report: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15014 Upstream patch: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=d5dd6189d506068ed11c8bfa… Debian bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776391 RedHat bug: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0090.html Blog post describing the vulnerability: http://ma.ttias.be/critical-glibc-update-cve-2015-0235-gethostbyname-calls/ HN Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8953545 Original report (afaict) in French: http://www.frsag.org/pipermail/frsag/2015-January/005722.html

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Re: [arch-general] An archlinux-python package for managing system default python version?
by 杨令 25 Jan '15

25 Jan '15

> From: Chi Hsuan Yen <yan12125(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:51:00 +0800 > Subject: [arch-general] An archlinux-python package for managing system default python version? > Dear Arch enthusiasts, > > The package extra/java-runtime-common provides a convenient script > archlinux-java to handle co-existing JDK/JRE versions. I can use it to > switch between different versions of java implementations to accomplish > numerous tasks from testing the compatibilities of my programs to running > third party applications targeting on different platforms. Now I hope > there's also a simple script for the same thing but for python. On the > system, most of the scripts are written for python2 and some other scripts > are python3-specific. In most cases it's not a problem because I can fix > the scripts or use some tricks like $PATH to ensure the correct execution > of the programs. However, in large projects, doing either is time-consuming > and costly. Recently I'm building CyanogenMod on Arch Linux. It includes > lots of python scripts in the build system, and most of them requires > python2. Using the tip provided on the article about Python on ArchWiki > prevents lots of problems, but, however, some scripts have the shebang line > "#!/usr/bin/env python" or are invoked by some command like > "/usr/bin/python ...". I have to change the link /usr/bin/python to > pointing to python2 for further progress on building and changed it back > for my daily use. If there's an archlinux-python script, lots of time on > battling the difference between python2 and python3 does not exist anymore, > which I believe lots of users can benefit from it. Any ideas? sudo pacman -S python-virtualenv python2-virtualenv python-virtualenvwrapper Google how to use them. Actually virtualenv itself is enough. virtualenvwrapper is a useful wrapper, so I recommend to use them together. Here is my virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper configuration in .zshrc. You can take a look: # Python virtualenvwrapper export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs #export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 if [ -f /usr/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh ]; then source /usr/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh fi # Python pip -> virtualenv only export PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV=true export PIP_RESPECT_VIRTUALENV=true ==================== YANG Ling yangling1984(a)gmail.com

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[arch-general] glx module is not loaded
by arnaud gaboury 24 Jan '15

24 Jan '15

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-modules.conf -------------------------- Section "Module" Load "glx" EndSection --------------------------- ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.o.log --------------------------- [ 19.596] (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. [ 19.596] (II) LoadModule: "glx" [ 19.598] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [ 19.598] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [ 19.598] (II) UnloadModule: "glx" [ 19.598] (II) Unloading glx [ 19.598] (EE) Failed to load module "glx" (loader failed, 7) -------------------------------------- gabx@hortensia ➤➤ ~/bin % ls -al /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 12 16:16 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so -> libglx.xorg* gabx@hortensia ➤➤ ~/bin % gabx@hortensia ➤➤ ~/bin % myps Xorg 146:gabx 2010 2009 1 Jan17 tty1 01:57:21 /usr/bin/Xorg.bin -nolisten tcp vt1 I use nouveau driver, start my x session on console with $ xinit Why is libglx.so not seen when it exists indeed ? Thank you for hints

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[arch-general] Firefox stopped working
by Ralf Mardorf 24 Jan '15

24 Jan '15

Hi, I couldn't find a bugreport regarding firefox or glib from 2015 at https://bugs.archlinux.org/ or regarding glib at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ from 2015. IIRC Firefox still worked two days ago. Somebody else seeing the following? [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ firefox (process:29590): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep firefox /var/log/pacman.log [snip] [2014-12-01 22:42] [PACMAN] upgraded firefox (33.1.1-1 -> 34.0.5-1) [2015-01-14 01:50] [ALPM] upgraded firefox (34.0.5-1 -> 35.0-1) [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo pacman -S firefox [snip] [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ firefox (process:29691): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep firefox /var/log/pacman.log [snip] [2015-01-24 16:09] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S firefox' [2015-01-24 16:09] [ALPM] reinstalled firefox (35.0-1) [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep glib /var/log/pacman.log [No entries for 2015] Firefox doesn't open. I don't have time for Gdb this weekend. I'll do it on Monday. Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] An archlinux-python package for managing system default python version?
by Chi Hsuan Yen 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Dear Arch enthusiasts, The package extra/java-runtime-common provides a convenient script archlinux-java to handle co-existing JDK/JRE versions. I can use it to switch between different versions of java implementations to accomplish numerous tasks from testing the compatibilities of my programs to running third party applications targeting on different platforms. Now I hope there's also a simple script for the same thing but for python. On the system, most of the scripts are written for python2 and some other scripts are python3-specific. In most cases it's not a problem because I can fix the scripts or use some tricks like $PATH to ensure the correct execution of the programs. However, in large projects, doing either is time-consuming and costly. Recently I'm building CyanogenMod on Arch Linux. It includes lots of python scripts in the build system, and most of them requires python2. Using the tip provided on the article about Python on ArchWiki prevents lots of problems, but, however, some scripts have the shebang line "#!/usr/bin/env python" or are invoked by some command like "/usr/bin/python ...". I have to change the link /usr/bin/python to pointing to python2 for further progress on building and changed it back for my daily use. If there's an archlinux-python script, lots of time on battling the difference between python2 and python3 does not exist anymore, which I believe lots of users can benefit from it. Any ideas? Best Regards, Yen Chi Hsuan

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[arch-general] Missing fonts in KeePass
by Sadika Sumanapala 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Hi, Does anyone using KeePass missing/not showing fonts? There are missing fonts in some dialog boxes (file open dialog, font dialog :) I'm using kde plasma 5 and as I remember this issue started after installing plasma 5. Do you have any suggestions to fix this problem? Please check following links for screenshots: http://picpaste.com/snapshot14-qprqkpVO.png http://picpaste.com/snapshot15-7fDH86lX.png Thanks, Sadika

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[arch-general] lvm activation at boot
by Michael Dahlberg 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

I’m having a problem activating lvm volumes at boot. I have an lvm volume (/home) that is mounted at boot and listed in /etc/fstab. When I try and boot the system, activation of this logical volume times out and the system drops to single-user emergency shell. Once I login I can activate it (vgchange -ay) and mount it without any problems. I’ve run mkinitcpio several times, all with the mkinitcpio.conf file containing the following lines: MODULES=“dm_mod raid1” HOOKS=“base udev autodetect modconf block mdadm_udev lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck” Any suggestions will be appreciated. -- Michael Dahlberg

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Re: [arch-general] Kernel panic - after upgrade
by Csányi Pál 18 Jan '15

18 Jan '15

2015-01-18 15:27 GMT+01:00 Savya <mailinglists(a)hawkradius.com>: > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2015, at 11:22 PM, Csányi Pál wrote: >> I upgrade today my Arch linux desktop. >> Later when I did a reboot, on the screen I can to read followings: >> >> Failed to execute /init )error -2) >> Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= >> option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance. >> >> I upgraded my system with yaourt-gui. >> >> What can I do to get mz Arch linux desktop back? > I'm not completely sure, but I think you might try to pass the > init=/usr/bin/systemd option to the kernel. Just edit the corresponding > line in the bootloader and add this line to the end. In the long run, > maybe you need to add the systemd hook to your initramfs? > > I'm not completely sure about this solution, so just check it out. I did so but get another error: Failed to execute /init (error -2) Failed to execute /usr/bin/systemd (error -2). Attempting defaults... -- Regards from Pal

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Re: [arch-general] Kernel panic - after upgrade
by Ralf Mardorf 18 Jan '15

18 Jan '15

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:35:13 +0100, Csányi Pál wrote: > The output of `pacman -S base' command is: > (50/50) checking keys in keyring > (50/50) checking package integrity > (50/50) loading package files > (50/50) checking for file conflicts > (50/50) checking available disk space > ( 1/50) reinstalling filesystem > error: extract: not overwriting dir with file /usr/lib64 > error: problem occured while upgrading filesystem > error: could not commit transaction > error: failed to commit transaction (rransaction aborted) > Errors occured, no packages were upgraded. > > I know that that the /usr/lib64 is a symlink only. > > What to do? Don't post to [archaudio-discuss], but to [arch-general] ;).

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[arch-general] qt creator - black window
by Sadika Sumanapala 18 Jan '15

18 Jan '15

Hi, When I try to open .ui.qml files in QtCreator panels not appear properly, they get black & does not work. Does any one knows to correct this problem. Following is the output on console when I open a file (I removed repeating lines because this get too long): void QWindow::setTransientParent(QWindow*) QWidgetWindow(0x36773e0, name = "QmlDesigner::Internal::DesignModeWidgetClassWindow") must be a top level window. libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile QQuickWidget cannot be used as a native child widget. Consider setting Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings QQuickWidget cannot be used as a native child widget. Consider setting Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings QQuickWidget cannot be used as a native child widget. Consider setting Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings Process crashed: QProcess(0x3c52d70, name = "previewmode") exitCode: 0 QAbstractSocket::waitForBytesWritten() is not allowed in UnconnectedState QQuickWidget cannot be used as a native child widget. Consider setting Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings QQuickWidget cannot be used as a native child widget. Consider setting Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings QQuickWidget cannot be used as a native child widget. Consider setting Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings Process finished: QProcess(0x3c32c50, name = "editormode") exitCode: 0 QAbstractSocket::waitForBytesWritten() is not allowed in UnconnectedState QAbstractSocket::waitForBytesWritten() is not allowed in UnconnectedState QAbstractSocket::waitForBytesWritten() is not allowed in UnconnectedState Process finished: QProcess(0x3c4dcc0, name = "rendermode") exitCode: 0 QAbstractSocket::waitForBytesWritten() is not allowed in UnconnectedState QAbstractSocket::waitForBytesWritten() is not allowed in UnconnectedState QAbstractSocket::waitForBytesWritten() is not allowed in UnconnectedState Process crashed: QTimer(0x3c48fe0) exitCode: -1 QAbstractSocket::waitForBytesWritten() is not allowed in UnconnectedState QAbstractSocket::waitForBytesWritten() is not allowed in UnconnectedState QQuickWidget cannot be used as a native child widget. Consider setting Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings QQuickWidget cannot be used as a native child widget. Consider setting Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings QQuickWidget cannot be used as a native child widget. Consider setting Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings Thanks, Sadika

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[arch-general] Kernel panic - after upgrade
by Csányi Pál 18 Jan '15

18 Jan '15

Hi, I upgrade today my Arch linux desktop. Later when I did a reboot, on the screen I can to read followings: Failed to execute /init )error -2) Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance. I upgraded my system with yaourt-gui. What can I do to get mz Arch linux desktop back? -- Regards from Pal

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[arch-general] warning: foobar: local (1.0.0-2) is newer than community (1.0.0-1)
by Ralf Mardorf 17 Jan '15

17 Jan '15

Regarding to my AUR cache [1], it seems to be common practise, that packages that moved from AUR to community get a lower "pkgrel="-value. IMO that is very annoying and doesn't make sense. I don't want to reinstall software that does work and I dislike to get tons of warnings. Why is this the common approach? Regards, Ralf PS: I'll send it to Arch and AUR general. [1] $ ls /var/cache/aur/foobar*

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[arch-general] KDE Applications 14.12
by Wulf Richartz 17 Jan '15

17 Jan '15

Hello everyone, yesterday KDE released the first update for KDE Applications 14.12 and at Arch it's not even in testing-repository; therefore I would like to ask for the future of KDE Applications at Arch? If you look at the forum, I think I'm not the only one. Will KDE Applications stay in extra-repository, and will there be a maintainer for the packages? Or will KDE Applications move to community-repository, maybe for a TU to maintain the packages? Or it`s all undecided ? Thanks Wulf

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[arch-general] pip install broken
by arnaud gaboury 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

python-pip 6.0.6-1 Please find below error messages when runiing some pip commands. pip have been working like a charm until now. A bug or some misconfigurations ?? --------------------------------- $ pip install websocket-client Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 232, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 339, in run requirement_set.prepare_files(finder) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 229, in prepare_files req_to_install.check_if_exists() File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 928, in check_if_exists self.satisfied_by = pkg_resources.get_distribution(self.req) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 461, in get_distribution dist = get_provider(dist) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 341, in get_provider return working_set.find(moduleOrReq) or require(str(moduleOrReq))[0] File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 870, in require needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements)) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 740, in resolve env = Environment(self.entries) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 927, in __init__ self.scan(search_path) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 957, in scan self.add(dist) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 977, in add dists.sort(key=operator.attrgetter('hashcmp'), reverse=True) TypeError: unorderable types: NoneType() < str() ----------------------------------------------------- gabx@hortensia ➤➤ ~ % pip install --verbose There was an error checking the latest version of pip Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/utils/outdated.py", line 129, in pip_version_check state.save(pypi_version, current_time) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pip/utils/outdated.py", line 76, in save with open(self.statefile_path) as statefile: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/gabx/.cache/pip/selfcheck.json' ------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for help

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[arch-general] NodeJs default behavior
by Heiko Becker 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Hey everyone, has there been some change to NodeJs with the latest versions? I'm running a node app with version 0.10.25 on an Ubuntu Server and one with 0.10.35 on my Arch. With the same script I'm getting debug output on Ubuntu but not on Arch. Best regards, Heiko

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[arch-general] keymap corruption
by Michael Dahlberg 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

I recently had a hard drive failure which resulted in my system having a corrupted /var. I removed /var and recreated it from backups, however now i seem to have a unique problem: when I log into the console the backspace and ESC keys do not function correctly. Both keys just result in advancing the cursor. Strangely, if I boot into the rescue.target, the keys work correctly. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike

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[arch-general] Is there a non file manager daemon for automounting like the ones provided by "pcmanfm -d"
by Javier Vasquez 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Hi, I've been using "pcmanfm -d &" in my ~/.xinitrc, as suggested by [1]. However I would like something similar without the need of the file manager. Hopefully something that shows in the tray bar what's mounted and allows umounting. I don't use a DE, just plain fluxbox, and having to use whether pcmanfm or thunar or any other file manager with daemon capability is something I would like to prevent. I read about ldm, suggested by [2], but it doesn't seem to offer what I'm looking for. Seems to be something to automount with particular uid/gid only. though I might be wrong. Any suggestions? Thanks, -- Javier [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/File_manager_functionality#File_manage… [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications#Mount_tools

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[arch-general] Reserve UID/GID for unofficial packages
by Christopher Reimer 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Hi, I'm reposting this topic from the Arch forums here to grab more attention from Arch Developers and TUs https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=191918 > Hi, > > I'm working on an unoffical repository for VDR (http://www.tvdr.de) on > Arch Linux called VDR4Arch (https://github.com/VDR4Arch/vdr4arch) > > VDR runs as user 'vdr' and needs write access to /var/lib/vdr. There are > also several plugins for vdr which add files to /var/lib/vdr. > > The install script of the package 'vdr' adds a group 'vdr' and a user > 'vdr' with the IDs 666 (I don't remember why I used 666) > If a plugin adds files to /var/lib/vdr the install script changes the > owner and group to vdr:vdr > > I did this to stop namcap from complaining. And this worked since the > release of pacman 4.2. > Namcap is happy but now pacman complains about the different directory > ownership between the package (root:root) and the filesystem (vdr:vdr) > > Official packages like 'mpd' set gid and uid in the PKGBUILD and > therefore seem to ignore namcap's warning. > For official packages there's also a list > (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database) > to reserve uid and gid > > But unfortunately VDR4Arch is not an official project. How can I make > sure no one else uses 666 as UID and GID? > > I hope everything is understandable. As you may have noticed I'm not a > native English speaker. > > Thanks in advance > > Christopher

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[arch-general] Heads up: Changes in the next mono release
by Daniel Isenmann 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Hi, I just read an email from Miguel (Mono head developer) that in the next mono release (I don't know when this will be) the .NET profile 2.0 and 4.0 will be removed. So the reference assemblies of .NET 2.0 and 4.0 will be no longer in the package. As it seems the new mono release will have the version 4.0, so they are doing a major version bump. If you need them you have to stay with mono 3.10.0 or someone should maintain an AUR package which provides these assemblies. If someone wants to read the discussion on the mono mailinglist you can find it on the mail archive webpage: https://www.mail-archive.com/mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com/msg30995.html The packages which are provided in our repositories will be working with the new mono release, I will take care of this and move the new mono release to our repository only if all packages are working with it. If this doesn't work, maybe I will provide an old mono3 package and a new mono package for version >= 4. If this is possible, have to check this first. For all the AUR packages you are on your own to check them. Cheers Daniel

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Re: [arch-general] [now it's really solved] dunst neos g,,,,
by Fernando Fernandez 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

z , El ene 9, 2015 11:20 AM, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> escribió: > > On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 14:22:26 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 05:52:10 -0700, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote:¿ > > > On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:31:09 +1000 Ralf Mardorf > > > <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.xn--compa-5kaa Pa q> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > after rebooting dunst does run, but I don't know why it runs. I > > > > don't want that it does run for all WM sessions. > > > > > > > Does DBus start it? If so, how can I disable autostart? > > > > > > Yes, DBus autostarts it. To disable it, > > > edit /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service and change > > > the command to /usr/bin/true. > > > > Thank you, > > > > that does work. In addition I added the file > > to /etc/pacman.conf's NoExtract. > > > > There's still something I need to monitor. It might be related or > > unrelated to dunst. When dunst is installed and enabled Evolution > > works without an issue, if dunst is installed but disabled, Evolution > > works in slow motion. There wasn't this particular issue before I > > installed dunst. Now after a reboot dunst wasn't started, but > > Evolution misbehaves. It might be unrelated, just happen randomly. I > > don't know. > > It is related. I made several tests. > > I (re)moved the file: > > sudo mkdir -p /root/usr/share/dbus-1/services/ ; sudo mv /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service /root/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service > > Now I can run dunst to get Evolution notifications and I can ^C or > killall dunst to get rid of Evolution notifications and Evolution then > still does run without issues. > > Regards, > Ralf

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[arch-general] dunst autostart
by Ralf Mardorf 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hi, after rebooting dunst does run, but I don't know why it runs. I don't want that it does run for all WM sessions. $ pacman -Ql dunst | grep dunst.service dunst /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service $ cat /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service [D-BUS Service] Name=org.freedesktop.Notifications Exec=/usr/bin/dunst Does DBus start it? If so, how can I disable autostart? $ systemctl status org.knopwob.dunst.service ● org.knopwob.dunst.service Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) $ systemctl status dunst ● dunst.service Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) $ cat .config/openbox/autostart feh --bg-scale /home/rocketmouse/.customization/dark_cartoon_art-modified-1152x864-clock-spot.jpg & (sleep 1 && fbpanel) & $ pidof dunst 906 And I neither started it manually. JFTR: $ systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled acpid.service enabled alice.service enabled (a script to connect to the Internet) display-manager.service enabled dkms.service enabled getty@.service enabled haveged.service enabled lightdm.service enabled rtirq.service enabled remote-fs.target enabled Regards, Ralf -- Guerilla Open Access Manifesto: https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamjuly2008_djvu.txt

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[arch-general] What's the holdup on Linux 3.18?
by Mark Lee 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Salutations, I was wondering what's the holdup on Linux 3.18. It's been in testing since 12/11/2014. Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlStyJsACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/bClAD9EiTNL00Aq6T4JyR+T447j4Ke WpaeU2jAqEkyudP4XiwA/31Tu0+T4+MNOtcincpJEdC68lg0LRc9QSCnfuzKco+D =XiY0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Standard group for "hardware user"?
by Neale Pickett 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

I run mdev instead of systemd-udev and was just alerted to the deprecation of all the groups I'd been using. Looking at the filesystem package, it seems that most of them are still present, but I presume they'll go away eventually. What, then, would be the best group for me to use for "a user who is allowed to do things with hardware"? That is, a combination of audio, video, disk, optical, and uucp (which, strangely, is not deprecated). I'm considering "wheel" but that doesn't feel right. And I really don't want to add a new group, I feel like this notion ought to be part of the base install, even though systemd appears to have reworked how Unix device access is controlled. Thanks in advance, Neale

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[arch-general] SSH security
by Ido Rosen 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Just wondering, how do Arch devs feel about implementing these recommendations by default in Arch's openssh package? Or would this be something worthy of an AUR package? https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html Especially interested in the moduli, KexAlgorithms, and Cipher selection config changes. Cheers, Ido

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[arch-general] gpg source validation for kernel.org style signatures
by Christian Hesse 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Hello everybody, pacman 4.2.0 gained support for verifying source tarballs with kernel.org style signature. Some (even essential) packages could benefit from that, linux and git come to mind. How to handle this? Report a bug for every package? Provide a list here? -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Chris get my mail address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* gcc -o sig sig.c && ./sig */b/42*2-3)*42);}

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[arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by official packages
by member graysky 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

Is there a list of user/group IDs that official packages from [core] [extra] and [community] provide? I wish to insure that the user/group id in an AUR package I provide[1] does not conflict a user created by an official package. I can grep for 'useradd' in my abs tree and parse through the resulting 137 lines but there must be a better way. Thanks. 1. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kodi-standalone-service

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[arch-general] makepkg as root
by Magnus Therning 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

I just noticed that `makepkg` no longer accepts '--asroot', does that mean there now is no way to convince `makepkg` to build despite being run as root? /M P.S. I am fully aware of the problems with building as root, but as I'm only building packages I'm myself creating, and doing it in a docker image, I feel I can live with the dangers... especially when it saves me some work in setting up docker images. -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus What gets measured, gets done. -- Tom Peters

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[arch-general] rsync patches
by Ido Rosen 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

Hi, I'd like to add --time-limit / --stop-at added to ArchLinux's rsync since it's available in some other distributions. (This patch is distributed from the same source as rsync itself, just in a different tarball called rsync-patches, along with a bunch of other patches for optional functionality that rsync can support but that isn't built into the core rsync by default.) Below is an updated PKGBUILD for rsync that adds time-limit support. There are several other patches in rsync-patches that could be useful, but this is the one that most affects me. Pierre did not respond to my email back in October, so Pierre, if you are monitoring this list, see the attached PKGBUILD, it's a trivial addition. I hope you'll make the change. :-) Cheers, Ido

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Re: [arch-general] makepkg as root
by Maxwell Anselm 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

Respecting backwards compatibility is more complicated than just never removing features from software. Sometimes less is more: extra features can be bad for maintenance, a source of bugs, or a source of vulnerabilities. Sometimes features are added as workarounds or hacks in lieu of a proper solution and serve no real purpose after a later update. It's highly unfair to the pacman devs to claim that removing a makepkg option is a slippery slope towards DRM, Microsoft, and the dark side. If you consider The Arch Way, the pacman update seems very much in-line with the distro. "Arch Linux defines simplicity as without unnecessary additions, modifications, or complications..." A few people have mentioned workarounds for --asroot, so it certainly isn't _necessary_ and the devs seem to think its continued maintenance would be a complication. "Simplicity of implementation, code-elegance, and minimalism shall always remain the reigning priorities of Arch development." This one speaks for itself. "Arch Linux targets and accommodates competent GNU/Linux users by giving them complete control and responsibility over the system." As mentioned previously, removing --asroot does not remove one's control over the system. At worst it is an inconvenience in an unusual corner case. Our competent users should be able to figure out how to live with the new pacman options. Arch has an especially complicated relationship with backwards compatibility. This isn't the first case of a breaking change in an update, and I think it's actually pretty minor in terms of impact. There's always an outcry when something like this happens, but as long as it doesn't violate Arch's philosophy I think we'll be okay. In keeping with semantic versioning, it would make sense to bump pacman's major version. Max

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[arch-general] Djvu
by Csányi Pál 01 Jan '15

01 Jan '15

Hi, I'm trying to make from jpg images in Atnevezettek/ directory a djvu document with the command: img2djvu -d600 -v1 ./Atnevezettek/ As output I get following: 321 files: <C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C><C> Done. but when I open the Atnevezettek/ directory I can't find there any djvu file. What am I missing here? -- Regards from Pal

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[arch-general] Problems using AUR since upgrade of pacman db version
by Marcel Kleinfeller 01 Jan '15

01 Jan '15

Hi! I'm facing some problems using the AUR with many helper programs (cower, packer etc). That might be due to the latest upgrade of the pacman database to version 4.2. Is there a simple way to use AUR? Thanks in advance! Marcel Kleinfeller P.S.: I'm really not sure whether this is the right place to ask.

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[arch-general] Could not receive my Bugtracker Activation Code
by Minh Nhut Duong 01 Jan '15

01 Jan '15

Hi, I registerd my Arch Linux Bugtracker account from this link https://bugs.archlinux.org/ but I cannot receive my activation code to complete registration. Anyone can help me resend my activation code to nhutdm at gmail dot com. Thanks,

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[arch-general] Trusted User application
by Jerome Leclanche 31 Dec '14

31 Dec '14

Hi list My name is Jerome Leclanche and this is my application for becoming an Arch Linux TU. Both Balló György and Sven-Hendrik Haase have encouraged me to apply, and Sven-Hendrik has agreed to sponsor me for the occasion. I am a French Python developer living in Stockholm. I work on FOSS both for my full-time job and in my free time, with my focus being on the LXQt project of which I am one of the lead developers (http://lxqt.org/) All my contributions are available on Github: https://github.com/jleclanche My main goal is of course to bring LXQt to [community]. I emailed Antonio Rojas about that a while back as he was also interested in this. I'm on my third year with Arch Linux and absolutely love the distro; been hanging around IRC and the community as jleclanche. This is my package list: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?SeB=m&K=jleclanche I have started the release process to get LXQt 0.9 out some time in January. I would really like to see it become available on Arch Linux at the same time =) Other than LXQt, I also maintain ruby-sass and its dependencies, which I would also like to move to [community] - although it is something I'd like to bring up with Anatol Pomozov first as he maintains a large array of Ruby packages himself already. I also saw that libfm and libfm-extra are currently orphaned there and since they are LXDE projects, I will happily pick them up. If any of you are going to FOSDEM, I will also be able to meet you there - I'd love to get to know the Arch community in person as well. Thanks for the great distribution and happy 2015 to everyone. I've kept this as terse as possible but I'll be happy to answer any questions. J. Leclanche

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[arch-general] depends vs. optdepends
by Troy Engel 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

So, I found 4 executable/binary files installed (out of thousands - good job guys) that fail a 'ldd' check (missing shared libraries). The packages in question mark the missing libraries as 'optdepends' so they never get installed - I filed 4 bug reports, all 4 got closed as "not a bug" by the same person. I disagree with this choice as I believe it's ignoring system integrity needlessly - 4 files are installed which knowingly do not *function* (cannot launch) at all. The person who closed it even wrote "So what? Non-functional executables are not an issue here, this is the point of optional dependencies." The wiki states "optdepends: An array of package names that are not needed for the software to function but provides additional features." OK, so per the wiki it's pretty clear - missing libs fail the function test. The man PKGBUILD states "optdepends (array) An array of packages (and accompanying reasons) that are not essential for base functionality, but may be necessary to make full use of the contents of this package." Per this, there is a huge grey area open to interpretation. It is my opinion this is a dangerous precedent to install binaries from an official package that are linked to shared libraries which are not required to be installed. I'm wondering why Arch considers it acceptable to just ignore the problem (which could be solved in all 4 cases by simply splitting the package for that binary and adding a proper depends). Thoughts? -te [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43260 [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43261 [3[ https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43262 [4] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43263

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[arch-general] A symlink in /etc
by Neven Sajko 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Hello, I found a symlink named os-release in the /etc directory. The package it points to is owned by filesystem, but I don't know which package the symlink belongs to. And I think the symlink is world writable by mistake, but I don't know to whom should I report the bug. Does anyone know something about this?

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[arch-general] Opening symlinks in tmpfs as root fails!
by Mohammad_AlSaleh 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Hello. I just came across some weird behavior. A small testcase: cd /tmp # should be tmpfs touch tfile ln -s tfile tlink cat tlink When cat executes, it returns with success(0). But, if cat is executed as root, it fails with a permission denied error. What's really happening is, the open() syscall fails with EACCESS when the file is a symlink in a tmpfs-mounted dir. But only fails when run as root! I'm assuming this is a bug. Can anyone confirm it?

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[arch-general] Virtualbox - 1. How to solve a strange error? - 2. Another VM to replace VBox?
by Ralf Mardorf 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Hi, when I tried to set up an Arch Linux guest on an external USB HDD, something strange happened. VM memory size is: 512 MB VDIs are: /mnt/archvm/archvm_sda.vdi /mnt/archvm/archvm_sdb.vdi Snapshot folder: /mnt/archvm/archvm_snap After creating this I made a snapshot named "Empty partitions". I inserted a Grml 2014.11 Linux DVD for partitioning and started the VM. It booted from the DVD, but after a while there was a black screen. I powerd off the machine, got a non-fatal error, ignored the error's details, because I anyway wanted to restore the snapshot, instead of fixing the current state. If I try to restore the snapshot, I get the below error. I can't find information about it in the Internet. Failed to restore the snapshot Empty partitions of the virtual machine archVM. Could not create the differencing medium storage unit '/mnt/archvm/archvm_snap/{834e9194-84b5-443a-a5e1-8bf9bb28855d}.vdi'. VDI: cannot create image '/mnt/archvm/archvm_snap/{834e9194-84b5-443a-a5e1-8bf9bb28855d}.vdi' (VERR_DEV_IO_ERROR). Result Code: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004) Component: Medium Interface: IMedium {05f2bbb6-a3a6-4fb9-9b49-6d0dda7142ac} [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Q virtualbox virtualbox 4.3.12-1 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ uname -r 3.10.61-rt65-1-rt-lts Yes, all vbox packages are in the IgnorePkg list, since no version > 4.3.12 can be used with a XP guest and an iPad2 connected by USB, when updating iOS. DKMS doesn't build the old modules for the current kernel, so I need to run older kernels. 1. Does anybody know what's going wrong, when I try to restore the snapshot? And how can I solve this? 2. Is there another virtual machine easy to use, without a huge learning curve? Any recommendations? I want to simulate my real Arch Linux install, copied from a backup of the host, to the guest, to test steps, to fix a few issues with my real (host) install, but I don't need to stay with vbox for that purpose. Regards, Ralf

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[arch-general] Arch Linux Trusted User application Christian Hesse
by Christian Hesse 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Hello Arch Linux community, this year I received an extra Christmas present: Bartłomiej Piotrowski asked me to apply to become an Arch Linux trusted user. Just some days later Ike Devolder had the same in mind - as I already have a sponsor he promised to give his vote. Thanks! My name is Christian Hesse (aka eworm), I was born in 1982 and I live in Germany. I work for an educational institution, with FOM (Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management) being the most prominent part. My work includes networking and Linux stuff. Most Linux servers are Debian based, some machines even run Arch. In my free time I fly radio controlled helicopters, take photographs, read books, go geocaching, meet friends, ... My first contact with Linux was about 1998 when SuSE Linux 6.8 (or similar, not perfectly sure) was offered by my school in a special deal. I installed it but did not manage to get the X server running. Some time later I bought a SuSE Linux 7.0 package, installed it and abandoned the well known proprietary operating system. I am a free software enthusiast since these days. Some SuSE versions later I was annoyed by Yast overwriting my configuration files over and over again... I decided do install LFS (Linux from scratch) and learned a lot, changed to Gentoo to get a package manager and finally installed Arch Linux in... Hmm... January 2010? ... for a serious system. I felt in love with this great distribution and its package manager pacman. To date I am perfectly happy. My main system is still running my first Arch Linux installation (though this installation survived at least three notebooks...). I started maintaining packages in AUR [0] soon. Within four and a half year the number increased to over 200, still counting. I would like to move some of these to [community]: MySQL Workbench comes in mind with 274 votes, LibreCAD and various Yubikey related packages being other candidates. Hopefully PackageKit will be prepared for prime time again soon. My main focus is on system administration, but I do have an attitude to programming. A number of open source projects includes changes by me, some just being bug fixes, some introducing new features. I do not want to bore you, so I will not list them here. I even have started some projects on my own [1][2]. Dynamic QR code on website anybody? Or desktop notifications for journal entries, netlink or block device changes? Some projects are specific to Arch Linux. Want to share pacman cache on local network? Full disk encryption with mkinitcpio and Yubikey? On community events I got in contact with the Linux Professional Institute. Nowadays I am member of LPI German e.V. [3] and working as proctor taking certification exams. Additionally my co-author Michael Gisbers and I wrote a German book ("Linux Essentials. Vorbereitung auf die Prüfung des Linux Professional Institute") for Linux Essentials exam preparation, published at Open Source Press [4]. I am going to marry next month, so do not expect me to be too active until the end of January. Nevertheless I would be pleased to join the team now and enhance Arch Linux in the future. Thanks a lot to all of you for considering my application. Best Regards, Chris [0] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?SeB=m&K=eworm [1] https://github.com/eworm-de [2] http://git.eworm.de/ [3] http://www.lpice.eu/lpi-partner/lpi-ev/die-mitglieder-des-lpi-e-v/christian… [4] http://www.opensourcepress.de/de/autoren/Christian-Hesse -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Chris get my mail address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* gcc -o sig sig.c && ./sig */b/42*2-3)*42);}

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[arch-general] Develop ineo 25e printer and CUPS
by Mihamina Rakotomandimby 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Hi all, I have a Develop ineo 25e printer, and want to set it up with CUPS. I connect to http://localhost:631/ and add the printer, with uploading the PPD available here: http://www.develop.eu/en/products/office-products/colour/ineo-25/downloads.… (English, Linux, version 1.1 dated 2012) The printer is network connected, and the connection is socket://192.168.129.100 job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm sides=one-sided I tried several combinations, with or without the PPD, socket:// or ipp://,... no way: The test page prints OK, but any other page is a kind of source code I could not define. Would you know what option could save me? Thanks.

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[arch-general] mkinitcpio runs before linux-headers{, -lts} is installed
by Ido Rosen 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Hi, Currently, mkinitcpio runs before the correct version of linux-headers is installed, since linux gets upgraded before linux-headers gets upgraded. The reason this is a problem for me is that it interferes with dkms, nvidia, vboxguest, and other mkinitcpio install/hook scripts that need the linux-headers-X version to match the linux-X version. Currently, I have a custom kernel package (let's call it linux-ido), and linux-ido has linux-headers-ido in it's depends array, so that linux-headers-ido gets installed before linux-ido. (I do this in my kernel's PKGBUILD.) For linux and linux-lts PKGBUILDs, linux-headers{,-lts} isn't a mandatory dependency, nor should it be. However, if it is installed, it should be upgraded first so that dkms and any other mkinitcpio hooks that require linux-header{,-lts} can work without requiring that the user rerun mkinitcpio manually after linux-headers is installed... Not sure what the best way to accomplish this would be? Ido

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[arch-general] Kodi in [community-testing]
by Jameson 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Is anyone else trying this out, yet? Seems to be working pretty well for me, so far. I even re-packaged kodi-pvr-addons-git without the -git, so I could build their RC3 package against the non-git version of kodi. I'm just curious if anyone else has hit any big problems, yet. =-Jameson

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[arch-general] expac in [extra]
by Christian Hesse 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Hello everybody, pacman 4.2.0-5 moved to [core] this morning. Can anybody please move expac 4-3 to [extra] as well? Thanks! -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Chris get my mail address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* gcc -o sig sig.c && ./sig */b/42*2-3)*42);}

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[arch-general] ErgononmicKeyboardQuestion
by Hunter Jozwiak 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Hi guys. I got an ergonomic keyboard in exchange for a wireless keyboard that did not work. There are cool buttons on this keyboard that give you the ability to reply to emails, forward emails, control media, etc. How do I get these features to work with the keyboard with Arch Linux?

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[arch-general] eric packages renaming
by Evgeniy Alekseev 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Hello, Recently eric-6.0.0 has been released. It is a new major release which provides fully python2/python3 support and supports Qt5 interface as well as Qt4. According to these features I plan to push Qt5 version to [community], I have contacted with upstream some time ago and they said Qt5 version is stable enough. This version will replace old {,python2-}eric packages. But as far as there are a lot of Qt4 based applications in our repo, I plan to continue maintain Qt4 based eric, but these packages will be renamed to eric-qt4 and will be in conflict with Qt5 based eric. I push these changes to [community-testing] in near future if there are no any objections. Then if it will work normally I will move them to [community] after two weeks period. CC'ing to arch-general@ for possible discussion. -- Sincerely yours, Evgeniy Alekseev email: darkarcanis(a)mail.ru ICQ: 407-398-235 Jabber: arcanis(a)jabber.ru

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[arch-general] Withdraw flag-out-of-date
by kachelaqa 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Hello Is there any way to withdraw a flag-out-of-date for a package? I just mistakenly flagged the qscintilla packages, and I don't want to anyone to waste time investigating something which doesn't need attention. Thanks

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[arch-general] CUPS : can't get driver list since last update
by SET 28 Dec '14

28 Dec '14

Hello, When installing a new printer via cups's web interface, the process blocks with an error message close to 'can't get driver list'. At the same time, cupsd and foomatic processes consume 25% CPU resources each. This is reproducible on two different hosts. Downgrading cups and/or cups-filters yields the same result. Some printers stop working with the error message 'filter failed'. Cups seems broken since last upgrade (today on one host, 2 or 3 weeks before on the second host). Please consider a fix. Thx.

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[arch-general] [arch-gen] does using tmp-rng enables tpm at all?
by Javier Vasquez 28 Dec '14

28 Dec '14

Hi, Seems like on i5 and i7 chips the way to get random numbers through HW is to use tpm-rng (intel-rng is no longer available for them). An by reading [1] seems like a pretty good idea. However I have no intention to use tpm at all, neither I want any possibility to get any one monitoring my machine, which is one of the possible use cases with tpm. Does one, just by using tpm to feed entropy, open any door on linux for any other tpm functionality? Or is it totally safe to use tpm-rng? Thanks, -- Javier [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/525459

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[arch-general] hp myroom
by Javier Vasquez 26 Dec '14

26 Dec '14

Hi, I'm trying to use HP myRoom tool: https://www.myroom.hp.com It's pretty similar to HP virtualRooms tool: https://www.rooms.hp.com There's an AUR package for hpvirtualrooms: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hpvirtualrooms And attached goes a package (essentially the PKGBUILD) I created for hpmyroom. myRoom is supposed to be based on the virtualRooms technology. With virtualRooms I don't have any problems getting whatever is shared from the virtual rooms. With myRoom I can use the VoIP functionality, I can chat, I can share desktop, and from my room I can also share desktop. Weird enough, I can not get what others share to me on myRoom, or others' room shares. What I see is something popping up really quick and disappearing in a blink of an eye. I'm not using any DE, just a plain WM (fluxbox), so perhaps it might be some configuration missing, or some permissions issue. I also attempted xhost+, with no success. Though I didn't expect anything great from that, given I don't need it for virtualRooms. I'm writing in case there's any Arch user that can help. On ubuntu with gnome this thing works out of the box, and I'm getting the hpmyroom binaries from the deb package (there's also rpm). See ldd output: % ldd /usr/share/hpmyroom/hpmyroom linux-gate.so.1 (0xf777c000) libuuid.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libuuid.so.1 (0xf7745000) libXss.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libXss.so.1 (0xf7741000) libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib32/libXfixes.so.3 (0xf773b000) libXtst.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXtst.so.6 (0xf7734000) libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libasound.so.2 (0xf7628000) libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libpng12.so.0 (0xf75f8000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libSM.so.6 (0xf75ef000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libICE.so.6 (0xf75d2000) libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libXrender.so.1 (0xf75c7000) libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xf758a000) libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libfreetype.so.6 (0xf74e6000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXext.so.6 (0xf74d1000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libX11.so.6 (0xf739a000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libz.so.1 (0xf7383000) libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf737d000) librt.so.1 => /usr/lib32/librt.so.1 (0xf7374000) libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xf7269000) libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf724c000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6 (0xf7156000) libm.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf710a000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf70ee000) libc.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf6f2c000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf777f000) libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXi.so.6 (0xf6f19000) libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libexpat.so.1 (0xf6ef0000) libbz2.so.1.0 => /usr/lib32/libbz2.so.1.0 (0xf6edf000) libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib32/libpng16.so.16 (0xf6ea0000) libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0xf6e44000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libxcb.so.1 (0xf6e1e000) libpcre.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libpcre.so.1 (0xf6db0000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXau.so.6 (0xf6dac000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xf6da4000) So I don't see any missing library, though there might be some incompatible ones, but I have no clue. If there's any one who can help me out to be able to get the shared stuff on myRoom, that'd be great. Thanks, -- Javier.

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[arch-general] Christmas wiki cleanup
by Jakub Klinkovský 26 Dec '14

26 Dec '14

Hello all, after several months there is another round of cleanup action on the wiki. The subject is, as it was the last time, updating links to packages in official repositories or in the AUR, which got broken due to package merges, renames or removals. A bot has done part of the work, but there are still many broken links requiring intervention of humans. Everybody is hereby invited to join our cleanup party, because the more people involved, the sooner the work is finished :) The party will be held at [1], which is a generated list of broken links, split into sections by language and page where it occurred. Basically, after the link is fixed on the relevant page, it should be stricken in the list, in order to not waste time of others going through the list. More detailed instructions are given at the top of the list. See you at the party! [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Lahwaacz.bot/Report_2014-12-24 -- Jakub Klinkovský (Lahwaacz)

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[arch-general] help:how to watch array elements in pyclewn
by ssfdust 24 Dec '14

24 Dec '14

Hi,guys Is there anyone who debugs codes via pyclewn plugin in vim. I want to watch array elements via Cdbgvar command from pyclewn.So I type :Cdbgvar target_t[0]@4, as watch a array in gdb.But I only get [+] var1: (char [4]) target_t[0]@4 ={=} [4] in (pyclewn)_dbgvar window instead of array elements.It seems that this could be unfolded.How could I see the array contents? Regards Piao

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[arch-general] kernel: why is can bus support deactivated?
by Matthias Klein 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

Hello, what is the reason that can-bus support is disabled in the arch linux kernel? CONFIG_CAN CONFIG_CAN_PEAK_USB ... Best regards, Matthias

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[arch-general] mutt and gnupg
by Magnus Therning 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

It seems a recent upgrade of gnupg (I'm at 2.1.0-6) has degraded my mutt config slightly. I've just compared my gpg-related config of mutt to /usr/share/doc/mutt/samples/gpg.rc and they match. Beyond what's found there I also have the following settings: set crypt_autoencrypt = no set crypt_autosign = yes set crypt_autosmime = no set crypt_replyencrypt = yes set crypt_replysign = yes set crypt_replysignencrypted = yes set crypt_use_gpgme = no set pgp_sign_as = 0xAB4DFBA4 set pgp_use_gpg_agent = yes set smime_is_default = no The behaviour that changed after the recent upgrade of gnupg was that mutt started asking me for a password. Before the upgrade it didn't, it handed over to the gpg-agent right away. My testing suggests that the value of `pgp_use_gpg_agent` has no influence on mutt's behaviour at all any more. However, if I do set `crypt_use_gpgme` mutt hands off to the gpg-agent right away. However, if I set that mutt reports the following when started: Using GPGME backend, although no gpg-agent is running So, is there some way to configure mutt to go straight to the gpg-agent, without any warning messages on startup? /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. -- Martin Fowler

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[arch-general] Multithreaded XZ
by Mark Lee 22 Dec '14

22 Dec '14

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[arch-general] dhcpcd not working after install from custom iso
by Christian Demsar 22 Dec '14

22 Dec '14

I had internet connection when installing from an iso I built using the archiso tools, but dhcpcd isn't connecting any more (starting via sytemd). I've also had internet access in previous installs of archlinux and FreeBSD, so I don't think there's anything wrong with the hardware. [dmesg output] http://pastebin.com/vtVRid1Y [ip link output] http://pastebin.com/gaZxUCmf The device I'm using is listed as enp2s0. It hangs, even though it's set up (pastebin for proof). Waiting for carrier? I also noticed that at the bottom of my dmesg, it reports only IPv6, not IPv4. Is this normal behavior? I think my network only supports IPv4, for dhcp anyway. Since I have to register the addresses of the NICs with the ISP, only enp2s0 should hypothetically be able to connect, not enp1s0. This is also the first time I've had a problem with dhcpcd. If it makes a difference, I built a custom iso (base) and dropped the bcache-tools package in /etc so I could set that up. I made no other modifications to the bulid. dhcpcd is at version 6.6.4-1 and is fully up-to-date. == LOG SNIPPET == dhcpcd(a)enp2s0.service - dhcpcd on enp2s0 Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd@.service; disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2014-12-17 09:15:46 EST; 51s ago Process: 542 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dhcpcd -q -w %I (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Dec 17 09:15:16 vss dhcpcd[542]: version 6.6.4 starting Dec 17 09:15:16 vss dhcpcd[542]: enp2s0: waiting for carrier Dec 17 09:15:46 vss systemd[1]: dhcpcd(a)enp2s0.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Dec 17 09:15:46 vss systemd[1]: Failed to start dhcpcd on enp2s0. Dec 17 09:15:46 vss systemd[1]: Unit dhcpcd(a)enp2s0.service entered failed state. Dec 17 09:15:46 vss systemd[1]: dhcpcd(a)enp2s0.service failed. -- vixsomnis

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[arch-general] Booting ArchLinux with `initscripts` is now broken
by Ciprian Dorin Craciun 21 Dec '14

21 Dec '14

Hello all! I'm in a little bit of a pickle, and I would like to ask for some help with my particular setup. I haven't switched to `systemd` and I'm still booting my system with the old `initscripts` `/etc/rc.sysinit` and friends (except this all the packages are up-to-date). Before updating `systemd` from 216 to 217, it still worked. However after upgrading, two things happened: (A) the kernel modules firmware is not loaded any more; (I know that now the kernel automatically loads the firmware, but I'm still on Linux 3.6.11;) (B) `systemd-udevd` seems to get stuck while "doing it's magic" on something like `/sys/.../cpu0`; I've now downgraded to `systemd` 216, and marked it as ignored in `/etc/pacman.conf`, due to the firmware loading. (Issue (B) was solved by just replacing `udevadm settle` with a `sleep 6s`.) However I would be interested if someone has an idea on how to: * fix problem (A) regarding the firmware loading; (I'll have to dig the documentation, but perhaps there is a tool and some `/proc/sys/...` knob I can use...) * find a way in which I can still have my non-systemd setup; (I know about `mdev`, and other `udev` replacements, but I would prefer an `udev`-based solution just to be sure that X, or LVM, etc. don't break;) Thanks in advance, Ciprian. P.S.: Just to be clear, I don't want to start a systemd flame war. My reason for not using it is simple: I already use `runit` and custom scripts for all my services (except `udevd` and `agetty`), and my setup relies on somewhat modified `/etc/rc.d/functions` script for encrypted devices.

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[arch-general] p11-kit
by Ralf Mardorf 20 Dec '14

20 Dec '14

Am I the only one who noticed something "unusal" when running $ grep p11-kit $HOME/.xsession-errors ? I cared about https://www.archlinux.org/news/ca-certificates-update/ .

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[arch-general] systemd upgrade - run mkinitcpio automaitcally
by Troy Engel 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Hiya all, Upgrading this evening we get systemd 218 - I rebooted and happened to notice that the initramfs said "loading systemd 217" and off it went... so I ran mkinitcpio -p linux to rebuild a new one and rebooted into it. I'm OCD like that. Should upgrades to systemd have some sort of post install hook to run mkinitcpio for the new version? Does it matter? Just curious, -te

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[arch-general] Screen recording in gnome is not working
by Marcos Sánchez 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Reposting here in case someone doesn't read the forums. From: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=191231 I'm having trouble running the screen recording feature in gnome. When I press ctrl + alt + shift + r the desktop is not recorded and no file is created. I have installed the following gstreamer packages https://gist.github.com/anonymous/62aa75202f798821ab38. I'm running GNOME Shell 3.14.2 in a fully updated archlinux. Related topic (the solution didn't work for me): https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=120134 Any ideas on how to fix the issue? -- # Marcos

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[arch-general] Missing module ag mkinitcpio
by Heiko Becker 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Hey everyone, as pointed out somewhere else on the list, it is necessary to run mkinitcpio after updating to systemd 218. Doin so today gave me the following warning: WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx Can someone give me a hint where I have to search to fix this? Best, Heiko

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[arch-general] gnupg 2.1 not stable
by Ido Rosen 18 Dec '14

18 Dec '14

>From gnupg.org: "2.0.26 is the stable version suggested for most users, 2.1.1 is the brand-new modern version with support for ECC and many other new features, and 1.4.18 is the classic portable version." The 2.1 series of gnupg is not stable, it still has many major bugs, not the least of which is backwards compatibility with various key sizes previously supported (introduced by the new gpg to gpg-agent IPC layer restrictions). On the gnupg-devel mailing list I've seen a few potentially serious security issues with it. Given that it's not marked as stable upstream, and that it's such a critical core component of Arch's infrastructure, I find it questionable for Arch to have upgraded so soon. In the future, can we avoid upgrading gnupg proper to non-stable releases? Instead, how about creating a gpg21 or gpg-modern package would be appropriate for those wishing to try the unstable version and then updating the gnupg package once that branch gets marked stable?

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[arch-general] community svntogit stuck
by Armin K. 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

FYI, in case someone who maintains it looks at the mailing list, I must inform you that community svntogit web interface is stuck at the same commit for more than 24 hours now. https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/log/ -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi.

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[arch-general] LXDE on boot
by John Dey 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

Hi, I have installed openbox and lxde on a Raspberry Pi and configured to automatically start on boot. When I login (GUI), I get a blank screen with a cursor. Not the usual LXDE screen with panel at bottom. When I right click on mouse, I am given options--some of the applications will start such as xterm but others libreoffice don't. I don't know where the log files are? Is there anyone that can give me a helping hand. Thanks. John

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Re: [arch-general] MediaWiki extension and fix pull request
by William Gathoye 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 12/16/2014 01:42 AM, Dario Giovannetti wrote: > Just a quick clarification from work, I never showed support for > installing the cite extension, and I'm aware that it's developers, > and not TUs, that have access to the repos. This is why I specified "especially me". But I admit, you haven't indeed explicitly mentioned the idea to install that extension, though without completely refusing that idea ;-) And for plea of that Cite extension: TL;DR: The keyword citation method from the Cite extension is better. I *do* see the need to explicitly be able to cite an article at the exact location where we made an assumption in our content. Using a keyword and putting the detailed source at the end of the document seems the best way if the link is used at several location in the document. As an example, if we cite some non tested assumptions we take from an article that we rapidly adapted to the Arch Linux world, the reader might be able to inform the original author, if he wants to, that the solution works or not. With a dedicated "see also" at the end of the document, it is less likely to happen. And as already written in the discussion on the wiki, "see also" implies that some more detailed information is available in that linked article, which is not necessary the case. A short blog post might just explain a really simple trick we completely integrated in our content (nearly copy-pasted). We are not aiming to provide and duplicate documentation from upstream. I personally don't like that idea, excepted if this leads to a disjointed article with bunch of references everywhere (e.g. the VirtualBox article I rewrite). In the case of DKMS for example, you cannot actually find any recent and updated "starting guide" excepted this old unnecessary very long one [1] dating back from 2003. The Wikipedia page is nearly non existent, and upstream does only provide a technical indigestible man page. Ubuntu does provide some more general technical guide, but again not really adapted to Arch [2]. Regards, [1] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6896?page=0,0 [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DKMS - -- William Gathoye <william(a)gathoye.be> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJUj4cdAAoJEA595SwE1xaDut4P/0rW8dsAU+15FsNfCR9WtVwV 4QB7Nk6yOr3cWZFrFhYFOZexEI0fUgbezFzFtLyiXOSywOtszcI6u2yaoxg9/YC8 sdKQZNskHtn4zANBjhQwq4cpGwCzxm+IOeZC978wWYNbONB+Jb/mUEtg23H6492m oZ8278MPRdkEWWwha4YZpWt+meYn381ZHPXNiefDzrDnO8N5Olel8AUxdY2OsfcY GQfPDGwPqIJfQ2fzQHPNaBt73lE3s1Y9M8ek5Xch9/7dbDeV6Lwf+1tBbtEiD2AJ onXcVtRY5q1AnhQf/tKkgaV24keRwwzRILB9Ue6x5r+MIxZ0wZbgfCIB31Lgkbw/ JIw7hJa63doTRhqB15SsKY4laMTy0sjorJNa0n4vXr7KuLj07OXkYWBRZDgKT2Cc 94VHumqfwa5ePX3TDjpklPxJQINL4yozMkDteZVYfeVl4Gg4iEwauCJoL2jSYjey YqTntL3qqE5llIaCfAPJYElKS4Do19osyeD5uoOv1N4/hObkb5CJgoGwpWqt/lsz L3RLpnxd+3QI8/GZs5B6G5KQmrqdmbWBwcvTaZvOBWOCFoRGB7KGyQ8EjyKMwS3n /h/B4lGs1Gmnx4RPxk3Kwo7EpklEVFf1Nz7u1g9txsIqHKTiYd1pBdyC+gXTWNw5 Js4QCpWFeNzy3TIV5LPx =uD29 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [arch-general] MediaWiki extension and fix pull request
by Dario Giovannetti 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

Just a quick clarification from work, I never showed support for installing the cite extension, and I'm aware that it's developers, and not TUs, that have access to the repos. Dario (kynikos) On Dec 16, 2014 8:14 AM, "William Gathoye" <william(a)gathoye.be> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi guys, > > Regarding a discussion Kynikos and me had [1], it would be nice, if > any TU could finally merge a pull request that we have been waiting > for months[2]. > > Also, Kynikos, and especially me, wanted to have a way to cite our > sources when writing articles. I feel indeed ashamed not being able to > cite properly articles or blog posts we based our own content on. This > is why I'm kindly asking any TU if it would be possible to install the > Cite extension [3] to our MediaWiki instance. > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > Regards, > > > [1] http://goo.gl/nbGmlo > [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/38769 > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite > > - -- > William Gathoye > <william(a)gathoye.be> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJUj3loAAoJEA595SwE1xaDpn4P/0OUPyfDzI6iK1xwrwjYkr6n > zNkOJ4uplXwzV+iXDmuL22V++9sKYj3++fLqfgAXWGezoqKGiyHnJI0mUMEOow04 > wPmK/Gwro7y+1xqdXYnsyWeRfodcT8nlVKXPn+Vf77R33VAdAqrn2FRTqsWrlr0I > ZOjQWc0DPuMXCjf3mXrTqtLahj1yGyEwrh9Zw8P8Drsf7fIGxZp0COr78pWxfhxe > e7UtKVXUI8xw8SEr9SDLdGTBYFoP9nsMCnsa8Yi61Uiecraed+OVBFS4g7p94bfE > GcaIogHw/A11mQfQynX21NyA6+DwO/RT+ZXczqHNQJAfmWoc27erTIGO+LDvH81Q > I8G0IJrtZjvTPKL0Ajy6dA4jYXvSjy63QH9P7gllhqOfOmct/hYhYqw81FeEmY5B > HD32oYlbAx+4Xpv0XKO/QIGrllKQN97flTSzKVCWwrYq6OSicNl4h4Wq3kErnrxL > OWr5NjAQ4llv/DswD7eJUW/jZLRuxJMd8JvVZ4cCETS/ifJxpJr+YGhTfMeCNlFE > us8kr2ab0atiSI3BsFhx5/1pGiQA6QPX4ftyz/wqV4sOYfulJmMAIgSWvjDBl2gy > nU0L1kxAqgUbeh3ypMthk7U/7nqYr5nvzZ6zBTdfAlXHbeGJD54r2aj2BAGODIMz > Ap/0hA0B2omWiJAvudpQ > =cV79 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] MediaWiki extension and fix pull request
by William Gathoye 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi guys, Regarding a discussion Kynikos and me had [1], it would be nice, if any TU could finally merge a pull request that we have been waiting for months[2]. Also, Kynikos, and especially me, wanted to have a way to cite our sources when writing articles. I feel indeed ashamed not being able to cite properly articles or blog posts we based our own content on. This is why I'm kindly asking any TU if it would be possible to install the Cite extension [3] to our MediaWiki instance. Thanks a lot in advance. Regards, [1] http://goo.gl/nbGmlo [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/38769 [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite - -- William Gathoye <william(a)gathoye.be> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJUj3loAAoJEA595SwE1xaDpn4P/0OUPyfDzI6iK1xwrwjYkr6n zNkOJ4uplXwzV+iXDmuL22V++9sKYj3++fLqfgAXWGezoqKGiyHnJI0mUMEOow04 wPmK/Gwro7y+1xqdXYnsyWeRfodcT8nlVKXPn+Vf77R33VAdAqrn2FRTqsWrlr0I ZOjQWc0DPuMXCjf3mXrTqtLahj1yGyEwrh9Zw8P8Drsf7fIGxZp0COr78pWxfhxe e7UtKVXUI8xw8SEr9SDLdGTBYFoP9nsMCnsa8Yi61Uiecraed+OVBFS4g7p94bfE GcaIogHw/A11mQfQynX21NyA6+DwO/RT+ZXczqHNQJAfmWoc27erTIGO+LDvH81Q I8G0IJrtZjvTPKL0Ajy6dA4jYXvSjy63QH9P7gllhqOfOmct/hYhYqw81FeEmY5B HD32oYlbAx+4Xpv0XKO/QIGrllKQN97flTSzKVCWwrYq6OSicNl4h4Wq3kErnrxL OWr5NjAQ4llv/DswD7eJUW/jZLRuxJMd8JvVZ4cCETS/ifJxpJr+YGhTfMeCNlFE us8kr2ab0atiSI3BsFhx5/1pGiQA6QPX4ftyz/wqV4sOYfulJmMAIgSWvjDBl2gy nU0L1kxAqgUbeh3ypMthk7U/7nqYr5nvzZ6zBTdfAlXHbeGJD54r2aj2BAGODIMz Ap/0hA0B2omWiJAvudpQ =cV79 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Firefox showing flashplugin as outdated although it's not
by Marcos Sánchez 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

For the last few days, firefox started showing the following message when trying to run flash content: "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running on ..." I'm running a fully updated os and the package doesn't seem outdated, so I think it's a problem with firefox reading the flash plugin version wrong. Packages: ➜ pacman -Q flashplugin firefox flashplugin 11.2.202.425-1 firefox 34.0.5-1 About:plugins information Shockwave FlashFile: libflashplayer.soPath: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.soVersion: 11.2.202.424State: Enabled (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE)Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202MIME Type DescriptionSuffixesapplication/x-shockwave-flashShockwave Flashswf application/futuresplashFutureSplash Playerspl Have any of you experienced a similar issue? Thanks. -- # Marcos

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[arch-general] GDM
by Frank Zimmermann 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

Hi there, since update to 3.14 I cannot log on with the keyboard in GDM. It works when using the screen keyboard or when loggin in the console:-O KR Frank

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[arch-general] CPU frequency scaling issue
by Ralf Mardorf 14 Dec '14

14 Dec '14

Hi, any idea why CPU frequency scaling doesn't work for 3.14.25-rt22 [1] and why it does work for 3.17.6 [2]? Regards, Ralf [1] [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ uname -rm 3.14.25-rt22-1-rt x86_64 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ zgrep CONFIG_CPU_FREQ /proc/config.gz CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT=m CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE is not set # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND is not set # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE is not set CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE=m CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=m CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE=m [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor performance performance [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ echo ondemand | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor [sudo] password for rocketmouse: ondemand tee: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor: Invalid argument [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ [2] [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ uname -rm 3.17.6-1-ARCH x86_64 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ zgrep CONFIG_CPU_FREQ /proc/config.gz CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT=m CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS=y # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE is not set # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE is not set CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND=y # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE is not set CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE=m CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=m CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE=m [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor ondemand ondemand [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ echo performance | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor [sudo] password for rocketmouse: performance [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor performance performance [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ echo ondemand | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor ondemand [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor ondemand ondemand [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$

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[arch-general] Mailing list web-settings?
by vixsomnis 12 Dec '14

12 Dec '14

Hi, I'm trying to update some of my settings for the mailing list, but I can't find the settings page on list.archlinux.org. I've tried accessing my account via the subscription page (e.g. https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-general ), but this just sends me a security warning. Specifically, I'd like to disable duplicate messages (from sending) and add my real name. My message to mailman(a)lists.archlinux.org was bounced back, which is why I'm posting to this list. Thank you for any advice you can lend. -- vixsomnis

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Moving gnutls to [core]
by Mohammad_AlSaleh 12 Dec '14

12 Dec '14

On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 07:18:16PM +0100, Jan Alexander Steffens wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Gaetan Bisson <bisson(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > > I'd like to move gnutls and its dependencies (libtasn1, nettle, p11-kit) > > to [core] so gnupg can link against it; that'll enable HKPS support. > > p11-kit and its dependency libtasn1 have already been moved as they > are dependencies of ca-certificates-utils. > ... > Furthermore, nss and its dependencies nspr and sqlite have been moved > as ca-certificates-mozilla is a dependency of ca-certificates. (This > also opens up the possibility of building curl against nss). SSL/TLS implementations are not 100% exchangeable in libcurl. Building against NSS could cause *interesting* side effects: http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST.html

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[arch-general] archlinux updates error reduction
by Jude DaShiell 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

I commented out mirror.abscission.net in my /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist since so far as I can tell that server runs too slow and causes yaourt to error out on it persistently. I'm using servers in the United States so this will be of no interest to foreign users of archlinux. jude <jdashiel(a)shellworld.net> Twitter: @jdashiel

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[arch-general] Please help, after i686 install screen is unreadable blocky white squares.
by John Doe 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Please help, after i686 install screen is unreadable blocky white squares.

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[arch-general] Strange issue
by Neven Sajko 09 Dec '14

09 Dec '14

Hello, I used makepkg to build a package from /tmp. The package was then put to the designated directory and a symlink to pwd. When I try to install it with pacman -U /tmp/symlink-to-package, I get an error (permission denied) which I don't get when invoking pacman -U directly with the name of the file (not with the symbolic link). See, like this: [root@lnv64 tmp]# pacman -U /tmp/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar loading packages... error: '/tmp/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar': permission denied [root@lnv64 tmp]# ls -l /tmp/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar lrwxrwxrwx 1 nsajko nsajko 55 Dec 9 17:33 /tmp/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar -> /home/nsajko/debug-packages/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar [root@lnv64 tmp]# pacman -U /home/nsajko/debug-packages/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar loading packages... warning: lomoco-1.0-9 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Packages (1): lomoco-1.0-9 Total Installed Size: 0.19 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n # I ran strace to see what really happens: [root@lnv64 tmp]# strace pacman -U /tmp/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar # ... # Here comes the part that could be relevant: write(1, "loading packages...\n", 20loading packages... ) = 20 access("/tmp/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar.sig", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/tmp/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar", R_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, "\33[1;31merror: \33[0m", 18error: ) = 18 write(2, "'/tmp/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.ta"..., 54'/tmp/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar': permission denied ) = 54 close(4) = 0 munmap(0x7f6e2c980000, 4096) = 0 unlink("/var/lib/pacman/db.lck") = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x7f6e2c981000, 4096) = 0 exit_group(1) = ? +++ exited with 1 +++ So from this line: access("/tmp/lomoco-1.0-9-x86_64.pkg.tar", R_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) we see that the kernel call access() reports that root doesn't have read access to a 777-permissible file?! Maybe it matters that it's on tmpfs and/or a symlink?

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[arch-general] Problem with audio
by edson duarte 09 Dec '14

09 Dec '14

Hi! I have configured MPD to start with systemd using: $ systemctl --user enable mpd.service and MPD works fine but when I try to use other programs like VLC, there is no sound but by restarting MPD's service sound works again. Any ideas how to fix this, so that I do not need to restart the service every time I start the system? Thanks! -- edson duarte GPG key ID: 0xDDFA2FE8

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[arch-general] RFC on a WIP detailed class outline on static typing
by Sam Stuewe 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hello everyone! I have been working on "A Gentle Introduction to Static Typing" to be taught in the Arch Classroom for a little while now, and I am hoping to get some more feedback on the detailed outline I have before we set a date for the class. The class is meant to only be an hour or two long (but I would not be inherently against it splitting into two sessions as-needed if those attending feel it is needed), and so the material covered is fairly basic. In fact, this class, though it is a general introduction, is meant to be a basic groundwork lead-in to an Intro to C class I intend to teach later on. The outline may be found here (https://gist.github.com/HalosGhost/aaf5ea068ef0f2854a3c) and all comments, questions, concerns and suggestions are welcome. I will be monitoring this thread, as well as the related BBS thread (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=190788) and the comments on the Gist itself. Feel free to reply wherever you are most comfortable. -- All the best, Sam Stuewe (HalosGhost) All the best, --- Sam Stuewe

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[arch-general] Java Problem
by Hunter Jozwiak 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hello: I have come accross an interesting issue with Java. Let's say I fashion a simple Hello World app, and entitle it hello.java The code would be: class hello { public void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello World!"); } } Then, I compile the code as a regular user, with javac hello.java Here's the odd part: I type java hello, and I get unable to find main class hello But, if I run sudo java bhello, it works fine. What is the solution to not having to run Java software as sudo?

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[arch-general] Official policy on beta releases in mainline repos
by Troy Engel 06 Dec '14

06 Dec '14

If this is on the wiki or elsewhere I've missed it, please feel free to direct me there. What is the official policy on beta releases in the mainline repositories? Is there one? $ pacman -Ss | grep ^[a-z] | grep beta core/grub 1:2.02.beta2-5 extra/foobillard++ 3.42beta-5 extra/frozen-bubble 2.2.1beta1-6 extra/hddtemp 0.3.beta15.52-2 extra/libcaca 0.99.beta18-2 [installed] extra/libunicodenames 1.1.0_beta1-1 extra/tsocks 1.8beta5-7 extra/ttf-tibetan-machine 1.901-6 community/echat 0.04beta1-4 community/fatrat 1.2.0_beta2-14 community/freerdp 1.2.0_beta1+android9-1 community/krecipes 2.0beta2-6 community/krusader 2.4.0beta3-5 community/sniffit 0.3.7.beta-15 community/vbindiff 3.0_beta4-4 community/wqy-microhei 0.2.0_beta-6 community/wqy-microhei-lite 0.2.0_beta-6 community/xmove 2.0beta2-6 I'm specifically concerned about the choice to release betas of freerdp into mainline and was trying to find out what the policy was and when it was deemed OK to release betas. (as with grub). I am not finding the reason for a freerdp upgrade documented to use the betas, a lot of us use this tool for work and can't afford to deal with the hits of beta software in a critical utility. thx, -te [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=190317 [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/42890

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