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[arch-general] gnome only install - installing compiz pulls in kde4-runtime?? Why?
by David C. Rankin 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

Guys, First install with the 2010-5 dual net install on an i686 box. Kudos, install was painless. Only issue was I had my pkg/ dir on a usb stick and I couldn't get the installer to use it for install. I mounted it where it was supposed to be mounted according to the installer (don't remember exactly /src/core/pkg or the like). It couldn't find the core.blah package... This is the first install where I haven't install kde/kdm. For this install, I only installed gnome/gdm. I don't want kde4 within 10 feet of this box. I do want compiz installed. When I installed compiz, it pulled in kde4 runtime, the compiz-decorator-kde, kdelibs, etc.. Why? Can't I just have a gnome box with compiz? Can I uninstall the kde4 mess? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[arch-general] Mysqld won't start
by Nilesh Govindarajan 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

I compiled mysqld from ABS with some flag modification. But it doesn't start and I see this in the error log: 00619 12:44:23 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql /usr/sbin/mysqld: Table 'plugin' is read only 100619 12:44:23 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it. 100619 12:44:23 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/var/lib/mysql/s1.mrova.com.pid' (Errcode: 13) 100619 12:44:23 [ERROR] Can't start server: can't create PID file: Permission denied 100619 12:44:23 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/lib/mysql/s1.mrova.com.pid ended It complains about this pid file or the socket. For now I have configured no socket in my.cnf, so I get the pid-file error. Also I tried chmod 777 -Rf on /var/lib/mysql and /var/run/mysqld, but still its the same. -- Regards, Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr Website: http://www.itech7.com Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e

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[arch-general] Upgrading from Arch 0.8 O.o
by Nilesh Govindarajan 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

I recently got a VPS and installed arch from their control panel just to know that it was arch 0.8 !!! How do I upgrade from arch 0.8 to the latest ? -- Regards, Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr Website: http://www.itech7.com Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e

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[arch-general] perl-5.12
by Caleb Cushing 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

So is there anything I can do to help to get this in stable? I haven't had any problems personally in over a month. I think the only bug still open for rebuilds is the dbd* one. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com

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[arch-general] How do I get my Canon MP630 working under Arch?
by Jordan Windsor 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

I would like to get my Canon MP630 (all in one) printer working under Arch, I only need the printing abilities though. I have installed the following packages and read the Arch wiki CUPS article along with many other websites: cnijfilter-common 3.00-3 hal-cups-utils cups-canon cups libcups I've tried adding the printer with the following URI's: cnijusb:/dev/usb/lp2 hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4a9_172e_30AFBE_if1_printer_noserial I've been unable to get it to print a test page. Thanks!

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[arch-general] What should the Arch Security Team be called?
by Ananda Samaddar 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

On to the first order of business. As the subject says, what should security team be called. Hopefully we can get a few suggestions and then reach a consensus. Arch Linux Security Task Force just sounds like too much of a mouthful to me. I was brooding over this and I thought some sort of acronym that's an actual word would sound better, so I came up with this: 'Arch Response Team for Security' or ARTS. It's a bit cheesy and cheats a bit to get the acronym but is instantly memorable. I'm aware arts was also a KDE technology but it has long since been deprecated. Ideas? Ananda

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[arch-general] intel video & suspend
by Sergey Manucharian 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

Hi folks, Regularly I put my ThinkPad R61 into suspend twice a day, and everything worked perfectly until 2.6.32 and 2.6.33 kernels. Now from time to time (≈ once a week) when I wake it up, the screen remains black in both X and text console. Nothing can bring it back, but everything else works just fine. No errors in logs either. The suspend is done with: # echo -n mem >/sys/power/state (just the stock /etc/acpi/handler.sh of acpid package) I have Intel GM965 card and run xorg-server-1.7.6-3. Driver: xf86-video-intel-2.10.0-1 I found that there are a couple of patches [1,2] for i915 and intel bios were made in Nov-Dec 2009 to fix such problems, and they were supposed to be in 2.6.33, but my problem persists. Does anybody have ideas/info? Thanks, Sergey [1] http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=87828 [2] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/62734/

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[arch-general] New Google Group for discussion and notices on Arch security.
by Ananda Samaddar 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

I've created a Google Group here for discussion around creating an Arch Security Team: http://groups.google.com/group/arch-security Please join it if you're interested. The reason for this group is in response to my rejected suggestion for an arch-security mailing list. I'll CC any policy or process suggestions to arch-general, but when announcements happen and also discussion regarding specific vulnerabilities and mitigation they won't be CCed. If an Arch Security Team comes coalesces and the Devs are happy to integrate us officially then we can consider deleting the group and if possible transferring the archives to archlinux.org. Ananda

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[arch-general] mplayer 31428-1 broken without libvpx.so.0
by PT M. 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

after recent update, mplayer failed to load with such error: $ mplayer > mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libvpx.so.0: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > this so i think is supposed by libvpx, but: $ pacman -Ql libvpx|grep /usr/lib > libvpx /usr/lib/ > libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.a > only a static lib is supplied. libvpx is about the VP8 Codec which is newly added to ffmpeg and mplayer, but this does this need some fix. -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek --> Blog: http://apt-blog.net

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[arch-general] Xorg-server 1.8 - when?
by Lukáš Jirkovský 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Hello, I'd like to ask what are the plans for the xorg-server 1.8, especially now when RC1 of xorg-server 1.9 is out. Please don't get me wrong, I'm not demanding anything but I'm wondering what is holding back the move to [extra]. I'm using new xorg-server on two different computers (notebook with intel and desktop with nvidia's blob) for some time without any problems. Have a nice day, Lukas

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[arch-general] File Associations for firefox & thunderbird :)^
by Nilesh Govindarajan 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

I am a full time KDE user and I don't have GNOME or its libraries. Firefox and Thunderbird keep asking me to choose applications to open .pdf, .doc, .xls, http://, etc. Is there no package which can fix the file associations for FF and TB ? -- Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr Website: http://www.itech7.com Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping flashplugin x86_64
by Caleb Cushing 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > I'll keep this installed despite the security problem. Combined with > flashblock, I can at least watch youtube this way. Force-removing it by > a dummy update is something I don't want. Same here. I block all plugins and js by default anyways... it's not like anyone should actually be trusting flash to be secure... removing it will just harm user functionality. Linus is right http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/706950 of course no matter what... adobe is wrong... they shouldn't have released without 64-bit... but their wrongs shouldn't make us choose to harm our users functionality. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com

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[arch-general] Package fwbuilder flagged out-of-date
by Gaurish Sharma 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Hi, The fwbuilder package which is very usefull for writing firewall rules is flagged out of date since weeks. there is a major 4 which has lots of new features[1] Any reason its not being updated to latest version? [1]http://www.fwbuilder.org/4.0/docs/whats_new/firewall_builder_whats_new_in… Regards, Gaurish Sharma

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-security] Re: What should the Arch Security Team be called?
by Ananda Samaddar 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:27:59 -0700 (PDT) nepherte <nepherte(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Why not just "Arch Security Team" (AST) not to be confused with > abstract syntax trees :) No need to make things complicated. This looks like the way to go, if there's no more dissenters or better suggestions. Ananda

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[arch-general] unrealircd 3.2.8.1-2 contains backdoor
by Alexander Duscheleit 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Hi folks, the unrealircd version in community (3.2.8.1-2) has been flagged as containing a backdoor which allows an attacker to execute commands with the privileges of the user running the daemon. The md5sum in the PKGBUILD (abs) matches the known-bad md5sum from this announcement: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4C134F7E.202%40vuln… I've already filed a bug as FS#19780 to the community project, but given the severity I thought it would be wise to alert a wider audience. Greetings, Jinks

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[arch-general] Knotify4 segmentation fault
by Madhurya Kakati 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Hi all, I am using kde 4.4.4. whenever i get any notifications knotify4 throws up error stating seg fault. this is very annoying cause sometime while chatting if chat window is unfocused, if someone replies, i get notification and immediately knotify throws error. Application: KNotify (knotify4), signal: Segmentation fault [KCrash Handler] #5 0x00007f2fed7912f0 in snd_pcm_extplug_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 #6 0x00007f2fed750d65 in snd_pcm_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 #7 0x00007f2fed76f135 in snd_pcm_plug_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 #8 0x00007f2fed750d65 in snd_pcm_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 #9 0x00007f2febbd0f98 in gst_alsasink_close () from /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstalsa.so #10 0x00007f2fec30eb86 in gst_audioringbuffer_close_device () from /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0 #11 0x00007f2fec2ff143 in gst_ring_buffer_close_device () from /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0 #12 0x00007f2fec30a396 in gst_base_audio_sink_change_state () from /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0 #13 0x00007f2fecbb28fc in gst_element_change_state () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 #14 0x00007f2fecbb32e2 in gst_element_set_state_func () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 #15 0x00007f2fed2efa2a in Phonon::Gstreamer::AudioOutput::setOutputDevice(Phonon::ObjectDescription<(Phonon::ObjectDescriptionType)0> const&) () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so #16 0x00007f2ff7c2185c in Phonon::AudioOutputPrivate::setupBackendObject() () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #17 0x00007f2ff7c21e63 in Phonon::AudioOutputPrivate::createBackendObject() () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #18 0x00007f2ff7c1f0cc in Phonon::AudioOutputPrivate::init(Phonon::Category) () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #19 0x000000000040c871 in _start ()

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Out-of-date packages in [extra]/[community]
by Angel Velásquez 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

>> - biopython >> - pylint >> - python-cheetah >> - python-formencode >> - python-sqlobject (needed by pacbuild, but does pacbuild still work?!) >> - python-gdata (needed by pytube in [community]) >> - python-vpython Let me have the python ones (mainly for pylint python-cheetah python-sqlobject python-vpython) or let's wait to see what's happens with the jr dev positions as Eric said. -- Angel Velásquez angvp @ irc.freenode.net Arch Linux Trusted User Linux Counter: #359909 http://www.angvp.com

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] pacman 3.4.0-1
by Andres P 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Upstream release, please signoff. Small detail, Optional Deps : fakeroot: for makepkg usage as normal user python: for rankmirrors script usage rankmirrors is now bash. Andres P

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] pacman 3.4.0-1
by Ng Oon-Ee 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > On 17/06/10 12:34, Dan McGee wrote: >> >> Upstream release, please signoff. >> > > Please make sure to update your makepkg.conf when updating to this, > _including in your chroots_. There may be file stripping issues if you do > not... > > And a summary of the upstream changes: > http://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/NEWS?id=v3.4.0 > > Allan > Hi Allan, just a quick question, what changes would need to be made? >From examining that link, I'd need to:- 1) Add an "Architecture" option and optionally 2) change my mirrorlists to use $arch instead of i686/x86_64 Or is it just a more general "diff makepkg.conf makepkg.conf.pacnew"?

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Re: [arch-general] Xorg-server 1.8 - when?
by Nicky726 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:17:44 +0200 > From: ?yvind Heggstad <mrelendig(a)har-ikkje.net> > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:47:16 +0530 > > Gaurish Sharma <contact(a)gaurishsharma.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I think Nvidia still does not work with 1.8 > > > > Regards, > > Gaurish Sharma > > The last I heard was that the devs are waiting for the legazy nvidia > drivers to be updated. > (nvidia-173xx/96xx) Uh... to hell with nvidia, there is nouveau... and if I remember correctly noone did wait for the catalyst. no offence ment, just the blob and stuff... Nicky -- Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone (Joni Mitchell)

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[arch-general] Label and Format USB Drive
by Carlos Mennens 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

I have a USB thrumb drive when I mount it, it mounts fine and shows up as "USBDRIVE" on my system. I would like to know how I can reformat the drive as fat32 using the 'mkfs' command and also setting a new system label on the drive as "ocz_usb"? I do not appear to have the tools installed on my Arch system that allow me to format as fat32 and can't find the command to format and set the label? Can this be done in one command step?

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] +1 for moving kernel + Xorg18
by Damjan Georgievski 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

> big +1 to move the kernel. not much important stuff hanging in Greks > staging queue. see > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=commit;… Actually, this is the full list of the patches queued for 2.6.34.1 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=tree;f=… There's at least one drm related patch (for intel) but anyway, I've been using 2.6.34 and 1.8 on my intel 945GM laptop and my ATI HD3200 desktop for some time now (probably more than a month), and I haven't had any issues. > I'd like to see soon Xorg 19 in testing that is already in RC state. -- damjan

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[arch-general] Apache: hide real dir structure
by Gaurish Sharma 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Hi, On the Arch Server running Apache. I have Control Panel for which I want to hide real directory name. Don't want to disclose the real location it. Can I display domain.com/foo1/foo2/foo3/ as subdomain(foo.domain.com) where foo.domain.com points to --> domain.com/foo1/foo2/foo3 If yes, then how? Regards, Gaurish Sharma www.gaurishsharma.com

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping flashplugin x86_64
by Loui Chang 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

On Tue 15 Jun 2010 18:23 +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 15.06.2010 18:22, schrieb Andreas Radke: > > Am Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:12:38 +0300 > > schrieb Ionuț Bîru <biru.ionut(a)gmail.com>: > >> the current x86_64 version of flashplugin has security problems and > >> adobe dropped/temporally closed x86_64 releases. > >> > >> How do we manage this situation? > >> Only dropping from repo? > >> Should we submit an empty package? > >> Suggest our users to remove their package if they consider security > >> important? > > > > We should post a news item about this so the users may decide to remove > > it or keep it. Another option could be shipping a dummy empty -1.1 pkg > > for x86_64 with a small post.install msg. > > I'll keep this installed despite the security problem. Combined with > flashblock, I can at least watch youtube this way. Force-removing it by > a dummy update is something I don't want. Yeah forced removal is not the Arch Way. An announcement would be much better.

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[arch-general] How do I get Battlefield 2 with Steam running under Wine?
by Jordan Windsor 14 Jun '10

14 Jun '10

I've tried: bin32-wine(AUR), bin32-wine-suse(AUR) & bin32-wine(Arch Gaming Repo) Here's the output of running Steam under Wine and selecting to run Battlefield 2 through Steam http://pastebin.com/Aea4takn Thanks.

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