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[arch-general] Problem with sa-update up when updating spamassassin
by David C. Rankin 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Guys, I had a problem while updating spamassassin. Running the sa-update app as specified in the package dependencies results in a 404 error from the site the script attempts to connect to. Dunno if it's SA or if there was a type in the package concerning the URL. Here is the dependency and the result: (19/22) upgrading spamassassin [####################################################] 100% You must run 'sa-update' to install spam rules before use. For detailed upgrade notes, see: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/tags/spamassassin_current_rele… 23:49 archangel:~> sudo sa-update http: GET http://www.sa-update.pccc.com/903765.tar.gz request failed: 404 Not Found: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <TITLE>404 Not Found</TITLE> </HEAD><BODY> <H1>Not Found</H1> The requested URL /903765.tar.gz was not found on this server.<P> <HR> <ADDRESS>Apache/1.3.41 Server at www.sa-update.pccc.com Port 80</ADDRESS> </BODY></HTML> The site itself is there, but has no index and denies browsing. Just thought I would pass it along. -- 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] Pacman trigger
by Nilesh Govindarajan 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

Is there some app that will do some actions on updating some software ? Like for example, I want that in /usr/lib/firefox-<version>/defaults/preferences/firefox.js user agent is set to Firefox/<version> instead of its brand name ? Or copy the previous version of kernel to /boot/stable before update ? -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com

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[arch-general] Memory Management problems with 2.6.32
by Gaurish Sharma 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

Hi, I am using ArchlInux 64bit 2.6.32.7-1. but having some memory allocation errors, mplayer: page allocation failure. order:4, mode:0xd4 Pid: 4380, comm: mplayer Not tainted 2.6.32-ARCH #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff810dad58>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x6b8/0x700 [<ffffffff810dadb2>] ? __get_free_pages+0x12/0x60 [<ffffffffa04bc8e0>] ? oss_contig_malloc+0x50/0xa0 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04bdbed>] ? __oss_alloc_dmabuf+0x7d/0x100 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04e7975>] ? vmix_alloc_buffer+0x75/0x80 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04c7ec8>] ? init_dmap+0x168/0x1e0 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04cb27b>] ? oss_audio_open_engine+0x41b/0x760 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04cb84d>] ? oss_audio_open_devfile+0x28d/0x370 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04be564>] ? oss_cdev_open+0x124/0x160 [osscore] [<ffffffff81117b1a>] ? cdev_get+0xaa/0x160 [<ffffffff81104ee9>] ? shmem_get_acl+0x49/0x90 [<ffffffff81117f58>] ? chrdev_open+0x168/0x2c0 [<ffffffff81117df0>] ? chrdev_open+0x0/0x2c0 [<ffffffff8111266f>] ? __dentry_open+0x14f/0x400 [<ffffffff8111e0ce>] ? inode_permission+0xbe/0xc0 [<ffffffff81122b2a>] ? do_filp_open+0x2ca/0xb90 [<ffffffffa04bbfc7>] ? oss_unreserve_pages+0x37/0x80 [osscore] [<ffffffff8112d83a>] ? alloc_fd+0xfa/0x140 [<ffffffff811123fa>] ? do_sys_open+0x6a/0x140 [<ffffffff81012082>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Here is the complete log: http://pastebin.com/m75da8267 Please help Regards, Gaurish Sharma

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[arch-general] anyone maintaining a fixed QGtkStyle?
by Arvid Picciani 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Hi, i was wondering if anyone maintained a QGtkStyle for use outside gnome. Would be duplicated work and i guess i'm not the only one who uses gtk styles but not gnome. -- Arvid

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[arch-general] Yafray
by Giovanni Scafora 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Hi all, the last yafray release was the 0.0.9 version in Summer 2006. Notice that these sources aren't under development anymore. I would like replace it with yafaray 0.1.1. What do you think about? -- Arch Linux Developer http://www.archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.it

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[arch-general] [Testing] Kontact 4.3.98-1: No plugins shown
by Erwin Van de Velde 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Hi, Kontact does not show any of its plugins (kmail, korganizer, ...). It starts empty and if started from CLI, it prints: $ kontact kontact(10740)/kdecore (KSycoca) KSycocaPrivate::openDatabase: Trying to open ksycoca from "/var/tmp/kdecache-evdvelde/ksycoca4" kontact(10740)/kdecore (trader) KServiceTypeTrader::defaultOffers: KServiceTypeTrader: serviceType "Kontact/Plugin" not found kontact(10740)/kutils (KSettings::Dispatcher) KSettings::Dispatcher::registerComponent: "kontact" Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) kontact(10740)/korganizer KPIM::ReminderClient::ReminderClient: ReminderClient::ReminderClient() [evdvelde@sylvesterjr config]$ kontact(10740)/kio (Slave) KIO::Slave::createSlave: createSlave "file" for KUrl("file:///usr/share/apps/kdeui/about/kde_infopage.css") kontact(10740)/kio (KIOConnection) KIO::ConnectionServer::listenForRemote: Listening on "local:/tmp/ksocket-evdvelde/kontactE10740.slave-socket" How can I fix this? Or is this a bug in the package? Thanks in advance, Erwin

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[arch-general] Maybe a bug about diskless installation of Arch
by goodmenzy＠gmail.com 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

The shutdown script was written without thinking the diskless machine. It try to bring down the network and to do more works to clean the machine. But in diskless system, if the network is bring down, the rootfs can not be accessed anymore, so the shuting down process will dead .............. I'll fill a bug report on the archlinux.org

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[arch-general] random bug report
by Milos Negovanovic 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Hi all, root@mighty ~ # grep -r cron.pid /etc/ /etc/logrotate.d/crond: kill -HUP `cat /var/run/cron.pid` If I am not mistaken this should be crond.pid Regards Milos Negovanovic

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] devtools and db-scripts plans
by Daniel J Griffiths (Ghost1227) 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

>> - allow db-move to handle multiple packages >> (or add a script to help moving from community-testing) >> > We should kill these testing2whatever scripts and unify it completely in > db-move (including the testing2x case where the right repository is > automatically determined). Short-term it would probably suffice to > create community-testing2community. > Ask and ye shall receive. Attached is a patch db-move that incorporates the ability to handle multiple packages and cleans up the whitespaces. I know the whitespace patch should technically be separate but I had such a hard time reading db-move when I was editing it that I had to include it for my own sanity. Note: my patch hasn't been tested beyond echoing output to the screen... but it should work.

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[arch-general] kde44beta - 'virtuoso -t' grabbing ~80% of the CPU every few minutes
by David C. Rankin 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Guys, After the kde44beta install, I first notices increased fan noise every 10 minutes or so that lasts for about 4-5 minutes, then things would go back to normal. At first I just thought it was strigi catching up or so, but after a full day the CPU was still getting pegged. Looking at the processes, it is 'virtuoso -t' that is to blame. Can anyone else confirm this behavior ... and .. does anyone know of a workaround? -- 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] Viewing Actual Kernel Release Version
by Carlos Williams 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

I noticed today when doing a system upgrade via Pacman, it wanted to upgrade my kernel and install 'kernel26-2.6.32.7-1' however I wanted to know how this version differs from my current version kernel. When I run 'uname -r' command, I just get "2.6.32-ARCH". Can someone please tell me how I can find my exact kernel version & lastly - what happens to the old kernel? Does it get removed?

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[arch-general] AUR / Official Repo version problem
by Brendan Long 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

So I've been having a strange problem on my computer with updates. The xulrunner package in the official repos didn't want to update because firefox-branded (from the AUR) depends on an old version, but firefox-branded won't update because it needs a newer version of xulrunner. I got it to work by removing firefox-branded, updating, then installing it again, but it's a complicated solution and entirely not obvious what's going wrong. The error message made it sound like there was just no update for xulrunner available: :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: firefox-branded: requires xulrunner=1.9.1.7 Not sure how this could be made easier, but I thought I'd mention how confusing it is. -Brendan Long

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[arch-general] Dark Red & Gold KDE4 Theme - brighten your desktop for a bit (DR - you might even like it :-)
by David C. Rankin 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Guys, I never thought red and gold would work on a kde4 desktop, but I think it looks great. While I figure out how to package them and where to put them, I could use some feedback on whether they need any more work. Below are links to the RedGold theme, a background to go with it, and an emerald theme as well. All three of the gold themes (BlackGold, DeepBlueGold, DarkRedGold), work best with either Nitrogen, Ozone or Oxygen 'window & style' decorations. Bespin works very well as a window decoration for all three, but the Bespin 'style' is very finicky with the Red for some reason. If you use a 'style' other than Ozone, Nitrogen, Oxygen or Bespin, your theme color will look black instead of Red or Blue due to how faint the colors are in the color definition. For the best results, 'uncheck' the option to blend the title bar with theme colors in the Appearance -> Window system settings. The charcoal titlebar works well into the theme. You can also use Crystal, Modern, Laptop or Glow window decorations and they will look pretty good as well. A screenshot: (140k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/ss/kde4/DcrDarkRedGoldKDE4.jpg The color theme: (2k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/kde4/color-schemes/DcrDarkRedGoldKDE4.colo… The background: (112k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/kde4/color-schemes/wp/heatLightWind1440.jpg ** the gold satin background works well too (300k): http://www.3111skyline.com/download/dt/kde4/color-schemes/wp/goldsatin-1440… The emerald theme: (70k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/emerald/dcr-BlackGold.emerald ** Note: you can grab all the current color schemes at: (3.2k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/kde4/color-schemes/dcrKDE4Colors-Current.t… Enjoy :p -- 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] A bug in compiz-core
by Nilesh Govindarajan 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi, I was trying to configure compiz and kde, when I ran fusion-icon on the terminal, it told me that /usr/lib/compiz/libpng.so.14 could not be loaded as required by compiz. But I found /usr/lib/compiz/libpng.so and symlinked to libpng.so.14 that fixed the problem. But is this a bug to be reported ?? Also I don't see bug reporting for community packages in 'Category' list of bug tracker. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com

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[arch-general] Recent update to php-apache breaks LAMP stack.
by wahjava.ml＠gmail.com 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi, I'd recently updated php, mysql, and php-apache packages to following versions: php 5.3.1-4 mysql 5.1.43-1 php-apache 5.3.1-4 After update my existing webapps started showing error: Unable to connect to database, with nothing changed on the webapps side. After assuming that recent update cause them to break, I downgraded all related packages, and then upgraded them one-by-one. Following is the final combination which worked for me: php 5.3.1-4 mysql 5.1.43-1 php-apache 5.3.1-3 If anyone also exhibits this behaviour, then I can report this as bug. Thanks Ashish SHUKLA -- They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin

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[arch-general] Mounting tmpfs on /dev. Why?
by AlannY 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi there. I'm newbie in Archlinux and I have another lame question. Recently, I've found that Arch mounts tmpfs on /dev. And, as you may see, this makes big problem to some applications. I see: "none on /dev type tmpfs" in the output of mount program. This mount is not placed in /etc/fstab. So, I think this is done by some of init scripts. I've looked at the /etc/rc.d folder and grep "mount" `find`. But nothing interesting found. I really don't want to mount tmpfs on /dev. How to don't do it? Thanks for patience.

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[arch-general] Video Resolution, Grub2 and Kernel 2.6.32
by Steve Holmes 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

When I installed grub2 a short while back, I was using the kernel 2.6.31.6 and I enjoyed a full screen of 1024.768 32K color depth. I followed the steps outlined here <http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2#Setting_the_framebuffer_resolution> to the letter and all was great. But when the kernel26 package upgraded to 2.6.32.2, This functionality broke. I ended up having to remove the video related stuff from my grub line to get my system to boot. When I say this didn't work anymore, basically my system wouldn't boot and I end up with a blank screen showing. When I experimented by removing the insmod statement and using vga=790 by itself, the best I get is a 30 line display with 80 columns width. Anyone know what changed? It would appear that we may need to update the wiki page with new info for grub2 and video resolution.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] mkinitcpio 0.6 alpha - testing and help needed
by Henning Garus 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

On Tue, 02.02.2010 um 19:13 +0100, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Bump! Virtually nobody has performed any testing (except the people I > poked about it). Also, I still don't have fixed raid or dmraid hooks, > nor any suggestion for implementing root on NFS (of the last three, I > use neither). I could write raid, but I have no idea if it will work. I > don't know what exactly needs to be done in the NFS case, because that > was all hidden inside "ipconfig" from klibc. > > The part that works (standard hooks, keymap, cryptsetup, lvm2) has been > 100% stable and has worked perfectly for all of the testers so far > (which aren't many, so you never know). > I switched to the kill-klibc repo and my system still boots, using: HOOKS="base udev autodetect sata encrypt filesystems"

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[arch-general] Colored Output
by Carlos Williams 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

I noticed that when I login to my new Arch server & attempt to use commands like 'ls' or 'ls -l', I have no color. It's just white text so it's hard to visually differentiate the difference between files and directories. I did read the Wiki below which advises me to modify my ~/.bashrc which comes from /etc/skel/.bashrc however when I am logged in as root, I want to have this colored output feature. I checked and my /root directory has no .bashrc file. When I attempt to create one & add the parameters I have in my ~/.bashrc, I then log out and log back in as root but still have no color. How do I make this system wide? When I modify my regular user's .bashrc file, I do get my desired color output but I can't figure out how to achieve this for 'root'. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Color_Bash_Prompt

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[arch-general] extra/libmtp update
by Alexander Kojevnikov 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Hi list, extra/libmtp package [0] has been out of date for 5 months. Attached PKGBUILD updates it to the recently released 1.0.2, it would be great if one of the developers could commit it. Thanks, Alex [0] http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/libmtp/

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Re: [arch-general] An old, tiresome discussion: cdrtools vs cdrkit
by Joerg.Schilling＠fokus.fraunhofer.de 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Heiko Baums wrote: >I don't know anything about the technical differences between cdrkit >and cdrtools but http://cdrkit.org says: >News >2009/10/11 >Cdrkit 1.1.10 has been released. >So the last stable release was not a year but only three months ago. >This looks like an active development for me. Please have a closer look on _what_ was changed in this "release". This have been mainly single char typo corrections but the > 100 well known bugs that exist as long as the fork exists have never been fixed. On the original software, you see more changes (enhancements and fixes) in a lazy week than the "cdrkit project" did get since May 6th 2007 in total. In the fork, problems are ignored. In the original software, problems are fixed very soon; typically within hours. This is why there are no known problems in the original software. The fork did not publish a single version that was known to be without bugs at the time of publishing. The original cdrtools project did publish more than 70 releases in the same time and more than 60 of them did have not a single bug when they have been published. Jörg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js(a)cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) joerg.schilling(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily

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[arch-general] multiple i586 update segfaults during pacman -Syu on 2/2/10
by David C. Rankin 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Guys, During update tonight, I received multiple segfaults during system update package installation. Given the kde44beta packages involved, I suspect kde will be dead. The full log is: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/Archlinux/bugs/pacman-updt-segfaults.log.bz2 The reported error summaries were: ( 13/344) upgrading akonadi [####################################################] 100% /tmp/alpm_i3RyWJ/.INSTALL: line 1: 10765 Segmentation fault update-mime-database usr/share/mime &>/dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly ( 21/344) upgrading cryptsetup [####################################################] 100% usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 23: 10796 Segmentation fault GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-uninstall-rule ${schemas} > /dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly ( 22/344) upgrading deskbar-applet [####################################################] 100% usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 18: 10801 Segmentation fault GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule /usr/share/gconf/schemas/${pkgname}.schemas > /dev/null ( 50/344) upgrading gmime [####################################################] 100% usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 23: 10899 Segmentation fault GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-uninstall-rule ${schemas} > /dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly ( 51/344) upgrading gnome-media [####################################################] 100% usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 18: 10904 Segmentation fault GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule /usr/share/gconf/schemas/${pkgname}.schemas > /dev/null usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 23: 10910 Segmentation fault GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-uninstall-rule ${schemas} > /dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly ( 52/344) upgrading gnome-power-manager [####################################################] 100% usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 18: 10915 Segmentation fault GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule /usr/share/gconf/schemas/${pkgname}.schemas > /dev/null usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 23: 10921 Segmentation fault GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-uninstall-rule ${schemas} > /dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly ( 53/344) upgrading gnome-screensaver [####################################################] 100% usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 18: 10926 Segmentation fault GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule /usr/share/gconf/schemas/${pkgname}.schemas > /dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 23: 10931 Segmentation fault GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-uninstall-rule ${schemas} > /dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly ( 54/344) upgrading gnome-utils [####################################################] 100% usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 18: 10936 Segmentation fault GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule /usr/share/gconf/schemas/${pkgname}.schemas > /dev/null ( 73/344) upgrading kdelibs [####################################################] 100% /tmp/alpm_2CLRhg/.INSTALL: line 1: 10980 Segmentation fault update-mime-database usr/share/mime &>/dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly ( 75/344) upgrading kdebase-runtime [####################################################] 100% /tmp/alpm_eUYelf/.INSTALL: line 1: 10994 Segmentation fault update-mime-database usr/share/mime &>/dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly ( 81/344) upgrading kdepimlibs [####################################################] 100% /tmp/alpm_exajwK/.INSTALL: line 1: 11036 Segmentation fault update-mime-database usr/share/mime &>/dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly ( 82/344) upgrading kdepim-runtime [####################################################] 100% /tmp/alpm_VIW9xn/.INSTALL: line 1: 11050 Segmentation fault update-mime-database usr/share/mime &>/dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly (225/344) upgrading kdeplasma-addons-applets-la... [####################################################] 100% /tmp/alpm_if5dWv/.INSTALL: line 1: 12172 Segmentation fault update-mime-database usr/share/mime &>/dev/null error: command failed to execute correctly Let me know if I can send anything else :p -- 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] kde44beta - Arch needs to disable powerdevil suspend default -> very hard shutdown...
by David C. Rankin 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Devs, I don't know whether this is something Arch can set or if it is kde that sets the powerdevil suspend default. We need to see if it is possible to disable the 'suspend' after 30 minutes on the first page of the powerdevil settings because many machines (mine included) do not suspend nicely and instead lock up tight. It took a while to find this issue on my x86_64 box, but after setting the default to 'Turn off Screen' instead of suspend, the lockups are gone. When the suspend lockups occurred, my box locked so badly I had to pull the power-cord and drain the residual power by depressing the 'on' button with the cord out before the box would POST again. That's a serious lock.... If possible, we may want to try and disable this default even if it is a kde default because it has some pretty bad implications.... -- 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] Setting global environment variable
by Ty John 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

I'm regularly connecting and disconnecting to a VPN using vpnc. The network I connect to has a transparent proxy which I want to set $http_proxy to. I thought I could do something like export http_proxy="proxy.whatever.com" in the /etc/rc.d/vpnc file, in the start and stop functions as necessary but exporting only makes the variable available to the child processes. Not to mention, I need this variable set for normal users also. Basically, I want to set and unset the variable when I connect and disconnect the VPN. Any ideas?

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[arch-general] Server Space for Arch Downloads / AUR / ABS for small X additions the Arch Community might enjoy?
by David C. Rankin 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Guys, I have several good collections of miscellaneous kde themes, kdm/gdm themes, metacity, gtk-2, xcursors, etc.. that I would like to find how best to contribute them to the community. The color-schemes, gnome and kde layout are original and the are available from gnome-look, kde-look, etc. (all GPL), but given all the 3rd party redirection that those sites put you through to find any given file, it is almost not worth downloading them anymore one-at-a-time (same applies to many of the other 'now commercialized' sites). If this is something that you guys may be interested in, my main question is I don't know whether it would be better to put them together as several AUR package, ABS package or whether Arch has a place for this type of stuff. I generally just make them available on my server at 3111skyline.com, but I'm limited to 384k upstream so putting a bunch of material out for community wide download can result in logjams. The idea here is to just make it convenient for Arch users to have a convenient couple of packages to install to get a good cross-section of some of the better desktop packages themes, cursors, etc.. that are a real pain to go search for, find and download separately. Arch devs, is this something that you guys would be interested in? If so, what do you think is the best way to do it? There is probably no more than 50M total. For example, my favorite xcursor directory is 12M: 00:45 nirvana:/srv/www/dl/dt> ls -1 X/xcursor/ AGlowInTheDark.tar.gz AlienMindII.tar.gz Alpha_Triangles_Black_Linux_by_Ghost_Assassin.bz2 Alpha_Triangles_Linux_by_Ghost_Assassin.bz2 ATER_Blue.tar.gz ATER-mouse-theme-0.1.tar.gz Azenis.tar.gz BlackStyle.tar.gz CG.tar.gz Charged.tar.gz CopperDeckII-Small.tar.gz DasBlack.tar.gz Das.tar.gz DeepBlue.tar.gz Direction.tar.gz Eclipse.tar.gz Ecliz_Port.tar.gz FlyOS.tar.gz GlassMaxX.tar.gz HeiBiao3D.tar.gz JadeDreams.tar.gz Jazz.tar.gz LightBlue.tar.gz Liquidox.tar.gz Perfect-Harmony.tar.gz Point-Black.tar.gz Point-Chrome.tar.gz Prowler.tar.gz Pulse.tar.gz SevenSwords3D.tar.gz Silex.tar.gz SpaceSteel.tar.gz Terracota.tar.gz T(a)rget.tar.gz Vienna2.tar.gz WhiteStyle.tar.gz X-Alien2-GREY.tar.gz X-Alien2.tar.gz Xeonyx.tar.gz My gtk2 collection is about 1.2M: 00:49 nirvana:~/dt/gnome> ls -1 themes/gtk2 GTK2-AeroIon.tar.gz GTK2-BlueHeart.tar.gz GTK2-CillopMidnite.tar.gz GTK2-Clearlooks9x.tar.bz2 GTK2-ClearLooksDarkBlue.tar.gz GTK2-ClearlooksDarkLime.tar.gz GTK2-DarkNice.tar.gz GTK2-EvilMac.tar.bz2 GTK2-GmLooks.tar.bz2 GTK2-GreenHeart.tar.gz GTK2-IndustrialColorpack.tar.gz GTK2-MarbleIce.tar.gz GTK2-MarbleLook.tar.gz GTK2-MidnightOSX.tar.gz GTK2-PolycarbonateDark.tar.gz GTK2-Polycarbonate.tar.gz GTK2-ShinyBlack.tar.gz GTK2-Sonar.tar.gz GTK2-Tactile.tar.gz GTK2-TenebrificBlueMods.tar.gz I probably have 1/2 dozen or so collections of this type that I have put together recently. I could package them all in an AUR or ABS package like Xcursor-collection.tar.gz or metacity-theme-collection.tar.gz or something to that effect, but you guys know best. Let me know what you think and give me an idea for package names if you think something like this is worth doing. It's all in the name of Arch user convenience. Thanks. -- 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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