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[arch-general] Are there sets for installing apache?
by David C. Rankin 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Listmates, I installed apache2 with pacman -S apache, but all I got was apache2 itself. Is there a set of packages that will install all of the modules as well? -- 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] Why both fonts.dir and fonts.scale?
by David C. Rankin 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Listmates, Picking through the font configuration, I have run across a curiosity, why do the font directories have both a fonts.dir file and a fonts.scale file. The page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_Font_Configuration suggests that you run mkfontscale and mkfontdir on each of the directories. The related files fonts.scale and fonts.dir are the same: [20:52 supersff:/etc/fonts] # l /usr/local/share/fonts/ <snip> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43730 2009-04-28 20:52 fonts.dir -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43730 2009-04-28 20:52 fonts.scale [20:52 supersff:/etc/fonts] # diff /usr/local/share/fonts/fonts.dir /usr/local/share/fonts/fonts.scale Why do we need both? -- 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] Wohoo Compiz Install was a Breeze!
by David C. Rankin 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Listmates, I'm really impressed with Arch! After a little teething to get kde up and running, it was time to install compiz-fusion. Before the install, I copied my compiz config from my opensuse install and my emerald themes by copying ~/.config and ~/.emerald to my home directory in the Arch install. Then I proceeded with: pacman -Sy compiz-fusion-kde With a little trepidation, I then selected fusion-icon from the system menu and... Compiz-fusion started with all my setting and my emerald theme without a hicup. Fantastic!! Kudos and Great Job to whoever is building and maintaining the compiz fusion packages. Now I really have a cool archlinux desktop! A quick: ksnapshot # desktop saved as archlinux1.png # pms imagemagick imagemagick-doc # convert archlinux1.png -resize 800 archlinux1-800.png # convert archlinux1-800.png archlinux1-800.jpg # rsync archlinux1-800.jpg nirvana:/srv/www/download/screenshots/archlinux and you have your screenshot: http://nirvana.3111skyline.com/download/screenshots/archlinux/archlinux1-80… Thank you to all who have help me stumble through getting to this point. All in all, setup has been a breeze on Arch (the fumbling around getting kde going aside). Looks like a great distro, and so far everything I use has been available. I haven't gotten to the compilers yet, but I bet they are all there. I still have a bit of cleanup and loading of packages to do, but I bet in a few days when you look at www.3111skyline.com, it will be running on archlinux;-) -- 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

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[arch-general] Help with /etc/fonts.conf
by David C. Rankin 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

Listmates, I have several additional fonts in /usr/local/share/fonts that I want configured for the system. I found /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and /etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf, but I'm unsure about the placement of my <dir></dir> location in the local.conf file. Currently I have chosen: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig>  <include ignore_missing="yes">local.conf</include> <dir>/usr/local/share/fonts</dir> </fontconfig> My question is "does it matter whether the <dir> statement comes before or after the <include> and what do I need to do after I add the <dir> statement in 51-local.conf to make the system create a new font config? -- 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] The 284 files in /etc/ssl/certs? There must be a purpose...
by David C. Rankin 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

Listmates, One thing I noticed when generating dovecot certs was the significant number of files in /etc/ssl/certs. What is the reason for/background of Arch's gathering of so many cert files, and is there some specific way we should make use of them? Are they just there for convenience? Are they current? -- 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] Question about the license of opera
by Attila 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Hi, i recognized that there is new package in aur for opera with this informations: "This package is the official one from the [extra] repository. We have to move it because of a unclear license issue. After we have clarify this issue the package will be back in the repos or not. It should not be moved to community, because of the license." I'm a little bit surprised that a custom license is such a problem because this shows me 343 entries: find /var/abs -name PKGBUILD | \ xargs grep license | \ grep custom | grep extra | wc -l Will now all packages with custom licenses disappear from extra? See you, Attila

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[arch-general] seq-dummy missing in kernel
by Nils Gey 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Hi archpeople, I just wanted to note that the alsa module snd_seq_dummy is missing in our kernel and it would be nice to integrate this. Musicians who work with MIDI need this very often and we, from the linux-pro-audio-scene, even considered a long-time bug we searched for. greetings, Nils

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[arch-general] Starting gpg-agent on X login (gdm)
by Magnus Therning 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

After looking through my new shine Arch system I found that ssh-agent is run from /etc/gdm/Xsession, so I suppose that's where I need to make changes in order to get gpg-agent to run, right? Is there some documentation on the preferred way of doing this? Should I look into using seahorse instead of {ssh,gpg}-agent? /M

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[arch-general] How to set UXA as AccelMethod in xorg 1.6?
by Vitor Garcia 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Hello, I'm trying to set AccelMethod as UXA in xorg.conf by using: Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Option "AccelMethod" "UXA" Driver "intel" EndSection (I have intel legacy driver installed, by the way.) But EXA continues to be used: (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0 (**) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888 (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor (**) intel(0): Option "AccelMethod" "UXA" (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 965G (--) intel(0): Chipset: "965G" (--) intel(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xC0000000 (--) intel(0): IO registers at addr 0xDFE00000 (II) intel(0): 2 display pipes available. ***************************************** (==) intel(0): Using EXA for acceleration ***************************************** Does anyone know what I may have made wrong? Thanks for the help, -- Vitor Garcia

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[arch-general] howto set [backspace] for previous page for man pages and less?
by David C. Rankin 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Listmates, I am trying to find the [backspace] key definition so I can change it to make the backspace key function as the key for [previous page] in both less and for man pages. Does any body know where Arch sets this? 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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[arch-general] howto: turn of button font underline on focus in kde3?
by David C. Rankin 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Listmates, I must be blind in one eye and can't see out of the other because I have picked through every kde control center setting, every domino setting, every polyester setting and every konqueror setting and I still can't find out how to turn off the button text underline in kde3 on arch. The button text underline appears everywhere from the kdm greeter throughout your entire session anytime there is a button that has the focus -- the font underlines itself. I want it gone... The needle is buried somewhere in the haystack, but for the life of me I can't find it. Can anybody throw and old man a bone and help him out? -- 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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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] gcc-4.4.0 toolchain rebuild with query about gcc-gcj and related packages
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Allan McRae wrote: > Hi all, > > The gcc-4.4.0 toolchain rebuild is now in [testing]. Here is a rough > ChangeLog: Awesome, Thanks I will build some things in a chroot, to see how it behaves. > > glibc: > One note here, (low priority): in the ".install" post_upgrade() there is a line "init u". If glibc is installed in a chroot and don't have sysvinit package, because isn't needed, when glibc is upgrading will show a warning about can't execute init, so you can replace this line with a "[ -x /sbin/init ] && /sbin/init u" ? And a question: why still support older kernels from 2.6.16?, considering that minimal kernel that udev support is 2.6.22, maybe can change the line --enable-kernel=2.6.16 with a superior version >= 2.6.22 >From glibc manual: "This option is currently only useful on GNU/Linux systems. The version parameter should have the form X.Y.Z and describes the smallest version of the Linux kernel the generated library is expected to support. The higher the version number is, the less compatibility code is added, and the faster the code gets." > binutils: > - add upstream patch to improve -Wl,--as-needed usage > Excelent! > Allan > Thanks in advance. -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D

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[arch-general] Done! Website move to 1st Archlinux Box
by David C. Rankin 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Guys, Thanks for all of your help. My first Arch install and server config is almost 100% complete (some server apps still remain, but that's just install time) Archlinux works like a champ. It is a great, lightweight, full featured distribution. In case any other Arch user is looking to do a full apache2 install with SSL, PHP & MySQL support, the LAMP wiki page will get you going. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LAMP. PHP and MySQL support comes from nothing more than making sure the module include statements in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf are active as detailed in the LAMP page. The only trick there is that for some reason the php object module isn't included in the default httpd.conf file so you need to add the following to the end of the LoadModule list: LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so Secure http (https) support takes a little more. The simple part of SSL setup, as with PHP and MySQL, is just making sure the shared object module is loaded in etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so Usually the more challenging part of secure http setup is generating the server keys and certificates that apache will use to offer ssl support. To make this easier, I have created a script to automate this process and install the server key, certificate and signing request under /etc/httpd/certs. You can grab a copy of the script at: http://archangel.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/apache2/apache-ssl-Arch (don't panic if it is temporarily not available as I am still moving servers around and will normally have it back up in 20 minutes or so) After download, if you want to generate your server keys automatically **edit** the script variables: COUNTRY=US STATE=Texas LOCAL=Nacogdoches ON="Rankin Law Firm, PLLC" OU=Attorneys EMAIL=help(a)3111skyline.com or you will end up with a server certificate that contains my defaults. Once you make the changes, just run the script as root like: apache-ssl-Arch <CN> where <CN> is just the 'Common Name' (usually your FQDN for your server). If you omit the CN, you will be prompted. If you just want to gen the keys, request and cetrificate manually, you can always just cut and paste the commands from the script. In addition to the script, I also put my httpd.conf and httpd-ssl.conf (both without comments) on the site if anybody wants to reference them for the changes required: http://archangel.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/apache2/httpd.conf http://archangel.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/apache2/httpd-ssl.conf Lastly, I spun up what I think is a cool Archlinux footer image based on one of the images in /usr/share/arch-artwork/. If you like it -- take it. http://archangel.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/apache2/ArchFooter-smal… That's it, thanks to all for helping me learn Arch! (I guess that should be 'learn enough to get running') We all know, the learning is never really done;-) -- 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] libsoup 2.26.0-1 dependencies in [testing]
by JM 26 Apr '09

26 Apr '09

Hello, I noticed that libsoup in [testing] depends on gconf, is that really necessary? Libsoup is a dependency for some desktop-agnostic applications such as Midori (through its dependency on libwebkit) or hardinfo (currently in AUR). Regards, JM

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [arch-commits] Commit in htdig/trunk (PKGBUILD)
by Abhishek Dasgupta 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

2009/4/25 Pierre Schmitz <pierre(a)archlinux.de>: > Am Samstag, 25. April 2009 17:36:19 schrieb Dan McGee: >> Installing into srv is no different than installing into /home/, >> IMO. It might be worse as it presents a relatively big security risk >> for those that do run public facing services, and suddenly a new >> script has been made available for web site users to run. > > If we agree to this we should add such a rule to namcap. > Removing 'srv/' in Namcap/directoryname.py will make namcap issue a warning about a file in a non-standard directory. -- Abhishek

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [arch-commits] Commit in htdig/trunk (PKGBUILD)
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Am Samstag, 25. April 2009 17:36:19 schrieb Dan McGee: > >> Installing into srv is no different than installing into /home/, >> IMO. It might be worse as it presents a relatively big security risk >> for those that do run public facing services, and suddenly a new >> script has been made available for web site users to run. >> > > If we agree to this we should add such a rule to namcap. > > Then this packages from [extra] should be fixed ? (install files under /srv/) xsp 2.4-1 Daniel Isenmann deluge(*) 1.1.6-3 Hugo Doria mythweb 0.21-1 Juergen Hoetzel squirrelmail 1.4.17-3 Unknown Packager (install files under /home) mailman 2.1.11-2 Allan McRae hylafax 4.4.4-1 Arch Linux slimserver v6.5.4-2 Tom Killian (*) does not matter much, it only put a directory inside /srv And from [community] that install files on /srv apache13,bugzilla, cacti, cchost, dokuwiki, drupal, dspam, flyspray, gnump3d, jabwebhist, mediawiki, nginx, phpldapadmin, phpmyadmin, phppgadmin, pnews, punbb, roundcubemail, web-news (all from Sergej Pupykin) and cherokee (from Evangelos Foutras) (and /home) sqlitemanager 1.2.0-2 Andrea Scarpino Grüße! -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D

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[arch-general] libnotify as optdepend in thunar?
by hollunder＠gmx.at 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

Hi there, today when I tried to unmount a thumbdrive in thunar I got an error message about missing libnotify. It worked after I installed it. Did I do something wrong or is it just missing in the optdepends array? Regards, Philipp

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[arch-general] libnl- 1.1-1 -build error
by Baho Utot 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

This is the error when built with gcc-4.3 MAKE libnl.so.1.1 CC addr.c In file included from addr.c:28: ../include/netlink-local.h: In function '__str2type': ../include/netlink-local.h:218: error: 'ULONG_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) ../include/netlink-local.h:218: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once ../include/netlink-local.h:218: error: for each function it appears in.) ../include/netlink-local.h: In function '__list_str2type': ../include/netlink-local.h:239: error: 'ULONG_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) make[2]: *** [addr.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 ==> ERROR: Build Failed. Aborting... Here is a fix: gcc-4.3.patch follows --- include/netlink-local.h~ 2008-01-14 10:48:45.000000000 -0500 +++ include/netlink-local.h 2009-04-25 08:16:28.981393890 -0400 @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ #include <inttypes.h> #include <assert.h> +#include <limits.h> + #include <arpa/inet.h> #include <netdb.h> PKGBUILD changes: # $Id: PKGBUILD 930 2008-04-24 22:14:40Z jgc $ # Maintainer: Jan de Groot <jgc(a)archlinux.org> # Contributor: William Rea <sillywilly(a)gmail.com> pkgname=libnl pkgver=1.1 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Library for applications dealing with netlink sockets" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') url="http://people.suug.ch/~tgr/libnl" license=('GPL') depends=('glibc') source=(http://people.suug.ch/~tgr/${pkgname}/files/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz gcc-4.3.patch) build() { cd ${startdir}/src/libnl-${pkgver} patch -Np0 -i ../gcc-4.3.patch || return 1 ./configure --prefix=/usr || return 1 make || return 1 make DESTDIR=${startdir}/pkg install || return 1 } md5sums=('ae970ccd9144e132b68664f98e7ceeb1' '6cb6edc341e6ffc3c50bd8fcd90e5c89')

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[arch-general] "pkgdyn" a set of scripts for analysis of ELF deps in pkgs.
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

Hi, This is a set of draft scripts that I use to find/extract some data of ELF files from packages. For example: * Find all packages that needed inexistent shared objects because a soname bump in libraries. * Generate a report for all packages per repo that in case of soname bump , needs to be rebuild. * Find ELF files that are outside the allowed paths (for example ELF in /usr/share) * Find RPATH in packages, with a simple "awk" can generate a report etc. * Other task with "temporary data generated", but there are no scripts at this time, are only "at command line runtime". Can be easily construct with awk, of your preferer lang. It use files in analysis so, if a ELF needed a "soname" that are symlink, this are reported (tho only case here are courier-maildrop, just ignore it) http://archlinux.djgera.com.ar/pkgdyn/ Sample data and generated DB by "dynup.bash" is uploaded, extract in "pkgdyn" directory. The dyunp.bash can make DB from empty DB, or update the DB, deleting old entries and inserting news. Is in "public domain": so use it, modify it, copy it, no problem. Sugestions, improvements, dudes, write me. PS1: Exception here: (this report as missing, but is a "optdepend in community") extra/gnome-speech-0.4.25-1:NEEDED libespeak.so.1 PS2: All missing deps I already reported and many of [community] have been fixed. Congrats TU! Cheers, -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D

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[arch-general] Handling optional dependencies with pacman?
by David C. Rankin 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

Listmates, Is there a better way to handle optional dependencies than just manually creating a list and checking it against the current installed packages to see if you need to install them before issuing the sync command and having some of the packages reinstalled? Basically, after installing packages (most recently openoffice and gimp), I just cut-and-paste the names into a for loop and check the names against the installed packages with the query option to eliminate the packages that are already installed. For openoffice and gimp, the optional dependencies were: Targets (9): libwpd-0.8.14-1 icu-4.0-2 hsqldb-java-1.8.0.10-1 openoffice-base-3.0.1-1 babl-0.0.22-1 gegl-0.0.22-1 gimp-2.6.6-1 gimp-refocus-0.9.0-2 gimp-ufraw-0.15-2 Total Download Size: 172.88 MB Total Installed Size: 422.08 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] :: Retrieving packages from extra... <snip> Optional dependencies for openoffice-base java-runtime: adds java support libcups: adds printing support gconf: adds additional gnome support nss: adds support for signed files/macros pstoedit: translates PostScript and PDF graphics into other vector formats <snip> Optional dependencies for gimp gutenprint: for sophisticated printing only as gimp has built-in cups print support libwebkit: for the help browser poppler-glib: for pdf support hal: for Linux input event controller module alsa-lib: for MIDI event controller module <snip> Optional dependencies for gimp-ufraw gimp: to use the gimp import plugin for raw images cinepaint: to use the cinepaint import plugin for raw images So I then do: for i in gutenprint libwebkit poppler-glib alsa-lib cinepaint java-runtime libcups gconf nss pstoedit; do pacman -Q $i; done Which tells me: error: package "gutenprint" not found error: package "libwebkit" not found error: package "poppler-glib" not found alsa-lib 1.0.19-1 error: package "cinepaint" not found error: package "java-runtime" not found libcups 1.3.10-1 gconf 2.26.0-3 error: package "nss" not found error: package "pstoedit" not found So I then know I need to install: gutenprint libwebkit poppler-glib cinepaint java-runtime nss pstoedit. That brings up a couple of questions. First, for those packages I have reinstalled I notice "Total Download Size: 0.0 MB", so I know I'm not re-downloading, but is the package actually "reinstalling" where the config files with end up with x.pacnew packages?? Next, is there any wrapper for pacman that will catch the output in a temporary file and then grep for "Optional dependencies" and then do something like: while read line; do tmparray[$count]=(${line%%:*}) done < tmpfile And then do something useful with tmparray like compare it against the installed packages and maybe write it out in something like ~/tmp/pacman/optDeps$(date '+%Y%m%d')? Just checking to see if there is an easy way to avoid a few cut and pastes. -- 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] kdemod3-complete install - many duplicates in kde menu
by David C. Rankin 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Listmates, After installing kde3 with "pacman -S kdemod3-complete", I was rearranging and ordering the kde menu with 'kmenuedit' and ran across a number of duplicate entries created during the install. The following isn't a complete list, but probably catches 80-90% of the duplicate entries. The following were each duplicated one (or more) times by the installer in various places within the kde menu: KPalmDOC KPilot KNotes KArm KAlarm Kandy Xgnokii KNotes Dictionary KTnef Korn Kontact KDE Groupware Wizard I don't know who does kdemod3, but if it will help, I have gone through and removed most of the duplicates and sorted the kde menu into a few additional folders to get rid of the ton of files that were under 'utilities' and I have also moved all the packages in the catchall 'More Applications' and 'Lost & Found' folders to new homes in the menu. I have put a copy of the new ~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu on the web site if anybody wants to grab pieces from it or compare it to the original. http://www.3111skyline.com/download/ArchLinux/fixes/menus/applications-kmen… HTHs, if not, just hit delete... No troll comments necessary or appreciated. 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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[arch-general] Problem installing FreeNX from extra, can anyone else confirm?
by David C. Rankin 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Listmates, There was a minor problem installing FreeNX and its dependencies from extra that resulted in the warning: "cp: cannot stat `/usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp': No such file or directory" In context the error occurred here: Targets (5): nx-common-3.3.0-2 nxserver-3.3.0-5 gnu-netcat-0.7.1-2 expect-5.44.1.10-1 freenx-0.7.3-3 Total Download Size: 3.61 MB Total Installed Size: 9.30 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] <snip install stuff> Generating keys ... passwd: unlocking the user would result in a passwordless account. You should set a password with usermod -p to unlock this user account. cp: cannot stat `/usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp': No such file or directory I don't know if this is a significant issue or not, I guess I'll find out, but I thought I would put the out to the list to (1) see if anyone else could confirm this; and (2) ask anyone familiar with the FreeNX package if this is anything to worry about. 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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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mplayer in two separate packages
by Pierre BAUDEMONT 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Hi there, I've just compiled mplayer with the mplayer-svn package from the AUR on my x86_64 box, after having removed the "--enable-fribidi" option. Seems OK. Cheers. 2009/4/24 Hugo Doria <hugodoria(a)gmail.com> > Uow! This explains a lot. > > >From the configure script we have: > > > --./configure --help | grep fribidi > --enable-fribidi enable the FriBiDi libs [autodetect] > > Then i think that we can remove the --enable-fribidi option. Can a > x86_64 owner test it? > > -- Hugo > -- Baude

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[arch-general] Crud! Rebooted Can't Login - No Mouse or Keyboard with kdm??
by David C. Rankin 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Listmates, I broke it! Was up and running in kde3 just fine, so I thought I would make sure all was good and rebooted. The box booted beautifully and the Archlinux kdm screen nicely appeared and I thought I was ready to rock and roll, but when I grabbed the mouse - it didn't move?? Then I tried typing my pw, and no characters (or dots) appeared? The I tried ctrl+alt+backspace to kill X -- no joy. Then ctrl+alt+F1, still no joy. OK, ssh into box and kill kdm, back to normal login. Now I'm scratching my head on what to check to get my mouse and keyboard back? Any ideas? >From Xorg.0.log, this is obviously the problem: (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled. (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 (WW) Disabling Mouse0 Huh? They must have been there a minute ago what gives? I wonder how they got started last time? -- 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] system-config-printer without executable?
by hollunder＠gmx.at 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Hi there, I just tried the latest version of system-config-printer from [extra] and couldn't find an executable. It installs some stuff here: $ ls /usr/share/system-config-printer/ config.py cupshelpers.py debug.py ppds.py smburi.py Other users report to have a system-config-printer.py there but such a file doesn't exist on my system. Any idea what I could be doing wrong? Regards, Philipp

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