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[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Move Azureus to community?
by Grigorios Bouzakis 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12480 > > Opinions? > Theres also bittorrent which hasnt been able to operate for at least a year. AFAIK it cant be updated either. http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6764 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6758 Greg

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[arch-general] wrong file permissions in /var/lib/pacman/local
by Hubert Grzeskowiak 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

hi there, can it be, that the some dirs written to /var/lib/pacman/local/* are not chmod'ed properly? sometimes i get errors because as user i don't have the permissions to do anything with it (it's set to drwx------). this only occurs on some packages (eg. the new nmap package). other dirs and files inside all (also the corrupted) directories seem okay (files: -rw-r--r--; dirs: drwxr-xr-x) i played around with umask and sudo (always used on de-/installations) with no result -everything was okay- so i conclude it's a per-package problem. is anybody else encountering this? thx in advance Hubert Grzekowiak

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[arch-general] new AIF release
by Dieter Plaetinck 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

Hello Arch devs and users, here is my holidays present for you: AIF alpha-0.6 ! * Changes since alpha 0.5: - fully reworked disk subsystem - support for lvm and dm_crypt - Autoprepare looks exactly the same (ui-wise) - Manual mode UI is entirely reworked and has a general editor (see screens) - Unified, more flexible/reusable backend code for partitioning, making filesystems and mounting them. Uses structured file formats for defining partitions and filesystems - Rollback functionality: when something failed while processing, or user changes his mind afterwards, you can do a rollback (things like umount, lvremove etc are done automatically in the correct order) and start over/retry - fully decoupled UI (dia/cli): - there are now generic, transparent functions for asking dates,numbers,strings,checklist,.. etc with an implementation in both ncurses (dialog) and cli. - all code now uses these functions, making the codebase much cleaner. (look at the code for autoprepare for instance) - with a simple command line flag you can toggle between running the program in cli or dialog mode. - support for commandline args - /arch/aif -p interactive -d # runs the interactive profile with debugging enabled - /arch/aif -p interactive -i cli # runs the interactive profile in CLI mode. - updated howto for using AUR packages - replaced all refs to previous name (fifa) to aif. - enabled date/time setting - a massive amount of bugfixes - a lot of code cleanups * Screenshots - AIF manual filesystems, here showing a setup with /dev/sda3 containing a dm_crypt, containing /, and /dev/sda3 containing an LVM setup with 1 LV for /home http://users.edpnet.be/dieter/aif/aif-alpha_0.6-disks-overview-dia.png - Processing the filesystems. The installer automatically reorders everything http://users.edpnet.be/dieter/aif/aif-alpha_0.6-disks-processing-dia.png - a CLI shot where the partitions/filesystems of the autoprepare just have been processed http://users.edpnet.be/dieter/aif/aif-alpha_0.6-autoprepare_processed-cli.p… * Usability I tested the installer personally in virtualbox in different scenarios (ftp & cdrom based, autoprepare, manually with normal disk layout,/ on lvm, dm_crypt,.. ), and all produced working installations. Although I often need to fix bugs after testing a specific scenario, I don't re-test all scenarios each time. YMMV Note that the installer doesn't automatically add the lvm2/encrypt modules to mkinitcpio yet, and doesn't add the right string for lvm/dm_crypt in grubs menu.lst yet. There are some known issues (which are not critical, just avoid them or live with them). Here are the biggest ones (for more, see TODO) - don't remove lvm LV's if you have more then one in one lvm VG. So think before you create :-) - make the correct devicemapper devices directly because they are not cleaned up correctly if you remove them again - keyboard and timezone settings from installer don't go into target systems config - long selections (eg packages) are very cumbersome to do in CLI mode. - rollback of dm_crypt partitions doesn't work yet * How? http://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/tree/master/HOWTO Use package aif-git from AUR. Even though I tag releases in git, I don't build packages for them. I now use the master branch as "stable" branch where I pull in code from the experimental branch after it has been tested. So the master branch (package aif-git) always contains the latest, stable code. Use "/arch/aif -p interactive -d" (the interactive procedure is the port of /arch/setup) Have fun, Dieter

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] pacman 3.2.1-2, pacman-mirrorlist
by Grigorios Bouzakis 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee(a)gmail.com> wrote: > This is a dual signoff. I have split the pacman mirrorlist into its > own package because > 1) Pacman releases are not all that common (because its perfect > software, of course!) > 2) Our packaged mirrorlist often lags waaay behind the actual one in > SVN, because I find it a waste to rebuild pacman just for mirrorlist > changes. This will prevent that. > > I don't actually run pacman, so 2 signoffs per arch would be > wonderful. In addition, PLEASE let me know if anything goes awry > during a normal upgrade process. This could include mirrorlist not > being written to pacsave, mirrorlist disappearing, etc. > May i ask why pacman requires pacman-mirrorlist and not the other way around? Pacman can operate without a mirrorlist. Pacman-mirrorlist can not operate without pacman.. Greg

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Re: [arch-general] Build from source question.
by Anton 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:49:48 +0600 Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> wrote: So ... this is from CRUX's pkgmk: for REPO in ${PKGMK_SOURCE_MIRRORS[@]}; do REPO="`echo $REPO | sed 's|/$||'`" wget $RESUME_CMD $DOWNLOAD_OPTS $REPO/$BASENAME error=$? if [ $error == 0 ]; then break fi done I think it is not hard to patch my local copy of makepkg with this pice of code :). May be I will do this if I can to find a time ... I even did not install archlinux yet :-). I use crux ... I'll try. > Anton wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:28:55 +0600 > > Lukáš Jirkovský <l.jirkovsky(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> 2008/12/16 Anton <warm(a)stack.ru>: > >> > >>> Good day. > >>> > >>> I'm going to compile all needed packages for archlinux. There are many source mirrors at the net not > >>> only URLs from PKGBUILD. Usually it is "distfiles" dir from gentoo or freebsd. It contains sources for > >>> their ports. I want use this sources. > >>> > >>> How can I to make makepkg to look for source in my LAN mirrirs to get it first from there and only then > >>> from PKGBUILD's url ? > >>> > >>> For example in CRUX pkgmk.conf there is PKGMK_SOURCE_MIRRORS=(...) wich point to list of such mirrors. I > >>> looking for the same in archlinux. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Anton [WARM-RIPE] > >>> Stack ltd division head > >>> tel. 8 (3822) 555-797 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Hello, > >> you can use SRCDEST="/path/to/folder" option in makepkg.conf. makepkg > >> looks into this directory first and if there are no sources, it will > >> download them there. > >> > > > > This is not exactly what I looking for. In this case I should manually download sources to the SRCDEST > > from my local mirrirs but I want automatic try to download the sources to SRCDEST from my list of URLs > > where source can be found or not. If source tar ball can not be found at URLs from the list then source > > should be downloaded from its true home page or location specified in PKGBUILD. CRUX's pkgmk can do this, > > can makepkg ? > > makepkg can not do this. > > Allan > > -- Anton [WARM-RIPE] Stack ltd division head tel. 8 (3822) 555-797

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[arch-general] Build from source question.
by Anton 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

Good day. I'm going to compile all needed packages for archlinux. There are many source mirrors at the net not only URLs from PKGBUILD. Usually it is "distfiles" dir from gentoo or freebsd. It contains sources for their ports. I want use this sources. How can I to make makepkg to look for source in my LAN mirrirs to get it first from there and only then from PKGBUILD's url ? For example in CRUX pkgmk.conf there is PKGMK_SOURCE_MIRRORS=(...) wich point to list of such mirrors. I looking for the same in archlinux. -- Anton [WARM-RIPE] Stack ltd division head tel. 8 (3822) 555-797

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[arch-general] INFO, Java SE 6 Update 12 Build 02
by Amanai 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

The earlier (unstable) build from Sun Java SE Update 12 Build 02 have now full 64 bit broswer support. Finally Sun have make it.

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[arch-general] Status of swt and azureus/vuze
by Ondřej Kučera 16 Dec '08

16 Dec '08

Hello all, this has been brought on a couple of times before but never resolved. The situation is to my knowledge as follows: (1) There is an azureus package in [extra]. It is very much outdated (I think it hasn't been really updated for about at least a year) and it has been orphaned for most of the time. (I'm not sure if it even works anymore but perhaps it does.) The only nice thing about is package is that it is built from Azureus sources instead of using the precompiled Azureus binaries provided by upstream (although it is maybe questionable whether or not this is an advantage or how big). (2) There is a swt package in [extra], version 3.3.2. It has been flagged out of date (I may have done that myself, I'm not sure) for some time now, version 3.4 has been released in June, almost half a year ago. This package, too, is built from sources instead of provided binaries. The only package depending on swt is the above mentioned azureus. (3) There is a vuze package in unsupported (vuze is the new name of azureus for those who aren't familiar). It is up-to-date, only it is not built from sources. It just more or less takes the provided binaries and uncompress them into /opt/vuze. This package has its own version of SWT bundled in, I've tried at least to save some disk space by removing bundled swt.jar and using the one from [extra], unfortunately vuze then wouldn't start. I'm not sure where the error lies, I suspect it has something to do with the way swt in [extra] is built but I may be wrong (I can provide more details, the error message for example, if anyone's interested). My personal conclusion: not that many users really use vuze, because I seem to be the only one complaining here all the time (I think this is at least the third time I'm opening this). :-) (On the other hand vuze in unsupported has almost 50 votes, so probably users use this version instead of the outdated version in [extra].) Also, devs probably don't want to maintain vuze or swt, I'm not blaming them at all (there has been an e-mail describing how tricky it is to compile it from sources), and when there's no one to use it, what's the point anyway? I think one of two things should happen. (a) Someone (ideally just one person) - a dev I mean - will adopt azureus again, rename it to vuze and update it to the latest version, alongside with swt. Then the vuze package in unsupported can be deleted. (b) Both azureus and swt will be dropped from extra. Then the vuze in unsupported will become more or less "official" (or at least the only available version in ArchLinux world) and perhaps a TU can then move it to [community] if they feel like maintaining it. It might also be possible to create a swt package in unsupported and let vuze depend on it (because perhaps there are more applications out there that could depend on swt) - if one sticks to the precompiled binaries, it's not that hard to maintain it. Any ideas or solutions? Should I for example file a bug report instead? Ondřej -- Cheers, Ondřej Kučera

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[arch-general] Fwd: [arch-dev-public] Move repo-maint emails to the arch-commits list?
by Grigorios Bouzakis 16 Dec '08

16 Dec '08

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre(a)archlinux.de> wrote: > Am Dienstag 16 Dezember 2008 16:55:33 schrieb Aaron Griffin: >> I got an email today saying that the repo maintenance emails are kinda >> spammy on the arch-dev-public list. What do you guys think about >> moving it off to another list. Either the private list, or the commits >> list? >> >> Opinions? > > What about moving them to the dust bin? ;-) Seriously, it would be enough if > only a mail were sent when something went wrong. Those "The following files > are out of date" are of no use imho. (I doubt that anyone reads and checks > them all) After months on manual deletion, i decided and made a filter to delete em automagically without me even seeing them some days ago. I think it would be much more helpful and desired if such emails were generated for new packages entering the repos, community too. Greg

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.27.9-1
by Tobias Powalowski 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Hi guys, new kernel adresses the following things: - bump to latest version please signoff for both arches, greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] request for toolchain signoffs
by Andreas Radke 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

I've pushed a glibc 2.9-2 to testing. I have added all changes made in Fedora's FC10 2.9-3 rpm. They have included some minor fixes and a workaround for the name resolving issue. This should fix our FS #12215. Now we need to know if there are still DNS problems. If it's solved I'd like to push it quickly to core. New gcc versions are not far away... -Andy

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[arch-general] Dovecot imap processes pinning CPU
by David Rosenstrauch 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

In recent days, dovecot's "imap" processes keep getting stuck. Each time I check my server there's a bunch of "imap" processes (sometimes 2 of them, sometimes 4, sometimes 6) that are using all of the box's CPU. And worse, there's no way to kill the processes either (neither kill -15 or kill -9 works), which means that I wind up having to reboot the box every time this happens. REALLY irritating. I don't normally even *see* the imap processes in htop, as I think they're pretty short lived. And I'm not sure what they're looping trying to do. My debugging skills on Linux are a bit weak, and so I don't know how to look at the process and see what it's doing. Also, not sure what's changed on my system to cause this, as this is definitely a recent problem. Maybe the upgrade to Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (since I usually use T'Bird to access my email). I don't seem to run into this problem when I use Squirrelmail. Anyone have any idea what the problem might be? Or, if not, then suggestions on how I might be able to debug the situation myself? TIA, DR

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[arch-general] pysol/python broken?
by Javier Vasquez 13 Dec '08

13 Dec '08

Hi all, I'm trying to run pysol, but as soon as I get to load a game, pysol crashes: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysollib/app.py", line 529, in mainloop self.runGame(id, random) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysollib/app.py", line 626, in runGame self.menubar.updateFavoriteGamesMenu() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysollib/tile/menubar.py", line 884, in updateFavoriteGamesMenu self.updateGamesMenu(submenu, games) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysollib/tile/menubar.py", line 809, in updateGamesMenu menu.delete(0, 'last') File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 2670, in delete if c in self._tclCommands: TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pysol", line 32, in <module> sys.exit(main(sys.argv)) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysollib/main.py", line 374, in main app.mainloop() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysollib/app.py", line 529, in mainloop self.runGame(id, random) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysollib/app.py", line 626, in runGame self.menubar.updateFavoriteGamesMenu() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysollib/tile/menubar.py", line 884, in updateFavoriteGamesMenuJavier. -- Javier self.updateGamesMenu(submenu, games) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysollib/tile/menubar.py", line 809, in updateGamesMenu menu.delete(0, 'last') File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 2670, in delete if c in self._tclCommands: TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable Before that, when just running pysol, there were other errors regarding no having a sound device, which is OK since I don't, :) However these other errors when loading any game make pysol crash... Thanks Javier.

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[arch-general] bug in pacman? or something else?
by Sentinel 13 Dec '08

13 Dec '08

Hello, Is this a bug, or pacman can not correctly figure out the version of heimdal? Or maybe I am missing something...? I installed wireshark but with a workaround. I edited the PKGBUILD end deleted the heimdal dependency. As I have the correct version of heimdal installed it was built successfully (that is why the output below wants to reinstall wireshark). Bud I don't think this workaround is realy KISS. root@sentinel:/home/sentinel# pacman -S wireshark warning: wireshark-1.0.4-3 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies... error: cannot resolve "heimdal>=1.2.1", a dependency of "wireshark" error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: wireshark: requires heimdal>=1.2.1 root@sentinel:/home/sentinel# pacman -Q heimdal heimdal 1.2-2 Tom

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[arch-general] Missing Deluge plugins
by Mordechai Peller 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

After a upgrading Deluge (I think it was to 1.0, but I'm not sure) I lost all plugins except Blocklist and Labels. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Replace syslog-ng with rsyslog
by Ghost1227 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > >> Aaron Griffin schrieb: >> >>> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12314 >>> >>> Just want to know what you guys think about this. The biggest concern, >>> from a lot of people, appears to be that syslog-ng is dual licensed, >>> so patches may get denied because they are already in the pay version. >>> >> I didn't look at rsyslogd, but I am actually happy with syslog-ng. So unless >> we have a REAL reason for switching (and some bitchy licensing concerns are >> not a real reason to me) I vote -1. >> >> >> > > http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_ng_comparison.html > I hadn't seen that before, but I must admit, I'm intrigued... I'll be looking into rsyslog more.

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[arch-general] arch release schedule
by Dieter Plaetinck 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Hi all, Any estimation when the next arch release will be? Or will it be announced on this mailing list a few days before? that would be good enough too. The reason I'm asking is AIF has again undergone many changes. I could start working now on a usable, reasonably stable alpha release without lvm/dm_crypt support, or if there's more time I can try to stabilize those features as well. Like Aaron said, it would be nice to have aif as an alternative, experimental installer on the installcd, I would like to synchronize my schedule a bit with the next release. Dieter

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[arch-general] customized ArchLinux install CD with speech support
by Chris Brannon 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

I am happy to announce the first release of a modified ArchLinux CD for i686 with speech support. The .iso should be almost equivalent to the FTP installer, with one exception: it starts speaking at boot. One may obtain the image via HTTP or via BitTorrent. Download URL: http://cmb.tysdomain.com/talking-arch-ftp.iso Torrent: http://members.cox.net/cmbrannon/talking-arch-ftp.iso.torrent Note that it is a trackerless torrent, and it won't work with older clients. Thanks to Tyler for hosting the downloadable image. The following list of steps is a brief guide to installing ArchLinux with speech. I haven't tested the install process, because my machines are all occupied. If anyone has trouble with it, send me a private email. The instructions assume that your root partition will be mounted on /mnt. Change /mnt to something else if this assumption doesn't hold. 1. Use the installer on the CD, as per the beginner's guide. 2. Install the alsa-utils and espeak packages: pacman --root=/mnt -S alsa-utils espeak 3. Install the speakup and espeakup packages. These are not yet available in the community repository. There are two ways to install them, depending on how much you trust me. Alternative 1: Use the binary packages from my website. I promise that the speakup package will always match the kernel version available from the official repos. Append the following two lines to /etc/pacman.conf and /mnt/etc/pacman.conf: [blind] Server = http://members.cox.net/cmbrannon/blind/i686 Install the packages from my custom repository: pacman --root=/mnt -Sy speakup espeakup Alternative 2: Build the packages from source, using the PKGBUILDs available from unsupported. For convenience, the URLs are: http://aur.archlinux.org/download/speakup/speakup.tar.gz http://aur.archlinux.org/download/espeakup/espeakup.tar.gz If I were going to choose this option, I would probably chroot into the newly installed ArchLinux system in order to build the packages. 4. Customize /mnt/etc/rc.conf: Add speakup and speakup_soft to the MODULES array. Add alsa and espeakup to the DAEMONS array. We also need to save the state of the sound card, so that it will be retrieved on reboot. Execute the command "alsactl store" and copy the file /etc/asound.state to /mnt/etc/asound.state. When you boot the system from the hard disk, it should start speaking. -- Chris Disclaimers: I am in no way associated with ArchLinux. This CD image is not an official release. It is provided solely for the convenience of myself and other blind / visually impaired users. It comes with absolutely no warranty. Download and use at your own risk. -- Chris

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[arch-general] Kernel PKGBUILD proposition: Ease custom kernel compilation.
by Nicolas Bigaouette 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Hi all! Since a couple of years of using Arch, I often wanted to compile a custom kernel, as many others did. There is many, many, many! forum threads about that, a couple of wiki pages too, with questions and howtos. Many efforts has been put to create new PKGBUILDs[1-2] to ease the effort of this. Unfortunately, these PKGBUILDs suffer from some drawback: 1) They are placed on a wiki which can be edited by everybody. This mean it is not a trusted place to store a PKGBUILD, specifically one as vital as the kernel's. 2) They tend to be forgotten and not updated anymore. This can lead to an unbootable kernel, rendering all this useless. 3) They do not take advantage of the devs' work: They are the best one to trust for a quality PKGBUILD. They also have all the feedback from Arch users, bug reports, etc. They know what has changed in the kernel and what needs to be adapted for the installation, for example new "provides=()". A PKGBUILD from a wiki page or a forum post might be good at the time of post, but be outdated just days latter... 4) They build a kernel which is way different then the stock one, for example because they don't have the same patchset. Users most often wants to build a custom kernel just to try it, change some configurations, add one or two patch, optimize for their own machines, etc. Maily, they just want to take the existing one, change a couple of things, and be ready. One also wants to install this kernel side by side with the stock one, at least until his own kernel is stabilized and running as wanted. Actually, Arch's stock kernel does not allow that. What I propose is some simple modifications to the PKGBUILD so users can try to compile their own kernel based on the original, trusted, working and approved one. With theese modifications, one only needs to add a "kernel name" to the pkgname: "pkgname=kernel26-mykernel" for example. Nothing else is needed to compile a custom kernel. The created package would sit without problem side by side with the stock kernel. Also, if the pkgname is kept to "kernel26", then the stock -ARCH kernel will be built. This approach has many advatanges: 1) The patch is relativelly small: not much is changed in the original PKGBUILD. 1) Nothing changes for the devs. They continue to provide a quality kernel to Arch users. 2) Users who wants to compile a custom kernel can just sync abs, change the pkgname and install a new kernel, in the KISS philosophy. They know that if they just change the name, they will have the same package so they can easily test whatever feature/patch/bug solution/optimization they want. 3) Because one only needs to change the pkgname, they use the devs' high quality, tried and truth PKGBUILD. When a new kernel is out, they can sync the devs' modifications easily. 4) Bugs affecting the kernel can be easily tested for solutions. Affected users just need to compile a "-testing" kernel where a patch is applied, install it and see if it works, without having to risk breaking his system by replacing -ARCH kernel with an unbootable one. 5) Better feedback to the devs since the users would be using (almost) the same PKGBUILD as the original one. 6) Simplify a lot all these "custom kernels" threads and wiki posts. I did "maintained" such a patch for myself because I wanted to keep in sync with the original PKGBUILD. After posting it on the forum[3], I got some positive feedback. People reporting back said they liked the simplicity and the effectiveness of the method. They also positively tested it with different configuration. The patch should be applied to revision 19747 for i686 or 19749 for x86_64. It modifies the PKGBUILD and also slightly the kernel26.install and kernel26.preset file. I am thus reporting this to be include in the official file. I think it would be a great addition to an already great distro. I am open to discussion on the subject. I hope I am posting this on the right mailing list and that it can be included! :) Sincerely, big_gie [1] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_Compilation_with_ABS [2] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Custom_Kernel_Compilation_with_ABS [3] http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=37579

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[arch-general] foo & bar
by Grigorios Bouzakis 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/extra/os/

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[arch-general] Update to latest jre/jdk break Eclipse
by Christian Babeux 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Hi, I recently updated my laptop, and it updated JRE and JDK. After that update Eclipse won't start. I don't know if it need rebuilding because I saw on the dev list that we are no longer using Sun's JVM and opted for the open-source one (openjdk) (correct me if I am wrong) ? Anyway here the relevant versions of the packages : eclipse 3.4.1-1 jdk 6u11-1 jre 6u11-1 I attached the Eclipse log file with this message. *EDIT*: For some reasons the list wouldn't let me post the log file so here a link: http://pastebin.com/m1beb7eb9 Any ideas why it's broken ? Thank you, Christian Babeux

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.27.8-1
by Tobias Powalowski 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Hi guys, new kernel adresses the following things: - bump to latest version please signoff for both arches, greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] Welcome Geoffroy Carrier!
by Aaron Griffin 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

I want to wish a warm welcome to our new developer and bluetooth maintainer, Geoffroy Carrier (gcarrier) For those who don't know Geoffroy, he's been with us for some time, helped out with pacman development (in particular, with code in the signed-packages arena), and has been a TU for since May of this year. He plans on primarily helping us out with Bluetooth packages (which we've been slacking on these days), among other things. Hip-hip-hooray!

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[arch-general] Keyboard's keymap now changed since evdev upgrade
by Will Siddall 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Hey all, I say I'm pretty comfortable with everything in arch now, but this keyboard issue is starting to drive me nuts. Not too long ago, the change from using kbd to evdev was made and ever since then, my keyboard is all messed up. I can still use my keyboard, but specific keys are changed around. Looking around, everyone is refering to issues with KDEMod, but I'm using Gnome and using the Evdev-Managed Keyboard. I specified in my 10-keymap.fdi rule file the proper settings and updated my xorg.conf with no change. The real issue I have is my arrow keys don't work anymore (except for the up arrow is giving me the ScreenCap window) and using xev, the keys are bringing back keycodes for other events. Which is making it REALLY hard to work with vi and just working with the command line in general. Am I actually going to have to re-key all my keycodes by hand? or is there a way to find out what's going on and properly set my key events? Thanks, Will

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[arch-general] "ArchLinux on Eeee PC 901" in "freiesMagazin 12/2008"
by Johannes Held 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Hey Folks! freiesMagazin 12/2008 [1] published an article about ArchLinux on Asus Eee PC 901. [1]: http://freiesmagazin.de/ -- Gruß, Johannes Täglich http://blog.hehejo.de und du fühlst dich gut. http://cryptocd.eduforge.org/online_version

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