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[arch-general] New udev rules
by Peter Lewis 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

Hi folks, I'm new to posting here, but figured that it might be the place to ask about this kind of thing :-) I just bought a new printer/scanner - a Brother DCP-305C - and noticed that it's not included in the udev rules for sane (/etc/udev/rules.d/53-sane.rules), though quite a lot of similar models are. Basically the scanner wouldn't work until I added: # Brother DCP-350C ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="01d0", MODE="0664", GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes" So... how does one go about getting this included in the default ruleset? Is it an Arch thing or done upstream? Thanks in advance, Pete.

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[arch-general] Fifa: Flexible Installer Framework for Arch linux
by Dieter Plaetinck 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

Hi all, at first I wanted to make an automated installer for Arch Linux (with scripts that specify all the specific aspects of the system). When starting to build this, I looked at the archboot scripts (/arch/setup and /arch/quickinst on the install cd) and noticed that I could re-use lots of code if it would have been split up more (eg I can't just source the useful functions in /arch/setup, I have to source the whole thing and hence, start the installer). So I started writing "Fifa: the Flexible Installer Framework for Arch linux" : http://github.com/Dieterbe/fifa It's designed to be a general, flexible framework for installations. It uses the concepts of 'phases' and 'workers'. There are 4 phases (preparation, basics, system, finish), which can each invoke workers (to get a package list, install packages, install boot loader etc etc). The workers and phases can be overridden by creating profiles. So the whole idea is you can create whatever installation procedure you like (prescripted, autodetection, interactive,...) and you can combine functionality from different profiles and you can reuse lots of code. Keep it mind it's still very, very early in development. It doesn't work yet, but if you look at the code you'll see the basic ideas (and the code is maybe simpler then the explanation). Right now I'm still working on better understanding the archboot scripts, refactoring that code to make it reusable and building an automated, prescripted installer for myself. ( Once the basics are working, it should actually be very simple to port the current archboot scripts to this system. )

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[arch-general] Weird upgrade problem ??
by Niels Rasmussen 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

Hi all I've just installed Arch linux again after 9 month with Ubuntu and several other distros (yeah, they all come back! :-)) I've followed "The Beginners Guide" and did everything as described. Anyway, I've got the system up and running, and now writing in X (openbox) from opera Mail. I've tried to install the nvidia-71xx driver because I know it supports my VideoCard Geforce 6600GT. But apparently it doesn't work, so I uninstalled it, reinstalled libgl, did a depmod -a and rebooted. Now in X I can install programs just fine with pacman but pacman -Syu results in some strange errors I havn't seen before. Here goes: bash-3.2# pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra 412,9K 1535,6K/s 00:00:00 [########################################################] 100% community is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets (59): bash-3.2.039-3 texinfo-4.13a-1 m4-1.4.12-1 autoconf-2.63-1 binutils-2.18-9 bzip2-1.0.5-3 openssl-0.9.8i-1 run-parts-2.30-1 ca-certificates-20080809-4 cracklib-2.8.13-1 e2fsprogs-1.41.3-2 popt-1.14-1 cryptsetup-1.0.6-2 dhcpcd-4.0.3-1 dialog-1.1_20080819-1 ed-1.1-2 filesystem-2008.07-1 fakeroot-1.10.1-1 file-4.26-1 flex-2.5.35-1 gmp-4.2.4-1.1 mpfr-2.3.2-2 gcc-4.3.2-1 gettext-0.17-2 grub-0.97-13 hdparm-8.9-1 hwdetect-0.9.1-2 util-linux-ng-2.14-1 udev-130-1 initscripts-2008.09-2 iputils-20071127-2 jfsutils-1.1.13-1 klibc-1.5.14-1 klibc-extras-2.5-1 klibc-kbd-1.15.20080312-7 klibc-module-init-tools-3.4-2 klibc-udev-130-1 libtool-2.2.6a-1 logrotate-3.7.7-3 man-pages-3.11-1 mdadm-2.6.7-1 mlocate-0.21-1 module-init-tools-3.4-1 nano-2.0.9-1 pam-1.0.2-2 pciutils-3.0.2-1 pcmciautils-015-2 perl-5.10.0-4 procinfo-19-3 procps-3.2.7-5 psmisc-22.6-2 rp-pppoe-3.10-1 sdparm-1.03-1 shadow-4.1.2.1-2 tzdata-2008h-1 vi-7.2.25-1 wget-1.11.4-1 which-2.20-1 xfsprogs-2.10.1-1 Total Download Size: 0,00 MB Total Installed Size: 250,03 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] checking package integrity... (59/59) checking for file conflicts [########################################################] 100% error: could not prepare transaction error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/Kbuild exists in filesystem klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/a.out.h exists in filesystem klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/acpi.h exists in filesystem klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/agp.h exists in filesystem klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/alternative-asm.h exists in filesystem klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/alternative.h exists in filesystem === SNIP === Anyone knows what this is about ?? It is the first time I have experienced problems in Arch Linux. -- /Niels Registered Linux User #133791 Get counted at http://counter.li.org

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[arch-general] Arch USB Drive
by Aaron Griffin 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

Got this in the mail today, so I thought I'd share a blurry picture with you all 8) http://flickr.com/photos/phrakture/3029993921/

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[arch-general] 22 fan site
by Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr. 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

http://ruger22.com/newpages/newindex.htm

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Re: [arch-general] 22 fan site
by timetrap＠gmail.com 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

I thought that mailing lists and personal productivity were mutually exclusive. ------Original Message------ From: RedShift Sender: arch-general-bounces(a)archlinux.org To: General Discusson about Arch Linux ReplyTo: General Discusson about Arch Linux Subject: Re: [arch-general] 22 fan site Sent: Nov 14, 2008 05:52 Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr. wrote: > http://ruger22.com/newpages/newindex.htm You cost me 5 minutes of my productivity, I'm invoicing you for that! ;-) Glenn

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.27.6-1
by Tobias Powalowski 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '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] bitlbee *very* out-of-date
by kludge 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

hola, i'm currently rebuilding bitlbee to version 1.2.3 with a modified PKGBUILD from abs. the package in [extra] is only at version 1.0.4. it was last update two months ago today; that's six days *after* the current version was released upstream! for a while, there was no listed maintainer. then it was simo. now it's jeff mickey. i don't know how to find jeff, and over on the forum, it was suggested i post here. so... who's maintaining bitlbee, and you wanna roll up an updated package? many thanks! yrs, kludge

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[arch-general] php5.2.6 and iconv support failure
by Adam Stokes 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

iconv support does not seem to be complete in this package : Sample code : <?php echo iconv("ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8", "This is a test."); ?> php -i : Configure Command => './configure' '--prefix=/usr' '--sysconfdir=/etc/php' '--with-layout=GNU' '--with-config-file-path=/etc/php' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php/conf.d' '--enable-inline-optimization' '--disable-debug' '--disable-rpath' '--disable-static' '--enable-shared' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--disable-cgi' '--with-readline' '--enable-pcntl' '--with-pear=/usr/share/pear' '--with-openssl=shared' '--with-zlib=shared' '--enable-bcmath=shared' '--with-bz2=shared' '--enable-calendar=shared' '--with-curl=shared' '--enable-dba=shared' '--without-db2' '--without-db3' '--with-db4=shared' '--with-gdbm=shared' '--enable-dbase=shared' '--enable-exif=shared' '--enable-ftp=shared' '--with-gd=shared' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--with-jpeg-dir=shared,/usr' '--with-png-dir=shared,/usr' '--with-gettext=shared' '--with-imap=shared' '--with-imap-ssl=shared' '--with-ldap=shared' '--enable-mbstring=shared' '--with-mcrypt=shared' '--with-mysql=shared' '--with-mysql-sock=/tmp/mysql.sock' '--with-mysql=shared' '--with-mysqli=shared' '--with-ncurses=shared' '--with-unixODBC=shared,/usr' '--enable-pdo=shared' '--with-pdo-mysql=shared' '--with-pdo-sqlite=shared' '--with-pdo-odbc=shared,unixODBC,/usr' '--with-pdo-pgsql=shared' '--with-sqlite=shared' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--enable-shmop=shared' '--with-snmp=shared' '--enable-soap=shared' '--enable-sqlite-utf8=shared' '--enable-sysvmsg=shared' '--enable-sysvsem=shared' '--enable-sysvshm=shared' '--with-tidy=shared' '--with-xsl=shared' '--enable-zip=shared' '--enable-posix=shared' '--enable-sockets=shared' '--enable-xml' '--with-ttf=shared' '--enable-session=shared' '--with-regex=php' '--with-pcre-regex=/usr' '--enable-mbstring=all' '--enable-mbregex' '--enable-json=shared' '--with-iconv=shared' '--with-xmlrpc=shared' '--with-pspell=shared' '--with-freetype-dir=shared,/usr' '--with-mime-magic=shared' -- is it a configuration issue on my end or are we missing something during buildtime? thanks -- ( adam stokes ) || ( adam.stokes(a)gmail.com )

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[arch-general] Does anyone has this problem with Monodoc?
by Tomás Acauan Schertel 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Any Ideas? [tomas@myhost ~]$ monodoc using Gecko using Gecko Stacktrace: at (wrapper managed-to-native) Gtk.Notebook.gtk_notebook_set_current_page (intptr,int) <0x00004> at (wrapper managed-to-native) Gtk.Notebook.gtk_notebook_set_current_page (intptr,int) <0xffffffff> at Gtk.Notebook.set_CurrentPage (int) <0x0001d> at Monodoc.Browser.AddTab () <0x000ca> at Monodoc.Browser..ctor (string) <0x00380> at Monodoc.Driver.Main (string[]) <0x00387> at (wrapper runtime-invoke) Monodoc.Driver.runtime_invoke_int_string[] (object,intptr,intptr,intptr) <0xffffffff> Native stacktrace: /usr/bin/mono [0x806ce6f] /usr/bin/mono [0x8085a1b] /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so [0xb536c063] [0xb7f09400] /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so [0xb535c87c] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID+0x84) [0xb685e254] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb684f349] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1b3) [0xb6850bd3] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb6864686] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7e4) [0xb6866364] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x26) [0xb68667c6] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_realize+0xb1) [0xb6e89871] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_map+0xf0) [0xb6e8a170] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0xb6cad52d] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_container_forall+0x96) [0xb6ce3676] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0xb6ce577b] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID+0x84) [0xb685e254] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb684f349] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0xe0) [0xb6850b00] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb6864686] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7e4) [0xb6866364] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x26) [0xb68667c6] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_map+0x9c) [0xb6e8a11c] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0xb6cad52d] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0xb6dc8385] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_container_forall+0x96) [0xb6ce3676] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0xb6ce577b] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID+0x84) [0xb685e254] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb684f349] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0xe0) [0xb6850b00] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb6864686] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7e4) [0xb6866364] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x26) [0xb68667c6] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_map+0x9c) [0xb6e8a11c] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0xb6d8d774] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID+0x84) [0xb685e254] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb684f349] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1b3) [0xb6850bd3] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb6864686] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7e4) [0xb6866364] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x26) [0xb68667c6] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_map+0x9c) [0xb6e8a11c] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_set_child_visible+0xfd) [0xb6e8a2dd] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0xb6d89b62] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0xb6d68a43] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb684f349] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1b3) [0xb6850bd3] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb6864ad5] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7e4) [0xb6866364] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x26) [0xb68667c6] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0xb6d82d54] [0xb4ce134f] [0xb4ce130e] [0xb5d3cdd3] [0xb6565041] [0xb784a8b8] [0xb784a1bc] /usr/bin/mono(mono_runtime_exec_main+0x16e) [0x813ca6e] /usr/bin/mono(mono_runtime_run_main+0x16b) [0x813d15b] /usr/bin/mono(mono_main+0x16df) [0x805c6bf] /usr/bin/mono [0x805aa62] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7cc45c5] /usr/bin/mono [0x805a9a1] Debug info from gdb: ================================================================= Got a SIGSEGV while executing native code. This usually indicates a fatal error in the mono runtime or one of the native libraries used by your application. ================================================================= Aborted -- Tomás A. Schertel tschertel[at]gmail.com tomas[at]archlinux-br.org ---------------------------------------------- Arch Linux User http://www.archlinux-br.org/ Linux Registered User #304838 ----------------------------------------------

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[arch-general] /arch/setup -> grub '#-*' marker in menu.lst
by Dieter Plaetinck 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

Hi, seen in http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=installer.git;a=blob_plain;f=setup;hb=HEAD : # remove default entries by truncating file at our little tag (#-*) sed -i -e '/#-\*/q' Shouldn't it be: sed -i -e '/#-\*/q' $grubmenu instead of just: sed -i -e '/#-\*/q' ? ( $grubmenu == $DESTDIR/boot/grub/menu.lst ) Also, where does the '#-*' tag come from? I can't find any reference to this (no other occurrences in install script). Thanks, Dieter

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[arch-general] Problems with compiling packages
by Baho Utot 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

I have installed Arch Linux on an old machine that has an AMD 800 slot A processor. I am trying to rebuild all of the core packages using makeworld. The CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS are set for an athlon. I have also found that some of the core packages fail to build even with the default make flags. Maybe it is a gcc 4.3.2 issue. What is the best way to report the errors or get help resolving the failures. I have also found that some of the source tarballs are not available at the URL given in the PKGBUILD file. I have found them in other mirrors ie gentoo or debian etc. Should I report these as out of date ?

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] pkgstats: first results
by RedShift 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Hi all, > > I think you all are interested in the result of Allan's crazy idea to get some > stats about package usage. I spent some/alot time this weekend to present you > some stats. > > At first: I played a bit with gettext and some usefull pages are available in > German and English (depends on your browser's config): > > * http://www.archlinux.de/?page=ArchitectureDifferences > * http://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus > * http://www.archlinux.de/?page=PackageStatistics (That's the one; be warnded: > atm it loads > 2MB of pure > HTML!) > > For those who want to play with some sql queries, I have uploaded a (reduced) > db-snapshot: http://users.archlinux.de/~pierre/tmp/pkgdb-stripped.sql.gz > > Before announcing this we should discuss the results and talk about what we > learn about them. > > I'll make a start: (topdown) > > * extra and community have similar size > * more than 1200 submissions since friday. Thanks! :-) > * installation size varies from 126 to amazing 2800 > * 1/4 use x86_64 > * Nearly 70% of packages are from extra. Nice. > * Only 7% are installed from community and a similar amount > is in no official repo (Might be a sign that there is something wrong with > priorities in [community]) > * About 2% from extra and 3% from community aren't used by anybody! > The unused kde-l10n pacakges are no problem; I create them automatically > * Nearly 20% of all users (that includes 3/4 i686) use lib32 packages. > * There are lots of rarly used packages in all repos > * kdemod-kdelibs is installed by 14,26 % while kdelibs fomr [extra] is > installed by 34,05 %. Maybe splitting support in makepkg and devtools should > get a higher priority > > ...that should do it for a start. > Just a warning, generalizing based on these numbers (and on any numbers in fact) is very dangerous. Glenn

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[arch-general] Mailing Lists Netiquette
by Charly Ghislain 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi, I just thought it might be usefull for some to (re)read this article : Things Worth Knowing About Mailing Lists http://www.ualberta.ca/~pletendr/list-net.html Regards, Charly

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[arch-general] Fwd: [arch-dev-public] pkgstats: first results
by w9ya 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin(a)gmail.com>wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM, w9ya <w9ya(a)qrparci.net> wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin(a)gmail.com > > > > wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:51 AM, w9ya <w9ya(a)qrparci.net> wrote: > >> > The TU system was a DIRECT outgrowth of the earlier efforts to find a > >> > place > >> > for users with significant output to be hosted BY the archlinux > systems > >> > >> This is about the hundredth time I've seen the "this is how it used to > >> be" argument. It's stupid. I don't care how the TU system used to be. > >> I don't. I care about how the TU system *is*. So let's talk about the > >> present, and not the past please. > >> > >> I don't care about WHY things were instituted. They've grown and > >> changed. If you're not happy with it, then start a new group that fits > >> your ideals better. > > > > Aaron; this issue does not concern merely myself. Nor is the history > merely > > a personal item. I have *ONLY* spoken about the goals as well as the > > structure that was implemented to achieve these goals in my history > > missives. And OF COURSE that SHOULD BE important as it *IS* the reason > > things are constituted as they are. > > > > As I said in an earlier post, if YOU want to change things, you certainly > > can. No one will stop you. You are the nominal leader. > > > > If you do not like my posting about what reasons are the basis for why > > things are as they are, you can certainly speak out in the manner you > have > > immediately above. But short of "kicking me out" that will not matter > much > > to me as it is not the purpose for our discussion. > > > > One small piece of advice; if you decide to ask people that disagree with > > you to consider leaving, please be sure to make a list of such people; > > prepared before you do ask them to consider leaving. Then, and only > then, > > do your "asking" ALL at once. Someone much wiser than myself told me > that > > to ask people to leave a small number at a time leaves you with enemies > > within your mists that will choose to worry about their own issues > INSTEAD > > of your own. As a leader of men and women you should be aware of that. > > > > Otherwise please be less strident, as it will serve you better. > > I never asked anyone to leave. You're putting quite a lot of words in > my mouth. The point is that as the TU system "used to be", there was > no AUR, no community repo, nothing. It was a collection of remote > repos that were collected in a wiki page. Then we got a unified repo > (incoming, and later community), and then everything else was built on > top of it. Well asking me consider other things elsewhere ala this quoted from above; " I don't care about WHY things were instituted. They've grown and changed. If you're not happy with it, then start a new group that fits your ideals better." AFTER saying that my discussion items were "stupid". It sure seems like you saying that this is a stupid discussion and I should go elsewhere if I am not happy. BESIDES I used the wording "if" that was what you meant. I really only saw angry in your post. (AND I have seen people fired just this way.) Nope. Not a wiki page and NOT a collection in diverse locations as a start. I described this elsewhere earlier today. Please go re-read it. But yes, things were built on top of it. However until this point today, no one has successfully mutated the TU/community system into a statistic driven/based system. My history lesson was designed to point this out. I said as much about the promises that were made about how the voting was meant to be used and what it would NOT be used for. For the record, and as you know becuase you participated a bit the last time, this idea of morphing the voting system into a pre-requisite of sorts was chanllenged within the last two years BECAUSE of the history lessons myself AND OTHERS brought out. I am truly sorry if this annoys you enough to call discussing the history of earlier AUR stuff: "it's stupid", but it really does have bearing.right now. > Simply put: you can keep talking about how the system "used to be" as > much as you want, but understand that that was BEFORE the AUR and > BEFORE we had so many people doing these things. As with any body of > people, the higher the population, the harder it is to keep tabs on > things. With 5 TUs, it's easy to say "do what you want", but when we > get the numbers we have today, rules need to be used. > Nope. It was/am taliking about why things are the way they are NOW as well. TUs are allowed discretion BY DESIGN. > Rather than sitting here saying "We never used to have rules! Oh em > gee!", we can do two things: change the existing rules, or start a new > body of people who are ungoverned. Yes, **you** can change the rules. However you should seek to be sure that you are doing so for good reasons, not just 'a reason'. Be sure to take the time to allow for discussion and NOT call such discussion "stupid", as ignoring someone else's imput will generally lead to unintended consequences. If nothing else ignoring history means you cannot make a fully imformed diecision. Wiser minds than my own have taught me at least that. > > > In suggesting another group that is ungoverned in the way you suggest, > I was not saying "leave this one and start your own". I was saying "do > both and compare" > O.k.... well try to not be so strident with things like "It's stupid" when someone tells you about reasons and goals and results. That may be "history" lesson, but it also may just hold something you have not considered because you did not know of it. Best regards; Bob Finch

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] pkgstats: first results
by Loui Chang 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 06:51:20PM +0100, Andreas Radke wrote: > the community repo is still a mess. it seems the TUs just put in what > they like not what is requested by the community. there are still > many packages with more than 50 votes waiting in unsupported AUR. Maybe > a monthly pkg move in/out should be installed by the TUs. TUs really shouldn't be adding packages if they don't use them. At the same time they shouldn't be adding packages solely because they use them. That seems to be happening an extraordinary amount. It's somewhat of an abuse of the server's resources.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] msmtp info conflict
by Loui Chang 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 09:33:32PM -0600, Dan McGee wrote: > Isn't the /usr/share/info/dir file supposed to be removed or > something? I get a file conflict on upgrade. That file needs to be dynamically generated on post-install. I ran into that a few days ago. See: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Talk:Keeping_Docs_and_Info_Files

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.27.5-1
by Tobias Powalowski 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Hi guys, new kernel adresses the following things: - bump to latest version fixes: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11758 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11875 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] [signoff] ndiswrapper 1.53-3
by Tobias Powalowski 08 Nov '08

08 Nov '08

Hi fixes: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12023 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] how to install several 2.6.27 kernels in parallel?
by Michael Krauss 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hello Arch users, the new kernel version causes me some trouble. Since version 2.6.27 architecture independent firmware is installed to /lib/firmware. The install path doesn't depend on the actual name of the kernel: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_27#head-a1eaa0eeec567ae80d95dedf354e3663… Hence it isn't possible to install two different kernel packages in parallel anymore, because both packages include the same content of /lib/firmware, so pacman refuses to install the second package. Up to now I "solve" this problem by simply deleting the firmware in my own kernel package. Don't needing the frimware myself makes this an acceptable solution. But for my savekernel skript in the AUR I need a full featured backup kernel. I have examined the interesting part of the kernel config file: CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="" and looked at the commits to the kernel git: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h… http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h… There doesn't seem to exist a simple switch to install the firmware relative to the kernel name. The only solution I can see so far is to stick every firmware name into the EXTRA_FIRMWARE variable and to set EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR to a directory related to the specific kernel. I tried to be clever and looked into the kernel26-ice package from AUR but it suffers the same problem. Maybe the maintainer never tried to install kernel26-ice and the official kernel26 in parallel. The question is: Are there any options to install the firmware relative to the kernel version in general? Kind regards, Michael Krauss

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[arch-general] pkgstats: contribution was never that easy
by Pierre Schmitz 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Annoying bug you filed not fixed? Waiting on a package to be updated? If only there was some way you could help out and improve everybody's favourite Linux distribution... (in case you are wondering, I mean Arch). Wait! There is! Just install the pkgstats package (pacman -Sy pkgstats), run the /usr/bin/pkgstats script as a user and help the Arch developers prioritize their efforts. Come on, all the cool kids are doing it. You can be like them!

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[arch-general] Arch on VIA EPIA Pico?
by Sergey Manucharian 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hi folks, Does anybody have an experience installing Arch on VIA EPIA Pico-series boards? Are there known issues? Thanks! Sergey.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [draft] pkgstats: contribution was never that easy
by Loui Chang 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 01:23:52AM +0100, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Hi, > > here is an announcement draft based on Allan's proposal: > > > Annoying bug you filed not fixed? Waiting on a package to be updated? > If only there was some way you could help out and improve everybody's > favourite Linux distribution... (in case you were wondering, I was > meaning Arch). > > Wait! There is! Just install the pkgstats package, run it as a user and help > the Arch dev's prioritize their efforts. Come on, all the cool kids are doing > it. Wow déja vu. I remember there was something like this called archstats that just silently disappeared into the digital abyss. I'm glad to see it back!

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[arch-general] Support for Sierra Wireless AirCard 881
by Amanai 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Need some help Support Sierra Wireless AirCard 881? The Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 provides enhanced mobile broadband performance to keep you connected with access to email, the Internet, and business applications while on the go. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 provides the latest technology based upon the global standard for wireless - GSM. Best yet, the Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 works seamlessly across AT&T's 3G BroadbandConnect and EDGE networks providing you the perfect combination of performance and coverage. The AirCard 881 is simple to set-up and use so that you can stay connected whether traveling across town, the U.S., or the world. The application and howto can be found here http://www.sierrawireless.com/faq/ShowFAQ.aspx?ID=607 What do I have to Install for Archlinux, to get my card run? Is there any application supported by Archlinux for easy Install via "pacman -S x..." ? Is it possible that a Archlinux developer can maintaining this application? I can't find any Infos at archlinux.org , no Wiki, no Hardware Info.

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[arch-general] is arch vulnerable to the ndiswrapper exploit?
by Jonathan 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

I came across this in the news today, it seems to be a pretty big security hole in ndiswrapper. "Multiple buffer overflows in the ndiswrapper module 1.53 for the Linux kernel 2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets over a local wireless network that specify long ESSIDs." http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4395 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275860 Jonathan

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