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[arch-general] How do I configure my webcamera?
by Carlos A M Filho 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Hi, everybody... I tried to configure my webcamera by following the instructions in: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Webcam_Setup However it isn't working at all; programs like Cheese and Spcagui do not recognize any device. Some information about this system: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-06-01 01:45 /dev/video -> v4l/video0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-06-01 01:45 /dev/video0 -> v4l/video0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 2008-06-01 01:45 /dev/v4l/video0 # hwdetect --show-modules AGP : agpgart via-agp ACPI : button dock processor thermal PATA : pata_acpi pata_via ata_generic SCSI : scsi_mod sd_mod sr_mod SATA : sata_via USB : usblp usbcore ehci-hcd uhci-hcd NET : mii ppp_generic slhc via-rhine INPUT : evdev gameport pcspkr psmouse serio_raw SOUND : ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-seq-oss snd-seq-device snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-rawmidi snd-timer snd snd-mpu401-uart snd-ac97-codec snd-via82xx-modem snd-via82xx soundcore VIDEO : compat_ioctl32 sn9c102 gspca v4l1-compat videodev nvidia OTHER : cdrom lp ppdev i2c-viapro i2c-core parport parport_pc lsusb pci_hotplug shpchp rtc-cmos rtc-core rtc-lib # lsusb Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0c45:602e Microdia Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:7304 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 35xx Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Thanks In Advance.

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[arch-general] poll: udev uevents settle wait time
by Dimitrios Apostolou 31 May '08

31 May '08

Hello list, I have recently seen the new feature of the initscripts, where the waiting time for uevents settling is being reported. So since we are all interested in booting speed, what are the times being reported for your computer? Let me start with a P3 800MHz I have running arch. Normal wait time: ~11.5s acpi=off wait time: ~5s What about yours? Dimitris

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[arch-general] Kernel upgrades question, as can't revert to earlier kernel
by Nigel Henry 30 May '08

30 May '08

I've noticed for some time now that some distros are upgrading the current running kernel, rather than installing a new kernel version, which if there are problems with the new kernel, you could boot the earlier kernel, which you know was working ok. I'm currently updating my Don't Panic install, and there is a kernel update to 2.6.25.4-1 , and 21% done so far. Is there some way that this latest kernel version can be installed as a new kernel, and leave the existing one alone? I don't like this way of updating the kernel, as you have no way of booting to the earlier one if the latest version is problematic. 26% done now. Nigel.

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Re: [arch-general] netcfg and atheros or where to set the ap mac
by dennisjperkins＠comcast.net 30 May '08

30 May '08

I have the same problem. I haven't traced the problem to the source yet but to get a wireless connection, I need to do "iwpriv authmode 2" on the command line, then kill and restart dhcpcd for ath0. I have an older laptop with an Atheros chip, and it doesn't seem to need this step for some reason. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Arvid Ephraim Picciani <aep(a)ibcsolutions.de> > Hi, > netcfg is quite what i need for my laptop. unfortunatly i can't get it to > work with the built in atheros card. The errror is "wireless association > failed". > Well obviously atheros doesnt associate automaticly. you have to do it > manually. not a problem, i just set an ap via iwconfig and it works. > netcfg has an option IWOPTS. the docs claim this will be passed to iwconfig. > unfiortunatly that is not the case. > > so where can i set the ap? > > -- > best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen > Arvid Ephraim Picciani >

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[arch-general] iproute and linux-atm
by Michal Soltys 29 May '08

29 May '08

Hello It's pretty minor thing actually - still, since linux-atm is in core, iproute can benefit a bit from it, as atm qdisc requires it. So - linux-atm could be added as dependency to iproute2. Cheers

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[arch-general] New nvidia drivers in testing
by Thomas Bächler 29 May '08

29 May '08

The new nvidia drivers have finally been released. They are in testing now for both architectures. I upload them completely untested, as my desktop is unaccessible until tomorrow. I dropped the libnvidia-wfb from the package, as it does the same as Xorg's libwfb and our xorg-server is sufficiently new (at least as far as I was told). Please report and working/non-working GPUs, I hope we can move this to extra soon.

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[arch-general] For the person who manage the RSS feed (packages)
by Attila 29 May '08

29 May '08

Hi, thanks very much for appending i686/x86_64 to the filename. This makes it very much better. See you, Attila

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[arch-general] Error using WPA on the new kernel
by ponto 29 May '08

29 May '08

Description: After doin' the last kernel's upgrade to: 2.6.25.4-1 Wireless connections using wpa_supplicant cease to work, viewing the log files an error repeats: iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_RXON_ASSOC: Already sending a host command. Steps to reproduce: ifconfig wlan0 up iwconfig wlan0 essid ssid_s_name wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -w -D wext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B dmesg this is from dmesg: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 PM: Writing back config space on device 0000:02:00.0 at offset 1 (was 100102, writing 100106) ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=87) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: WMM queue=2 aci=0 acm=0 aifs=3 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0 wlan0: WMM queue=3 aci=1 acm=0 aifs=7 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0 wlan0: WMM queue=1 aci=2 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=7 cWmax=15 burst=30 wlan0: WMM queue=0 aci=3 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=3 cWmax=7 burst=15 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (reason=2) wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=88) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_RXON_ASSOC: Already sending a host command wlan0: no IPv6 routers present wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (reason=0) wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=89) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_RXON_ASSOC: Already sending a host command wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (reason=0) wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=91) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_RXON_ASSOC: Already sending a host command wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (reason=0) wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=93) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_RXON_ASSOC: Already sending a host command

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[arch-general] netcfg and atheros or where to set the ap mac
by Arvid Ephraim Picciani 28 May '08

28 May '08

Hi, netcfg is quite what i need for my laptop. unfortunatly i can't get it to work with the built in atheros card. The errror is "wireless association failed". Well obviously atheros doesnt associate automaticly. you have to do it manually. not a problem, i just set an ap via iwconfig and it works. netcfg has an option IWOPTS. the docs claim this will be passed to iwconfig. unfiortunatly that is not the case. so where can i set the ap? -- best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen Arvid Ephraim Picciani

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[arch-general] aufs with kernel 2.6.25
by Michael Towers 27 May '08

27 May '08

Hi there, Is anyone else having problems with aufs and the new kernel (2.6.25.4-1, i686)? Here it is a bit of a disaster - I mount it and that was the end of the session, no message, complete system lock up, hard reset necessary. Here is my simple test script: ################## run as root #!/bin/sh mkdir -p aufsu mkdir -p tfs/system mkdir -p tfs/mods mount -t aufs -o br:tfs/mods=rw:tfs/system=ro aufs aufsu ##################

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[arch-general] experience with gprs/umts cards & linux?
by Arvid Ephraim Picciani 25 May '08

25 May '08

Hi, Unfortunatly i need to travel a lot recently. For windows you can use those pcmia cards that act as a modem for umts/gprs connections. If anyone tried something like that on linux, please share your experience. Maybe i could use a mobile with bluetooth as well. -- best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen Arvid Ephraim Picciani

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Re: [arch-general] thunderbird 2.0.0.14: Don't see attachments anymore
by Jan de Groot 23 May '08

23 May '08

On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 23:50 +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > Alper KANAT wrote: > > Why don't you guys use thunderbird-branded-2.0.0.14 package on AUR ? > > > Because that is built from source with gcc-4.3 so will have the same > problem. Did someone try to remove the optimization flags from the mozconfig file already? I've read a recent blogpost from a mozilla dev about distribution changes to mozilla products where the default compiler flags should give the best results, as every part of thunderbird/firefox/xulrunner have specific compiler tunings, where an --enable-optimize in mozconfig will use generic optimization for the whole package.

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[arch-general] thunderbird 2.0.0.14: Don't see attachments anymore
by Michael Schaefer 22 May '08

22 May '08

Hello everybody, after upgrading to thunderbird 2.0.0.14 i cannot open attachments anymore or rather see them. Before opening an email the attachment symbol still appears in the list but when opened i just see the textbody and the symbol (speaking about the paper-clip) disappears. Furthermore encrypted mails don't get decrypted automaticlly. Funnilly enough here i see the content attached as 'encrypted.asc' but have to save and decrypt it manually to read it... Anyone with same problems? I checked my preferences, but nothing changed.. kind regards - Michael

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[arch-general] About Arch pkg compress format
by Bendany Qian 21 May '08

21 May '08

Hi all I just have a sugguestion about the pkg format. Currently archlinux is using gzip compress method to pack the package, I think it is better to use bzip2. since bzip2 format can save about 10%-20% disk space than gzip. As I know, FreeBSD has already switch its package format from gzip to bzip2 a few year ago. The back is bzip2 takes more time to compress/decompress. since we are using morden computer. it is not a big problem. (arch only support i686/x64) Regards. Qian -------------------------------------- GANBARE! NIPPON! Win your ticket to Olympic Games 2008. http://pr.mail.yahoo.co.jp/ganbare-nippon/

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[arch-general] Any way to decrypt hashes set by ssh HashKnownHosts?
by David Rosenstrauch 21 May '08

21 May '08

Just on a whim, I decided to try out the Debian tool to scan for weak keys resulting from the recent openssl security hole. And lo and behold, it found 2 weak keys in my known_hosts file! Problem is, though, since Arch recently turned on HashKnownHosts by default in ssh_config, those 2 lines in the known_hosts file are encrypted, and so I don't know which host machines that I've been ssh'ing into are affected by the problem. Anyone know if there's any way to decrypt the hashes created by the HashKnownHosts setting? TIA, DR

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[arch-general] Security updates & packages in testing
by Grigorios Bouzakis 21 May '08

21 May '08

Hi, there has been some security updates for packages in Core that have been upgraded and have been lying in Testing for a long while. The ones that come to mind are bzip2 and openssh but there might be more. Is there any reason those havent moved yet? As far as i can see bzip2 is missing some signoffs since April. One month+ is a lot of time for such packages to stay in Testing IMO. Someone should move them quick. Greg

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[arch-general] top posting
by Xavier 20 May '08

20 May '08

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html What about using a consistent style, at least for one given ML? arch-general is really painful to read sometimes. Thanks!

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[arch-general] Extremely stupid script I wrote for fun.
by eliott 20 May '08

20 May '08

I spent a few hours the other night fiddling around with metalinks and aria2. I came up with an extremely stupid script I wrote for fun. I recommend nobody use it. That being said.. here it is. :) http://code.cactuswax.net/git/?p=random.git;a=blob_plain;f=pacgobbler/pacgo… The only 'good' thing about it, is that it highlights how extensible pacman can be via the external-fetch mechanism. Go pacman!

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[arch-general] Coherence PKGBUILD problems
by Jon Kristian Nilsen 19 May '08

19 May '08

I am trying to create a package of Coherence, https://coherence.beebits.net/ The PKGBUILD, http://rafb.net/p/xT77RJ78.html The log from makepkg, http://rafb.net/p/QrfVDZ23.html The problem is that when installing the package it doesn't install the backends. If I install the newly create package 'pacman -U' it copies the dir Coherence.egg-info to '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Coherence-0.5.7-py2.5.egg-info' instead of '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/nose-0.10.1-py2.5.egg/EGG-INFO' I've tried alot of stuff in the PKGBUILD, like python setup.py install --root=$startdir/pkg || return 1 python setup.py build && python setup.py install --root=$startdir/pkg || return 1 python setup.py install || return 1 python setup.py install || return 1 Nothing seems to work, It's the same with stable too, I've also looked at other pkgbuilds and tried different stuff from them, no go. Any ideas? Cheers Jon Kristian

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[arch-general] Anyway to tranlate installer?
by gan lu 19 May '08

19 May '08

I hope I can, or I will report a bug for tracking, thanks.

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[arch-general] troubles with Brother HL-2040
by Ryan Sims 18 May '08

18 May '08

I just installed Arch on my print server at home; it had been running another distro and chugging along happily. It's got a Brother HL2040 attached to it via USB, and I use cups to share it around the network. Well, I got the server is up and running so I followed the instruction in the wiki[1] for installing the printer. Everything seems to have gone ok, the printer was detected and installed correctly, hooray. However, it doesn't print the test page (or anything else). When I ask it to print, the printer wakes up and starts spinning, thinks for a couple seconds, and then goes back to sleep. The cups logs seem to be clean, just some errors about DNSSD registration, which doesn't seem related. I'm working on trying alternative drivers, but nothing has helped so far. I know it's worked before; my desk is covered in paper it's printed, so I'm just doing something stupid. Help? -- Ryan W Sims

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[arch-general] Firefox 3 Beta 5 has No Print Margins tab
by Ralph Alvy 18 May '08

18 May '08

Unlike the Windows version, I find that the Linux version of Firefox 3 Beta 5 has No Print Margins tab. Anyone else confirm this? I downloaded it from the Mozilla website.

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[arch-general] unable to select ppp package when installing 2008.04-rc
by gan lu 18 May '08

18 May '08

I have tried once or twice, even if you select all four catogaries and all packages, I don't see ppp listed there. I don't check it one by one but by press P, so I don't know if anyone can confirm it too. It's in the CD though. PPP is import package for one using adsl connection etc.

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[arch-general] strange access permissions in /var/spool/mail
by Michael Krauss 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hello, while testing dma (Mail Transfer Agent from DragonflyBSD) on Arch Linux I stumbled on this: [mickraus@gandalf mickraus]\$ ls -la /var/spool/mail insgesamt 12 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 16. Mai 15:11 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 16. Mai 15:26 .. ---------- 1 mickraus users 201 16. Mai 15:11 mickraus Is it normal that a user has no access to his own mail box? I looked into postfix.install but it doesn't correct the file mode either. So what is the trick? Kind Regards, Michael Krauss

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[arch-general] Which version gets installed by pacman?
by Karolina Lindqvist 17 May '08

17 May '08

Can someone explain this to me: 1) Check available versions $ pacman -Si kdepim | grep Version Version : 3.5.9-2 Version : 3.5.9.20080501-0.1 Ok, which version is newest? $ vercmp '3.5.9-2' '3.5.9.20080501-0.1' -1 Hmmm $ vercmp usage: vercmp <ver1> <ver2> return values: < 0 : if ver1 < ver2 0 : if ver1 == ver2 > 0 : if ver1 > ver2 Ok, version 3.5.9.20080501-0.1 is newer, so try to install it: $ sudo pacman -S kdepim :: kdepim is in IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup. Install anyway? [Y/n] warning: kdepim-3.5.9-2 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets: kdepim-3.5.9-2 Total Download Size: 0,00 MB Total Installed Size: 20,52 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n $ Why did not pacman choose the newer version to install?

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