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Re: [arch-general] what's wrong with my alsa configuration?
by Jude DaShiell 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Solved. Turns out either alsa oand/or vlc get very upset when pulseaudio isn't installed and running. I installed pulseaudio-alsa then ran pulseaudio --start in user account and errors disappeared. --

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[arch-general] what's wrong with my alsa configuration?
by Jude DaShiell 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

I'm using vlc to play a stream and got the same error when trying to play an mp3 file earlier. The stream and the file play eventually. I searched for this one using duckduckgo and got one result in german which I do not speak and certainly do not do technical german which is why I'm asking here. ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1052:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to create IPC semaphore --

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[arch-general] community/cascadia-code-ttf out of date
by Tom Alexander 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

We're behind by 4 releases for the cascadia code font: https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/releases This particularly interests me because they've added a non-ligature build of the font which they named Cascadia Mono. I took a stab at updating the PKGBUILD in the subversion repository and ended up with the attached patch which installs both Cascadia Code and Cascadia Mono. It's worth noting that the patch is only for one of the PKGBUILDs in tff-cascadia-code so the change probably has to be applied to both (I'm not familiar with the build system for the community repo). -- Tom Alexander

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Re: [arch-general] Keyboard Problem in Mate Arch Linux for the Last Few Days
by das 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Got on the Net some reports, though quite old -- but identical in its bug suggestion, and reinstalled both xorg-xkbcomp and libxklavier -- but nothing changed. Any help anyone? -- দাশ das http://ddts.randomink.org/

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[arch-general] oops, 'sudo: pacman: command not found'
by Greg Minshall 08 Jun '20

08 Jun '20

hi. a month ago i ran out of room on my root file system, so relocated /var/cache/pacman to /home, and left behind a symlink. today, after a while, i did a 'pacman -Syu', which downloaded lots, and ran through a lot new keys, upgrading, etc., then failed (see below), and (the symbolic link at) /var/cache/pacman seems to have disappeared. any suggestions on how i might recover? (and, should i, possibly, rather than using a symlink, have modified, e.g., /etc/pacman.conf?) i have all the files still in /home/pacman/pkg, etc. (and have put back the symlink). cheers, and thanks in advance, Greg ---- (210/487) upgrading pacman-mirrorlist [#########... truncated ... #################] 100% warning: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/pacman-5.2.1-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst: No such file or directory error: could not commit transaction error: failed to commit transaction (transaction aborted) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. bash apollo2 (master): {1185} sudo pacman -Syu [sudo] password for minshall: sudo: pacman: command not found bash apollo2 (master): {1186} ls /var/cache/ atop.d/ fontconfig/ ldconfig/ lightdm/ man/ pkgfile/ private/

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[arch-general] Network manager package naming
by LuKaRo 07 Jun '20

07 Jun '20

Hi, there are several packages for network manager and related software in the official repositories. Unfortunately, they follow different naming schemes. Most packages have "networkmanager" written as one word: * networkmanager * networkmanager-openconnect * networkmanager-pptp * networkmanager-vpnc * networkmanager-strongswan * networkmanager-openvpn * ... However, some packages have "network-manager" written with a hyphen: * network-manager-applet * network-manager-sstp And then there is * nm-connection-editor * nm-cloud-setup which follows it's own naming scheme of having "networkmanager" redacted to "nm". Unfortunately, that makes it hard to remember how each package is called. Therefore there's always some guessing or searching involved when installing a network manager related feature. Of course, this is not the biggest issue of all time, but I think it's more complicated than it should be. Can we simplify the naming conventions of those packages to use one common scheme that's easy to remember instead of having multiple coexisting ones? Thanks a lot in advance, LuKaRo

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[arch-general] community/NUT access cgi in /usr/share/nut/cgi without FollowSymLinks?
by David C. Rankin 06 Jun '20

06 Jun '20

All / Maxime, With the nut build option setting: --with-cgipath=/usr/share/nut/cgi \ when using apache with the default /srv/http/cgi-bin location, how are you supposed to access the cgi files in /usr/share/nut/cgi "Safely"? I have the entire /usr/share/nut/html directory protected by a dbm database file manipulated with dbmmanage, so to reach the <Directory> you must authenticate. That said, the only way I can make the cgi scripts work is by setting Options FollowSymLinks in the <Directory> for "/srv/http/cgi-bin" after symlinking (e.g. ln -s /usr/share/nut/cgi /srv/http/cgi-bin/nut) Is this safe? Is this intended way to provide access to the cgi scripts? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Arch should be apolitical
by Amir Fletcher 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

Arch Linux is a fantastic distribution. It should remain exactly that: a computer operating system for technical users. Politics should not be part of the project. Recently, the Arch reddit logo was changed to a rainbow. This is for "pride month". It is forcing a political view on all of the users who did not ask for this. Many of us don't care about the views of the developers or moderators as long as we continue to enjoy Arch. When this was brought up, the moderator silenced the criticism and deleted the thread. https://old.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/gutcxb/is_arch_gay/ https://archive.is/Y9Ni1 This is where the problem begins. If we cannot even discuss disagreement with views being forced on us, what's left? Please moderators and developers, reconsider forcing your views on us and not even allowing discussion about it. We do not all share your views, but we can get along if everyone is left to their own devices. This kind of topic should not even need to be brought up. It's very disheartening to see whoever moderates that reddit doing this. We just want to use Arch. In many cultures outside of Europe or the US, this is not welcome at all. Even in those countries, not everyone wants an agenda shoved into their face.

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[arch-general] community/NUT replacing Network-UPS-Tools -- won't start.
by David C. Rankin 29 May '20

29 May '20

On upgrade I agreed to: :: Replace network-ups-tools with community/nut? [Y/n] network-ups-tools-2.7.4-5 [removal] nut-2.7.4-1 (both same version of package) However, after install, the nut-server.service would not start. Here are the logs for the last start before update and then the failure after the update: -- Reboot -- May 23 03:00:55 2pi systemd[1]: Starting Network UPS Tools - power devices information server... May 23 03:00:56 2pi upsd[474]: fopen /var/state/ups/upsd.pid: No such file or directory May 23 03:00:56 2pi upsd[474]: listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493 May 23 03:00:56 2pi upsd[474]: listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493 May 23 03:00:56 2pi upsd[474]: listening on ::1 port 3493 May 23 03:00:56 2pi upsd[474]: listening on ::1 port 3493 May 23 03:00:56 2pi upsd[474]: Connected to UPS [stp_ups]: usbhid-ups-stp_ups May 23 03:00:56 2pi upsd[474]: Connected to UPS [stp_ups]: usbhid-ups-stp_ups May 23 03:00:56 2pi upsd[475]: Startup successful May 23 03:00:56 2pi systemd[1]: Started Network UPS Tools - power devices information server. May 29 03:55:42 2pi upsd[475]: mainloop: Interrupted system call May 29 03:55:42 2pi upsd[475]: Signal 15: exiting May 29 03:55:42 2pi systemd[1]: Stopping Network UPS Tools - power devices information server... May 29 03:55:42 2pi systemd[1]: nut-server.service: Succeeded. May 29 03:55:42 2pi systemd[1]: Stopped Network UPS Tools - power devices information server. -- Reboot -- May 29 03:58:08 2pi systemd[1]: Starting Network UPS Tools - power devices information server... May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: fopen /run/nut/upsd.pid: No such file or directory May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: /etc/nut/upsd.conf is world readable May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: /etc/nut/upsd.conf is world readable May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493 May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: listening on ::1 port 3493 May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493 May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: listening on ::1 port 3493 May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: Warning: no UPS definitions in ups.conf May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: Fatal error: at least one UPS must be defined in ups.conf May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: Network UPS Tools upsd 2.7.4 May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: Warning: no UPS definitions in ups.conf May 29 03:58:08 2pi upsd[480]: Fatal error: at least one UPS must be defined in ups.conf May 29 03:58:08 2pi systemd[1]: nut-server.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 29 03:58:08 2pi systemd[1]: nut-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. May 29 03:58:08 2pi systemd[1]: Failed to start Network UPS Tools - power devices information server. May 29 04:09:14 2pi systemd[1]: Starting Network UPS Tools - power devices information server... May 29 04:09:14 2pi systemd[1]: nut-server.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 29 04:09:14 2pi systemd[1]: nut-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. May 29 04:09:14 2pi systemd[1]: Failed to start Network UPS Tools - power devices information server. There is the very same definition of the ups in ups.conf, e,g, [stp_ups] driver = usbhid-ups port = auto desc = "stp CP825 UPS" Removing the community package and reinstalling the old package works fine, e,g, 04:16 2pi:~/.../pkg/x86_64/nut> sc restart nut-server 04:17 2pi:~/.../pkg/x86_64/nut> upsc stp_ups battery.charge: 100 battery.charge.low: 10 battery.charge.warning: 20 battery.mfr.date: CPS battery.runtime: 3180 battery.runtime.low: 300 battery.type: PbAcid battery.voltage: 13.4 battery.voltage.nominal: 12 device.mfr: CPS device.model: UPS CP825 device.type: ups driver.name: usbhid-ups driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30 driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2 driver.parameter.port: auto driver.parameter.synchronous: no driver.version: 2.7.4 driver.version.data: CyberPower HID 0.4 driver.version.internal: 0.41 input.transfer.high: 140 input.transfer.low: 100 input.voltage: 122.0 input.voltage.nominal: 120 output.voltage: 122.0 ups.beeper.status: enabled ups.delay.shutdown: 20 ups.delay.start: 30 ups.load: 15 ups.mfr: CPS ups.model: UPS CP825 ups.productid: 0501 ups.realpower.nominal: 450 ups.status: OL ups.test.result: Done and passed ups.timer.shutdown: -60 ups.timer.start: 0 ups.vendorid: 0764 Why doesn't the new nut from community work? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Viability of Go libraries in the repositories
by George Rawlinson 18 May '20

18 May '20

Hi all, It was good to read the changes to Go packaging in the arch-dev-public mailing list. I'd like to bring up the viability of having Golang libraries in the official repositories. Considering the fact that multiple[0][1] versions of the same Go libraries can co-exist in the same Go codebase ... is there really a need for the libraries to exist in the official repositories? There may well be a situation in the future where some Go binary requires multiple versions of the same library, but only the latest version exists in the repositories. [0]:https://blog.golang.org/v2-go-modules [1]:https://research.swtch.com/vgo-import

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