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[arch-general] Input, Uinput, and udev problems with user access
by Storm Dragon 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

Howdy, Up until yesterday evening, the following setup would allow the Fenrir screen reader to access the tools it needs to read without root access in terminal emulators like Xterm: groupadd --system input groupadd --system uinput echo 'KERNEL==\"event*\", NAME=\"input/%k\", MODE=\"660\", GROUP=\"input\"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-input.rules echo 'KERNEL==\"uinput\", SUBSYSTEM==\"misc\", OPTIONS+=\"static_node=uinput\", TAG+=\"uaccess\", GROUP=\"uinput\"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-fenrirscreenreader.rules Now, however, while it can still read the screen, the keyboard does nothing. Has something changed, and if so, what do I need to do differently to get it working again? Thanks, Storm --

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[arch-general] [ Pacman -Syu ] Creating temporary files..., error: command failed to execute correctly
by Xianwen Chen (陈贤文) 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

Dear list, When I upgrade the packages, from time to time I receive this error information: __Creating temporary files...,__ __error: command failed to execute correctly__ I checked on-line and it seems that I shall look for more error information in the log files. But I don't know where to start. Could you point me to the log files that I shall look into? Thank you. Yours sincerely, Xianwen PS: Below is the entire message from pacman / yaourt. :: Processing package changes... ( 1/20) installing python-html2text [########################################################################################################################] 100% ( 2/20) upgrading bookworm [########################################################################################################################] 100% ( 3/20) upgrading qpdf [########################################################################################################################] 100% ( 4/20) upgrading cups-filters [########################################################################################################################] 100% ( 5/20) upgrading foomatic-db [########################################################################################################################] 100% ( 6/20) upgrading foomatic-db-nonfree [########################################################################################################################] 100% ( 7/20) upgrading fvwm [########################################################################################################################] 100% ( 8/20) upgrading gap [########################################################################################################################] 100% ( 9/20) upgrading libkdegames [########################################################################################################################] 100% (10/20) upgrading kbreakout [########################################################################################################################] 100% (11/20) upgrading libnm [########################################################################################################################] 100% (12/20) upgrading libraw [########################################################################################################################] 100% (13/20) upgrading libreoffice-fresh [########################################################################################################################] 100% (14/20) upgrading libreoffice-fresh-en-gb [########################################################################################################################] 100% (15/20) upgrading libreoffice-fresh-nb [########################################################################################################################] 100% (16/20) upgrading libreoffice-fresh-nn [########################################################################################################################] 100% (17/20) upgrading libwbclient [########################################################################################################################] 100% (18/20) upgrading networkmanager [########################################################################################################################] 100% (19/20) upgrading smbclient [########################################################################################################################] 100% (20/20) upgrading samba [########################################################################################################################] 100% :: Running post-transaction hooks... (1/9) Reloading system bus configuration... (2/9) Compiling GSettings XML schema files... (3/9) Updating icon theme caches... (4/9) Reloading system manager configuration... (5/9) Creating temporary files... error: command failed to execute correctly (6/9) Reloading device manager configuration... (7/9) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate... (8/9) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache... (9/9) Updating the MIME type database... No database errors have been found!

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[arch-general] Recommend new package : Postfix and MTA-STS (RFC8461)
by Genes Lists 08 Sep '19

08 Sep '19

Topic: Email Suggest: New package for officia repo [2] MTA-STS is taking off and the major email providers are supporting it. Details are described in RFC8461 [1] from Sep 2018. As of now it has support by Google (gmail), yahoo, comcast, hotmail and others. MTA-STS is a new standard that aims to improve the security of SMTP by enabling domain names to opt into strict transport layer security mode that requires authentication (with valid public certificates) and encryption (TLS). There are 2 components to this (a) Sending: Making email server advertise mta-sts (b) Receivng: Postfix needs policy daemon (a) is pretty straightforward to set up, (b) requires a daemon to support the policy for incoming mail. It would be pretty awesome if someone would think about an offocial postfix-mta-sts-resolve package [2]. Postfix can use this daemon - see some discussion on this here [5] where Wietse got involved as well. There is an AUR package but it is quite out of date and I think this would actually be better to be in the official repos if someone was interested in taking it on. Probably as an optional package for postfix This is important for any business use and of course for anyone running their own mail server on Arch. Over time it is likely that any server which does not turn this on at least for sending may find their email being disadvantaged. There are several places where this is discussed in more detail - here's a couple for convenience [3]. Thanks, gene [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8461 [2] https://github.com/Snawoot/postfix-mta-sts-resolver [3] https://weekly-geekly.github.io/articles/424961/index.html https://www.hardenize.com/blog/mta-sts https://www.uriports.com/blog/mta-sts-explained/ https://starttls-everywhere.org/ [5] http://postfix.1071664.n5.nabble.com/MTA-STS-when-td95086.html

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[arch-general] Nvidia HDMI Audio as Kernel Parameter
by Ali Emre Gülcü 08 Sep '19

08 Sep '19

Hello all, I am using plain linux kernel 5.2.13 with proprietary nvidia driver 435.21 on my Nvidia Optimus (UHD 630 + 1050 Ti) notebook. Nothing fancy here and everything is up to date but in order to utilize HDMI audio over Nvidia card, I have to use this fix: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA/Troubleshooting#No_audio_over_H… This fix works. However either I need to manually execute those commands every time I boot (this causes X to restart) or I need to make a systemd service out of them and enable it to work on every boot (I got the idea from Nvidia forums). But systemd service sometimes makes X fail to start. So I was wondering if there is any kernel parameter with the same effect which I can apply BEFORE or DURING loading nvidia modules by simply adding it to boot options. Thanks in advance -- Ali Emre Gülcü

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[arch-general] Bios Raid (Fake Raid) and Virtual Raid (Software Raid)
by Kelly Rogers 07 Sep '19

07 Sep '19

Hi, Can you tell me what is capable to do Arch Linux: Bios Raid (Fake Raid) and Virtual Raid (Software Raid)? Thank you!

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[arch-general] Print Woes
by Storm Dragon 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Howdy, A few updates ago, cups stopped working with my printer. It said the ppd file was corrupted, but I litterally printed something right before the update then it broke right after. I added cups and hplip to a new computer with a fresh install of Arch, and have gone through localhost:631, system-config-printer, and hp-setup -i <printerIP>, and none of these work with differing levels of error messages. They all boil down to the same thing though. The process goes just fine, it detects the printer on each method I have tried, but when I hit the final add button, it says it was unable to copy the ppd file. Out of curiosity, I copied the ppd file from /usr/share/... myself but that did no good either. About the closest I have gotten is, with the cups web interface, after hitting add printer, it does show up briefly, but it will not actually print anything. As soon as I close the web interface, it goes away. Also, the web interface just reloads the final add page with all the boxes filled in, but never actually says it was successfully added, and clicking on the printers links shows no printers found. It's an HP Deskjet 2600 series. I hope I have given enough information. Printers are not something I am very good with, but hopefully this is enough to be able to trouble shoot it.. Thanks for any help, :) Storm --

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Re: [arch-general] sudo
by Adrián Benítez Merino 01 Sep '19

01 Sep '19

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sudo#Using_visudo El dom., 1 sept. 2019 16:47, adérito <aderito.carvalho(a)sapo.pt> escribió: > Hello judje how do i edit sudoers with visudo in nano? > > Enviado do Correio para Windows 10 > >

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[arch-general] sudo
by adérito 01 Sep '19

01 Sep '19

Hello judje how do i edit sudoers with visudo in nano? Enviado do Correio para Windows 10

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[arch-general] Arch Linux meetup at CCCamp19 22nd of August
by Morten Linderud 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Yo! Chaos Communication Camp is happening the upcoming week and as with any CCC event we have Arch team members attending. Jelle, shibumi, coderobe, alad, david and me hanging around different assemblies. I have registered a meetup, similar to the one we did at 35C3, on Thursday 22nd of August 19:00. The plan is to have 2-3 short talks. So far we have planned one where Jelle talks about contributing to Arch, and I'll have one talking about Arch Linux and reproducible builds. If you have a suggestion feel free to email me. After this we will try have a Q&A/Community discussion session like during congress. It worked well and people seemed to enjoy it the last time. Link to the event: https://events.ccc.de/camp/2019/wiki/Session:Arch_Linux_Meetup I also packaged Arch Linux stickers. A lot of them, so come find me :) -- Morten Linderud PGP: 9C02FF419FECBE16

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[arch-general] Orphaning some packages
by NicoHood 27 Aug '19

27 Aug '19

Hey guys! I maintain a few packages that I do not use anymore myself. I would like to orphan those, as I currently do not have time to test them, especially on major version upgrades. I want to keep the quality of our packages and hope that somebody else can take over the following packages. Otherwise I will move them to the AUR. * python-gitdb * python-gitpython * python-gnupg * python-pyusb * python-smmap * python-utils * python-progressbar Cheers Nico

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