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[arch-general] certbot automatic renewal: why twice a day?
by Łukasz Michalski 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

Hi, Looking at timer example at [1]: "Add a timer to check for certificate renewal twice a day and include a randomized delay so that ....." Why try to renew twice a day? I understand that there is 30 days before expiration date to renew. I think weekly check should be enough for a server? Regards, Łukasz [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Certbot#Automatic_renewal

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[arch-general] nfs mountd broken?
by Thomas Langen 09 Jun '19

09 Jun '19

Package nfs-utils-2.3.4-1_x86-64 contains a version of mountd.nfs that core dumps and prevents further usage of nfs (at least for me). nfs- utils-2.3.3-1_x86-64 still works.

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[arch-general] samba-tool domain provision --interactive terminal output problem
by Łukasz Michalski 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

Hi, I am trying to setup samba DC on fresh installation following instructions on wiki [1]: [root@site-ad ~]# samba-tool domain provision --use-rfc2307 --interactive Nothing is printed in interactive mode. When I hit enter twice i get: ERROR: No realm set! Realm: [root@site-ad samba]# [root@site-ad samba]# I suspect some python package is missing. Anyone knows what can I do to fix it? Regards, Łukasz [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Samba/Active_Directory_domain_controll…

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[arch-general] Deepin Font Installer?
by Stewart A. Little 30 May '19

30 May '19

Hi, I'm just curious on the Deepin OS it has the Deepin Font Installer software installed but on Arch no Font Installer for Arch's Deepin desktop environment is there a reason why this package is missing on Arch by any chance? Regards, Stewart A. Little

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut
by Genes Lists 30 May '19

30 May '19

On 5/20/19 10:41 PM, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-dev-public wrote: > Hi All, > ... > > In this initial phase I want to ask as many of you to test this as a > replacement to mkinitcpio in your setups, > as many as possible, and in as many scenarios as possible. We will ... I'm an arch tester and I'd be happy to test dracut. It would be helpful if you could create a little write-up on 'how to switch' from mkinitcpio to dracut. Its straightforward for me to add a boot stanza to refind to use the dracut img. And I assume modules now in HOOKS would move to /etc/dracut.conf.d/hooks.conf or similar. All being well, the kernel package will need to be modified to update /usr/share/libalpm/hooks/60-linux.hook to now call dracut. Thanks for working on this. gene

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Re: [arch-general] My GPU keeps being enabled as sound card in PulseAudio
by Yurii Kolesnykov 29 May '19

29 May '19

>For clarity : > >are you against the videocard being listed as a sound output or being >listed as default sound output ? > >Do you have a HDMI or DiplayPort monitor attached ? > >LW When it becomes enabled it intercepts some apps despite the fact it's not default. Yes, I don have HDMI monitor attached to GPU and it's HDMI sound card.

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[arch-general] My GPU keeps being enabled as sound card in PulseAudio
by Yurii Kolesnykov 28 May '19

28 May '19

Hi, I’m have testing and kde-unstable enabled and for a while I see that my GPU (RX 580, same with old R9 270X) keeps being enabled in KDE/PulseAudio at boot and sometimes randomly at runtime. I consider this as a bug, but I’m not sure where to report it. Is anyone have same issue? Yes, I do understand that there may be a lot of workarounds for this in also/pulseaudio, but I want it to be fixed upstream, thanks.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut
by Genes Lists 27 May '19

27 May '19

1) Feedback: Tested one computer and it worked fine. Used refind to boot - it has encrytped /home but not root. Got text prompt for passphrase not graphical - think there is a way to get graphical as well but need to read further how to do that. I prefer text as I also can see the boot progress details which is helpful. Still, be good to know how to get the graphical prompt anyway. Created initrd using # dracut --kver xxx This seems to contain pretty much everything best I can tell 2) Question: Arch typically has used unversioned initrd images which has the convenience that the boot standzas don't need updating on new kernel. Which is preferable way to deal with this with dracut: 1) Unversioned: # dracut initramfs-linux.img --kver 5.1.3-arch1-1-ARCH 2) Keep version but link to unnamed: # dracut --kver 5.1.3-arch1-1-ARCH # ln /boot/initramfs-5.1.3-arch-1-ARCH.img initramfs-linux.img or perhps soft link (ln -s)? thanks.

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[arch-general] Dual boot Arch with Windows 10
by Ram Kumar 27 May '19

27 May '19

Hello Archers, I am planning to install Arch on a dual boot with windows 10. But i have read online that on a dual boot with windows 10, the bootloader will disappear after a windows update and can be cured only by using a live usb. They say that it is for general linux dual boot and not specific to our Arch. Before trying for myself, i would like to know whether anyone here have faced it before, if so, what is the better solution to it?. I need windows too because of ansys package that i use.. could you please help me with this? Thanks in advance Ramkumar

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[arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd
by Ram Kumar 27 May '19

27 May '19

Hello fellow Archers, I bought a new laptop that has NVMe ssd on it. I would like to install Arch on that, is there any precautions that i need to take? Also i would like to get feedback from Archers who already tried this. Thanks in advance Ramkumar

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