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[arch-general] archlinux install bottleneck
by Jude DaShiell 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

After having run arch-chroot /mnt /usr/bin/bash one of the things I do is to run alsactl store. alsactl store returns error 125 /var/lib/alsa/asound.state no such file or directory. Certainly there's no such file since when alsa was run before arch-chroot got run on system boot /mnt/var/lib/alsa directory was empty having just run pacstrap on /mnt. So since this is supposed to work, could it be arch-chroot script fails to collect and pass along enough of the right environment information to its chrooted environment for alsactl store to run? Details are available at: information at: http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=43f6670eb3bde26ad6491d2faa631625109f88d0 --

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[arch-general] Disable vboxadd.service & vboxadd-service.service after guest additions included in 4.15?
by David C. Rankin 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

All, I use vitrualbox-bin (AUR) along with ext-oracle extension pack referenced in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox#Extension_pack. I have followed the addition of the guest-addition kernel modules to the 4.15 kernel, but I do not know how to handle that addition regarding what changes are needed in my arch guests. Specifically, since the guest additions are included in 4.15, but not in LTS, how do I disable the load the guest additions modules when booting the VM on 4.15, but not when booting LTS? Currently on boot with 4.15, errors are generated when vboxadd attempts to load the guest addition modules since, presumably, they are already in the kernel, e.g. 22:23 vl1:~> sc status vboxadd-service ● vboxadd-service.service Loaded: loaded (/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.2.6/init/vboxadd-service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2018-02-09 22:16:33 CST; 7min ago Process: 1056 ExecStart=/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.2.6/init/vboxadd-service start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 systemd[1]: Starting vboxadd-service.service... Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 vboxadd-service[1056]: vboxadd-service.sh: Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service. Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 vboxadd-service.sh[1059]: Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service. Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 vboxadd-service[1056]: VirtualBox Additions module not loaded! Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 systemd[1]: vboxadd-service.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1 Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 systemd[1]: vboxadd-service.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 systemd[1]: Failed to start vboxadd-service.service. 22:24 vl1:~> sc status vboxadd ● vboxadd.service Loaded: loaded (/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.2.6/init/vboxadd; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2018-02-09 22:16:33 CST; 7min ago Process: 288 ExecStart=/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.2.6/init/vboxadd start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 288 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Feb 09 22:16:23 vl1 vboxadd[288]: VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules. Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 vboxadd[288]: VirtualBox Guest Additions: Look at /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log to find out what went w Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 useradd[1042]: failed adding user 'vboxadd', data deleted Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 useradd[1043]: failed adding user 'vboxadd', data deleted Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 vboxadd[288]: groupadd: group 'vboxadd' already exists Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 vboxadd[288]: modprobe vboxguest failed Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 vboxadd[288]: The log file /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log may contain further information. Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 systemd[1]: vboxadd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 systemd[1]: vboxadd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 09 22:16:33 vl1 systemd[1]: Failed to start vboxadd.service. The guest additions in the 4.15 kernel work fine, so my first thought was to disable both vboxadd.service and vboxadd-service.service, but then what do I do for LTS? I've checked the wiki and there are no notes related to handling this issue. Any suggestions? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Why does Arch still use the GTK2 version of xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin?
by DEVIN GRANT 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Hello, I apologize if this is not the appropriate place for starting such a discussion, but I felt I needed to voice my opinion. I think the GTK3 build of the Whisker Menu plugin is very stable and find it very odd that Arch still uses the antiquated GTK2 build of the plugin. The GTK3 build will add many noticeable improvements for end users, including better support for desktop themes. Replacing the old version will also make it easier to ditch an old toolkit like GTK2 from our systems.

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[arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?
by Giovanni Santini 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Good evening, I am writing here since I do believe people here might have found solutions already to my problems. Sadly, I am the problem, as I love GNOME Shell (ops). Jokes aside, I love its interface and behaviour; although, it is really hard to use it on a real-context basis for me. What it happens is that if I execute RAM-consuming applications, GNOME Shell behaves really badly, swapping a lot with memory. The usual scenario is me trying to send some e-mails, while I have Visual Studio Code and Firefox for some coding; usually, this leads to huge slowdown, up to making the system unusable. This doesn't happen when using a GNOME-friendly i3 session, executing by far many more RAM-consuming applications (such as running Franz with multiple services, Telegram Desktop and others). I got some good boosts from the following actions: - Disabling almost all the Shell extensions, except for my 'essential' ones. - Using a X11 session instead of Wayland - Tweaking swap and VFS parameters (there is a web article referenced in the ArchWiki which is really good) So I have two questions: 1. Am I nuts? Did I do something really bad to my GNOME Shell without knowing that? How could I repair my setup? 2. If this is it (GNOME Shell is TOO heavy), is there any lightweight DE that offers something similar? I would need at least the search within apps and files for sure. Thanks in advance for replies and sorry for such a long message. -- Giovanni Santini My blog: http://giovannisantini.tk My code: https://git{hub,lab}.com/ItachiSan My GPG: 2FADEBF5

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[arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'
by David C. Rankin 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

All, Attempting to upgrade tonight I am met with a fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3' error and pacman quits. Is this a repo-sync issue or is this a bug? :: Synchronizing package databases... core 127.8 KiB 367K/s 00:00 [########################################] 100% extra 1594.6 KiB 3.31M/s 00:00 [########################################] 100% community 4.1 MiB 2.91M/s 00:01 [########################################] 100% :: Starting full system upgrade... :: Replace compositeproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace damageproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace fixesproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace fontsproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace inputproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace kbproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace randrproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace recordproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace renderproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace videoproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace xextproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace xf86vidmodeproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace xineramaproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] :: Replace xproto with extra/xorgproto? [Y/n] resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3' Let me know if I need to open a ticket, if not I'll just wait and see if something is posted on archlinux.org or the mirrors fix this problem... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Virtualbox under KDE plasma
by Shridhar Daithankar 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

Hello, I recently tried KDE plasma after 5.12 update and it is running smooth. However I am experiencing two problems with virtualbox. 1. Virtualbox applications do not start unless QT_QPA_PLATFORM is set to xcb. Under plasma wayland session it is set to wayland. 2. When a VM is launched, if it is maximized with Host-F, it loses all keyboard/mouse interaction and has to be killed from the plasma session. Anybody has seen this? Should I report it upstream? Package details virtualbox 5.2.6-2 kde plasma 5.12.0 Thanks. -- Regards Shridhar

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[arch-general] lftp bug
by Jude DaShiell 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

I don't know which is responsible for what. I put together an lftp script and tried running the script to download a torrent and am getting strange output. Script started on 2018-02-07 10:35:38-0500 [jude@taf ~]$ cat debian.lftp echo "downloading debian buster torrent" #mget https://cdimage.debian.org:/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmwa… #mget https://cdimage.debian.org:/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmwa… torrent https://cdimage.debian.org:/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmwa… [jude@taf ~]$ lftp -f debian.lftp downloading debian buster torrent Assertion 'fd' failed at ../systemd-stable/src/basic/socket-util.c:1011, function getpeergroups(). Aborting. ...ter-DI-alpha2-amd64-DVD-1.iso.torrent: Getting meta-data: [Resolving host address...] ^C [jude@taf ~]$ exit exit Script done on 2018-02-07 10:38:55-0500 Is this an upstream problem? --

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[arch-general] Corrupt Package (confirmed 2 servers) dovecot, jansson, python2-pillow
by David C. Rankin 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

All, Encountered corrupt packages tonight and confirmed by redownload from 2 different servers: Packages (3) dovecot-2.3.0-2 jansson-2.10-3 python2-pillow-5.0.0-1 Total Download Size: 3.49 MiB Total Installed Size: 13.69 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0.55 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] :: Retrieving packages... dovecot-2.3.0-2-x86_64 3.0 MiB 2.58M/s 00:01 [########################################] 100% jansson-2.10-3-x86_64 37.1 KiB 5.18M/s 00:00 [########################################] 100% python2-pillow-5.0.0-1-x86_64 497.6 KiB 5.86M/s 00:00 [########################################] 100% (3/3) checking keys in keyring [########################################] 100% (3/3) checking package integrity [########################################] 100% error: dovecot: signature from "Eli Schwartz <eschwartz(a)archlinux.org>" is marginal trust :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/dovecot-2.3.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: jansson: signature from "Eli Schwartz <eschwartz(a)archlinux.org>" is marginal trust :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/jansson-2.10-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: python2-pillow: signature from "Eli Schwartz <eschwartz(a)archlinux.org>" is marginal trust :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/python2-pillow-5.0.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: [arch-general] Disable vboxadd.service & vboxadd-service.service after guest additions included in 4.15?
by Giacomo Longo 11 Feb '18

11 Feb '18

So you want to have vboxadd-service and vboxadd systemd services not starting on Linux kernel versions 4.15 and above? You can manage this by creating a template systemd unit /etc/systemd/system/kernel-version-less-then@.service ----------------------------------- [Unit] Description=Check if currently installed kernel version is less than target [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/usr/bin/sh -c '[[ "$(/usr/bin/vercmp %i %v)" = "1" ]]' Restart=no CollectMode=inactive-or-failed [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Then create the directories /etc/systemd/system/vboxadd.service.d/ /etc/systemd/system/vboxadd-service.service.d/ Then for each service /etc/systemd/system/vboxadd.service.d/kerver.conf ------------------------------------------------- [Unit] After=kernel-version-less-then(a)4.15.service Requires=kernel-version-less-then(a)4.15.service /etc/systemd/system/vboxadd-service.service.d/kerver.conf --------------------------------------------------------- [Unit] After=kernel-version-less-then(a)4.15.service Requires=kernel-version-less-then(a)4.15.service In this way, if my bash-fu is correct, the version compare will fail the kernel-version-less-then(a)4.15.service and vboxadd and vboxadd-service will not start Giacomo Longo

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[arch-general] Can't connect to the Arch Linux website
by thepouar＠gmail.com 10 Feb '18

10 Feb '18

Had this problem for a few days, first noticed when I tried searching for a package. my ip address is 172.7.224.99. Is there something going on or is it something from my end? only 2 things I could think of but seemed unlikely was that my server was sending spam (which would be bad because it would mean someone broke in, but I didn't notice anything in the logs) or from checking out the ABS tree from the git server, but I've been doing a shallow clone for the initial checkout (git clone --depth=1) and a shallow fetch for updates (git fetch --depth=1, followed by a git reset --hard) to try to avoid stressing out the git server. Was that still too much? Other than those 2 possibilties, the only thing I can think of is that my ISP is somehow screwing up again. -- GPG Keys: https://keybase.io/pouar Tox ID: 2EA7A6D5494C10B2E0F32004A1E9CBD971777E551A902059E5EA7E73E5A299272F29D9FF5F6A Matrix ID: @Pouar:matrix.org Social Links: https://www.pouar.net/social.php

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