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[arch-general] Cinnamon desktop and keybindings
by Jeanette C. 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

Hey hey, I've started trying Cinnamon as a desktop. Since I'm blind, I rely on the keyboard shortcuts. The standard keybindings doesn't appear to give me much access though. Using gsettings I've identified a few Cinnamon related schemas. Though not all of them are taking effect. I've read about some keybinding and customisation issues online. So... Which keybinding schemas have a real effect on the environment? Is there perhaps a configuration for keyboard access to Cinnamon, without media-keys (those special keys some keyboards have)? Any practical advise on this is very much appreciated. Thank you and best wishes, Jeanette -------- * website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeanette_c Where are you now, what have you found Where is your heart, when I'm not around <3 (Britney Spears)

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[arch-general] About rebuild of pandoc
by Óscar García Amor 29 Aug '17

29 Aug '17

Hello all, Some days ago the pandoc mantainer [1] do a rebuild of it [2] where add a lot of haskell package dependencies. I think that the build changes the binary from statically linked to dinamically linked, but IMHO, I prefer the static one (55,08 MiB of package) over the dinamic (more than 666 MB in libraries). What do you think about this? Other solution can be have other package "pandoc-static", that maintains the previous method of package. Greetings. [1]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/pandoc/ [2]: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/pa… -- Óscar García Amor | ogarcia at moire.org | http://ogarcia.me

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Re: [arch-general] Cinnamon desktop and keybindings
by John Briggs 29 Aug '17

29 Aug '17

General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 01:14:30AM +0200, Jeanette C. via arch-general wrote: > Hey hey, > I've started trying Cinnamon as a desktop. Since I'm blind, I rely on the > keyboard shortcuts. The standard keybindings doesn't appear to give me > much access though. > > Using gsettings I've identified a few Cinnamon related schemas. Though > not all of them are taking effect. I've read about some keybinding and > customisation issues online. So... > Which keybinding schemas have a real effect on the environment? Is there > perhaps a configuration for keyboard access to Cinnamon, without > media-keys (those special keys some keyboards have)? > > Any practical advise on this is very much appreciated. > Hi Jeanette, Most desktops have a window manager which handles the key bindings look at its docs for the key bindings you want. I am not familiar with the cinnamon desktop so I can not nelp you with its the key bindings HTH John

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[arch-general] DNSmasq forward caching to local
by Maykel Franco 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

Hello, I'm building a dnsmasq in place to cache the DNS requests from a foreign DNS server. The idea is, my computer makes a DNS request that is not registered In my local Dnsmasq, but it does a forward and sends it to the DNS server (Mentioned above). So, that the next time I come back To consult that DNS address, and have it cached and do not need Request it from the outside DNS server. I have this configuration: listen-address=127.0.0.1 port=53 bind-interfaces user=dnsmasq log-facility=/var/log/dnsmasq.log log-queries dns-forward-max=150 cache-size=150 server=192.168.0.33 But in the logs I see, I do not cache anything in the local, which always goes to Ask the DNS entries to the server 192.168.0.33: Dnsmasq [5067]: query [A] www.google.es from 127.0.0.1 Dnsmasq [5067]: forwarded www.google.com to 192.168.0.33 What am I doing wrong?? I'm looking at information but I can not find anything ...

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[arch-general] Increase console size regardless of screen size
by Storm Dragon 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

Howdy, I am blind, and don't even have a screen connected to this computer. For some reason, my console size is 30 lines and 80 columns. I've not seen this small of a console before. they usually have 50+ lines and over 100 columns. I have searched for quite a while, but not found anything about increasing the console size. I did find a python script that will set the screen to the actual size, but it returns 30 80 as well, so no luck there either. One site said you could just export the lines and columns you want, but that failed, even though the variables were set correctly. Is there any way to set the lines and columns regardless of the size your computer believes the screen to be? Thanks for any help, Storm -- Powered by Arch Linux! I am registered Linux user number 508465: https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html Well I asked my old pappy why he called his brew White lightnin' stead of mountain dew, I took a little sip and right away I knew. And my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue, lightnin' started flashin' thunder started crashin, (whew white lightnin). George Jones

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[arch-general] Problems installing Arch on external HDD
by Murari 27 Aug '17

27 Aug '17

Hi all, I am having problems installing Arch on an external HDD (the internal hard disk in the laptop died...). It is a BIOS system with MBR. I decided to use grub as bootloader, but when I reboot after the initial installation process I am stuck at the "Welcome to GRUB" screen with a blinking cursor. It does not continue with boot or drop me to grub shell. I partitioned the drive as per the Installation Guide, and also edited the HOOKS line in mkinitcpio.conf to put 'block' right after 'udev' as per the wiki page on installing to a USB stick. Does anyone have any idea what might be the problem here? Cheers! Murari

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[arch-general] Orca, java-atk-wrapper, and OpenJDK8
by Hunter Jozwiak 27 Aug '17

27 Aug '17

Greetings, I am trying to get java-atk-wrapper and OpenJDK8 working together with the Orca screenreader. I have noticed that the following files exist in OpenJDK7 but not for my default JRE: usr/lib/jvm/ usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/ usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre/ usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre/lib/ usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre/lib/accessibility.properties usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre/lib/ext/ usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre/lib/ext/java-atk-wrapper.jar What I've Tried: I tried copying these files to /usr/lib/jvm/default/jre, but this seems to throw errors and Orca won't read the application. I tried it with jconsole, clion, and IntelliJ, all three were still inaccessible. Is there another step to get things working? Do I need an older version of java-atk-wrapper? Thanks, Hunter

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[arch-general] Vim update - Stray chars on file-new
by David C. Rankin 26 Aug '17

26 Aug '17

All, After vim update to 8.0.0987-1, creating a new file with 'vim somefile.txt' results in the following stray characters at the top of the file: $q q ~ Can someone confirm? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Contributions to the wiki - Are user contributions a thing of the past?
by David C. Rankin 24 Aug '17

24 Aug '17

Archdevs, When I see an wiki page that is unclear or could benefit from a small addition, for the past 7+ years I've tried to do my part, and I was happy to do so. But, consistently, for the past year or so, any user contributions to the wiki are systematically struct from the pages. The latest being a small addition to the multilib page to make clear that following repo addition and update you need to explicitly install the wanted multilib packages. Following the directions on the page as it exists gets you nowhere, but implies that it is all that needs to be done. Again, as has been the form over the past year or, the additions are erased and a vague reference mentioning the additional steps are covered in an ancillary page is given as the reason. As a P.E. and Attorney, I know documentation. I know when it's clear, and when it's not clear. If the point of the wiki is to provide clear information to users, then why are all improvements systematically struck? Yes, brevity is a good thing, but not at the expense of clarity... Does Arch still want user contribution to the wiki? If so, systematically deleting the contributions that users take the time to make, isn't going to promote further contribution. Why bother, more than likely it will just be erased.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] pacman man page needs at least one update
by Jude DaShiell 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

pacman -g and pacman --groups both appear no longer working. Neither in that form generates a current list of groups. --

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