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vlc for command line users
by Jude DaShiell 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

The package installs and is not functional. Why it's not functional is the package is missing .config/vlc/vlcrc so vlc has no clue how to do anything on a linux system. If a way exists for command line users of vlc to cause vlc to make a vlcrc file even if basic that would be a good addition to the vlc documentation on the archwiki. For whatever reason I couldn't get vlc-nox to install on this system error exit 4 manual intervention is needed. Was this manual intervention documented on arch-announce? I'll check the saved messages from that list to find out later. I have a vlcrc file I got from a contact on another list and found the vlcrc file I have enables vlc to work correctly to the extent I've used vlc so far. The vlcrc file I have is 83k in size so I can understand why videolan either omitted the documentation on how to build one of these ourselves when vlc is missing a vlcrc file or I didn't do a good enough web search with ddgr to find the documentation. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

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multimedia broken by updates
by Jude DaShiell 25 Nov '23

25 Nov '23

pipewire and wireplumber were on this system before the updates happened and I had mpv and vlc playing files. I cleaned the pipewire packages from the system and put pulseaudio on the system and that hasn't improved anything either. mpv generates error output when I try playing a file with it and vlc is silent. mpv.err [E] pw.loop [loop.c:67 pw_loop_new()] 0x55a96c0d3be0: can't make support.system handle: No such file or directory -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

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gitlab ban cf tld and bugtracker migration to gitlab
by u34＠net9.cf 24 Nov '23

24 Nov '23

Hello, I tried register gitlab by the same email address I am using for this list. Their online form replied that Email is not allowed for sign-up. Please use your regular email address. Check with your administrator. (https://imgur.com/a/fszgDHA) The email address is a sub domain in the .cf tld. Gitlab support response was Emails from the `cf` domain are restricted from registering due to their frequent use for abusive practices. Please use an email from another domain if you wish to register. One can also register gitlab by using his account at google, github, bitbucket or salesforce. My only motive to register is arch bugtracker. https://gitlab.archlinux.org/groups/flyspray-migration/packaging/packages/-… . Though, if I am registered, I might use my account for other purposes. As of now, I am reluctant to become a gitlab user. Not a lost for archlinux, or to gitlab. Still, for your information. -- u34

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pacman errors running hook Updating the MIME type database...
by David C. Rankin 24 Nov '23

24 Nov '23

Devs, This was a bit strange and the first time in almost 15 years I've seen pacman do this, e.g. <snip> Packages (22) appstream-1.0.0-4 btrfs-progs-6.6.2-1 c-ares-1.22.0-1 freecad-0.21.1-6 gnutls-3.8.2-1 inkscape-1.3.1-1 libadwaita-1:1.4.0-2 libdrm-2.4.117-2 libgcrypt-1.10.3-1 libp11-kit-0.25.3-1 libxml2-2.12.0-1 libxslt-1.1.39-1 m17n-db-1.8.4-1 opencascade-1:7.7.2-4 p11-kit-0.25.3-1 perl-image-exiftool-12.70-1 python-scipy-1.11.4-1 python-trove-classifiers-2023.11.13-1 rust-1:1.74.0-1 shaderc-2023.5-1 texinfo-7.1-2 vtk-9.3.0-3 <snip> :: Running post-transaction hooks... ( 1/10) Reloading system manager configuration... ( 2/10) Reloading device manager configuration... ( 3/10) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate... ( 4/10) Updating the MIME type database... Error in type 'application/x-core' (in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml): Error in <match> element: Mask is longer than value. Error in type 'image/jp2' (in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml): Error in <match> element: Mask is longer than value. Error in type 'image/jpx' (in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml): Error in <match> element: Mask is longer than value. Error in type 'image/jpm' (in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml): Error in <match> element: Mask is longer than value. Error in type 'video/mj2' (in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml): Error in <match> element: Mask is longer than value. Error in type 'image/vnd.adobe.photoshop' (in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml): Error in <match> element: Mask is longer than value. ( 5/10) Updating linux initcpios... <snip> What are the mime database errors and should I be concerned? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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makepkg
by Jude DaShiell 23 Nov '23

23 Nov '23

I failed to install edbrowse-git and in doing so one of the failure messages was some warnings being treated as errors. man makepkg didn't show me any switch to prevent warnings being treated as errors unless maybe force does that. Even with force the package didn't install. Did anyone manage to get that to install correctly who could share some ideas what I'm doing wrong? Usually when I run makepkg I do: makepkg --needed -cimrs and very often that actually works. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

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Issues with new NTFS module
by Giovanni Santini 22 Nov '23

22 Nov '23

Hi everyone, I am currently having an issue with the new NTFS module. I am able to mount, browse the partition and create files; however, when writing content into a file, that does not happen. It seems the content is written only at partition unmount. I tried mounting my partition with both *mount* and *udisksctl* with the *ntfs3* module and it didn't work. The old *ntfs-3g* module works perfectly. Any clues on what it is happening? I can provide any logs you wish. Giovanni Santini

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AUR notification emails lack List-* fields.
by Ralph Corderoy 21 Nov '23

21 Nov '23

Hi, An email from notify(a)aur.archlinux.org arrived recently. The first in ages. The body was a simple The package jitsi-meet-electron [1] was adopted by xiota [2]. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/jitsi-meet-electron/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/xiota/ I went to add it to my mail filtering but noticed the email lacks any List-* fields in the header. I can obviously filter on other fields but wanted to suggest adding List-Unsubscribe and List-ID. It might also be worth adding how to unsubscribe as a ‘-- \n’ separated signature. Hopefully, raising it here is sufficient. Following https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/aurweb/-/issues/new?issuable_templat… from ‘Report issues here’ on the AUR site takes me to https://gitlab.archlinux.org/users/sign_in but I don't think I'm a registered user. -- Cheers, Ralph.

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Pacman -Syu fails because of required keys missing from keyring
by Zerro 20 Nov '23

20 Nov '23

Hello I tried to run pacman -Syu to update my Arch Linux system. Downloading the (39) packages goes well. But when installing I do get messages like: :: Import PGP key 9B7A287D9A2EC608, "David Runge <dvzrv(a)archlinux.org>"? [Y/n] error: key "9B7A287D9A2EC608" could not be imported :: Import PGP key 94657AB20F2A092B, "Andreas Radke <andyrtr(a)archlinux.org>"? [Y/n] error: key "94657AB20F2A092B" could not be imported 12 keys could not be imported and pacman thereafter stops the update. I do have another Arch Linux system which doesn't show these errors. Looks like there is an issue with this system. Is there a way to have these keys imported so that I can update my Arch Linux system ? ~Zerro

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re: btrfs needs what repair?
by Jude DaShiell 20 Nov '23

20 Nov '23

results of that btrfs scrub start / command run on a new system install were a whole bunch of uncorrectable errors. Fortunately this computer has more than one nvme drive so I'll wipe this out and try the other drive. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

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about translating certain words
by zoorat 19 Nov '23

19 Nov '23

hi, I was planning to translate AURweb and archwiki into Bangla. but got into a problem. sorry if I missed this info in the wiki. while reading badly translated https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman_(%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%… I got confused about how to translate the word "update". because, in Bangla, most people say the word "update" as is but the direct translation would be "হালনাগাদ"(Hālanāgād). I only ever saw people using the word halnagad inside some schoolbooks, not in real life... there are a lot of words like this where we use the English word more than the Bangla word. as it's rare to find documentation in Bangla, I don't know how other people do those. and most Bangla machine translation is just bad. so, my question is do I translate it to casual Bangla (how people normally talk even in formal situations), or hardcore pure Bangla translation ?? in my opinion, it's better to keep it how people normally talk. have a nice day. p.s. sorry, at first i accidentally send it to aur general -- yours zoorat, PGP: 00000586360F8791A5492251129802DDA8074345 GITHUB: https://github.com/z00rat

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