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[arch-general] New kernel repo
by Mthw Mthw 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

After using Archlinux for a while I started to miss the ability to use latest kernels easily as it is on Mint or Ubuntu. I think the ubuntu kernel ppa is a good way to distribute kernel packages to users who dont want to build kernels from source every time new version is available. I wanted to ask you if you could, in the future, create a webpage that would provide precompiled packages for linux-mainline and/or linux-rc. Looking forward to your answer, Your Happy Arch User

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[arch-general] group install
by Tim Ye 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Hi, I read a Arch Linux wiki page says one can "install a group": "Install the xfce4 group." how can I do that? Thanks, - Tim

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[arch-general] Acount banned in the wiki and also #archlinux-wiki
by Diego Viola 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Because I noticed the #bitcoin community about a troll disrupting the following article/discussion and spreading lies/FUD about bitcoin. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Talk:Bitcoin This kind of operator abuse is getting ridiculous in the Arch Linux community. Thanks, alad. Diego

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[arch-general] Getting freeze on early start with linux 4.9-1 kernel.
by fredbezies 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Hello. I'm facing an annoying bug with linux 4.9-1 kernel on my 6 or 7 years old Toshiba Laptop. When I try to make it boot on with linux 4.9-1 kernel, it freeze right after loading initramfs. 4.8.xx kernel was working flawlessly. My eeePC (nearly 9 years old) and my desktop computer (which is AMD based) are both starting with linux 4.9. I opened a bug : https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/52246 Here is my lspci. If someone can help me finding what is happening, I'll be very happy : 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) Thanks! -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies(a)gmail.com

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Re: [arch-general] linux driver bcm4311 failure
by message 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

On 2016-09-17 08:11, message wrote: > On 2016-09-09 07:57, Arend Van Spriel wrote: >> >> The device is claimed by b43-pci-bridge so I would suggest: >> >> blacklist b43-pci-bridge >> > > This instruction was added as the last line of the configuration file. > After reboot, the computer wifi card continues to be inactive (wifi > indicator fails to switch on, wifi connection not possible). Since then, the system has been updated. Wifi led on keyboard (dell inspiron 1520) does not light up unless root command is entered: modprobe b43 Then: wpa_supplicant -D nl80211,wext -i wlan0 -c <(wpa_passphrase "[mobile phone wifi hotspot name]" "[mobile phone wifi hotspot password]" ... Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant ... Trying to authenticate ... auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason conn_failed ... Connection is successful to same wifi hotspot using debian system. Various versions of broadcom-wl have been tried and failed, from linux310 to linux49. Suggestions please? Dell wireless 1390 wlan mini card broadcom bcm4311 802.11b/g wlan 14e4:4311 kernel drive b43-pci-bridge kernel modules: ssb, wl

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[arch-general] change in hooks recently?
by Javier Vasquez 01 Jan '17

01 Jan '17

Hi, I have this pacman hook: ++++ % cat /etc/pacman.d/hooks/systemd_mkinitcpio_regenerate.hook [Trigger] Operation = Install Operation = Upgrade Type = Package Target = systemd [Action] When = PostTransaction Exec = /usr/bin/mkinitcpio -p linux ++++ It used to trigger only when upgrading the "systemd" package, for a post transaction. However now it's triggering on every system upgrade, which is not what I was expecting... Thanks, -- Javier

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[arch-general] Christmas gift?
by piequiex 31 Dec '16

31 Dec '16

http://sprunge.us/PIRG -- Have a nice day!

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[arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)
by David C. Rankin 31 Dec '16

31 Dec '16

All, After 7 years and 30+ installs, I thought I had seen it all. I have a new (used) laptop, that I put a fresh 1T drive in, partitioned and loaded arch. The laptop can't find the drive to boot? Huh? There is only a single drive in the laptop, but it will only boot if booting from grub hd1 (instead of hd0). The failure isn't a "grub prefix/root" problem, the problem is the laptop cannot even find grub to begin with when it is booting on it's own. The only way booting happens is to boot the installer (from USB) and then "Choose existing OS" and edit the prefix (from 0 -> 1). Which itself is wonky, because booting from USB creates the USB thumb-drive as /dev/sdb to begin with and the hard drive as /dev/sda where it should be. This is a strange laptop, it has 2 hard drive bays (HP Elite 8760w). The bios is configured to scan both (as well as USB and PXE) for boot. I can boot the install .iso without issue, install went fine, but in order to boot the new install, I have to "Boot existing OS" from the .iso menu, then 'tab' and change hd0 0 to hd1 0 (I took the existing Win10 SSD out of the same bay I put this drive in - which is also a simple mbr boot - no UEFI). The setup is dead simple (.iso is sdb below) $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sdb 8:16 1 980M 0 disk ├─sdb2 8:18 1 40M 0 part └─sdb1 8:17 1 792M 0 part sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk ├─sda7 8:7 0 880G 0 part /home ├─sda5 8:5 0 500M 0 part /boot ├─sda1 8:1 0 1K 0 part ├─sda8 8:8 0 1G 0 part └─sda6 8:6 0 50G 0 part / and $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0xff7d45aa Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 2048 1953525167 1953523120 931.5G 5 Extended /dev/sda5 * 4096 1028095 1024000 500M 83 Linux /dev/sda6 1030144 105887743 104857600 50G 83 Linux /dev/sda7 105889792 1951383551 1845493760 880G 83 Linux /dev/sda8 1951385600 1953525167 2139568 1G 82 Linux swap / Solaris grub is installed to /dev/sda with grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda (no errors on install), and grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg I've searched for anything related to HP laptops or this model, but only find issues failing to boot the install CD or the newer UEFI pages like https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HP_EliteBook_840_G1. Has anyone encountered something similar? There is no longer a /boot/grub/device.map file installed by grub2, but given the fact the bios isn't seeing the drive at all for boot, I don't see how mapping hd0 to hd1 would make a difference. Does anyone have a link or any idea what the issue may be? I'm happy to send whatever additional information may be required. I'm ssh'ed into the box right now, I just need to get the boot and plasma ironed out. Any ideas? Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] [Classroom] Getting Started with Arch Linux Package Building
by fsckd 31 Dec '16

31 Dec '16

New Class, "Getting Started with Arch Linux Package Building" The class will be held on Sunday, Dec 11th at 19:00 UTC in #archlinux-classroom on irc.freenode.net. It is taught by meskarune and halosghost. This class will give you the understanding and resources to read, edit and write your own PKGBUILDs from scratch. The class will be covering basic PKGBUILDs as well as version control systems and GPG signed software. You will also learn how to check PKGBUILDs for errors and security issues to look out for. Everyone is welcome to join. The rules posted in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Code_of_conduct will be enforced. Prerequisites: * Have a basic understanding of filesystems and filesystem permissions * Know basic shell commands * Know how to extract archives (e.g., `bsdtar -xf filename`) * Ability to use a text editor (e.g., nano, vim, emacs, etc.) * Have base and base-devel installed (Arch Linux specific) along with pacman/makepkg and namcap Teachers: halosghost, resident panda of the Arch Linux community, enjoys programming, bagels and banning * on irc. meskarune is an artist, programmer and sysadmin. She has contributed to FOSS for 16 years and been an Arch user for 9 years.

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[arch-general] Stronger Hashes for PKGBUILDs
by fnodeuser 28 Dec '16

28 Dec '16

https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2016-November/028492.… i have a few things to add to this. the message digests at the download page for the .iso file, must change to sha256 and sha512 ones, or to a sha512 one. if an upstream does not sign the files, does not have https enabled, and/or refuses to take security and privacy seriously, sha512 must be used in the PKGBUILD files. in the cases of upstreams that use md5 and/or sha1 message digests, those will be added in a second ALGOsums= line under the sha512sums= line. if they use md5 and sha1, then sha1sums must be used for the second ALGOsums= line.

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