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[arch-general] Creating a Radius Ethernet Profile with netctl
by Hunter Jozwiak 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

Hi, I have a 802.11X connection here at my campus, and I don't know how to set this up with the netctl utility on the Arch Linux ISO. Are there guides on accomplishing this? Also, when I connect normally, there is a web site that comes up asking for my log on reedentials. How do I bypass this with netctl if possible, and if not, how do I authenticate? Hunter

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[arch-general] Intermittent problem accessing samba shares
by Paul Marwick 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

Fully updated Arch install, running Xfce. I don't use Samba very much, but need it for access at various times, so I have gvfs, gvfs-smb and smbclient installed. Normally no problem accessing Samba shares from Thunar. However.... Recently I spent some time trying to work out why a client was unable to access Samba shares from an Xubuntu desktop machine (shares are on an Ubuntu 16.04 server). While I was testing, I did something (wish I knew what...) and ended up with Thunar suddenly being unable to access any Samba share, even though I could use mount.cifs to mount the same share. When I got back to my home network, I found similar problems, even though I'd never had any problems in that area with this install of Arch. At the same time, another Arch install on the same laptop had no problems accessing the shares, and my desktop machine was also still able to access the shares without any problems. The problem is strange and very variable. Sometimes it fails as soon as I click "browse network" - the system sits and then comes back with 'unable to access "/" timeout was reached'. Sometimes I get a display of the Windows network icon, then it fails to open the Windows network display. Other times, I am able to see and mount a share on the network. This is on the same network, with no changes made to the network (one Slackware-based server, one Ubuntu 16.04 server). And a network which other Arch installs have no problems accessing the shares. I've checked messages using journalctl and dmesg and see nothing when the access fails. The part I find really puzzling is that sometimes it works with any problems, other times it fails as soon as I start. I'm confident that the prolbem is not Thunar itself. I installed pcmanfm to see if a different file manager would behave differently, but it shows exactly the same problem - sometimes it works, other times it fails. I'm at a loss as to how I track this error. I'd really like to fix it, so I'm hoping someone can suggest what might cause the problem, and how to fix it? I've seen problems like this in the past (mainly on Debian based distros, though a few years ago on an Arch install). One of a very small number of problems I've never been able to predictably fix. Paul.

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[arch-general] Why isn't SELinux officially supported?
by Robert Wong 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Having been using Arch Linux with Gsecurity-patched Kernel (Though installed a LTS Kernel for emergency fallback.) for half a year, I got a question. I found all the SELinux-concerned packages at the AUR, as well as the detailed RW

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[arch-general] Kaffeine video problem
by pete nikolic 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Hi .. Got a problem with kaffeine right now . this is kaffeine 2.0.6 running on a fully updated KDE/Plasma system . When i run kaffeine then try to view the TV i get audio but no video when run from a terminal i get [00007fc300001268] vdpau_display vout display error: output surface creation failure: a catch-all error , used when no other code applies . digging futher it seems the nouveau_drv_video.so cant be found i cant find it on the system either . this system is updated daily using "pacman -Syu" the tv was working fine a week ago came to use it 2 days ago not display and the errors Pete .

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[arch-general] Linux LTS 4.4 continued or 4.9 coming soon?
by Phil Wyett 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Hi, Is the project sticking with Linux 4.4 for the foreseeable future, or is the switch to 4.9 coming soon? Regards Phil -- Play the game, for the games sake. OS of choice: GNU / Linux Distribution of choice: Arch / Antergos GitHub: https://github.com/philwyettreb Intsant Messaging (XMPP): philwyettreb(a)chatme.im

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[arch-general] Thunderbird/Lightning doesn't work since last update
by Peter Nabbefeld 25 Feb '17

25 Feb '17

Hello, since the last thunderbird update I cannot create valid new meeting dates in the integrated calendar (lightning), i.e. I cannot edit the time of the meeting. Kind regards Peter

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[arch-general] ABI Navigator — a project to search for binary symbols
by Andrey Ponomarenko 25 Feb '17

25 Feb '17

Hello, I'd like to present a new project called "ABI Navigator" to search for binary symbols (functions, methods, global data, etc.) in open-source libraries: https://abi-laboratory.pro/index.php?view=navigator The project allows to find out in which versions of libraries some symbol is defined, added, removed or changed. The data is reused from the ABI Tracker project (238 libraries and 0.9 million symbols currently): https://abi-laboratory.pro/tracker/ Example for symbol gst_stream_new from libgstreamer.so (GStreamer): https://abi-laboratory.pro/index.php?view=navigator&symbol=gst_stream_new The project aims to help Linux developers and maintainers to resolve issues with missed symbols and navigate through the reports in the ABI Tracker. Have you ever encountered the "undefined reference" error or want to know whether the symbol is _stable_ enough to import by your code? Try to find it in the ABI Navigator! Enjoy!

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[arch-general] Got segmentation fault after upgrade
by piequiex 25 Feb '17

25 Feb '17

X.Org X Server 1.19.1 Release Date: 2017-01-11 [ 150.768] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 150.770] Build Operating System: Linux 4.8.14-1-ARCH x86_64 [ 150.772] Current Operating System: Linux localhost 4.9.11-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 19 13:45:52 UTC 2017 x86_64 [ 150.780] Build Date: 14 February 2017 03:36:07AM [ 151.110] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i965 [ 151.110] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 1 [ 151.111] (II) NOUVEAU(0): NVEnterVT is called. [ 151.111] (EE) [ 151.111] (EE) Backtrace: [ 151.111] (EE) 0: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (OsLookupColor+0x139) [0x59bdb9] [ 151.112] (EE) 1: /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (__restore_rt+0x0) [0x7f3e6849807f] [ 151.113] (EE) 2: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (xf86RandR12CreateScreenResources+0x534) [0x4b7fd4] [ 151.113] (EE) 3: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (InitExtensions+0x5d0) [0x4ab4d0] [ 151.113] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (InitFonts+0x2c5) [0x43a775] [ 151.114] (EE) 5: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf1) [0x7f3e68109291] [ 151.114] (EE) 6: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (_start+0x2a) [0x42457a] [ 151.115] (EE) 7: ? (?+0x2a) [0x2a] [ 151.115] (EE) [ 151.115] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x0 [ 151.115] (EE) Fatal server error: [ 151.115] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting [ 151.115] (EE) [ 151.115] (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 151.115] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch [ 151.115] (II) NOUVEAU(0): NVLeaveVT is called. [ 151.115] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch [ 151.127] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S xf86-input-evdev xf86-input-libinput xf86-video-nouveau xorg-server xorg-server-common xorg-server-devel' [ALPM] transaction started [ALPM] upgraded xf86-input-evdev (2.10.4-1 -> 2.10.5-1) [ALPM] upgraded xf86-input-libinput (0.22.0-1 -> 0.24.0-1) [ALPM] upgraded xf86-video-nouveau (1.0.13-1 -> 1.0.13-2) [ALPM] installed libxfont2 (2.0.1-1) [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server-common (1.18.4-1 -> 1.19.1-5) [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server (1.18.4-1 -> 1.19.1-5) [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server-devel (1.18.4-1 -> 1.19.1-5) [ALPM] transaction completed -- Have a nice day!

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[arch-general] abcde not working?
by Jeanette C. 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

Hi there, just wanting to start abcde I notice that it produces in error concerning the Perl module MusicBrainz::DiscID, suggesting to install that module. I tried through cpan, but no change. The system is up-to-date. I just updated yesterday and once more today, to make sure I didn't miss anything. Can anyone reproduce this error? Otherwise I suspect a misconfiguration here. Thanks and best wishes, Jeanette -------- When you need someone, you just turn around and I will be there <3

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[arch-general] Announcing pacpak
by pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

Hello, A specter is haunting the GNU/Linux ecosystem: the specter of per-user containerization. Software like Flatpak and Snappy promise fully sandboxed GNU/Linux application bundles (instead of merely launching an application with fewer privileges but without hiding the operating system, like Bubblewrap or Firejail do). Bundles ship with the version of their dependencies which they need. Dependencies are not force-upgraded with the operating system, but easily upgradable by the bundle creator. The same files in different bundles and versions are deduplicated to save space. Applications can be containerized once for all modern GNU/Linux operating systems. Unlike Docker, Flatpak works without root privileges. Flatpak allows you to run, say, a sandboxed and containerized copy of LibreOffice where opening an infected file can only cause harm to what the sandbox has access to, but not compromise the integrity of the system as a whole. Untrustworthy games can be isolated and run without fear of a system compromise. More generally, most GUI applications should probably be installed to and run from a Flatpak sandbox. This has major implications for traditional package managers. Pacman would be demoted to providing the base system on top of which Flatpak bundles downloaded from elsewhere are run (e.g. from gnome.org or from reallytheofficialwebsiteoflibreofficeipromise.com) However, I would prefer having a unified pacman-like interface for installing containerized and non-containerized applications. I believe a PKGBUILD is a good way to specify how to build an application for Flatpak as well. I do not want to lose the many packages from Arch and derivative distributions. tl;dr: Therefore I started writing a tool called pacpak which uses pacman to populate Flatpak application bundles. Its interface is meant to be similar to pacman’s. For example, in order to install gedit into a Flatpak application using a bundle of the gnome packages as a runtime, you install pacpak from the AUR and use: $ pacpak -S Base xterm You can run the resulting application like this: $ flatpak run $(hostname).app.xterm pacpak is still in its early alpha stages. I do not currently have the time to devote more than a day per week to its development. However, I’d like some feedback on the basic idea. I am also looking for a home for the project in the longer term, since I do not currently like to administer a bug tracker on my own rented server and dislike centralizing all free software development on GitHub or Sourceforge (I’d rather administer my own then). This will only be helpful once all the basic features are implemented of course. I would be glad if pacpak or a similar tool eventually becomes an official Arch project. Let me conclude by thanking those who develop Flatpak, those who package and maintain Flatpak for Arch and all the other Arch and free software developers we rely on. Regards, Florian Pelz

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