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[arch-general] Strange file in home directory
by Sławek Kapłoński 17 Sep '16

17 Sep '16

Hello, I found recently strange (for me) file in my home directory. Name of this file is "on": [13:45:14] slawek@dell:~$ file on on: GNU dbm 1.x or ndbm database, little endian, 64-bit I think that it is created by Mutt because when I removed it and started Mutt then it was created again. Do You know what is this file for, what creates it (is it really Mutt) and maybe how can I disable creation of this file? -- Best regards / Pozdrawiam Sławek Kapłoński slawek(a)kaplonski.pl

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[arch-general] (no subject)
by Chris Stryczynski 17 Sep '16

17 Sep '16

I was wondering if there is an API / JSON endpoint for pkgstats? Saves me having to scrape the page! I'm interested to build a packages / aur frontend.

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[arch-general] GNU Privacy Assistant window sizing problem?
by Francis Gerund 17 Sep '16

17 Sep '16

Hello. Running Arch x86-64, Gnome 3, Linux 4.7.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 15 15:24:29 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux. Screeen is 15" 1366 x 768, 60 Hz. In GNU Privacy Assistant, when I open the "backend preferences" window, it opens with the "basic" options selected, correctly sized. But when I then select either the "advanced" or "options", the window expands well below the lower screen edge. Some of the options are then hidden, and I can not seem to find a way to resize the "backend preferences" window. Since the bottom row of buttons is completely hidden, I can not even change the setting that are visible, except the "basic" options. I have searched the forum, wiki, and online, without success. Has anyone else seen this problem, and if so, found a solution?

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[arch-general] Mirror issue
by Jordyn Carattini 17 Sep '16

17 Sep '16

I keep getting http error 502 from the archlinux.polymorf.fr, I've been getting this error for the past month. Also sorry if I'm not posting this in the right place.

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[arch-general] Not being able to upgrade system because of catalyst-hook
by Foxtrot Mike 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Hi all, For almost a month, I have been unable to upgrade my system (# sudo pacman -Su), apparently because catalyst-hook won't work with Linux 4.7. I thought that in a few weeks atmost, catalyst-hook would be 'upgraded' to support Linux 4.7, but still no luck. I am a beginner, so may be I am missing something. I couldn't find any such info on archWiki. Here's how I have been upgrading my system for the last year: ===================================================================== ===================================================================== >sudo pacman -Syy [sudo] password for foxtrot: :: Synchronizing package databases... xorg117 25.0 KiB 60.3K/s 00:00 [##############################################################] 100 catalyst 12.3 KiB 616K/s 00:00 [##############################################################] 100 core 119.4 KiB 64.3K/s 00:02 [##############################################################] 100 extra 1760.5 KiB 70.5K/s 00:25 [##############################################################] 100 community 3.6 MiB 116K/s 00:32 [##############################################################] 100 multilib 172.6 KiB 119K/s 00:01 [##############################################################] 100 >sudo pacman -Su :: Starting full system upgrade... :: Replace libdbus with core/dbus? [Y/n] y resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: catalyst-hook: installing linux (4.7.2-1) breaks dependency 'linux<4.7' ===================================================================== ===================================================================== BTW I am using xorg117. Any help would be appreciated! Regards, Fulcrum

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[arch-general] Arch svntogit/package.git what is Diffstat bargraph displaying? Lines?
by David C. Rankin 12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16

All, After updates, I was investigating the removal of Arch-specific FT2_SUBPIXEL_HINTING from freetype2 (enabling infinality patch) and I was looking at the changes on the svntogit/package.git page, e.g. https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/diff/?h=packages/freetype2&… At the top of the page there is a Diffstat graph showing a horizontal bar graph of red/green bars on the right side of the graph, e.g. Diffstat -rw-r--r-- trunk/0001-Enable-table- validation-modules.patch 18 ====== -rw-r--r-- trunk/0002-Enable-subpixel- rendering.patch 10 ==== -rw-r--r-- trunk/0003-Enable-infinality- subpixel-hinting.patch 27 ========= -rw-r--r-- trunk/0003-Make-subpixel-hinting- mode-configurable.patch 88 ===========.. -rw-r--r-- trunk/0004-Keep-default-interpreter- version-as-35.patch 29 ==========... -rw-r--r-- trunk/PKGBUILD 36 ==========... -rw-r--r-- trunk/freetype2.install 15 ===== -rw-r--r-- trunk/freetype2.sh 12 ==== ^ ^ | | +---------------+ this information What is 'this information' on the graph showing? Lines added/deleted? Votes for change? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] out of date packages - an observation
by Genes Lists 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

After the recent dicsussion(s) around this topic I thought it worthwhile to go through where things stand. I went through all the packages flagged out of date on the website and focused on what I viewed as the "more important" ones (this is IMHO of course ... I'm sure others have differnt views). Regardless of how out of date a package is, if a new package was in testing I did not include it here. Of those that passed my sufficiently important filter: I found only 2 packages more than 1 week old and 3 less than a week - 2 of which were released upstream today. One is more than 9 months out of date (refind-efi). Here's what I found orderd most out of date at the top.. refind-efi - Arch vesion 0.9.2 as of 9/22/2015 - Upstream has 0.10.3 from 4/24/2016 - this one is very out of date - - be good to have this updated. openssl - Arch has 1.0.2.h - Out of date as of 8/25/2016 - 1.1.0 was released upstream on 8/25/2016 dkms - Out of date as of 9/1/2016 - Arch Package website refers to dell.com should be changed to https://github.com/dell/ util-linux - 2.28.2 was released today - - arch has 2.28.1 released 8/11/2016 linux - 4.7.3 is out of date as of today -- Gene lists(a)sapience.com

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[arch-general] Fwd: [Tsukuba-ftp-servers:2874] About ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp
by Dragon ryu 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Seems ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp died. Comfirmed by email from Kouhei Takahashi. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kohei Takahashi <flast(a)tsukuba.wide.ad.jp> Date: 2016-09-08 23:25 GMT+09:00 Subject: Re: [Tsukuba-ftp-servers:2874] About ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp To: Dragon ryu <knight.ryu12(a)gmail.com> Cc: tsukuba-ftp-servers(a)tsukuba.wide.ad.jp Hi Dragon, On 09/08/2016 09:18 PM, Dragon ryu wrote: > Seems your server died. not responding anything. Yes, the server crashes harder. So, I'm trying to repair it, ASAP. I apologize your inconvenience. Thanks, Kohei Takahashi

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[arch-general] sddm autologin doesn't immediately after boot - but systemctl restart sddm solves the problem. Timing issue - missing systemd service dependencies?
by Damian Nowak 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Howdy! My sddm doesn't automatically log me in for a week now. It errors out with: > Could not start D-Bus. Can you call qdbus instead? Picture of the error here: https://x.virtkick.com/51c5d57e633799d45cf438026b4493ec87b1d19d/sddm-autolo… All I need to do after getting this error is switch to tty and call `systemctl restart sddm`. It feels like a timing issue - D-Bus not coming up on time. Does sddm systemd service correctly depend on everything it needs to successfully login? Currently: > After=systemd-user-sessions.service getty(a)tty1.service plymouth-quit.service I tried adding After=dbus.service and Depends=dbus.service but it didn't help. 1. Can anyone check if it's reproducible on their side? 2. Any ideas how to improve the service unit file to depend on the appropriate things? [Autologin] Relogin=false Session=plasma.desktop User=USERNAME [General] HaltCommand= RebootCommand= [Users] MaximumUid=65000 MinimumUid=1000 Thanks, Damian Nowak

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[arch-general] bitcoin-qt out-of-date
by Diego Viola 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

Hello, I flagged this package 10 days ago as out of date and I've been trying to contact the maintainer about it, with no response. https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/bitcoin-qt/ Is there any problem with updating this? Any reasons for the delay or lack of response? Thanks, Diego

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