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[arch-general] VirtualBox ALT-key problems (especially with Adobe programs)
by Klaus Doblmann M.A. 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, I'm having troubles getting the ALT-key to work properly in VirtualBox as a modifier in applications like Photoshop for things like the clone tool, it isn't recognised as the ALT-key. (No discussions about my need for these proprietary apps please, there are valid reasons for my need for those, I'm not happy about it either). This has been a long-standing problem when using Linux as host systems and is related to aspects of the window management. In previous systems the culprit was that ALT+dragging left mouse button was set to move windows around in Linux, this interfered with the function of the ALT key in the virtual machines. Now using Arch (GNOME3) I have tried several things but haven't found a solution yet. Here's what I've tried: - - Use GNOME tinker tool to disable the window action-key (or assign the super key for that) - - Use GNOME tinker tool to switch the assignment of the ALT and Windows keys - - Tried several different settings in VirtualBox in regards to the capturing of mouse and/or keyboard None of these things - which used to provide a solution in the past) worked, but I have to admit I haven't used a virtual Windows system with Photoshop on a Linux host in probably five years so things might have changed quite a bit. Any pointers from this list? thanks, Klaus - -- Klaus Doblmann M.A. PGP: 43F89A1B -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXgNiPAAoJEJArGOi/1wqdejsH/AtddpGWCLTEe+6XqgXji73P bCkTfhdKFqDGO0rRgov8j3I4cAMWm63IVrQDxVqvRoAxklPQrLSkaj/GKCCvbJ9T Dr3NEJldqhTMyrSB1ezm6qRCAI8D73lTika6EHmpOst3g+tLmfj+/O8XMlG88gMt Vam2a40MPTYhQWLAZxSkYg92pAk6n3bHrzMRSEu0n/PLJMNSDC27ajE6kMUap4oT QGXsubG8oUYpXvJcUeTBCfGE7c7eGocqZmCrjUJT2Z4SAV31oIsAxswz0Z/OV7pE /8tpwQK6lMNmh1FTjfzdcvzBntds9zGB5ElgYtRyEM94UmNipsE8IDwBiGM8M90= =JHCG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] No speech from orca after installing gnome after a fresh install.
by sonar mate 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

Hi all, Just install a fresh copy of arch using the talking arch cd that I have. I am using a vm for the moment, but it shouldn't matter. After getting things configured and working, I installed gnome which installed with no problems. The problem is that though there is sound such as valum razing and loawering orca will not speak. Audly enough, speakup works just fine. I just do not have sound from orca. As a side note, have not been able to run a terminal. Any ideas from any orca users here who may have an idea on this one. Thanks. Matthew

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[arch-general] [PATCH] core/links: bump to version 2.13
by Alive 4ever 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

Since links package has been flagged out of date for almost one month, I can't help myself to contribute a patch and stop bugging maintainer to package an updated version. I've submitted this patch on aur mailing list and someone told me to post to the appropriate list. So, I post it here. Hopefully this will be the start of improving Arch Linux packaging, with patch contribution from Arch Linux community to improve packaging, especially regarding updates to out of date packages which is can't be reported on Flyspray. Because development is not just about fixing bugs. Making improvements is also part of development. ------ Upgrade links to version 2.13 Signed-off-by: Alif <alive4ever(a)live.com> --- trunk/PKGBUILD | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/trunk/PKGBUILD b/trunk/PKGBUILD index 85ce55c..3f2a3bf 100644 --- a/trunk/PKGBUILD +++ b/trunk/PKGBUILD @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ # Maintainer: Eric Bélanger <eric(a)archlinux.org> pkgname=links -pkgver=2.12 -pkgrel=2 +pkgver=2.13 +pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="A text WWW browser, similar to Lynx" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') url="http://links.twibright.com/" @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ optdepends=('libx11: for using xlinks' 'libpng: for using xlinks' 'librsvg: for using xlinks') source=(http://links.twibright.com/download/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2 links.desktop) -sha1sums=('952dfecded9496ff1a73184ce538d08dbbb5152b' +sha1sums=('ee5ef004723664d3928e29a603cb150db013603f' 'f600e27c2a71184444f7dd07a10230aa44463a02') prepare() { -- 2.9.2

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[arch-general] rEFInd has been out of date for awhile.
by mike lojkovic 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

Hey everybody, refind-efi package in extra has been flagged out of date for about 6 months. The latest version is 0.10.3. There is refind-efi-bin <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/refind-efi-bin/> in the aur. I'm just wondering if there are any plans to continue supporting rEFInd officially?

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Re: [arch-general] links package hasn't been updated
by Alive 4ever 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 02:57:40PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Something to try as an experiment. In html options turn on number links > then run save html options and see if you manage to modify html.cfg file of > links. If that fails this bug was not fixed upstream. > There is no problem of using keyboard to access menu bar. The menu is working perfectly on my terminal (rxvt-unicode), except alt+s key, which is interpreted by urxvt as 'scrollback search'. For this key sequence, I just need to hit Esc+s to access links setup menu. On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 02:55:39PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Can you adjust options in your new version? I use a screen reader and links > appeared in current version to be immune to keyboard input when configuring > options. In order to customize links I had to save configuration files then > edit them by hand. I didn't adjust any options in the PKGBUILD. Just modifying the source to fetch latest version and generating the correct SHA1 hash for the source tarball. I've tried setting 'links are numbered' html option and it persists after closing links. Just don't forget to hit 'save html options' after modifying html-related settings. Numbered links option is only available on the text only version (/usr/bin/links and /usr/bin/xlinks without -g option). The only thing to remember after modifying 'links' general settings and 'links' html options is to hit 'save options' to make the change persists. I hope this explanation will be useful.

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[arch-general] efivars mounted read-write, but "operation not permitted, "
by Zachary Kline 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

Hi All, This is admittedly more about Linux in general than Arch specifically, but I’m wondering if anybody has insight into why I can’t delete EFI variables, when efivarfs is mounted read-write. For anybody interested, I am wanting to remove the default boot entry created by systemd-boot, but receive an “Operation not permitted,” message when trying to do so, even as root. Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks much, Zack.

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[arch-general] links package hasn't been updated
by Alive 4ever 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Greetings, developers. 'links' package has been flagged out of date for nearly one month and there is no updated package until now, not even in 'testing'. Is there anything blocking version 2.13 from being packaged? Firefox, which requires time and power to package has already available in 'testing' for less than two days. Compared to firefox, links doesn't need much power to package it. I am willing to create updated PKGBUILD if it's going to help maintaining this package.

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[arch-general] Error Pacman
by Luciano Camerra 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Can you help me with this error? Thanks. [root@li3 ~]# pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... core 118.6 KiB 488K/s 00:00 [######################] 100% extra 1765.6 KiB 907K/s 00:02 [######################] 100% community 3.5 MiB 532K/s 00:07 [######################] 100% :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: lib32-libglapi: installing mesa (12.0.1-5) breaks dependency 'libglapi

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[arch-general] texlive-bin 2016.41290-2.1
by Genes Lists 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

There is a little noise on install Are these fixable - or benign? ---- (9/9) upgrading texlive- bin [################################] 100% >>> texlive: updating the filename database... recreating all formats...fmtutil [WARNING]: inifile aleph.ini for aleph/aleph not found. fmtutil [WARNING]: inifile lambda.ini for lamed/aleph not found. done.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] libvpx moved to testing - dropping avidemux?
by nfnty 31 Jul '16

31 Jul '16

On 2016-07-31 10:19, Andreas Radke wrote: > The libvpx rebuilt packages have been moved to testing. Old avidemux > won't compile against it. A major update is pending for a long > time. Eric isn't around it seems already for a few months. > > Is there any Dev or TU wanting to take care of it? > > If not we should drop it to AUR. > > -Andy > I've tried contacting Eric multiple times regarding Avidemux. Opened a bug report [1] which got closed by Doug for apparently not being the proper place to report such things. Got an updated build over on github [2]. //nfnty [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/48991 [2] https://github.com/nfnty/pkgbuilds/tree/master/avidemux/avidemux

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