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[arch-general] x86 hardware suggestion for home movie theater setup (kodi)
by Wolfgang Mader 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Dear list, right now, I run a home movie theater setup under arch linux on an arm device. While I really appreciate the low power consumption and the small form factors of arm (developer) boards, for me, arm also comes with a much larger maintenance burden than standard x86 hardware. Thus, I search for a platform which is x86 and well suited for a home theater setup. While browsing the internet, I go the feeling, that the Intel Atom series might be a good way to go. In particular, here is what I aim for: - standard boot process. No uboot. - standard cpu such that I can relay on standard arch repos and community - a graphics chip for which drivers are officially available, such as integrated intel graphics - low power consumption - some sort of internet connectivity, preferable cabled, but wifi would also be ok. - usb, but nothing fancy, only for keyboard Software wise, the hardware should be able to allow for browsing the internet and to deliver video and audio fluently. The interface I am targeting is kodi. Since I have no experience with low-powered x86 hardware such as the Intel Atom chips, I kindly ask for your experience and opinions on the topic. Thanks and have a nice week.

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[arch-general] Is Linux 4.3 stable?
by Bennett Piater 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Hi everyone, I just saw that 4.3.3-2 hit stable. There are still open bugs, one of them critical, about the 4.3 series on the bug tracker. I heard of a lot of issues around this kernel on the dev-public mailing list. Does anyone have problems with this update? Also, does anyone have problems using Intel graphics? Thanks, Bennett -- GPG fingerprint: 871F 1047 7DB3 DDED 5FC4 47B2 26C7 E577 EF96 7808

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[arch-general] System crash troubleshooting help?
by Aron Widforss 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Good evening all, I was just watching Linux Sucks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pOxlazS3zs) on Youtube when my system froze. It was the whole system, I could for example not switch to a TTY. The audio was looping a one second thing. My troubleshooting skills are no pride to me, so I though I could just ask you for help. These are the last entries in the journal (in reverse). Did my system just crash because of a DHCP request? Or should I focus on the kwin error, which is the very last one? I will probably not be available to answer to anything during the next 20 hours. -- Vänligen, Aron Widforss ---- Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname kwin_x11[899]: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4113, resource id: 2097154, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0 Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service. Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname dbus[635]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname kdeinit5[864]: networkmanager-qt: virtual void NetworkManager::DevicePrivate::propertyChanged(const QString&, const QVariant&) Unhandled property "Metered" Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service... Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname dbus[635]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> (wlp2s0): Activation: successful, device activated. Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> Policy set 'ssid' (wlp2s0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS. Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname dhclient[1074]: bound to 192.168.1.10 -- renewal in 37620 seconds. Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> (wlp2s0): device state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none') [90 100 0] Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> (wlp2s0): device state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none') [80 90 0] Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> (wlp2s0): device state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none') [70 80 0] Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> (wlp2s0): DHCPv4 state changed unknown -> bound Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> nameserver '192.168.1.1' Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> lease time 86400 Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> server identifier 192.168.1.1 Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> gateway 192.168.1.1 Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> plen 24 (255.255.255.0) Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> address 192.168.1.10 Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname dhclient[1074]: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname dhclient[1074]: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1 Jan 06 22:31:19 hostname dhclient[1074]: DHCPREQUEST on wlp2s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jan 06 22:31:18 hostname dhclient[1074]: DHCPDISCOVER on wlp2s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 Jan 06 22:31:18 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> (wlp2s0): DHCPv4 state changed expire -> unknown Jan 06 22:31:18 hostname NetworkManager[637]: <info> (wlp2s0): DHCPv4 state changed unknown -> expire Jan 06 22:31:18 hostname kernel: ll header: 00000000: ff ff ff ff ff ff e0 91 f5 7a fe 9a 08 00 .........z.... Jan 06 22:31:18 hostname kernel: IPv4: martian source 255.255.255.255 from 192.168.1.1, on dev wlp2s0 Jan 06 22:31:18 hostname dhclient[1074]: DHCPNAK from 192.168.1.1 Jan 06 22:31:18 hostname dhclient[1074]: DHCPREQUEST on wlp2s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67

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[arch-general] Question about FS#47134
by SanskritFritz 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hi, This bug report was closed with the comment "a bug in DE": https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47134 My question is: how is that a bug in a DE, when the DE starts a file present in /etc/xdg/autostart ? I honestly thought, that directory serves that exact purpose.

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[arch-general] Removal of php-pear, what provides functionality
by David C. Rankin 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

All, Reading the notes on archlinux.org, I see a number of the php sub-packages (php-pear, php-mssql, php-ldap, etc.) have been removed. What will provide the continued functionality that those packages provide. Specifically pear is a requirement for eGroupWare. The link to the php 7 migration guide doesn't address anything related to pear itself. Is pear functionality provided by default in php 7? I just want to make sure the next update doesn't take down by office groupware app. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Firefox without signature checking
by Kyle Terrien 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hello, Are there plans to package a version of Firefox 44 that lets you disable extension signature checking? Background: Firefox is shipping with signature checking for addons. Right now (in Firefox 43), there is an option to disable it if you need to use an unsigned addon. However, that option is being removed in Firefox 44. [0] Signature checking itself is actually a very good concept. However, the way Mozilla has implemented it in Firefox (imho) is not. Every extension must be signed by Mozilla, and only Mozilla, creating a walled garden. From my understanding, there will be no way to override this extension check unless you recompile Firefox and build an unbranded version. Personally, I think this mechanism goes against the Arch Linux tenet of user centrality [1]. As a user, you should ultimately be allowed to decide what you want to install on your system. Also, how are you supposed to build your own extensions or test someone else's extension on Firefox stable? Fedora recently discussed the possibility of packaging an "unofficial" Firefox [2]. (Take a look at their bugtracker for some good points.) Is an abrowser package with the ability to disable extension signing warranted? I am posting to this mailing list because I have not seen much discussion about Firefox extension signing in the Arch Linux world. Developers, what are your thoughts? Is it worth it packaging an "unofficial" version of Firefox? --Kyle Terrien [0] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Addons/Extension_Signing [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux#User_centrality [2] https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1518

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[arch-general] [OT?] Which is most future-proof desktop environment?
by Francis Gerund 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

Just a call for opinions: if you use Arch, and you wanted to choose and stay with a desktop environment long-term, what would you choose - and why?

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] PHP 7
by Genes Lists 31 Dec '15

31 Dec '15

I'm having trouble with nginx after this update. This is just getting the top level page which is simple php. Any suggestions to get nginx working again - or an update to nginx? php 7.0.1-2 php-fpm 7.0.1-2 nginx - 1.8.0-2 2015/12/31 16:05:01 [crit] 476#0: *5 connect() to unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock failed (13: Permission denied) while connecting to upstream, client: xxx, server: www.sapience.com, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock:", host: "www.sapience.com" # ls -l /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock srw-rw---- 1 root root 0 Dec 31 16:02 /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock nginx.conf has not changed since it was installed. ... location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /scripts$fastcgi_script_name; include fastcgi.conf; }

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[arch-general] virt-manager/spicy: no audio unless I start pulseaudio
by Kyle Terrien 31 Dec '15

31 Dec '15

Summary: Why is there no audio in the spice viewer if PulseAudio is not running? I have been battling muted audio in virt-manager for some time. I finally figured out that it is really a spice viewer problem (spicy) rather than a QEMU problem. The problem is that spicy does not output any audio unless I have PulseAudio setup and running. If I attempt to run spicy from a terminal and connect to a VM (running Fedora 23), I get warnings like the following when I am not running PulseAudio: GSpice-WARNING **: PulseAudio context failed Connection refused GSpice-WARNING **: pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused And there is no sound. If I launch PulseAudio and try again, there is sound. It looks like at one point the '--with-audio=gstreamer' configure parameter was added to spice-gtk3 [0]. However, it was reverted a few weeks later [1]. So, I have a couple questions: - Why was the reversion necessary? There is a forum post on that bug where someone has the complete opposite problem I am having. - Is there some way to make spicy output sound without PulseAudio as a dependency? I have filed a bug on spicy's bugtracker [2], and a developer claims that by switching '--with-audio' to gstreamer, it is possible to make sound output work on both PulseAudio and plain ALSA. I have tried recompiling with '--with-audio=gstreamer', but I was not able to get sound output in plain ALSA. Has anyone had success recompiling with '--with-audio=gstreamer'? Any insight to the root of the problem would be appreciated. --Kyle Terrien [0] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41492 [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41740 [2] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93544

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[arch-general] wmctrl doesn't show the PID of all windows
by Ralf Mardorf 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

Hi, wmctrl could fail, if I want to get the PID that belongs to a window? assumed I want to kill just one instance of xfw, how could I e.g. get the PID of the xfw windows? [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ps aux|grep -v grep|grep xfw rocketm+ 28733 0.2 0.3 126964 13836 pts/4 S+ 14:25 0:00 xfw root 28734 0.0 0.1 72312 5216 pts/3 S+ 14:26 0:00 sudo xfw root 28735 0.2 0.3 127744 14220 pts/3 S+ 14:26 0:00 xfw [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ps aux|grep -v grep|grep pluma rocketm+ 28736 4.0 1.0 625936 40996 pts/2 Sl+ 14:26 0:03 pluma root 28741 0.0 0.1 72312 5112 pts/1 S+ 14:26 0:00 sudo pluma root 28742 3.1 0.8 991168 32152 pts/1 Sl+ 14:26 0:01 pluma [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ wmctrl -lp 0x00a00003 -1 25836 archlinux panel 0x00e0001d -1 25835 archlinux panel 0x00800007 0 28670 archlinux rocketmouse@archlinux:~ 0x014004be 0 0 N/A .jackdrc - /home/rocketmouse 0x018004bf 0 0 N/A .bashrc - /root 0x01a00114 0 28736 archlinux .jackdrc (~) - Pluma 0x01c00110 0 28742 archlinux .bashrc (~) - Pluma [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ Regards, Ralf

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