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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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[arch-general] Cinnamon main menu bug?
by Francis Gerund 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

Hello. I am running Arch 64-bit, with the Cinnamon desktop environment. When I install an application program, it does not show up in the Cinnamon main menu until I restart Cinnamon. Then, there it is. Is this a known bug, or is it a "feature"? And is there a way to fix it so that added programs show up in the menu without restarting Cinnamon?

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[arch-general] plasma 5 crashing
by Genes Lists 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Fully updated from testing repo. Since update to plasma 5.5 I am getting periodic crashes of plasmashell -trace back below. Seems to be connected with dri/swrast_dri.so. i915 graphics so not sure why swrast_dri is called - but then again not sure what that does exactly (sounds like software rendering). Anyone got suggestions or seen similar. plasma restarts itself and things go normally for a while until the next crash. gene --- trace back Application: Plasma (plasmashell), signal: Segmentation fault Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1". [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7f7c26ff0800 (LWP 2502))] ... Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f7c26ff0800 (LWP 2502)): [KCrash Handler] #5 0x00007f7c34c52b22 in __memmove_avx_unaligned () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #6 0x00007f7c1763dc8d in ?? () from /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so #7 0x00007f7c1763c645 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so #8 0x00007f7c1db1e8fa in ?? () from /usr/lib/qt/qml/org/kde/plasma/core/libcorebindingsplugin.so #9 0x00007f7c1db1f3f9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/qt/qml/org/kde/plasma/core/libcorebindingsplugin.so #10 0x00007f7c1db1f954 in ?? () from /usr/lib/qt/qml/org/kde/plasma/core/libcorebindingsplugin.so #11 0x00007f7c38652ac0 in QQuickWindowPrivate::updateDirtyNode(QQuickItem*) () from /usr/lib/libQt5Quick.so.5 #12 0x00007f7c3865331b in QQuickWindowPrivate::updateDirtyNodes() () from /usr/lib/libQt5Quick.so.5 #13 0x00007f7c38653490 in QQuickWindowPrivate::syncSceneGraph() () from /usr/lib/libQt5Quick.so.5 #14 0x00007f7c3862219c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQt5Quick.so.5 ...

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[arch-general] ssd trim using fstrim.service and fstrim.timer
by Francis Gerund 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

hello. Per the Arch wiki SSD page, I just enabled sysctl fstrim.timer, and then rebooted. I did not "enable" fstab.service. Now fstrim.timer is loaded, and active (but "waiting") and fstrim.service is loaded, but inactive. And the time stamp file the wiki mentions has a "0" size. So, do I have to wait (A WEEK!) to see if it works, or can I somehow now run fstrim.service manually to at least get it done once? Note: I could just add "discard" to /etc/fstab, but wouldn't that wear out the SSD faster than periodic trimming? And yes, my SSD does support trimming.

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[arch-general] Performance with Linux Bridge
by Carlos Ferreira 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Hello to all I'm using Arch Linux in a SuperMicro A1SAi-2750F motherboard and I'm having performance issues while bridging 3 Ethernet Gigabit network interfaces. The 4th network interface of that motherboard, is used to connect to the ISP. This setup is my Router/server and I use the 3 bridged interfaces to connect my home network. But now, I'm noticing severe performance issues. I conducted a small iperf3 test. The scenario was: PC A (100Mbps) <---> Server Ether 1(1Gbps) <---> Linux Bridge (br0) <---> Server Ether 2 (1Gbps) <---> PC B (1Gbps) The result: Connecting to host 192.168.123.136, port 5201 [ 4] local 192.168.123.4 port 55462 connected to 192.168.123.136 port 5201 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd [ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 1.47 MBytes 12.3 Mbits/sec 56 9.90 KBytes [ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 1.16 MBytes 9.70 Mbits/sec 50 8.48 KBytes [ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 1.10 MBytes 9.25 Mbits/sec 30 12.7 KBytes [ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 1.14 MBytes 9.52 Mbits/sec 40 5.66 KBytes [ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 1.04 MBytes 8.76 Mbits/sec 37 8.48 KBytes [ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 1.19 MBytes 9.96 Mbits/sec 40 12.7 KBytes [ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 1.14 MBytes 9.55 Mbits/sec 46 7.07 KBytes [ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 1.02 MBytes 8.55 Mbits/sec 39 14.1 KBytes [ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 1.14 MBytes 9.52 Mbits/sec 47 12.7 KBytes [ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 1.04 MBytes 8.72 Mbits/sec 35 11.3 KBytes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 11.4 MBytes 9.58 Mbits/sec 420 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 11.4 MBytes 9.57 Mbits/sec receiver Then i conducted another iperf3 test with a different scenario: PC A (100Mbps) <---> Server Ether 1 (1Gbps) <---> Linux Bridge (br0) The result: Connecting to host 192.168.123.1, port 5201 [ 4] local 192.168.123.4 port 58982 connected to 192.168.123.1 port 5201 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd [ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 11.3 MBytes 94.5 Mbits/sec 0 24.0 KBytes [ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec 0 24.0 KBytes [ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec 0 24.0 KBytes [ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec 0 24.0 KBytes [ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec 0 24.0 KBytes [ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.3 Mbits/sec 0 24.0 KBytes [ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec 0 24.0 KBytes [ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec 0 24.0 KBytes [ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec 0 24.0 KBytes [ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec 0 24.0 KBytes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 112 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec 0 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 112 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec receiver iperf Done. Does anyone know if this low performance behaviour by a Linux bridge is "normal" or, if it is a configuration problem? I disabled iptables. Despite gaining a little improvement, I still have severe performance issues. Can anyone provide some light in this case? Thank you! Carlos Miguel Ferreira

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Re: [arch-general] [OT?] Which is most future-proof desktop environment?
by Ralf Mardorf 28 Dec '15

28 Dec '15

On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 00:52:21 +0100, Ivan wrote: >On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:43:09 -0500 >Francis Gerund <ranrund(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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? > >Xfce wins for me by far... It's simple, light and has many features ... but within a major release themes got broken, xfce4-terminal doesn't re-wrapp lines, if you resize the window. Thunar, the file manager doesn't allow to split the window and requires Gnome's virtual crap to provide mount functionality and so on and so forth. I recommend to take a look at openbox (jwm is also not bad) and to use it with roxterm, lxpanel or fbpanel, and spacefm, IOW instead of using a desktop environment, just use a window manager. 2 Cents, Ralf

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