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[arch-general] Extremely slow battery status on MBP
by Emanuel Evans 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

Apologies for the repeat posting--I think my previous posting ended up bouncing due to some misconfigured dmarc settings. Anyways, I have kind of a weird issue that I'm having trouble debugging. On my MacBook Pro (11,1), checking battery status (through acpi or the /sys filesystem) becomes extremely slow after the computer's been on for a while. Here's an example: $ time cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status Charging real 0m54.519s user 0m0.000s sys 0m4.663s dmesg and journalctl aren't outputting anything during the call, and I tried strace during the command and there was no output during the blocked time. It's highly intermittent--acpi can take anywhere from 0-60 seconds with no discernible pattern, except that it doesn't happen when the battery is plugged in and charged. Any ideas for how to debug this further, or possible solutions? Thanks so much!

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[arch-general] Having trouble understanding UEFI booting
by mick 29 Aug '15

29 Aug '15

I've been trying to install archlinux on my Lenovo B50-70 laptop and got stuck installing grub boot loader inconjunction with UEFI. Either I'm miss understanding the wiki pages on the subject and/or the wiki pages could do with a bit more clarity. I'm dual booting arch and windows 8.1, previously I had ubuntu 14.04 but when I upgraded to 15.04 it got too messed up so I decided to bite the bullet and go with arch. The disk is currently split into 11 partitions part size code name 1 1 gb 2700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo 2 260mb EF00 EFI system partition 3 1 gb ED01 Basic data partion windows or lenovo 4 128mb 0C01 Microsoft reserved 5 71gb 0700 Basic data partion windows system 6 25gb 0700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo 7 14gb 2700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo 8 153gb 0700 shared NTFS data partition 9 78gb 8304 Linux / 'root' partition 10 9 gb 8200 swap 11 108gb 8302 /home when installing I have only used partitions 9, 10 & 11. partitions 1 - 8 were on the disc from the windows pre-install and shrunk to make way for linux. A recent operation is affecting my concentration and comprehension so be kind please. mick

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[arch-general] Weird glitch with X keymap
by Mauro Santos 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

Like the subject says I have stumbled upon a weird glitch with X keymap. The TL;DR version is the keymap on a usb keyboard that I have connected to my laptop is wrong until I press any key on my laptop's keyboard. I have a workaround in place but I would like to fix this properly. Now the long version. I am configuring X's keymap with /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keymap.conf, which contains: Section "InputClass" Identifier "Keyboard Defaults" MatchIsKeyboard "yes" Option "XkbLayout" "pt" Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" EndSection I'm using XFCE and it should not be messing with the keyboard configuration, the keyboard configuration utility is set to "Use system defaults". If I'm using only my laptop's built-in keyboard this works as expected and the pt keymap is (or seems to be) properly set as soon as XFCE starts. Now I have a usb mouse/keyboard combo (Logitech MK520) connected to the laptop, as I have put the laptop to the side to use a larger monitor. The weird problem manifests itself when starting XFCE either if starting XFCE with the keyboard already plugged in or if I plug the keyboard after start XFCE. If I start XFCE and use the laptop's keyboard first, the keymap is correct. If I start XFCE and use the usb keyboard first, the keymap is wrong, as far as I can tell it seems to be using the us keymap. If I start XFCE and press any key on laptop's keyboard before using the usb keyboard, then the keymap on the usb keyboard is correct. I have looked through X's logs and nothing seems to be out of place and the pt layout is the only thing that is present in the logs, there is no mention to the us layout. The output of 'setxkbmap -query -v' is the same before and after pressing any key on the laptop's keyboard to "fix" the problem with the usb keyboard. There is nothing on the journal or dmesg that might point to the problem. The workaround I have in place is using running 'setxkbmap pt' automatically (via autostart) after I start XFCE, in this case things work as they should. Google did not help with this and the is nothing on the wiki about this weird problem. Has anyone seen this behavior before? Any ideas on how I can properly fix this? -- Mauro Santos

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Re: [arch-general] ABS
by flow 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:18:05 +0100 (BST) > flow <flow(a)nym.mixmin.net>: >=20 > > Still can't find out yet where is avaible libreoffice-fresh 4.4.5-1 >=20 > https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/snapshot/packages-5c= fa49f17e4149dc4d7d2d6aec2cbd11310a8b04.tar.gz >=20 > Found through exactly the same steps as described earlier. >=20 > Do you want to modify the PKGBUILD and rebuild libreoffice yourself? Not exactly. First of all I would be stay on 4.4.5. And wanna have ability to build it f= or meself when need. > Because, you know, there's also libreoffice-still 4.4.5-2 in the repos. This port have no native language interface. - --=20 _ - --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF4EAREKAAYFAlXfUuwACgkQBJ+YanH0fh5NmwEAoJXWjd/C3N2Gs6CNxklj0nDH n5Ar14Iyv2mjZtn0+bwBAMb03/NzG5O1wn+M4z2IR5kDZyHEVA0neIstFlHynbXe =9Y0J - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy-- ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Thu Aug 27 23:11:39 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlXfmSsACgkQViYZwngkfDvtsACfc3A3Psg/zVOT7l4Z9X0RWQqt H7IAn1oXmUzArSTWAQl/+nnCWUrk8/1M =jqxS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [arch-general] Having trouble understanding UEFI booting
by Maxwell Anselm 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

I also recommend rEFInd for a similar reason. It's much simpler to install than grub and it will probably autodetect both Arch and Windows. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:00 AM, <arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > > I never bothered with grub on EFI, especially now that a UEFI boot loader > comes bundled into systemd. So why bother installing another one, > especially considering that managing grub is way more complex since it > handles all the cruft necessary to boot on BIOS that is no longer necessary > on EFI? > > "bootctl install" will get sd-boot installed and you will only need to > check /boot/loader/entries to make sure it detected all Linuxes properly. > Windows is auto-detected and does not even need an entry. > > Best Regards, > Tobias > Am 27.08.2015 06:19 schrieb "mick" <bareman(a)tpg.com.au>: > > > On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:50:19 -0400 > > Ian <ian.ninjabadger(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I don't think I have the knowledge to solve your problem, but what is > the > > > problem you are having? So far you have just described your partition > > > scheme and that you are stuck somewhere. > > > > > > Which wiki page are you referring to? > > > > Sorry, was up til 3am try to work it out. > > > > wiki pages: > > > > Installation guide and beginners guide and chasing down the links for > > bootloaders > grub > ... > > > > the final symptom is a failure by grub-install to write x86_64.efi or > very > > similar name. > > > > from what I've looked at this morning I suspect it may relate to not > > having mounted the EFI system partition but I've confused myself so much > > I'm not sure and thought it better to reach out rather than blunder about > > and do more damage. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:17 PM, mick <bareman(a)tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > > I've been trying to install archlinux on my Lenovo B50-70 laptop and > > got > > > > stuck installing grub boot loader inconjunction with UEFI. > > > > > > > > Either I'm miss understanding the wiki pages on the subject and/or > the > > > > wiki pages could do with a bit more clarity. > > > > > > > > I'm dual booting arch and windows 8.1, previously I had ubuntu 14.04 > > but > > > > when I upgraded to 15.04 it got too messed up so I decided to bite > the > > > > bullet and go with arch. > > > > > > > > The disk is currently split into 11 partitions > > > > part size code name > > > > 1 1 gb 2700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo > > > > 2 260mb EF00 EFI system partition > > > > 3 1 gb ED01 Basic data partion windows or lenovo > > > > 4 128mb 0C01 Microsoft reserved > > > > 5 71gb 0700 Basic data partion windows system > > > > 6 25gb 0700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo > > > > 7 14gb 2700 Basic data partion windows or lenovo > > > > 8 153gb 0700 shared NTFS data > > partition > > > > 9 78gb 8304 Linux / 'root' > > partition > > > > 10 9 gb 8200 swap > > > > 11 108gb 8302 /home > > > > > > > > when installing I have only used partitions 9, 10 & 11. partitions 1 > - > > 8 > > > > were on the disc from the windows pre-install and shrunk to make way > > for > > > > linux. > > > > > > > > A recent operation is affecting my concentration and comprehension so > > be > > > > kind please. > > > > > > > > mick >

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[arch-general] aurweb is not synchronized with AUR4
by Roman Rader 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Noticed that when I update package via git for AUR4 information about package is not updating on aurweb. For example: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vagga-bin AND https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=vagga-bin Version and dependencies in PKGBUILD updated, but web shows old ones. And 'yaourt' also shows old versions, btw.

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Re: [arch-general] ABS
by flow 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 03:05:14 +0200 > Jens Adam <jra(a)byte.cx> wrote: > > > > Where I can get old ABS content? > > Flow, you can get it through SVN or the Git mirror. Info should be in the wiki. Still can't find out yet where is avaible libreoffice-fresh 4.4.5-1 - -- _ ~~~ This PGP signature only certifies the sender and date of the message. It implies no approval from the administrators of nym.mixmin.net. Date: Wed Aug 26 22:18:04 2015 GMT From: flow(a)nym.mixmin.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlXeOx0ACgkQViYZwngkfDvPPgCglUnq7uegcEY89zHOpkupMicH drgAoJdysF+Mbl7el2F0smP0COfQGt04 =0HRW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] LTS Kernels
by bildermejl76＠gmail.com 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 2Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 23:39:16 +0200 From: Patrick Helfenstein <pfilz0(a)bluewin.ch> To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org Subject: Re: [arch-general] LTS Kernels Message-ID: <55DCE084.2070504(a)bluewin.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >David, >No changes are necessary in any of the /etc/grub.d files. >the LTS kernel will be found automatically when running grub-mkconfig. >Cheers, Patrick Thanks Patrick! I think I will try installing an LTS kernel, but I heard a new LTS kernel is being released, 4.1. Do you have any idea how long it will take to show up in the repository? Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ – Skickat från Mailbox

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[arch-general] PHP - libphp5.so, OR php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi, OR php5 with apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid
by David C. Rankin 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

All, When I last loaded a full server install in 2013, at that time, the use of libphp5.so was discouraged by the wiki, indicating that path was likely to be deprecated. The wiki suggested an alternate install using php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi, or php5 with apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid as the preferred approaches for PHP. Fast forward 2-years, a failed disk controller and a new server build in 2015. Configuring PHP, I was surprised to find libphp5.so still an option, much less the first option suggested in the wiki. What happened? What is the proper-suggested PHP configuration? Is libphp5.so still on its way out? (there is no indication this is still the case). I have a relatively lightly used web-server, so the use of mod_mpm_prefork and loss of threading is not an issue with my setup. Why would I choose either php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi, or php5 with apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid as an alternative to libphp5.so for my PHP config on Arch? I'm trying to find out what the trade-offs are and whether it would make sense to use one way over another. Ideas? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] LTS Kernels
by bildermejl76＠gmail.com 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

Hello, I have been thinking about instslling an LTS kernel, but I don't have the skills to make complete sense of the wiki pages about grub and kernel installation. I have 4.1.15 installed now and not so many GUI programs installed beside Libre Office, web browser... mostly CLI utilities. But I wonder if I can install an LTS kernel in an already existing installation as a fallback? The wiki sounds fairly straight forward, but I get lost where it says "install kernel" without saying how, and to "edit the grub config file" without an explanation, and to "generate the main configuration file". Not sure whether I am getting in way over my head or if it is actually quite simple. That's what I need to know. Thanks, David – Skickat från Mailbox

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