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Re: [arch-general] Can't login after upgrading ncurses but not bash (partial upgrade)
by Nick Andryshak 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Thanks Simon, this is what I ended up doing. My provider (DigitalOcean) mounted an Arch ISO for me, and allowed me to boot into it using the console access from their control panel. I was then by able to repair the installation by mounting my system and using pacman with the --root, --cache-dir and --config switches pointed at my install. Nick On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Simon Brulhart <simon(a)brulhart.me> wrote: > Le 26 oct. 2015 16:05, Nick Andryshak <nandryshak(a)gmail.com> a écrit : > > > > Hello, I'm in a bit of a sticky situation, which is the result of me > being > > an idiot and not knowing how to use Arch even after years of using it. > > > > I reinstalled ncurses with pacman, which I assume gave me ncurses 6 and > > removed ncurses 5. But I didn't upgrade bash (or zsh), I guess is still > > linked against 5, because when I try to login I get this error: > > > > $ ssh me(a)xyz.com > > Last login: Mon Oct 26 08:56:59 2015 from x.x.x.x > > -bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot > open > > shared object file: No such file or directory > > Connection to xyz.com closed. > > > > I can't use sftp either. Oh, also, this is on a vps, so I don't have > > physical access to the machine. > > > > Is there any way to fix this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nick > > Are you able to boot from a different system in your VPS's control panel? > If you have a 'network boot' or 'boot from ISO' feature, you could use it > and reinstall bash with pacstrap from there. > > Simon

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[arch-general] Laptop sometimes freeze
by Maykel Franco 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Hi, since I updated the kde 4 to plasma kde 5, the system sometimes freeze... maykel  maykel-arch  ~  Downloads  $  dmesg | grep -i error [ 2.568585] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.GFX0._DSM] (Node ffff8802264acb40), AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT (20150619/psparse-536) [ 2.570201] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.GFX0._DSM] (Node ffff8802264acb40), AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT (20150619/psparse-536) [ 2.570208] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM] (Node ffff8802264c52f8), AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT (20150619/psparse-536) [ 2.701980] [drm:intel_set_pch_fifo_underrun_reporting [i915]] *ERROR* uncleared pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder A [ 2.701998] [drm:intel_pch_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* PCH transcoder A FIFO underrun Why is this?

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[arch-general] i3 and .zprofile
by Stefan Tatschner 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

Hi, I have recently switched from gnome to i3. I really like it, but there are still a few annoying problems left… Currently I use gdm to login; my login shell is set to zsh in /etc/passwd. I have several dotfiles, like ".zshrc" and ".zprofile" in $HOME. The problem is, that i3 does not seem to spawn a login shell correctly (is this even possible?). In gnome3 my settings in .zprofile are applied globally and just fine. In i3 the entire .zprofile is missed. Since .zprofile is sourced by interactive login shells, I guess that there might be a problem. Am I missing something here? Thanks, Stefan

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Re: [arch-general] Can't login after upgrading ncurses but not bash (partial upgrade)
by Simon Brulhart 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Le 26 oct. 2015 16:05, Nick Andryshak <nandryshak(a)gmail.com> a écrit : > > Hello, I'm in a bit of a sticky situation, which is the result of me being > an idiot and not knowing how to use Arch even after years of using it. > > I reinstalled ncurses with pacman, which I assume gave me ncurses 6 and > removed ncurses 5. But I didn't upgrade bash (or zsh), I guess is still > linked against 5, because when I try to login I get this error: > > $ ssh me(a)xyz.com > Last login: Mon Oct 26 08:56:59 2015 from x.x.x.x > -bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > Connection to xyz.com closed. > > I can't use sftp either. Oh, also, this is on a vps, so I don't have > physical access to the machine. > > Is there any way to fix this? > > Thanks, > > Nick Are you able to boot from a different system in your VPS's control panel? If you have a 'network boot' or 'boot from ISO' feature, you could use it and reinstall bash with pacstrap from there. Simon

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[arch-general] Can't login after upgrading ncurses but not bash (partial upgrade)
by Nick Andryshak 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Hello, I'm in a bit of a sticky situation, which is the result of me being an idiot and not knowing how to use Arch even after years of using it. I reinstalled ncurses with pacman, which I assume gave me ncurses 6 and removed ncurses 5. But I didn't upgrade bash (or zsh), I guess is still linked against 5, because when I try to login I get this error: $ ssh me(a)xyz.com Last login: Mon Oct 26 08:56:59 2015 from x.x.x.x -bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Connection to xyz.com closed. I can't use sftp either. Oh, also, this is on a vps, so I don't have physical access to the machine. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks, Nick

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[arch-general] xbacklight, gnome brightness slider don't work, but changing rightness within /sys will
by Alexander Terry 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

as per subject, whenever i try to change my brightness with xbacklight -set, it doesnt work. it does not change the brightness. the same thing happenes in gnome, with the brightness slider on the top right menu. what does work is (as root) going into /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight, and changing the value in the brightness folder. there are no other folders in /sys/class/backlight.

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[arch-general] screensaver
by flow 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

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[arch-general] pulseaudio, systemd --user and session problems
by Karsten Rode 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hi, I have a problem I think is related to the startup of a systemd user session. I noticed lately that pulseaudio does not automatically start, although I can start it form the command line later with $ pulseaudio --start After digging around I found that pulseaudio should be started by the systemd user session, so as a first test I did $ systemctl --user which gave Failed to list units: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1 From what I recall, there are some conditions that has to be met in order for user sessions to work, and the output of $ loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID contains (among other things): Remote=no Service=lightdm Desktop=xfce Scope=session-c2.scope Leader=1118 Audit=0 Type=x11 Class=user Active=yes Does anybody have an idea of where o look for further information ? As you can see above I use lightdm as the display manager. -- Karsten

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[arch-general] jpurnalctl --setup-keys error
by Dennis Anderson 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hello everyone, When I run the setup keys command I get this: #journalctl --setup-keys Generating seed... Generating key pair... Generating sealing key... Failed to set file attributes: Operation not supported The new key pair has been generated. The secret sealing key has been written to the following local file. This key file is automatically updated when the sealing key is advanced. It should not be used on multiple hosts. /var/log/journal/9999999999999999999999/fss Please write down the following secret verification key. It should be stored at a safe location and should not be saved locally on disk. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The sealing key is automatically changed every 15min. The keys have been generated for host xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I changed the secret stuff. Paranoid? It seems like it worked AFAIK. Any advice or comments welcome and appreciated. Thanks, Dennis

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[arch-general] Gnome-Terminal can we update to 3.18.0.1
by Britt Yazel 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hi, I know that the reason Gnome-Terminal has not been upgrade from 3.18.0 is due to us waiting for the 3.18.1 release, however there is a ridiculous bug that causes the app to have a search bar that takes up 50% of the width of the window that I have been living with for 3 weeks, and which was fixed in 3.18.0.1. I hate to pester, but the package was flagged out of date weeks ago but still hasn't been updated, and this bug is impossible to ignore, and is cringe worthy. -Britt

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