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[arch-general] NodeJs default behavior
by Heiko Becker 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Hey everyone, has there been some change to NodeJs with the latest versions? I'm running a node app with version 0.10.25 on an Ubuntu Server and one with 0.10.35 on my Arch. With the same script I'm getting debug output on Ubuntu but not on Arch. Best regards, Heiko

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[arch-general] keymap corruption
by Michael Dahlberg 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

I recently had a hard drive failure which resulted in my system having a corrupted /var. I removed /var and recreated it from backups, however now i seem to have a unique problem: when I log into the console the backspace and ESC keys do not function correctly. Both keys just result in advancing the cursor. Strangely, if I boot into the rescue.target, the keys work correctly. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike

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[arch-general] Is there a non file manager daemon for automounting like the ones provided by "pcmanfm -d"
by Javier Vasquez 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Hi, I've been using "pcmanfm -d &" in my ~/.xinitrc, as suggested by [1]. However I would like something similar without the need of the file manager. Hopefully something that shows in the tray bar what's mounted and allows umounting. I don't use a DE, just plain fluxbox, and having to use whether pcmanfm or thunar or any other file manager with daemon capability is something I would like to prevent. I read about ldm, suggested by [2], but it doesn't seem to offer what I'm looking for. Seems to be something to automount with particular uid/gid only. though I might be wrong. Any suggestions? Thanks, -- Javier [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/File_manager_functionality#File_manage… [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications#Mount_tools

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[arch-general] Reserve UID/GID for unofficial packages
by Christopher Reimer 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Hi, I'm reposting this topic from the Arch forums here to grab more attention from Arch Developers and TUs https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=191918 > Hi, > > I'm working on an unoffical repository for VDR (http://www.tvdr.de) on > Arch Linux called VDR4Arch (https://github.com/VDR4Arch/vdr4arch) > > VDR runs as user 'vdr' and needs write access to /var/lib/vdr. There are > also several plugins for vdr which add files to /var/lib/vdr. > > The install script of the package 'vdr' adds a group 'vdr' and a user > 'vdr' with the IDs 666 (I don't remember why I used 666) > If a plugin adds files to /var/lib/vdr the install script changes the > owner and group to vdr:vdr > > I did this to stop namcap from complaining. And this worked since the > release of pacman 4.2. > Namcap is happy but now pacman complains about the different directory > ownership between the package (root:root) and the filesystem (vdr:vdr) > > Official packages like 'mpd' set gid and uid in the PKGBUILD and > therefore seem to ignore namcap's warning. > For official packages there's also a list > (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database) > to reserve uid and gid > > But unfortunately VDR4Arch is not an official project. How can I make > sure no one else uses 666 as UID and GID? > > I hope everything is understandable. As you may have noticed I'm not a > native English speaker. > > Thanks in advance > > Christopher

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[arch-general] Heads up: Changes in the next mono release
by Daniel Isenmann 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Hi, I just read an email from Miguel (Mono head developer) that in the next mono release (I don't know when this will be) the .NET profile 2.0 and 4.0 will be removed. So the reference assemblies of .NET 2.0 and 4.0 will be no longer in the package. As it seems the new mono release will have the version 4.0, so they are doing a major version bump. If you need them you have to stay with mono 3.10.0 or someone should maintain an AUR package which provides these assemblies. If someone wants to read the discussion on the mono mailinglist you can find it on the mail archive webpage: https://www.mail-archive.com/mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com/msg30995.html The packages which are provided in our repositories will be working with the new mono release, I will take care of this and move the new mono release to our repository only if all packages are working with it. If this doesn't work, maybe I will provide an old mono3 package and a new mono package for version >= 4. If this is possible, have to check this first. For all the AUR packages you are on your own to check them. Cheers Daniel

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Re: [arch-general] [now it's really solved] dunst neos g,,,,
by Fernando Fernandez 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

z , El ene 9, 2015 11:20 AM, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> escribió: > > On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 14:22:26 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 05:52:10 -0700, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote:¿ > > > On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:31:09 +1000 Ralf Mardorf > > > <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.xn--compa-5kaa Pa q> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > after rebooting dunst does run, but I don't know why it runs. I > > > > don't want that it does run for all WM sessions. > > > > > > > Does DBus start it? If so, how can I disable autostart? > > > > > > Yes, DBus autostarts it. To disable it, > > > edit /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service and change > > > the command to /usr/bin/true. > > > > Thank you, > > > > that does work. In addition I added the file > > to /etc/pacman.conf's NoExtract. > > > > There's still something I need to monitor. It might be related or > > unrelated to dunst. When dunst is installed and enabled Evolution > > works without an issue, if dunst is installed but disabled, Evolution > > works in slow motion. There wasn't this particular issue before I > > installed dunst. Now after a reboot dunst wasn't started, but > > Evolution misbehaves. It might be unrelated, just happen randomly. I > > don't know. > > It is related. I made several tests. > > I (re)moved the file: > > sudo mkdir -p /root/usr/share/dbus-1/services/ ; sudo mv /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service /root/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service > > Now I can run dunst to get Evolution notifications and I can ^C or > killall dunst to get rid of Evolution notifications and Evolution then > still does run without issues. > > Regards, > Ralf

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[arch-general] dunst autostart
by Ralf Mardorf 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hi, after rebooting dunst does run, but I don't know why it runs. I don't want that it does run for all WM sessions. $ pacman -Ql dunst | grep dunst.service dunst /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service $ cat /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service [D-BUS Service] Name=org.freedesktop.Notifications Exec=/usr/bin/dunst Does DBus start it? If so, how can I disable autostart? $ systemctl status org.knopwob.dunst.service ● org.knopwob.dunst.service Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) $ systemctl status dunst ● dunst.service Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) $ cat .config/openbox/autostart feh --bg-scale /home/rocketmouse/.customization/dark_cartoon_art-modified-1152x864-clock-spot.jpg & (sleep 1 && fbpanel) & $ pidof dunst 906 And I neither started it manually. JFTR: $ systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled acpid.service enabled alice.service enabled (a script to connect to the Internet) display-manager.service enabled dkms.service enabled getty@.service enabled haveged.service enabled lightdm.service enabled rtirq.service enabled remote-fs.target enabled Regards, Ralf -- Guerilla Open Access Manifesto: https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamjuly2008_djvu.txt

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[arch-general] What's the holdup on Linux 3.18?
by Mark Lee 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Salutations, I was wondering what's the holdup on Linux 3.18. It's been in testing since 12/11/2014. Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlStyJsACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/bClAD9EiTNL00Aq6T4JyR+T447j4Ke WpaeU2jAqEkyudP4XiwA/31Tu0+T4+MNOtcincpJEdC68lg0LRc9QSCnfuzKco+D =XiY0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Standard group for "hardware user"?
by Neale Pickett 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

I run mdev instead of systemd-udev and was just alerted to the deprecation of all the groups I'd been using. Looking at the filesystem package, it seems that most of them are still present, but I presume they'll go away eventually. What, then, would be the best group for me to use for "a user who is allowed to do things with hardware"? That is, a combination of audio, video, disk, optical, and uucp (which, strangely, is not deprecated). I'm considering "wheel" but that doesn't feel right. And I really don't want to add a new group, I feel like this notion ought to be part of the base install, even though systemd appears to have reworked how Unix device access is controlled. Thanks in advance, Neale

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[arch-general] SSH security
by Ido Rosen 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Just wondering, how do Arch devs feel about implementing these recommendations by default in Arch's openssh package? Or would this be something worthy of an AUR package? https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html Especially interested in the moduli, KexAlgorithms, and Cipher selection config changes. Cheers, Ido

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