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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Changes to microcode updates
by Mauro Santos 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

On 12-10-2014 18:27, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 12.10.2014 um 16:52 schrieb Christian Hesse: >> Successfully tested with grub (1:2.02.beta2-4). You need something like this >> in grub.cfg: >> >> echo 'Loading Intel ucode update and initial ramdisk ...' >> initrd /intel-ucode.img /initramfs-linux.img >> >> I edited grub.cfg manually, though. Will the grub package be updated to >> handle this in /etc/grub.d/10_linux? >> > > No idea how this should be handled in grub, since I don't use it. > I'm replying here as (obviously) I don't have posting rights at arch-dev :) From what I've been able to understand [1-3], for grub (legacy and grub2) it should work by using multiple initrd lines or like this: initrd /path/to/ucode/update /path/to/arch/initrd I haven't tested it though, so it might be broken and I have no idea of how to integrate it with the automagical grub.cfg configuration (grub-mkconfig). [1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/39307/slitaz-4-0-grub2-loopback-con… [2] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2012-01/msg00002.html [3] http://www.sysresccd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4368 -- Mauro Santos

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[arch-general] Netflix in Arch?
by David Rosenstrauch 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

I noticed the announcement today that Ubuntu now supports Netflix streaming, due to new features recently added to the Chrome browser. https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/10/10/watch-netflix-in-ubuntu-today/ Does this work on Arch's version of Chrome as well? Are additional package installations required? Thanks, DR

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[arch-general] How to suppress --noconfirm when building with makechrootpkg
by Marcel Korpel 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Hi all, When trying to build libreoffice-extension-writer2latex [1] using makechrootpkg I noticed that when several alternatives are provided for a specific package, say libreoffice-common, pacman always chooses the first one. This is due to the option --noconfirm that is passed in the chain makepkg -> pacman. This sounds reasonable, but how do I test a package against another alternative (e.g. libreoffice-still-common instead of libreoffice-fresh)? I know I can install packages using -I, but that's rather cumbersome when trying to build against several alternatives. Regards, Marcel [1]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libreoffice-extension-writer2latex/

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[arch-general] Shouldn't libreoffice-fresh also depend on libxinerama?
by Marcel Korpel 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Hi all, As an experiment in building packages in a clean way, I tried to build libreoffice-extension-writer2latex [1] using makechrootpkg according to the wiki [2]. First I created a new chroot in ~/chroot using mkarchroot $CHROOT/root base-devel Then I made sure the chroot was up to date using arch-nspawn $CHROOT/root pacman -Syu After this I ran makechrootpkg with the following options makechrootpkg -ncr $CHROOT When the build function calls libreoffice to convert an .odt document to a pdf file, I got the following error: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/oosplash: error while loading shared libraries: libXinerama.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Apparently the splash screen needs libxinerama. After running makechrootpkg -ncr $CHROOT -I /var/cache/pacman/pkg/libxinerama-1.1.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz I got another error, i.e. /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libcups.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory However, I think this is rather an edge case, as we're trying to convert a document (but don't we do this once in a while, anyway?). After also adding libcups, the package built correctly. This leads to my question: shouldn't libreoffice-fresh also depend on libxinerama? And perhaps also on libcups? If so, I'll file a bug report. Regards, Marcel [1]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libreoffice-extension-writer2latex/ [2]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Building_in_a_Clean_Ch…

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[arch-general] Package guidelines for apps requiring a specific Java version
by Maxwell Anselm 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

> What is the name/URL of this app? It's the GURPS character sheet: http://gurpscharactersheet.com/ I have a github repo for my WIP AUR package: https://github.com/silverhammermba/gcs > If building on a box where multiple JVM can be installed: build > scripts for Java apps usually provide a "--with-jdk=<PATH>" or > "--java-home=<PATH>" (or similar) to force the JVM to use to build. If > true for the app you are trying to build then you could use path > "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/" Yeah, my primary concern here is multi-JVM boxes. If only Java 8 is installed, there's no issue. The build system is Apache Ant, and I can change the JVM it uses by setting JAVA_HOME for makepkg, but even then I can't assume that Java 8 is java-8-openjdk. For example jre from the AUR also provides java-runtime=8. I feel like the archlinux-java script should be able to get/set the default Java **per version**. That would make it much easier to handle all this.

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Re: [arch-general] Netflix in Arch?
by Sebastiaan Lokhorst 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

Just because there still seems to be some confusion: Plugin-free Netflix requires Embedded Media Extensions (EME).[1] This is supported by all major closed-source browsers: Internet Explorer, Safari and Chrome. This includes Chrome on Arch (available in the AUR), without the need for any user-agent hacking or plugins. EME however requires a closed source component, therefore it is NOT available in open-source browsers, such as Chromium and Firefox, and likely _never_ will be. In the future, it might be possible to use some kind of closed-source plugin to support this in open-source browsers, but there is none at the moment. (there was some discussion about this with Firefox, see [1] for more details) So basically, at the moment you have two options to use Netflix on Arch: (1) install a closed-source browser (i.e. Chrome) with EME, where it will work out-of-the-box, or (2) install a open-source browser with all kinds of hackery such as Pipelight. I hope that this clears things up. Sebastiaan [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrypted_Media_Extensions

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[arch-general] [ArchWiki] Why isn't MediaWiki upgraded to 1.23?
by Dario Giovannetti 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

MediaWiki 1.23.0 (LTS) was released last June, and it's now at 1.23.5 [1], however the ArchWiki is still using the legacy 1.22 version, and 1.23 is being pushed to a separate "mw-1.23" branch [2]. Has the reason for this been discussed publicly, or can it be made public in this thread? [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23#Release_schedule [2] https://projects.archlinux.org/vhosts/wiki.archlinux.org.git/ Thank you

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Re: [arch-general] packages and configuration required to send, e-mails from php.
by AIS Information 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

On 10/09/2014 10:04 PM, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > I'm setting up an apache, php, drupal 7 site and need to be able to send e-mails from the site but getting lost trying to find out what I need as far as system packages, php extensions and how to configure them all. I've tried a couple of scripts for php and they report they have succeeded but the test mail never arrives in my inbox. > > I suspect that php & drupal are working but I need something in the way of a mail server set up for them to work through. > > The Postfix was package was installed as a dependancy of something I installed but the help files seem to me to require a sound understanding of e-mail systems and their jargon which I don't have. > > Is there some kind soul out there who has the time and knowledge to help me get this working? > > mik i would agree with the recommendation of looking at the logs, but i would suggest that you probably don't need any mail related packages at all if all you want to do is send from the drupal webapp. I'm not super familiar with drupal but most of the established cms' have addons/modules/apps/extensions that have smtp sending built in. All you have to do is configure it to use an external email address for sending and it will send. So i would suggest you see what drupal has for it's built in (or added) mailer module. Like the other person said though, if you want to recieve mail then you're talking about setting up a mail server. you shouldn't need anything(packages) to send from the cms, assuming the cms has all the php extensions it requires and is configured correctly. you may need to consult the documentation of the script that the mailer addon uses though as some have quirks. good luck.

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[arch-general] Top-posting
by Marcel Korpel 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Please, people, it's only two months ago that this was posted: https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2014-August/036950.html Please, stop top-posting, the netflix discussion is hard to follow with several people top-posting comments to earlier mails (and other people adhering to the rules). Thanks in advance! Marcel

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Re: [arch-general] Netflix in Arch?
by Andrew M 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Starting with Chrome 38, DRM can be managed by HTML5. Firefox and other browsers have not implemented this yet because the code for this is closed source. I believe you still need to use a plugin such as user agent switcher, as Netflix will not play natively on linux machines. On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Don Harper <duck(a)duckland.org> wrote: > On 2014-10-10 11:59 AM, Daniel Micay wrote to To > arch-general(a)archlinux.org: > > On 10/10/14 11:52 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > > > I noticed the announcement today that Ubuntu now supports Netflix > > > streaming, due to new features recently added to the Chrome browser. > > > > https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/10/10/watch-netflix-in-ubuntu-today/ > > > > Does this work on Arch's version of Chrome as well? Are additional > > > package installations required? > > > > Thanks, > > > > DR > > > It should work out-of-the-box in Chrome, but Chromium doesn't come with > > the PPAPI plugin for EME. I don't know how feasible it is to get that > > plugin working in Chromium. For the Pepper Flash plugin, it's as simple > > as dropping the shared object into the directory and adding 2 cli flags. > > I just updated to the latest google-chrome in the AUR (38.0.2125.101-1) > and it just works. Prior version (36 something) did not work. > > d > > -- > Don Harper, RHCE email: duck(a)duckland.org > Just a systems kinda guy... http://www.duckland.org > > Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off > your goal. - Henry Ford >

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