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Re: [arch-general] mobile phone internet access
by message 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

On 2014-10-06 12:00, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: mobile phone internet access (Jesse Jaara) > 2. Re: mobile phone internet access (Mateus Rodrigues Costa) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 22:17:36 +0300 > From: Jesse Jaara <jesse.jaara(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] mobile phone internet access > > Activate the tether on the connected phone an check if it is registered > as > a network interface by running 'ip addr' if not check the dmesg. If the > phone uses regular android tether and not some funky custom tether by > the > manufacturer it should register as a rndis USB ethernet device. > > There is no "funky" software in use. On another rpm linux portable pc, mobile phone internet is enabled, the usb cable plugged into computer and a dialogue window appears to confirm connection to the phone. extracts below of dmesg output: [ 0.846957] systemd-udevd[40]: starting version 212 [ 0.882331] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC,PNP0f13:MOU2] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12 ... [ 0.909112] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs [ 0.909143] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub [ 0.912781] SCSI subsystem initialized [ 0.913690] usbcore: registered new device driver usb [ 0.914639] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver [ 0.914891] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver [ 0.915069] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller [ 0.915081] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus numbea ... [ 7.209623] ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, git-1.2.2 [ 7.209630] ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [ 7.211802] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] enabled at IRQ 11 [ 7.211809] PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered [ 7.212565] ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection ... [ 7.673534] systemd-udevd[130]: renamed network interface eth0 to wlp2s4 ... [ 77.836709] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci [ 78.086356] usb-storage 1-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [ 78.087740] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0 [ 78.087918] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage ... > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 16:21:30 -0300 > From: Mateus Rodrigues Costa <charles.costar(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] mobile phone internet access > > 2014-10-05 16:12 GMT-03:00 Neven Sajko <nsajko(a)gmail.com>: > >> I don't use a network manager and SystemD makes it just work for me >> when I connect the cable. >> There are instructions for configuring a network on the Network wiki >> page. >> (Basically just ip link set *interface* up) > > > Maybe he needs to install the android-udev package so udev can > recognize > the Android device? > Installed this package, but had no visible, known effect. > Original Sender, could you check if you have more than one cable > interfaces? > Does dmesg output above inform?

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[arch-general] (Solved) Re: Problem vmware update kernel arch
by Maykel Franco 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

2014-10-03 21:04 GMT+02:00 Maykel Franco <maykeldebian(a)gmail.com>: > When update the modules, I get this error: > > vmware-modconfig --console --install-all > > > Stopping VMware services: > VMware Authentication Daemon done > VM communication interface socket family done > Virtual machine communication interface done > Virtual machine monitor done > Blocking file system done > make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' > /sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD > SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ > MODULEBUILDDIR= modules > make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/driver.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/hub.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/userif.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/netif.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/bridge.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/filter.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/procfs.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o > scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target > '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/filter.o' failed > Makefile:1333: recipe for target > '_module_/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' failed > make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' > Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmnet.ko' failed > make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' > make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' > /sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD > SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ > MODULEBUILDDIR= modules > make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/driver.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciResource.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciRoute.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o > CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o > scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target > '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/driver.o' failed > Makefile:1333: recipe for target > '_module_/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' failed > make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' > Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmci.ko' failed > make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' > > > I search in the wiki: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware > > And apply patch for kernel 3.16 but not works... > > Thanks in advanced... Resolved my problem with vmware-patch in AUR. Thanks for all.

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[arch-general] linux 3.17 in [testing]
by Tobias Powalowski 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

Hi, just released 3.17 kernel to [testing] repository. Only acpi_call binary module did not build. Please take a look at it. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] mobile phone internet access
by message 05 Oct '14

05 Oct '14

Readers, Having read the web page 'android tethering', I write praying that a novice user is _not_ expected to have root access to a mobile phone, openvpn, android sdk etc. etc.! Currently using an old RPM distribution on another portable computer, internet access via an android mobile phone and usb cable is achieved by simple insertion of the usb cable into the computer! Mobile tethering is activated on the phone and "voila!", a dialogue window appears confirming internet access. Could someone please indicate: is this possible in arch linux? Anyway, on the other old(er) computer running arch linux, wicd was installed, but fails to recognise mobile phone internet access either via usb connection (tether mode) or wireless hotspot activation. Below is the wicd error log. --------------------------- wicd initializing... --------------------------- wicd is version 1.7.2.4 768 did not find backend in configuration, setting default external setting backend to external trying to load backend external successfully loaded backend external trying to load backend external successfully loaded backend external Automatically detected wireless interface wl... did not find wireless_interface in configuration, setting default wl... setting wireless interface wl... automatically detected wired interface eth0 did not find wired_interface in configuration, setting default eth0 setting wired interface eth0 did not find wpa_driver in configuration, setting default wext setting wpa driver wext did not find always_show_wired_interface in configuration, setting default False did not find use_global_dns in configuration, setting default False setting use global dns to False did not find global_dns_1 in configuration, setting default None did not find global_dns_2 in configuration, setting default None did not find global_dns_3 in configuration, setting default None did not find global_dns_dom in configuration, setting default None did not find global_search_dom in configuration, setting default None setting global dns global dns servers are None None None domain is None search domain is None did not find auto_reconnect in configuration, setting default True setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True did not find debug_mode in configuration, setting default False did not find wired_connect_mode in configuration, setting default 1 did not find signal_display_type in configuration, setting default 0 did not find should_verify_ap in configuration, setting default 1 did not find dhcp_client in configuration, setting default 0 Setting dhcp client to 0 did not find link_detect_tool in configuration, setting default 0 did not find flush_tool in configuration, setting default 0 did not find sudo_app in configuration, setting default 0 did not find prefer_wired in configuration, setting default False did not find show_never_connect in configuration, setting default True Wireless configuration file not found, creating... Wired configuration file not found, creating a default... Creating wired profile for wired-default dhclient.conf.template not found, copying... chmoding configuration files 0600... chowning configuration files root:root... Using wireless interface...wl... Using wired interface...eth0 Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Creating ad-hoc network Stopping dhcp client and wpa_supplicant Putting wireless interface down Setting mode, channel, and essid Putting interface up Setting IP address Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Daemon going down, killing wicd-monitor... Removing PID file... Shutting down... Exception KeyError: KeyError(-1221368064,) in <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.pyo'> ignored --------------------------- wicd initializing... --------------------------- wicd is version 1.7.2.4 768 setting backend to external trying to load backend external successfully loaded backend external trying to load backend external successfully loaded backend external Automatically detected wireless interface wl... setting wireless interface wl... automatically detected wired interface eth1 setting wired interface eth0 setting wpa driver wext setting use global dns to False setting global dns global dns servers are None None None domain is None search domain is None setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True Setting dhcp client to 0 Wireless configuration file found... Wired configuration file found... chmoding configuration files 0600... chowning configuration files root:root... Using wireless interface...wl... Using wired interface...eth0 Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect Autoconnecting... No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect rfkill: blocking wifi rfkill: blocking wlan rfkill: blocking wimax rfkill: blocking wwan rfkill: unblocking wifi rfkill: unblocking wlan rfkill: unblocking wimax rfkill: unblocking wwan Setting hidden essidwifinetworkname Setting hidden essidwifinetworkname Setting hidden essidwifinetworkname Daemon going down, killing wicd-monitor... Removing PID file... Shutting down... Exception KeyError: KeyError(-1220552960,) in <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.pyo'> ignored The 'man' page for wicd states that a man page exists for '/etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf'. What is the command to access this page please? conf file shown below GNU nano 2.2.6 File: /etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf [Settings] backend = external wireless_interface = wl... wired_interface = eth0 wpa_driver = wext always_show_wired_interface = False use_global_dns = False global_dns_1 = None global_dns_2 = None global_dns_3 = None global_dns_dom = None global_search_dom = None auto_reconnect = True debug_mode = 0 wired_connect_mode = 2 signal_display_type = 1 should_verify_ap = 1 dhcp_client = 0 link_detect_tool = 0 flush_tool = 0 sudo_app = 0 prefer_wired = False show_never_connect = False The wireless configuration file '/etc/wicd/wireless-settings.conf' exists, but is empty. Could some one please suggest recommended web pages to start configuration of appropriate files to achieve mobile phone internet access?

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[arch-general] Package guidelines for apps requiring a specific Java version
by Maxwell Anselm 04 Oct '14

04 Oct '14

I'm working on a PKGBUILD for a Java app that must be built and run using Java 8, but I couldn't find any guidelines on best practices for such a situation. The easy part is including 'java-environment=8' and 'java-runtime=8' in makedepends and depends respectively, but how to ensure the right version is set as default when building and running (rather than spitting out the opaque Java errors you get when using the wrong version)? Right now at the start of build() I have echo "Checking that default Java is version 8..." java -version 2>&1 | grep 'version "1.8' Which seems reasonable since building is infrequent. But what about for the shell script that starts the app? I could put a similar check there, but that seems like it would be really annoying for people who have multiple Java versions installed. Could there be a good way of letting my app always use Java 8, even if some other version is set as the default? Thanks, Max

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[arch-general] Problem vmware update kernel arch
by Maykel Franco 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

When update the modules, I get this error: vmware-modconfig --console --install-all Stopping VMware services: VMware Authentication Daemon done VM communication interface socket family done Virtual machine communication interface done Virtual machine monitor done Blocking file system done make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' /sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/netif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/bridge.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/filter.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/procfs.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only/filter.o' failed Makefile:1333: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' failed make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmnet.ko' failed make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmnet-only' make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' /sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciResource.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciRoute.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only/linux/driver.o' failed Makefile:1333: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' failed make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.3-1-ARCH/build' Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmci.ko' failed make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-jdUbpK/vmci-only' I search in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware And apply patch for kernel 3.16 but not works... Thanks in advanced...

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[arch-general] systemd-journal groups?
by Magnus Therning 02 Oct '14

02 Oct '14

I have a feeling this should be documented somewhere, but I can't seem to find anything about it. When catching up with the latest package updates just now I noticed I had a passwd.pacnew file in /etc. When merging in the changes I found I have two systemd user entries that don't appear in the upstream file: systemd-journal-remote:x:997:997:systemd Journal Remote:/:/usr/bin/nologin systemd-journal-upload:x:996:996:systemd Journal Upload:/:/usr/bin/nologin Are they safe to remove? /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus The results point out the fragility of programmer expertise: advanced programmers have strong expectations about what programs should look like, and when those expectations are violated--in seemingly innocuous ways--their performance drops drastically. -- Elliot Soloway and Kate Ehrlich

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[arch-general] wireshark-qt 1.12
by G. Richard Bellamy 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

When looking at the PKGBUILD for the wireshark split package [1], I see that both wireshark-cli and wireshark-gtk use "conflicts=(wireshark)" but wireshark-qt does not. Should it? The use of "replaces=(wireshark)" is also inconsistent. I'm just wondering if there's some rationale behind the use (or non-use) of these functions inside one split package over another, or if it's a simple oversight? -rb [1] https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h…

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Re: [arch-general] [aur-general] lists.archlinux.org mailing list memberships reminder
by Florian Pritz 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

On 01.10.2014 09:09, Florian Bruhin wrote: > * Martti Kühne <mysatyre(a)gmail.com> [2014-10-01 08:51:35 +0200]: >> This is news to me. I never got this kind of stuff from this mailing list. > > This is a standard mailman message - maybe they changed the setting > lately? I moved mailman to a new server and it looks like the old one never ran mailman cronjobs (the new one does). That said, yes it is a standard message and it defaults to being enabled, but since nobody complained before we've disabled it again for our lists.

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[arch-general] wireless tools installation without internet access
by message 30 Sep '14

30 Sep '14

Readers, An old portable computer has been installed with archlinux via a CD and was used successfully with ethernet cable internet connection. Now, cable connection is no longer available and it became necessary that various wireless software was not installed. Firmware (ipw2100 for intel wireless pro) was copied from usb memory to a /usr/local/ directory. After trying the command 'make', an error was reported that some wireless software (ieee802 I think?). Are there a set of wireless functionality tools that can be downloaded to a usb flash memory device, then installed onto this old computer?

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