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[arch-general] *-git packages last update
by Mihamina Rakotomandimby 16 Jun '14

16 Jun '14

Hi all, For several resaons, I use a few *-git packages from AUR. I noticed one thing: the last update date is often far behind (i.e. 2012,...) I just would like to ensure it's just the package last update date, and it has no realtion with the git tree freshness: git always checks out "master". I'm right?

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[arch-general] Question on version numbers
by Stefan Tatschner 15 Jun '14

15 Jun '14

Hi, just because I'm inquisitive. What's the purpose of version numbers with a colon? I've seen this in several packages, e.g. this one [1]. Upstream version number is 5.0.2 and arch version number is 1:5.0.2. Regards, Stefan [1]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/python-setuptools/

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[arch-general] Network configuration
by Yamakaky 14 Jun '14

14 Jun '14

Hi all I write you this mail because I'm a bit lost between all these network configuration tools available : - systemd-networkd - dhcpcd service - netctl - wpa_supplicant - NetworkManager/wicd There is two profiles I use now : a laptop (wifi auto-discover and connect with gui tray and easy to add network, ethernet auto-connect) and a raspberry py server (low ressources, ethernet only, dhcp configured, config not often changed). Actually, I use nm on my laptop (it's much much better than wicd) and dhcpcd on my raspberry pi. What would you use and why ? Additional question : it seems systemd-timesyncd requires systemd-networkd, is it true ? Thanks Yamakaky

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[arch-general] Bring back the old X11 values
by Dimitris Zervas 14 Jun '14

14 Jun '14

In the latest Xorg updates, there is a major change in the default of mouse mouvment and key repeating speed. How can I change these back? I am really used to the old ones and the new ones just slow down my workflow.

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Re: [arch-general] Bring back the old X11 values
by Mark Lee 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

Salutations, I suggest looking at the diff histories of the x11 packages in the arch packages. Regards, Mark -----Original Message----- From: "Dimitris Zervas" <dzervas(a)dzervas.gr> Sent: ‎6/‎13/‎2014 7:29 PM To: "General Discussion about Arch Linux" <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Bring back the old X11 values On June 13, 2014 8:37:59 PM EEST, Bigby James <bigby.james(a)crepcran.com> wrote: >On 06/13, Dimitris Zervas wrote: >> >> Not helping... :/ >> > >The new mouse movement and keyboard repeat speeds aren't to your taste. >You >want the old ones back. Questions: > >1) Do you know what the old settings were? Kind of moot to ask for help >and then >give such a vacuous response when help is offered, if you don't know >what the > settings are that have actually changed. > >2) Similarly, what's "not helping?" That response suggests that you >know what >you're looking for, and couldn't find it on those wiki pages. Yet if >you know >what you're looking for, you should already have an idea where to look >for it... > >3) If you're unsure of what the necessary settings actually are, how >are you >testing the current ones vs. the previous ones? No offense, but are you >sure you > aren't imagining this? > >Folks need more to go on than this. Is the key repeat speed too fast? >Too slow? >Do you use a custom keymap? I'm limiting my questions to the keyboard, >because >changing mouse speed and sensitivity is usually trivial. Yea, you're right. As for the links provided I meant "The links are not help, 'cause I don't know the old values". Sorry for the misunderstanding. The mouse is too slow (and sometimes, WAY too slow, if I make a small movement). The key repeat is also slow. I am asking for the old values of the mouse sensitivity/acceleration/etc and key repeat. Just how they were before the update. I am not "imagining" (I thought of it too in the first place), because I get frustrated times that I really am focused on other things (ex. when copy/pasting code from one monitor to another) Thank you.

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[arch-general] Strange (sd-pam) process
by Yamakaky 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

Hi `systemd --user` has a child `(sd-pam)`. It's certainly related to pam, but why has it such a strange name ? Thanks

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[arch-general] Restart systemd related services on update
by Christian Hesse 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

Hello everybody, on systemd package update systemd.install is run, which calls 'systemctl --system daemon-reexec'. This replaces pid 1 with a new process of updated systemd. However systemd comes with a lot of helper daemons (systemd-udevd, systemd-journald, systemd-logind, ...). These are not restarted. For systemd-213-9 systemd-udevd has a device-mapper fix that takes place only if system is rebooted or 'systemd restart systemd-udevd' is run manually. Any reason this is not done automatically? -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Chris get my mail address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* gcc -o sig sig.c && ./sig */b/42*2-3)*42);}

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[arch-general] Odd Problem After Install
by Hunter Jozwiak 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Hi all. After installing Arch and getting everything all nice and setup, I've hit a bit of an issue. When I boot in to the system, I get this: Arch: clean, 210545/15269888 files, 2401901/61048873 blocks. This number is permanent, and won't move. It may be an issue after installation of Gnome. I can't change TTY's, either. How do I get rid of this issue?

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[arch-general] Mounting cdrom/dvd stopped working after updates in last week or so
by mick 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Updates I installed in the last week or so have caused this error message to appear instead of the disk being mounted: Error mounting /dev/sr1 at /run/media/mick/VMDVEC_ESSH_ENG1: Command-line `mount -t "iso9660" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=100,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500" "/dev/sr1" "/run/media/mick/VMDVEC_ESSH_ENG1"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: unknown filesystem type 'iso9660' Also when I try to mount my USB hard drive I got the following: Error mounting /dev/sde2 at /run/media/mick/Portable: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=100,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sde2" "/run/media/mick/Portable"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs' Prior to these problems the hard disk would only mount as read only, very useful for a back device. where can I find the solution to these problems?

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[arch-general] python2-lockfile signature failure
by Chris Tonkinson 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Having just refreshed my desktop system with a clean Arch install, I am seeing a signature failure in the python2-lockfile package (dependency for duplicity). Is anyone else seeing this? `pacman --debug` isn't giving me any additional useful information that I can see. Where might I look next? Here's my output: $ sudo pacman -S duplicity resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Packages (6): librsync-0.9.7-7 ncftp-3.2.5-4 python2-ecdsa-0.11-2 python2-lockfile-0.9.1-1 python2-paramiko-1.14.0-1 duplicity-0.6.24-1 Total Download Size: 0.01 MiB Total Installed Size: 6.13 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] :: Retrieving packages ... python2-lockfile-0.9.1-1-any 11.9 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [########################################################] 100% (6/6) checking keys in keyring [########################################################] 100% (6/6) checking package integrity [########################################################] 100% error: python2-lockfile: signature from "Thorsten Töpper <atsutane(a)freethoughts.de>" is unknown trust :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/python2-lockfile-0.9.1-1-any.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. 545 chris@vigilance tnet $ Cheers, -Chris -- Chris Tonkinson 610.425.7807 "Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow." -Benjamin Franklin

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