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[arch-general] Western Digital external drives
by Ralf Mardorf 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Hallo, I'm aware that there's an Arch Wiki about WD drives. However, I need to know if something is bad with Linux or a brand new WD drive. In the German WD forms I got a reply, with the claim, that once a WD Elements is spin down, it will park, _not_ spin up again, if there's no access. For my updated Arch Linux, 64-bit with current kernel and current kernel-rt, running current Xfce 4 the drive does spin down and up again and again even when _no_ partition is mounted, I'm running a Xfce 4 session without an application launched, while I don't use the computer. So with completely no access by me, - Arch Linux _does_ access the drive, even if no partition is mounted - or I got a brand new drive that's broken and should make use of the warranty How can I find out, if there's something fishy with my Arch Linux or if the drive is broken? Any ideas? Regards, Ralf

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Re: [arch-general] Realtek wifi won't come up
by M0r S 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, M0r S <m0rtiferrimus(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, Jameson <imntreal(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:51 PM, M0r S <m0rtiferrimus(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hey everyone, >>> I'm trying to install Arch. The first time I tried installing everything >>> worked fine, even the wifi, which usually doesn't work with linux. However, >>> my laptop battery died in the middle of downloading packages because I was >>> careless and hadn't plugged it in. >>> Now, when I enter "ip link set wlp2s0f0 up", it doesn't set the interface >>> up. Strangely, when I reboot, the interface is renamed to wlan0 (that's >>> what it was when the wifi worked), even though the wiki says it shouldn't. >>> Running "modprobe -r rtl8192ce && modprobe rtl8192ce" changes the interface >>> name to wlp2s0f0. "ip link" gives me (besides the lo interface) >>> 3: wlp2s0f0: <BROADCAST, MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc nook state DOWN mode >>> DEFAULT qlen 1000 link/ether 00:e0:4c:81:92:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >>> Before, it gave me: >>> 2: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER, BROADCAST, MULTICAST, UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state >>> DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000 link/ether 24:ec:99:4c:60:1f brd >>> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >>> What else can I try? Lspci and dmesg show that the firmware has been loaded >>> and that the card has been recognized. >> >> The first thing I would try would be to move >> /etc/udev/rules.d/network_persistent.rules to root's home directory, >> and reboot. That way you should wind up with the wlp2s0f0 name >> whether it's working or not, otherwise. >> >> =-Jameson > > Fixed at: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=159295 > > -Josh Fixed. I explain how the problem was fixed in post number 20. Here is the link to the thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=159295

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[arch-general] Zsh, tmux, and paths
by Manolo Martínez 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Hello, I've noticed that, if one modifies the PATH environment variable in .zshenv, tmux fails to notice this. That is, `echo $PATH` yields different results within and without tmux, with the former being the default path, and the latter the path as modified by .zshenv. When I update PATH in .zshrc, though, it is picked up fine by tmux. I don't know what to make of this, but I've noticed the following, which might be related. If I undertand it correctly, zhs: * First sources .zshenv * Then sources /etc/zsh/zprofile * Then .zshrc In the second step, /etc/zsh/zprofile sources /etc/profile, which changes the path back to the default. Might this be the reason why tmux picks .zshrc path changes up correctly, but not .zshenv path changes? Cheers, Manolo --

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] BIND10? No, thanks.
by Leonid Isaev 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 13:27:42 +1100 Gaetan Bisson <bisson(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Currently we use the BIND code base in two packages: > - dnsutils from [core] provides basic DNS query tools; > - bind from [extra] is the actual name server. > > With the new BIND10 release, the ISC really outdid themselves: all > formerly standalone tools have been merged and rewritten as a python > script which uses bindings to the new libb10-* series of libraries that > are shared with the name server. Python being such a boring dependency, > they introduced another three: botan, log4cplus, and boost! > > That mostly means two things: > - We cannot keep splitting dnsutils and bind anymore. > - I do not want to maintain these packages any further. > > We already have ldns in [core], a much better written (and sane) DNS > library which includes query tools that are near drop-in replacements > for BIND's: use `drill` instead of `dig`, etc. > > So I suggest: > - Any package relying on dnsutils and its tools (dig, host, nslookup) be > ported to use ldns instead - should be straightforward in most cases. > - We ditch dnsutils and bind out of our repos, unless somebody finds > them fun and wants to maintain them in [extra] or [community]. > > Comments or suggestions are welcome. > > Cheers. > Great. I was actually going to open a feature request for this on flyspray. The only thing: whouldn't one need community/unbound (unbound-host AFAIR) to replace nslookup? -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key: 0x164B5A6D Fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D

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[arch-general] AUR app Frescobaldi not working due to bug in current PyQt version
by Sébastien Leblanc 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Hi there, I recently updated my machine and found out that a Python AUR app named Frescobaldi would no longer run on my system. I contacted the developer (wbsoft) and we tracked down the issue to a PyQt bug in which a tokenizer for syntax highlighting and parsing does not cache its response, leading to a method getting executed around 50,000 times for every line of text, instead of once. Wbsoft also confirmed that this bug affected other Python IDE-like apps built on PyQt. Another issue related to that bug is the score wizard (in Tools > Setup new score) not generating a score (try the preview button). Wbsoft contacted developers at Riverbank Software (PyQt upstream) and we got a reply that it would be fixed in yesterday's nightly snapshot. (which they did in changeset 1723f580e589 in the "ChangeLog-snapshot-*" page at http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/PyQt4/) I tried to modify the PyQt PKGBUILD to use that snapshot but I was unable to finally make it work (it seems that on my build, the QtCore library is not linking against libpython2.7 as it is missing some symbols pertaining to PyUnicode functions or types on runtime). Is anyone able to patch PyQt with these fixes? I have the "1723f580e589" tarball on my system, if anyone needs it. Thanks for help! https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/issues/100 -- Sébastien Leblanc

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[arch-general] can't publish keys to network? What?
by David Benfell 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I wish I could ask this question intelligently. But I am clueless. I'm using the Cinnamon desktop manager. Whenever I log in, I get a message in the upper left hand corner that claims it "can't publish keys to the network." I haven't seen this with other desktop managers: I've played with Openbox and GNOME. I have no idea what *it* is. I have no idea what *keys* it is talking about--I hope it isn't trying to publish private keys that should be kept secret. And I have no idea what functionality I'm losing as a result. Can someone shed some light? Thanks! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRPrcaAAoJELJhbl/uPb4SoLUP+gL1Kt3Cvus1svntKgG0mxvY UuZBAXrqIYf5aW6sBrlftIVCreHM5S3Iay1YqSisv2tTVj4QS3L/tMi5QnEZdkGp FtbtCnDDDLijnL5NmKEBFlsFT7ttm7QcuCsXmo3atbdDQCMgHY7iLh2UgVWA9u31 Y1ZX5jRKz7+/S+TqUdk1/pJXn0ScAgB0uwUMdwb3HFqE7Fo8uoTt2v6/vwaUFN/+ IxSuOgqxFPJjJ7qFEyZtGwnxS3WtTxCUOdOU7ovl5aUsFQYiAb5rubyQv5AEnbEF 7ljyHIj0fJnoJdWQvfZQJ5Tr/m/B5yKpsjM9byAOvfXefVxtcFSdtsrKnvTSXpKB 0bON/3EeNx5B/sgGVCfh4DB+3JZcSqzxAFF8XNBCgsI5yr3nNeI3iu/nOJ5SIknd /mFoAoopy2bbA6AanqyC2rvUFbqYvxsrEbvuh/BPjQF11lwv5MYY+5PUFKYbf8va YzMKac6tCklIW749SIoX4+s54EzgUrgkPFo2w5zLFGWuFZsWWbmEFEnS9mcHKYXW ivZ3HJAT0rH3pAISwhhHhktejKhMQ6lnKFsFQllsluJCKoANmMzT6PrGVFFh8Ps9 G/2RtOGycQ/t1pvsPTiVQGZDNQFxYReJpfa9KVvCRtTJtBLaAoUfsN/FAxMaL2Fj X1PFmSMldfN9VxCJOmka =3wyG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Realtek wifi won't come up
by M0r S 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Hey everyone, I'm trying to install Arch. The first time I tried installing everything worked fine, even the wifi, which usually doesn't work with linux. However, my laptop battery died in the middle of downloading packages because I was careless and hadn't plugged it in. Now, when I enter "ip link set wlp2s0f0 up", it doesn't set the interface up. Strangely, when I reboot, the interface is renamed to wlan0 (that's what it was when the wifi worked), even though the wiki says it shouldn't. Running "modprobe -r rtl8192ce && modprobe rtl8192ce" changes the interface name to wlp2s0f0. "ip link" gives me (besides the lo interface) 3: wlp2s0f0: <BROADCAST, MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc nook state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000 link/ether 00:e0:4c:81:92:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Before, it gave me: 2: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER, BROADCAST, MULTICAST, UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000 link/ether 24:ec:99:4c:60:1f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff What else can I try? Lspci and dmesg show that the firmware has been loaded and that the card has been recognized. Thanks! Josh

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[arch-general] Optirun sees no mouse, refuses to load
by Szymon Szydełko 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Hi archers, I've been runing AL for some time, and, after more games has been added to steam lib, play them. So I've moved to bumlebee setup, in order to exploit my beefy GFX 660. Well, that's what I've got: szymon@arch /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d % optirun -vv glxgears [ 2103.749413] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf [ 2103.750131] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.1 starting... [ 2103.750178] [DEBUG]Active configuration: [ 2103.750206] [DEBUG] bumblebeed config file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf [ 2103.750234] [DEBUG] X display: :8 [ 2103.750262] [DEBUG] LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /usr/lib/nvidia-bumblebee:/usr/lib32/nvidia-bumblebee [ 2103.750300] [DEBUG] Socket path: /var/run/bumblebee.socket [ 2103.750341] [DEBUG] Accel/display bridge: auto [ 2103.750372] [DEBUG] VGL Compression: proxy [ 2103.750433] [DEBUG]Using auto-detected bridge virtualgl [ 2103.787266] [INFO]Response: No - error: [XORG] (EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0) [ 2103.787296] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0) [ 2103.787311] [DEBUG]Socket closed. [ 2103.787331] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled. [ 2103.787343] [DEBUG]Killing all remaining processes. O RLY, no mouse module? Now, a bit stripped inxi output: szymon@arch ~ % inxi -v 4 System: Host: arch.local Kernel: 3.8.2-1-ck x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.2) Desktop: KDE 4.10.1 (Qt 4.8.4) Distro: Arch Linux Machine: System: LENOVO product: Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 Mobo: LENOVO model: Product Name version: Mainboard version Bios: LENOVO version: 5DCN38WW(V2.05) date: 06/26/2012 CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-3210M CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9980.7 Clock Speeds: 1: 1200.00 MHz 2: 1200.00 MHz 3: 1200.00 MHz 4: 1200.00 MHz Graphics: Card-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 Card-2: NVIDIA Device 0fd4 bus-ID: 01:00.0 X.Org: 1.13.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: vesa) Resolution: 1366x768(a)60.0hz GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 9.1 Direct Rendering: Yes Network: Card-1: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200 driver: iwlwifi ver: in-tree: bus-ID: 03:00.0 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx What I do wrong? Cheese, Pizza & Tacos Szymon Szydełko PS. I haven't any video "Driver" clauses in xorg.conf.d - there are only evdev and synaptics references. PPS. I use nvidia-bumblebee-ck driver and corresponding kernel, but on arch' mainline, everything is the same.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Xorg-server 1.14 hitting testing
by Genes Lists 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

FYI - installed on 2 machines (intel graphics) - one laptop one desktop. No issues to report. Thank you. gene

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[arch-general] RFID - 1. reader driver, 2. alien package for an app
by Ralf Mardorf 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

Hi, the first issue is the driver: # lsusb Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04e6:5292 SCM Microsystems, Inc. SCL011 RFID reader # sudo pcscd -f 00000000 dyn_unix.c:37:DYN_LoadLibrary() /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/SCL011.bundle/Contents/Linux/libSCL011.so.2.06: libusb-0.1.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 00000098 readerfactory.c:985:RFInitializeReader() RFLoadReader failed: 0xFFFFFFFF80100014 00000070 readerfactory.c:312:RFAddReader() SCL011 Contactless Reader [SCL01x Contactless Reader] (21161049211487) init failed. 00000035 hotplug_libudev.c:384:HPAddDevice() Failed adding USB device: SCL011 Contactless Reader The readers LED isn't on. I wonder what to run as a replacement for # /etc/rc.d/pcscd start. The second issue is the application: Is there a way to convert packages for other distros to Arch packages or to directly install files from a package? man alien says -d, --to-deb Make debian packages. This is the default. -r, --to-rpm Make rpm packages. -t, --to-tgz Make tgz packages. --to-slp Make slp packages. -p, --to-pkg Make Solaris pkg packages. -i, --install Automatically install each generated package, and remove the package file after it has been installed. Available are packages for Ubuntu ≥ 10.04, Debian ≥ 6 and for openSUSE ≥ 11.4 https://www.ausweisapp.bund.de/pweb/filedownload/download_pre.do I tried the Ubuntu packages with # alien --scripts -vkt AusweisApp_010900_i686.deb # alien --scripts -vkt AusweisApp_IntegrityTool_010900_i686.deb But I don't know what to do with the tgz files ;). FWIW # alien --scripts -vkti AusweisApp_IntegrityTool_010900_i686.deb Sorry, I cannot install the generated .tgz file because /sbin/installpkg is not present. You can use tar to install it yourself. Extracting the TGZ isn't a help :S. I want to use the RFID chip from the German ID card, that's why I want to install this app. Regards, Ralf

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