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[arch-general] Why Multiple Forums for different issues? Arch Linux/ARM?
by David C. Rankin 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

On 07/09/2012 10:52 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:> Check the ArchLinux ARM forum: > > http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3036&p=18467 Why do we have different forum systems with different login requirements for different Arch issues? Seem like KISS would dictate - 1 system and 1 login for all forum issues... Is there some logic that tells us which issues should go to the regular forum and which go to the ARM forum? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] mpd, ncmpcpp
by Arno Gaboury 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Dear list I am switching lots of my GUI apps to CLI ones. Currently, I am moving from Clemetine music player to ncmpcpp. My*mpd.conf *shall have some incorrect settings, as *mpd.log *returns this error: > Jul 10 13:04 : avahi: Service 'Music Player' successfully established. > No protocol specified > xcb_connection_has_error() returned true > No protocol specified I have been reading articles for hours now, but can't find any clear answer. When I start ncmpcpp, I see my audio files, but when playing, there is no sound. Pulseaudio is well configured, as Clemetine is working perfectly. Here is the part from my *mpd.conf*: > user "mpd" > audio_output { > type "pulse" > name "pulse audio" > mixer_type "software" > # server "127.0.0.1" # optional > ## sink "remote_server_sink" # optional > } Part of */etc/group*: > audio:x:92:mpd > users:x:100:mpd > avahi:x:84: > mpd:x:45: I have no idea why this doesn't work. ssh is on my box, could it be the cause ? TY for your help.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] heads up: /lib removal
by Geert Hendrickx 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 13:25:29 -0400, Dave Reisner wrote: > Hey all, > > Allan pushed glib 2.16-2 into [testing] which removes /lib as a > directory, replacing it with a symlink. A bit of advice... > > - In the simplest case, the upgrade can be done as simply as: > > pacman -Syu --ignore glibc && pacman -S glibc > > - Since nothing is ever simple, if the above still fails on installation > of glibc (with a somewhat cryptic "/lib exists" error), you'll need to > figure out what's still in /lib that doesn't belong to glibc. > Generally this will end up being modules/. pacman -Qo /lib/* will > pinpoint what needs fixing/removing. Deal with anything that isn't > owned explicitly by glibc and complete the installation. > > It shouldn't need to be said, but I'll mention it anyways: > > Do. Not. Use. (the) --force. Obi-wan approves of this. Also, install busybox so you have statically linked tools to fix your system if it breaks (specifically "rmdir" and "ln"). Geert -- geert.hendrickx.be :: geert(a)hendrickx.be :: PGP: 0xC4BB9E9F This e-mail was composed using 100% recycled spam messages!

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[arch-general] util-linux pacman error, file conflicts (safe to force?)
by David C. Rankin 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Tom, All, I ran into the following error regarding util-linux upgrade. I've looked in the forum and the website, but nothing specific to it. The error is: (72/72) checking for file conflicts [###########################################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) util-linux: /bin/login exists in filesystem util-linux: /etc/pam.d/chfn exists in filesystem util-linux: /etc/pam.d/chsh exists in filesystem util-linux: /etc/pam.d/login exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/bin/chfn exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/bin/chsh exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/bin/newgrp exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/sbin/vigr exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/sbin/vipw exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/share/man/man1/chfn.1.gz exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/share/man/man1/chsh.1.gz exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/share/man/man1/login.1.gz exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/share/man/man1/newgrp.1.gz exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/share/man/man8/vigr.8.gz exists in filesystem util-linux: /usr/share/man/man8/vipw.8.gz exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. Is this safe to force? I ask because I don't want to kill login by forcing if there is a preferred way to do this.... What say the experts? (this has happened on all my boxes..) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] segfaults and call trace
by P .NIKOLIC 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Hi I am all of a sudden getting lots of these Call Trace reports in the log and just prior to that was having Jul 9 10:12:03 7-of-9 kernel: [ 9092.341622] claws-mail[2310] general protection ip:7feef8e5b2f1 sp:7fff657bdcd0 error:0 in libhogweed.so.2.1[7feef8e50000+12000] Jul 9 10:12:36 7-of-9 kernel: [ 9124.906472] claws-mail[2311] general protection ip:7f13fffcc2f1 sp:7fff0657e680 error:0 in libhogweed.so.2.1[7f13fffc1000+12000] Jul 9 10:12:56 7-of-9 kernel: [ 9145.464138] claws-mail[2317] general protection ip:7f5f6c7822f1 sp:7fff53f85e50 error:0 in libhogweed.so.2.1[7f5f6c777000+12000] Jul 9 10:13:20 7-of-9 kernel: [ 9169.400598] claws-mail[2336] general protection ip:7fb1812c42f1 sp:7fff16b3dfd0 error:0 in libhogweed.so.2.1[7fb1812b9000+12000] Jul 9 10:14:50 7-of-9 kernel: [ 9258.673119] claws-mail[2349] general protection ip:7f59677942f1 sp:7fff31426d00 error:0 in libhogweed.so.2.1[7f5967789000+12000] Jul 9 10:19:00 7-of-9 kernel: [ 9509.316731] firefox[2361] general protection ip:7f3e2c9bd2f1 sp:7fffcc480770 error:0 in libhogweed.so.2.1[7f3e2c9b2000+12000] Jul 9 10:19:32 7-of-9 kernel: [ 9540.938608] chromium[2366] general protection ip:7f3cd5eb72f1 sp:7fff66dffdb0 error:0 in libhogweed.so.2.1[7f3cd5eac000+12000] Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568236] Pid: 1347, comm: nepomukindexer Not tainted 3.4.4-2-ARCH #1 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568239] Call Trace: Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568246] [<ffffffff8112f486>] print_bad_pte+0x1e6/0x270 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568250] [<ffffffff8113162d>] unmap_single_vma+0x4fd/0x820 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568254] [<ffffffff8110c40a>] ? unlock_page+0x2a/0x40 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568257] [<ffffffff811321ae>] unmap_vmas+0x5e/0xb0 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568260] [<ffffffff8113a07f>] exit_mmap+0x9f/0x150 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568264] [<ffffffff8104e909>] mmput+0x59/0x130 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568267] [<ffffffff810558c8>] exit_mm+0x108/0x130 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568269] [<ffffffff81055a4f>] do_exit+0x15f/0x940 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568272] [<ffffffff81138863>] ? do_munmap+0x1e3/0x3d0 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568275] [<ffffffff8105657f>] do_group_exit+0x3f/0xa0 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568277] [<ffffffff810565f7>] sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20 Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568281] [<ffffffff8146a8e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Jul 9 13:22:04 7-of-9 kernel: [ 376.568283] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint Are these related and if so what has brought them about The only thing i can find on libhogweed is to do with a gnome chat client that i do not have either installed . system as listed in sig block Thanks pete . -- Linux 7-of-9 3.4.4-2-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 24 18:59:47 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux . KDE 4.8.4

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Re: [arch-general] util-linux pacman error, file conflicts (safe to force?)
by Mateusz Loskot 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

On 9 July 2012 17:17, Daniel Wallace <daniel.wallace(a)gatech.edu> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 05:13:47PM +0100, Mateusz Loskot wrote: >> On 9 July 2012 17:11, Daniel Wallace <daniel.wallace(a)gatech.edu> wrote: >> > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:52:08PM +0100, Mateusz Loskot wrote: >> >> On 9 July 2012 16:49, David C. Rankin <drankinatty(a)suddenlinkmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Tom, All, >> >> > >> >> > I ran into the following error regarding util-linux upgrade. I've looked >> >> > in the forum and the website, but nothing specific to it. The error is: >> >> > >> >> > (72/72) checking for file conflicts >> >> > [###########################################] 100% >> >> > error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) >> >> > util-linux: /bin/login exists in filesystem >> >> >> >> > [...] >> >> >> >> Check the ArchLinux ARM forum: >> >> >> >> http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3036&p=18467 >> >> >> >> where filesystem upgrade is suggested: >> >> >> >> pacman -Syuf >> >> >> >> But, I'd wait until someone confirms it is the right way to go. >> > >> > never -Syuf >> > never -Suf >> > never force an upgrade >> >> In this particular case, what about: >> >> pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem && pacman -S filesystem --force >> >> what is advised on the ArchLinux ARM forum too. >> >> (Disclaimer: I'm newbie here.) > > > that is different. you aren't forcing the update. Understood. > I have not used archlinuxarm. I have not used it either. > You could always go ask in #archlinux-arm on freenode No, because I'm asking about ArchLinux and its pacman. I'm not interested in ArchLinux ARM. Best regards. -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net

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[arch-general] Stateless Arch
by Damjan 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Has anyone done any research on stateless ArchLinux instances. A stateless Arch would be one where the root filesystem is mounted read-only and nothing changes there. Thus it can mounted over network (using NFS, NBD and similar) by several, diskless, PCs at the same time. I plan to have per user HOME directories on a server (again NFS or similar), and users credentials in LDAP. /var/run beeing a link to a tmpfs /run, and by using systemd-journal without /var/log/journal (it will store logs in memory) a lot of things avoid hitting the disk already. I'd use connman for handling the net connection and it seems to require a writable /var/lib/connman/ Anyone with any experience with this? -- дамјан

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] final leg of /lib removal
by Ike Devolder 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Op dinsdag 3 juli 2012 11:41:08 schreef Dave Reisner: > Hey all, > > *** If you use a custom kernel, this will affect you. Please read the > big scary note at the end *** > > I'm taking today to work on the last roadblock before Allan can move > glibc out of /lib. This basically consists of a rebuild of: > > - kmod (to drop our local patch) > - linux, linux-lts (diff for linux here: http://paste.xinu.at/LLd/) > - all OOT kernel modules (for /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-*) > - bash-completion (temp patch until /lib is a symlink: > http://paste.xinu.at/xEs/) > > I'll be doing this all locally to avoid building against allan's new > toolchain in [staging]. This will hopefully all hit [testing] by the > end of the day. You know where to find me if you have any questions or > angry rants. > > If you'd like to do some early testing, I'm leaving the rebuilt kmod and > kernel packages on gerolde: > > http://dev.archlinux.org/~dreisner/linux-usrmove/ > > (i686 packages are lagging behind at the moment) > > BIG SCARY NOTE: Due to the kmod changes, this will BREAK all module > tools for users with their own kernels. If you do not rebuild your > kernel after pulling in the new kmod, you're going to have a bad time. > See the paste link above for inspiration. > > Cheers! > Dave I'm replying on this in arch-general and aur-general because i cant post in arch-dev. So if i understand correctly we (the people running custom kernels) can't prepare for this ? There is no way of moving the modules already to /usr/lib ? I assume kmod now only looks in /lib. Another note, people with custom repositories should move their kernels in sync with the official repositories ? --Ike

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[arch-general] How to make wicd work under systemd?
by Xin Zhao 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

I changed to systemd recently but wicd does not start when system boots as before. I add /etc/systemd/wicd.service typed as [Unit] Description=Wicd Network Manager Requires=syslog.target After=syslog.target Conflicts=NetworkManager.service [Service] Type=dbus BusName=org.wicd.daemon ExecStart=/usr/sbin/wicd ExecStop=/usr/sbin/wicd -k [Install] WantedBy=network.target Any solutions? Thanks Xin

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[arch-general] Free photo scan software with batch process?
by Arvid Warnecke 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Hi, this is not too much Arch related, but maybe there are some analogue photographers on the list who can give me some hints? I am looking for a software for my Epson V700 Photo scanner which is able to scan in batch mode. I installed iscan last night, which is the official Epson software for Linux, but it seems to be a bad version of the software for Mac or Windows. There is no batch mode at all and when I tried to select one photo from the scanner the selection always moved away and I wasn't able to move it back to the picture... :( I know there is VueScan for Linux, but I already tried it for Mac and I didn't like it at all. The UI lacks any comfort and the results where pretty bad. I know there are lots of people who use VueScan and are very happy about it, but it seems that you have to spent much more time with the tool than I am willing to. I don't take too many analogue photos at the moment, I work full-time and I have two kids. There is no use for a software where I have to spent a few weekends until I found the correct workflow. ;) TIA, Arvid -- [ Arvid Warnecke ][ arvid (at) nostalgix (dot) org ] [ IRC/OPN: "madhatter" ][ http://www.nostalgix.org ] ---[ ThreePiO was right: Let the Wookiee win. ]---

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