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[arch-general] Booting archlinux .iso to take a look
by Chris Jones 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

I am a long-time debian user. Is there an Archlinux live environment available anywhere so I can take a look round without installing AL to my hard drive..? I created a grub menu entry for ‘archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso’ and booted successfully.. but afaict.. it only lets me run the installer. I must be missing something.. CJ -- ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!

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[arch-general] merging files from pacnew
by Arno Gaboury 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Dear all, I did not take care until now of all my .pacnew files ! Hopfully, my system doesn't seems broken, and I am now merging all these files. I of course read the WIKI, and decided to use sdiff, as I do not feel comfortable with VI for now. Unfortunately, I found some very fancy results when using : *sdiff -sa -o etcfilenew etcfile etcfile.pacnew* (I use etcfilenew to check before I replace). I don't know why, but this command didn't return many times the wanted result: list all uncommon lines. I know there are some scripts around, but I am not a big fan of using scripts I do not understand. So for now I deal with the classic diif. Is there a simple command line I can use, appart sdiff and Vimdiff?? TY for your help.

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[arch-general] nfs problems
by Guillermo Leira 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Hello! When I installed 3.4.2, I had boot and shutdown problems in two computers (another six went fine), so I downgraded them to back to 3.3.8. I have just upgraded to 3.4.3, and it failed again. Commenting out nfs-common and nfs-server made them work again. Now the systems work fine, but I would like to have my nfs servers back (nfs client still works). :-) I have only found this: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143419 describing the exact symptoms, but no solution yet. Any ideas? Thanks, Guillermo Leira

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[arch-general] Transition from grub-legacy to grub2
by BlissSam 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

I saw a discussion in arch-dev-public mailing list (subject is grub/grub2 final). As that mailing list is read-only, I posted my comments here. >>> On 06/24/2012 11:10 PM, Ronald van Haren wrote: >>>> Well sure, but grub-bios will be part of the grub group. Won't it >>>> automatically replace the grub package with the group in that case? >>>> >>>> Ronald >>>> >>> >>> I don't believe that pacman replaces a package with a group. Do we >>> really need a group called grub? What's the use case for that? I don't think a group called grub is needed. Just try: pacman -Sw java-environment and see the result (you don't really need to install it) It says `There are 2 providers available for java-environment' and want you to make a choice. I wonder if it can be implemented here. And the result will be, when a person types `pacman -S bootloader', it should say, :: There are 4 providers available for bootloader: :: 1: grub2-bios, 2: grub-legacy, 3: syslinux, 4: lilo Sam

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[arch-general] KDE Dolphin crashes on click
by Paul Gideon Dann 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Hello all, I'm having some trouble with Dolphin. Clicking or right-clicking on files causes a SIGSEGV with the following backtrace: #0 0x00007ffff4e5c59c in KSycocaDict::find_string(QString const&) const () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.5 #1 0x00007ffff4dc7fc8 in KMimeTypeTrader::preferredService(QString const&, QString const&) () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.5 #2 0x00007ffff58fc2ac in KRun::runUrl(KUrl const&, QString const&, QWidget*, bool, bool, QString const&, QByteArray const&) () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.5 #3 0x00007ffff58fc977 in KRun::foundMimeType(QString const&) () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.5 #4 0x00007ffff58f2412 in KRun::mimeTypeDetermined(QString const&) () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.5 #5 0x00007ffff58faff8 in KRun::init() () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.5 #6 0x00007ffff58f4290 in KRun::slotTimeout() () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.5 #7 0x00007ffff4923dcf in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #8 0x00007ffff49230dc in QObject::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #9 0x00007ffff3a44f7c in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #10 0x00007ffff3a493fa in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #11 0x00007ffff5376c66 in KApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5 #12 0x00007ffff490e8ee in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 The same thing occasionally happens on hover. I've tried running kbuildsycoca4 on the offchance something got corrupted, but it didn't help. This seems to be a separate issue from the herqq issue. Anyone else getting this? Paul

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[arch-general] Help with gnupg saving password for given time
by Randy 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Hello all, I'm running KmyMoney and saving the file with GPG encryption. In order to open this file I need to enter my password in the pin entry window that comes up. This all works fine. The issue that I'm having is that in the past (previous installation of Arch and Aptosid) I was able to close KmyMoney and open it back up within a certain amount of time without having to re-enter the password. After this time expired, I had to re-enter the password. This no longer seems to work for me. I have to enter my password every time I open KmyMoney. According to my notes that I have on this, what I need to do is to create a file in .gnupg called gpg-agent.conf with the following entries: pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry no-grab default-cache-ttl 3600 And enter "use-agent" in the file .gnupg/gpg.conf. I'm using Openbox as my windows manager in case it matters. Could someone offer any suggestions on why this no longer works? My guess is that I'm missing something. Thanks, Randy

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[arch-general] locale variables
by Arno Gaboury 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Dear list, I am fine tuning my Arch box, trying to understand and configuring step by step. I just realised I didn't take care of all the file.pacnew in /etc, and I am now taking each one. Now dealing with *locale.gen.pacnew *I am not sure to fully understand the locale set up. My box is in English, but I am living in Switzerland, write and read english and french, and uses a QWERTZU keyborad configured via keyborad layout in XFCE settings. *[gabx@magnolia etc]$ locale -a C en_US en_US.iso88591 en_US.utf8 POSIX* It seems to me some lignes about French and euro are missing. Am I right? Looking at the list etc/locale.pacnew, I was thinking adding these locales : #fr_CH.UTF-8 UTF-8 #fr_CH ISO-8859-1 #fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8 #fr_FR ISO-8859-1 #fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15 Am I right to add all these locales? I understand I must run *$logal-gen* to add these modifications. What should I do with the locale.gen.pacnew ?? How can I update my system correctly? I see that all locales are going to */usr/share/i18n/locales*, and I guess locale.gen.pacnew will modify this list, but I have no idea how to do that. TY for help.

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[arch-general] glib: #error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly." (howto report packages)
by David C. Rankin 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Guys, We have run into several new build failures with trinity related to a glib header inclusion change in the last update or two. The trinity package are a relatively simple fix changing the header inclusions from '#include <glib/whatever.h>' to '#include <glib.h>'. However, some of the build failures experienced are not trinity build failures, but do to other OS packages. Example, koffice fails with: In file included from /usr/include/wv2/olestream.h:26:0, from graphicshandler.cpp:23: /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/giochannel.h:28:2: error: #error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly." My question is this "When I run across these, do you want me to open a bug, just drop a note to the maintainer, or drop a note to the list?" Fixes are easy enough, but before I start rebuilding everything from ABS, I want to make sure this info gets to the right place. What say the devs? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: [arch-general] locale variables
by m a 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

>>> Dear list, >>> I am fine tuning my Arch box, trying to understand and configuring step >> by step. >> >>> I just realised I didn't take care of all the file.pacnew in /etc, and >>> I >> am now taking each one. >>> Now dealing with *locale.gen.pacnew >>> *I am not sure to fully understand the locale set up. My box is in >> English, but I am living in Switzerland, write and read english and >> french, >>> and uses a QWERTZU keyborad configured via keyborad layout in XFCE >> settings. >> >>> *[gabx@magnolia etc]$ locale -a >>> C >>> en_US >>> en_US.iso88591 >>> en_US.utf8 >>> POSIX* >>> It seems to me some lignes about French and euro are missing. Am I >>> right? >> Looking at the list etc/locale.pacnew, I was thinking adding >>> these locales : >>> #fr_CH.UTF-8 UTF-8 >>> #fr_CH ISO-8859-1 >>> #fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8 >>> #fr_FR ISO-8859-1 >>> #fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15 >>> Am I right to add all these locales? >>> I understand I must run *$logal-gen* to add these modifications. >>> What should I do with the locale.gen.pacnew ?? How can I update my >>> system >> correctly? I see that all locales are going to */usr/share/ >>> i18n/locales*, and I guess locale.gen.pacnew will modify this list, >>> but I >> have no idea how to do that. >> >>> TY for help. >> >> >> Have you uncommented these in /etc/locale.gen, and then did the "$ >> locale-gen" thing? >> >> If you haven't, I think you should do it. And then merge the .pacnew >> file >> with the old one. > My only /etc/locale.gen is shown as a binary, with type "Genesis ROM" in > Thunar (XFCE). Seems strange, as I can see it as a text file when using > a text editor (maybe the .gen extension is mistaking Thunar). > > So I shall edit it and uncomment the following lines : > > #fr_CH.UTF-8 UTF-8 > #fr_CH ISO-8859-1 > #fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8 > #fr_FR ISO-8859-1 > #fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15 > > Then merge with locale.gen.pacnew? > > That's fine, but doesn't tell me IF I really need these locales on my > system. Maybe it does, I don't know. Haven't ever used xfce to be able to say anything about something like that. As for the locales, I think you should only add the first two.

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[arch-general] Chromium's Langauge settings dialog not opening
by Mateusz Loskot 24 Jun '12

24 Jun '12

Hi, I'm having weird issue wiht Chromium on the current Arch. Regardless of WM used, Openbox or i3, I can observe it. 0. Fresh Chromium configuration (~/.config/chromium wiped out) 1. Load page with textarea, e.g. gist.github.com, pastebin.com 2. Right-click on textarea -> select Spell-checker Options -> Language Settings 3. No dialog opens Now, tick off "Check the spelling of this field" in right-click context menu -> Spell-checker Options Then: 1. Load page with textarea, e.g. gist.github.com, pastebin.com 2. Right-click on textarea -> select Spell-checker Options -> Language Settings 3. Now Language Settings tab opens Has anyone noticed that? Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net

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