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moving /boot
by Fons Adriaensen 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

Hello all, I'm having a problem with updating a laptop: the /boot partition is too small for the new ramfs images. The system uses GPT partioning and BIOS boot using syslinux. /dev/sda1 1M Type = BIOS Boot /dev/sda2 /boot 95M Attributes: LegacyBIOSBootable /dev/sda3 / 93G (others for /home, /data and SWAP) One solution would be to move the /boot directory to / instead of giving it its own partition. The syslinux wiki page tells me that the absolute sector address of /boot/syslinux/ldlinux.sys plays a role in the boot sequence, so I suspect that just moving the boot directory and removing /dev/sda2 from /etc/fstab won't be enough. Would re-installing syslinux after that do the trick (and also take care of the LegacyBIOSBootable attribute) ? If not, what would be the correct and safe way to do this ? TIA, -- FA

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Re: gui network icon not connected
by Rino Mardo 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

upon running nmcli, it shows disconnected but the wlan0 have an ip address. i remembered when i finished the installation i only have CLI. also no network connectivity. somehow i managed to have network connectivity by installing the package iwd. after that, i have connection via my wireless and i proceeded to install kde (including plasma-nm). since recalling i'm using iwd package, when i stop that service the GUI network icon still shows all 5 bars but no AP listed. when i restart iwd, i get a list of AP in my area and i also get network connectivity in terminal. so i guess the network icon is the problem then? On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 1:55 AM "accounts(a)lrose.de [via Relay]" <noreply(a)relay.firefox.com> wrote: > > Forwarded from wna8xt5uv(a)mozmail.com by Firefox Relay ⁨0⁩ email trackers removed Upgrade for more protection > > On 25. Mar 2023, at 15:18, Doug Newgard <dnewgard(a)outlook.com> wrote: > > What did you enable? What did you configure? YOU did all of this, right? You > should be able to tell us what you did, not the other way around. > > Only because a user installed their system, doesn't mean they completely understand it. It's a continuous learning process, and we should support everyone who's willing to learn. > > In this case, it seems like you're actually using NetworkManager, plasma-nm is a frontend for it. However, it is possible that you have a second network manager or static configuration configured, so network manager backs out. You can check that by typing nmcli in the terminal, it should show you the status of network manager on your system. If it shows connected, then the display applet in your Toolbar is the issue. If it shows disconnected, then you should check what other network manager you have installed, and uninstall it. > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration Shows a list of possible options. You should check if any of those besides NetworkManager are installed. > Your dashboard -- "This message was typed on my mobile phone. Please excuse any brevity or hilarious auto correct mistakes." http://about.me/RinoMardo

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Can not build arch v6.2.* linux. Does that much swap space required?
by u34＠net9.ga 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

Hello, I haven't tried all the 6.2.*. Only some of the earliest, and some of the latest. v6.2.9, at this time. I could build the earliest v6.1.*. And also v6.1.12. Which is arch latest v6.1.*, doesn't it? I got what looks to me a similar issue with v6.1.7, if I remember correctly. As of v6.2.7 and v6.2.9, I get: $ cat -n linux-6.2.9.arch1-1-x86_64-build.log | tail 19288 AR arch/x86/video/built-in.a 19289 AR built-in.a 19290 AR vmlinux.a 19291 LD vmlinux.o 19292 vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: hyperv_init+0x42f: unreachable instruction 19293 make[1]: *** Deleting file 'vmlinux.o' 19294 make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o:61: vmlinux.o] Interrupt 19295 make: *** [Makefile:1245: vmlinux_o] Interrupt 19296 19297 ==> ERROR: Aborted by user! Exiting... After it stalled for a long time at line #19291, or at line #19292, I interrupted it, ^c, manually. I forgot to look at the resource usage before interrupting v6.2.9 build. For some of the prevoius versions it happend, I saw the LD proccess consumed almost all of the machine free memory. And also a lot of swap. Which happend right at the LD operation, not before. It is only a desktop, Only 4G RAM. I am also confused about the unreachable warning. I think I saw it earlier only once. Possibly at some later v6.2.* version. But I can't find it at any log file. Perhaps I have deleted the file. I am using a local version for PKGBUILD. Does the follwoign diff maters? 63c63 < make all # htmldocs --- > make htmldocs all 195,196c195 < # pkgname=("$pkgbase" "$pkgbase-headers" "$pkgbase-docs") < pkgname=("$pkgbase" "$pkgbase-headers") --- > pkgname=("$pkgbase" "$pkgbase-headers" "$pkgbase-docs") There is also ccache enabled for makepkg. -- u34

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Movement/navigation issue with brltty 6.5 since today's upgrade
by Jeanette C. 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

Hey hey, I just updated my system today and haven't been able to use certain braille display functions. Since the installation date is given as a day in February it could depend on something else. BRLTTY allows to use a braille display to manipulate the terminal, move the cursor or paste text. These functions don't work anymore. Text can be copied into BRLTTY's buffer, but not pasted, neither can the cursor be summoned to a valid position on the screen. Does anyone have a reasonable idea what may have caused this? I have tried this with both the standard Archlinux 6.2.9 kernel and the 6.2.0 realtime kernel. Could there be a permission issue that forbids BRLTTY to write to the console or permission for USB devices...? Any hints would be much appreciated! Best wishes, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c you made me realize..not to compromise the fact that you and i should meet... <3 (Britney Spears)

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Enabling CSM fails, can somebody recommend a bootloader
by Ralf Mardorf 02 Apr '23

02 Apr '23

Hi, I am currently building a new PC. Migrating the drives from an Intel Celeron with integrated GPU, mobo Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H to an Intel Core i3 13th Gen, mobo Gigabyte B760M DS3H DDR4 does cause some issues. The PC is a Linux multi-boot machine. The old SATA SSDs are all MBR drives, a new NVMe SSD is a GPT drive. The old PC's bootloader is syslinux. The Arch install's root directory holds all kernels, the Arch kernels, but also the kernels from the other Linux installs (an ancient Suse, Ubuntu etc.). Disabling Intel platform trust technology and secure boot works, but enabling CSM (legacy boot) fails. I read that on modern Intel machines CSM cannot be enabled, when using the internal GPU. I wonder if this is correct?! I also read, if I need to stay with EFI boot, that continuing using syslinux for a multi-boot Linux machine without chainloading, by keeping all kernels in one partition, could become a PITA or even impossible. Does anybody know, if it's possible to enable CSM? Maybe I forgot to disable or enable something else, before enabling CSM can work. As a temporarily workaround, to continue building the new PC, I installed Xubuntu, from a pendrive that was at hand. It installed GRUB2, so I can boot Arch Linux from the old MBR drive. If I should need to stay with CSM disabled and if syslinux should not work to boot all Linux installs, is there another alternative bootloader available that is similar to syslinux? If possible I will not stay with GRUB2. FWIW aur/r8125-dkms (chaotic-aur/r8125-dkms) works without issues [1]. Thank you aravance! Regards, Ralf [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/r8125-dkms

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CPU frequency scaling uncertainty
by Ralf Mardorf 02 Apr '23

02 Apr '23

Hi, I wonder what to do with the scaling_max_freq, base_frequency and scaling_min_freq. $ grep model\ name /proc/cpuinfo | sort -u model name : 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-13100 $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/*driver intel_pstate Those are the specifications as provided by Intel [1]: Max Turbo Frequency [GHz] Up to 4.5 Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency [GHz] Up to 4.5 Performance-core Base Frequency [GHz] Up to 3.4 This are the defaults provided by /sys/devices/... : $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq 5800000 5800000 5800000 5800000 $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/base_frequency 4400000 4400000 4400000 4400000 $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq 800000 800000 800000 800000 Is it safe to keep those values or should I set the max to 4500000 and base to 3400000? Is the min value 800000 good or bad? I will stay with powersave, excepted when doing real-time audio work, than I'll select performance. Years ago I read that real-time audio users disabled hyper-threading. I wonder if it's still necessary to select the performance governor and to disable hyper-threading for audio work. Regards, Ralf [1] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/core/13th-…

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pcspkr loaded, but no bell
by Ralf Mardorf 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Hi, if I turn on the computer, the PC buzzer does beep one time, so it does work for the POST, but the terminal (ROXTerm, with audible bell enabled) is silent, it doesn't beep anymore after using the Arch install from my old PC with my new PC. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ lsmod | grep pcspkr pcspkr 16384 0 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ printf "\abeep! \n" beep! The module is loaded, but nothing, no audible bell. I'm out of ideas. Maybe I'm unable to see the forest for the trees, I still suffer from the after-effects of a COVID infection I had a few days back. Is this a known issue with some new mobos? Am I missing something? Regards, Ralf

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Qwt is currently built with Qt5 - should I mark the package as out-of-date?
by Peyton Murray 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Hi all, Sorry if this is a naive question, but qwt <https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/qwt/> is currently being built with Qt5, which is nearing end-of-life <https://endoflife.date/qt>, while Qt6 has been out for a while. I'd like for qwt to be built with Qt6, but I'm not sure if this means the package is out-of-date strictly speaking, so I figured I'd ask here before marking the package as such. What's the right way to deal with this? Best, - Peyton

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Pacman: There are N providers available for X
by Spencer Collyer 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Hi, I'm installing a new system, and using the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks sections 2.5 and 2.6 to get the list of packages to install from my current system. When I run the `pacman -S --needed - < pkglist.txt` part, I get a few cases where pacman says "There are N providers available for X`. What I did for those cases is look up the providers in the `Package Search` page on the archlinux.org and chose the most recent one. Is that a reasonable strategy to use? Is there a better way to make the decision? Searching the web for that string didn't really provide any useful answers unfortunately. Regards Spencer

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netctl problem
by Fons Adriaensen 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Hello all, Yesterday I assisted (via a text chat) a linux noob to install Archlinux on a laptop. We got so far that the system can boot on its own, and we can login as root. The netctl package is installed. Also the ethernet-dhcp example is copied to /etc/netctl/dhcp and edited for the correct interface (enp0s25). netctl start dhcp runs without reporting any errors, but then ping 8.8.8.8 says 'network unreachable', and ip link shows that enp0s25 is not UP. The network was OK with the ISO of course. I could probably find out what is wrong if I had my hands on the keyboard, but doing it remotely seems more difficult... So what *could* be the problem or missing ? TIA, -- FA

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