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[arch-general] /usr/bin/X: No such file
by Ralf Mardorf 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

Hi :) when I try to start xfce (as root, since I didn't add a user until now) I get "/usr/bin/startxfce4: Starting X server /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line1: /usr/bin/X: No such file or directory" I missed something when reading the Wiki. I'll read it again. Any hints are welcome. Cheers! Ralf PS: ----------------------------------------------------------------- > cat /media/archlinux/etc/gdm/custom.conf [snip] [security] AllowRoot=true [snip] ----------------------------------------------------------------- > grep DAEMONS= /media/archlinux/etc/rc.conf DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng !network !netfs crond acpid dbus) ----------------------------------------------------------------- # cat /media/archlinux/root/.bash_profile # # ~/.bash_profile # [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc if [ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ]; then startxfce4 fi ----------------------------------------------------------------- # grep exec /media/archlinux/root/.xinitrc # exec gnome-session # exec startkde # exec startxfce4 exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4 ----------------------------------------------------------------- # cat /media/archlinux/root/.xsession #!/bin/sh # # ~/.xsession # # Executed by xdm/gdm/kdm at login # /bin/bash --login -i ~/.xinitrc ----------------------------------------------------------------- # cat /media/archlinux/root/.xprofile # [snip, it's empty] # Executed by gdm at login # ----------------------------------------------------------------- # ls /media/archlinux/root -hAl total 32K -rw------- 1 root root 2.7K 2011-12-11 10:45 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 2011-12-11 06:17 .bash_logout -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 111 2011-12-11 06:25 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141 2011-12-11 06:18 .bashrc drwx------ 2 root root 4.0K 2011-12-11 10:10 .w3m -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 379 2011-12-11 06:29 .xinitrc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57 2011-12-11 06:45 .xprofile -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100 2011-12-11 06:19 .xsession ----------------------------------------------------------------- # ls /media/archlinux/var/log -hAl total 4.2M -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 480 2011-12-11 10:46 acpid.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 6.3K 2011-12-11 10:44 auth.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34K 2011-12-11 10:46 boot -rw------- 1 root root 0 2011-12-07 19:59 btmp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-12-10 19:58 ConsoleKit -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 7.0K 2011-12-11 10:46 crond.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 47K 2011-12-11 10:46 daemon.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53K 2011-12-11 10:46 dmesg.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 56K 2011-12-11 10:46 errors.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 1.4M 2011-12-11 10:46 everything.log -rw------- 1 root root 4.5K 2011-12-11 10:44 faillog drwxrwx--T 2 root 120 4.0K 2011-12-11 10:46 gdm -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 1.4M 2011-12-11 10:46 kernel.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 126K 2011-12-11 10:44 lastlog -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 880K 2011-12-11 10:46 messages.log drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-10-10 01:25 old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41K 2011-12-11 10:39 pacman.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 3.6K 2011-12-11 10:46 syslog.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 1.3K 2011-12-11 10:46 user.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 222K 2011-12-11 10:46 wtmp -----------------------------------------------------------------

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[arch-general] Install Arch in stages?
by Grant McDuling 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

Hi, I am new to Arch, being a Mint user until now. I have the iso on CD now and ready to install. Can I do this is stages or is it best to do the complete basic install in one sitting? Grant McDuling Writer http://www.amazon.com/Grant-McDuling/e/B004UTH35M

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[arch-general] .bashrc not executed on login
by G. Schlisio 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

Hello all, if i execute 'sudo su -' roots .bashrc is obviously not executed, so my aliases are not loaded. file properties are 751 root:root did i miss something important? thanks

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[arch-general] Pacman 4.0.x on core ? When ? :)
by fredbezies 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

Hello. I'm using pacman 4.0.x since its release on testing and it is really a great version. Any tips or infos for a date of its release on core repository ? Thanks :) -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies(a)gmail.com

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[arch-general] KDE Debugging
by Nicolás Adamo 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

Does anybody know how to make a good bug repport using the inbuilt KDE Bug Tool? It launches whenever a bug occurs, but if I try to complete the bug fill (or report) it says the information is useless... Arch doesn't have a package specific for KDE Debugging, so I wanted to know if anybody makes bug reports and how. BTW, I'm sure the bug is related to KMix, the tray icon for the mixer/sound control. It launches at boot, but for some reason it closes. Then it restarts fine, but the "kdedaemon closed unexpectedly" message window was already launched, waiting for me to fill the bug report (which I can not because of the lack of enough debugging tools) Thanks, Nicolás

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[arch-general] Arch forum and wiki down
by Karol Blazewicz 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

I've e-mailed Pierre, Ioni and Florian. Hopefully things will get fixed soon.

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[arch-general] getaddrinfo
by Myra Nelson 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

I've been working on this for several days and can't seem to figure out what's wrong. When I try to compile perl-5.14.2 or install any perl module that runs a test requiring getaddrinfo, the test fails. I've searched high and low between the bug list, the wiki, google, man pages etc and have found zero answers. I've found example c code that fails also. All the return values are negative and should be 0 or greater than zero. One of the errors related to perl is # Failed test '$err == 0 for host= cpan.perl.org/service=ftp/socktype=STREAM' # at t/getaddrinfo.t line 79. # got: -8 # expected: 0 I have a static ip address set up in rc.conf and my internet connections work, ftp clients work, ip addrlabel produces prefix ::1/128 label 0 prefix ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 label 4 prefix ::/96 label 3 prefix 2001::/32 label 7 prefix 2002::/16 label 2 prefix fec0::/10 label 5 prefix fc00::/7 label 6 prefix ::/0 label 1 and rpcbind, ypbind, ypserv, and vsftpd are running. Building python3 also fails with the same error. It's probably something misconfigured on my box with all the changes in network tools, but quite frankly I'm lost. This problem is recent. I built the previous versions of perl and python3. Python2 builds and I diffed the test files that contain the gettaddrinfo tests and they are different. Pointers to getaddrinfo code that works, suggestions on my network configuration, rtfm might work if you've got a man page I've missed, and/or any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Myra -- Life's fun when your sick and psychotic!

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[arch-general] Linking issue, glibc weirdness?
by Philipp 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

Hi there, I have linking issues with one of the programs I maintain in AUR and I don't quite understand the issue. Here's the output: g++ -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,--hash-style=gnu -L/usr/X11R6/lib -o jmeters jmeters.o styles.o mainwin.o jclient.o mkimage.o meterwin.o -lsndfile -lclxclient -lclthreads -ljack -lpng -lXft -lX11 -lrt /usr/bin/ld: jmeters.o: undefined reference to symbol 'pthread_mutex_trylock@@GLIBC_2.2.5' /usr/bin/ld: note: 'pthread_mutex_trylock@@GLIBC_2.2.5' is defined in DSO /lib/libpthread.so.0 so try adding it to the linker command line /lib/libpthread.so.0: could not read symbols: Invalid operation collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [jmeters] Error 1 The program is jmeters (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25711) It depends on clthreads (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=3627) which handles the threading stuff. I wonder where this problem comes from. Needles to say that it worked fine in the past. Any ideas? Regards, Philipp

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[arch-general] Daemon Locale
by Yclept Nemo 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

I want to create a new postgresql database cluster with UTF-8 locale and default (template) encoding. While initdb, run by rc.d/postgresql, inherits the locale from the environment, rc.d/functions overrides the locale to C as specified by DAEMON_LOCALE So I am thinking, is there any reason why not to run all daemons as UTF-8? I remember in the mailing list some devs preferred to run with the C locale. Why? Alternatively I could run initdb myself.. I am also wondering if starting a cluster with a different encoding than that of the environment (UTF-8 in a C environment) will cause problems thanks,

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[arch-general] myhost login
by Grant McDuling 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

I have just gone through the new install process (3 times) and all seems to have gone well except when I take out the iso disc and reboot (having set the BIOS to boot from the hard drive) I am asked for my host login and password. I have the password OK as I do remember setting it during the config stage, but I don't remember setting a myhost name. I have tried leaving it blank and inserting the password but that doesn't work. Any ideas? I have looked through the instructions a few times and get no clues. Grant McDuling Writer http://www.amazon.com/Grant-McDuling/e/B004UTH35M

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