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[arch-general] ConvertXToDVD alternative for Linux.
by Madhurya Kakati 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

Hi, One of the very few reasons that I still Dual boot windows is that I don't know how to convert media files from one format to another in Linux. On windows I use 2 very easy to use softwares namely FormatFactory and ConvertXToDVD for my needs. Can you guys tell me about any Linux alternative to that? I tried installing ConvertXtoDVD using wine. The main program installs fine but the DVD menu templates, though installed, aren't detected by the program and hence I cant use the DVD menus. Thanks.

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[arch-general] Daylight Saving Time canceled in Ukraine, will Arch know?
by Barton 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

Beginning this year, Ukraine is switching to year-round DST and will permanently reside in UTC+3 timezone (where it is now). Normally, the switch to UTC+2 would have occurred some time in October, but no longer. How would Arch Linux handle it for the users who do not have NTP configured? Would Arch somehow know not to switch the clock this year or should zoneinfo file for Kiev be updated to reflect this change and to avoid users' clocks being skewed?

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[arch-general] mcabber failing to connect (loudmouth+openssl issue)
by Robin Martinjak 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

Hi, if anyone else has problems using mcabber (or freetalk?) with ssl, rebuilding loudmouth wih "--with-ssl=openssl" fixes the issue: https://bitbucket.org/McKael/mcabber-crew/issue/81/cant-establish-tls-ssl-c… Regards, Robin

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[arch-general] What about packaging something like "emacs-goodies" in AUR?
by XeCycle 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

Hello list. I found the package `emacs-goodies-el' quite useful when I was using Ubuntu, but Arch doesn't seem to have a equivalent package. I know I can install them myself, but it may be better to pack some of the most used into one package? So that most people could just install this, which is of course not very big, and get what they wanted. So I'm asking here, what extensions to package? -- Carl Lei (XeCycle) Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University OpenPGP public key: 7795E591 Fingerprint: 1FB6 7F1F D45D F681 C845 27F7 8D71 8EC4 7795 E591

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[arch-general] GTK X Clipboard Keyboard Bindings
by Bastien Dejean 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

Hi, I'm sure I must be missing something obvious but: What are the default keyboard shortcuts, in GTK2, to paste the PRIMARY/CLIPBOARD X clipboards? Cheers, -- Bastien

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] db 5.2.36-1
by Geert Hendrickx 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:20:59 -0400, Stéphane Gaudreault wrote: > Upstream update. Only python{,2}-bsddb should need a rebuild as it contain > hardcoded version strings. Openldap should be rebuilt as well, as slapd fails to start: bdb_back_initialize: BDB library version mismatch: expected Berkeley DB 5.2.28: (June 10, 2011), got Berkeley DB 5.2.36: (September 14, 2011) 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] Any suggestions on frequently rebuilding a git package?
by XeCycle 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

Hi, I build Emacs from git quite frequently, about twice a month or so. However the PKGBUILD from AUR rebuilds everything each time, which takes too many time I think. Perhaps Emacs is small, but I think there should be a way to prevent too many rebuilds --- is that possible? -- Carl Lei (XeCycle) Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University OpenPGP public key: 7795E591 Fingerprint: 1FB6 7F1F D45D F681 C845 27F7 8D71 8EC4 7795 E591

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] util-linux-2.20-3
by Damjan 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

> * enable libmount > > With libmount we get support for /etc/mtab being both a regular file > and a symlink to /proc/self/mountinfo. The latter is "the future", but > we won't force that as not all mount helpers (such as cifs, fuse, ntfs > and nfs) have been ported yet. If you don't use any of the unported > mount helpers, you can delete /etc/mtab and make it a symlink > manually. What is the expected problem with fuse filesystems when /etc/mtab is a symlink? I have /etc/mtab as a symlink for quite some time, since I moved to systemd, and haven't noticed any problems with encfs or sshfs - both of which are fuse filesystems -- дамјан

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] util-linux-2.20-3
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

On 09/19/2011 07:17 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote: > Hi guys, > > A new util-linux is in [testing]. > > Changes: > > * add to patches from upstream, in particular fixing > <https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26059> and > <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737091>. > > * enable libmount > > With libmount we get support for /etc/mtab being both a regular file > and a symlink to /proc/self/mountinfo. The latter is "the future", but > we won't force that as not all mount helpers (such as cifs, fuse, ntfs > and nfs) have been ported yet. If you don't use any of the unported > mount helpers, you can delete /etc/mtab and make it a symlink > manually. I guess you want to say /proc/self/mounts ;) > > I'd especially appreciate signoffs from people using the unported > helpers, and especially with the "user" mount option, or anything else > non-standard. There was a problem with this when we tried libmount > with util-linux 2.19.1, but I (and Dave) could not reproduce this with > 2.20. > > Please test and signoff. > > Cheers, > > Tom > -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1

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[arch-general] vpack - vABS Packaging Utility
by Estêvão Valadão 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Hey guys, Take a look at vpack - vABS Packaging Utility: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51856 Opinions and suggestions are welcome! Thanks, -- Estêvão Valadão

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