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[arch-general] Framebuffer Reset
by pants 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Hello, I run my desktop from the framebuffer, and often use the fbdev mplayer video output to watch video. I generally do this by sshing in to the machine via my laptop, running # export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 to get video to output to my desktop's display. Occasionally, while watching something, my ssh connection gets killed. My dhcp might renew on a reconnect, or the shell running mplayer might get killed, but the mplayer process dies without closing correctly. As a result, the last frame rendered by mplayer is stuck on the screen. Changes to the framebuffer will remove this image locally, but areas that can't be cleared (like a small strip on the bottom of the screen) retain the image indefinitely. Furthermore, using fbdev again with mplayer causes each subsequent final frame to become similarly stuck, regardless of how mplayer is quit. Is there some way to 'reset' the framebuffer and stop this without restarting? Cheers, pants -- jaron `pants' kent-dobias pants(a)cs.hmc.edu 425 999 1948

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Re: [arch-general] replacement for clyde
by Kyle 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

I've been using pbfetch, and it works pretty well for me. I'm of course open to trying some of these other packages as well. The really great thing is that you can have them all installed, and then uninstall the packages you don't need once you've made your choice. ~Kyle Sent from my Wishdroid! :)

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[arch-general] Looking for latest iso for AMD64
by Leonenkov, Roman 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Hi guys, please advise me the latest working iso image which I could use for AMD64 PC. Thanks, Roman. http://www.bgcpartners.com CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail has been sent to you by one of the BGC entities (collectively BGC) listed at the following link http://www.bgcpartners.com/legal/disclaimers/index.html#email_disclaimer. The link contains company and FSA registration numbers. This e-mail, including its contents and attachments, if any, are confidential. If you are not the named recipient please notify the sender and immediately delete it. You may not disseminate, distribute, or forward this e-mail message or disclose its contents to anybody else. Copyright and any other intellectual property rights in its contents are the sole property of BGC and its affiliates. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Although we routinely screen for viruses, addressees should check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. We make no representation or warranty as to the absence of viruses in this e-mail or any attachments. Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our customers and business, we may monitor and read e-mails sent to and from our server(s). The registered offices of the BGC entities are at 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5RD. For any issues arising from this email please reply to the sender. The FSA register appears at http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register/. The FSA regulates the financial services industry in the United Kingdom and is located at 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS.

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[arch-general] CD eject as non-root user
by Norbert Zeh 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Hi folks, I have a strange problem with ejecting CDs from my CD drive. As root: eject and eject -t work flawlessly eject -T gives ioctl: Input/output error As non-root user: eject -t closes the tray as expected eject gives eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device eject -T gives the same result as for root It doesn't matter whether I do or do not specify sr0 as the device to eject. The non-root user that I try to execute this command as is in the optical group. I have the same problem on two different machines: my trusty old desktop and a Dell Latitude E6510. Also, all this did work before and stopped working some time not so long ago. So, given that it did work before and happens on two rather different machines, I suspect it to be a result of some package upgrade. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly when this started happening. Does anybody else experience this type of problem? Does anybody have any pointers what may be wrong with my setup? Thanks, Norbert -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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[arch-general] Java 6 back in [community]
by Thomas Dziedzic 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

As a result of problems oracle has faced with java 7, it has marked it for developers only: http://java.com/en/download/faq/java7.xml This is why I have decided to bring back java 6 into [community] and it will coexist with java 7 for the time being. jre/jdk - java 7 jre6/jdk6 - java 6 java 6 packages conflict with java 7 packages, so you will not be able to have them both installed at the same time. Note, this is only temporary until Oracle announces yet again, that java 7 is available for general use. I expect this to be at around the time update 1 or 2 comes out for java 7. After they announce this, java 6 is going back into the aur. Happy hacking!

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[arch-general] [signoff] linux-3.0.3-1
by Tobias Powalowski 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

Latest kernel is in testing, please signoff for both arches greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] unable to run emacs through VNC
by D. R. Evans 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

I have arch running on a machine that I access through vnc. I just installed and tried to run emacs on the arch machine in an xfce terminal window, but I get the following error: $ emacs logcfg.dat Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":1.0". Undefined color: "black" $ Every other program I've tried (which admittedly is not many) has worked fine. What do I need to do to resolve this issue and run emacs? Doc -- Web: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26-lts 2.6.32.45-1
by Tobias Powalowski 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

Latest LTS kernel is in testing, please signoff for both arches greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] [signoff] linux-3.0.2-1
by Tobias Powalowski 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Latest kernel is in testing, please signoff for both arches greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] [signoff] vpnc 0.5.3-4
by Thomas Bächler 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Fix FS#25002 (add net-tools dep for now), FS#23452 (fix path, add optdepend) and FS#25095 (add supplied patch). Please sign off. I also want to mention that I don't use vpnc anymore, and haven't done so for years. I don't want to keep maintaining it, so if there are takers among the devs, please step up.

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