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[arch-general] pkg rfc need to be updated?
by Yi Zheng 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Hi, all a& Yan the pkg 'rfc' is a great thing. But it has not update since Wed Jul 8 00:57:57 2020. I had checked the build script and found that there is a script 'mirror-to-arch.sh' to download the data and the index from https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc, that site is updated. Do you think the archlinux should be update with the original info source ? thanks!

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[arch-general] AMDGPU does not show consider external DisplayPort monitors on PRIME laptop
by Giovanni Santini 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

Hi all, I thought it would be easier to ask here first; if I should open a bug report on the Arch or any other tracker, I can definetely do so. I have an ASUS laptop with a Ryzen 4800H and a Geforce RTX 2060 Mobile. All is good, except the support of external monitors via DisplayPort. While previously I used HDMI via a single monitor, I finally took from my workplace my working monitors and connected them in daisy chain and connected the laptop to them via USB-C to USB-C. The whole setup works on Windows, but on Linux I cannot make it work when using the AMDGPU driver. I tried disabling it and using the NVIDIA one via `optimus-manager` and the latter can easily detect and handle all the monitors. The weird fact is that DisplayPort partially works with AMDGPU, as I am able to use my mouse and headset connected to the monitor but I cannot detect any monitor to display images. I honestly have no clue why this problem sussists. I need and would like some tips for investigating the issue and reporting where necessary. Thanks in advance. Bests, Giovanni

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Re: [arch-general] when keys are not updated
by Jude DaShiell 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

It turns out installing archlinux-keyring fixed this problem. I wasn't aware that package was missing from this system.

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[arch-general] Anki (community) is likely abandoned
by AlexApps 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

I emailed both maintainers 10 days ago, reminding them the package has been out of date for 184 days, is 9 versions out of date, and has an outdated upstream URL. I got no response. This lack of response, combined with the mentioned lack of updates, indicates the package is abandoned. Sorry if this is the wrong mailing list, I made a bug report, and I was then told to use the mailing list. https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/anki/

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[arch-general] when keys aren't updated
by Jude DaShiell 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

Pacman could do with a feature to bypass authors packages and keys so those don't disrupt updates.

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[arch-general] No menu icons on XFCE4 desktop
by Peter Nabbefeld 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

Hello, since I've not updated my system since some weeks, I thought it would be a good time to do so - with two results: 1. My desktop theme changed. 2. The menu icons have gone. Well, while the first is not a real problem (I should be able to find an appropriate icon theme, but I'll look for that later), I don't know why the menu icons have gone, so I don't know where to start searching for a solution. I even didn't find something related when search the internet. :-/ However, I found two sub-folders in /usr/share/icons/Adwaita for gtk-2.0 and gtk-3.0, but only the first one contains any assets - maybe that's the problem? Any idea? Kind regards Peter

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[arch-general] does latest grub 2:2.06-1 support luks2 encrypted boot partition?
by Javier 15 Jun '21

15 Jun '21

Hi ! I'm wondering if latest grub 2:2.06-1 now supports luks2 encrypted boot partitions. I looked at the archwiki, but it still mentions official repos grub only supports luks1, but perhaps it's way too early for the wiki to be up to date... Thanks ! -- Javier

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[arch-general] [OT] changing ripped music metadata from freeDB to MusicBrainz
by Javier 14 Jun '21

14 Jun '21

Hi ! I have several ripped music CDs, and I just realized part of the metadata (I haven't looked at all of it) has the wrong track titles. I think the issue came from using freeDB for getting the metadata information, and I'm wondering if there's a way to repopulate all of it (and more, like composer information) with MusicBrainz gathered metadata instead. Is there a tool which would allow me to do the conversion? I ripped the CDs into ogg vorbis, in case that helps identify the right tool... Of course hopefully tools found on Arch, and it'd be better if they are command line ones, though a GUI one might do it as well if there's no other option... Of course doing things recursively is a must, going ogg by ogg would take like forever, :) Re-ripping would take way too long BTW, hopefully that's not the only option. I'm sorry for the "off thread" question, but I really have no clue, neither have an idea where to ask... Thanks a lot ! -- Javier

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[arch-general] udev rules 2 times exec script
by Maykel Franco 13 Jun '21

13 Jun '21

Hi, I try configure the rule in udev for when I connect specific usb device, launch script backup. I have this rule: /etc/udev/rules.d/10.autobackup.rules SUBSYSTEM=="block", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="058f", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6387", SYMLINK+="external%n", RUN+="/usr/local/bin/autobackup.sh" This works well, buth exec 2 times the script... Jun 12 13:53:09 archlaptop autobackup.sh: BEGIN SCRIPT Jun 12 13:53:13 archlaptop autobackup.sh: BEGIN SCRIPT I googled and I see this: The issue was resolved by adding ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device" in a rule. If add ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device" and change the SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device" , when plug usb, udev does nothing ... I don't understand why udevadm info -a -p $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/sda1) https://pastebin.com/Zcz769BQ

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[arch-general] Firefox dropping support for OTB fonts as well?
by Javier 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

Hello ! After pango moved to use Harfbuzz, the Terminus bitmap fonts no longer were shown as a font on could select on firefox, so Terminus bitmap fonts were actually dropped. Then later kept showing up on Firefox as they used to, like xos4 Terminus, but I don't know if they kept working as before... At that time though, Terminus OTB (openTypeBitmap) were still showing up as an option on Firefox, as just Terminus, and were working fine. Even until versions 88+. With Firefox 89, the Terminus OTB and the Terminus bitmap fonts can be selected still, but they don't really work anymore. When one zooms out or zooms in a web site, the mono space fonts using whether Terminus or xos4 Terminus do NOT zoom at all, they remain the same pretty small size. And manually changing the monospace (which are the ones I set with terminus fonts) size through preferences don't make the fonts change size at all. So it seems neither bitmap, nor OTP, Terminus fonts are working on Firefox any more. On AUR there's a terminus-font-ttf, meant for Java applications it seems, which are apparently working on Firefox. I tried them before on virtual terminals like rxvt-unicode and qterminal, and they look pretty bad (blurry actually), so I wouldn't dare using those fonts on any virtual terminal. However they seem to work on Firefox. Has Firefox finally dropped support for non TTF fonts? Are the TTF Terminus fonts, the definite work around? If someone knows, please provide some light, :) Thanks a lot ! -- Javier

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