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[arch-general] devtmpfs
by Damjan Georgievski 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

Now that DEVTMPFS is enabled by default in the Arch configuration, what are its benefits? Can I make an initramfs without udev now? And if I do will I be able to use root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xx-yy-zz-etc or any of the similar kernel command line options? -- damjan

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[arch-general] [signoff] lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.68-1
by Eric Bélanger 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

Hi, lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.68-1 is now in testing. Changes: * Upstream update * Fixed tr path in lvmdump Please test and signoff. Users' signoffs are welcomed. Eric Upstream ChangeLog: lvm2: Version 2.02.68 - 23rd June 2010 ================================ Fix clvmd initscript status to print only active clustered LVs. Add lv_path to reports to offer full /dev pathname. Fix typo in warning message about missing device with allocated data areas. Add device name and offset to raw_read_mda_header error messages. Honour log argument when down-converting stacked mirror. Sleep to workaround clvmd -S race: socket closed early and server drops cmd. Use early udev synchronisation and update of dev nodes for clustered mirrors. Remove incorrect inclusion of kdev_t.h from cmirrord/functions.h. Add man pages for lvmconf and non-existent lvmsadc and lvmsar tools. Exit successfully when using -o help (but not -o +help) with LVM reports. Do not use internal DLM lock definitions in generic LVM2 clvmd code. Add --force, --nofsck and --resizefs to lvresize/extend/reduce man pages. Fix lvm2cmd example in documentation. Allow use of lvm2app and lvm2cmd headers in C++ code. Remove unused #includes from clvmd files and introduce clvmd-common.h. Move common inclusions to clvmd-common.h. Use #include "" for libdevmapper.h and configure.h throughout tree. Fix LVM_PATH expansion when exec_prefix=NONE. (2.02.67) Fix segfault in clvmd -R if no response from daemon received. Version 2.02.67 - 4th June 2010 =============================== Handle failed restart of clvmd using -S switch properly. Fix clvmd initscript restart command to start clvmd if not yet running. Use built-in absolute paths in clvmd (clvmd restart and PV and LV queries). Require partial option in lvchange --refresh for partial LVs. Do not fail lvm_init() if init_logging() or _init_rand() generates an errno. Don't merge unchanged persistent cache file before dumping if tool scanned. Fix incorrect memory pool deallocation while using vg_read for files. Add --type parameter description to the lvcreate man page. Replace strncmp kernel version number checks with proper ones. Avoid selecting names under /dev/block if there is an alternative. Update clustered log kernel module name to log-userspace for 2.6.31 onwards. Add replicators' LVs to dtree for activation. Supress activation message if there is a missing replicator VG. Fix scripts/relpath.awk to work in mawk Extend lock_vol to check for missing replicator VGs first. Update _process_one_vg and process_each_lv_in_vg to populate cmd_vg. Add cmd_vg structure and associated functions for replicator. Extend _lv_each_dependency() to handle replicator dependencies. Add check_replicator_segment() to catch internal replicator errors. Initial support for replicator metadata. Extend process_each_lv_in_vg() to provide list of failed lvnames. Consistently return ECMD_FAILED if process_each_*lv() is interrupted. device-mapper: Version 1.02.50 - 23rd June 2010 ================================ Fix INTERNAL_ERROR typo in ioctl iface unknown task message. Fix udev rules to handle spurious events properly. Use C99 [] not [0] in dm_ulog_request struct to avoid abort when fortified. Allow use of devmapper header file in C++ mode (extern "C" and __typeof__). Add dmeventd man page. Version 1.02.49 - 4th June 2010 =============================== Support autoloading of dm-mod module for kernels from 2.6.35. Document 'clear' in dmsetup man page. Fix semctl parameter (union) to avoid misaligned parameter on some arches. Add dm_tree_node_set_presuspend_node() to presuspend child when deactivating. Initial support for replicator target.

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[arch-general] Xorg 1.8 & Nouveau dependencies
by Michishige Kaito 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

Hey, So, we all heard it doesn't need HAL anymore. But what does it need? It would seem like it depends on either "nvidia" or "nvidia-utils" because I got rid of those last night and now X won't start. Well... it _does_ start, but all I get is a bunch of nice coloured stripes across the screen in random angles and sizes. I'm not really sure how to handle this, since I can't seem to access my system now. I'm burning an arch ISO while I type, and gonna try that. Whilst... any tips?

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Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 68, Issue 76
by jelle＠vdwaa.nl 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

> Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:40:04 -0400 > From: Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] VLC and Wine have been out-of-date too > long. > To: ape(a)ape3000.com, General Discussion about Arch Linux > <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimWf9EH0uWXuVtEsgW9QwOd1j7wlMFAgrjLTve3(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Lauri Niskanen <ape(a)ape3000.com> wrote: >> VLC 1.1.0 was released about a week ago and Wine 1.2-rc1 was released on >> 2010-05-21. Now there is Wine 1.2-rc5. >> > > let's please NOT take a policy of releasing 'release candidates' as > stable to our users, RC's belong on AUR. also a week? that's it? get > some patience, you want to complain... perl 5.12 is going on 6 months > fast (and yes I am continuing to complain about that). Considering that the wine RC's also have some major regression issue's, i fully agree with Caleb. If you really want wine rc, grab it from the arch-games repo [arch-games] Server = http://repo.exigen.org/arch/games/$ARCH/ Although it's still -rc4 there. And if you really don't like it if your not full bleeding, use testing or abs :)

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[arch-general] VLC and Wine have been out-of-date too long.
by Lauri Niskanen 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

Hello, usually Arch Linux have had very quick updates to packages when the upstream bumbed a version. However, I am slightly annoyed by the fact that VLC [1] and Wine [2] have been out-of-date for a long time. VLC 1.1.0 was released about a week ago and Wine 1.2-rc1 was released on 2010-05-21. Now there is Wine 1.2-rc5. I should also note that regardless of the Wine being a release candidate it is as stable release as 1.1.x-versions including the currently packaged 1.1.44. The officially "stable" version is 1.0.1, but 1.1.x and 1.2rc are considered very stable, yet they are officially both "development version". I agree with the one who packaged 1.1.x in Arch, it is stable enough for Arch and 1.0.1 is just too out date. Please update vlc to 1.1.0 and Wine to 1.2-rc5. [1] http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/vlc/ [2] http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/wine/ -- Ape <Lauri Niskanen>

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[arch-general] VLC and Wine have been out-of-date too long.
by Lauri Niskanen 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

Hello, usually Arch Linux have had very quick updates to packages when the upstream bumbed a version. However, I am slightly annoyed by the fact that VLC [1] and Wine [2] have been out-of-date for a long time. VLC 1.1.0 was released about a week ago and Wine 1.2-rc1 was released on 2010-05-21. Now there is Wine 1.2-rc5. I should also note that regardless of the Wine being a release candidate it is as stable release as 1.1.x-versions including the currently packaged 1.1.44. The officially "stable" version is 1.0.1, but 1.1.x and 1.2rc are considered very stable, yet they are officially both "development version". I agree with the one who packaged 1.1.x in Arch, it is stable enough for Arch and 1.0.1 is just too out date. Please update vlc to 1.1.0 and Wine to 1.2-rc5. [1] http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/vlc/ [2] http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/wine/ -- Ape <Lauri Niskanen>

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[arch-general] Archiso with custom kernel
by Andre "Osku" Schmidt 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hello, i was wondering if anyone has tips on how i could combine these two: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_Customization_with_kernel26_Pack… to create a custom kernel for an archiso image ? (replacing/removing the arch stock kernel) i have successfully created various images with archiso, even with custom packages. but this kernel stuff just gets over my knowledge, and i fail on booting with my custom one (if its even build correctly...) cheers .andre

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[arch-general] Arch Linux
by Josef Tupag 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Has anyone tried Arch Linux on their thinkpad? I just want to know how fast it is. I don't like the long boot that is found in Ubuntu and many other distro. Josef Tupag best humidifiers <http://thebesthumidifiers.com>

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[arch-general] Open Letter (Plea for Medical/Help Assistance) to World Leaders
by Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

[***URGENT***] 15 June 2010 Tuesday 5:50 P.M. Singapore Time To (long list of recipients): Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters without Broders) International Comittee of the Red Cross International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs President of the United States of America Barrack Obama First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland David Cameron President of the Fifth French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Australia The Honorable Kevin Rudd MP Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Ma Ying-jeou President of the European Union Jose Manuel Barroso Members of the European Parliament The Oprah Winfrey Show The Rachel Ray Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show Larry King Live TV Show Charlie Rose TV Show International Court of Justice International Court of Human Rights European Court of Human Rights European Court of Justice Public Broadcasting Service American Broadcasting Company (ABC) National Broadcasting Company CBS Broadcasting Inc. Fox News The CW Television Network Ion Television Bloomberg Television America One Omni Broadcasting Network CNN BBC News Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Amnesty International The Carter Center Every Human Has Rights RE: Open Letter (Plea for Medical/Help Assistance) to World Leaders Dear Sir/Madam, I have uploaded photos, videos, and audios of myself, scanned images of my ECG Graphs, laboratory blood test reports, X-Ray films and medical notes to Facebook (Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)) and other preferred image sharing sites. Hopefully, my online accounts, including Facebook, will not be compromised by my antagonists. I hope that the content (text, video, and audio) in my data sharing sites will remain fully intact without unauthorized alteration, modification, and deletion by my adversaries. And hopefully nobody will close my facebook account without my authorization and consent ether. I am exceedingly concerned that I might have heart/coronary artery disease and that it might be in the late stages. My physical symptoms are: 1) Aching in the upper left of my chest since beginning January 2009 90% of the time, sometimes it may migrate to the right side 2) Shortness of breath from time to time 3) Palpitations in the last few days (I can feel my heart beat very hard and irregularly) 4) Muscle aches in the hands and legs, sometimes my hands(palms) will cramp 5) Involuntary movement of fingers/thumbs occasionally 6) Facial spasms occasionally 7) Sometimes I will feel my body "vibrating" anywhere from head to toe 8) When I tried to feel the pulses on my wrists, the pulses will "disappear" after a while. This is contrary to what doctors, nurses, and others have been telling me. That my pulses are consistent. 9) Sometimes when I am just about to fall asleep, I will get a sudden jerk or have a feeling that I am falling or my heart is going to pop out 10) giddiness/dizziness/light-headedness from time to time 11) Sometimes I will feel weak after just waking up, especially in the hands 12) discomfort at the back of my head from time to time I have visited many doctors at A&E departments of many general hospitals here but they all try to brush me off and tell me I am fine. My request for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for the brain and (more specifically the) heart is usually declined. It seems that the doctors are stalling for time, dragging and delaying until maybe it is too late to do anything for me. I have been unemployed since October 2009 and have depleted all my personal savings. In May 2009, which is just last year only, I have done a MIBI heart perfusion study (radioisotope IV + gamma camera) and the cardiologist/heart specialist told me I have NO heart/coronary artery disease (even though I have high cholesterol and it could be managed). LVEF was 64% and MIBI was negative for ischemic at Stage 2 Bruce (as at 21st May 2009). How could it then have progressed, from NO heart/artery disease to the above-mentioned physical symptoms, in such a very short period of time?! This is all very very very strange. Could it be some other problem instead? Heart/coronary artery disease takes many many years to develop. As you can observe, I am nowhere as obese as Moses Lim, a Singaporean Mediacorp TV actor. References, photos, and videos of Moses Lim: (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Lim (2) http://moseslim.com/content/ (3) http://www.xndo.net/moseslim.html (4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sHKOiegnS8 Yet he is already 60 years old. I also had a grandmother who was very very obese and she was able to live until 60+ years old. There are many many people who are far fatter and have far greater builds than me. They do not have any physical complaints like mine. Why do I have weird/strange physical symptoms like giddiness/dizziness, chest aches, muscle aches in the limbs, shortness of breath, hyperventilations, and palpitations all of a sudden at 32 years old? Foul play? !?!?! Could it be that my neighbours have been frightening/terrifying/threatening me everyday 24x7 non-stop for the past 3-4 years with all sorts of terrible/horrible things that can happen to me? Maybe my heart couldn't take the stress under such an intensive, constant and prolonged psychological abuse? I have also heard them talk about me to various people while I am at home. I think they do that purposely. But I have had totally no say at all from start to finish because I am not allowed any chance for direct involvement. I am being excluded and not given any chance to know anything. They also seem to have gathered/amassed a lot of private information about me. I seriously wonder how they do that. They appear to be extremely resourceful and motivated. There appears to be some intrigue and cloud of secrecy around me. These people know all of my online monikers and email addresses. They have been submitting online forms using my identity and have even attempted to submit password reset instructions for me without my knowledge and consent. I actually overheard my neighbours claiming to have passwords/complete access to all my email accounts and other online accounts. They may also create phony email accounts and send messages impersonating as me without my knowledge. Thank you very much for your kind attention. PS. (1)My neighbours have claimed that they will never stop or waver in their psychological warfare on me unless I commit suicide. Or they will wait patiently until I have a heart attack or stroke. How callous they are! I want to live and live to a ripe old age. And I wish for a long and healthy life too. (2)I have a severe panic attack on 27 May 2010 Thursday and several panic attacks after that. Due to the panic attacks and the severe anxiety caused by my neighbours, I have been warded in Changi General Hospital (Ward 14) for 2 weeks (from 1st June 2010 to 15th June 2010). I am actually on home leave today to write this letter. I will be going back to the ward at night, hopefully before 8 P.M. (3)Most of the nurses in Ward 14 CGH have been very nice and friendly to me. Hopefully they are not putting on a false front. But the doctors there are as obstinate as mules. They stubbornly and stoutly refuse to give me any advanced heart imaging tests, e.g. MRI (preferred), CT-scan (not preferred), echo cardiogram, and ankle brachial indel (ABI) tests. (4)I have a medical appointment at the National Heart Center Singapore on 17 June 2010, which is next Thursday. I hope that the heart specialist there will allow me to do the advanced imaging tests (brain/heart) that I want and tell me the absolute truth about my medical condition. Yours sincerely, Mr. Teo En Ming Hanyu Pinyin Name: Zhang Enming Citizenship: Singapore Citizen Facebook: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618 For online photos of me when I was a kid, please scroll down to the bottom of my signature. 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[arch-general] Need software to do a few tasks.
by Madhurya Kakati 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hi, I need a few apps for media transcoding and video and audio editing. Thanks

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