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[arch-general] [signoff] udev-158-1
by Tobias Powalowski 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hi guys, udev 158 ======== Bugfixes. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] (no subject)
by Calvin McAnarney 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

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[arch-general] Deletion request
by Lukáš Jirkovský 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hello, please remove package pmt (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22689) which I maintain. There are several reasons for it: 1) I don't want to maintain it anymore 2)A little background is needed here. pmt used to be a part of [extra] but because of lack of interest it was moved to AUR where I adopted it. It contains several png handling tools (pngcrush, png2bmp, bmp2png, pngmeta) but only one is really maintained – it's pngcrush. As time gone by it was more and more difficult to keep all tools working with new libraries in Arch. Then I found out someone packaged pngcrush itself (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22877) and now it has much more votes than pmt ever had. png2bmp/bmp2png can be easily replaced with imagemagick convert. I'm not sure about pngmeta, but it didn't have a release since 2001 so I guess this one would be a big loss either. Thanks, Lukas

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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 26 Jun '10

26 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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