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[arch-general] KVM with larger console font set in rc.conf[was ...microscoic console font...]
by Nicky726 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

> If I let KMS happen, everything that printed to the screen before the > kernel enabled it is gone. And if I set a larger console font, it clears > the screen again when it enters runlevel 3... <sigh> I guess that if/when I > choose to use KMS with a large console font, I'm going to have to settle > for dmesg... I could even put a call to dmesg in rc.local. But it wouldn't > be the same as watching the screen to see if any [failed] indicators > scroll by. So whether or not I disable KMS, I'm uncommenting that tty rule > and reinstating my echo statement. That, will at least let me keep an eye > on my rc.local initializations. {Even with KMS & larger fonts enabled...} Hello, try to use early KMS and keymap hook in mkinitcpio. Ondrej Vadinsky -- Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone (Joni Mitchell)

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[arch-general] [signoff] lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.62-1
by Eric Bélanger 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

Hi, lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.62-1 are now in testing: - minor upstream update (ChangeLogs below) - license fix: ('GPL') -> ('GPL2' 'LGPL2.1') Please test and signoff. Signoffs from users are welcome. Eric Version 2.02.62 - 9th March 2010 ================================ Add use_mlockall and mlock_filter to activation section of lvm.conf. Add default alternative to mlockall using mlock to reduce pinned memory size. Remove -rdynamic from static builds. Update checks for pthread, readline & selinux libs and link only when needed. Introduce makefile vars UDEV_LIBS, DL_LIBS, SELINUX_LIBS, STATIC_LIBS. Introduce makefile vars LVMINTERNAL_LIBS, READLINE_LIBS, PTHREAD_LIBS. Toggle configure help to print --disable-fsadm. Use $() instead of ${} consistently for all Makefile variables. Replace CFLOW_CMD only in make.tmpl and use it as variable elsewhere. Use $(top_builddir) for inclusion of make.tmpl in Makefiles. Fix autoconf warning about ignored datarootdir. Increase AC_PREREQ version to 2.61 (for AC_PROC_SED, AC_PROG_MKDIR_P). Handle misaligned devices that report alignment_offset of -1. Extend core allocation code in preparation for mirrored log areas. Rewrite clvmd init script. Remove lvs_in_vg_activated_by_uuid_only call. No longer fall back to looking up active devices by name if uuid not found. Don't touch /dev in vgmknodes if activation is disabled. Update lvm2app.h Doxygen comments and add lvm2app Doxygen config file. Update nightly tests and lvm2app unit tests to cover tags. Add lvm2app functions lvm_{vg|lv}_{get|add|remove}_tag() functions. Add dm_pool_strdup to allocate and copy memory in tag library function. Refactor vgcreate, vgchange, and lvchange for tag library function. Refactor snapshot-merge deptree and device removal to support info-by-uuid. Version 1.02.45 - 9th March 2010 ================================ Add --showkeys parameter description to dmsetup man page. Add --help option as synonym for help command.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Sharing my repo-tools
by Mauro Santos 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

On 04/11/2010 08:09 PM, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:13:33 +0200, Pierre Schmitz <pierre(a)archlinux.de> > wrote: >> I have finally put the tools I use to sync my local repo and to create >> those magic rebuild lists into a git repo. I polished them to increase >> usability and portability, but they are not really ready to be run e.g. > on >> gerolde. > > I just added a simple integrity check for a repo: > https://git.archlinux.de/repo-tools.git/tree/checkrepo > > Any ideas why writing that md5sums.txt is so slow? > Try something like this: cat `find $tmp/$repo/$arch -iname desc` | egrep -i -A1 "filename|md5" | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/%FILENAME%/\n/g' | sed 's/%/ /g' | sed 's/--/ /g' | awk '{print $3 " " $1}' > $tmp/md5sums.txt and adapt to your needs. This should be really fast, way faster than using a for loop to read each file.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Sharing my repo-tools
by Mauro Santos 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

On 04/11/2010 08:09 PM, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:13:33 +0200, Pierre Schmitz <pierre(a)archlinux.de> > wrote: >> I have finally put the tools I use to sync my local repo and to create >> those magic rebuild lists into a git repo. I polished them to increase >> usability and portability, but they are not really ready to be run e.g. > on >> gerolde. > > I just added a simple integrity check for a repo: > https://git.archlinux.de/repo-tools.git/tree/checkrepo > > Any ideas why writing that md5sums.txt is so slow? > Your inner for loop is slowing everything, I have found that FOR loops in bash are very slow. If the loop will run only a few times it is ok but if the intended purpose is to run hundreds of times then it is better to find an alternative. Maybe you can try to replace the inner loop with something involving 'find ... -exec something' or some recursive grep and mix it with awk, I have found that it can be many times faster than using FOR loops.

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[arch-general] Trying to get Brother HL2035 to work...
by fons＠kokkinizita.net 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Hello all, I installed everything required to use the Brother HL2035 printer as described on the wiki: <http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Brother_HL-2030>. This all worked nicely, the printer shows up in Cups, but nothing gets printed... Trying to print a test page (or anything else) launches some processes: daemon 1678 1645 0 12:25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperHL2030 16 anonymous Test Page 1 job-uu daemon 1679 1645 0 12:25 ? 00:00:00 usb:/dev/usb/lp0 16 anonymous Test Page 1 job-uuid=urn:uuid:d460eeb3-d9b9-32b7- daemon 1705 1678 0 12:25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/local/Brother/lpd/filterHL2030 daemon 1733 1705 0 12:25 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/Brother/lpd/rawtobr2 -pi /usr/local/Brother/inf/paperinf -rc /usr/lo which remain until the job is canceled. In /var/log/kernel.log I found this which may be an indication but I fail to understand what exactly it means: Apr 11 12:33:51 zita1 kernel: usb 3-1: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1 Apr 11 12:33:56 zita1 kernel: usb 3-1: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1 Apr 11 12:34:01 zita1 kernel: usb 3-1: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1 Apr 11 12:34:07 zita1 kernel: usb 3-1: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1 Apr 11 12:34:12 zita1 kernel: usb 3-1: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1 lsusb produces: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 005: ID 04f9:0027 Brother Industries, Ltd HL-2030 Laser Printer Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Tested on two different machines, exactly same result. Any help to get this working will be appreciated ! -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !

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[arch-general] Update Error - :: sysprof-module: requires kernel26<2.6.33 (is this a wait on the mirrors thing?)
by David C. Rankin 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Guys, Trying to update and I received: 05:15 nirvana:~/img/pics/portraits/dcr> pms -u :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date archlinuxfr is up to date kdemod-legacy is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: sysprof-module: requires kernel26<2.6.33 Is this a wait on the mirror to sync issue or is this a bad side effect from having updated with testing while the dbrebuild WARNING was in place and then downgrading with pacman -Syuu? How to fix? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[arch-general] pacman -Syu
by fons＠kokkinizita.net 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

What do I need to do in order to update this system ? ... checking package integrity... (196/196) checking for file conflicts [#################################################################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) pm-utils: /etc/pm/ exists in filesystem pm-utils: /usr/lib/pkgconfig/pm-utils.pc exists in filesystem pm-utils: /usr/share/man/man1/on_ac_power.1.gz exists in filesystem pm-utils: /usr/share/man/man1/pm-is-supported.1.gz exists in filesystem pm-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/pm-action.8.gz exists in filesystem pm-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/pm-hibernate.8.gz exists in filesystem pm-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/pm-pmu.8.gz exists in filesystem pm-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/pm-powersave.8.gz exists in filesystem pm-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/pm-suspend-hybrid.8.gz exists in filesystem pm-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/pm-suspend.8.gz exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. TIA, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !

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[arch-general] successful pacman -Syu w/new kernal26: Now have microscopic console font :-(
by Joe(theWordy)Philbrook 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Sigh... I just did a pacman -Syu. It updated lots of stuff. The only issues listed in my pacman.log were: While: updating keystore /etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts... ignored import, signature not available: /etc/ssl/certs/COMODO_Certification_Authority.pem keytool error: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: SHA384withECDSA Signature not available And a warning about my manually managed separate primary boot partition not being mounted... Which will never be mounted during *_any_* Linux distro's upgrade process... I compared /boot and /mnt/boot grub entries, verified that the vmlinuz and kernel.img filenames hadn't changed, Then copied the vmlinuz, and both kernal.img files from /boot, to /mnt/boot And rebooted... As far as I can see (so far) the only real issue I have with my upgraded Arch system is that the size of my console fonts has drastically been reduced... Once the gui started, all the X font sizes were just fine. But my eyes hurt just trying to read the console well enough to login to run startx... The next thing I did was to edit MY grub's kernel line to include: vga=normal, and rebooted. But partway through the boot messages the screen still clears and the font size becomes painfully small. Next, Even though I've never had to bother with framebuffer before (I prefer the normal sized console font, and I don't like pretty pictures on my screen until AFTER I run startx...) I read the "FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS" comments in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. And that led me to the framebuffer section of the grub wiki file. Which in turn led to my installing hwinfo from aur on this amd_64 laptop. 02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer [Created at bios.459] Unique ID: rdCR.mrzO17IxmKC Hardware Class: framebuffer Model: "ATI MS48" Vendor: "ATI Technologies Inc." Device: "MS48" SubVendor: "ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150" SubDevice: Revision: "01.00" Memory Size: 16 MB Memory Range: 0xc8000000-0xc8ffffff (rw) <snip> Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+1920), 24 bits <snip> the comments in the menu.lst file say on the 16MB line "0x312=786" So I tried vga=786 And rebooted... Just before the boot messages list ":: Bringing up loopback interface" the screen still clears {expletive-deleted!} And then the fontsize still makes me squint. {many expletives-deleted!} Problem #1 How can I stop the reduction in the console font size??? Evidently the framebuffer setting isn't doing it... Problem #2 How can I stop the boot process from clearing the screen on tty1??? I really dislike ANY of the boot messages to disappear. I "LIKE" being able to use gpm to copy/paste them into a console editor... I didn't like it when it cleared the last few lines just prior to giving me a login prompt. But at least that could be compensated for by the kludge of including a multi-line echo statement in /etc/rc.local. But now that it lops the majority of the boot messages off the top it's beyond my ability to kludgon it into submission. ;-( Suggestions anyone? -- | ~^~ ~^~ | <?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | \___/ <<jtwdyp(a)ttlc.net>> I'm NOT clueless... But I just don't know.

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[arch-general] What are the dual isos about?
by Karol Babioch 10 Apr '10

10 Apr '10

Hi, I've found the following link, which seems to contain more up to date images of archlinux and the installer: http://build.archlinux.org/isos/ Now I'm wondering what these dual images are about? Is this a new architecture? Whats the difference to x86_64 in that case? How is the support for packages? Thanks in advance! -- Best regards, Karol Babioch <karol(a)babioch.de>

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[arch-general] Arch Linux Release Question
by Keith Hinton 10 Apr '10

10 Apr '10

Hi, First of all, if anyone is curious as to why I have posted to the Arch-General mailing list, I'm mainly doing this, in case any of the Arch Release team is actually hanging out on this list. I was curious, seeing as the last Arch Linux release was in August of last year, if there will be one for the lovely new year of 2010? If someone could get back to me on that question I would for sure appreciate it. I hope that all is going well for Arch Linux development! Talk to you folks later. I haven't been as active on this list due to personal commitments but do watch for any interesting activity from time-to-time. Thanks. Sincere Regards, --Keith

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