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[arch-general] Xorg/kdm login screen addition
by David C. Rankin 01 May '09

01 May '09

Listmates, I though I would run this idea by the list and see if there was any aversion to the idea of adding hostname information to the xorg/kdm login display. I wouldn't change a thing about the login look, it's awesome. What I would propose is adding to the existing login greeter the 'hostname' of the machine it is running on. What prompted this suggestion was the situation where I had an archlinux box connected vi xdmcp to my laptop on tty8. After a day or so of working on my local box, I switched back over to tty8 and the question immediately came to mind "Which Archlinux install is this?" because there was no way to immediately tell. (Don't get me wrong, I only have 2 Arch installs, so the answer wasn't critical) But the point to be made, and the basis for this suggestion, is that it would be nice to have the host information available. Just a small addition to the dialog, after or under the Archlinux logo, that says something like "on: host.domain.com". That way, you know at a glance who you are dealing with. Obviously, this is just a minimal enhancement, but the path to perfection is taken one step at a time. Anybody adverse to something like this? -- 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] Trouble Building Xorg-Server (Modified PKGBUILD)
by kludge 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

greets, all! ever since the release of xorg-server 1.5.3, i've been using a modified PKGBUILD to build xorg-server sans hal and dbus. (not gonna try justifying it again; that'd just lead to yet another flame war.) i've never had a problem until the 1.6.1-1 PKGBUILD, which adds the lines: libtoolize --force || return 1 aclocal || return 1 autoconf || return 1 automake --add-missing || return 1 these added lines produce: libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'. libtoolize: linking file `./ltmain.sh' libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree. libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am. hw/dmx/doc/Makefile.am:24: BUILD_LINUXDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL hw/dmx/doc/Makefile.am:27: BUILD_PDFDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/Makefile.am:24: BUILD_LINUXDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/Makefile.am:27: BUILD_PDFDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL ==> ERROR: Build Failed. Aborting... my modified PKGBUILD is attached. please note that i *have* tried reverting my changes (the commented patches), to no avail. as i'm pretty clueless vis-a-vis makefiles and the autoconf system, could somehow point me in the direction of a fix? many thanks, kludge # $Id: PKGBUILD 21903 2008-12-17 20:32:54Z jgc $ # Maintainer: Alexander Baldeck <kth5(a)archlinux.org> # Contributor: Jan de Groot <jgc(a)archlinux.org> pkgname=xorg-server pkgver=1.6.1 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="X.Org X servers" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') license=('custom') url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org" depends=('libgl' 'libxfont>=1.4.0' 'openssl>=0.9.8j' 'libpciaccess>=0.10.5' 'libxv>=1.0.4' 'pixman>=0.14.0' 'xcursor-themes' 'xkeyboard-config>=1.5' 'xorg-server-utils' 'xorg-fonts-misc' 'xbitmaps' 'diffutils') makedepends=('libx11>=1.2' 'mesa>=7.4' 'xf86driproto>=2.0.4' 'xtrans>=1.2.3' 'libxkbfile>=1.0.5' 'randrproto>=1.3.0' 'renderproto>=0.9.3' 'xcmiscproto>=1.1.2' 'bigreqsproto>=1.0.2' 'resourceproto>=1.0.2' 'videoproto>=2.2.2' 'compositeproto>=0.4' 'scrnsaverproto>=1.1.0' 'libxinerama>=1.0.3' 'xf86dgaproto>=2.0.3' 'recordproto>=1.13.2' 'libgl>=7.4' 'glproto>=1.4.9') #optdepends=( 'xf86-input-evdev: to provide input device hotplugging' # 'hal>=0.5.11: to provide input devices for hotplugging' ) options=('!libtool') provides=('x-server' ) # 'xorg-server') conflicts=('catalyst-utils<=9.2') groups=('xorg') install=xorg-server.install source=(${url}/releases/individual/xserver/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2 xorg-redhat-die-ugly-pattern-die-die-die.patch hal-wait.patch) md5sums=('ed0878bf32a24d4948c3b8a122a39eff' '1a336eb22e27cbf443ec5a2ecddfa93c' 'f16d2caef84e1a9c4075b6c5e145512d') build() { cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}" # Get rid of the ugly pattern patch -Np3 -i "${srcdir}/xorg-redhat-die-ugly-pattern-die-die-die.patch" || return 1 # Fix dbus config path - removed b/c no dbus config'd # sed -i -e 's/\$(sysconfdir)/\/etc/' config/Makefile.* || return 1 # Revert waiting for hal, assume hal won't show up when initial connect fails # commented out b/c no hal config'd # patch -R -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/hal-wait.patch" || return 1 libtoolize --force || return 1 aclocal || return 1 autoconf || return 1 automake --add-missing || return 1 # --enable-config-{dbus,hal} switched to --disable # to disable hotplugging and dependencies ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-ipv6 \ --enable-dri \ --disable-dmx \ --enable-xvfb \ --enable-xnest \ --enable-composite \ --enable-xcsecurity \ --enable-xorg \ --enable-xephyr \ --enable-glx-tls \ --enable-kdrive \ --enable-install-setuid \ --disable-config-hal \ --disable-config-dbus \ --enable-record \ --disable-xfbdev \ --disable-xfake \ --disable-xsdl \ --disable-static \ --sysconfdir=/etc/X11 \ --localstatedir=/var \ --with-default-font-path=/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1 \ --with-xkb-path=/usr/share/X11/xkb \ --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb \ --with-dri-driver-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri || return 1 make || return 1 make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install || return 1 rm -rf "${pkgdir}/var/log" || return 1 install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/etc/X11" || return 1 install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/var/lib/xkb" || return 1 # Needed for non-mesa drivers, libgl will restore it mv "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so" \ "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.xorg" || return 1 install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}" install -m644 COPYING "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/" || return 1 }

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[arch-general] WPA2 - How to set with ACX card??
by David C. Rankin 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Listmates, My second Arch box is now complete (well almost:-) This time a desktop box with a zytel wireless lan adapter using the TI acx chipset and its firmware 2 is the acx111_2.3.1.31/tiacx111c16 firmware slice. The card is detected and works fine it think... I can open kwifimanager and it has my access point associated and I can watch the generic packets blip by and watch the strength meter do its thing, but I cannot authenticate :-( My system is WPA, and no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find anything in Arch that would all me to configure the wireless as anything other than WEP. Bummer. Wep isn't allowed within 500 feet of anything I deal with. After spending a little time playing with aircrack, if you haven't already, you will definitely feel the same. Most wep secured wireless networkss can be cracked in less than 30 seconds. (why do you think I'm never without a wireless connection -- no matter where I go;-) So what tools are available to configure this acx111 card to use WPA-TKIP or WPA2? In that other Linux OS, the knetworkmanager utility did a great job with the Atheros bashed card in my laptop, XP has no problems with the card (this box is dual boot) so I know the hardware works fine. Any suggestions? -- 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] libraw1394 and libdc1394 update
by Rick W. Chen 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Hello, I am requesting package updates to libraw1394 and libdc1394 in extra. The new versions v2.0.2 and v2.1.0 respectively have support for the new experimental FireWire stack (not built by default in kernel26), Juju[1]. The old stable stack is still supported by the new packages, so they should still work with kernel26. Attached are the PKGBUILDs for each package, with trivial changes (version and md5sum). [2] shows there is no maintainer for libraw1394 so I'm posting them here. Thanks 1. http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration 2. http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/libraw1394/ -- Rick

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[arch-general] Issue with system time
by Dan Vratil 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Hi, in last few weeks I noticed a serious (for me) problem with my system. It simply does not update the date/time after boot up. In BIOS the time is correct, but when I boot Linux, the system time is set exactly to time when I turned it off last time. It's quite annoying to always have to set up the time manually. In rc.conf I have HARDWARECLOCK set to "localtime" and Time Zone to "Europe/Prague". I was trying to set automatic time sync in KDE System Settings, but it fails to connect to time server. I use KDE 4.2.70, so it might be bug there, but it does not bother me, the main problem is that my system refuses to update (load from BIOS?) time after boot up. Any ideas? Thank you very much Dan -- --------------------------------- Dan Vrátil progdan(a)progdansoft.com ICQ 249163429 Jabber progdan(a)jabber.cz Tel. +420 732 326 870

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[arch-general] Policykit, uid like a service, and gid like a user
by Magnus Therning 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

I noticed after installing policykit that it created a new user and group (both called policykit). The thing that surprised me was the uid was 102 while the uid was 1001. Should a system service like that really have a uid below 1000 (like other service accounts) and a gid above 1000 (which is what users are given). Looks to me like it might be a bug, but thought I'd get some input on it before raising my first bug against an Arch package :-) /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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[arch-general] Setting xkb options (xkb_symbols) via hal?
by Magnus Therning 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Judging from my findings on the interwebs it is possible to pass options for the X11 keyboard via hal's policies. This seems very useful for system-wide keyboards settings. However, I'm having problems making them stick. I can do the setup via xkbcomp, and the relevant line is xkb_symbols { include "pc+gb+inet(evdev)+level3(ralt_alt)+level3(enter_switch)+compose(menu)" }; but how do I pass that onto the evdev keyboard via hal? /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel-2.6.29.2-1
by Tobias Powalowski 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Hi update to latest version, 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] Are there sets for installing apache?
by David C. Rankin 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Listmates, I installed apache2 with pacman -S apache, but all I got was apache2 itself. Is there a set of packages that will install all of the modules as well? -- 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] Why both fonts.dir and fonts.scale?
by David C. Rankin 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Listmates, Picking through the font configuration, I have run across a curiosity, why do the font directories have both a fonts.dir file and a fonts.scale file. The page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_Font_Configuration suggests that you run mkfontscale and mkfontdir on each of the directories. The related files fonts.scale and fonts.dir are the same: [20:52 supersff:/etc/fonts] # l /usr/local/share/fonts/ <snip> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43730 2009-04-28 20:52 fonts.dir -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43730 2009-04-28 20:52 fonts.scale [20:52 supersff:/etc/fonts] # diff /usr/local/share/fonts/fonts.dir /usr/local/share/fonts/fonts.scale Why do we need both? -- 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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