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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mplayer in two separate packages
by Pierre BAUDEMONT 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Hi there, I've just compiled mplayer with the mplayer-svn package from the AUR on my x86_64 box, after having removed the "--enable-fribidi" option. Seems OK. Cheers. 2009/4/24 Hugo Doria <hugodoria(a)gmail.com> > Uow! This explains a lot. > > >From the configure script we have: > > > --./configure --help | grep fribidi > --enable-fribidi enable the FriBiDi libs [autodetect] > > Then i think that we can remove the --enable-fribidi option. Can a > x86_64 owner test it? > > -- Hugo > -- Baude

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[arch-general] Crud! Rebooted Can't Login - No Mouse or Keyboard with kdm??
by David C. Rankin 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Listmates, I broke it! Was up and running in kde3 just fine, so I thought I would make sure all was good and rebooted. The box booted beautifully and the Archlinux kdm screen nicely appeared and I thought I was ready to rock and roll, but when I grabbed the mouse - it didn't move?? Then I tried typing my pw, and no characters (or dots) appeared? The I tried ctrl+alt+backspace to kill X -- no joy. Then ctrl+alt+F1, still no joy. OK, ssh into box and kill kdm, back to normal login. Now I'm scratching my head on what to check to get my mouse and keyboard back? Any ideas? >From Xorg.0.log, this is obviously the problem: (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled. (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 (WW) Disabling Mouse0 Huh? They must have been there a minute ago what gives? I wonder how they got started last time? -- 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] system-config-printer without executable?
by hollunder＠gmx.at 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Hi there, I just tried the latest version of system-config-printer from [extra] and couldn't find an executable. It installs some stuff here: $ ls /usr/share/system-config-printer/ config.py cupshelpers.py debug.py ppds.py smburi.py Other users report to have a system-config-printer.py there but such a file doesn't exist on my system. Any idea what I could be doing wrong? Regards, Philipp

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[arch-general] ksplash SIGSEGV on KDE start, howo fix?
by David C. Rankin 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Listmates, Success, first email from the new arch box on kde3 with opera! The issue I have is that every time kde starts, ksplash crashes with a SIGSEGV (11) message. Is this an easy fix? Thanks! -- 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

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[arch-general] Bit of a snag in starting kde3 - No devices detected - driver prob?
by David C. Rankin 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Listmates, Having a bit more difficulty getting kde going than I anticipated. I installed with "kdemod3-complete", installed xorg, and the nvidia driver for my 8800GT. nvidia module loads fine. First attempt resulted in the following errors: [01:20 archangel:/usr/share/fonts] # grep $EE$ /var/log/Xorg.0.log (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (EE) No devices detected. My xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log are at: http://nirvana.3111skyline.com/download/linux/distributions/archlinux/xorg.… http://nirvana.3111skyline.com/download/linux/distributions/archlinux/Xorg.… I know I need to run mkfontdir, but that shouldn't keep the device from being detected would it?? Also, and somewhat strange, I was able to connect to the X server on the box (archangel) [catchy name - sure it isn't the first] from my laptop (alchemy) just fine using XDMCP (X :1 -query archangel) which had the normal gray X background and X-cursor that worked just fine, so I know Xorg is installed and working. Which leads me to believe it is either a problem with the nvidia 180.44 driver, a missing package, or a problem with the xorg.conf. I doubt it is a problem with the xorg.conf. I pulled it off the openSuSE 11.0 install on the same box and it works flawlessly there. All I had to do was comment out of the Modules section: # Load "type1" # Load "freetype" That leaves the potential driver problem or a missing package. What say the gurus? Also, how do I get kde started on top of X. With the openSuSE install a startkde3 script takes care of it, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc sources the $DISPLAYMANAGER from /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager (kdm3 in my case) and then kde just appears. Any thought as to what piece of the puzzle I've messed up? -- 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] User Environment Setup in Arch Linux?
by David C. Rankin 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Listmates, Coming from SuSE, I'm used to /etc/profile sourcing ~/.bashrc. I was scratching my head as to why my .bashrc wasn't being read when I would ssh into the Arch Linux box. Looking at the Arch /etc/profile it seems parts come from SuSE, but not the part about also sourcing ~/.bashrc. Any reason not to source ~/.bashrc from /etc/profile in Arch? Will I screw myself up somewhere else? -- 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] udev rules policy
by Damjan Georgievski 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

What is the policy for Udev rules in ArchLinux? There are 2 places where udev rules can be placed, /lib/udev/rules.d/ and /etc/udev/rules.d/. Now, I think the /lib/ directory should be only for the rules coming from upstream udev, and the /etc/ directory is for rules coming from ArchLinux packages. If this is the policy everyone agrees on - and as far as I remember, udev devs recommends it too - maybe namcap can check that too? ps. the KVM package now has rules in /lib/ , so I'll open a bug report if that's not supposed to be like that. -- damjan

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[arch-general] Access to 3g wireless network
by Maurício 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Hi, Here in Brazil (as probably in everywhere else) a few cell phone companies are offering wireless internet access through a USB modem. They say data is exchanged through 3G communication standard. How does that work on Linux? What should I have in archy to be able to work with such hardware and network, or where can I find about it? Thanks, Maurício

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[arch-general] First Problem with pacman - Need to understand why
by David C. Rankin 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Listmates, I ran into my first problem with pacman and, I know what caused the problem, but I need to understand why pacman thought it was a problem to begin with. Here is the situation: Trying to start X, and one complaint was no /usr/share/fonts/TTF directory. I had a /usr/share/fonts/truetype directory so I just softlinked the missing TTF to truetype to get rid to the error on startx. startx liked the solution. Then I went to install audio-convert which noted additional dependencies of (blah.. blah.. mplayer), so I we to install the optional dependencies: **pms below is just aliased to 'pacman -Sy' [14:15 archangel:/home/david] # pms lame id3lib vorbis-tools flac faac faad2 musepack-tools mplayer <snip> checking package integrity... (12/12) checking for file conflicts [#############################################] 100% error: could not prepare transaction error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) ttf-dejavu: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf exists in filesystem ttf-dejavu: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf exists in filesystem ttf-dejavu: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf exists in filesystem <snip - remaining dejavu variants> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. And "Yes", DejaVu fonts did exist in /usr/share/fonts/TTF softlinked to /usr/share/fonts/truetype, but why does pacman care? If the same font already exists in a directory, that shouldn't cause the install to blow up -- should it? Well, since I cause the problem with the softlink, fixing it was pretty easy, but what I'm curious about is why it was a problem to begin with. I want to understand what the rules are for pacman so I don't cause any additional problems in the future with softlinks (which I use in moderation, but do use). So any body got quick explanation or quick link so I can figure out what not to do again?? Thanks -- 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] ArchLinux Chilean Community
by Jaime Oyarzun Knittel 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Hi! We started some time ago our own national community, we are sharing experiences and knowledge in http://www.archlinux.cl/ . This Saturday we are participating in FLISoL (Latin American Festival of Installation of Software Libre) in many chilean cities, giving free Arch CD's, installing Arch and giving help and advice with configurations. We already have a mirror and are making some posters and stickers for this event. It would be great if we get recognized as an official International Community, and announce it in our speeches. We opened a bug a while ago but it has been ignored (http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13198) Thank you! -- Jaime Oyarzun Knittel ArchLinux Chile http://www.archlinux.cl/

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