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[arch-general] troubles with Brother HL-2040
by Ryan Sims 18 May '08

18 May '08

I just installed Arch on my print server at home; it had been running another distro and chugging along happily. It's got a Brother HL2040 attached to it via USB, and I use cups to share it around the network. Well, I got the server is up and running so I followed the instruction in the wiki[1] for installing the printer. Everything seems to have gone ok, the printer was detected and installed correctly, hooray. However, it doesn't print the test page (or anything else). When I ask it to print, the printer wakes up and starts spinning, thinks for a couple seconds, and then goes back to sleep. The cups logs seem to be clean, just some errors about DNSSD registration, which doesn't seem related. I'm working on trying alternative drivers, but nothing has helped so far. I know it's worked before; my desk is covered in paper it's printed, so I'm just doing something stupid. Help? -- Ryan W Sims

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[arch-general] Firefox 3 Beta 5 has No Print Margins tab
by Ralph Alvy 18 May '08

18 May '08

Unlike the Windows version, I find that the Linux version of Firefox 3 Beta 5 has No Print Margins tab. Anyone else confirm this? I downloaded it from the Mozilla website.

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[arch-general] unable to select ppp package when installing 2008.04-rc
by gan lu 18 May '08

18 May '08

I have tried once or twice, even if you select all four catogaries and all packages, I don't see ppp listed there. I don't check it one by one but by press P, so I don't know if anyone can confirm it too. It's in the CD though. PPP is import package for one using adsl connection etc.

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[arch-general] strange access permissions in /var/spool/mail
by Michael Krauss 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hello, while testing dma (Mail Transfer Agent from DragonflyBSD) on Arch Linux I stumbled on this: [mickraus@gandalf mickraus]\$ ls -la /var/spool/mail insgesamt 12 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 16. Mai 15:11 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 16. Mai 15:26 .. ---------- 1 mickraus users 201 16. Mai 15:11 mickraus Is it normal that a user has no access to his own mail box? I looked into postfix.install but it doesn't correct the file mode either. So what is the trick? Kind Regards, Michael Krauss

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[arch-general] Which version gets installed by pacman?
by Karolina Lindqvist 17 May '08

17 May '08

Can someone explain this to me: 1) Check available versions $ pacman -Si kdepim | grep Version Version : 3.5.9-2 Version : 3.5.9.20080501-0.1 Ok, which version is newest? $ vercmp '3.5.9-2' '3.5.9.20080501-0.1' -1 Hmmm $ vercmp usage: vercmp <ver1> <ver2> return values: < 0 : if ver1 < ver2 0 : if ver1 == ver2 > 0 : if ver1 > ver2 Ok, version 3.5.9.20080501-0.1 is newer, so try to install it: $ sudo pacman -S kdepim :: kdepim is in IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup. Install anyway? [Y/n] warning: kdepim-3.5.9-2 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets: kdepim-3.5.9-2 Total Download Size: 0,00 MB Total Installed Size: 20,52 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n $ Why did not pacman choose the newer version to install?

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[arch-general] Bugs.
by Loui 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hey there. I was just browsing the bug tracker and I noticed some open bug reports: 7 reported in 0.7 Wombat 10 reported in 0.7.1 Noodle 58 reported in 0.7.2 Gimmick 18 reported in 0.8 Voodoo Anyways I have some questions about bugs and such: Are there any reasons that these bugs have not resolved yet? Is anyone in charge of getting bugs closed? If a bug has no response from the dev and I've emailed them directly with still no response who can I appeal to? I'd love to help but obviously patches can't apply, update the bug tracker, and upload new packages by themselves. Please let me know if I can do anything to help get things done. Thanks & Cheers.

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[arch-general] Multiple sound cards
by Stephen Wilkinson 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hello All, I use two sound cards in my computer: * the on-board card (VIA 8237 chipset) * a SBLive! PCI card Until Kernel 2.6.23-ARCH I was able to use either card, in KMix and Skype for instance. But from Kernel 2.6.24-ARCH, only one card appears in KMix and Skype. Back when the two cards worked, I loaded the modules in rc.conf with: MODULES=(snd_emu10k1 snd_via82xx) to ensure that SBLive! (which uses snd_emu10k1) would be the default card, while the on-board card could be used for Skype. Now, even when snd_via82xx is first, only the SBLive! card is detected. I checked what cards were being detected with lspci: * with Kernel 2.6.23-ARCH I get: 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08) 00:06.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 08) and 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) * but with Kernel 2.6.24-ARCH I get: 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08) 00:06.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 08) (The full output of lspci is at the bottom of the e-mail) I checked that snd_via82xx module is loaded with lsmod. But in Kernel 2.6.24-ARCH there is only one dsp in /dev. Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this may have stopped working in moving from 2.6.23 to 2.6.24? Is it no longer possible to run two sound cards together? I have put the full output of: lspci ls /dev/dsp* ls /proc/asound at the bottom of this e-mail for information. Thanks, Steve To try and understand what's changed, I compared the output of lspci, ls /dev/dsp* and ls /proc/asound when running each kernel. The results are below: * I rolled back to 2.6.23-ARCH, rebooted and checked the following: - ls /dev/dsp* outputs: dsp and dsp1 (symlinks to /dev/sound/dsp and dsp1) - ls /proc/asound outputs: VIA 8237 (symlinked to card1) and Live (symlinked to card0) - lspci outputs: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 01) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08) 00:06.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 08) 00:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200] (rev a3) * I upgraded back to the latest kernel 2.6.24-ARCH, and checked the same: - ls /dev/dsp*: /dev/dsp - ls /proc/asound: Live (card0) - lspci outputs: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 01) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08) 00:06.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 08) 00:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200] (rev a3) The difference in the lspci outputs is: 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) I checked /boot/kconfig26 and the via82cXX module is compiled in (m) for both kernels. I don't think it's relevant, but I use the same mkinitcpio.conf for creating the kernel images in both cases.

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[arch-general] Fw: problem with gcc and __unused function attribute
by Michael Krauss 17 May '08

17 May '08

On 17/05/08, Byron Clark wrote: > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 05:08:37PM +0000, Michael Krauss wrote: > > static void > > sig_alarm(int signo __unused) > > { > > longjmp(timeout_alarm, 1); > > } > > gcc can handle an unused variable attribute, but a different syntax is > used: > > static void > sig_alarm(int signo __attribute__((unused))) > { > longjmp(timeout_alarm, 1); > } > This one works, thanks. But I wonder how it is compiled on DragonFly because they use gcc4.1? It doesn't greatly matter. I will ask when I am sending patches upstream. Kind regards, Michael Krauss

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[arch-general] problem with gcc and __unused function attribute
by Michael Krauss 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hello, dma is now running on Arch Linux but I found one odd thing: There is this function in net.c: static void sig_alarm(int signo __unused) { longjmp(timeout_alarm, 1); } ggc can't handle the __unused attribute: [mickraus@gandalf dma]\$ LANG=us gcc -DHAVE_CRYPTO -o dma dma.c conf.c crypto.c lex.yy.c y.tab.c net.c base64.c -lssl net.c:68: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before '__unused' net.c: In function 'read_remote': net.c:105: error: 'sig_alarm' undeclared (first use in this function) net.c:105: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once net.c:105: error: for each function it appears in.) After removing the attribute everything works. But in the gcc manual exactly this attribute is listed: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.3.0/gcc/Function-Attributes.html The original net.c file can be found here: http://opengrok.creo.hu/dragonfly/xref/src/libexec/dma/net.c To compile it on linux you have to include two additional headers: #ifdef __linux #include <stdarg.h> #include <err.h> #endif /* __linux */ Is there a compiler switch that I have overlooked? Kind Regards Michael Krauss

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[arch-general] Suggesting new PKGBUILD*.proto
by Geoffroy Carrier 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hi! I made "cosmetic" changes on PKGBUILD*.proto Please see https://github.com/gcarrier/gkarch/tree/master/misc/usr_share_pacman For you information, and to ease discussion around it, here's the README: Changes I made affect both "pacman" and "abs" packages. Assumptions: - $startdir should be used as $srcdir and $pkgdir parent, as it could be useful, for example, to have $pkgdir in a tmpfs => Removed any reference to "$startdir/pkg" or "$startdir/src" => Relative paths to switch between $srcdir and $pkgdir should be avoided. E.g.: cd $srcdir/A patch [...] < ../../pkg/ is non-sense - $pkgdir and $srcdir could contain namespaces, etc. and we shouldn't try to guess about $IFS => "$srcdir/A" instead of $srcdir/A (use of "") - Still, lightweight means smater => Don't use "$_svntrunk" ${something} instead of $_svntrunk $something - "folder" is prefered to "folder/" in our scripts, but we should not suppose a makefile doesn't use something like "${DESTDIR}usr/bin" => DESTDIR="$pkgdir/", "$pkgdir" otherwise Best regards, -- Geoffroy Carrier

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