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[arch-general] Missing dependency for git?
by Sébastien Mazy 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi, When trying to commit to a subversion repository needing authentication using git, I got the following error: Password for 'username': Can't locate Term/ReadKey.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/share/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/core_perl /usr/share/perl5/core_perl /usr/lib/perl5/current /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current .) at /usr/lib/git-core/git-svn line 3071. The problem was solved by installing perl-term-readkey from extra, but this package is not listed as an optional dependency for "git svn" or did I miss something? Cheers, -- Sébastien Mazy

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[arch-general] dependency problem in avahi package?
by Henri Häkkinen 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hello, Is there a dependency problem in the avahi package? Avahi got installed as a dependency of VLC in my system and now I am geting this error message when running `pkg-config --list-all`: Package qt-mt was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `qt-mt.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable Package 'qt-mt', required by 'avahi-qt3', not found I'm not running KDE and I don't need Qt. -- Henri Häkkinen

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[arch-general] System upgrade fails
by Manolo 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hello, i´ m getting this message when i try to upgrade my system (pacman -Syu): I have the system in spanish, so i write a translation of it: :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... checking for conflicts... error: fail to prepare transaction (couldn´ t satisfy dependencies) :: ipw3945: needs kernel26<2.6.27 I think ipw3945 is something about my network card, but whatever it is, it´s not listed in the repositories (pacman -Sl | grep ipw --> ipw2100-fw and ipw2200-fw). And my kernel is 2.6.26-ARCH, so i think is a kernel26, <2.6.27, right? Anyone with the same problem?? Can i uninstall the package without a problem?? Thanks.

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[arch-general] LVM On The Eee 701 4G (SSD + SD Card)
by Carlos A M Filho 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

I am trying to install ArchLinux 2007.08-2 on an Eee PC 701 4G using LVM, to span the SSD and a 2G SD card. I followed the instructions at: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lvm However, after I finish the installation process and reboot, the system claims it cannot find all physical volumes belonging to the volume group and hangs. Before the installation, I used cfdisk to partition the system like this: /boot: /dev/sda1, 20M (it does not run out of space) /: /dev/sda2 + /dev/sdb1, the rest of the SSD and all the SD card. No swap partition. Please help. Thanks in advance. Carlos Filho

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[arch-general] Install Arch from network - Wiki page
by Strika 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Greetings to all. I made some changes to http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install_Arch_from_network_(via_PXE). This is my first contribution to Arch Linux wiki, and to any wiki pages. Can someone please check my work. I'm not expert Linux user, but I just finished install to some old lap-top over LAN and I found wiki paged incomplete and bit confusing. I'm also not native English speaker. I also fount this page http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tftpd_server, which I think describes similar thing, so I tried to merge both pages and I don't know if both pages are necessary. Sorry if this is not right place to write. Nebojša Stričević

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[arch-general] pacman error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/
by ponto 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

i've made: pacman-optimize and then: pacman -Syu and it started to output me this error: :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/abiword-plugins-2.6.4-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/acpid-1.0.6-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/akonadi-1.0.0-2/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/alsa-oss-1.0.17-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/anjuta-2.4.2-2/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/antlr-2.7.7-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/apr-1.3.2-2/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/argouml-0.26-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/at-spi-1.22.1-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/attr-2.4.41-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/awesome-2.3.4-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/b43-fwcutter-011-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/bigreqsproto-1.0.2-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/bin2iso-1.9b-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/bison-2.3-4/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/boo-0.8.2.2960-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/brasero-0.8.2-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/bug-buddy-2.22.0-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/bzip2-1.0.5-3/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/cairo-dock-themes-svn-1349-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/cdparanoia-10.2-2/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/checkgmail-1.13-3/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/clisp-2.45-3/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/clucene-0.9.20-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/cmatrix-1.2a-3/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/codecs-20071007-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/compiz-decorator-gtk-0.7.8-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/compositeproto-0.4-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/confuse-2.6-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/cpudyn-1.0.1-2/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/cpufreqd-2.3.3-2/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/cracklib-2.8.13-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/crypto++-5.5.2-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/csup-20060318-5/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/curl-7.19.0-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/darkstat-3.0.708-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/db4.1-4.1.25-2/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/db4.5-4.5.20-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/dbus-qt3-0.62-3/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/devede-3.11b-2/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/devhelp-0.19.1-2/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/dia-0.96.1-1/depends: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/dosbox-0.72-4/depends: No such file or directory (and the list goes on) and i try to cd one of the paths errors, and: ~ # cd /var/lib/pacman/local/acpid-1.0.6-1/depend bash: cd: /var/lib/pacman/local/acpid-1.0.6-1/depend: No such file or directory i've already tried: pacman -Scc and then pacman -Syy. but the error pressists. does anyone knows how to solve this error?

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Upcoming archboot release and archboot iso/img files
by Henning Garus 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa(a)gmx.de> wrote: >> > You are also welcome to test those files ;) >> > http://dev.archlinux.org/~tpowa/2008.10/ >> >> Because downloading from gerolde is slow as hell I have mirrored these >> files: http://downloads.archlinux.de/iso/2008.10-archboot/ Hi, I just gave this one a spin in VirtualBox, the installer is throwing some errors at me when I try to choose the mountpoints: I chose uuid name scheme and skipped partitioning the disk. When I select Prepare Harddrive -> Set Mountpoints I get Error: Expect at least 3 token for --msgbox at the bottom of the screen, otherwise installer goes on as normal. After I select mountpoints for swap and root and choose "Done" I get several similar errors and mountpoint selection starts from the beginning.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Multilib on Archlinux x86_64
by RedShift 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Thomas Bächler wrote: > Andreas Radke schrieb: >> You must have mixed the mailing lists! > > Actually, no. > >> Arch64 was founded to never have support for 32bit compatibilty. So >> move this into the community/AUR list. > > Yeah, maybe, and I am extending it. > >> I give you a strict -1 for any 32bit compat stuff in our officially >> supported repos as I already told you in private discussions. I've >> spent several weeks if not even months to make it as clean as possible. > > What you are saying is that by adding an extra capability (again, > separate repository, nothing to pollute core or extra in any way), we > destroy the clean-ness of your so clean (and yeah, it is clean) system. > That's just irrational. > > The fact that you don't quote a single line from my posting tells me > that you haven't even read any of my propositions. Why don't you give > technical arguments instead of making this personal? > > The reason I want to maintain this on our ftp is that I want it to be > easily accessible to our devs and users, as I can't maintain it alone. > The reason I don't want this (at least the core of it) in community is > that I want it to be separate from the rest. > > Besides, unless you want to maintain the packages or use them by > activating the repository in pacman.conf, you won't even notice it's there. > >> It would be a reason for me to stepdown here! > > Now you're just being childish! > 100% agree with Andreas, again this is about principles. And I think Andreas has the same principles as me, either you go full x86-64 or you don't. A middle road is messy. If it were up to me the kernel wouldn't even have support for executing 32 bit stuff (right now that option is enabled). Glenn

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[arch-general] bftp & denyhosts
by Sergey Manucharian 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi folks, I run the bftp server, and since sometimes bad boys try to brake in scanning usernames/passwords I also run denyhosts daemon. It puts a suspicious IP address into /etc/hosts.deny after 5 attempts to login using unexciting username and so on. Today I've noticed that every few second somebody tries to login: # tail /var/log/bftpd.log ..... Sun Oct 12 16:58:21 2008 /usr/sbin/bftpd[24254]: Incoming connection from 200.175.254.59. Sun Oct 12 16:58:21 2008 /usr/sbin/bftpd[24254]: Login as user 'Administrator' failed. Sun Oct 12 16:58:21 2008 /usr/sbin/bftpd[24254]: Quitting. Sun Oct 12 16:58:21 2008 /usr/sbin/bftpd[24260]: Incoming connection from 200.175.254.59. Sun Oct 12 16:58:22 2008 /usr/sbin/bftpd[24260]: Login as user 'Administrator' failed. Sun Oct 12 16:58:22 2008 /usr/sbin/bftpd[24260]: Quitting. But the IP address is already blacklisted 4 days ago: # grep 200.175.254.59 /etc/hosts.deny # DenyHosts: Wed Oct 8 13:01:55 2008 | ALL: 200.175.254.59 ALL: 200.175.254.59 How it it can happen? Thanks for ideas. Sergey.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] request for dbus in core
by Paulo Matias 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Hi, > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Jan de Groot <jan(a)jgc.homeip.net> wrote: > A while ago I got a request from Thomas to make a stripped down dbus > package that does not depend on libx11 so he could use it for > wpa_supplicant which is also in core. > As more and more services start to interact with this dbus thing, I'd > like to move the new dbus-core package into core. This pulls in one > extra dependency from extra, which is expat at this moment. Which software is interacting with wpa_supplicant using dbus? Is it NetworkManager or something like that? The dbus service will be let disabled by default, right? It's worthy remembering that wpa_supplicant already supports IPC by using UNIX domain sockets or UDP sockets, which are Linux default/native stuff. (see [1]) On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 2:49 AM, James Rayner <iphitus(a)iphitus.org> wrote: > my support for [core], as an upcoming netcfg version will take > advantage of the wpa_supplicant dbus interface. > Please avoid using dbus in netcfg. I like it because it's clean, KISS, and uses only default/native stuff. I can help integrating with UNIX domain sockets or UDP sockets if needed. [1] http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/devel/wpa__ctrl_8c-source.html Best regards, Paulo Matias

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