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[arch-general] IRC Spammer / Impersonator
by Matthew 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

This morning I was informed by a TU via Private Message on IRC that there were spammer impersonating me. He first ask what happened last night and as I had no idea what he was talking about this was when I first discovered what happened. There are some wonderful people (for lack of a nicer term) who think its funny to impersonate me and spam the channel. My hostname is almost always adsl-75-33-32-137.dsl.bcvloh.sbcglobal.net very rarely do I connect to IRC using a different net connection (usually just ssh into my home box). The ip is dynamic so it will change, but it should match with mezoko.net I think these spammers are ajnewbold and impl. They helped me out with some php coding about a year ago. They were nice people, but they slowly started pull crap on me and I didn't put up with so I think this their revenge. **Ajnewbold and impl (he was under the alias of "hary" something, I don't remember) spammed the channel about a week ago so I'm not sure if they'll stop, hence the reason for this posting. So basically I want to clear up a few things 1. The spammers last night were not me 2. If username mezoko does not have a host name similar to dsl.bcvloh.sbcglobal.net there is a good chance it is not me 3. To any TU/OP/Dev please do not ban my user name from IRC, please ban the hostname if the problem arises again. Thank you all for your understanding, -Mezoko

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[arch-general] problem compiling for i586 with new makepkg
by Karolina Lindqvist 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

There is a problem with compiling with CHOST="i586" with the new pacman/makepkg. It simply refuses with the message: pkgname is not available for the 'i586' architecture. Note that many packages may need a line added to their PKGBUILD such as arch=('i586'). To edit each and every PKGBUILD for each and every package and every update appears like quite a big work. And since I could not find any option to turn that "feature" off, or any hook to SED it in, I just commented it out in makepkg. What was the thought with this? The -w option is also taken away from makepkg. Why? (I found the alternate solution, but still) Karolina

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[arch-general] xkeyboard-config 1.1-1
by Grigorios Bouzakis 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

Since todays update of xkeyboard-config 1.1-1 i have been getting some errors like the following: expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 71 of pc expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 72 of pc As a result leds arent working & probably some other stuff i havent noticed yet. Anyone noticed similar behaviour? Greg

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[arch-general] texlive-bin depends on xorg-server, why?
by Dan Soendergaard 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Dear Archers, This is the first time I use a mailing list, please bare over with me in case of any strange behaviour on my part (I've already mailed this message to the wrong address once, sorry!). I discovered that texlive-bin depends on the xorg-server package which seems strange for a terminal programme. Why this dependency and how can it be removed (if possible without breaking LaTeX)? I ask because I'm installing an Archlinux server and want the possibility of compiling my documents through SSH no matter what computer I'm on. Is it possible to circumvent the installation of xorg-server? Sincerely, Dan Sondergaard

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[arch-general] Problem connecting Sansa e250 with Arch
by Mordechai Peller 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

The Sansa e200 series can connect either via MTP or MSC. With the help of libmtp I can connect via MTP, but I need to be able to connect via MSC.When I booted an Ubuntu 7.10 LiveCD it worked fine, so the problem is with Arch, or at least my install of it. I suspect it's a udev or driver issue, but I'm not sure. Thanks

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[arch-general] Kernel OOPS with AVM fwlanusb
by Gerhard Brauer 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

Hello, i have a AVM wlan usb stick for testing, usb id 057C:6201. I try the avm linux driver with kernel 2.6.23.12-2. Build and modprobe is ok, inserting the stick gaves after a long period of waiting the wlan0 device. iwpriv wlan0 work, iwconfig stopped with a segfault and a oops. I'm not a kernel guru or developer, but maybe could someone say (without a full dump or so) what the reason for this trap? (Yeah, i know the short answer: tainted by fwlanusb ;-) If @tpowa reads this: if see strcopy in trap, could this be something similar we have had with avm fritz card and the objcopy-Patches? Thank you for having a look at this! Legend: 14:33:10 after modprobe and wlan0 ready 14:33:45 iwconfig ------------- Dec 22 14:33:10 tux1 fwlanusb: Config manager successully created and started. Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 printing eip: Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 f8d9c38e Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 *pde = 00000000 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 Oops: 0000 [#1] Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 PREEMPT SMP Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 Modules linked in: fwlanusb(P) usb_storage ide_core appletalk ipx p8022 psnap llc p8023 nvidia(P) ipv6 usblp usbhid hid ff_memless ppdev tsdev lp pcspkr container parport_pc parport rtc_cmos rtc_core rtc_lib ppp_generic psmouse serio_raw i2c_i801 i2c_core ehci_hcd intel_agp agpgart uhci_hcd shpchp pci_hotplug sg evdev thermal processor fan button battery ac smsc47m1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_mixer_oss snd soundcore ac97_bus slhc eepro100 e100 mii usbcore ext3 jbd mbcache sr_mod cdrom sd_mod ata_piix ata_generic libata Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 CPU: 0 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 EIP: 0060:[<f8d9c38e>] Tainted: P VLI Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 EFLAGS: 00210282 (2.6.23-ARCH #1) Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 EIP is at strcpy+0xd/0x1b [fwlanusb] Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 eax: f1cc1f44 ebx: ffffffa1 ecx: f1cc1f44 edx: f8de351e Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 esi: 00000000 edi: c035b984 ebp: c038602c esp: f1cc1e54 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 ds: 007b es: 007b fs: 00d8 gs: 0033 ss: 0068 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 Process iwconfig (pid: 7769, ti=f1cc0000 task=f1cc2a80 task.ti=f1cc0000) Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 Stack: c0419500 f1cc1f44 00008b01 f8ddf95c c035b984 00000000 f1e8a000 c015e356 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 c041950c c0419500 00200246 c04195c0 c04195c0 f1cc1f34 c0360d8a 00008b01 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 ffffffa1 f8825400 f1e8a000 c04195cc 22222222 22222222 22222222 f1e8a000 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 Call Trace: Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<f8ddf95c>] fwlanusb_get_name+0xc/0x10 [fwlanusb] Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c035b984>] ioctl_standard_call+0x64/0x370 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c015e356>] filemap_fault+0x206/0x490 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c0360d8a>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x16a/0x2d0 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<f8825400>] e100_do_ioctl+0x0/0x30 [e100] Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c035c046>] wext_handle_ioctl+0x3b6/0x450 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<f8ddf950>] fwlanusb_get_name+0x0/0x10 [fwlanusb] Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<f8ddf950>] fwlanusb_get_name+0x0/0x10 [fwlanusb] Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c028b4a7>] pty_write+0x47/0x60 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c02daf71>] dev_ioctl+0x341/0x350 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c012474e>] __wake_up+0x3e/0x60 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c02cd5e0>] sock_ioctl+0x0/0x210 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c018aa3b>] do_ioctl+0x2b/0x90 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c018acce>] vfs_ioctl+0x22e/0x2b0 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c018adad>] sys_ioctl+0x5d/0x70 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c0104472>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6b/0xa1 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 [<c0360000>] schedule+0x4a0/0x5e0 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 ======================= Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 Code: c3 8b 4c 24 08 8b 54 24 0c 8b 44 24 10 89 4c 24 04 89 54 24 08 89 44 24 0c e9 b6 ff ff ff 57 56 83 ec 04 8b 74 24 14 8b 7c 24 10 <ac> aa 84 c0 75 fa 8b 44 24 10 59 5e 5f c3 57 56 83 ec 04 8b 74 Dec 22 14:33:45 tux1 EIP: [<f8d9c38e>] strcpy+0xd/0x1b [fwlanusb] SS:ESP 0068:f1cc1e54 --------------------------- Bye Gerhard -- Dont't drink and root!

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[arch-general] Packages with non free licenses
by Grigorios Bouzakis 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Is Archlinux reconsidering license issues with the binary packages residing at its repos? It certainly seems so... http://archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2007-December/003780.html http://archlinux.org/news/374/ I really think this is a change for the better. I have been meaning to ask, AFAIK besides the codecs package the same license have ttf-ms-fonts. Is there any change to see them in unsupported too? IMO the fonts are a more complex issue than the codecs one, since most users have them installed. Theres already an AUR entry for them in unsupported http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=5418 Personally i dont know if they can be replaced by other sets of fonts but taking advantage of the opportunity i thought id bring this to the devs attention. Greg

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Re: [arch-general] missing vbox_build_module
by richard terry 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:05:47 pm you wrote: > Hi Richard, > > which virtualbox package did you install? virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-additions virtualbox-ose-additions-modules Also, I removed all of these, compiled the AUR version and ran that, again no file of that name is installed. Any further hints? is the virtualbox-ose-additions-modules the correct package? Richard > Only the virtualbox_bin > package of aur includes this file, for the opensource edition of > virtualbox you have to install "virtualbox-modules". > > --peter > > On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 19:46 +1100, richard terry wrote: > > I wonder if anyone has anyidea about this, I posted previously and got no > > reply. > > > > May laptop is 1.8 celeron + ati, I upgraded system > no X, tried > > reconfiguring X to no avail (X wouldn't boot at all, just seemed to lock > > up). I downgraded back to kernel26-2.6.23.8-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz, and kde > > loaded fine, but virtualbox wouldn't load (no front-end gui), no error > > logs generated, the command just hangs in the terminal. > > > > looked everywhere for the /usr/bin/vbox_build_module to rebuild the > > kernel module but dosn't seem to exist on the computer. Did an updatedb > > etc first to try and find it. Checked out the forum and of course all the > > posts mention to use that file. > > > > doing a pacman -Ql <package name> also it seems the file needed to > > rebuild the kernel module is not in any of them. > > > > Any Idea's appreciated. > > > > Richard

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[arch-general] bizarre site
by solsTiCe d'Hiver 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

hi. when i go to http://ftp.archlinux.org/, i got a site like the one showing up at http://www.response-o-matic.com/ should it be the ftp site of archlinux.org ?

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[arch-general] regarding kernel 2.6.23.11
by Hussam Al-Tayeb 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

There seems to be an issue with the alsa snapshot used in the kernel 2.6.23.11 package. It's reported here http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8948 For me, it breaks gstreamer. I opted to post here so people who are on testing don't update their kernel.

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