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[arch-general] monospace fontsize changed in firefox
by Petar Bogdanovic 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Hi, during the past few weeks there were xserver and firefox updates and it seems that they have made firefox render some monospace-fonts slightly bigger. The following image displays a part of a board which has not been modified for years: Mirror 1: http://i30.tinypic.com/vg6e0h.png Mirror 2: http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/1708/monobt7.png CSS-definition for the displayed text (before _and_ after change `x'): font: normal 13px monospace; I tried to display the page with a new firefox-profile (rm -rf .mozilla) but it looked the same. Thanks, Petar BTW: I don't have a clue about the font-family used in the example since xfontsel is still a total mystery to me. However, I do know that `monospace' is just something like an alias and not a real font.

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[arch-general] [translation] String freeze for pacman 3.1.2 release
by Dan McGee 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Some comments from the 3.1.1 string freeze still apply so I have included these below. Note that libalpm has had zero string changes this time around, meaning you do not need to submit this po file unless you are making grammar or spelling corrections, etc. If you have any questions, please contact the pacman-dev mailing list. Thanks! > I've CC-ed this to the Arch General list to see if we can get a > helping hand with some of our currently neglected translations. As > this list may not be quite as familiar with how everything works, > PLEASE reply to the list or privately to me if you have questions or > want to help out but are not sure how. > > Our pacman translation policy is outlined here. The important sections > for translators are the introduction and up to (and including) > pre-release updates. > http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/translation-help.html > > As stated in the above document, PO files have been made available to translate: > http://code.toofishes.net/pacman/po_files/ > > I would like to get the release out within the next 7 days, so the > sooner the better for the translations. Current list of known translators: http://projects.archlinux.org/git/?p=pacman.git;a=blob;f=TRANSLATORS > If you wish to help translate, but your language is already listed as > handled by someone, please contact them at the above addresses. If the > language is listed as "no current translator", then please reply to > ALL on this message stating you are doing the translation so we do not > have duplicated effort (although you are more than welcome to work in > teams). > > Once you have updated or completed a translation, simply tar and gzip > the files up and send them back to pacman-dev(a)archlinux.org with a > [translation] prefix in the message. > > For those that are used to the old method of updating translations > (GIT patches), those are still acceptable as well. Please prefix the > patch with "translation:" so it can be picked out easily. HOWEVER, if > at all possible, please do not needlessly update the line numbers in > the code! It makes it much easier to see which translations have been > changed and updated if line number changes are not 90% of the patch. > The "translations" branch is located in my GIT repo; one of the > following things will probably be of help. > > http://code.toofishes.net/gitweb.cgi?p=pacman.git;a=shortlog;h=translations > > git remote add dan http://code.toofishes.net/gitprojects/pacman.git > git checkout -b translations dan/translations

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[arch-general] `filesystem' upgrade overwrites /etc/issue
by Petar Bogdanovic 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Hi, Is there a reason, why /etc/issue is not in the backup array of core/base/filesystem/PKGBUILD? Thanks, Petar

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[arch-general] kernel 2.6.24 and rlocate can work together
by Attila 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Hi, i put this here as an information instead of writing a feature request because at the moment i don't think it is the job of the arch devs to cancel a decision of the kernel devs. Okay, i found a patch to get the possibility of loading LSM modules back: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207421#c7 After following the instructions from above i have this lines in my config: CONFIG_SECURITY=y CONFIG_SECURITY_MODULAR=y # CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK is not set # CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES is not set updatedb and locate works as normal. I don't know if this will works with following kernel releases but at the moment this is a nice option if you use rlocate. See you, Attila

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[arch-general] Opera 9.5x snapshots moved to unstable
by Andreas Radke 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

I have removed the Opera devel snapshots from our testing repo to not mix it with future 9.2x releases. You find the latest 9.5x snapshots now in unstable for both arches. Take care - it replaces the stable Opera from extra. So backup all your stuff before you try it out. -AndyRTR

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[arch-general] no x with new xorg-server and nvidia
by Johannes Held 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Hi folks, right now, I updated my machine and X won't start! The new kernel, new xorg-server and nvidia-*. nvidia 169.09-2 nvidia-utils 169.09-1 xorg-server 1.4.0.90-6 kernel26 2.6.24.1-2 I updated normally but X won't start. All I get is a blank screen. I can't change back to ttys. The only thing that's working is CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot my machine. I tried a few thing.. pacman -Rd xorg-server nvidia nvidia-utils and installing them again pacman -S xorg-server pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils everytime the symlink to libwfb.so in /usr/lib/xorg/modules is symlinked to the "real" libwfb. Having nvidia-* installed, it symlinks to libnvidia-wfb.so.169.09. If nvidia is not installed, it symlinks to libwfb.so.1.4 Any ideas? I can't get any output of the starting X-Server, because I can't switch back to the tty. Thanks in advance. -- Gruß, Johannes Täglich http://blog.hehejo.de und du fühlst dich gut. http://cryptocd.eduforge.org/online_version

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[arch-general] Firefox 2.0.0.12, unable to rebuilding !
by Gilles CHAUVIN 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Hi all, I sent an e-mail early to whom I think is responsible for this package but, since I got no reply yet, I'm trying here and see if I have more luck :). It seem like there is a problem with the latest Firefox update (v2.0.0.12). I cannot rebuild the package as there is a file (declared in the PKGBUILD) that is missing. The file is a patch named "firefox-1.5-theme-change.patch". If I remove any references to this patch in the PKGBUILD, the package will then build. Also, the md5sums() array doesn't reflect the source() array number of elements: # abs [...] $ source /var/abs/extra/network/firefox/PKGBUILD $ echo ${#source[*]} 19 $ echo ${#md5sums[*]} 18 I'm pretty sure this mistake is linked to the missing patch mentioned above. Could someone have a look at this or do I have to file a bug ? Thanks, Gilles.

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[arch-general] packages in base
by Grigorios Bouzakis 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Hi, i started playing with packages in base today, and the first two packages that come up in alphabetical order are acl and attr. I decided to research what those packages actually do, since i doubt i have ever used them. The site both packages link to is http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/. I am wondering if those packages are needed to a user not using the XFS filesystem and the reason acl is Required By : coreutils gettext libarchive vim. Any help on the subject, links etc. would be appreciated. Next thing i wanted to ask is if the bash-noinfo.patch in the bash package is indeed needed as the man page installs fine without it. PS. Can we get the Mailing List footer back? Greg

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[arch-general] [arch-announce] Kernel 2.6.24.1 in Core
by Roman Kyrylych 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

After a testing phase kernel 2.6.24.1 has been moved to Core where it replaces version 2.6.23.14. Some of the most visible changes for users include: * more mac80211-based wireless drivers added * tickless support for x86_64 * uvesafb; support for ATI Xpress 200M and Mac framebuffers * ACPI usage in libata * SATA port multipliers support * NCQ support on MCP51/MCP55/MCP61 chipsets (add 'swncq=1' to the kernel boot commandline) * SDIO support * ability to use any kernel version to resume a hibernated system * read-only --bind mounts * tons of bugfixes and improvements A detailed human-readable changelog is available at KernelNewbies Wiki: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_24 Attention! The kernel26-2.6.24.1-2 package includes an important security fix (local user privilege escalation). Everyone is encouraged to upgrade, especially on a system with ssh accounts. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[arch-general] SSH. Can't open Xapps when su'ed to root
by Nigel Henry 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

I'm still looking at the jacman problem, and have sometimes found that apps that won't work on the machine they are installed on, will work if I ssh into the machine, and run them on another. IIRC I had problems initially using ssh when I installed Archlinux (don't panic), but found some info somewhere or other, as below. Comment out "ALL: ALL: DENY" line in /etc/hosts/deny Add sshd to /etc/rc.conf daemons list Run /etc/rc.d/sshd start Now I can ssh into archlinux (this is just local, not from the Internet). I have uncommented the following lines in /etc/ssh/sshd_config X11Forwarding yes X11DisplayOffset 10 I can open Xapps as user (gedit, jacman,etc), but not when I su to root, as below for gedit. [djmons@myhost ~]$ su Password: [root@myhost djmons]# gedit X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. cannot open display: Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options. [root@myhost djmons]# Same goes when I try to open jacman when su'ed to root. I tried accessing Xapps as root with Fedora 8, which is on the same machine as Archlinux, and they open ok. I have compared the sshd_config on both F8, and Archlinux, and can't see any apparent differences between the two. Anyone have any suggestions as to what may be the problem? All a bit puzzling. Nigel.

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