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[arch-general] gn package, could you please add the emacs gn-mode.el ?
by Yi Zheng 25 Nov '20

25 Nov '20

Hi, Evangelos in the source tree of 'gn' package, the emacs mode scripts has been added in misc/emacs/gn-mode.el Could you please add that mode into the gn release package in ArchLinux ?

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Re: [arch-general] busted system after update
by u34＠net9.ga 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

Referring to my post from Tue Nov 17 02:14:29 UTC 2020, I am not sure I am not confusing things here. -- u34

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[arch-general] busted system after update
by winstonsmith＠vfemail.net 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

hi folks i could use a little push in the right direction. i run arch on a 2013 macbook air. i am running an LVM on LUKS system. after updating my system via "sudo pacman -Syu" i am locked out of my machine. on a subsequent boot i get the message: "ERROR: device '/dev/mapper/vgcrypt-root' not found, skipping fsck." "mount: /new_root: no filesystem type specified." "You are now being dropped into an emergency shell." and so i am. i was able to use a debian live usb to drop into debian's rescue mode and execute a shell in my decrypted root. i see that mkinitcpio.conf is missing several hooks, like encrypt and lvm2! what the what?! i pacman.log i notice that mkinitcpio was updated to version 29-1 when i did my previous pacman update. is it possible that the update to mkinitcpio just silently hosed my previous configuration?! my plan is to add the required hooks to mkinitcpio.conf and then rebuild. does that seem like the right plan? and will mkinitcpio build an initramfs successfully from the debian chroot into my disk? thanks for the time ------------------------------------------------- This free account was provided by VFEmail.net - report spam to abuse(a)vfemail.net ONLY AT VFEmail! - Use our Metadata Mitigator to keep your email out of the NSA's hands! $24.95 ONETIME Lifetime accounts with Privacy Features! 15GB disk! No bandwidth quotas! Commercial and Bulk Mail Options!

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[arch-general] root login @ console
by Jack Frost 14 Nov '20

14 Nov '20

So I foo-bared my /home partition, no big deal, done it before, and I keep good backups. I boot to single mode and get to a prompt. My regular user is gone so I try to just login at the console (no X) as root. It doesn't work. I know I set the root password. What setting is preventing root from being able to authenticate. I noticed when I went to cups on localhost:631 and tried to do an admin task and needed to authenticate. Root couldn't login. How do I allow root logins under Arch/Arco linux at a console???

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[arch-general] postgres 12
by ente 13 Nov '20

13 Nov '20

Hi, since the upgrade of postgress from 11.9 to 12.5 I am having issues starting up using the systemd service file. When I do: > su postgres > postgress -D data it works great. When I do > systemctl start postgresql I get: An old version of the database format was found. Checking the database version shows it is on 12. So obviously the systemd unit file seems to point postgres to an unexpected location. My system file is pointing to a non-standard location according to the arch wiki: [Service] Environment=PGROOT=/pathto/pgroot PIDFile=/pathto/pgroot/data/postmaster.pid Anyone else facing the same issue? Any suggestions?

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[arch-general] Firefox slowness
by David Rosenstrauch 13 Nov '20

13 Nov '20

Perhaps this is just me, but it feels like Firefox has gotten super slow / hogging lots of CPU recently. Anyone else seeing this? And/or know what might be causing it? (Some recent upgrade to the package perhaps?) Thanks, DR

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[arch-general] Thunderbird package version
by Steven Guikal 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

Hi, I'm looking at the thunderbird package, and the reported version is 68.12.0-1 which is rather outdated. Trying to install the package also installs the outdated version. However, looking at the PKGBUILD it's 78.4.1. Why is this the case?

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[arch-general] PSA: OpenVPN no longer runs scripts as root
by Ben Oliver 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

OpenVPN now runs scripts as the user `openvpn`, not as root. This tripped me up recently, because I use the `update-systemd-resolved` script, but it can't do its thing without root. Just thought I'd put this out there in case anyone else was having issues.

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[arch-general] Thunderbird 78
by Peter 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Hello, > Thunderbird allows you to use GnuPG for private key operations if you > can’t/don’t want to import your private key into Thunderbird. This is > a feature lot of us need, because if you use a smartcard-like hardware > solution (Yubikey, Nitrokey, any PGP smartcard…) that’s the only > solution (since you cannot import your private key into Thunderbird). > Thunderbird calls this the “external GnuPG feature”: > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Smartcards Thank you for the information. Alright! Thunderbird does have a fallback for GnuPG. Please correct me if I'm wrong: currently everybody that uses Thunderbird, whether they have a need for GnuPG or not, is stuck with an out-of-date version 68.12.0. I'm using Archlinux for many years and normally Archlinux updates packages as they are released. If some people cannot use the latest version for whatever reason, they are free to add the package to IgnorePkg in their /etc/pacman.conf. Now, I understand that it must be sour if the package maintainer himself/herself has to do that, but it does not seem right what is happening now. To avoid that the discussion goes about whether there are "a lot" or "a few" or how many there are that have a need for GnuPG, please consider whether it is worth to avoid shipping (security) updates. Peter.

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[arch-general] Thunderbird 78
by Peter 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Hello, > anthraxx did update the PKGBUILD and we are testing the build but > currently for instance I’m unable to decrypt messages using the > external GnuPG feature (reported upstream), and there is also a build > issue with system bzip2 (I used the vendored one instead, but that’s > not what we want for the final build). > > So for now this remain WIP. I couldn't find the ticket in Bugzilla. Can you please post the ticket number of the bug that was reported upstream? GnuPG was replaced by OpenPGP. What are you referring to when you say "decrypt messages using the external GnuPG feature"? Peter.

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