June 2008 - Arch-ports - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-ports] G5?
by Steven DuBois 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

I installed Arch on my x86 Desktop and my macbook and i love it. I attempted to install Debian on my G5 PowerMac but had no luck (yaboot problems). What I would like to know is how well does Arch work on a G5, does anyone here use it on a regular basis, and what are the challenges to installing it. Eventually, I would like to stop using OS X.

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[arch-ports] Any major non-64-bit s/w?
by David Rosenstrauch 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

Going to retire my old Arch server soon, and the new one (my current desktop) is a 64-bit machine (AMD Athlon 64). So I'm leaning towards taking the plunge and installing Arch x86-64 on it. Just wondering though if there's still any major packages that aren't available in 64bit that might make me want to rethink this decision. The only package I'm aware of that I use frequently and is not available in 64-bit is flashplugin. 1) Anyone aware of any other notable exceptions? 2) Is there any workaround to be able to use the 32-bit flashplugin with firefox? TIA, DR

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[arch-ports] bc -l segfaults
by Simone Basso 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

The bc command segfaults when evaluating the result of an expression, iff invoked with -l command line switch, as follows: $ bc -lq 1.4 / 2 Segmentation fault $ bc -q 12/4 3 $ The installed package is: bc 1.06-4 Bye Simone

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[arch-ports] Rhythmbox 0.11.2-2 should be recompiled
by Simone Basso 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Rhythmbox should be recompiled because it links old version of libsuoup and libtotem-plparser: $ ldd `which rhythmbox`|grep 'not found' libsoup-2.2.so.8 => not found libtotem-plparser.so.7 => not found These are the installed packages: libsoup 2.4.1-1 totem-plparser 2.22.2-1 rhythmbox 0.11.2-2 Bye Simone

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