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[arch-ports] x86_64: Beryl SVN!
by Varun Acharya 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

grab them from http://www.archlinux.org/~ganja_guru/beryl-svn/ have fun. Varun Acharya ganja_guru

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[arch-ports] x86_64: OpenOffice 2.1RC2 for testing available
by Andreas Radke 02 Dec '06

02 Dec '06

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=212004 AndyRTR

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[arch-ports] x86_64: kernel2.6.19 hits testing
by Andreas Radke 02 Dec '06

02 Dec '06

just uploading kernel26 - 2.6.19 please read the news on arch frontside about PATA changes. new kernel runs well here even with old ati driver on my laptop. for kernel dependend drivers you will have to build them yourself. I'm working on OOo these days... AndyRTR

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[arch-ports] x86_64: testing repo ready for use
by Andreas Radke 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

we have setup the testing repo. you can enable it now in your /etc/pacman.conf to test latest stuff if you want to help finding bugs before they move to current or extra. don't expect every i686 testing pkg to appear in our repo. sry not enough time. AndyRTR

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[arch-ports] Packages
by Rudolf 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Would it be possible to package the mouse-input-drivers and keyboard-input-drivers with X11? I'd also like to know how to submit packages. I might just submit them to the AUR but I'd rather have PowerPC binaries in the repo. I've already created a nethack, pycrypto, leafpad and bittorrent package. Thanks, Rudolf

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[arch-ports] Install script
by Rudolf 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Small typo in /arch/quickinst: ``snarf %u %O'' should be changed to either ``snarf %u %o'' or ``snarf %u''. I used the latter when installing.

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[arch-ports] [archlinux ppc] Scripts
by N4 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hi everyone, I decided to try archlinux on ppc even if it's still on his early stages 'cos I really like the x86 flavour of this distro :) The installation went _almost_ smooth: there are still a few typos in the installation guide wiki and I had to build my own kernel to have it running. Still don't understand why, more on this later if it's of general interest. I'm trying to set up a full gnome desktop development environment and there are a few quirks I stumbled upon I'd like to ask you about: 1) why isn't abs the same script as in x86 archlinux ? 2) why isn't /etc/rc.d/fam the script as in the x86 archlinux ? 3) is there any particular reason for changing the scripts ? I copied abs from my x86 archlinux machine, ran it and it went smooth. Most of the PKGBUILDS work out of the box (e.g. glade-3), a few don't but that's no surprise, due to the different architecture, right ? I copied /etc/rc.d/fam from the x86 box and it replaced perfectly the wrong script from current/fam-2.7.0-8. bash-3.1$ !diff diff fam fam.old 9,10d8 < #Check for running portmap, start when not running < ck_daemon portmap && /etc/rc.d/portmap start 12,15c10,13 < if [ ! -f /var/run/daemons/portmap ]; then < stat_fail < echo "ERROR: PORTMAP is not running" < exit 1 --- > if [ ! -f /var/run/daemons/fam ]; then > stat_fail > echo "ERROR: fam is not running" > exit 1 see? It looks for a running fam before starting fam, that makes no sense to me ;) Keep up the good work everybody, I really love this distro :) N4

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[arch-ports] x86_64 kde 3.5.5 in extra
by Varun Acharya 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

Hi all, Were trying to bring KDE/GNOME and all other dbus related updates to Arch64 as soon as possible, but were a little shorthanded at the moment for the massive update. I've just uploaded KDE 3.5.5 to the repo's, so have fun. (Wait a while for your mirror to sync). Please report any bugs you find back here or flyspray ganja_guru

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[arch-ports] anybody having problems with Madwifi on Arch64?
by Jeffrey 'jf' Lim 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

Everytime i try to do something with wireless (even something as simple as 'ifconfig ath0 up'!!), the system hangs. The strange thing, though - if i do a compile of the madwifi package myself, using the exact same (from ABS) PKGBUILD on my Arch64 system... everything works out fine!! No system hangs anymore... Has nobody else ecnountered this problem? This is with the most recent version of madwifi - 0.9.2-2, and kernel26 2.6.18.1-2 -jf -- "It's so hard to write a graphics driver that open-sourcing it would not help." -- Andrew Fear, Software Product Manager, NVIDIA Corporation http://kerneltrap.org/node/7228

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[arch-ports] New WikiDoc - 'Installing VMware Server on an Arch64 System'
by Jeffrey 'jf' Lim 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

For those who have been thinking of setting up VMware Server in Arch64... i've written a wiki document for it. See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_VMware_Server_on_Arch64. It's definitely complete (tested, /bootstrapped and tried out already), but i could definitely do with some help in the 'Miscellaneous, / "Notes"' section (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_VMware_Server_on_Arch64#Misc…) - if anybody could add something to the Notes already there, or answer to any of the questions raised, that would be great. In the meantime, just sit back, enjoy the ride, and pls dont edit out any of the tongue-in-cheek stuff i put in. ;) thank you, -jf

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