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[arch-ports] Meeting minutes
by Jason Chu 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

I've written up the minutes from our meeting. Check them out in the wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch-ports_minutes Jason -- If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.

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[arch-ports] Meeting reminder
by Jason Chu 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

This message is just to remind everyone of the ports meeting in #archlinux64 at 10:00 AM PST on Feb, 19th. Hope to see you there, Jason -- If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.

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[arch-ports] [arch64]BMP
by matthew g 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

There is no BMP in arch64 yet so I just thought I'd let the devels now so they can compile it. I used the pkgbuild from arch32. I don't mind doing it myself I just don't have access to the server. -- Matthew | Website http://msg43.net | AIM: MSG431 | MSN + Gmail: MSG431(a)gmail.com

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[arch-ports] [arch64][req][pkg] gnome-python + gnome-python-extra w/ depends
by matthew g 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Sorry to bug ya but I'd like to see gnome-python and gnome-python-extra with it depends in the repos! I have the packages. Everything built fine using the pkgbuilds from abs. gnome-python-extra depends on -gnome-python depends on those (a few others that are already in the repo) ---gst-plugins-gconf ---totem-plparser ---totem ---gnome-media ---libgksu ---libgksuui I have the pkgs if you want me to I can upload them to my server!. -- Matthew | Website http://msg43.net | AIM: MSG431 | MSN + Gmail: MSG431(a)gmail.com

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[arch-ports] [arch64][bug] cups-1.1.23-5.pkg.tar.gz
by matthew g 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Hello, I upgrade to the latest cups version in arch64 but I get a depend issue. cupsd: error while loading shared libraries: libslp.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I can't seeem to find a package with the library. I think this depend belongs to openslp. Anyways you are unable to start/stop cups. In the mean time I downgrade to cups-1.1.23-3.pkg.tar.gz -- Matthew | Website http://msg43.net | AIM: MSG431 | MSN + Gmail: MSG431(a)gmail.com

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[arch-ports] Need help remastering a new installation iso CD
by Andreas Radke 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

I don't know who has done our first arch64 install cd. That's a pity because someone told me there's a documentation out. ut nobody has it. As we have now done a few important changes to the boot concept we need to update the install cd. If it will become easier to install arch64 I guess much more user will try to test it. So who can give my some information how to master a nice new ISO cd. A base cd for ftp install should be enough for now. I'm thinking about to start this after the irc meeting next Sunday. AndyRTR

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[arch-ports] [arch64][pkg req] aspell-en
by matthew g 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

Hello, I used the aspell-en pkgbuild from abs on arch 32bit and add makedepends=('which') The package compiles and works fine as far as I can tell. PKGBUILD: -------------------- # Arch64 # $Id: PKGBUILD,v 1.12 2005/06/18 23:12:47 simo Exp $ # Maintainer: Simo Leone <simo(a)archlinux.org> # Contributor: Sarah Hay <sarah(a)archlinux.org> # MSG43 Add mkaedepends pkgname=aspell-en pkgver=6.0 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="English dictionary for aspell" makedepends=('which') depends=('aspell') url="http://aspell.net/" source=(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/en/aspell6-en-$pkgver-0.tar.bz2) md5sums=('16449e0a266e1ecc526b2f3cd39d4bc2') build() { cd $startdir/src/aspell6-en-$pkgver-0 ./configure /usr/bin/make || return 1 /usr/bin/make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install } -- Matthew | Website http://msg43.net | AIM: MSG431 | MSN + Gmail: MSG431(a)gmail.com

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[arch-ports] Ports community meetings
by Jason Chu 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

I was talking online with the arch64 guys and we all thought it would be a good idea to have a meeting about official support for ports in archlinux. There are a few things that need to happen in the development process of arch for full support to exist, but with things like pacbuild released everything is a lot closer. I would like to get everyone together who is working on porting archlinux to different architectures (x86_64, ppc, ... anyone else? c64? ;) ) to talk about what I had planned on doing, what has been done, what you all need, etc. Is everyone available for an irc meeting on Feb 19, 2006 at 10:00 am PST? Jason

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[arch-ports] Main Mirror Website for PPC outage
by Alexander Baldeck 08 Jan '06

08 Jan '06

Hey all, I've been updating the kernel last night to include some patches etc. Unfortunately mkinitrd didn't play nice, so the machine didn't come back up. The admins over at my ISP are trying to get the machine back up right now and I hope the issue will be solved until Monday, the 8th January at latest. For the time being, no website, no ftp no CVS repo. Sorry for the inconvenience! :( Regards, Alex - kth5

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[arch-ports] install archlinuxppc on a powerbook g4
by Benoit Chesneau 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

Hi all, Today I reinstalled my powerbook g4 with archlinuxppc since I broke /var/lib/pacman last week and can't reinstall any packages ... Find here a quick summary of steps I follow : 1) Download and burn the iso : ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/iso/snapshots/2005-07-02_archppc.iso.bz2 2) At boot go in the open firmware shell (command + option + O + F) and type the folowing : boot cd:,\\yaboot This command allow your powerbook to boot on archlinuxppc cd. 3) Set up the network : I use a powerbook with airport extreme (powerbook 5,6) so I have to use ethernet to install archlinux. So I load sungem module : modprobe sungem. For owner of titanium powerbook or ibook, you just have to load airport module : modprobe airport Dhcp ddidn't work actually on archlinuxppc install, you have to manually set up network : ifconfig eth0 <IP> route add default gw <GATEWAY> Edit /etc/resolv.conf with vim and add your nameservers, ie enter line like it : nameserver IP.OF.NAMESERVER1 nameserver IP.OF.NAMESERVER2 3) Create your partitions and format then : mac-fdisk /dev/discs/disc0/disc - Erase default partitions : I only install linux on the powerbook, so I erased all partition : type i - Create apple boot partion : type b - Add your partitions : I actually use a simple partition shema : / -> 15G swap -> 1,5G /home -> 55 G Result of partitionning : --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # type name length base ( size ) system /dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map /dev/hda2 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap 1600 @ 64 (800.0k) NewWorld bootblock /dev/hda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 root 31457280 @ 1664 ( 15.0G) Linux native /dev/hda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 3072000 @ 31458944 ( 1.5G) Linux swap /dev/hda5 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 home 121770544 @ 34530944 ( 58.1G) Linux native Block size=512, Number of Blocks=156301488 DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Format partitions with ext3 filesystem: mke2fs -j /dev/discs/disc0/part3 mke2fs -j /dev/discs/disc0/part5 - Format swap partition : mkswap /dev/discs/disc0/part4 4) Create a chrooted archlinuxppc - Mount your partitions : mount -t ext3 /dev/discs/disc0/part3 /mnt mkdir /mnt/home mount -t ext3 /dev/discs/disc0/part5 /mnt/home - Dl quickinst. Actually quickinst isn't on cd and you need a modified script from i686 version. Type the following : cd /tmp wget ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/other/quickinst - Install the base : cd /tmp ./quickinst ftp /mnt ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/current/os/ppc - Mount chroot mount -t proc none /mnt/proc mount -t sysfs none /mnt/sys mount /mnt /bin/bash source /etc/profile udevstart Nb: udevstart create right devices in /dev 5) Edit configuration files file /etc/fstab; /etc/rc.conf, /etc/yaboot.conf, /etc/hosts *) Example of /etc/fstab with previous patition shema: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 #/dev/cdrom /mnt/cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0 #/dev/cdrom /mnt/dvd udf ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0 /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/hda4 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 /home ext3 defaults 1 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *) Example of /etc/yaboot.conf --------------------------------------------------------------------------- boot=/dev/hda2 device=/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0: partition=3 delay=10 timeout=40 install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot image=/boot/vmlinux26 label=Linux root=/dev/hda3 initrd=/boot/initrd26.img read-only --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: to obtain device line, type the following on the shell: ofpath /dev/hda Example of /etc/rc.conf --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCALE=en_US.utf8 HARDWARECLOCK="localtime" TIMEZONE=Europe/Paris KEYMAP=mac-fr-ext_new CONSOLEFONT=lat9w-16 CONSOLEMAP= USECOLOR="yes" MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes" MOD_BLACKLIST=() MODULES=(sungem !usbserial) USELVM="no" HOSTNAME="enlil.metavers.net" lo="lo 127.0.0.1" eth0="eth0 192.168.0.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" INTERFACES=(lo eth0) gateway="default gw 192.168.0.254" ROUTES=(gateway) DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !hotplug !pcmcia network netfs crond sshd) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note : If u use airport device add airport to your module list and add eth1 to your ethernet devices. To have airport as eth1 devices add these line to /etc/modprobe.conf alias sungem eth0 alias airport eth1 6) Install kernel & openssh pacman -Sy kernel26-pmac openssh 7) Install yaboot in the boot (be sure to have edited yaboot.conf) mkofboot ybin -v 8) Add a password to the root : passwd root 9) add a user useradd <USERNAME> 10) Reboot That it and now you can use your powerbook with archlinux ppc, install X and so on... with pacman :) - Benoît

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