October 2010 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] Setuptools broken?
by Norbert Zeh 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

Hi folks, With the python upgrade from 2.7 to 3.1, I ran into the following snag. gitosis from AUR depends on python and setuptools. Now, python = python3.1 now and setuptools installs in the python2.7 library tree. This was easy enough to fix, by simply replacing python with python2 in the gitosis PKGBUILD. However, I would expect that python2 will disappear completely somewhere down the road. What then? Moreover, being a purist, I would like to avoid having two python versions installed on my machine. So what's the deal with python3.1 and setuptools? Is the procedure for installing python packages different under 3.1 than under the old 2.x series, and there simply are no setuptools any more? If that's the case, I guess it's the responsibility of package maintainers to migrate to the setup used in python3.1. If setuptools is still what is needed in python3.1, shouldn't there now be two packages setuptools and setuptools2 that install in the library trees of python3.1 and python2.7, respectively? (I'm happy to file a bug report if this is indeed a bug.) Cheers, Norbert -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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[arch-general] system time stucks in a loop
by János Illés 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Hi, I have an archlinux virtualbox guest on windows host. The clock of the guest linux is randomly stuck in a few seconds loop, rendering the system in a semi-freeze state. It looks like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/841166/archwtf/date2.png It happens irregularly, sometimes not happens for days and sometimes it does this 2-3 times a day. Any ideas what went wrong or how to debug this properly? There is nothing relevant in dmesg nor syslog. Other linux guests don't do this, I also tried different vbox versions, I do not really know what can cause this kind of an error. I searched and could not find a bug like this in neither the vbox bug tracker nor anything kernel related. I'm open to every ideas, this bug is driving me crazy. -- János

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Re: [arch-general] GDM Locked
by karl 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

On 06:51 Tue 19 Oct , Guillermo Leira wrote: > > After the last Pacman -Syu, I can't login with gdm. As soon as I clikc on my > > username, the system seems to freeze... Although not completely: I can ping > > from other computer, but I can't ssh. > > > > Before I click on the username, the "switch off" icon at the right down corner > > works. Once I click on the username, nothing else works, and I neither can > > ctrl-alt-F1 to the console... > > > > Any suggestions/questions? > > I have removed GDM and installed SLIM. Now I can login, but the screen shows nothing... And if I try to CTRL-ALT-F1 to the console, the system locks again. It is not a GDM problem. > > If I run startx from the command line, X starts. > > Any advice? > > Best regards, > > Guillermo > Hi Guillermo, try and make yourself a new user. If that one can work with the X-part of your system - then some rights in your local $HOME directory are broken (.xinitrc would be a candidate for this kind of weird behaviour, but also .ICEauthority or .Xauthority). If of cause the new user account does have the same problems, your /etx/X11 or worse might have wrong user rights. Have also a look i a file called .xerrors, .xsession-errors - or something like that (can't remember the correct name anymore), there could be some hints in it, if it does exist, what your problem is. Best regards, Karl

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.35.8-1
by Tobias Powalowski 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Upstream update. This package is NOT in testing (2.6.35 currently resides there), but at: http://dev.archlinux.org/~tpowa/kernel26/ please signoff for both arches. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] How to approve Linux distributions into Distrowatch?
by simpleLinux 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Hi, How do I approve a Linux distributions just like other's did make into the database? I hate waiting list. Please, if I approved, I will be the one and only, first Linux distributions that approved on Malaysia. please I hope you all could help me I'll do anything -- Fariz Luqman The Chairman of SimpleLinux Visit: http://www.simplelinux.tk "There IS a Malaysian Linux Distro"

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26-lts 2.6.32.25-2
by Tobias Powalowski 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

Latest kernel is in testing, adopted changes from main kernel config: - added more cpus for x86_64 - added tomoyo support - disabled rds modules - build in rtc into the kernel - added pcieaspm option please signoff for both arches. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] Postgresql-docs is Broken
by Steve Holmes 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

I just downloaded the latest 9.01 version of postgresql-docs which supposedly should contain the html documentation for postgresql. Alas, the package size is less than 1 K and when installed, a pacman -Qql only reveals some man directories under /usr/share. There are no files present. Is anyone aware of this situation?

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[arch-general] [signoff] hdparm-9.35-1
by Tobias Powalowski 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

Hi guys, please signoff both arches greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] New nvidia driver - video mode not recognized - remove vga= from kernel line?
by David C. Rankin 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

Guys, To add to the nvidia issues, after update to the latest driver (nvidia 260.19.12-1) the machine stops during boot due to (Invalid video mode, press enter to see list....) Pressing enter then lists the available modes. However, when I enter one of the listed modes, it is rejected and I get prompted again with the (Invalid video mode, press enter to see list....). I don't know whether this is a bug, a KMS thing, or what, but I have never had any problems passing vga=0x31a on the kernel line with the nvidia driver before. (I know with ATI, KMS early is recommended, and no vga= on the kernel line) Is anybody else seeing this? Should I just remove the vga= line? After letting the (Invalid video mode, press enter to see list....) prompt time-out, it all continues fine and the nvidia driver loads without issue. What say the experts? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] db-5.1 rebuild
by Dave Reisner 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:27:48AM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > On 30/10/10 05:59, Andreas Radke wrote: > >Am Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:29:54 +1000 > >schrieb "Allan McRae"<allan(a)archlinux.org>: > > > > > >>We only have the various openoffice packages left to go: > >> > >>go-openoffice > >>openoffice-base > >>openoffice-base-beta > >>openoffice-base-devel > >> > >>That is close enough to done that I will move this rebuild from > >>[staging] at the weekend regardless of their status. > >> > >>Allan > >> > > > >Move all to testing and then I'll do the missing rebuilds. LibO will > >probably also need rebuild. > > > > Rebuild is in [testing] now. It appears that libreoffice does not > need a rebuild. > > Allan I wouldn't be too sure about that: $ soffice /usr/lib/ooo-3.3/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libdb-4.8.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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