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

[arch-general] Pacman trigger
by Nilesh Govindarajan 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

Is there some app that will do some actions on updating some software ? Like for example, I want that in /usr/lib/firefox-<version>/defaults/preferences/firefox.js user agent is set to Firefox/<version> instead of its brand name ? Or copy the previous version of kernel to /boot/stable before update ? -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com

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[arch-general] Memory Management problems with 2.6.32
by Gaurish Sharma 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

Hi, I am using ArchlInux 64bit 2.6.32.7-1. but having some memory allocation errors, mplayer: page allocation failure. order:4, mode:0xd4 Pid: 4380, comm: mplayer Not tainted 2.6.32-ARCH #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff810dad58>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x6b8/0x700 [<ffffffff810dadb2>] ? __get_free_pages+0x12/0x60 [<ffffffffa04bc8e0>] ? oss_contig_malloc+0x50/0xa0 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04bdbed>] ? __oss_alloc_dmabuf+0x7d/0x100 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04e7975>] ? vmix_alloc_buffer+0x75/0x80 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04c7ec8>] ? init_dmap+0x168/0x1e0 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04cb27b>] ? oss_audio_open_engine+0x41b/0x760 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04cb84d>] ? oss_audio_open_devfile+0x28d/0x370 [osscore] [<ffffffffa04be564>] ? oss_cdev_open+0x124/0x160 [osscore] [<ffffffff81117b1a>] ? cdev_get+0xaa/0x160 [<ffffffff81104ee9>] ? shmem_get_acl+0x49/0x90 [<ffffffff81117f58>] ? chrdev_open+0x168/0x2c0 [<ffffffff81117df0>] ? chrdev_open+0x0/0x2c0 [<ffffffff8111266f>] ? __dentry_open+0x14f/0x400 [<ffffffff8111e0ce>] ? inode_permission+0xbe/0xc0 [<ffffffff81122b2a>] ? do_filp_open+0x2ca/0xb90 [<ffffffffa04bbfc7>] ? oss_unreserve_pages+0x37/0x80 [osscore] [<ffffffff8112d83a>] ? alloc_fd+0xfa/0x140 [<ffffffff811123fa>] ? do_sys_open+0x6a/0x140 [<ffffffff81012082>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Here is the complete log: http://pastebin.com/m75da8267 Please help Regards, Gaurish Sharma

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[arch-general] anyone maintaining a fixed QGtkStyle?
by Arvid Picciani 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

Hi, i was wondering if anyone maintained a QGtkStyle for use outside gnome. Would be duplicated work and i guess i'm not the only one who uses gtk styles but not gnome. -- Arvid

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[arch-general] Yafray
by Giovanni Scafora 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Hi all, the last yafray release was the 0.0.9 version in Summer 2006. Notice that these sources aren't under development anymore. I would like replace it with yafaray 0.1.1. What do you think about? -- Arch Linux Developer http://www.archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.it

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[arch-general] [Testing] Kontact 4.3.98-1: No plugins shown
by Erwin Van de Velde 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Hi, Kontact does not show any of its plugins (kmail, korganizer, ...). It starts empty and if started from CLI, it prints: $ kontact kontact(10740)/kdecore (KSycoca) KSycocaPrivate::openDatabase: Trying to open ksycoca from "/var/tmp/kdecache-evdvelde/ksycoca4" kontact(10740)/kdecore (trader) KServiceTypeTrader::defaultOffers: KServiceTypeTrader: serviceType "Kontact/Plugin" not found kontact(10740)/kutils (KSettings::Dispatcher) KSettings::Dispatcher::registerComponent: "kontact" Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) kontact(10740)/korganizer KPIM::ReminderClient::ReminderClient: ReminderClient::ReminderClient() [evdvelde@sylvesterjr config]$ kontact(10740)/kio (Slave) KIO::Slave::createSlave: createSlave "file" for KUrl("file:///usr/share/apps/kdeui/about/kde_infopage.css") kontact(10740)/kio (KIOConnection) KIO::ConnectionServer::listenForRemote: Listening on "local:/tmp/ksocket-evdvelde/kontactE10740.slave-socket" How can I fix this? Or is this a bug in the package? Thanks in advance, Erwin

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[arch-general] Maybe a bug about diskless installation of Arch
by goodmenzy＠gmail.com 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

The shutdown script was written without thinking the diskless machine. It try to bring down the network and to do more works to clean the machine. But in diskless system, if the network is bring down, the rootfs can not be accessed anymore, so the shuting down process will dead .............. I'll fill a bug report on the archlinux.org

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[arch-general] random bug report
by Milos Negovanovic 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Hi all, root@mighty ~ # grep -r cron.pid /etc/ /etc/logrotate.d/crond: kill -HUP `cat /var/run/cron.pid` If I am not mistaken this should be crond.pid Regards Milos Negovanovic

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] devtools and db-scripts plans
by Daniel J Griffiths (Ghost1227) 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

>> - allow db-move to handle multiple packages >> (or add a script to help moving from community-testing) >> > We should kill these testing2whatever scripts and unify it completely in > db-move (including the testing2x case where the right repository is > automatically determined). Short-term it would probably suffice to > create community-testing2community. > Ask and ye shall receive. Attached is a patch db-move that incorporates the ability to handle multiple packages and cleans up the whitespaces. I know the whitespace patch should technically be separate but I had such a hard time reading db-move when I was editing it that I had to include it for my own sanity. Note: my patch hasn't been tested beyond echoing output to the screen... but it should work.

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[arch-general] kde44beta - 'virtuoso -t' grabbing ~80% of the CPU every few minutes
by David C. Rankin 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Guys, After the kde44beta install, I first notices increased fan noise every 10 minutes or so that lasts for about 4-5 minutes, then things would go back to normal. At first I just thought it was strigi catching up or so, but after a full day the CPU was still getting pegged. Looking at the processes, it is 'virtuoso -t' that is to blame. Can anyone else confirm this behavior ... and .. does anyone know of a workaround? -- 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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[arch-general] Viewing Actual Kernel Release Version
by Carlos Williams 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

I noticed today when doing a system upgrade via Pacman, it wanted to upgrade my kernel and install 'kernel26-2.6.32.7-1' however I wanted to know how this version differs from my current version kernel. When I run 'uname -r' command, I just get "2.6.32-ARCH". Can someone please tell me how I can find my exact kernel version & lastly - what happens to the old kernel? Does it get removed?

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