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

[arch-general] Pacman fails to update?
by Martín Cigorraga 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Hi guys, I'm having this rare issue: several days ago I installed some things from [Testing] and because I don't wanna screw-up my system I turned it off. Since then, every day I check for updates -roughly 10 days more or less- pacman keeps telling it's all up-to-date while I know there's nearly everyday an update while not within several hours, at least in my system with what I have installed. Also I was using packer (a community tool to deal with AUR) which keeps telling some installed packages (14) were newer than those found in theire repos (not from AUR but from extra and community rpositories). Today I downloaded latest mirrorlist, did a # pacman -Syy && pacman -Suu and gave system is up-to-date which is in fact very strange, I mean, come on, there wasn't any updates in all these days? I don't think so :p But the weirdest thing is afeter issue those orders I did a $ packer -Syu to update AUR packages and guess what? I remember I had something like 140 packages installed from AUR but this time packer wanted to check for 1272 packages lol The weirdest thing? I can't install ABS, as you hear it, pacman can't found it in extra (or community or wherever it resides). So the million question here is: is there *any* way to initialize whole pacman and it local repositories cache? I think of it as the last resort to may be fix this. Thanks!

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[arch-general] mandriva beat us to a new version
by Caleb Cushing 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

of perl http://jquelin.blogspot.com/2010/07/perls-state-in-mandriva-cooker.html how embarrassing. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.com

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[arch-general] Arch forum closed for maintenance?
by dhave 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

I guess I'm enough of an addict to Arch info that not having access to the Arch forum for a few minutes is like Humphrey Bogart having to go without a cigarette after a nice meal. Is the forum presently down for maintenance? I get a request for a logon and password, and when I supply these (perhaps unwisely, if the forum is being hacked), I still don't get logged on. I'm assuming it's legitimate downtime for maintenance, but I haven't seen an announcement. Does anybody know?

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Re: [arch-general] how to listen to internet radio?
by nblock＠archlinux.us 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

> Is there any good native linux app for streaming online radio? I > prefer shoutcast. > Thanks vlc it also comes with a precompiled list of icecast streams (navigation -> playlist -> Internet) greetings -- bbs: nblock aur: notizblock

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[arch-general] makepkg and md5/sha1/etc
by Magnus Therning 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

makepkg has support for using hashes besides md5, but is there a way to get 'makepkg -g' to generate any hashes besides md5? Based on what I found in makepkg.conf(5) I modified the variable INTEGRITY_CHECK, both in ~/.makepkg.conf and /etc/makepkg.conf. But neither had any effect, 'makepkg -g' still insisted on generating md5 hashes. In the end this isn't very important, I'm just curious. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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[arch-general] donate for the improvement and development
by Dmitry Korzhevin 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Is there any site which listed the current Arch Linux project objectives, on which user can donate development or improvement of this tasks? - -- Best regards, Dmitry Korzhevin Tel: +38 (039) 295-0000 Office Phone: +38 (044) 383-14-12 E-mail: dkorzhevin(a)lsupport.net Jabber ID: dkorzhevin(a)lsupport.net Skype: dkorzhevin URL: http://lsupport.net Linux Support LLC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMQj6GAAoJEGuRMpfwJUbRnksH/jJwCFrHZiu5wfBhAYKYtcN2 6JBe+6EIVfmKmJGzvUhD2MVTwcjajIGC3oXq8ekVrxV+sH/QheGxGX+QRleJvfxb 1aK0n0zyiYnz8OXEleGgNYqqwsy/ccFiPndH/4rv4YX3Ttm5EZODwq/dVJ9/O6qg Zp32Yn1UbNkHiwnendRTS1Ig5vcbWXuPFr/obST2jPViK1Yj4EMk6nfjN2sQouRd yJQEJLqOSvlu7pCWckewANGQ7pYQbB1OSGAdEMs5kC9+Ludt5zTlJs0bxj1cD7/g /7M0bc4lSU1gqykcLetCuWXbMkbXQC9bhBrhwbnA/q05s66NFgxpSDbhHSzk7pk= =tSai -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] where is vga_switcheroo?
by Matthew Monaco 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

matt@office ~$ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i switch CONFIG_VGA_SWITCHEROO=y matt@office ~$ uname -a Linux office 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 5 22:12:11 CEST 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux matt@office ~$ ls /sys/kernel/debug/ bdi dri hid mce tracing usb x86 gpio sched_features I'm expecting there to be a vgaswitcheroo directory here so I can perform GPU switching.

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[arch-general] yaourt: aur-tovid-svn/./PKGBUILD: line 34: ./bootstrap: No such file or directory
by Joe(theWordy)Philbrook 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

I tried to install the svn version of tovid from the aur with yaourt... Something went wrong. I looked in the terminal buffer and found this line: /tmp/yaourt-tmp-jtwdyp/aur-tovid-svn/./PKGBUILD: line 34: ./bootstrap: No such file or directory Yet the process ended like this: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y checking package integrity... (1/1) installing tovid-svn [############################] 100% ==> Checking vote status for tovid-svn You have to create ~/.config/aurvote with inside: user=YOUR_AUR_USERNAME pass=YOUR_AUR_PASS To create a new account just go to: http://aur.archlinux.org/account.php JtWdyP -> /home/jtwdyp > which tovid which: no tovid in (/home/jtwdyp/bin1st:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/perlbin/site:/usr/bin/perlbin/vendor:/usr/bin/perlbin/core:/home/jtwdyp/bin:/home/jtwdyp/bin2nd) JtWdyP -> /home/jtwdyp > which tovid-svn which: no tovid-svn in (/home/jtwdyp/bin1st:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/perlbin/site:/usr/bin/perlbin/vendor:/usr/bin/perlbin/core:/home/jtwdyp/bin:/home/jtwdyp/bin2nd) JtWdyP -> /home/jtwdyp > yaourt -Ss tovid-svn aur/tovid-svn 2619-1 [3265-1 installed] (26) A suite of utilities designed to make VCD, SVCD, and DVD authoring a little less painful JtWdyP -> /home/jtwdyp > The complete terminal buffer text of the process is pasted below... I note that my first installation attempt failed because I hadn't installed subversion (which should have been a dependency???) And the command svn wasn't found... One odd thing. The last time I used yaourt once prior to this, once the package was compiled, it wanted my root password to finish the install. This time yaourt never asked for it??? What am I doing wrong??? -- | ~^~ ~^~ | <?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | \___/ <<jtwdyp(a)ttlc.net>> JtWdyP -> /home/jtwdyp > yaourt -S tovid-svn ==> Downloading tovid-svn PKGBUILD from AUR... bsdtar: Removing leading '/' from member names x PKGBUILD First Submitted: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:08:16 +0000 tovid-svn 2619-1 : A suite of utilities designed to make VCD, SVCD, and DVD authoring a little less painful ( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! ) ==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort) ==> ------------------------------------ ==> n ==> tovid-svn dependencies: - mplayer (already installed) - mjpegtools (already installed) - ffmpeg (already installed) - python (already installed) - wxpython (already installed) - cairo (already installed) - pycairo (already installed) - imagemagick (already installed) - dvdauthor (already installed) - dvd+rw-tools (already installed) - vcdimager (already installed) - transcode (already installed) - sox (already installed) - normalize (already installed) - pil (already installed) - txt2tags (already installed) ==> Continue building tovid-svn ? [Y/n] ==> ----------------------------------- ==> ==> Building and installing package ==> Determining latest svn revision... -> Version found: 3265 ==> Making package: tovid-svn 3265-1 (Wed Jul 28 16:46:32 EDT 2010) ==> Checking Runtime Dependencies... ==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies... ==> Retrieving Sources... ==> Extracting Sources... ==> Entering fakeroot environment... ==> Starting build()... 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libraries... ==> Creating package... -> Generating .PKGINFO file... -> Compressing package... ==> Leaving fakeroot environment. ==> Finished making: tovid-svn 3265-1 (Wed Jul 28 16:46:39 EDT 2010) ==> Continue installing tovid-svn ? [Y/n] ==> [v]iew package contents [c]heck package with namcap ==> --------------------------------------------------- ==> v ==> Continue installing tovid-svn ? [Y/n] ==> [v]iew package contents [c]heck package with namcap ==> --------------------------------------------------- ==> y resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets (1): tovid-svn-3265-1 Total Download Size: 0.00 MB Total Installed Size: 0.00 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y checking package integrity... (1/1) installing tovid-svn [############################] 100% ==> Checking vote status for tovid-svn You have to create ~/.config/aurvote with inside: user=YOUR_AUR_USERNAME pass=YOUR_AUR_PASS To create a new account just go to: http://aur.archlinux.org/account.php JtWdyP -> /home/jtwdyp > which tovid which: no tovid in (/home/jtwdyp/bin1st:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/perlbin/site:/usr/bin/perlbin/vendor:/usr/bin/perlbin/core:/home/jtwdyp/bin:/home/jtwdyp/bin2nd) JtWdyP -> /home/jtwdyp > which tovid-svn which: no tovid-svn in (/home/jtwdyp/bin1st:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/perlbin/site:/usr/bin/perlbin/vendor:/usr/bin/perlbin/core:/home/jtwdyp/bin:/home/jtwdyp/bin2nd) JtWdyP -> /home/jtwdyp > yaourt -Ss tovid-svn aur/tovid-svn 2619-1 [3265-1 installed] (26) A suite of utilities designed to make VCD, SVCD, and DVD authoring a little less painful JtWdyP -> /home/jtwdyp >

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[arch-general] How to change gdm greeter theme?
by David C. Rankin 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

Guys, This used to be easy with gdmsetup, but in gdm 2.30 -- that's gone. I've been to the gnome sites, I've googled it, I've looked through the gdm package and I'm stumped. -- What's the trick? Do the themes for the older version of the greeter even work anymore? If so, how? -- 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] WARNING: KDE 4.5 RC3 in [testing]
by Andrea Scarpino 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

On Tuesday 27 July 2010 17:54:00 you wrote: > Any idea if this will be fixed by the time > of the final release or will Ruby not be an option in 4.5? (Or will be > required to use ruby 1.8 if we want ruby bindings?) Well, I do not think that this will be fixed in 4.5. (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243565) You should be able to install ruby 1.8 and create a kdebindings-ruby package. You can use the current kdebindings PKGBUILD to build *only* the ruby bindings. Thanks for the feedback. Best regards. -- andreascarpino.it Arch Linux Developer

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