March 2011 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] wiki - Add a border to Template:Article summary start ?
by David C. Rankin 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Guys, I was working with Template:Article summary start code for the wiki trying to come up with a way to further define it on the page so you don't end up with it appearing to float transparently over the wiki content toward the bottom of the summary -- especially when there is a line of code that intersects it. Where you have a line of code that crosses the summary, the dashed border for the code just seems to disappear under the background of the summary. I tried color and different combinations of border and think I have hit on something I like better. I've added a border and adjusted the padding slightly. Since changing the summary template changes the look of all pages, I thought I would just pass along the code for Template:Article summary start for you guys to consider rather than changing it on the wiki. <noinclude>{{Template}} '''See [[Writing Article Overviews]] for usage instructions.'''</noinclude><includeonly>{| style="margin-left: 8px; padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px; border: 3px ridge #AFB1B5; border-spacing: 0px 4px; float: right; clear: right; width: 25%" cellpadding="0" |- style="text-align: center" ! style="background: #333; color: white; padding: 3px" | '''{{{1|Summary}}}'''</includeonly> I have a preview on my mediawiki that I setup as a sandbox to keep from destroying the Archwiki with my edits... You can take a look at the proposed border and padding here: http://www.3111skyline.com/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page If the consensus is you like it, then I can update the template. If you don't - we'll just nix the idea. Nothing ventured nothing gained... Even if you don't like the border, then consider the padding change: padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px; It adds just a bit of slenderness to the content beneath the headings. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26-lts - 2.6.32.31-1
by Andreas Radke 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Minor upstream update fixing the build breaker in .30 the proper way. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.stable/5576 Please signoff. -Andy

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[arch-general] Arch Translation Day, vol 2
by Dan Vrátil 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hi, the Arch Translation Day was mentioned last month on arch-events ml [1], but really, who reads it :) And because last month not many people participated (because of exam period) we decided to give it another shot when more people might have time. Here in Czech republic we have quite a huge and strong community of Arch users and there is also considerable amount of people who don't speak English well enough to fully understand some articles. Thefore we decided to do Arch Translation Day and translate the most important articles to Czech. Of course, there's no need to make an event in order to create new translations and improve wiki, but massive action will probably attract more people and the result will be better. And when this action can help to improve Czech articles on wiki, why couldn't we call it for another languages too, huh? :) The idea is quite simple: pick an wiki page in whatever language you speak and translate it to your mother language (or any other language you speak too), primary focusing on pages about important issues (beginner's guide, official installation guide, articles about DEs, graphic drivers etc). The event will happen this weekend (5th-6th), and we hope that the result will be the Best Distribution Wiki(tm). Happy translating :)) PS: Pierre mentioned inter-wiki setup, but first someone would have to do it (and I belive only devs can?). When this is set up, it's no problem to migrate the articles to their respective wikis. Dan [1] http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-events/2011-January/000358.html

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[arch-general] 2010.05 iso images problem?
by didier gaumet 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hi guys, I have downloaded a 2010.05 x86_64 core iso image from http://mir.archlinux.fr/iso/ and verified its sha1sum. After installation, I end up with a 2.6.37 kernel (out in 2011.01) with no modules (2.6.27 and 2.6.33 modules are available). http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/iso/ has the same sha1sum for this iso. Is there not a problem with these images? Right now I am updating this Archlinux installation from a Debian chroot, so it is not a blocking problem, but out of curiosity, I would like to know. Thanks, Didier.

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[arch-general] knotify4 is eating 90%+ of the CPU in gnome - can it be reniced or something?
by David C. Rankin 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Guys, Running Gnome, knotify 4 is killing my system. From top, it is taking over 90% of the cpu: 13123 david 20 0 155m 40m 17m S 91 1.3 60:06.32 knotify4 Can this 'feature' be turned off when I'm in a desktop other than kde4? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] audio skipping frequently with vlc
by Matthew Monaco 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

I recently noticed then when playing DVDs and other audio files through VLC that the audio skips frequently. It doesn't get out of sync, just goes mute for a split second. I tried the past few versions of VLC but it still happens, so I guess it's one of the dependencies, but I'm not sure which. Has anyone noticed/fixed this?

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[arch-general] New repository locations for Trinity svn
by David C. Rankin 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

All, Just an update on the repo locations for Trinity svn. Kaiting has provided space outside of /home for the packages. The new urls are: http://www.kiwilight.com/trinity/i686/ http://www.kiwilight.com/trinity/x86_64/ Please update your pacman.conf if you have added the repositories. Let me know if you have any problems with the new locations. Thanks. I have updated the locations on the wiki. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26-lts - 2.6.32.30-1
by Andreas Radke 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Upstream update with security fixes. Breaks build on x86_64. I had to revert one single patch for x86_64. more about the breaker: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1107677 Please give signoffs quickly. -Andy

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[arch-general] qemu-kvm vs. qemu upstream
by C Anthony Risinger 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > > If this is virtualbox specific, I'd try qemu-kvm. hey, i was just trying to get a concrete answer about this the other day, so maybe you can clarify because i keep reading conflicting and/or outdated information. AFAICS, qemu-kvm is still _different_ from upstream kvm support in qemu, correct? i tried rebuilding qemu several times, ensuring i had all the options i wanted (SPICE/kvm/etc) and i was getting absolutely <expletive deleted> performance -- switch to qemu-kvm and she's blazing again, yet many places seem to suggest they are one and the same. i see they definitely have different sources, but would you/anyone care to elaborate on the relationship? C Anthony

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[arch-general] Contributing to netcfg
by Ng Oon-Ee 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hi all, I'm not a coder, but I've written up .service files (for systemd) for netcfg, specifically for net-auto-wired and net-auto-wireless. I have not done the same for net-profiles and net-rename. I was thinking to submit those two files upstream to netcfg development, but I can't seem to find the appropriate place. Should I just make a bug report? For clarification, having these .service files just enables netcfg to be run natively on a systemd system, does not affect the system otherwise (they'd never be called).

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