June 2012 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] grub/grub2 final
by Keshav P R 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre(a)archlinux.de> wrote: > Am 24.06.2012 22:54, schrieb Ionut Biru: >> On 06/24/2012 11:37 PM, Ronald van Haren wrote: >>> sorry I meant pkgbase >>> >>> Ronald >>> >> >> it's fine to have pkgbase=grub. > > I fear it's not as grub already has this pkgbase. They have to be > unique and also refer to their name in the svn repo. pacman itself does > not care about pkgbase though. > This can be solved by renaming grub(1) to grub-legacy and current grub2 to grub. - Keshav > -- > Pierre Schmitz, https://pierre-schmitz.com

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] grub/grub2 final
by Genes MailLists 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

On 06/24/2012 03:51 PM, Ronald van Haren wrote: .. > > I'll be pushing grub2 rc1 to [testing] in a moment if you want to give > it a try. Final 2.00 release should be in one of the next days. > > Cheers, > Ronald > [replying in arch-general] Is there anything special that users of [testing] need to do to keep things booting ok (UEFI and/or BIOS)? Or is a simple pacman -Syu sufficient? Thanks gene

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[arch-general] Server space to host Arch TDE binaries for testing?
by David C. Rankin 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

All, (kaiting), Does anyone have server space available to host Trinity binaries for Arch for testing? Currently the size requirements for TDE binaries is ~270 Meg per architecture (~540 M for both i686 & x86_64). The package list currently building on Arch is here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Trinity#Completed_Packages_-_14.0.0_de… If you have an interest in building/testing, let me know and I'll package a set of source packages (PKGBUILD's + patches) and make them available. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] icedtea-web should have provides (?)
by Marek Otahal 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Hi, for bloom-facebook package I need to ensure a dependency that runs java applets and WebStart. This is provided by icedtea-web-java7 (for openjdk7), icedtea-web (openjdk6) and probably part of JRE (Oracle/Sun Java). Could there be some provides say 'java-webstart' for these packages so I needn't to force a specific java version/provider on users? Like the situation with 'java-runtime', you get the idea.. Any solutions? Thanks, Mark -- Marek Otahal :o)

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[arch-general] nvidia 295.59-1 dmesg output
by gt 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Hey guys, after upgrading to 295.59 from 295.53, i am seeing the following in the dmesg output: NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. Any idea what this is about. Seems to be about the framebuffer driver. But earlier no configuration was needed for that. Moreover the virtual console seems to be working fine. Anyone else got a similar message in the log?

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[arch-general] k3b/cdrecord problem burning dual layer disc
by gt 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Hey folks A few days ago i was trying to burn an iso to a dual layer dvd, but i got an i/o error. Thankfully though the burn failed, but it spared the disc :) I tried downgrading cdrtools but that didn't fix it either. I found out that the iso was about 4200 MB in size and apparently trying to burn it to a dual layer dvd gave me the error. I tried burning a larger iso, about 6500 MB to the same disc and it went fine. Also burning the smaller iso to a single layer dvd went fine too. So there was no problem with the iso. So, i think there's a bug in cdrecord or maybe k3b? Trying to burn a single layer dvd sized iso to a double layer dvd fails. Can others confirm the same?

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[arch-general] Campaign against Secure Boot
by Manolo Martínez 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Is Arch going to sign [this petition](http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/state… I, for one humble user, would like it (us, whatever) to. Manolo --

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[arch-general] soft_irq_pending
by Arno Gaboury 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Dear list, I boot in runlevel 3, *Kernel 3.4.4-2*. When I am at the login prompt, I can see this: magnolia login [ here is a number] NOHZ= *local_softirq_pending 08*. Pressing Enter give me back the login prompt, and then I can log and startx. I find this message in my *var/log/kernel.log* file too. Is there anything I can do? This is new, and think (not sure) it appeared after upgrading to 3.4.4-2. TY.

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[arch-general] What replaced tunepimp for lookup - if anything?
by David C. Rankin 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Guys, tpowa used to support the tunepimp package that is/was used by amarok for music lookup, etc.. That package has been dropped. It wont even build currently (probably gcc 4.7.1 issues) I need to figure out what if anything replaced it. Was it replaced by anything or just dropped? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Booting archlinux .iso to take a look
by Chris Jones 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

I am a long-time debian user. Is there an Archlinux live environment available anywhere so I can take a look round without installing AL to my hard drive..? I created a grub menu entry for ‘archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso’ and booted successfully.. but afaict.. it only lets me run the installer. I must be missing something.. CJ -- ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!

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