July 2019 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] NFS server question
by Genes Lists 13 Sep '19

13 Sep '19

All: For client tracking and recovery on reboots NFS provides some mechanisms. My understanding is that nfsdcld is considered replaced by nfsdcltrack. However, while there is a system service unit for nfsdcld there is nothing for nfsdcltrack. The binary for both is available. Only the systemd service file is missing. Further nfs-server service file hardcodes nfsdcld with no option to use nfsdcltrack instead. What is the modern preferred way for the server to do client tracking? Thanks, gene

1 1

[arch-general] External monitors are no longer detected (Intel graphics)
by Bennett Piater 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

Hi, I'm using a Thinkpad T450s with Intel graphics. Yesterday, I could no longer connect external monitors via miniDP. They were not detected at all, either by xrandr in i3 or by sway (wayland). I didn't have time to dig out a VGA cable and try that, so I cannot rule out physical damage yet - I did try 2 monitors with different cables, both of which work with my wife's Thinkpad. Since wayland doesn't make a difference, I'm thinking maybe something broke with the (my?) drivers? Is there any other possibility apart from physical damage, and what do I try next? Cheers, Bennett

12 28

[arch-general] How to connect to iOS DCIM/APPLE* folders for copying items to the Linux PC
by Ralf Mardorf 16 Aug '19

16 Aug '19

Hi, is there a way to get access to the DCIM/APPLE* folders on an iOS device, without the need to install GVFS? Would it be possible with an app that depends on GVFS? If I follow https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IOS#Manual_mounting it works for user apps [1], but it fails for system apps [2]. Without rebooting the device, it still works for user apps, after it failed for system apps [3]. I'm even not sure if any listed system app has got anything to do with the DCIM/APPLE* folders. Until today I used Windows 7 running as a VirtualBox guest, to get access to those folders. iTunes file sharing still works, but access to DCIM/APPLE* folders doesn't allow to copy all items anymore. I likely could workaround this issue by moving photos and videos to another user app, such as Audio Share and then use iTunes file sharing, but doing so would be a PITA. Fortunately there's something good with running into this issue. Until now I launched Virtualbox to share files between my Linux DAW and iOS DAWs, but seemingly I can access the iOS DAWs by command line, no need to run Windows in a VM. I wasn't aware of this before. Regards, Ralf [1] [root@archlinux mnt]# ifuse --documents com.steinberg.cubasis /mnt/ipro_cubasis/ [root@archlinux mnt]# ifuse --documents com.wavemachinelabs.auriapro /mnt/ipro_auriapro/ [root@archlinux mnt]# ls -hAl /mnt/ipro_* /mnt/ipro_auriapro: total 18M drwxr-xr-x 51 root root 1.6K May 22 19:57 Cubasis drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 704 Mar 30 16:49 'Groove Templates' drwxr-xr-x 40 root root 1.3K Mar 30 22:16 Heartbeats.Project drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 1.1K Apr 13 11:25 'IR Files' -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17M May 11 13:26 licht_raw_1.wav drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Mar 31 09:55 Loops drwxr-xr-x 60 root root 1.9K May 24 23:43 monoceros.Project drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 416 May 23 21:39 monoceros_ragrug_TMP_BACKUP_1.Project drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 416 May 24 23:10 Presets drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 Mar 30 16:49 'Project Templates' drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 896 May 18 21:02 'Sampler Instruments' drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 192 May 22 19:57 .Trash /mnt/ipro_cubasis: total 0 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 160 May 22 08:59 Audio drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 1.0K Jan 6 22:57 Effects drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 Aug 24 2018 Inbox drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 128 Nov 28 2016 Instruments drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 192 Jun 3 2018 Midi drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 May 22 19:43 Mixdown drwxr-xr-x 41 root root 1.3K May 22 03:41 Projects drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 Apr 28 19:57 .Trash drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 May 22 19:37 Trash [2] [root@archlinux mnt]# ideviceinstaller -l -o list_system [snip] [root@archlinux mnt]# ifuse --documents com.apple.PhotosViewService /mnt/ipro_photo_and_video/ ERROR: InstallationLookupFailed [3] [root@archlinux mnt]# ifuse --documents com.kymatica.AudioShare /mnt/ipro_photo_and_video/ [root@archlinux mnt]# ls -hAl /mnt/ipro_photo_and_video/ total 740K drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 256 Mar 22 20:07 AudioLayer_since_2019-03 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 737K Mar 22 12:25 'AUM Recordings.zip' drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 Mar 22 20:06 Inbox drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 224 Apr 22 19:20 Lichtecho drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Mar 18 20:17 sample_archive_download_2019-03-18 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 192 Mar 17 22:18 sample_archive_downloads_2019-03-17 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 256 Mar 22 11:51 samples_freesound_2019-03-20 -- pacman -Q linux{,-rt{-pussytoes,-cornflower,,-securityink}}|cut -d\ -f2 5.1.3.arch1-1 5.0.14_rt9-0 5.0.10_rt7-0 5.0.7_rt5-1 4.19.37_rt19-0

2 3

[arch-general] Fractional HiDPI
by Yurii Kolesnykov 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

Hello archers, I’m looking to buy "24 4K monitor, the resolution is seems to be as twice as FullHD, but I don’t wan’t to use it as 2x, since I have bad eyes and do scaling of fonts across all desktops on my current "24 FullHD monitor anyway. But I didn’t tried a factorial DPI yet on the old one, since it definitely will look blurry. So I want to get some suggestions from community. Does Factorial screen DPI works good now across KDE and GNOME? On Arch Wiki I found only information on factorial DPI in GNOME. I know that macOS supports it well since last fall. Had anyone tried a factorial whole screen DPI? Or it will be better to stay as I’m now, just set 2x DPI for whole screen, and manually adjust font in every desktop/app/os?

3 2

[arch-general] community/radare2-cutter - enable support for python plugins
by Lukasz Gromanowski 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

Hello, would you please apply a patch to the community/radare2-cutter PKGBUILD which is available in bugtracker: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/63216?project=5&string=radare2-cutter (it is also attached to this e-mail)? Thank you! -- best regards, Lukasz

2 2

[arch-general] talkingarch
by adérito 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

Olá rafael me ajude-me a instalar o talkingarch aqui vai o meu WhatsApp: +351932614099 Me adicione-me e me mande mensagen de voz.para eu gravar o seu nÚmero. Enviado do Correio para Windows 10

1 0

[arch-general] [AURA] Problems downloading / cannot find artifact
by Peter Nabbefeld 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

Hello, when I try to download freerct-git using aura (using "aura -Aw freerct-git"), I'm just getting the following output: aura >>= Downloading `freerct-git` source tarball... But where is it saved? Cannot find the tarball or any other related artifact. Kind regards Peter

2 1

Re: [arch-general] talkingarch
by Rafael Fontenelle 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

Olá, Adérito. Traduzi a página sobre TalkingArch no wiki do Arch Linux para sua comodidade: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TalkingArch_(Português) Você pode encontrar mais informações sobre acessibilidade no Arch Linux em: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acessibilidade Para o guia oficial de instalação do Arch Linux, leia em: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Guia_de_instalação Para contato em português com outros usuários do Arch, em sua maioria brasileiros, acesse: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comunidades_internacionais#Português Estou à disposição para o que puder lhe ajudar. ---- ENGLISH version: I translated the page about TalkingArch in the Arch Linux's wiki for your convenience: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TalkingArch_(Português) You can find more info about acessibility in Arch Linux in: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acessibilidade For the official installation guide of Arch Linux, read: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Guia_de_instalação For contact in Portuguese with other users of Arch, most of them Brazilians, see: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comunidades_internacionais#Português Let me know if I can help you somehow. Rafael Fontenelle Em dom, 28 de jul de 2019 às 09:04, adérito <aderito.carvalho(a)sapo.pt> escreveu: > > Hello how do I install talkingarch send me the commands to install talkingarch. please. > > Enviado do Correio para Windows 10 >

4 6

[arch-general] Can't change tty's since last update
by Jeanette C. 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

Hey hey, since my last update, today, I sometimes can't change ttys. Using showkey I have checked that both the alt key and the f-keys are coming through. Might this be a kernel issues. I believe I came from 5.0.x and am now on 5.2.3. May it further be an indication that my jackd settings have lead to major xruns on input, using jackd1? Does anyone have an idea, maybe even where else to look for suspects? Best wishes and thanks, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeanette_c * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c * Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeanette_c_s I'm not that innocent... <3 (Britney Spears)

4 9

[arch-general] pango 1:1.44-1 Renders Bitmap Fonts as Boxes.
by Ralph Corderoy 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

Hi, To save others' time, on upgrading to pango 1:1.44-1 today my terminal emulator and other programs displayed empty boxes instead of bitmap-font glyphs. This is due to deliberate dropping of support by Pango. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/issues/386 I don't think xterm(1) uses Pango given ldd(1)'s output, and it's happily displaying nice crisp glyphs. -- Cheers, Ralph.

6 9

Re: [arch-general] talking arch
by NTS 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

Dear Adérito, Arch Linux is, by design, a Linux distribution specifically for advanced Linux users, not for beginners. Therefore, the installation is more difficult (but also more flexible, if you know what you are doing). I assume that in the talkingarch variant this is similar, or the same - difficult for beginners of Linux. I also understand that you still wish to try out this Linux variant, and once it is installed this will be easier than it is now. It would perhaps be useful to find a user of Arch Linux locally, in your city, who can assist you during installation. There are Arch Linux user groups in many cities around the world. Kind regards, NTS On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 12:04, adérito <aderito.carvalho(a)sapo.pt> wrote: > > Hello, how do I install talkingarch send me the commands or make the install script easier. > > Enviado do Correio para Windows 10 >

3 4

[arch-general] talking arch
by adérito 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Hello, how do I install talkingarch send me the commands or make the install script easier. Enviado do Correio para Windows 10

1 0

[arch-general] Solutions to avoid strange gnome-control-center crash
by leoutation＠gmx.fr 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Hi Yesterday, i tested Gnome 3.32 for a friend. I would like to point out that Gnome-control-center crashes. I discovered it was because of Connman running. Solution 1 : stop temporarily Connman Solution 2 : replace Connman with Network-Manager This bug has been reported upstream 6 months ago https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/issues/342 -- Best regards Maderios

1 0

Re: [arch-general] talkingarch
by Justin Capella 28 Jul '19

28 Jul '19

https://talkingarch.tk/tutorials/TalkingArch%20Tutorial%20-%20Basic%20Insta… Is a link to audio instructions. On Sun, Jul 28, 2019, 5:04 AM adérito <aderito.carvalho(a)sapo.pt> wrote: > Hello how do I install talkingarch send me the commands to install > talkingarch. please. > > Enviado do Correio para Windows 10 > >

2 1

Re: [arch-general] talkingarch
by Ralph Corderoy 28 Jul '19

28 Jul '19

Hi adérito, > how do I install talkingarch Have you seen https://talkingarch.tk/ ? The ‘Contact Us’ page there mentions emailing support(a)talkingarch.tk There's also the https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TalkingArch page -- Cheers, Ralph.

1 0

[arch-general] talkingarch
by adérito 28 Jul '19

28 Jul '19

Hello how do I install talkingarch send me the commands to install talkingarch. please. Enviado do Correio para Windows 10

1 0

[arch-general] Remove Clisp from repository
by Gilgamesh 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Hello, firstly, I don't know where I can send this message, so sorry if this is the wrong place. Clisp (an ANSI Common Lisp interpreter) hadn't received a new release since 2010-07-07 and the last update on the extra repo was on 2019-01-11, so I thought as we have others better options than Clisp, like sbcl on the extra repo, that has an active development, may be better if the Clisp package is removed from the arch repositories.

3 4

[arch-general] SQLite Session Extension
by Adam Levy 22 Jul '19

22 Jul '19

I'm using SQLite extensively for a programming project and today I noticed that sqlite is not built with the Session Extension enabled. https://www.sqlite.org/sessionintro.html https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packa… Interestingly enough, I can use the C interface for sessions without issue. But when I use the sqlite3 CLI the .session command is not available. I went ahead and rebuilt the package with the options mentioned in the first link to enable the sessions extension, and the .session command was then available. I was wondering if this was an extension that is ever likely to be enabled in the build? Also perhaps someone more knowledgeable could explain why the C interface to Sessions work, but it is not available in the CLI interface? Forgive me if this is not the proper channel. I could have messaged the maintainer Andreas Radke directly but wasn't sure of the appropriate convention for such a question. Thank you Adam Levy

2 1

[arch-general] Hardware video acceleration
by Ralf Mardorf 22 Jul '19

22 Jul '19

Hi, when playing youtube videos hardware video acceleration seems to gain absolutely nothing on my machine or I've done something wrong ;). Am I missing something? The percent values playing a youtube video with and without enhanced- h264ify are raw estimated values, based upon my impression, so I consider those values as quasi equal, the minimal difference is neglectable. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/enhanced-h264ify/ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/enhanced-h264ify/omkfmpieigblcllm… $ firefox --safe-mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqLEg0MsSMQ & top %Cpu(s): 14 us 22% Web Content 14% firefox $ firefox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqLEg0MsSMQ & top [x] Block VP8 [x] Block VP9 [x] Block AV1 %Cpu(s): 13 us 20% Web Content 15% firefox $ google-chrome-stable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqLEg0MsSMQ & top [x] Block VP8 [x] Block VP9 [x] Block AV1 %Cpu(s): 8 us 14% chrome 13% chrome [ ] Block VP8 [ ] Block VP9 [ ] Block AV1 %Cpu(s): 11 us 15% chrome 14% chrome $ hwinfo --cpu | grep Model | sort -u; vainfo Model: 6.60.3 "Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G1840 @ 2.80GHz" vainfo: VA-API version: 1.5 (libva 2.5.0) vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Haswell Desktop - 2.3.0 vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264StereoHigh : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264StereoHigh : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD $ uname -rvm; rtirq status 5.2.0-rt1-0-cornflower #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Thu Jul 18 09:49:07 CEST 2019 x86_64 PID CLS RTPRIO NI PRI %CPU STAT COMMAND 206 FF 90 - 130 0.0 S irq/28-xhci_hcd 207 FF 90 - 130 0.0 S irq/16-ehci_hcd 211 FF 89 - 129 0.0 S irq/23-ehci_hcd 336 FF 85 - 125 0.0 S irq/16-snd_hdsp 363 FF 80 - 120 0.0 S irq/16-snd_ice1 126 FF 50 - 90 0.0 S irq/9-acpi 138 FF 50 - 90 0.0 S irq/8-rtc0 205 FF 50 - 90 0.0 S irq/1-i8042 213 FF 50 - 90 0.0 S irq/29-ahci[000 324 FF 50 - 90 0.0 S irq/30-mei_me 325 FF 50 - 90 0.0 S irq/5-parport0 327 FF 50 - 90 0.0 S irq/18-i801_smb 338 FF 50 - 90 0.0 S irq/32-i915 387 FF 50 - 90 0.0 S irq/33-snd_hda_ 559 FF 50 - 90 0.0 S irq/31-enp3s0 9 TS - 0 19 0.4 S ksoftirqd/0 23 TS - 0 19 0.4 S ksoftirqd/1 $ pacman -Q intel-hybrid-codec-driver libva libva-utils intel-hybrid-codec-driver 2.0.0.r169.edead0c-2 libva 2.5.0-1 libva-utils 2.5.0-1 $ pacman -Q firefox google-chrome firefox 68.0.1-2 google-chrome 75.0.3770.142-1 $ pacman -Q x264 x264 2:157.r72db4377-1 Regards, Ralf -- pacman -Q linux{,-rt{-cornflower,-pussytoes,,-securityink}}|cut -d\ -f2 5.2.1.arch1-1 5.2_rt1-0 5.0.21_rt16-1 5.0.19_rt11-1 4.19.50_rt22-0

4 6

[arch-general] Proper use of signify in PKGBUILDs
by Stephen Gregoratto 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

I recently adopted the openbsd-manpages package[1], and wanted to verify downloaded files using OpenBSD's signify(1) tool. For each release of OpenBSD, you download the base public key[2], the architecture-specific files and the SHA256.sig[3] for those files. The files are verified by running: signify -Cp openbsd-65-base.pub -x SHA256.sig *.tgz The problem is that PKGBUILD thinks that the signify signature is a PGP signature, and tries to verify it against a non-existent file/PGP key. I've worked around this by renaming SHA256.sig to SHA256. Have any other packagers/maintainers experienced this problem, and if so are there any better solutions other than the one I mentioned? [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/openbsd-manpages/ [2] https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/openbsd-65-base.pub [3] https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/amd64/SHA256.sig -- Stephen Gregoratto

4 6

[arch-general] PC build for hardware video acceleration
by L. Rose 19 Jul '19

19 Jul '19

Dear community, I want to build a new CPU-focused Arch Linux PC. No requirements for GPU, except for H.265 4K decode, in decent profiles (whatever that means). What hardware is best supported by libraries like VA-API and VDPAU? Are there other relevant libraries? Which libraries are still maintained and up-to-date, which are open source? I see three options right now: 1. High-end Intel CPU (e.g. i9-9900K) w/ integrated HD 630 GPU, or 2. CPU w/o iGPU (e.g. AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X) + dedicated, low-end AMD GPU (e.g. Radeon RX 560) 3. CPU w/o iGPU and low-end NVidia GPU (e.g. GTX 1050) I couldn't find out which setup works best using the wiki and other sources. Maybe anyone could point me to the right direction? What hardware is recommended for good H.265 4K playback on GPU? Thanks in advance, kind regards, L.

4 4

[arch-general] How to get "b"-menu in Arch i3
by Ram Kumar 17 Jul '19

17 Jul '19

Hi there Archers, I am moving from manjaro i3 to Arch now, already started customizing i3 to my need. Has anyone seen how the "b-menu" in Manjaro i3 is?..it contains bluetooth, network manger etc.. binded to mod+ctrl+b keys by default. how can i get a similar one to my Arch config?.. please guide me. Thanks in advance Fellow newbie Archer Ramkumar

6 10

[arch-general] Intel Wireless AC 3165 not working on install media
by Tomás Acauan Schertel 14 Jul '19

14 Jul '19

Hi guys. I'm trying to install Arch on my new notebook, but I can't make my WiFi adapter to work. I'm following Install Guide\Wireless Network Configuration\WPA_supplicant to connect, but it's not working.. Looks like I can't set WiFi adapter UP. Does someone have this WiFi adapter working during installation? Thanks for your help. *Beste Grüße* *Tomás Schertel*

2 2

[arch-general] 5.2 kernel, Virtualbox console takes on video-mode size -- nice.
by David C. Rankin 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

All, With the 5.2 kernel, virtualbox no longer boots to the GRUB_GFXMODE, but instead boots to the video-mode-hint given to virtualbox. That is a welcomed change. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

1 0

[arch-general] Unmaintained project with active community fork - what to do with the package?
by Danila Kiver 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Hi all, please help me in handling the following situation. The bash-bats package ( https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/bash-bats ) uses the upstream repository ( https://github.com/sstephenson/bats ), which is no longer maintained by its owner ( https://github.com/sstephenson/bats/issues/150 ). Looks like the project moved to a community-maintained fork ( https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core ), which already reached version 1.1.0 and includes crucial fixes, while the original project stays untouched for a long while. What would be the correct approach here: ask the maintainer of bash-bats package to switch to the active fork, or leave this deprecated package as it is and create an AUR package for the fork? Regards, Danila Kiver.

2 1