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[arch-general] remove obsolete Xorg components ?
by Lone_Wolf 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

Hi, On xorg-devel mailing list[1] I noticed several components were mentioned that were no longer used and checked if archlinux still packaged them. If desired I can create bug reports for them, but since this concerns multiple packages I felt it was better to post here first . List of obsolete components mentioned in [1] and whether archlinux has them - xf86miscproto yes, in xorgproto package - libxxf86misc yes - libxevie nope - xf86dgaproto yes, in xorgproto package - libxxf86dga yes - libxkbui yes - libdmx [1] mentions that it can be useful if you built xorg-server with dmx support archlinux does that, but are there real users of DmX ? Lone_Wolf [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/xorg-devel@lists.x.org/msg57422.html

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[arch-general] amdgpu: blank screen on Radeon RX 460
by Bjoern Franke 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

Hi, since some updates in the last days - I have not found out yet which one caused it - my Radeon RX 460[1] only shows a blank screen after starting lightdm and also switching to terminal is not possible. As a workaround booting with "amdgpu.dc=0" helps - but then audio via HDMI is broken. The issue appeared once some months ago, but after wondering why audio is broken I removed "amdgpu.dc=0" and everything went smooth - until now. I've searched through the BBS and amdgpu bugreports, tested some kernel commandline parameters like amdgpu.gpu_recovery=1, switching to DRI "2", but no solution yet. Does somebody else have a similar gpu and experiences a similar issue? Best regards Bjoern [1] 07:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Baffin [Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X] (rev cf)

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[arch-general] rclone and dropbox
by Jude DaShiell 13 Dec '19

13 Dec '19

did anyone ever manage to link their computer to a dropbox account using rclone? The package returns a bogus url to open that's supposed to finish the linking but that url always returns error 404. --

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[arch-general] Tenda Nova MW6
by Frank 13 Dec '19

13 Dec '19

Good morning, i realise this is not an Arch specific topic but hope you can help me here. I just acquired a Tenda Nova MW6 Mesh Wifi system and having troubles with the 2.4 GHz band. It was fine after initial setup, but after about an hour the printer is no longer able to connect (HP OfficeJet Pro 8620). My laptop (Thinkpad X201) connects but has issues with DNS. The Tenda system connects via LAN to my ISPs router and spans its own network with new subnet mask. I can ping my router and access it's management site with the IP address from a browser but not by it's web address (speedport.ip). My ISP router is a Speedport W 724V from Deutsche Telekom. Any ideas where I need to look at? Thanks Frank

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[arch-general] Failed to start Spamassassin daemon -- after update to spamassassin-3.4.3-1?
by David C. Rankin 13 Dec '19

13 Dec '19

warning: /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf installed as /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf.pacnew Detected compiled rules, running sa-compile... Checking a diff on local.cf and local.cf.pacnew, the only non-comment changes was that the razor config isn't present in the new config (which would be expected) Spamassassin was running fine prior to update: sc status spamassassin ● spamassassin.service - Spamassassin daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/spamassassin.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-12-12 11:30:58 CST; 13h ago Main PID: 695 (spamd) Tasks: 3 (limit: 38474) Memory: 95.0M CGroup: /system.slice/spamassassin.service ├─695 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/bin/vendor_perl/spamd -x -u spamd -g spamd ├─833 spamd child └─834 spamd child Dec 12 11:30:58 valkyrie systemd[1]: Started Spamassassin daemon. Dec 12 11:31:05 valkyrie spamd[695]: spamd: server started on IO::Socket::IP [::1]:783, IO::Socket::IP [127.0.0.1]> Dec 12 11:31:05 valkyrie spamd[695]: spamd: server pid: 695 Dec 12 11:31:05 valkyrie spamd[695]: spamd: server successfully spawned child process, pid 833 Dec 12 11:31:05 valkyrie spamd[695]: spamd: server successfully spawned child process, pid 834 Dec 12 11:31:05 valkyrie spamd[695]: prefork: child states: IS Dec 12 11:31:05 valkyrie spamd[695]: prefork: child states: II Following update and systemctl daemon-reload, and restart of spamassassin, spamassassin fails to start: sc status spamassassin ● spamassassin.service - Spamassassin daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/spamassassin.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2019-12-13 01:18:23 CST; 1s ago Process: 6849 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vendor_perl/spamd -x -u spamd -g spamd (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) Main PID: 6849 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) Dec 13 01:18:23 valkyrie systemd[1]: spamassassin.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. Dec 13 01:18:23 valkyrie systemd[1]: Stopped Spamassassin daemon. Dec 13 01:18:23 valkyrie systemd[1]: spamassassin.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Dec 13 01:18:23 valkyrie systemd[1]: spamassassin.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 13 01:18:23 valkyrie systemd[1]: Failed to start Spamassassin daemon. Has anyone else seen this? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Firefox "stalling" behaviour
by Paul Hart 10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

Hi, I'd really like to use the Firefox browser (currently using Iridium), but I'm seeing a strange behavior where it "stalls" intermittently. The rendering engine seems to randomly pause activity (i.e. not responsive to scrolling input), and these pauses can last for several seconds. It also appears to affect video playback. I haven't knowingly done anything with my user settings that would cause this to happen; I have a few add-ons, but they should all be well-behaved (1PasswordX, Facebook Container, Multi-account Container, uBlock Origin). Has anyone seen this and figured out a solution? Thanks, Paul

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[arch-general] Firefox-71.0-1 breaks WhatsApp Web
by Oon-Ee Ng 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

After the update I can't seem to load WhatsApp Web. If I already logged in (using the QR code) it just doesn't load and eventually displays the 'connecting to WhatsApp' message which typically happens when the phone is offline. If I haven't logged in it will try to load the QR code for authentication and wait for that forever. The console shows the following:- Content Security Policy: Directive ‘child-src’ has been deprecated. Please use directive ‘worker-src’ to control workers, or directive ‘frame-src’ to control frames respectively. Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss:// web.whatsapp.com/ws. app.fff9477f997fa1246faf.js:2:783554 Chromium on the same machine has no such issues.

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[arch-general] pacman has nothing to do last 5 days
by mick howe 08 Dec '19

08 Dec '19

For the last five days or so it reports nothing to do:- [mick@cave ~]$ pacman -Syyuu :: Synchronizing package databases... core 135.1 KiB 938 KiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100% extra 1647.8 KiB 2.68 MiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100% community 4.7 MiB 2.66 MiB/s 00:02 [######################] 100% multilib 164.2 KiB 2.97 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100% :: Starting full system upgrade... there is nothing to do [mick@cave ~]$ This is the first time in around 10 years of running Arch this has happened, has some thing changed in pacman that I missed?

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[arch-general] Note: Latest bind-9 update removes root.hints - fails to start with old configs
by David C. Rankin 07 Dec '19

07 Dec '19

All, Just a note to anyone running bind-9 for name resolution, the old configs containing root.hints now results in named failing to start with: Dec 06 14:53:02 phoinix named[455]: could not configure root hints from 'root.hint': file not found Dec 06 14:53:02 phoinix named[455]: loading configuration: file not found Dec 06 14:53:02 phoinix named[455]: exiting (due to fatal error) The solution is just to comment out the old dummy zone relying on root.hints (I'm sure I recall a note about this some time about, but now it is official). Quickfix: // zone "." IN { // type hint; // file "root.hint"; // }; -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Wifi challenge with new Lenovo Yoga C740
by Leo Noordhuizen 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

(nb - I did post this question also on Reddit) So I decided to replace my aging ASUS laptop with a shiny new one. After long considerations and lurking in various places I decided to go for this - not very cheap - one. One of the reasons is that I this time intend not to remove Windows and keep the possibility to occasionally boot into Windows, My long experience (> 40 years with various kinds of ***x such as Unix, Ultrix and Linux) doesnt prevent me from encountering a challenge now and then. Maybe I am getting too old ? :) Anyway - the challenge: I seem not to be able to get Wifi working when booted from the Arch installation image. Wifi works fine with Windows, but also with the live image of Ubuntu 19.10. Also Manjoro doesnt see wifi when starting 'wifi-menu'. However, just as in Ubuntu, the driver 'iwlwifi' has been loaded... (The wifi in this laptop is Intel) I would love to get some pointers what to change to get this working, otherwise Ill return the laptop and look for a more cooperating one. Thanks a lot in advance. Leo Noordhuizen - Eindhoven - The Netherlands

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