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[arch-general] Clone a block device using 'cat'
by Foxtrot Mike 16 Dec '17

16 Dec '17

Note: This is not an Arch related question. I tried asking this question elsewhere, but didnt get any useful response. In the past I have received very helpful responses on this mail list so I am posting this here in the hope that someone would be willing/able to help me out. Hi, I am able to telnet into a router that's running a customized linux firmware. It was compiled using 'buildroot'. I was able to dig out some specs of the router. I intend to clone the router's firmware for further study. 'dd' is not available so I tried using cat to throw the entire contents of the flash drive (mtdblock0) to my pc using netcat: Router: cat /dev/mtdblock0 | nc ip port PC: nc -lp port > routerFirmware Then on my PC I used 'binwalk' to examine the downloaded file. The result is: DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 0x0 Squashfs filesystem, little endian, non-standard signature, version 4.0, compression:gzip, size: xxxxxxx bytes, xxx inodes, blocksize: xxxxxx bytes, created: xxxx-xx-xx xx:xx:xx Seems good so far. But '# unsquash routerFlash' results in: Can't find a SQUASHFS superblock on routerFlash The most probable reason I think is that 'cat' and 'nc' are not able to clone the entire flash as I intend. I am stuck here. Any help would be appreciated! Regards.

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[arch-general] Doing a Recompile of All Packages?
by Hunter Jozwiak 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

Hi, Not sure how to pull this off effectively, but I would like to do a recompile of the system and all it's installed packages. How does one do this with the asp package, as the abs package no longer exists? I imagine that it would be something along of getting the name of all the installed packages, doing an asp checkout $packagename and then doing the makepkg song and dance, but is there a more efficient way of pulling this off? Thanks, Hunter

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[arch-general] Can't get iBus to work on GNOME
by Chorom Potro 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

Hello, I've installed GNOME on a fresh box. I can't get iBus to work. Previously I made it work in KDE. Here's what I did : pacaur -S ibus ibus-table pacaur -S base-devel --needed pacaur -S ibus-avro-git ibus-daemon -xdr Now I can't see the ibus panel or change input method. I am stuck with English only. What should I do ? Thanks, N Sent from Mailspring (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/local-e5597ad7-5c76@nirjhor-arch/0?redi…) the best free email app for work

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Re: [arch-general] Espeak in official repositories needs an overhaul
by Daniel Capella 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

I had previously looked into packaging espeak-ng (in the AUR), but it depends on the development version of pcaudiolib (espeak-ng maintains a fork that is "even" with upstream). Perhaps they can be persuaded to make a release. -- Best, polyzen

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[arch-general] Proposal: add "--disable-modern-top" to procps-ng configure flags
by Jonathon Fernyhough 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

# Background procps-ng [1] introduced a new default interface layout for `top` with version 3.3.10 which switched the "traditional" list display of processes ordered by CPU usage to a red text-based tree of processes ordered by PID (with root on 'systemd'). # Rationale The "modern" default interface: * requires user configuration to make usable; * uses low-contrast text; * is not consistent with other distros; * has caused confusion to Arch users [2]. This change would: * make `top` usable by default; * make `top` more accessible by default (high contrast text); * ease transition for new Arch users; * maintain consistency of a 'base' tool behaviour with other distros. # Precedent '--disable-modern-top' is used by Debian [3] and Fedora [4] (and hence all derivative distros). # Change See PKGBUILD attachment at https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/56639?getfile=15944 # Impact of change Default interface is reverted to "traditional" display. No effect on functionality or users with existing .toprc. Comparison screenshots are available on the Manjaro forum thread [5]. # Maintenance burden None beyond change to configure flag in PKGBUILD. # Links [1] https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps [2] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=189757 [3] https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/procps.git/tree/debian/rules#n… [4] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/procps-ng/blob/master/f/procps-ng.spec#_… [5] https://forum.manjaro.org/t/new-procps-ng-with-traditional-top-display/36119

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[arch-general] Enlightenment OOD
by Jagannathan Tiruvallur Eachambadi 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

Hi The package https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/enlightenment/ has been OOD for about a month now and it is supposed to have some nice fixes for wayland. Can a maintainer please update it if possible if there are no outstanding bugs or problems. Regards Jagan

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[arch-general] (no subject)
by Daniel Capella 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

https://github.com/rhdunn/pcaudiolib/issues/10 -- Best, polyzen

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[arch-general] Espeak in official repositories needs an overhaul
by Storm Dragon 09 Dec '17

09 Dec '17

Howdy, As far as I know, the original espeak project has been abandoned. I have heard the original developer passed away, but I can not confirm that one way or the other. The latest developments have been added under a fork of the project called Espeak-ng: https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng This new fork has a lot of improvements and pronounciation fixes. i wonder if it shouldn't be the one in the official repos now. Thanks Storm -- Powered by Arch Linux! I am registered Linux user number 508465: https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.tk/ get my public PGP key: gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 43DDC193 Twitter and Facebook are so ... yesteryear. Get your 2MB Social account TODAY! http://2mb.social/main/register Need a safe and easy way to backup and share files? Try Dropbox: http://db.tt/jeY50HR "To be a rock and not to roll." Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

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[arch-general] AUR and missing/unidentifiable GPG keys
by Jeanette C. 08 Dec '17

08 Dec '17

Hey hey, it has happened a couple of times now, that AUR packages' GPG keys can't be verified using aurget. Here's one example from installing the Linux realtime kernel: aurget -Sy linux-rt-bfq [copious output] patch-4.14.3-rt5.patch ... FAILED (unknown public key 4FE5E3262872E4CC) ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified! aurget is up to date, as pulled from the Github repo. I know this can be circumvented by editing the pkgbuild file and removing the verification option, but that feels wrong. Is there a systematic way to update the relevant keys? As for other packages that did - or still do - suffer from this issue, there's certainly wine. Best wishes and TIA, Jeanette -------- * website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeanette_c Open my eyes, I look deep inside, I run away... <3 (Britney Spears)

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[arch-general] TPlink Touch P5 network printer
by Junayeed Ahnaf 08 Dec '17

08 Dec '17

Hi, I know it's unlikely (TP link representitive said it's impossible) but is there any way I can add a printer that is connected to my Tp Link Touch P5 router? It's possible in Mac and Windows but is it possible in Arch ? Here is<https://link.getmailspring.com/link/local-f45e4afb-3607@nirjhor-arch/0?redi…> the process for those OS. Thanks- Nirjhor Twitter - @Nirjhor<https://link.getmailspring.com/link/local-f45e4afb-3607@nirjhor-arch/1?redi…> Sent from Mailspring<https://link.getmailspring.com/link/local-f45e4afb-3607@nirjhor-arch/2?redi…>, the best free email app for work

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