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[arch-general] problems on installing grub on a new system
by Steve Downes 02 Apr '17

02 Apr '17

Can someone point me at what I've missed please:- I'm doing a new installation of archlinux & got as far as installing grub apparently without problem. Installing grub gives:- Failed to get canonical path of `airootfs' This means nothing to me & I can't find anything. Could use some guidance before I start again, or even better instead of starting again. Steve

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[arch-general] Removing gitolite package doesn't remove gitolite user
by Ricardo Band 02 Apr '17

02 Apr '17

Ahoi, I was removing gitolite because I fucked my setup up. When I reinstalled it to start from scratch, I ran into a problem. The /var/lib/gitolite folder wasn't created when I reinstalled the package. I found out that the gitolite user also still existed. I removed it and reinstalled gitolite. Now the directory was created like it should. I think this is a bug. When gitolite is uninstalled it should also remove the gitolite user. If the user is for some reason still needed after uninstall, another solution would be to correctly recreate the /var/lib/gitolite directory when installing the package and the gitolite user is detected. -- Greetings Ricardo Band https:// www.ricardo.band mailto:// email(a)ricardo.band

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[arch-general] install Arch on Btrfs - dual boot w10/arch - can't find vmlinuz on boot menu
by arnaud gaboury 01 Apr '17

01 Apr '17

I followed the arch install wiki to install arch alongside w10 and dual boot. (w10 was already installed). Here is a summarize of the output of fdisk: ---------------------------------------------- # fdisk -l Disk /dev/nvme0n1 /dev/nvme0n1p1........ 260M EFI System /dev/nvme0n1p3......... 186G Microsoft basic data /dev/nvme0n1p6......... 264.7G Linux filesystem -------------------------------------------------------- I formatted the Linux partition with Btrfs. In short: # mkdir /mnt/btrfs # cd /mnt/btrfs # btrfs subvolume create /mnt/home I created this way 5 subvol: ROOT, home, etc, .snapshots, development --------------------------------------------------------------------- Then generated fstab. Here I have a first doubt about how it has been done. The first line is : ------------------------------------------ #/dev/nvme0n1p6 LABEL=daffodil-root UUID=xxxyyyyy / btrfs rw,noatime,compress=lzo,ssd,subvolid=261,subvol=/ROOT,subvol=ROOT 0 0 ---------------------------------------------- ---> Question 1: why twice subvol ? Is it normal or shall I delete one? Then, still on install, I followed systemd-boot wiki. Once arch installed and chrooted, I did the following (*here I have doubts about my method*). I 1- mounted the EFI partition (/dev/nvme0n1p1) on /boot 2- bootctl --path=/boot install 3- copied the linux stuff (initramfs, vmlinuz...) on /boot. I finished with a /boot folder populated as described in systemd-boot articles. ---> Question 2 Then I wrote an enter in fstab for the vfat boot partition. I AM NOT SURE AT ALL I have to do this. Once installed finished, I rebooted. The systemd-boot menu appeared as expected, but didn't work as it was unable to find vmlinuz neither w10. ~~~~ Back to the install script, I try to fix things now. I first mounted the Linux partition in /mnt. I can see all the created btrfs subvol when running btrfs subvolume list ---------------------------- # btrfs subvolume list -p /mnt ID 261 gen 179 parent 5 top level 5 path ROOT ..... ID 267 gen 35 parent 261 top level 261 path ROOT/var/lib/machines --------------------------------------- A few questions: ------> Question 3 : why this line about systemd machines? Is it expected? ------> Question 4 : according to arch btrfs wiki, "Changing subvolume layouts is made simpler by not using the toplevel subvolume (ID=5) as /".It is not my case. How can I change this to avoid using the toplevel as / ? Thank you for your help and hints on: - why dual boot can't find OS - is my btrfs install clean

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[arch-general] [mpd+ncmpcpp] mpd hangs when manually moving forward on track, or to nex track
by Javier Vasquez 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

Hi all, If someone is familiar with mpd (user, non root) + ncmpcpp on Arch, perhaps can help me out... Whenever I move forward/backward on the same playing track (f/b), mpd just hangs, usually so hard, that mpd needs to be restarted to do anything. A workaround is to pause the track, and then move forward/backward, and then play again, most of the time that works... When playing a track, and then moving to next/prior track (>/<), then mpd hangs. To get it back alive, it's enough to stop mpd (s), and start any track (enter). The pause work around for moving forward/backward on the same track doesn't work, mpd keeps hanging, but stopping mpd (s), and starting any track (enter) works. Stopping mpd (s), to move to the next track as a work around doesn't work, given there's no current track playing, therefore mpd can find the next... So it's sort of weird that moving around where to play mpd, kinds of makes it hang... BTW, I have 2 mpd outputs, the pulse output but also a visual fifo, however by keeping only the pulse audio doesn't help, so It's not related to the visual fifo... Any hint would be appreciated... Thanks a lot, -- Javier

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[arch-general] Trouble with QEMU GPU Passthrough via OVMF
by Maxence Sartiaux 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Hello, I'm currently working to setup a windows virtual machine with gpu passthrough on my archlinux host. So at first i created a basic VM with a custom qemu command and it work great. qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 8192 -cpu host,kvm=off,hv_relaxed,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_vapic,hv_time,hv_vendor_id=whatever\ -smp cores=4,threads=2\ -device vfio-pci,host=02:00.0,x-vga=on\ -device vfio-pci,host=02:00.1\ -vga none\ -soundhw hda\ -drive file=/dev/sdb,id=diska,format=raw\ -drive file=/dev/sdd,id=diskb,format=raw\ -cdrom /dev/sr0\ -usb -usbdevice host:1b1c:1b13\ -usbdevice host:1b1c:1b12\ -usbdevice host:1b1c:1c08\ -usbdevice host:046d:0a1f\ -usbdevice host:28de:1142 Today i would to go use virt-manager to manage my virtual machine but if i create a basic virtual machine with only the gpu added the gpu is never used. I can see the GPU in the peripheral manager but it's in error 43. The -cpu argument have the same settings as my old setup ( -cpu host,kvm=off,hv_relaxed,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_vapic,hv_time,hv_vendor_id=whatever) Before on my old setup if i didn't add those options, the gpu was working i had an image on my screen. Here, the screen remain in sleep mode, i have to use a spice screen to see what's going on the vm. FYI, guest graphic card is a gtx670 02:00.0 & 02:00.1 [ 10de:1189 & 10de:0e0a ] So here's the qemu command line started by virtmanager /usr/sbin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name guest=Windows_10,debug-threads=on -S\ -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-24-Windows_10/master-key.aes\ -machine pc-i440fx-2.8,accel=kvm,usb=off,vmport=off,dump-guest-core=off\ -cpu host,hv_time,hv_relaxed,hv_vapic,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_vendor_id=whatever,kvm=off\ -drive file=/usr/share/ovmf/x64/ovmf_x64.bin,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on\ -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/Windows_10_VARS.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=1\ -m 16386 -realtime mlock=off -smp 8,sockets=8,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid fc05f50e-8a97-4c51-a8c5-627824d8075c\ -display none -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-24-Windows_10/monitor.sock,server,nowait\ -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=localtime -no-shutdown -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1\ -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1 -boot strict=on\ -device nec-usb-xhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5\ -drive file=/home/makz/virtio-win-0.1.134.iso,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,readonly=on\ -device ide-cd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0\ -drive file=/dev/sdb,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,cache=writeback\ -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1\ -drive file=/dev/sdd,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk1,cache=writeback\ -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x9,drive=drive-virtio-disk1,id=virtio-disk1\ -netdev tap,fd=25,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=27\ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:88:db:2f,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3\ -device intel-hda,id=sound0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4\ -device hda-duplex,id=sound0-codec0,bus=sound0.0,cad=0\ -device vfio-pci,host=02:00.0,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0xa,rombar=0\ -device vfio-pci,host=02:00.1,id=hostdev1,bus=pci.0,addr=0xb,rombar=0\ -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7\ -msg timestamp=on Here's my xml. <domain type='kvm'> <name>Windows_10</name> <uuid>fc05f50e-8a97-4c51-a8c5-627824d8075c</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>16779264</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>16779264</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>8</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.8'>hvm</type> <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/ovmf/x64/ovmf_x64.bin</loader> <nvram>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/Windows_10_VARS.fd</nvram> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <hyperv> <relaxed state='on'/> <vapic state='on'/> <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/> <vendor_id state='on' value='whatever'/> </hyperv> <kvm> <hidden state='on'/> </kvm> <vmport state='off'/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough'> <topology sockets='8' cores='1' threads='1'/> </cpu> <clock offset='localtime'> <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <pm> <suspend-to-mem enabled='no'/> <suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/> </pm> <devices> <emulator>/usr/sbin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/home/makz/virtio-win-0.1.134.iso'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <disk type='block' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/> <source dev='/dev/sdb'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <boot order='1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='block' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/> <source dev='/dev/sdd'/> <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' function='0x0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='nec-xhci'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0a' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:88:db:2f'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <model type='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <channel type='spicevmc'> <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='spice' autoport='yes'> <listen type='address'/> <gl enable='no'/> </graphics> <sound model='ich6'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </sound> <video> <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0b' function='0x0'/> </video> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/> </source> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain> I hope someone will help me :) Have a good day !

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[arch-general] [RFC] Make Archlinux websites mobile friendly
by Alif M. A. 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

I think it would be nice to have Arch websites mobile friendly, so that it can be viewed comfortably on any devices with different screen size. For starting point, let's make the wiki, which is the main source of information, mobile friendly. It's just a matter of adding meta viewport tag and another CSS file(s) for smaller screen sizes.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [RFC] Deprecate ABS?
by Eli Schwartz 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

On 03/25/2017 07:24 AM, Bartłomiej Piotrowski wrote: > Hi all, > > Allan complained yesterday that ABS is apparently broken. Turns out that > most likely it is broken at least since 2016-07-07. > > The script received no changes since 2012-09-07 and the main advantage > it brings is an easy way to pull all PKGBUILDs. But we also provide > public Subversion and Git repositories. Initial svn checkout for > community and packages takes less than 3 minutes on my rather slow > connection (for European standards); obviously subsequent updates are > faster. Full git clone is slow, but shallow one takes ca. 10 seconds > (for both). > > If someone needs to checkout just one package, svn has sparse checkouts > and for git, Dave wrote asp[1]. This brings the question, what is the > point of keeping it running? > > Bartłomiej > > [1] https://github.com/falconindy/asp If we are deprecating ABS (which is yay!) then can we get a stable release of asp in [extra] to replace it? Also would be nice to have an official stance on whether full svn checkouts are okay, since https://www.archlinux.org/svn/ strongly warns people against doing so... and comparing all PKGBUILDs at once is somewhat awkward when using separate branches in git (though git-grep does take multiple trees at least). -- Eli Schwartz

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] OpenSSL 1.1.0
by Genes Lists 26 Mar '17

26 Mar '17

May want to warn anyone running dovecot that sslv2 is no longer supported in openssl 1.1. And so if conf.d/10-ssl.conf has this line: ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 this will lead to error and mail not working - change to: ssl_protocols = !SSLv3 -- Gene lists(a)sapience.com

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[arch-general] What's the best way of packaging golang packages?
by Iru Cai 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Hi, I'm not familiar with go, but I'm trying to use some go programs, caddy for example. I read the PKGBUILD of it. It first use `go get' to get the dependencies and then do the `go build'. However, I don't think it a good practice. I'm used to the way of installing the dependency packages first, then install the target package. Python packages are packaged this way. On the other hand, go packages has its features. Go programs are compiled to a single binary that do not link to other go libraries, so they doesn't depend on other go packages. I also read the Debian Go Packaging document ( https://pkg-go.alioth.debian.org/packaging.html) but I still don't know when and why we need to make a go package. I'm also confused when I see node.js packages. I see many of the packages are built using just an `npm install' so the packaging process will pull a lot of code, but I think it's better than that in go because the node.js packages are installed in the user home so that it won't be installed again when another node.js package needs the same dependency. Thanks, Iru -- Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/

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[arch-general] RFC: Cross compilers using newlib
by Christer Solskogen 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

Hi! Instead of having a separate binutils, gcc and newlib package for every architecture it is possible to combine them into one. You can even build them all in one swoop if you want. For instance, in something like this: _target=m68k-elf _binutilsver=2.28 _gccver=6.3.0 _islver=0.18 _newlibver=2.5.0.20170228 pkgname=${_target}-devkit pkgver=20170320 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="A combined binutils/gcc/newlib kit for ${_target}" arch=('x86_64') options=('!strip') depends=('gmp' 'mpfr' 'libmpc') url="http://dummy.no" license=('GPL' 'LGPL' 'BSD') source=(binutils-${_binutilsver}.tar.gz gcc-${_gccver}.tar.gz isl-${_islver}.tar.gz newlib-${_newlibver}.tar.gz) md5sums=('d5d270fd0b698ed59ca5ade8e1b5059c' '6e5ea04789678f1250c1b30c4d9ec417' '076c69f81067f2f5b908c099f445a338' '6b7b45ed2280de9196df62511094fc58') prepare() { cd ${srcdir}/gcc-${_gccver} ln -s ../isl-${_islver} isl # Do not run fixincludes sed -i 's@\./fixinc\.sh@-c true@' gcc/Makefile.in # Create a combined source tree for i in bfd binutils gas ld opcodes do ln -s ${srcdir}/binutils-${_binutilsver}/$i done ln -s ${srcdir}/newlib-${_newlibver}/newlib mkdir ${srcdir}/build } build() { #binutils does not compile with the CPPFLAGS in makepkg.conf unset CPPFLAGS cd ${srcdir}/build ${srcdir}/gcc-${_gccver}/configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib --target=${_target} --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-libstdcxx-pch --with-newlib make } package() { cd ${srcdir}/build make install-strip DESTDIR=${pkgdir} rm -rf ${pkgdir}/usr/share rm ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libcc1* } Is this something that should be done? Or are there good reasons to keep them separate? -- chs

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