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[arch-general] SourceForge now supports TLS, update source URLs
by Nicolas F. 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hi all, quick reminder that SourceForge was recently acquired and since then has enabled HTTPS on all of the site. Since some PKGBUILDs fetch their sources from SourceForge, it might be a good idea to switch them from using plain http:// to https://. While the certificate authority model is arguably broken when it comes to protecting against state-sponsored attacks, this will give some additional security to ensure that the sources packagers fetch and generate the hash sums from are actually the sources the project releases, and not a malicious man-in-the-middle response by some third party. Finding the affected packages should be as simple as running the following in the ABS root: for f in $(egrep -r -l 'http://.*\.sourceforge\.net' *); do \ echo $(dirname $f); done | uniq I'm counting 937 affected packages here. Cheers

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[arch-general] Error message with full disk encryption
by PeLo L 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hi, I've followed the arch wiki and deployed a full disk encrypted install. Everything works fine and am able to boot properly into the install. While trying to shutdown my system, systemd displays an error which says "systemd: stopped (with error) /dev/mapper/crypt-boot". 'crypt-boot' is the device mapper name for the encrypted boot partition. Could someone explain this. Do I need to be concerned of any data loss in the boot partition? - Solomon

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[arch-general] Vulkan packages
by Eric Engeström 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Hi all, With the release of Vulkan imminent, I thought I'd prepare some packages for Arch so that I can push them the minute it gets released :) I was thinking of splitting it into 4 packages: - `vulkan-loader` with everything you need to run an app compiled against Vulkan (/usr/lib/libvulkan.so*). This is what Vulkan-apps packages would `depend` on. - `vulkan-headers` with everything you need to build an app for Vulkan (/usr/include/vulkan/* & /usr/lib/pkgconfig/vulkan.pc) (depends on `-loader`) - `vulkan-sdk` with all the debugging and validation stuff from LunarG (/usr/bin/*, /usr/share/vulkan/*) (depends on `-headers` + `-loader`) - `vulkan-manpages` (self-explanatory :P) I've also made `-git` versions of all of those, except the `-sdk`: I can't make it clean enough for a PKGBUILD without heavy patching of upstream's build scripts (I'm hoping somebody fixes that soon enough, I don't have the patience to do it myself :P). Does this sound reasonable? Since those are all interconnected, should I make a single split package (like `mesa`), or separate packages? I've written them as separate packages for now, but they're all in `groups=('vulkan')` Note that Intel's open-source ICD is being merged into Mesa, and the CTS is merged into AOSP's dEQP, so there's no need to make new packages for them. I'm also ready to take on the responsibility of maintaining those packages. Should be implicit, but I thought I'd mention it, especially if they get moved to `community` :) Cheers, Eric Engeström

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[arch-general] thunderbird proxy env. vars for socks
by Javier Vasquez 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Hi, I'm familiar with proxy envirnoment variables such as (both lower and upper case versions): use_proxy soap_use_proxy http_proxy https_proxy ftp_proxy rsync_proxy no_proxy all_proxy Thunderbird at least pay attention to some of them, and honestly, before I haven't needed anything else. However, inside the company, I need to setup manually under TB: SOCKS Host: <...> Port: <...> As SOCKS v5. Where the socks host is the same as the other proxy hosts, but its socks port must be different than the rest. I don't use any DE, but I have some automation through bash+xinitrc which depends on how to set the env. vars, so that I only need to set on TB/FF "use system proxy settings". I've tried several possible env. vars (both lower and upper case) like: socks_proxy socks_server socks_version smtp_proxy="socks5://<proxy_host>:<port>" So far I haven't been able to get any possitive results. Does any one know how I might be able to set socks for TB through env. vars? Thanks, -- Javier

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Re: [arch-general] Alternative init system proposal
by Maxwell Anselm 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

> Though I don't see how a repository officially trusted by > Manjaro is less trusted than the AUR. They are completely different. An unofficial repository of non-AUR packages is for installing binary packages that have no affiliation with Arch Linux. I think it's pretty obvious why that would not be an appropriate recommendation on the Arch Linux wiki. The AUR lets users view the PKGBUILD before installing and also to comment and vote in order to establish trust. This is why wiki articles cannot recommend AUR helpers, since they bypass these mechanisms. Max

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[arch-general] Newbie
by Billy Brawner 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

Hey everyone! I'm new to Arch, just joined up on the forums and IRC channel, figured I'd introduce myself here as well. I use the name Branau around those spaces. Anyway, I'd love to contribute to Arch but I'm afraid my coding knowledge is limited to web languages, since I work as a web developer. Is there an Arch Web team? Are they looking for contributors? Cheers, Billy

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[arch-general] X keeps crashing
by Joshua Branson 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

My Arch linux box keeps crashing on me. I'm using the awesome wm, and at least once every other day I have to forcibly shut down my machine. This usually happens when I am using emacs, chromium, and filezilla. What happens is my screen locks up. I can't move my mouse. None of the awesome shortcuts work. I'm unable to switch to another virtual console. What can I do in situations like this? Does Arch support a Ctl-Alt-Delete? I found this article: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_shortcuts And I put " kernel.sysrq = 1" into /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf I've rebooted, and I still can't get it to work. I'm using an apple macbook 7,1, which is a fairly old laptop (it has 4 gigs of ram), and I can't get any of the *R*eboot *E*ven *I*f *S*ystem *U*tterly *B*roken to work. I've read the article on wikipedia about the Magic SysRq key, but I can't get any of it to work. I'm using the dvorak keyboard layout as well, but I'm not sure if that changes anything. Also I've swapped alt and control with this in my .~/xinitrc setxkbmap dvorak setxkbmap -option 'ctrl:swapcaps' Thanks, Joshua

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[arch-general] Virtualization accross hardware border
by Wolfgang Mader 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

Dear list, if I understand the offering of Amazons cloud service correctly, there, you can install an OS, say arch, on a virtualized machine and scale CPU, RAM, etc. freely up and down just as you need it. While I can to this using e.g. KVM+qemu on a single machine, I want to be able to bind together a bunch of machines such that they appear as a single big machine. Is there a way to do this? I my question clear enought to be answered? Thanks, Wolfgang

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-mirrors] pacman verify database
by Florian Pritz 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

Am 2016-02-05 22:42, schrieb Dennis Börm: > i've setup a mirror this week. one sync today synced an incomplete > state > from a tier1 mirror. is there a tool/script to determine if a/my mirror > is in a consistent state? I am not aware of any such tool. I'm forwarding this to arch-general in the hope that someone either knows or wants to create one. Florian

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[arch-general] recent upgrade has messed up x
by Scott Weisman 07 Feb '16

07 Feb '16

Until last week, my X setup worked fine. No special configuration needed. I have a 3rd generation Core i7 notebook with a dual monitor setup. After a recent update, everything works differently, and not for the better. Before, with a VGA monitor plugged in (with or without a second HDMI monitor), the system would boot and output the console display to both the VGA and LCD. Default X startup was to display at full screen resolution and also output to VGA and LCD. Now, no matter what, it only outputs to LCD. The xrandr command to go to dual monitor used to switch within a few seconds at most. Now, it FAILS the first time. All screens are blank. I then do a second xrandr to output only to external VGA, which succeeds. I see this output from the previous command: X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 140 (RANDR) Minor opcode of failed request: 21 (RRSetCrtcConfig) Serial number of failed request: 39 Current serial number in output stream: 39 A third xrandr command to once again go to dual then works. However, the transition takes MUCH longer. And there are further problems. I have seen the HDMI screen occasionally blank (the VGA screen is unaffected) for many seconds, then just go back on. When the screens blank from lack of activity, the time to turn on is also much longer than the previous 1 or 2 seconds. The HDMI screen has a great deal of "flicker" (it's not actual flicker, it's horizontal lines flashing) that just doesn't stop. No X packages were updated recently. But there was a kernel update from 4.3 to 4.4. I had zero problems before. Can anyone suggest some fixes? Would be much appreciated.

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