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USBasp programmer not listed in /dev
by Sadeep Madurange 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

Greetings all, I am trying to connect an AVR programmer to Arch machine. I can't see it appearing under /dev. I found the vendor and product ids using lsusb. I think the device is 16c0:05dc: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:9540 Alcor Micro Corp. AU9540 Smartcard Reader Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13d3:56bc IMC Networks [unknown] Bus 001 Device 005: ID 06cb:00bd Synaptics, Inc. Prometheus MIS Touch Fingerprint Reader Bus 001 Device 006: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. AX201 Bluetooth Bus 001 Device 009: ID 16c0:05dc Van Ooijen Technische Informatica shared ID for use with libusb Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub I added the following to /etc/udev/rules.d/99-avrprogrammer.rules and restarted the machine: SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="16c0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="05dc", GROUP="uucp", MODE=="0666" I see the following in my dmesg when I insert the programmer: [ 1526.700607] usb 1-4: new low-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd [ 1526.849141] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=16c0, idProduct=05dc, bcdDevice= 1.04 [ 1526.849152] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 1526.849156] usb 1-4: Product: USBasp [ 1526.849159] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: www.fischl.de I'm checking the device by doing something like ls /dev > before_plugging_in_programmer ls /dev > after_plugging_in_programmer vimdiff before_plugging_in_programmer after_plugging_in_programmer -- Regards, Sadeep PGP: 103BF9E3E750BF7E

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Pacman update fail
by pete 21 Oct '23

21 Oct '23

Hi Folks Well this normally runs so smooth it is crazy but today pacman -Syyu :: Synchronising package databases... core 129.1 KiB 1076 KiB/s 00:00 [#################################################] 100% extra 8.3 MiB 4.37 MiB/s 00:02 [#################################################] 100% community 45.0 B 2.75 KiB/s 00:00 [#################################################] 100% :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: installing kholidays5 (1:5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kholidays' required by kalarmcal :: installing kxmlgui5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kxmlgui' required by kfloppy :: installing kcompletion5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kcompletion' required by kfloppy :: installing kio5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kio' required by kipi-plugins :: installing ki18n5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'ki18n' required by kjsembed :: installing kparts5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kparts' required by kmediaplayer :: installing kio5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kio' required by kxmlrpcclient :: installing kxmlgui5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kxmlgui' required by libkipi :: installing kservice5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kservice' required by libkipi :: installing knotifications5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'knotifications' required by telepathy-kde-approver :: installing kservice5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kservice' required by telepathy-kde-approver :: installing knotifyconfig5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'knotifyconfig' required by telepathy-kde-common-internals :: installing ktexteditor5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'ktexteditor' required by telepathy-kde-common-internals :: installing kpeople5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kpeople' required by telepathy-kde-common-internals :: installing krunner5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'krunner' required by telepathy-kde-contact-runner :: installing kidletime5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kidletime' required by telepathy-kde-integration-module :: installing kactivities5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kactivities' required by telepathy-kde-integration-module So rare i get any issues Ideas where to look please folks Thanks Pete .

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Installation_guide page
by Jude DaShiell 18 Oct '23

18 Oct '23

The systemd boot instruction just after bootctl install could probably use an addition. When I tried this yesterdy it was successful but the random seed generated by bootctl install was flagged as a security problem since permissions on that file I think were world writeable. One or more chmod commands in those instructions to get permissions set correctly I think will help. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

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Wiki - dark-mode not working in Firefox and the 2022 templates, switching to 2010 template it is fine
by David C. Rankin 18 Oct '23

18 Oct '23

All, Just a note on the wiki. Attempting to change to dark-mode failed with the new 2022 templates. Going to my preference and changing the Appearance to use to prior (old) 2010 templates, then dark-mode immediately started working fine. Not sure what else to check. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Dependencies of Kate and Sonnet5
by Shalok Shalom 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

Kate (the editor) has the option to spellcheck, and uses one of the Sonnet backend for that. It is not mentioned in the deps, not even in optdeps. Then, Sonnet itself also misses a lot of the possible backends, namely nuspell and enchant, two of the most advanced. Kate itself does also miss threadweaver, but this is not used yet by any other KDE application, so I guess we just dont use that yet. It is already used by other distrubutions, though.Thanks ------- Forwarded Message ------- Von: Shalok Shalom <shalokshalom(a)protonmail.ch> Datum: Am Dienstag, 17. Oktober 2023 um 6:55 vorm. Betreff: Dependencies of Kate and Sonnet5 An: arch-general(a)lists.archlinux.org <arch-general(a)lists.archlinux.org> > Kate (the editor) has the option to spellcheck, and uses one of the Sonnet backend for that. > It is not mentioned in the deps, not even in optdeps. > > Then, Sonnet itself also misses a lot of the possible backends, namely nuspell and enchant, two of the most advanced. > Kate itself does also miss threadweaver, but this is not used yet by any other KDE application, so I guess we just dont use that yet. > > It is already used by other distrubutions, though. > Thanks

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php-legacy--8.1.23-2 unable to load apcu.so
by Uwe Sauter 16 Oct '23

16 Oct '23

Hi, after upgrading php-legacy, php-legacy-fpm, php-legacy-gd, php-legacy-pgsql and php-legacy-sqlite (8.1.23-1 -> 8.1.23-2) I get the following error in the log file: php-fpm-legacy[24175]: [14-Oct-2023 17:15:49] NOTICE: PHP message: PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'apcu.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php-legacy/modules/apcu.so (/usr/lib/php-legacy/modules/apcu.so: undefined symbol: php_strlcpy), /usr/lib/php-legacy/modules/apcu.so.so (/usr/lib/php-legacy/modules/apcu.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0 Downgrading to 8.1.23-1 helped getting my server back online. Is there an upgrade to php-legacy-apcu (currently 5.1.22-6) in the pipeline that has not yet landed on the mirror I use? Does this package need to be rebuilt? Thanks, Uwe

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Re: Incoming changes in JDK /JRE packages
by Richard Ullger 12 Oct '23

12 Oct '23

Hi Leonidas, Replying here as my reply to arch-dev-public was rejected. I currently have jre packages installed. When I build a package such as tuxguitar, that contains a make dependency for the jdk packages, makepkg installs the jdk packages and then removes them following the build, having been asked to do so. Going forward, I expect makepkg will install the jdk packages and uninstall the conflicting jre packages. Following the build when makepkg uninstalls the build packages, is makepkg clever enough to reinstall the jre packages, or should I just keep the jdk packages installed instead? Regards, Richard

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ttf-font
by mail.sh＠tuta.io 11 Oct '23

11 Oct '23

Hi! When installing many packages, we are offered 8 font options, among which there is no ttf-ubuntu-font-family. This font is the best font for browsers in my opinion. Add the option to choose ttf-ubuntu-font-family too. Please... -- With respect and best regards, Mailsh.

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Remove a package together with a user and a group
by mail.sh＠tuta.io 11 Oct '23

11 Oct '23

Greetings! Users and groups created when installing some packages (avahi, usbmuxd) are not deleted along with its removal. Is it related to https://archlinux.org/todo/pacman-hooks-systemd-sysuserstmpfiles/ and requires some changes? Or should I always delete them manually? -- With respect and best regards, Mailsh.

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Installation image (services)
by mail.sh＠tuta.io 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

Hello... To improve the user experience, I suggest making the following changes to the installation image of the system. 1. Disable 'systemd-timesyncd.service' (the system time may not be set correctly on different machines; booting the main system after booting Arch Linux installation media and mounting hard disk may result in an error 'superblock last mount time is in the future'). 2. Enable 'gpm.service' and 'nftables.service'. Please... -- With respect and best regards, Mailsh.

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