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[arch-general] About cron utility
by 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

Recently, I noticed that my laptop and server are using different cron utility.My laptop is using dcron while server using cronie. Then,I did some digging about the Arch default cron utility.I found a [discussion](http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2011-April/… happend on this list in April 2011. It said that dcron is dead, so cronie was choosen as default cron utility.Just before I am planning to use cronie replacing dcron on my laptop, I found that dcron has released a [update](https://github.com/dubiousjim/dcron/blob/master/CHANGELOG) on May 1st 2011 just after the discussion with some bugfixes and improvements like anacron support. What happend at that time? Is Jim Pryor responded the discussion in the maillist? Any link? Which cron utility should I use,cronie or dcron? Cronie in base group seems has a separate anacrontab in /etc which is not kiss I think? If anacron functionity has been included in dcron by default, May be dron is a good choice? It seems Jim Pryor is using Arch bug tracker as its official place of dcron development.Is this project dead or alive? So,what is the official recommendation on this point?

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[arch-general] [signoff] linux-3.1.8-1
by Tobias Powalowski 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

Hi guys, please signoff 3.1.8 series for both arches. package is not in testing, please grab it from here: http://dev.archlinux.org/~tpowa/linux/ This will move to [core] directly, because 3.2.0 is in [testing]. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] Proprietary nvidia driver for kernel-ARCH and kernel-rt
by Ralf Madorf 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

Hi :) regarding to the rt issues I followed the explanations at http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=12132 . I still get an issues with http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32908 . It's not only the described problem. If I boot 3.1.7-1-Arch I get "nvidia: version magic '3.0-rt' should be '3.1.7-1-ARCH'" and if I boot 3.0-rt I get "WARNING: GDMDisplay[snip]", both times X doesn't start. FWIW I build a regular AUR kernel-rt. Is there a way to fix this [1]? Ciao! Ralf [1] [spinymouse@archlinux nvidia-all]$ makepkg -s ==> Making package: nvidia-all 290.10-1 (Fri Jan 6 08:32:51 CET 2012) ==> Found 2 kernels ==> Working on the kernel: 3.0-rt -> Building module... ==> Working on the kernel: 3.1.7-1-ARCH -> Building module... [root@archlinux nvidia-all]# pacman -U nvidia-all-290.10-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz nvidia-utils-290.10-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (2/2) checking package integrity (2/2) checking for file conflicts (1/1) removing nvidia (1/2) upgrading nvidia-utils (2/2) installing nvidia-all error: command failed to execute correctly [root@archlinux nvidia-all]# ls /lib/modules 3.0-rt 3.1.7-1-ARCH extramodules- extramodules-3.1-ARCH [root@archlinux nvidia-all]# mv /lib/modules/extramodules- /lib/modules/extramodules-3.0-rt

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[arch-general] Libreoffice language problem
by Peter Nikolic 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

Right i promise i will try to make this the last one for a while really .. I have Libreoffice 3.4.4 installed BUT i think it is in Dutch or German (not very good with other languages) i have things like Teksdokument Sigblad Voorlegging I have got the en-GB (yes upper case) installed but it stays stubbournly in the language it is Pete Thanks muchly

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[arch-general] pacman - signed packages
by WebDawg 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

So I have been following the arch lists for a while. Has arch moved to signed packages yet?

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[arch-general] Problem with last kmod update on some computers ?
by fredbezies 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

Hello. I'm facing a weird problem. On my laptop, since kmod replaced modules-init-tools, I get (for my last linux kernel upgrade) : [2012-01-07 20:47] ==> Building image from preset: 'default' [2012-01-07 20:47] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/ initramfs-linux.img [2012-01-07 20:47] ==> Starting build: 3.2.0-2-ARCH [2012-01-07 20:47] -> Parsing hook: [base] [2012-01-07 20:47] -> Parsing hook: [udev] [2012-01-07 20:47] -> Parsing hook: [autodetect] [2012-01-07 20:47] libkmod: kmod_lookup_alias_from_alias_bin: File name too long [2012-01-07 20:47] -> Parsing hook: [pata] [2012-01-07 20:47] -> Parsing hook: [scsi] [2012-01-07 20:47] -> Parsing hook: [sata] [2012-01-07 20:47] -> Parsing hook: [filesystems] [2012-01-07 20:47] -> Parsing hook: [usbinput] [2012-01-07 20:47] ==> Generating module dependencies [2012-01-07 20:47] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img [2012-01-07 20:47] ==> Image generation successful [2012-01-07 20:47] ==> Building image from preset: 'fallback' [2012-01-07 20:47] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect [2012-01-07 20:47] ==> Starting build: 3.2.0-2-ARCH [2012-01-07 20:47] -> Parsing hook: [base] And I have to boot 3 or 4 times to get a kernel which mount my root partition ! ERROR: Unable to find root device 'UUID=cfbc185c-cab3-48c0-bb97-820134b14bfd'. You are being dropped to a recovery shell Type 'exit" to try and continue booting sh: can't access tty; job control turned off When I type exit : mount: you must specify the filesystem type You are being dropped into an emergency shell sh: can't access tty; job control turned off And last exit : ERROR: Failed to mount the real root device. Bailing out, you're on your own. Good Luck. sh: can't access tty; job control turned off Of course, UUID is good. Opened bug #27862. not a single problem with my desktop computer. Weird... And here is the log of linux 3.2-2 upgrade... >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait... ==> Building image from preset: 'default' -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img ==> Starting build: 3.2.0-2-ARCH -> Parsing hook: [base] -> Parsing hook: [udev] -> Parsing hook: [autodetect] -> Parsing hook: [pata] -> Parsing hook: [scsi] -> Parsing hook: [sata] -> Parsing hook: [filesystems] -> Parsing hook: [usbinput] ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img ==> Image generation successful ==> Building image from preset: 'fallback' -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect ==> Starting build: 3.2.0-2-ARCH -> Parsing hook: [base] -> Parsing hook: [udev] -> Parsing hook: [pata] -> Parsing hook: [scsi] -> Parsing hook: [sata] -> Parsing hook: [filesystems] -> Parsing hook: [usbinput] ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img ==> Image generation successful Something is busted with kmod or what ? -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies(a)gmail.com

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[arch-general] Any progress on SELinux Repo on Arch Linux?
by 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

I read from [this post](http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.arch.general/34070/focus=34238) back to April 2011 that Arch will set up a [SELinux] Repo for SE-enabled packages. So, it is 2012 now, any progress?

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[arch-general] linux-api-headers in core is 3.1.5 while linux is 3.1.6
by Alex Ferrando 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

Right now I've noticed the following: linux-api-headers 3.1.6-1 linux 3.1.7-1 Maybe is my little understanding of the situation, but isn't linux-api-headers behind what it (appears to me that it) should be? I apologize in advance if the question turns to be dumb or something like that. -- Alex

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[arch-general] What package owns shread
by Squall Lionheart 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

Hello, I have been trying to figure out what package installs the gnu shread program and have had no luck. Pacman doesn't seem to know either and I was hoping someone here might know. If their is another way of looking this up, I would be interested to know as well. $ pacman -Qo shread error: No package owns /usr/local/bin/shread Thank you -- Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why its called the present. Headmaster Squall :: The Wired/Section-9 Close the world txen eht nepo $3R14L 3XP3R1M3NT$ #L41N http://twitter.com/headmastersqual

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[arch-general] Warning about kmod replacing modules init tools in testing.
by fredbezies 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

I have two computers, both using nvidia driver. My laptop started flawlessly, after I renamed empty file modprobe.conf.pacsave to modprobe.conf in /etc/modprobe.d/ On my desktop computer, all went bad. udevadm trigger doesn't work. I had to downgrade both packages (kmod replaced by modules-init-tools) and mkinitcpio, blacklisting both of them in my /etc/pacman.conf ignorepackage line. My /etc/modprobe.conf is not empty : # # /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels) # blacklist keucr blacklist usblp For now, I'm blocking upgrade for both package. I opened a bug on archlinux BTS : https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/27846 I know testing can be busted sometimes, but this bust is one the worst I've seen for a year or so. -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies(a)gmail.com

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