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[arch-general] xmodmap
by Jorge Almeida 01 Oct '11

01 Oct '11

I have a very annoying problem with xmodmap: Inside X, in an xterm: $ echo $DISPLAY :1 In console (agetty1): $ echo $DISPLAY $ xmodmap .Xmodmap xmodmap: unable to open display '' $ xmodmap -display :2 .Xmodmap xmodmap: unable to open display ':2' Until now, everything as expected. The problem is: $ xmodmap -display :1 .Xmodmap $ echo $? 0 So, everything seems fine, but switching to the vt where X is I find that xmodmap didn't load anything. Note that if running "xmodmap .Xmodmap" from X it works. In console, I tried also setting the env variable DISPLAY (the only one relevant to xmodmap, according to the manual), to no avail. You might wonder why is this a problem, since it works from X. I have a xmodmap command in the startup file of the window manager (openbox). Other X related commands work, only xmodmap fails. It seems that xmodmap requires being run from an emulator inside an X session, which it's not supposed to. Any help about this essentially undocumented piece of software would be appreciated. Alternatively, anyone knows whether there is some alternative to xmodmap? xkb doesn't seem to be able to replace it, judging by what poor documentation there is out there. TIA Jorge Almeida

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [prerelease] initscripts-2011.09.2-1
by Oon-Ee Ng 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > On 30/09/11 00:00, Tom Gundersen wrote: >> Towards read only /etc: >> * /etc/profile.d/locale.sh is now a static file, rather than being >> generated on every boot (this means we need to use -f when updating) > Please do not encourage using -f when updating (people will use "pacman > -Syuf", which is evil...). Instead, "mv /etc/profile.d/locale.sh{,.bak}" > and then update. I presume the new local.sh will be generated in exactly the same way, and hence there's no real need for *.bak?

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[arch-general] [signoff] nfs-utils 1.2.5-1
by Tobias Powalowski 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

Hi guys, please signoff nfs-utils, upstream release - enabled now libmount support https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26129 greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] Enable FLTK Octave backend?
by Stefano Avallone 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

Hi, I read in the Octave documentation [1] that a newer (than gnuplot) plotting capability is provided by the FLTK/OpenGL backend. This new backend is not available in the current octave arch package, because the fltk library is required to be installed at build time. I read that the FLTK backend is rather faster (for 3d plots) than the gnuplot backend, and also some options (e.g., Postscript level 3 or pdflatex outputs of the print command) are only available with the new backend. I installed fltk from extra and recompiled octave. The new backend seems to work fine and it is also enables to zoom (or rotate) and pan the current plot. I don't know if the addition of the FLTK backend has been discussed in the past and abandoned for some reasons, but I see no issues in including it, since the default backend seems to still be gnuplot. So, adding the support for the FLTK backend would be as simple as putting fltk in makedepends and optdepends. Should I open a bug to track this feature request? regards, Stefano [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Introduction-to- Plotting.html#Introduction-to-Plotting

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[arch-general] Setting Computer Hostname via DHCP Server
by Thomas Misilo 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to have archlinux set it's hostname based on what the DHCP server tells it is? As I noticed while using a CentOS Server, that it does do this by default. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction on enabling this, as I searched around and was unable to find anything. Thanks for your time, Tom

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[arch-general] bash variable PS1 confuses the terminal somehow
by bfsc.yb＠gmail.com 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

13 PROMPT_COMMAND=' 14 if (($?)); then 15 warn="^[[31mWARNING^[[m" 16 else 17 warn= 18 fi 19 date=`date` 20 PS1="^[[s^[[$(($COLUMNS-28))C^[[0;33m$date^[[u^[[0;31m$warn^[[0;32m[^[[1;33m\u^[[0;32m@^[[1;36m\w^[[0;32m]\$^[[m" 21 ' i'm using this PROMPT_COMMAND to set PS1 everytime it is played, it seems to work perfectly except later i found a strange behavior of the terminal, both in xterm under X and agetty under the console. for example, when under the console, i found the terminal column indicated by the bash variable $COLUMNS is 160, however, when i type some command about 50 characters long, the line which i'm typing wraps to the begining, and destroys what i typed earlier, this makes typing long commands really difficult...and everything is just fine when i just set the PS1 variable to a very simple value without escape sequences. anyone knows how to fix this?

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[arch-general] startup messages gone
by Jorge Almeida 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

There has been some recent change somewhere in the startup process that makes startup messages disappear once the process is completed and the login prompt appears. I had (and have) in /etc/initttab: c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -i -8 38400 tty1 linux I added the "-i" to prevent clearing the terminal, and it worked. Not any more. Not even with Shift+PageUp. Anyone knows what changed? TIA Jorge Almeida

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[arch-general] Skype mic
by Carlos Alberto Ospina 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Skype doesn't work. Installing windows (virtual box) I thought that the problem would continue. when I do the test call in skype me back without allowing too much noise to hear what i record. and it's the same machine virtual and my arch. Just when i speak, i hear perfectky the other person. -- Carlos Alberto Ospina E. Linux User #506652

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[arch-general] Unable to run java applets in browser. Using openjdk
by Madhurya Kakati 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Hi, I am unable to run the java applet on the site keepvid.com(or any other video downloading site for that matter). I tried both firefox and chromium. I have openjdk6 6.b22_1.10.3-1 installed. Thanks.

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[arch-general] Virtual box
by Carlos Alberto Ospina 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

When i start Windos in Virtual box get the following message error: The virtual box linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or ther is a permission problem with (dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executin rc.d setup vboxdrv as root. This package keepr trackc of linuex kernel changes andrecompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary. I execute the instuccion but this message show again. If someone has already happened, i would apreciate you help. greetings -- Carlos Alberto Ospina E. Linux User #506652

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