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[arch-general] Ghostscript 9.00 hits testing
by Andreas Radke 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

It's a major update and probably something with printing and/or pdfviewer will be broken. Please test it. -Andy

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[arch-general] [signoff] lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.74-1
by Eric Bélanger 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hi, lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.74-1 are now in testing for an upstream update. Please test and signoff. I couldn't test much the i686 package except in a chroot so 2 signoffs for i686 would be nice. Signoff from users are welcome. Eric Version 2.02.74 - 24th September 2010 ===================================== Allow : and @ to be escaped with \ in device names of PVs. Replace alloca with dm_malloc in _aligned_io to avoid stack corruption. Fix partial mode operations for lvm1 metadata format. Track recursive filter iteration to avoid refreshing while in use. (2.02.56) Revert to old glibc vsnprintf behaviour in emit_to_buffer() to catch overflow. Allocate buffer for metadata tags dynamically to remove 4k limit. Add random suffix to archive file names to prevent races when being created. Reinitialize archive and backup handling on toolcontext refresh. Make poll_mirror_progress report PROGRESS_CHECK_FAILED if LV is not a mirror. Like mirrors, don't scan origins if ignore_suspended_devices() is set. Fix return type qualifier to avoid compiler warning. (2.02.69) Automatically generate LSB Requires-Start for clvmd init script. Fix return code of pvmove --abort PV. Fix pvmove --abort to remove even for empty pvmove LV. Add configure --with-default-data-alignment. Update heuristic used for default and detected data alignment. Add "devices/default_data_alignment" to lvm.conf. Add implmentation for simple numeric 'get' property functions. Define GET_NUM_PROPERTY_FN macro to simplify numeric property 'get' function Add properties.[ch] to lib/report using columns.h. Add macro definitions to report infrastructure for character array length. Remove explicit double quotes from columns.h 'id' entries. Add 'flags' field to columns.h and define FIELD_MODIFIABLE. Add vg_mda_size and vg_mda_free functions. Simplify MD/swap signature detection in pvcreate and allow aborting. Allow --yes to be used without --force mode. Fix file descriptor leak in swap signature detection error path. Detect and allow abort in pvcreate if LUKS signature is detected. Always mask lock flags correctly when checking for LCK_WRITE. Version 1.02.55 - 24th September 2010 ===================================== Fix the way regions are marked complete to avoid slow --nosync cmirror I/O. Add DM_REPORT_FIELD_TYPE_ID_LEN to libdevmapper.h.

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[arch-general] Benchmarks (GUI)
by Manne Merak 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Anyone know of some reliable benchmark utilities I can use to evaluate display cards? and different drivers (mostly Nvidia on KDE 4.5). I know I can install some 3D game or demo and compare FPS, but I need something more focused on basic desktop experience; and must be repeatable with some form of formatted results. I know KDE had a benchmarking suite way back, can't seem to find it? Manne

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[arch-general] [testing] Missing glx{info,gears} in mesa 7.9
by Stefano Avallone 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Hi, the latest mesa package (7.9) in testing is missing utilities such as glxinfo and glxgears. Since I built mesa 7.9-rc2 myself I noticed that those utilities are not built with the current PKGBUILD. As a workaround, I added cd "${srcdir}/Mesa-${pkgver}/progs/xdemos" make to the build() function. Don't know if there is a better solution. Cheers, Stefano

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[arch-general] [signoff] udev-163-1
by Tobias Powalowski 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

Hi guys, udev 163 ======== Bugfixes. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] [signoff] hdparm-9.33-1
by Tobias Powalowski 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

Hi guys, please signoff both arches hdparm-9.33 - fix AHCI issues in sg16(): don't ask for sense_data on DATA-xfer commands - fix compiler warnings on old systems - fixed compilation on old systems lacking __be16 greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Warning: MESA 7.9 going to testing
by Andreas Radke 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

Am Sat, 9 Oct 2010 09:55:43 +0200 schrieb Andreas Radke <a.radke(a)arcor.de>: > I'm working on the new MESA release today. Please don't -Syu until all > 3D drivers have been rebuild properly. If you have trouble with your > card catch me in out IRC channels. > > -Andy > So far no ddx driver rebuild seems required. I'm running the new MESA on my Ati X200m(R300) notebook with the new gallium driver. It renders well (was broken since KMS+classic mesa useage) but very slowly. Maybe we can imrove this. My desktop is running Nouveau and Supertuxkart is fast and really usable now. A big step forward. Please test the all driver. Usually even a minor libdrm bump breaks the drivers. Give feedback. -Andy

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[arch-general] Xterm urgency hint
by Norbert Zeh 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi folks, I've just run into a strange problem. In order to highlight terminal windows that require my attention, I make the application running in the window beep, and I have set xterm*bellIsUrgent:true. The problem: xterm seems to simply ignore this setting. I can also go into the xterm menu and activate/deactivate bell urgency, but it makes no difference. I always hear a beep instead of the window's urgency WM hint being set. I'm almost certain that's an upstream bug introduced fairly recently because I had the same problem on my Debian machine. Does anybody have a clue where to report this bug? I simply can't find a decent project web page for xterm. Thanks, Norbert -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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[arch-general] nvidia and xorg-server 1.9
by Matthew Monaco 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

I was following the discussion about holding back xorg 1.9 because of the nvidia driver, but I either missed the end of it, or it was left open. Do the nvidia and nvidia-173xx drivers in [extra] work with 1.9? If they do work, either or both, are they still plagued by this performance regression (stuff like rendering fonts as far as I can remember). If either does have this performance hit, does anyone know of a target version that resolves the regression? Thanks

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[arch-general] Creation of startup scripts
by Christian 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi all, I am learning more and more about Linux, but I would like to learn how to create startup scripts for my programs, any good resource? Where should I start? Many thanks, Christian

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