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[arch-general] gnome 'slab' menu from AUR - howto add items in the 'System' area?
by David C. Rankin 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Guys I have used the slab menu in Gnome on opensuse and yesterday I and installed it on Arch Linux from AUR which used the newest source package from: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-main-menu/0.9/gnome-main-menu-… The AUR packages were: (main-menu) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24048 (libslab dependency) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30243 Here is a screenshot of the slab menu on suse showing the System area and the apps I'm trying to place there: (56k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/gnome/slabMenuSystemArea.jpg The favorites, documents and places parts of the menu work fine in Arch, but I can't figure out how to add apps to the area to the right-hand-side under the "System" heading. In opensuse all I had to do was to: (1) first drag an app from favorites onto the system area and it would be added to the end of the system area list, then; (2) I could just order it where I wanted it in the system list by clicking it again and dragging it up into the list. Now in 0.9.15, when I drag anything to the system area, it will *not* let me drop it. The app icons just *shoots* back over to the favorites area. What I notice is with the AUR package is: you get no "rectangular bounding box" around the system area (or status area) when you drag anything from the favorites area over to the right side of the menu. This tells me something isn't working right, but I don't know what in Gnome would conceivably be responsible for drawing the bounding box to indicate the system area is ready to receive an icon being dropped in it. I have been through gconf-editor and confirmed: /desktop/gnome/applications/main-menu/lock-down/user_modifiable_system_area is checked to allow a user to add something to the system area.... I have also logged in a root just to test whether that makes any difference and it doesn't. I don't know what kind of help I can expect since it is an AUR package, but I thought I would post here and see if anybody knew what the trick was or knew gnome well enough to know what might be responsible for accepting drag-n-drop input? I have contacted the AUR maintainer and struck out. I have also contacted the earlier developers whose addresses I found in the change log, but haven't had a response. So... Anybody know offhand what the trick is? cc: gnome development list -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[arch-general] Israel ftp mirror
by Netanel Shine 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

you can also download ArchLinux from Ftp protocol: ftp://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/archlinux/iso/ (not only through HTTP like the archlinux.org/download say) someone can update it please? -- Netanel Shine

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[arch-general] courier-mta older version
by cesar 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hello, The db-4.8 package is used for store data but this make a trouble in the makealiases command. I have updated my PKGBUILD to link to gbdm to solve this situation. Anyway I prefer to have the official package. Thanks for understanding best regards --cesar

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[arch-general] mayday - new updates killed httpd - make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:443
by David C. Rankin 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

guys, I updated my test box and it checked out, then I updated my server and apache will not start. The error given is: [03:58 nirvana:/etc/httpd/conf] # apachectl start (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:443 (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:443 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs The updates tonight included: [2010-08-09 00:41] upgraded consolekit (0.4.1-2 -> 0.4.1-3) [2010-08-09 00:41] upgraded dhcpcd (5.2.5-1 -> 5.2.7-1) [2010-08-09 00:41] upgraded dnsutils (9.6.1-3 -> 9.7.1.P2-1) [2010-08-09 00:41] upgraded libnice (0.0.12-1 -> 0.0.13-1) [2010-08-09 00:41] upgraded farsight2 (0.0.20-1 -> 0.0.21-1) [2010-08-09 00:41] upgraded libva (0.31.0_p13-2 -> 1.0.4-1) [2010-08-09 00:41] upgraded ffmpeg (24460-1 -> 24460-2) [2010-08-09 00:41] installed iana-etc (2.30-1) [2010-08-09 00:41] upgraded filesystem (2010.02-4 -> 2010.07-1) [2010-08-09 00:41] upgraded hwdetect (2010.07-1 -> 2010.08-1) [2010-08-09 00:42] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.34.2-1 -> 2.6.34.2-2) [2010-08-09 00:42] upgraded kernel26-headers (2.6.34.2-1 -> 2.6.34.2-2) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded kernel26-lts (2.6.32.16-1 -> 2.6.32.17-2) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded kernel26-lts-headers (2.6.32.16-1 -> 2.6.32.17-2) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded networkmanager (0.8-1 -> 0.8.1-1) [2010-08-09 00:44] warning: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded pacman-mirrorlist (20100621-1 -> 20100808-1) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded python-telepathy (0.15.17-1 -> 0.15.18-1) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded rpcbind (0.2.0-1 -> 0.2.0-2) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded sqlite3 (3.7.0-1 -> 3.7.0.1-1) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded telepathy-haze (0.3.6-1 -> 0.4.0-1) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded thunderbird (3.1.1-1 -> 3.1.2-1) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded util-linux-ng (2.18-2 -> 2.18-3) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded vdpau-video (0.6.9-2 -> 0.6.10-2) [2010-08-09 00:44] upgraded vlc (1.1.2-1 -> 1.1.2-2) I have switched to a backup server so I'm not dead, but to have apache just not start was a bit disconcerting to say the least. This has got to be an issue with the kernel26 (2.6.34.2-1 -> 2.6.34.2-2) upgrade. My primary and backup servers are both Arch 64bit boxes with identical software installs. The box with the problem is an Opteron(tm) Processor 180 running on Tyan Tomcat S2865, the backup is a Phenom(tm) 9850 on an MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum. The fact that the software is identical and the primary can't make/bind to sockets anymore --- tells me what? Anyway, I need help. Any thoughts on what do check? I'll drop back to LTS and see how that goes and report back. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[arch-general] Gallium by default for radeon?
by Sven-Hendrik Haase 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hey everybody, I wondered whether we should switch the default radeon driver stack over to gallium3d. I've been running gallium3d for a few months now and with every stack rebuild from git it only gets faster and neater. I haven't encountered any stability issues yet (or at least not any the standard drivers did not have). I think the speed and OpenGL compatibility are well worth it for our users. Since I'm toying around quite a lot with games and Ogre3D I know that shader support and overall speed now make the radeon + gallium3d drivers a viable replacement for the rather unlikeable catalyst drivers, even for gaming. For those who want to try it, build your gallium stack using my AUR package (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38090). Upstream says that almost all current development efforts flow into gallium3d and radeon KMS. Perhaps we should take the hint? What do you think? -- Sven-Hendrik

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[arch-general] parallel printer set up with archlinux
by Jude DaShiell 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

I almost have everything working. The foomatic-rip driver Panasonic/Epson is reported as unavailable by lpstat -d /dev/lp0 -p <enter>. If that's in the foomatic-db package I downloaded, what should I use to locate it in all of those files? The printer won't be handling any postscript and is only intended to print out text files.

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[arch-general] AUR build of kdemod3-kipi-plugins fails on QString::QString( data->appName() ); ?
by David C. Rankin 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

Guys, Just messing around tweaking out kdemod3 with all the updates I can find, I was working to build kdemod3-kipi-plugins. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24800 This package build now failes with the error: cdarchiving.cpp: In constructor `KIPICDArchivingPlugin::CDArchiving::CDArchiving(KIPI::Interface*, QObject*, KAction*)': cdarchiving.cpp:77:52: error: cannot call constructor `QString::QString' directly cdarchiving.cpp:77:52: error: for a function-style cast, remove the redundant `::QString' make[4]: *** [cdarchiving.lo] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory The line in cdarchiving.cpp is: m_hostName = QString::QString( data->appName() ); Googling, there are other packages that have the m_hostName assignment in the same manner so I don't know what the issue is. Is there some build environment misconfig such that the build is calling the incorrect Qt for kde4? How would I check? 90+ percent of all the kdemod3 updates build just fine, so I don't think it is a generic problem. Any thoughts on what to check? I have also posted this message at AUR with the package as well. I've done what it said and removed the the redundant `::QString' and it seems to be building for now. I'm unsure how bad this change might hose me. (what - worst case a bad hostname in the cdarchiving module?) How bad could removing the (whatever you call it? class reference?) be? Thanks for any help or thoughts you might have. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[arch-general] [signoff] mdadm-3.1.3-1
by Tobias Powalowski 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

This is a bugfix/stability release over 3.1.2 Significant changes are: - mapfile now lives in a fixed location which default to /dev/.mdadm/map but can be changed at compile time. This location is choses and most distros provide it during early boot and preserve it through. As long a /dev exists and is writable, /dev/.mdadm will be created. Other files file communication with mdmon live here too. This fixes a bug reported by Debian and Gentoo users where udev would spin in early-boot. - IMSM and DDF metadata will not be recognised on partitions as they should only be used on whole-disks. - Various overflows causes by 2G drives have been addressed. - A subarray of an IMSM contain can now be killed with --kill-subarray. Also subarrays can be renamed with --update-subarray - -If (or --incremental --fail) can be used from udev to fail and remove from all arrays a device which has been unplugged from the system. i.e. hot-unplug-support. - "mdadm /dev/mdX --re-add missing" will look for any device that looks like it should be a member of /dev/mdX but isn't and will automatically --re-add it - Now compile with -Wextra to get extra warnings. - Lots of minor bug fixes, documentation improvements, etcc Please signoff both arches, greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] Shouldn't pacman restart dovecot after update?
by David C. Rankin 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

Guys, Sending mail from my local server resulted in errors "could not copy sent mail to 'sent' on servername? Checking the mail logs, I found this: <snip> Aug 2 17:15:03 nirvana dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Dovecot version mismatch: Master is v1.2.12, login is v1.2.13 (if you don't care, set version_ignore=yes) Aug 2 17:15:03 nirvana dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Dovecot version mismatch: Master is v1.2.12, login is v1.2.13 (if you don't care, set version_ignore=yes) <snip> So I restarted dovecot -- problem solved. That brought up the question, why didn't pacman restart dovecot with some post-install something?? So should it have? If it didn't, does this need to be reported? Let me know. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[arch-general] Packages Translate.
by Netanel Shine 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

Why Archlinux dont allow translation of the packages part in the site like in the AUR? -- Netanel Shine

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