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[arch-general] Free Arch Linux Shell Account
by Kaiting Chen 01 May '10

01 May '10

Hi, I posted this in the forums a couple weeks ago, just thought that I would copy it here in case anyone was still interested. Hi, I've a couple of Linode's with spare resources so I thought that I would offer some free shell accounts. There are three servers in total each running Arch Linux hosted in a Newark, New Jersey datacenter. The following packages are installed: abs 2.3.4.1-1, alpine 2.00-9, anyterm 1.1.29-1, apache 2.2.15-2, aria2 1.9.2-1, aspell 0.60.6-4, bash-completion 1.1-3, bc 1.06-7, bitlbee 1.2.6a-1, boost 1.41.0-1, cabal-install 0.8.0-2, cairo 1.8.10-1, ccache 2.4-5, centerim 4.22.9-3, certificates 2010-1, cherrypy 3.1.2-1, clisp 2.48-1, cpulimit 1.1-1, cuneiform 0.9.0-1, curl 7.20.1-1, darcs 2.4.1-1, dictionaries 2010-1, distcc 3.1-3, documentation 2010-1, dovecot 1.2.11-2, ecl 10.4.1-1, elinks 0.11.7-3, emacs-full 23.1-5, erlang R13B04-3, fish 1.23.1-2, fontforge 20090923-2, fortune-mod 1.99.1-4, freeimage 3.13.1-1, freetalk 3.2-4, gdb 7.1-2, ghc 6.12.1-4, ghostscript 8.71-3, git 1.7.1-1, gnupg 1.4.10-2, gnupg2 2.0.15-1, gnuplot 4.2.6-1, graphicsmagick 1.3.12-1, gtk2 2.20.0-2, guile 1.8.7-2, htop 0.8.3-1, icecast 2.3.2-3, imagemagick 6.6.1.4-1, intltool 0.41.1-1, ipsec-tools 0.7.3-2, iptables 1.4.7-1, irssi 0.8.15-1, libcups 1.4.3-2, lilypond 2.12.3-2, links 2.2-4, lua 5.1.4-4, lynx 2.8.7-2, maxima 5.20.1-3, mcabber 0.10.0-2, memcached 1.4.5-1, mercurial 1.5.1-1, monit 5.0.3-2, mysql 5.1.46-2, naim 0.11.8.3.2-1, nano 2.2.4-1, ne 2.0.3-1, nethack 3.4.3-4, nfs-utils 1.2.2-2, ngspice 20-1, nss_ldap 264-2, ntp 4.2.6-3, ocaml 3.11.2-1, octave 3.2.3-3, openldap 2.4.21-2, openssh 5.4p1-4, openvpn 2.1.1-2, pacman 3.3.3-5, pam_ldap 184-3, pango 1.28.0-1, parrot 2.3.0-1, perl 5.10.1-5, php-full 5.3.2-6, postfix 2.7.0-2, postgis 1.5.1-1, postgresql 8.4.3-2, python 2.6.5-3, python-jinja 2.4.1-1, python3 3.1.2-3, quota-tools 3.17-1, r 2.10.1-1, rpcbind 0.2.0-1, rsync 3.0.7-1, rsyslog 5.4.0-1, rtorrent 0.8.6-2, ruby 1.9.1_p378-2, rxvt-unicode 9.07-1, sbcl 1.0.37-1, screen 4.0.3-8, slrn 0.9.9p1-6, sphinx 0.9.9-1, spidermonkey 1.7.0-3, subversion 1.6.9-5, system 2010-1, tcl 8.5.8-1, tcsh 6.17.00-1, tesseract 2.04-3, texlive 2009-1, tin 1.8.3-7, tk 8.5.8-2, tmux 1.2-2, toolchain 2010-1, tree 1.5.3-1, ttf-dejavu 2.30-2, unzip 6.0-5, valgrind 3.5.0-3, vifm 0.5-2, vim-full 7.2.411-1, vixie-cron 4.1-11, vsftpd 2.2.2-3, w3m 0.5.2-5, weechat 0.3.2-1, xinetd 2.3.14-5, xorg-xauth 1.0.4-1, zsh 4.3.10-3 I've omitted most dependencies to shorten that list. If a package is requested I'll be happy to install it as long as it is reasonable and secure. You'll be free to run web applications in Python, Ruby, Perl, PHP, etc. You will automatically have a PostgreSQL account with the ability to create databases and if requested you will also be given your own LDAP tree. In addition you'll also have an email account that can be forwarded or accessed via IMAP or POP3. Feel free to compile software. There's also a whole slew of mathematical, statistical, and scientific software installed so feel free to run mathematical simulations etc. Each server has a 3GB /tmp partition of which most likely 2.8GB will be accessible to users who need the space temporarily (for compilation, etc.). I'm thinking right now that I'd like to allocate 256MB to each users to start off with and see how things work out from there. Uptime so far hasn't been fantastic but the servers have been undergoing a lot of changes lately so once everything is set I'm anticipating pretty good uptime. Basically all I'm asking for in return is that if you see a security hole or something stupid to let me know. I don't expect anyone to look for anything at all but if something happens to catch your attention please forward your concerns to me. Thanks. I am offering 24MB, 96MB, and 256MB accounts. Please make a reasonable estimate as to how much disk space you will use. You will be able to "upgrade" or "downgrade" later but please make a reasonable estimate now because changing that option later is a lot of work for me. Remember that /tmp has 2.8GB and is the recommended place to do compiling and such. If you'd like an account please reply on the list or email me at kaiting.chen(a)kiwilight.com. I need your first and last name as well as your email address. I also need to know whether or not you would like LDAP access. When your account is created you'll receive an email with your temporary password and the instructions for SSH'ing into your server. Please read the information in that email carefully. Also note that the servers have a first.last name username scheme which I really like so unfortunately I can't accommodate custom usernames. If you have a serious problem with this please email me and we can discuss a solution. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/

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[arch-general] Time for an arch-security mailing list?
by Ananda Samaddar 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Does anyone agree with this? If so how do I go about requesting the creation of such a list? The list would be for discussion around security in Arch, implementations and user/dev input etc. It seems like package signing has moved up the agenda now and I've also got a few things I'd like to suggest but I feel we'd be better served by a separate mailing list for security. Ananda

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[arch-general] Crisp Rendering Fonts
by Carlos Mennens 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Is there any suggestion on Arch Linux running Gnome 2.6.30 to improve the crisp / clearness of my fonts? I installed the latest available nVidia drivers & under 'Appearance' > 'Fonts' > 'Details', I show the following: * Resolution: 98 dots per square inch. * Smoothing: Subpixel (LCD) * Hinting: Slight * Subpixel Order; RGB It just never seems as clear and crisp when I compare side by side to Ubuntu or Windows 7. The font clarity is notable difference beween Arch and I would like to change this. Any help and or tips would be greatly appreciated! -Carlos

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[arch-general] perl prereleases request to make official decision to deviate from general guidleines
by Caleb Cushing 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

I'm working on a PKGBUILD for perl 5.12 and I notice that it's providing 20 some odd prerelease modules. I'm annoyed but I can't do anything about it. The general PKGBUILD guidelines say use the same as upstream unless there is a hyphen. so for a perl prerelease of 0.90_1 that guideline follows to release it as exactly the same. However 0.90_1 is == 0.90.1 and greater than 0.90 which it is a prerelease for on cpan. I'd like to suggest that for perl the official guideline be to make the version 0.90_pre1 Dist::Zilla a release automation tool also allows for using a format _TRIAL which is not yet popular on cpan but does happen should pacman add a _trial ? to the list of options? I think we could just use _pre here too. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com

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[arch-general] 4k sector drives
by Caleb Cushing 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

has anyone installed arch on one of these drives? thinking about buying a pair and running them mirrored... but not sure if everything will be working optimal. note: since I'll have to migrate off an existing drive I can use the tools installed on that to partition it first. Is there anything I should know first? -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com

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[arch-general] [signoff] linux-atm 2.5.1-1
by Tobias Powalowski 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Hi guys, bump to latest version 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] How to take screenshot of ring switcher ?
by Nilesh Govindarajan 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Hi, I want to impress my friend by showing them the Windows 7 Look on Linux and persuade them to ditch Windows and use Linux. I have enabled compiz and some effects. Anybody knows how to take screenshot of the Ring Switcher ? -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Administrator www.itech7.com मेरा भारत महान ! मम भारत: महत्तम भवतु !

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[arch-general] Package signing
by Aleksis Jauntēvs 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Hello, The idea is to implement package signing for Arch similar to rpm GPG package signing. Short description follows. Use case for developers: 1. Dev bulds package with f.e. "-sign" switch. 2. Dev enters passphrase. 3. makepkg builds the package and creates detached signature (now we have 2 files *.tar.xz and *.sig). 4. The two files togeather are distributed to the repos as package with signature. Package installation: Pacman additionally downloads the signature the signature file and verifies the package. Problems: 1. Where to store the package signature file? It is more convenient and logical to keep the package as a single file. Rpm packages uses binary format and the signatures are stored inside. 2. GPG key sharing. Rpm-like distros like fedora and RHL use a single key for signing all their stable packages, but I think their build system is centralised. Is it safe to share one key among all package developers? 3.. Implementation: 1. Add package verification suport in lipalpm (using gpgme or gpg executable as rpm does). 2. Add package signing in makepkg script 3. Patch pacman, add option to turn the package signing ON or Off. 4. Add support for signed package distribution if needed (see Problems #1) 5. Include Arch public pgp key in /etc/pacman.d/..(??) Discussion about this and also other ways for package signing(md5,..) are welcome! -- Alekss

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[arch-general] dual ISP: 1)cable broadband (DHCP) 2){shudder} dial-up (ppp?) Please help!
by Joe(theWordy)Philbrook 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Hi. It's been so long since I've bothered with dial-up that I'm not sure where to begin. But so that I can bring my laptop with me to check my mail etc... when I'm visiting my sister I need to get it working. Without messing up my 'working' broadband set-up. It looks like my best bet is to use wvdial. I'm hoping that the actual use will be as simple as unplugging the Ethernet cable from my laptop & plugging a 'live' modular phone cord into the laptops built in modem and following the instructions for using wvdial... My biggest concern is that everything I've found so far for getting Arch (or other Linux) to connect via dialup all appear to assume that there isn't an available broadband connection. (why else would I bother with dial-up after all...) But I want to confirm that setting up wvdial to use a dial-up ISP won't mess with reestablishing a broadband connection by simply reconnecting the 'live' Ethernet cable... Preferably without having to reboot. (Though I shudder to think what would happen if I goofed and plugged in the broadband during an active dial-up session, or initiated a dialup session without disconnecting the broadband.) http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide_Appen… says: "There are quite a few dialup related documents in the Arch Linux Wiki" But when I search the wiki for "dialup" it mostly lists in various languages, references to the install guide or the document "Dialup without a dialer HOWTO" But I like the idea that wvdialconf is supposed to automatically detect and configure for most modems. And I like that wvdial is supposed to be able to automatically detect pap vs chap etc and generally establish ppp with less requirement for me to micromanage the process... I searched the wiki for wvdial and all I got was instruction for configuring non-root access (which is the last thing I want. When/if connected via dialup, I'll be paying by the connected hour, so I don't want anyone I don't trust with the root password to be able to use it... I'm hoping that All I'll need to do is open a terminal window, su to a root shell, type wvdial Then open a browser or email client in another window. And to be able to quickly pull the plug on the connection (stopping the ISP's connect time clock) by switching back to the root shell that started wvdial and hitting ^C... (that is of course after a root shell runs wvdialconf and then edits the wvdial.conf to include the appropriate DNS server, user and password data etc...) Do I need to worry about wvdial and/or other dial-up ppp connection messing with the broadband Ethernet setup? Could someone point me at the URLs of the other 'dialup' related documents that are supposed to be in the Arch Linux Wiki (since searching for 'dialup' didn't help me)? Thanks! -- | ~-~ ~-~ Guess I just don't know. | <?> <?> Joseph (the Wordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | ___ <jtwdyp(a)ttlc.net> <sigh>

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Chasing various signoffs
by Allan McRae 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

On 24/04/10 11:09, Allan McRae wrote: > These are signoffs I need and the dates they were requested: I am still looking for these signoffs: > 2010-04-18 > cracklib (i686) > ed (i686) > inetutils (i686) > rp-pppoe (i686) > > 2010-04-19 > bridge-utils (i686) > ndiswrapper-utils (both) User signoffs are fine. Allan

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