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[arch-general] [signoff] rp-pppoe-3.10-3
by Daniel Isenmann 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

Hi, this is a small fix for the bug reported here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=699763 Now, you have to set explicit the plugin path to the kernel mode plugin if you want to use it. So, it's up to you if you need it or not and it won't be set anymore as default, because it generated too much errors for some users. Please test it and signoff. -Daniel

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[arch-general] Update Conflicts
by Samuel Baldwin 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

I'm trying to update my system with 'pacman -Syu', but doing so discovers a conflict with phonon; phonon conflicts with qt, but kdelibs apparently needs both. What should I do? Trying to install phonon by hand requires uninstalling qt, but other packages depend on it (including kdelibs). arrakis^samuel# pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... :: Replace kdelibs-experimental with extra/kdelibs? [Y/n] :: Replace kernel-headers with core/linux-api-headers? [Y/n] :: Replace pil with extra/python-imaging? [Y/n] warning: quodlibet-plugins: local (20080926-2) is newer than extra (2.2-1) resolving dependencies... warning: dependency cycle detected: warning: xorg-server will be installed before its nvidia-utils dependency looking for inter-conflicts... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: kdelibs: requires phonon -- Samuel Baldwin - logik.li

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[arch-general] How to disable automatic svn updates in Konqueror 4.4?
by David Rosenstrauch 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

So it looks like an annoying "feature" got added to a recent upgrade to KDE4. (Maybe in the recent 4.4 beta?) When using Konqueror as a file manager, apparently there's some new subversion integration - which is getting enabled by default. If you go into "konqueror --profile filemanagement" and click on an svn working directory, konqueror automatically displays the svn status using icons, and automatically performs an "svn update" when you enter the directory. Anyone know how to disable this "feature"? Thanks, DR

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] filesystem 2010.02-2
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

On 02/13/2010 12:10 AM, Allan McRae wrote: > On 13/02/10 12:44, Pierre Schmitz wrote: >> Am Samstag, 6. Februar 2010 05:51:02 schrieb Allan McRae: >>>> It would be nicer if you did the change automatically from >>>> post_install/post_upgrade. Detecting the presence of the include is >>>> simple done with grep, and adding it is a simple echo. Other packages >>>> touch this file directly and will get changed to dropping an >>>> ld.so.conf.d file in the future, those packages will stop working if >>>> this ld.so.conf change isn't done. >>>> The filesystem package touches the group and passwd files in the same >>>> way, so there's no excuse not to do this change automatically. >>> >>> So... what are we doing for this? I have a couple of packages I want >>> to update to this new include directory but will hold off until this >>> leaves [testing]. >> >> I think this is correct. I thought about it and on the one hand >> ld.so.conf is >> aconfig file; but it's not one that is edited by the user but by several >> packages on install. >> >> So its fine to update it during the upgrade. Maybe in future versions >> if all >> other packages use the include dir we can remove that file from the >> backup >> array. >> >> I went ahead and put filesystem-2010.02-2 into testing. >> >> Please sign off. > > Change worked fine here. > > Signoff i686. > Allan > > Upgrading from previous 2010.02-1 produce a double "include" entry, reinstalling produce a triple entry, etc... Changing this, fixes the issue: -grep -q '^\s*include\s*/etc/ld.so.conf.d/\*.conf\s*$' etc/ld.so.conf \ +grep -q '^include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/\*.conf$' /etc/ld.so.conf \ -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [PATCH] fixed detection of CONSOLEFONT and enabled all *gz fonts
by Damjan Georgievski 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

> I removed psf.gz since i didn't find what's the difference between psfu.gz > and psf.gz and maybe it supposed to be handled in other way. The difference between a psfu and a psf font, is that psfu also contains a unicode -> glyph mapping which is a necessity for UTF-8 consoles. The psf fonts don't have a unicode map, and by default are only usefull for the charset they were designed for. but it's possible to load an external unicode map with "setfont -u". references: /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/README.psfu man setfont -- damjan

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[arch-general] xf86-video-intel and KMS
by Pierre Chapuis 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

I saw on arch-announce that xf86-video-intel now only supports KMS, and I wanted to ask: is there still a way to specify the resolution of virtual consoles, like we used to do with vga=XXX in kernel options? -- catwell

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[arch-general] pacman message: "too much happens::" ...
by clemens fischer 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

Hi, I'm updating the pacman database about once a day. For the last few days I always get this message: "too much happens:: Synchronizing package databases..." but everything works fine. I checked usr/bin/pacman, /usr/lib/libalpm.so.4 and usr/sbin/fcron using strings(1) for the text "much", but no hits. What's happening here? clemens

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[arch-general] VIM history
by Nilesh Govindarajan 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

Hi, while I was on Fedora, whenever I opened a file using vim, the next time I open it, it used to open at the same line where I closed it. What is the setting to enable this feature ? Its a big pain in the a$$ to scroll through the file every time I want to find the line. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com

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[arch-general] [Fwd: [LAU] A sound decision]
by Ng Oon-Ee 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

Forwarding the below, for those interested. fons, you'd maybe like this? -------- Forwarded Message -------- > To: linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org > Subject: [LAU] A sound decision > Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:26:36 -0200 > > http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/36698-from-windows-to… > > From Windows to Linux: a sound decision > > Some excerpts: > > Five years ago, when Geoff Beasley decided to move his sound studio > business from a Windows-based one to a Linux-based setup, he had one > simple bit of logic driving him: things could not be worse under > Linux. > ... > "There's a great difference between working with commercial software > and Linux," says Beasley. "One is the speed at which things get fixed > - it is simply amazing. Another thing is that though I am always > running software which is in a constant state of development, it is > incredibly stable. It is not possible to get fixes at this speed from > commercial vendors - the guys I work with are driven by the sheer > elegance of their software and its flexibility. And I am constantly > amazed at what I can do with my limited knowledge." > ... > Beasley's set-up: > > SYSTEM SOFTWARE > > All 5 of the production machines have the following subsystem: > > Arch Linux system custom 2.6.31,6-rt19 kernel with RT preemption > (essential for Xrun avoidance - click and pops) Desktop consisting of > openbox, Adeskbar and pypanel. Display manager is Slim > AUDIO > jack2-svn (contains netone; which is netjack1 within jack2) > Qjackctl-svn > Rtirq (RT pci priorities for sound cards; also essential for Xrun avoidance) > > LinAS > LinAS is the audio master machine. It hosts 4 Hoontech C-Ports > (ice1712-based chipset) in an Alsa multi-array providing 40 channels > of audio to the other machines via 'netone'. jack is running with 2 > periods @ 48kH and 64 frames giving a 'round-trip' latency (in and > out) of 2.66 ms . Can be run @ 32 frames (half the latency) but the > samplers struggle at this low a frame rate. > > Uses Gjacktransport to control the jack transport here and therefore > the netone slaves via jack transport. > > LinDAW > The Digital Audio Workstation hosts 'Ardour' as the main DAW software > and also Mhwaveedit and Audacity for audio editing, Qjadeo for > synchronous video playback with Ardour, K3b & GDC Master for CD > mastering. > > LinSeq > The midi sequencer machine. Runs MusE 1.01-svn and Linuxsampler with > the Fantasia (java) frontend. Magic. Mscore is the Linux music scoring > program, started by the creator of MusE, Werner Schweer. > > LinSampler > Uses the program fst (free software studio) by Torben Hohn to run > vsti's (virtual studio technology instruments) under wine. The two I > run are Kontakt 2 and Sampletank 2. Both work 100 percent maybe better > than under Wine. > > LinVS > This is the 'Video Server" This one specialises in distributing video > throughout the complex via webcams using 'Cheese' to mount them. > Kdenlive and capture cards are used to take interviews of Composers > and Performers for web-based content enhancement. Qjadeo is used to > playback vision also piped throughout. > > LinFX > Essentially hosts the Jc_Gui front end for Fons Adriaensen's > Jconvolver. Using open source Impulse Responses. Gives reverbs to the > mixing desk. >

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[arch-general] [Device Auto-mounting] HAL, KDE4.4 and tight default permissions
by Gaurish Sharma 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

Hello, I have a small problem with default permissions of Automounted Removable Devices. Whenever I mount it via KDE4.4's Auto-mounter. it sets all files to be owned by root. $ ls -la /media/Backup/ total 24 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 10 16:07 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Feb 10 17:30 .. drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Feb 10 16:07 lost+found I know KDE does not mount anything, it asks HAL. nothing is in /etc/fstab but in /etc/mtab and in /proc/mount I got $ cat /etc/mtab /dev/sdb1 /media/Backup ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal 0 0 $ cat /etc/proc /dev/sdb1 /media/Backup ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 This means I can't write/modify anything as a normal user. mounting manually every-time I need to transfer few files is annoying.HAL mounts drives by default only for root user. [1] hal 0.5.14-1 [2] qt 4.6.1-1 [3] kernel26 2.6.32.8-1 I was wondering how to change this behavior and so by default normal users could read-write into auto-mounted partitions. Regards, Gaurish Sharma www.gaurishsharma.com

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