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[arch-general] random bug report
by Milos Negovanovic 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Hi all, root@mighty ~ # grep -r cron.pid /etc/ /etc/logrotate.d/crond: kill -HUP `cat /var/run/cron.pid` If I am not mistaken this should be crond.pid Regards Milos Negovanovic

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] devtools and db-scripts plans
by Daniel J Griffiths (Ghost1227) 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

>> - allow db-move to handle multiple packages >> (or add a script to help moving from community-testing) >> > We should kill these testing2whatever scripts and unify it completely in > db-move (including the testing2x case where the right repository is > automatically determined). Short-term it would probably suffice to > create community-testing2community. > Ask and ye shall receive. Attached is a patch db-move that incorporates the ability to handle multiple packages and cleans up the whitespaces. I know the whitespace patch should technically be separate but I had such a hard time reading db-move when I was editing it that I had to include it for my own sanity. Note: my patch hasn't been tested beyond echoing output to the screen... but it should work.

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[arch-general] kde44beta - 'virtuoso -t' grabbing ~80% of the CPU every few minutes
by David C. Rankin 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Guys, After the kde44beta install, I first notices increased fan noise every 10 minutes or so that lasts for about 4-5 minutes, then things would go back to normal. At first I just thought it was strigi catching up or so, but after a full day the CPU was still getting pegged. Looking at the processes, it is 'virtuoso -t' that is to blame. Can anyone else confirm this behavior ... and .. does anyone know of a workaround? -- 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] Viewing Actual Kernel Release Version
by Carlos Williams 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

I noticed today when doing a system upgrade via Pacman, it wanted to upgrade my kernel and install 'kernel26-2.6.32.7-1' however I wanted to know how this version differs from my current version kernel. When I run 'uname -r' command, I just get "2.6.32-ARCH". Can someone please tell me how I can find my exact kernel version & lastly - what happens to the old kernel? Does it get removed?

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[arch-general] AUR / Official Repo version problem
by Brendan Long 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

So I've been having a strange problem on my computer with updates. The xulrunner package in the official repos didn't want to update because firefox-branded (from the AUR) depends on an old version, but firefox-branded won't update because it needs a newer version of xulrunner. I got it to work by removing firefox-branded, updating, then installing it again, but it's a complicated solution and entirely not obvious what's going wrong. The error message made it sound like there was just no update for xulrunner available: :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: firefox-branded: requires xulrunner=1.9.1.7 Not sure how this could be made easier, but I thought I'd mention how confusing it is. -Brendan Long

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[arch-general] Dark Red & Gold KDE4 Theme - brighten your desktop for a bit (DR - you might even like it :-)
by David C. Rankin 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Guys, I never thought red and gold would work on a kde4 desktop, but I think it looks great. While I figure out how to package them and where to put them, I could use some feedback on whether they need any more work. Below are links to the RedGold theme, a background to go with it, and an emerald theme as well. All three of the gold themes (BlackGold, DeepBlueGold, DarkRedGold), work best with either Nitrogen, Ozone or Oxygen 'window & style' decorations. Bespin works very well as a window decoration for all three, but the Bespin 'style' is very finicky with the Red for some reason. If you use a 'style' other than Ozone, Nitrogen, Oxygen or Bespin, your theme color will look black instead of Red or Blue due to how faint the colors are in the color definition. For the best results, 'uncheck' the option to blend the title bar with theme colors in the Appearance -> Window system settings. The charcoal titlebar works well into the theme. You can also use Crystal, Modern, Laptop or Glow window decorations and they will look pretty good as well. A screenshot: (140k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/ss/kde4/DcrDarkRedGoldKDE4.jpg The color theme: (2k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/kde4/color-schemes/DcrDarkRedGoldKDE4.colo… The background: (112k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/kde4/color-schemes/wp/heatLightWind1440.jpg ** the gold satin background works well too (300k): http://www.3111skyline.com/download/dt/kde4/color-schemes/wp/goldsatin-1440… The emerald theme: (70k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/emerald/dcr-BlackGold.emerald ** Note: you can grab all the current color schemes at: (3.2k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/kde4/color-schemes/dcrKDE4Colors-Current.t… Enjoy :p -- 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] A bug in compiz-core
by Nilesh Govindarajan 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi, I was trying to configure compiz and kde, when I ran fusion-icon on the terminal, it told me that /usr/lib/compiz/libpng.so.14 could not be loaded as required by compiz. But I found /usr/lib/compiz/libpng.so and symlinked to libpng.so.14 that fixed the problem. But is this a bug to be reported ?? Also I don't see bug reporting for community packages in 'Category' list of bug tracker. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com

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[arch-general] Recent update to php-apache breaks LAMP stack.
by wahjava.ml＠gmail.com 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi, I'd recently updated php, mysql, and php-apache packages to following versions: php 5.3.1-4 mysql 5.1.43-1 php-apache 5.3.1-4 After update my existing webapps started showing error: Unable to connect to database, with nothing changed on the webapps side. After assuming that recent update cause them to break, I downgraded all related packages, and then upgraded them one-by-one. Following is the final combination which worked for me: php 5.3.1-4 mysql 5.1.43-1 php-apache 5.3.1-3 If anyone also exhibits this behaviour, then I can report this as bug. Thanks Ashish SHUKLA -- They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin

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[arch-general] Mounting tmpfs on /dev. Why?
by AlannY 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi there. I'm newbie in Archlinux and I have another lame question. Recently, I've found that Arch mounts tmpfs on /dev. And, as you may see, this makes big problem to some applications. I see: "none on /dev type tmpfs" in the output of mount program. This mount is not placed in /etc/fstab. So, I think this is done by some of init scripts. I've looked at the /etc/rc.d folder and grep "mount" `find`. But nothing interesting found. I really don't want to mount tmpfs on /dev. How to don't do it? Thanks for patience.

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[arch-general] Video Resolution, Grub2 and Kernel 2.6.32
by Steve Holmes 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

When I installed grub2 a short while back, I was using the kernel 2.6.31.6 and I enjoyed a full screen of 1024.768 32K color depth. I followed the steps outlined here <http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2#Setting_the_framebuffer_resolution> to the letter and all was great. But when the kernel26 package upgraded to 2.6.32.2, This functionality broke. I ended up having to remove the video related stuff from my grub line to get my system to boot. When I say this didn't work anymore, basically my system wouldn't boot and I end up with a blank screen showing. When I experimented by removing the insmod statement and using vga=790 by itself, the best I get is a 30 line display with 80 columns width. Anyone know what changed? It would appear that we may need to update the wiki page with new info for grub2 and video resolution.

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