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[arch-general] nitrogen libpng rebuild information
by pyther 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

As nitrogen is currently orphaned I am sending this message here in hopes to avoid duplicate efforts. Two issues: -Nitrogen won't build against libpng 14 -Nitrogen crashes with "terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Gdk::PixbufError'" According to the developer: "It had a stray include of a libpng file that it hasnt needed in years that just sorta stayed there and recent libpng updates made that line problematic." He states that debian has a patch for this. However, he also states: "That's been long fixed in git. You can clone master if you want and grab it, or wait a few days, 1.5 has been in rc for a few weeks and no complaints about it so far so i'll release it soon." He stated it can be as soon as today. The crashes occur with both nitrogen 1.4.2 (from the extra repo) and git (soon to by 1.5). As I am writing this message, I am currently working with the developer to resolve this issue. He has given me a patch, which essential catches the error and prints some debug info to stderr. With this patch nitrogen git runs flawlessly. So I believe it is going to be a simple fix that should be hopefully be applied to git in the next few hours. With this said, I suggest that we wait for nitrogen 1.5 to be released. Even if we were to patch 1.4.2 we would still have the issue of the gdk::PixbufError crashes. ~pyther

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[arch-general] tor new version
by nblock 22 Jan '10

22 Jan '10

Hi, The torproject released a new version of tor that fix some security problems. I updated the PKGBUILD, here is the patch: Index: PKGBUILD =================================================================== --- PKGBUILD (Revision 64847) +++ PKGBUILD (Arbeitskopie) @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # Contributor: simo <simo(a)archlinux.org> pkgname=tor -pkgver=0.2.1.21 +pkgver=0.2.1.22 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Anonymizing overlay network" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ source=(http://www.torproject.org/dist/tor-${pkgver}.tar.gz 'tor.conf' 'tor.rc') -md5sums=('54f7a801d824cd9c13ce672d483926d6' +md5sums=('583501a989ed0c39e209b604c3671ecd' '56c75d4e8a66f34167d31e38c43793dd' '23348b8e3b38c6ed2a45b4be42a7de8e') full PKGBUILD: # $Id: PKGBUILD 62137 2010-01-03 11:07:08Z andrea $ # Maintainer: # Contributor: simo <simo(a)archlinux.org> pkgname=tor pkgver=0.2.1.22 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Anonymizing overlay network" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') url="http://www.torproject.org/" license=('BSD') depends=('openssl' 'libevent' 'tsocks' 'bash') backup=('etc/tor/torrc' 'etc/tor/torrc-dist' 'etc/tor/tor-tsocks.conf') install=tor.install source=(http://www.torproject.org/dist/tor-${pkgver}.tar.gz 'tor.conf' 'tor.rc') md5sums=('583501a989ed0c39e209b604c3671ecd' '56c75d4e8a66f34167d31e38c43793dd' '23348b8e3b38c6ed2a45b4be42a7de8e') build() { cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver} ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var || return 1 make || return 1 make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install || return 1 install -d ${pkgdir}/var/lib/tor || return 1 mv "$pkgdir/etc/tor/torrc.sample" "$pkgdir/etc/tor/torrc-dist" || return 1 install -D -m644 "$srcdir/tor.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/tor/torrc" || return 1 install -D -m755 "$srcdir/tor.rc" "$pkgdir/etc/rc.d/tor" || return 1 install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/tor/LICENSE" || return 1 } greetings, -- nblock

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[arch-general] new tor version
by Florian Preinstorfer 22 Jan '10

22 Jan '10

Hi, The torproject released a new version of tor that fix some security problems. I updated the PKGBUILD, here is the patch: Index: PKGBUILD =================================================================== --- PKGBUILD (Revision 64847) +++ PKGBUILD (Arbeitskopie) @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # Contributor: simo <simo(a)archlinux.org> pkgname=tor -pkgver=0.2.1.21 +pkgver=0.2.1.22 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Anonymizing overlay network" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ source=(http://www.torproject.org/dist/tor-${pkgver}.tar.gz 'tor.conf' 'tor.rc') -md5sums=('54f7a801d824cd9c13ce672d483926d6' +md5sums=('583501a989ed0c39e209b604c3671ecd' '56c75d4e8a66f34167d31e38c43793dd' '23348b8e3b38c6ed2a45b4be42a7de8e') full PKGBUILD: # $Id: PKGBUILD 62137 2010-01-03 11:07:08Z andrea $ # Maintainer: # Contributor: simo <simo(a)archlinux.org> pkgname=tor pkgver=0.2.1.22 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Anonymizing overlay network" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') url="http://www.torproject.org/" license=('BSD') depends=('openssl' 'libevent' 'tsocks' 'bash') backup=('etc/tor/torrc' 'etc/tor/torrc-dist' 'etc/tor/tor-tsocks.conf') install=tor.install source=(http://www.torproject.org/dist/tor-${pkgver}.tar.gz 'tor.conf' 'tor.rc') md5sums=('583501a989ed0c39e209b604c3671ecd' '56c75d4e8a66f34167d31e38c43793dd' '23348b8e3b38c6ed2a45b4be42a7de8e') build() { cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver} ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var || return 1 make || return 1 make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install || return 1 install -d ${pkgdir}/var/lib/tor || return 1 mv "$pkgdir/etc/tor/torrc.sample" "$pkgdir/etc/tor/torrc-dist" || return 1 install -D -m644 "$srcdir/tor.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/tor/torrc" || return 1 install -D -m755 "$srcdir/tor.rc" "$pkgdir/etc/rc.d/tor" || return 1 install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/tor/LICENSE" || return 1 } greetings, -- nblock

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.32.4-1
by Tobias Powalowski 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Hi guys, bump to latest bugfix 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] Can you rebuild an nv dmraid array in linux - or is it just gparted and copy partitions?
by David C. Rankin 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Listmates I had a failing drive in my arch server so I installed a new one. The bios raid 'nvidia dmraid' provides the feature to 'Rebuild' the array and allows for adding the new disk to the array. After that configuration you are prompted to "Boot to an OS that supports rebuilding.." (or something very close to that). I image that there is some windows utility that does the rebuild on boot. Something probably on one of the cd's that came with the motherboard. The motherboard is an MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum (MS-7374) and has the nvidia dmraid 0/1/5/ chipset. In the past I have always just used gparted to copy partitions from good drive -> new drive and created a new array. Based on the output of creating the array in the bios, I'm curious if I can just rebuild does it work in linux? how? -- 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] Arch Linux Press Review wiki page updated
by Angel Velásquez 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

People, I've updated the wiki page [1] of the press review with the 2010 section and the interview to some people of the dev team of Arch. If you have blogs, sites, etc where Arch was mentioned and it's not showing on that list, you can edit the wiki, and contribute with the wiki!. I've to confess that I love to read those reviews :). Cheers! and nice interview btw [1] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux_Press_Review -- Angel Velásquez angvp @ irc.freenode.net Arch Linux Trusted User Linux Counter: #359909 http://www.angvp.com

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[arch-general] Last networkmanager in testing busts everything in gnome ?
by Frederic Bezies 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Hello everybody. Yesterday, my computer installed from testing last networkmanager version, 0.7.998-1. It worked OK until I shut down my computer. This morning, I cannot get any single program to be launched in gnome, even xterm using alt+f2 dialog box. After I downgraded to version 0.7.2-1, all was again working. I opened a bug : http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/17743 Did anybody see the same problem or is it my computer ? -- Frederic Bezies - fredbezies(a)gmail.com Weblog : http://frederic.bezies.free.fr/blog/

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[arch-general] 2 Killer kde4 dark themes - DR you listening??
by David C. Rankin 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Guys, I stumbled into 2 cool looking dark kde4 themes while tweaking an existing theme so I thought I would pass them along for any others that like dark themes ... like DR. The themes are dark gradient themes: BlueGold color-theme: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/dt/kde4/color-schemes/DcrBlueGold.colors screenshot: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/ss/kde4/DcrBlueGold.jpg BlackGold color-theme: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/dt/kde4/color-schemes/DcrBlackGold.colo… screenshot: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/ss/kde4/DcrBlackGold.jpg (note: the screenshots were from within E16) For the corresponding dark colors for all your kde4 editors (kwrite, kate, quanta), just add the following to your ~/.kde4/share/config/kateschemarc: [kate-kwrite-dark] Color Background=26,26,26 Color Highlighted Bracket=228,180,94 Color Highlighted Line=36,36,36 Color Icon Bar=113,113,112 Color Line Number=167,167,167 Color MarkType1=228,180,94 Color MarkType2=255,0,0 Color MarkType3=255,255,0 Color MarkType4=255,0,255 Color MarkType5=160,160,164 Color MarkType6=0,255,0 Color MarkType7=255,0,0 Color Selection=47,87,133 Color Tab Marker=115,115,115 Color Template Background=204,204,204 Color Template Editable Placeholder=204,255,204 Color Template Focused Editable Placeholder=102,255,102 Color Template Not Editable Placeholder=255,204,204 Color Word Wrap Marker=76,76,76 Font=DejaVu Sans Mono,8,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 then in an editor, choose Settings -> Configure Editor -> Fonts & Colors and then change the "Schema:" (at the top) and the "Default schema for Kate/Kwrite:" (at the bottom) and the editor window color will not complement the dark theme. Enjoy! -- 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] Quoting of E-mails
by Steve Holmes 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 I've been seeing some very passionate pleeds in posts lately concerning top-posting of replies. I, for one, don't really mind seeing top-posted e-mails like that because I can see the reply quickly and if the thread is current in my mind, I don't have to re-read the old stuff over and over again. Nothing annoys me more than haveing to page through five generations of past messages in a single thread to get all the way to the bottom just to have a single line of text say something like "Thank you" or "I agree" or whatever. The only thing that makes bottom-posting, like this bareable to me at all is Mutt's 'S' command which takes the cursor down to the unquoted text for much quicker reading. If bottom-posting is so passionately desirable, then may I suggest people trim down the history of a thread to the most recent 1 or 2 generations back. Or maybe even better, just reply with no quoting and and briefly summarize the quoted context. Yeah, I realize quoting past context is more work. I just find that when people top-post, I can seem to get through the mud a lot faster. Of course interlacing replies with quoted text makes a lot of sense when you have multiple issues or questions being asked. Anyway, just my thoughts, not trying to war or any of that, just trying to see the proes and cons of e-mail styles. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREDAAYFAktL+5AACgkQWSjv55S0LfEQ4ACgxr5OkA9AMsezDU6ynhNmHj4Y 9mYAnjwZIcgCUHB0yo6Gu8ScCIj4awfD =90j9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-general] Deluge is missing one dependency
by Felipe Tanus 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Hi all, When running deluge from a terminal, i got the following output: [fotanus@Yoda ~]$ deluge [ERROR ] 00:07:58 ui:146 No module named chardet Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/deluge/ui/ui.py", line 127, in __init__ from deluge.ui.gtkui.gtkui import GtkUI File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/deluge/ui/gtkui/__init__.py", line 1, in <module> from gtkui import start File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py", line 79, in <module> from connectionmanager import ConnectionManager File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/deluge/ui/gtkui/connectionmanager.py", line 49, in <module> import deluge.ui.common File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/deluge/ui/common.py", line 45, in <module> import chardet ImportError: No module named chardet [ERROR ] 00:07:58 ui:147 There was an error whilst launching the request UI: gtk [ERROR ] 00:07:58 ui:148 Look at the traceback above for more information. [fotanus@Yoda ~]$ I guess it's missing the "python-chardet" dependency. Once i installed, everything worked out. []'s -- Felipe de Oliveira Tanus E-mail: fotanus(a)gmail.com Blog: http://www.itlife.com.br Site: http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~fotanus/ ----- "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - Gandalf

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