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[arch-general] Gnome - howto configure sound? Sound is silent, beep is loud (as heck)?
by David C. Rankin 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

Guys, This is my first real work with gnome. Initially when I first installed arch, it seems like I had sound (I think that was before gstreamer), now I have no sound for desktop apps, but the system beep is so loud it will scare the heck out of you when you backspace too far, etc... I need to reverse both. Sound works in everything but gnome. I know it was working in gnome, but now something isn't working or is conflicted. I know for a fact virtualbox had good sound in gnome, now I get an error from XP saying that it is defaulting to 'null' sound. See screenshot: (40k) http://www.3111skyline.com/download/dt/gnome/vboxSoundError.jpg The big problem is I don't know how to configure the sound in gnome. I found this "Configuration Editor", but other than finding a few sound settings, I'm not sure what to do with it. I suspect, on a gut feeling I need to rip gstreamer out and go bact to asls or something else. But what? Here are some additional symptoms. The thing I first notice is my volume control is X'ed out and if I click on it, I get the error: "No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found." In the Configuration Editor, the sound settings I found look like this. / apps desktop gnome <snip> sound /desktop/gnome/sound/default_mixer_device <empty> /desktop/gnome/sound/default_mixer_tracks [] /desktop/gnome/sound/enable_esd unchecked /desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds checked /desktop/gnome/sound/input_feedback_sounds unchecked /desktop/gnome/sound/theme_name freedesktop <snip> schemas (all by <schema>) <snip> system gstreamer 0.10 audio global /system/gstreamer/0.10/audio/global/profile_list profiles cdlossy ogg, cdlossless flac, aac m4a, mp2 mp2, mp3 mp3, voicelossless wav, voicelossy spx default audiosink autoaudiosink audiosink_description default audiosrc alsasrc audiosrc_description default (chat music and video all default) Well that doesn't mean a whole lot of shinola to me at all. If some of our great list companions has any expertise with sound in gnome, I really would appreciate a bit of help or at least a point in the right direction on whether I trash gstreamer and work to configure alsa of a good webpage where this is discussed would be fine. As always, if you need anything else, please do not hesitate to ask. I'm more than happy to do the work on my end to learn how to fix this. 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] New install configuring php - only get text - feeling stupid -- help!
by David C. Rankin 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Guys, I can't believe this. On my new arch install on my laptop, I'm finally getting around to configuring the web server and I am having trouble with php. When I try and access a php page, all I get is the text of the script echoed to the browser. I have heard about this happening before and I think I have even fixed it before, but I can't for the life of me remember how? I've been through the wiki at: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LAMP I have the following loaded: php 5.3.1-2 php-apache 5.3.1-2 php-curl 5.3.1-2 php-docs 5.3.0-1 php-enchant 5.3.1-2 php-gd 5.3.1-2 php-gmp 5.3.1-2 php-intl 5.3.1-2 php-ldap 5.3.1-2 php-mcrypt 5.3.1-2 php-odbc 5.3.1-2 php-pear 5.3.1-2 php-pgsql 5.3.1-2 php-pspell 5.3.1-2 php-snmp 5.3.1-2 php-sqlite 5.3.1-2 php-tidy 5.3.1-2 php-xsl 5.3.1-2 My php config in httpd.conf is: LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm Include conf/extra/php5_module.conf I've configured php and php works from the command line just fine and will dump phpinfo() to a terminal, but from my browser pointed at: http://localhost/dcr/phpinfo.php all I get is: "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" (no quotes) which is nothing more than the content of my test script. I have also configured php.ini with the proper: open_basedir =.:/srv/http:/usr/share/pear:/home:/tmp:/var/lib/egroupware <snip> include_path = ".:/srv/http/secure:/srv/http/htdocs:/srv/http/dl:/usr/share/pear:/srv/http" to accomadate the php include and defined the directory to /dcr. In fact I can browse /dcr just fine, but clicking on the phpinfo() script just returns the text of the script like all my other pages. What's the trick? (yes, I've stopped and restarted httpd...) -- 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] zd1211-firmware-1.4-3-any switched to arch=any
by Giovanni Scafora 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Hi guys, I'm looking for user signoffs on the upgrade not killing the device. zd1211-firmware-1.4-3-any After signoffs, I will be moving it from testing to core. Thanks. -- Arch Linux Developer http://www.archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.it

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[arch-general] Post Install for RAID Configuration?
by Carlos Williams 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

I have a stand alone server running Arch 2009.08 x64 and it was configured via the 'Netinst' CD however during the time of the installation, the server had only one physical disk. I installed the system as follows: * /dev/sda1 = swap * /dev/sda2 = boot * /dev/sda3 = / * /dev/sda4 = /var Now I have since obtained identical drives on this system which show up as /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc. Both of the new drives are identical. I have the system running perfectly however I would like to create /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc in a mirror. I can use 'cfdisk' utility to create RAID partitions on the newly installed drives using the 'fd' code. Can I simply just use 'mdadm' utility to create a mirror after I create the partitions with out messing up my configured / working Arch Linux server? Code: mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 The Wiki has a write up (which I have never been able to get working) on RAID / LVM but this appears to be configured during the installation of Arch which I have already done. Not to mention I have followed the Wiki guide dozens of times to no avail. I even gave up on trying to install the swap and root partitions on the RAID and just do /home and it still fails. Anyone know if I will run into any issues?

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[arch-general] Need Text-to-Speech
by Keith 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009, at 22:16:58 -0500, Daenyth Blank wrote: > This article may help: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux_for_the_blind and my well have saved sound's sanity, if not tried life. I knew such a play existed but finding it was beyond my abilities. Thank you SO much, Daenyth. I'll (*briefly*) post progress (which will be slow, through the codeine fog ATM; doc with likely be giving me something MUCH stronger in 8 hours, so I'd best move fast...). Peace to you, Daenyth.

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[arch-general] svn:keywords is not set on newer packages
by Evangelos Foutras 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hello, The $Id$ keyword came up while talking with Angel and I realized that the svn:keywords property doesn't get set on PKGBUILD for new packages, and thus $Id$ doesn't get updated on commit. I believe we should fix this, as this information is useful when determining when a PKGBUILD was last modified and by whom. May I suggest we do the following: 1) Edit the "Adding a package" section [1] of the packaging instructions in the DeveloperWiki to include this step. (Adding `svn propset svn:keywords "Id" new-package/trunk/PKGBUILD' below the $EDITOR line perhaps?) 2) Add this property to all packages (this has been done once before by Aaron, if I remember correctly). What's your view on this? ---- [1] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:HOWTO_Be_A_Packager#Addin…

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[arch-general] Need Text-to-Speech
by Keith 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hello. Please excuse my spelling; it's why I'm writing. In the past 3-4 weeks (or less), I've developed a very intense case of "alexia" (I'd never heard of it befor, either). If anyone might be interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexia_%28disorder%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexia_%28acquired_dyslexia%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia#History My hearing and speech are completely unaffected. My reading and writing are about 99% dysfunctional. I face the bigging fight of me life, and am not able to comprehend more than 1-2% of any of the links above - or much more than that of the ArchLinx home page, for that matter. I'm in VERY bad need of a simple but effective text-to-speech program. If it can read/render a web-page, and plan text, that'll a darned go start. I'll be (very) slow to reply to posts; my assistant to 100% non-technical, but I well do my best; 10-15 minutes reading = a 5 hour migraine. This post today 5 hours to written, until I afraid for assistance. Ok - AMD x86_64. TIA in the extreme.

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[arch-general] Akonadi control process not registered at D-Bus, committing suicide! -- WTF?
by David C. Rankin 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Guys, I'm trying to figure out what akonadi is doing on my new install, (moreover how to pronouce it's name), and what I am faced with is some strange errors. Specifically, the "Akonadi Server Self-Test Report" that appears when Akonadi crashes is located at: (9k) http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/akonodi-error-on-start.t… I found the following recently closed bug, and either it is something else that is happening, or there may be a regression: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16341?string=ed I also found the following, but I'm still having problems: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=85088 Admittedly, I know very little about akonadi, and whether I have packages missing, a config error, or if akonadi is having problems. So, if anybody can help or offer a link or two to some useful information, I would appreciate it. 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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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.32 experiences
by Damjan Georgievski 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

> I've built kernel 2.6.32rc8git1. My ati/radeon drm modules now > requires its own firmware that will be part of new kernel26-firmware > pkg. > > And we need to fix mkinitcpio to include that firmware for kms early > mode that now fails due to missing firmware. It did not help to add > FILES="/lib/firmware/radeon/R300_cp.bin" :( - maybe we need a new hook > for that. did you enable the firmware hook? I wonder how all of this will work on my HD3200 -- damjan

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[arch-general] We need a maintained-by-TU chrome/chromium...
by Hamo 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Dear Archlinux users, Chrome is likely to be a daily-use web browser and with the Chrome OS releasing,it will become more and more reliable.Archlinux is a rolling-release distribution and it aims at being bleeding edge.So we should have a maintained-by-TU chrome/chromium and it is really useful... -- Nick Name:Hamo Website:http://hamobai.com/

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