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Re: [arch-general] No sound after hal update
by Christopher Daley 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Also, make sure your user is a member of the group 'audio'? If you're still having problems then run ls -l /dev/snd and show us the output On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Jozsef <jozefk(a)gmx.com> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Nov 2009, A Rojas wrote: > > > I just updated to hal 0.5.13-3 and after rebooting the soundcard is not > > accessible to non-root users anymore, so there is no sound. Any idea how > to > > solve this? > > Thanks > > > -- > Best, > Jozsef Kurucity | Web & Graphic Designer > +971 50 6783113 | jozefk(a)gmx.com >

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[arch-general] аrch x86_64 and i686 performance comparison
by Sergey Manucharian 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi folks, The similar question most probably has been discussed many times, but I really cannot find a clear answer. There are some obvious thinks like 64-bit addressing, but how about math calculations performance? I've set up two identical virtual machines in vbox - one with Arch x86_64 and another with Arch i686. I ran mencoder in both over the same video and got the following figures: x86_64: 43 sec i686: 34 sec which make x86_64 not so impressive ;) Some time ago I read an article at AMD web site, they suggested using their math libs for writing programs instead of standard ones. In such a case a program with complex math involved can performs much better (personally I haven't tried). I'm just curious about other people's opinions on this subject. Cheers, Sergey

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[arch-general] Updated PKGBUILD for libftdi
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

* Updated to latest 0.16 version * convert $startdir vars in PKGBUILD -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D Index: libftdi/trunk/PKGBUILD =================================================================== --- libftdi/trunk/PKGBUILD (revision 58698) +++ libftdi/trunk/PKGBUILD (working copy) @@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ # Maintainer: Tobias Powalowski <tpowa(a)archlinux.org> pkgname=libftdi -pkgver=0.15 -pkgrel=3 +pkgver=0.16 +pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="A library to talk to FTDI chips" arch=("i686" "x86_64") url="http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download.php" license=("GPL2") depends=("libusb") +options=('!libtool') source=("http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar…") -options=('!libtool') +md5sums=('524af6f39aefa1a4e8fac12c6be0ed06') build() { cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver sed -i '/no-install/d' examples/Makefile.in || return 1 ./configure --prefix=/usr make || return 1 - make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install + make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install } -md5sums=('d585c9758cb7085a4448c7c4ece07d8e')

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[arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade
by Magnus Therning 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

I just upgraded this morning and after a reboot X refuses to start. My /var/log/Xorg.0.log contains a message about a segmentation fault and a short backtrace. I'm on AMD64, with an nVidia card (I'm using the Xorg driver, nv). Anyone else seeing something the same behaviour? Any suggestions on how I can get my system back to normal again? /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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[arch-general] kde4 tip - quicklaunch in your panel -- convenience at your fingertips!
by David C. Rankin 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Archers, For those that haven't used the quicklaunch widget, you need to take a look. The benefit of quicklaunch is that you can put 20-30 apps at your immediate fingertips in the space of 5-6 icons on the plasma panel (one-click access to all your favorite apps) Example: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/dt/kde4/quicklaunch/quicklaunch.jpg In order to add it to your plasma (kicker) panel, rt-click the panel and choose 'Panel Options' -> 'Add Widgets', scroll down and choose 'Quicklaunch'. It will appear at the far right end of your panel instead of where your mouse was due to a design flaw in the panel. To move it where you want it, go throught the same process, rt-click the panel choose 'Panel Options' -> 'Panel Settings' then you can move things around. (be careful not to click outide of the panel or you will have to navigate back to 'Panel Options' once again. As a matter of preference, I put the quicklaunch right next to the start menu with the pager on its right: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/dt/kde4/quicklaunch/quicklaunch- location.jpg of course you can put it anywhere, but when I think "launch application" I'm already programmed to go to the bottom left corner of the screen. I put systray, device notifier, clock and cashew at the other end of the panel. Just a personal preference: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/dt/kde4/quicklaunch/right-end-of-panel.… You can get rid of any other application icons you have on the panel, because they will now all go in quicklaunch. Also delete the show desktop icon -- you don't need it. If you set your pager settings correctly, then clicking on the current desktop in pager will "show desktop". (rt-click pager, pager options). To setup quicklaunch, right click it and choose Quicklaunch Settings. Set the visible icons to a sufficient number (I use 24). It won't expand until you put the icons in it. To add your applications to it, just right-click on the quicklauch above the icon where you would like the new icon to reside. (the new addition will push the current icon down (or to the right if it is in the bottom row) when you add it. After you choose add icon, you are presented with a small file open dialog (click on the floppy disk button). Navigate to /usr/share/applications or /usr/share/applications/kde4 to find the desktop file to add. (kde3 apps are in /opt/kde3/share/applications) Just repeat the process until you have the icons you want. It's not quite as good as putting a subtree from your menu in an icon on the panel (like kde3), but it is a good substitute until Will Stephenson's fix filters down from kde4 upstream. Try this quicklaunch approach, and I think you will find the convenience of the desktop improves quite a bit. Good luck ;-) -- 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] Howto compile in debugging symbols with makepks so I can use gdb?
by David C. Rankin 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Guys, Still chasing the keepassx problem. There are no debugging symbols in the package so I used ABS to build from source, but of course there is no debugging there either. What's the trick to compile so I can get a meaningful gdb backtrace? -- 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] Permission problems - http is 0775, (root:http), I am in http -- still can't write??
by David C. Rankin 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Guys, I have run into a permission problem I can't understand. I need write access to the webserver on my laptop (that's where the developement happens). I have always just made myself a member of the webserver group and give the group write access to the document root (some applications require it). Today, setting up the webserver, I did the same thing only to be met with a permission denied message when I attempted a copy -- Huh? Here are the details: 16:59 alchemy:/srv/http> l total 8 drwxrwxr-x 2 root http 4096 2009-10-31 22:53 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-10-31 22:53 .. 16:59 alchemy:/srv/http> grep http /etc/group http::33:david 16:59 alchemy:/srv/http> touch testfile touch: cannot touch `testfile': Permission denied This is in konsole in kde4. I can't understand why the touch failed (I could just be confused at the moment as well). I am a member of the http group (added with gpasswd -a david http, not just edited like usual), the http group has write permission to the http directory. But, when I try to write to the http directory --> I get the error. Can anyone see the error in my logic? (diplomatically, of course) What's the trick? -- 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] keepassx crashing?? (Ver 0.4.1-1 )
by David C. Rankin 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Just a note; keepassx, which has worked reliably for years, began crashing today. I don't know whether it is keepassx, or qt (suspicion is qt). The errors are: 18:31 alchemy:~> keepassx Found Metastream: KPX_CUSTOM_ICONS_4 Found Metastream: KPX_GROUP_TREE_STATE Segmentation fault It is happening on suse as well. (both with qt-4.5.3) I even downgraded to keepassx 0.3.3-2.1 and it still occurss, so that pretty much rules out keepassx as the problem. There is some chatter on the ubuntu lists as well. If any of you super-brains use it, you might want to check and see what is going on. I suck at tracking down these type of issues, (strace is Greek) but I'll keep trying. -- 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 makes the kde list!
by David C. Rankin 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Guys, Next time you have a kde4 bug to file, you will have a new Distribution listed to file it under. Archlinux is now there! See: https://bugs.kde.org/wizard.cgi -- 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] Entranced - Anybody Using It? I get it started, can enter name, but that's it.
by David C. Rankin 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Guys I was trying to setup entranced on Arch. I followed the enlightenment.org wiki, but the arch setup for Xsession, etc. left me a little unsure on exactly where some of the entrance_edit path info should point. The Arch default for entrance_config.cfg is: Entrance Daemon Settings attempts = 5 xserver = "/usr/bin/X -quiet -br -nolisten tcp vt7" Entrance Client Settings xsession = "/etc/X11/Xsession" auth = 1 engine = 0 reboot = 1 halt = 1 theme = "default.edj" background = "" pointer = "/usr/share/entrance/images/pointer.png" greeting-before = "Welcome to" greeting-after = "" date-format = "%A %B %e, %Y" time-format = "%l:%M:%S %p" autologin-mode = 0 autologin-user = "" presel-mode = 1 presel-prevuser = "" user-remember = 1 user-remember-count = 5 user-count = 0 session-count = 2 default-session = "default" default-session-title = "Default" default-session-icon = "default.png" The 'xsession' line can't be right because Arch doesn't have "/etc/X11/Xsession". So I'm thinking that is the problem. The box is booting to runlevel 3 and all xdm/kdm startup in /etc/inittab are commented out. (the wiki said to disable all xdm and kdm) I have the daemons in rc.conf set to: .. alsa entranced famd) and entrance starts and display the default winter theme. All my desktops were listed (e16, e17, icewm, kde, lxde, openbox). The username entry works and I can type my name in there, but the password line is grayed out and will accept no input. The little 'lock' icon and the '>' (right-arrow) below the password line are grayed out as well. When things wouldn't work, I just used ctrl+alt+f1 and /etc/rc.d/entranced stop to kill it and then just used kdm. -- 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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