- Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] /dev/tty* borked ...
by Firmicus 10 Oct '09

10 Oct '09

Hi folks, My system is uptodate with the current testing repo. During bootup today I noticed the error message: /etc/rc.sysinit: line 364: /dev/tty[0-9]*: no such file or directory To my surprise, only /dev/tty was present, but none of tty0..9. Instead there was a device literally named '/dev/tty[0-9]*' !! I deleted the latter, and attempted to create the missing ones with mknod. But I think I took the wrong major number, and now my system has started to behave a bit crazy... Any idea what I should do to restore it to sanity? Thanks, F

6 13

[arch-general] New PKGBUILD for libtorrent-rasterbar
by Jeff Horelick 10 Oct '09

10 Oct '09

Hey all, libtorrent-rasterbar is pretty out of date (2 months and 2 package versions), so here's a PKGBUILD for the new version. I bumped the pkgver (obviously), added python to the dependency list since we *ARE* building the python bindings... and I set the package to use the system libgeoip/geoip rather than the one bundled in the libtorrent tarball (which is a new configure option in libtorrent-rasterbar 0.14.6). It also checks out fine with namcap (no warnings or errors) and it compiled perfectly on the i686 box I tested it on. Part of the reason i'd like to see this updated is that Deluge 1.2.0_rc1 is out and myself and probably a few other Arch users would like to use it, but it requires libtorrent-rasterbar >=0.14.5 . The PKGBUILD is attached, but in case it gets filtered out, here's a pastebin link for it: http://dpaste.com/104444/plain/ Thanks in advance for building/uploading, JD

3 5

[arch-general] No sound after last upgrade
by Thiago Varela 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

Hi, After yesterday's update I can't get any sound off my box anymore :-( I tried mpd, xine, mplayer and youtube in firefox, and all of them are completely silent. Looked in alsamixer and the master volume is in the appropriate level, also the respective modules seem to be loaded and ok. Here goes the relevant part of my pacman.log [2009-10-08 12:15] synchronizing package lists [2009-10-08 12:18] starting full system upgrade [2009-10-08 13:58] upgraded module-init-tools (3.10-1 -> 3.10-2) [2009-10-08 13:58] installed libnice (0.0.9-1) [2009-10-08 13:58] installed gstreamer0.10-python (0.10.16-1) [2009-10-08 13:58] installed farsight2 (0.0.16-1) [2009-10-08 13:58] upgraded pidgin (2.6.2-2.1 -> 2.6.2-3) [2009-10-08 13:59] upgraded qt (4.5.3-2 -> 4.5.3-3) [2009-10-08 13:59] Building VirtualBox modules... [2009-10-08 14:03] [2009-10-08 14:03] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-10-08 14:03] IMPORTANT NOTES: [2009-10-08 14:03] [2009-10-08 14:03] - Run "vbox_build_module" as root every time your kernel is upgraded, to [2009-10-08 14:03] compile the module for the new kernel version. [2009-10-08 14:03] - Add your user to the vboxusers group: [2009-10-08 14:03] gpasswd -a USERNAME vboxusers [2009-10-08 14:03] - Add "vboxdrv" to the MODULES array in your "/etc/rc.conf" [2009-10-08 14:03] - Add "vboxnetflt" to MODULES if you want Host Interface networking. [2009-10-08 14:03] - Add "vboxnetadp" to MODULES if you want Host-Only networking. [2009-10-08 14:03] - If USB does not work for you out-of-the-box, add the following line [2009-10-08 14:03] to "/etc/fstab": [2009-10-08 14:03] none /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto,busgid=108,busmode=0775,devgid=108,devmode=0664 0 0 [2009-10-08 14:03] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded virtualbox_bin (3.0.6-2 -> 3.0.8-1) [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded ipsec-tools (0.7.2-3 -> 0.7.3-1) [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded ncmpcpp (0.4-1 -> 0.4.1-3) [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded sdparm (1.03-2 -> 1.04-1) [2009-10-08 14:03] installed libmpdclient (2.0-1) [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded mpc (0.17-1 -> 0.18-1) [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded xf86-video-ati (6.12.2-2 -> 6.12.4-1) Anyone got any pointers? -- Thiago Varela

3 3

[arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message
by David Houston 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

dave@devbox [2054] --> pacman -U nvidia-utils-beta-190.36-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz loading package data... checking dependencies... error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies) :: nvidia-utils-beta: conflicts with nvidia-utils zsh: exit 1 sudo pacman -U nvidia-utils-beta-190.36-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz Dave ------------- root(a)crankyadmin.net cranky(a)archlinux.us

6 8

[arch-general] Web_application_package_guidelines wiki page
by Sergej Pupykin 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

Hi, I have start Web_application_package_guidelines. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Web_application_package_guidelines I suggest to discuss and improve our web packaging standard. PS. to avoid discussion about webapps useless. There are (at least) - phpmyadmin - phpldapadmin - phppgadmin which have no need in multiple instances on different virtual hosts and useful even on localhost.

10 27

[arch-general] Which security setting in Arch prevents forwarding X apps when su root?
by David C. Rankin 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

Listmates, Which setting in Arch prevents forwarding apps when you ssh -X in an Arch box, su and then try to start a kde app, etc.? X forwarding works just fine as a user, but when trying it su'ed to root, I get the following error: [23:29 archangel:/etc] # kwrite X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. kwrite: cannot connect to X server localhost:10.0 kdm config? X config? Any pointers/links would be appreciated. -- 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

8 8

[arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch
by Roman Kyrylych 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

Hi all! I am looking for hosting that support Arch. Most probably this will be a VPS hosting (because of price), so official Arch Linux support is required. So far the list include: http://www.slicehost.com/ http://vpslink.com/ (a subsidiary of http://www.spry.com/) http://www.vpsville.com/arch-vps (also .co.uk and .co.ca) http://www.linode.com/ http://lylix.net/ https://www.sevenl.net/ (they have donated a server for Arch, and provide a dedicated hosting with Arch too) If there is someone who has experience with these providers - I would be very thankful for information. Also if someone knows about other providers that could join the list - let me know. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

15 31

[arch-general] Master mode and Intel 4965AGN
by Adam Lloyd 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

Hi, list, I am trying to use my wireless card to share a wired connection. I have an Intel 4965AGN card, and I am fairly confident that this should be possible; however, I've been unsuccessful after a few hours of trying and Googling. The issue seems to be that the card won't enter master mode. Trying to set it up manually with `iwconfig wlan0 mode master` results in "SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument." (As an interesting side note, I can easily put it into ad-hoc, managed, or even monitor mode this way.) Using hostapd (with the nl80211 driver) fails with the message "Failed to set interface wlan0 to master mode." According to `iw phy0 info`, the supported interface modes are IBSS, managed, and monitor. I booted up an Ubuntu 9.04 live CD and compared the output of `iw phy phy0 info` there, and indeed, AP and AP(VLAN) (I believe) were also present in the list. I've tried on Arch with both the current 2.6.30 kernel and the 2.6.31 kernel in [testing], and neither has worked. The version of iwlwifi-4965-ucode I have installed is 228.61.2.24-1. Anyone have any idea what might be wrong and how to fix it? I'll happily provide any further information that might be relevant. -Adam Lloyd

2 1

[arch-general] X server reset when I press enter (!!!)
by Dario 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

Hi! I'm experimenting a really bad behaviour from the X server, since yesterday night's update, which involved mainly KDE. When I press ENTER, in whichever applications or DM, the X server randomly reset just as I pressed ctrl-alt-backspace! For example, I had to start this email three times, and I have to resist to press the damn key. As I said, this happens in any applications (inkscape, NetBeans, Lyx, xterm, kmail, kwrite, anything), in KDE and FluxBox. I'm running NVIDIA proprietary drivers in a twinview configuration. I'm going to do some testing to isolate better the causes, but in the meantime, does someone of you has a suggestions? Thanks in advance and sorry for the bad formatting of this email: I can't press Enter...:( Ciao! Carotinho Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com

3 4

[arch-general] Pkg dependency tool
by Ciprian Dorin, Craciun 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

Hello all! Is there any tool that would tell me all the direct or indirect dependencies of a package or set of pagkages? (Something like http://alioth.debian.org/~fjp/debtree/ but only with textual output.) Thanks, Ciprian.

2 2