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[arch-general] Kernel Updates & radeonhd -- what does that mean for me compiling the radeonhd from git?
by David C. Rankin 17 Oct '09

17 Oct '09

Guys, I don't know exactly how the kernel changes would effect me compiling and installing the radeonhd module from the radeonhd git repository (if at all). My question is "If I compile and install the radeonhd driver, will the new kernel setup use my module or will it use so precompiled module that is built into the kernel?" In the past, for testing all I had to do was build drm and build the radeonhd driver, install both and restart X. How does the new setup effect that? Do I have to rebuild the initfs with mkinitcpio -p kernel26 every time I build a new module like with the intel driver? What say the gurus? -- 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] vi problems
by richard terry 16 Oct '09

16 Oct '09

Hi List, I upgraded a couple of days ago not having done so for a number of weeks and now vi dosn't work properly in a konsole - the key allocations seem all wrong (eg up/down arrows, insert, delete > all print A', B' etc. Clueless as to where to start. Any help appreciated. Richard

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[arch-general] Is it possible to move Mumble to community repository?
by Lauri Niskanen 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Hello, Mumble [1] is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software. It has a stable version package on AUR [2]. Would it be possible to have Mumble in [community]? Mumble is very popular application and it doesn't have any license issues [3]. It has 216 votes on AUR. Pkgstats reports 8.91 % usage [4]. Having Mumble in official repository would help users installing it and keeping it up-to-date. [1] http://mumble.sourceforge.net/Main_Page [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=10221 [3] It's licensed as BSD and GPL. [4] http://www.archlinux.de/?page=PackageStatistics -- Ape <Lauri Niskanen>

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[arch-general] [PATCH] automatically mount debugfs
by Markus Trippelsdorf 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Here is a patch for rc.sysinit to automatically mount the kernel's debugfs, if available. (I switched from Gentoo to Arch two days ago and first sent this message to arch-dev-public which turned out to be read-only. Maybe a hint on the mailman page would be nice, to spare future newbies the same experience?) --- rc.sysinit_old 2009-10-14 20:08:56.776237753 +0200 +++ rc.sysinit 2009-10-14 20:40:28.227216838 +0200 @@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ /bin/mount -n -t proc none /proc /bin/mount -n -t sysfs none /sys +# mount debugfs, if available +if [ -d /sys/kernel/debug ]; then + if grep -qs debugfs /proc/filesystems; then + mount -n -t debugfs -o nodev,noexec,nosuid debugfs /sys/kernel/debug + fi +fi + # Copy static device nodes to /dev /bin/cp -a /lib/udev/devices/* /dev/ @@ -288,7 +295,7 @@ /bin/mount -o remount,rw / # Write /proc, /sys and /dev to /etc/mtab if [ -e /proc/mounts ]; then - /bin/grep -e "/proc " -e "/sys " -e "/dev " /proc/mounts >> /etc/mtab + /bin/grep -e "/proc " -e "/sys " -e "/dev " -e "debugfs" /proc/mounts >> /etc/mtab fi # now mount all the local filesystems /bin/mount -a -t $NETFS -O no_netdev -- Markus

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[arch-general] pacman error: config file ../mirrorlist, line 193: directive 'Server' not recognized
by David C. Rankin 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Listmates, I did a fresh install of 2009.08 on a new box and I am getting a weird pacman error where pacman doesn't recognize the first "Server" statement in mirrorlist. (2009.08 installed perfectly) All 3 of my other arch boxes work fine with the mirrorlist file and do not give the error. I have even copied the mirrorlist from one of my other boxes to the new box and the error still occurs. Even though I get the error, pacman works just fine. The error is: error: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 193: directive 'Server' not recognized Line 193 is just the first sever in mirrorlist: 192 # United States 193 Server = http://mirrors.gigenet.com/archlinux/$repo/os/i686 194 Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/i686 Any ideas? The pacman.log.bz2 and messages.log.bz2 for the install are here: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/dcrgx2/ -- 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] Commits mailing list in Gmane
by A Rojas 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Hi, Is the arch-commits mailing list subscribed in gmane? I can only find arch- announce, devel and general. If it's not, would it be possible to subscribe it? I find it much more convenient to be able to read the lists in Knode.

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[arch-general] packages deleted from db but still on repos
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

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[arch-general] Arch Linux installation only with pacman
by Ciprian Dorin, Craciun 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Hello all! I remember looking at the installation script about one year ago, and all it had done (to install the base packages), was to use pacman. Now if I try to use the same procedure now (or what I remember from it), I get a lot of errors from the install hooks (script-lets). I've tried to install them once without by disabling scriptlets, and then once more by using them, but the errors are still there. So my question is: how can I install Arch Linux now, by having only a static built pacman? (I want to use this for an automated installation procedure for virtual machines.) (I think I've tried the procedure on the Wiki page with the same outcome.) Thanks, Ciprian Craciun. P.S.: Maybe it's Ok to have those scriptlet errors?

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[arch-general] Xorg 7.5 hits testing
by Andreas Radke 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

I've built the new Xorg 7.5 based on xorg-server 1.7.1rc1 and Mesa 7.6. Some very old drivers have been dropped because they are no more developed and won't build anymore. I hope I have updated all essential parts. Some Xorg fonts related packages still need a bump. Mesa 7.6 is built right now plain upstream. This means Gallium 3d stack for Nouveau and Intel. For Intel we might go back to old way DRI when we can't solve some existing issues. Radeon is built the old DRI way. Let's pray the update goes smooth. So far only Jan has played with Intel drivers. We will probably need some time until all important regressions and bugs have been solved. Good luck. -Andy

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[arch-general] Warning: dbmail is broken
by Sergej Pupykin 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Hi, dbmail package built with old gmime and broken with last update. It does not compile with current gmime, so do not wait update soon. Please keep old gmime. I do not want to put old gmime to community. Also any links and patches appreciated)

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