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[arch-general] What about codecs?
by David C. Rankin 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

List, In openSuSE for A/V codecs you need to add two extra repositories (packman & videolan [vlc]), is there an equivalent (mod or set) for Arch or do we just build from vlc? -- 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] Proposed netcfg expansion
by Andrei Thorp 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hello there, I was recently digging around in the netcfg code to figure out why my WEP passphrase wasn't working. As I expected, it is because iwconfig at the moment doesn't support WEP passphrase. Anyway, so I'd like to know the reason this has not been implemented in general. Is it because the netcfg devs want it in iwconfig and the iwconfig guys don't want to write this? Is it because no one has cared enough to do it? Should I go talk about this elsewhere? Anyway, I personally think that netcfg could use this feature, and that it'd be dead simple to implement. I figured I'd do it while I'm on break, but I wanted to confirm that this is indeed a feature that wasn't being avoided for some reason. If it is a feature that is being avoided, can I at least write a small patch to tell the user what's the haps? (At the moment, netcfg tries to use the improper passphrase by passing a command to iwconfig and then iwconfig throws out a cryptic "unknown command" error.) Cheers! -Andrei "Garoth" Thorp

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[arch-general] vi - Howto make past from clipboard work??
by David C. Rankin 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Listmates, One thing I have to fix is vi's behavior of wanting to go into visual mode ever time I try to select something and vi's refusal to paste the clipboard in insert mode using the middle mouse button. I know this must be a basic configuration setting somewhere? I've looked for /etc/vimrc and ~/.vimrc but all I found was ~/.viminfo and that didn't help. So... hoping not to have to reinvent the wheel, where is this setting hiding?? -- 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] Broken link for kde3 install from ww.kdemod.ath.cx
by David C. Rankin 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Listmates, Following the help provided here, I have run into a broken link in the kdemod install. Specifically, from step two at: http://www.kdemod.ath.cx/download-kdemod3-step2.html If you select: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim / Norway / 1000Mbit) You get: http://www.kdemod.ath.cx/download-kdemod-step3-mirror-ntnu.html ^^^^^^ Instead of: http://www.kdemod.ath.cx/download-kdemod3-step3-mirror-ntnu.html ^^^^^^^ The '3' in kdemod3 is missing. Do I also need to post this in forum or is posting here enough? -- 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 install kde 3.510?
by David C. Rankin 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Listmates, Last question for the night, "How do I install KDE3?" I have picked around through the forums, found http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE, which sent me to http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=54118&p=1 and I added the repo, but it appears to be a downgrade repo and pacman -S kde3 fails with a dependency for akode: error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: kde3-kdemultimedia: requires akode Can anyone else point me to a good reference that will help me install kde 3.5.10 as a 'fresh' install of KDE? Don't get me wrong, I'm not a kde4 basher and I look forward to it maturing. I have used kde4 on openSuSE 11.0 and 11.1 (returning to 3.5). However, until the kate and quanta issues are resolved, I need kde 3.5 to avoid a loss of functionality in the interim. After those items are resolved, I'll happily move back to kde4 and continue playing the "where did my widget go?" game;-) An Aside: Note, as most know, ATI completely dropped support for all RV300 - RV500 chipsets as of the botched 9.3 driver release. See: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/catalyst_… for the 9.4 driver released 4/17 (all support for earlier cards has been dropped) Unfortunately, the botched 9.3 driver and previous drivers are all that will be available for the earlier cards ;-( AMD claims that it will still support the following legacy cards (whatever those weasel words mean): The following products have been moved to the legacy software support structure (including Mobile and All-in-Wonder Variants): ATI Radeon 9500 Series ATI Radeon 9550 Series ATI Radeon 9600 Series ATI Radeon 9700 Series ATI Radeon 9800 Series ATI Radeon X300 Series ATI Radeon X550 Series ATI Radeon X600 Series ATI Radeon X700 Series ATI Radeon X800 Series ATI Radeon X850 Series ATI Radeon X1050 Series ATI Radeon X1300 Series ATI Radeon X1550 Series ATI Radeon X1600 Series ATI Radeon X1650 Series ATI Radeon X1800 Series ATI Radeon X1900 Series ATI Radeon Xpress Series ATI Radeon X1200 Series ATI Radeon X1250 Series ATI Radeon X2100 Series Anything older has been relegated to history. Fortunately for those running Xorg 7.3 or earlier, the 8-9 driver still works flawlessly for older cards, unfortunately for kde4 migration, it is incompatible with xorg 7.4. So, how do I get kde 3.5.10 installed on arch? -- 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] Interesting install of 2009.02 with multiple dmraid devices present
by David C. Rankin 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Listmates, First post and... first install of Arch Linux went pretty well. The only fun occurred with grub and getting the dmraid devices correctly numbered. Thankfully somebody had blazed this trial before and the wiki had good information to point me in the right direction: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_with_Fake-RAID What wasn't covered by the wiki was the situation involving multiple dmraid devices (multiple sets of dmraid arrays). With this install, openSuSE 11.0 occupied the first dmraid device (nvidia_fdaacfde) and the Arch Linux install was to the second device (nvidia_fffadgic). Needless to say, this led to a bit of head scratching. The partition scheme I was working with was: [02:34 archangel:/home/david] # ls -1 /dev/mapper control nvidia_fdaacfde nvidia_fdaacfde5 openSuSE /boot nvidia_fdaacfde6 openSuSE swap nvidia_fdaacfde7 openSuSE / nvidia_fdaacfde8 openSuSE /home nvidia_fffadgic nvidia_fffadgic5 archLinux / nvidia_fffadgic6 archLinux /boot nvidia_fffadgic7 archLinux /home nvidia_fffadgic8 archLinux swap <distro comments added above> For the install, the grub bootload install on nvidia_fdaacfde was used and chainloader was used to boot the Arch Linux install. Works fine. I have updated the wiki page to accommodate the multiple dmraid device scenario and fixed a few typos along the way. (although I may have added more) I stayed as true to the existing format as I could, but whoever 'owns' the page may want to take a look and see if it looks OK. Now all I have to do is figure out how to finish adding apps to the install and we will be off and running ;-) -- 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] Resigning
by Daniel J Griffiths 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Tom K <tomk(a)runbox.com> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> The practical effect of this message is precisely nothing, as I have been >> inactive for quite a while now. For the last few months, real life has been >> increasingly demanding, but I was hoping I would find a way to accommodate >> Arch activities alongside the usual chaos and mayhem. >> >> It's now clear that this is not going to happen any time soon, so I've >> orphaned my remaining packages, and I'm now returning the key to the Arch >> executive washroom. >> >> I hope to return at some point, but I can't say when that will be. Being an >> Arch dev has been a revelation to me, and it has been wonderful working with >> you all. I will continue to be a keen Arch user, and will do my best to >> contribute in some capacity, as time permits. >> >> I would like to retain my subscription to this list, read-only of course, >> and I will discuss my status as forum mod and irc op with the respective >> teams. >> >> I have no doubt that Arch will continue to thrive, guided by an >> extraordinarily committed dev team, and supported by an enthusiastic user >> community. I wish you all the very best of luck. >> > > Hang on a sec, let me dry my tears. :( > > Seriously, though, it's sad to see you go. But such is that way of > open source. People come and go. You will be missed, and we'll welcome > you back if you ever get the time again. > > And I fully understand the real-life obligations. I've been slacking > myself for about a month now, due to real life. Don't worry, it's > something we all know. > > >> Go n-eírí an bóthar leat >> > > Erm? Welsh? Gaelic? > > It's Gaelic and translates "May you have a successful journey" although it is usually (improperly) translated to "May the road rise up to meet you"

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[arch-general] Fresh Install: Signal 11 error when attempting to start X
by DrCR 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

Just recently did a fresh ftp install of Arch. Getting a Signal 11 error when attempting to start Arch. I tried to follow the wikis well in setting things up. Any insight? Xorg.0.log below. Thanks, DrCR __________________________ X.Org X Server 1.6.1 Release Date: 2009-4-14 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.29-ARCH x86_64 Current Operating System: Linux host 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 8 12:39:28 CEST 2009 x86_64 Build Date: 15 April 2009 11:01:49AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Apr 19 03:15:42 2009 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" Parse error on line 12 of section Files in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf Ignoring obsolete keyword "RgbPath". (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" (**) | |-->Device "Card0" (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/TTF, /usr/share/fonts/misc, /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/misc, /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/TTF, built-ins (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled. (WW) Disabling Mouse0 (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 (II) Loader magic: 0x15c0 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 X.Org Video Driver: 5.0 X.Org XInput driver : 4.0 X.Org Server Extension : 2.0 (II) Loader running on linux (--) using VT number 7 (--) PCI:*(0@1:0:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT rev 162, Mem @ 0xe6000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xe4000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000c000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072 (--) PCI: (0@5:2:0) Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder rev 5, Mem @ 0xea000000/16777216 (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) System resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B] (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "record" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "dri" will be loaded by default. (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default. (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x4efd76] 1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x39) [0x49be99] 2: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x7f173c8f7150] 3: /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0x7f173eda6761] 4: /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0x7f173edad96b] 5: /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0x7f173eda93b6] 6: /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0x7f173edad22b] 7: /lib/libdl.so.2 [0x7f173d2b9f5b] 8: /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0x7f173eda93b6] 9: /lib/libdl.so.2 [0x7f173d2ba30c] 10: /lib/libdl.so.2(dlopen+0x31) [0x7f173d2b9ec1] 11: /usr/bin/X(DLLoadModule+0x1c) [0x4718fc] 12: /usr/bin/X(LoaderOpen+0x18c) [0x46f51c] 13: /usr/bin/X [0x470c37] 14: /usr/bin/X(LoadModule+0x24) [0x471694] 15: /usr/bin/X(xf86LoadModules+0xa9) [0x46c469] 16: /usr/bin/X(InitOutput+0x4e0) [0x46e1d0] 17: /usr/bin/X(main+0x20e) [0x4336ee] 18: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x7f173c8e3546] 19: /usr/bin/X [0x432d29] Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mplayer in two separate packages
by Pierre Chapuis 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

(from arc-dev-public) On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:42:17 -0300, Hugo Doria <hugodoria(a)gmail.com> wrote : > There is an old feature request for mplayer [1]: create it using two > separate packages, one with only the CLI version and one for the GUI. > > There are some reasons for this: > > 1) By default the GUI is not enabled on mplayer > 2) The package will not depend on gtk2 > 3) The user will be able to choose which GUI he wants to use. Now > gmplayer is installed, even when the user wants to use another GUI, or > do not use a GUI at all. > > Obviously there are some points that need to be discussed: > > 1) We do not usually split packages. Maybe this case is not a real > division of packages because, by default, the GUI is not compiled. > Don't know. > 2) What do we do with the GUI version? Keep it on [extra] or move to > community/AUR? > > I would like to hear your opinions. > > [1] http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10220 > [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18516 I am the current maintainer of the package you linked. That package can't be used as is to build a repository package, because I have tried to rely as much as possible on its autodetection features for everything so that the resulting build fits to the machine it's built on. Slumslayer's packages (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=Slumslayer&SeB=m) would probably be a better base. To me, compiling from source is the best way to install mplayer since not everybody wants it to depend on the same things. It is also one of the rare programs for which I find optimization useful: I want my video player to be as fast as possible when playing HD video on my low-power laptop ;). These are the reasons why I will always install mplayer from the AUR (or ABS). Yet, a no-gui mplayer package in community would be good for those who don't want to bother with the AUR. I think you should also think about making a separate package for mencoder like Slumslayer did , because most people don't need it and it ads useless dependencies to the mplayer package (for example x264). I hope the new split packages can help with that. -- catwell

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[arch-general] Arch Linux Turkish Community @ 8th Free Software and Linux Festival
by Alper KANAT 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '09

Hey There Guys, We'd love to tell you about the latest news. We were at our stand all day long on the very first day of 8th Free Software and Linux Festival. What we've done? * We've burnt 20 i686 and 10 x86_64 CD images and created paper CD cases and gave everyone for free. (unfortunetly we were only capable of doing 40 of them and 30 cases since especially the cases were so expensive as they were the best quality available) * Made some installations for people who needs help * Printed nearly 30 Turkish installation manual and gave them with the CD's.. * Created a "Arch Linux on Tap" concept and made it available over the network! :) They is very cool though since anyone can put the plug in and install Arch with our very new and fresh Arch mirror (that have i686 and x86_64 packages for core, testing, community, extra). We'll continue to do introduce Arch Linux to visitors of the festival and help them to discover the beauty! We also have some pictures for you! :) Comments are welcome! http://www.flickr.com/photos/tunix/sets/72157616848517025/ -- Alper KANAT <alperkanat(a)raptiye.org>

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