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Re: [arch-general] The ultimate Home Theater / media center computer
by Roberto Malinverni 04 May '09

04 May '09

> -----Messaggio originale----- > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 21:33:14 +0200 > From: RedShift <redshift(a)pandora.be> > Subject: [arch-general] The ultimate Home Theater / media center computer > To: General Discusson about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: <49FDF17A.8040406(a)pandora.be> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > * Motherboard: Asus P5N7A-VM > http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=8YiUFvK51IergAqY&templete=2 > > + Powerful on-board graphics (nVidia 9300) > + Supports 16 GB of RAM > + eSATA port > + Optical audio output > + HDMI, DVI and VGA video output > + Gigabit ethernet > + Solid caps > > - nVidia on-board graphics (requiring proprietary driver) > - On-board graphics use system memory > - Crappy realtek audio codec I just stumbled upon this: http://hometheatrepcguide.com/mini-itx-motherboard-and-case-how-small-can-a- htpc-get/ Roberto -- Il messaggio e' stato analizzato alla ricerca di virus o contenuti pericolosi da MailScanner, ed e' risultato non infetto.

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[arch-general] 3rd Arch install -- on my laptop -- a bit more of a challenge - ATI is the problem
by David C. Rankin 04 May '09

04 May '09

Listmates, My 3rd install of Arch is on my x86_64 laptop (Toshiba 205D). Unfortunately I have an ATI Radeon 1200 in it and ATI - SUCKS. (Not to mention they have just royally screwed Linux over by dropping all support for the R300-R500 series cards while the last driver ATI released [the 9.3 driver] is crippled as hell for many cards) I'm currently working to get the radeon driver up and going and when I'm done I'll look into compiling the last good fglrx driver (8-9 release) for Arch. I'm not that great of a programmer, so if there are any Arch programmers here that want to take a look, I could sure use the help. The package I will work with is the September '08 driver package you can obtain at the ati site under previous releases: ati-driver-installer-8-9-x86.x86_64.run You can extract the files with: ati-driver-installer-8-9-x86.x86_64.run --extract If anyone wants to take a look, 2 sets of eyes are always better than 1. -- 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] libraw1394 rebuilds
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 03 May '09

03 May '09

Jan de Groot wrote: > I'm pusing libraw1394 to testing. This release has a sobump and requires > rebuild of some packages. I've done most packages, but vlc and kdebase > are also on this list. Both packages are in testing at this moment, > without versioned dependencies, so I don't plan to rebuild these myself. > Please rebuild vlc and kdebase when libraw1394 is in testing. > > Hi Jan, The pkgs vlc-0.9.9a-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz and vlc-0.9.9a-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz don't needed libraw1394, is listead as depends in PKGBUILD but at least isn't needed at dynamic library level This is the list of packages that depends on soname "libraw1394.so.8" extra/dvgrab-3.3-1 extra/gstreamer0.10-good-plugins-0.10.14-1 extra/kdebase-4.2.2-1 extra/kino-1.3.3-1 extra/libavc1394-0.5.3-2 extra/libdc1394-2.0.3-1 extra/libiec61883-1.1.0-1 extra/ptlib-2.6.1-1 community/cinelerra-cv-20090421-1 -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D

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[arch-general] makepkg problem
by Juan Diego 03 May '09

03 May '09

hello I'm trying to create a source pkg for an aur package and I'm geting this error: $ makepkg --source ==> Making package: mpd-devel 0.15_beta1-1 i686 (Sun May 3 16:02:54 KST 2009) ==> Creating source package... -> Adding PKGBUILD... -> Adding install script... -> Adding mpd.init... -> Adding mpd.install... ln: creating symbolic link `/home/xxxxxx/mpd/srclinks.SKgroBqtf/mpd-devel/mpd.install': File existsy I have this files as my source files: PKGBUILD mpd.init mpd.install any ideas why is this? thanks

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[arch-general] thinkpad t61 and not able to adjust brightness
by Adam Stokes 01 May '09

01 May '09

So pressing the fn home/end for brightness alters : /proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD0/brightness doing an: echo '100' >/proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD0/brightness My .config for the kernel is set to: CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO=y CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL=m CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=m lsmod shows: thinkpad_acpi 70316 0 rfkill 11444 4 iwl3945,thinkpad_acpi led_class 4344 3 iwl3945,sdhci,thinkpad_acpi nvram 7868 1 thinkpad_acpi dmesg shows: thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.22 thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/ thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 7LETA7WW (2.07 ), EC 7KHT24WW-1.08 thinkpad_acpi: Lenovo ThinkPad T61, model 6464Y1E thinkpad_acpi: ACPI backlight control delay disabled thinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are enabled thinkpad_acpi: This ThinkPad has standard ACPI backlight brightness control, supported by the ACPI video driver thinkpad_acpi: Disabling thinkpad-acpi brightness events by default... thinkpad_acpi: Standard ACPI backlight interface available, not loading native one. kernel is 2.6.29-ARCH anyone know why the brightness still refuses to work? -- ( adam stokes ) || ( adam.stokes(a)gmail.com )

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[arch-general] Xorg/kdm login screen addition
by David C. Rankin 01 May '09

01 May '09

Listmates, I though I would run this idea by the list and see if there was any aversion to the idea of adding hostname information to the xorg/kdm login display. I wouldn't change a thing about the login look, it's awesome. What I would propose is adding to the existing login greeter the 'hostname' of the machine it is running on. What prompted this suggestion was the situation where I had an archlinux box connected vi xdmcp to my laptop on tty8. After a day or so of working on my local box, I switched back over to tty8 and the question immediately came to mind "Which Archlinux install is this?" because there was no way to immediately tell. (Don't get me wrong, I only have 2 Arch installs, so the answer wasn't critical) But the point to be made, and the basis for this suggestion, is that it would be nice to have the host information available. Just a small addition to the dialog, after or under the Archlinux logo, that says something like "on: host.domain.com". That way, you know at a glance who you are dealing with. Obviously, this is just a minimal enhancement, but the path to perfection is taken one step at a time. Anybody adverse to something like this? -- 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] Trouble Building Xorg-Server (Modified PKGBUILD)
by kludge 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

greets, all! ever since the release of xorg-server 1.5.3, i've been using a modified PKGBUILD to build xorg-server sans hal and dbus. (not gonna try justifying it again; that'd just lead to yet another flame war.) i've never had a problem until the 1.6.1-1 PKGBUILD, which adds the lines: libtoolize --force || return 1 aclocal || return 1 autoconf || return 1 automake --add-missing || return 1 these added lines produce: libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'. libtoolize: linking file `./ltmain.sh' libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree. libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am. hw/dmx/doc/Makefile.am:24: BUILD_LINUXDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL hw/dmx/doc/Makefile.am:27: BUILD_PDFDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/Makefile.am:24: BUILD_LINUXDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/Makefile.am:27: BUILD_PDFDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL ==> ERROR: Build Failed. Aborting... my modified PKGBUILD is attached. please note that i *have* tried reverting my changes (the commented patches), to no avail. as i'm pretty clueless vis-a-vis makefiles and the autoconf system, could somehow point me in the direction of a fix? many thanks, kludge # $Id: PKGBUILD 21903 2008-12-17 20:32:54Z jgc $ # Maintainer: Alexander Baldeck <kth5(a)archlinux.org> # Contributor: Jan de Groot <jgc(a)archlinux.org> pkgname=xorg-server pkgver=1.6.1 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="X.Org X servers" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') license=('custom') url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org" depends=('libgl' 'libxfont>=1.4.0' 'openssl>=0.9.8j' 'libpciaccess>=0.10.5' 'libxv>=1.0.4' 'pixman>=0.14.0' 'xcursor-themes' 'xkeyboard-config>=1.5' 'xorg-server-utils' 'xorg-fonts-misc' 'xbitmaps' 'diffutils') makedepends=('libx11>=1.2' 'mesa>=7.4' 'xf86driproto>=2.0.4' 'xtrans>=1.2.3' 'libxkbfile>=1.0.5' 'randrproto>=1.3.0' 'renderproto>=0.9.3' 'xcmiscproto>=1.1.2' 'bigreqsproto>=1.0.2' 'resourceproto>=1.0.2' 'videoproto>=2.2.2' 'compositeproto>=0.4' 'scrnsaverproto>=1.1.0' 'libxinerama>=1.0.3' 'xf86dgaproto>=2.0.3' 'recordproto>=1.13.2' 'libgl>=7.4' 'glproto>=1.4.9') #optdepends=( 'xf86-input-evdev: to provide input device hotplugging' # 'hal>=0.5.11: to provide input devices for hotplugging' ) options=('!libtool') provides=('x-server' ) # 'xorg-server') conflicts=('catalyst-utils<=9.2') groups=('xorg') install=xorg-server.install source=(${url}/releases/individual/xserver/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2 xorg-redhat-die-ugly-pattern-die-die-die.patch hal-wait.patch) md5sums=('ed0878bf32a24d4948c3b8a122a39eff' '1a336eb22e27cbf443ec5a2ecddfa93c' 'f16d2caef84e1a9c4075b6c5e145512d') build() { cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}" # Get rid of the ugly pattern patch -Np3 -i "${srcdir}/xorg-redhat-die-ugly-pattern-die-die-die.patch" || return 1 # Fix dbus config path - removed b/c no dbus config'd # sed -i -e 's/\$(sysconfdir)/\/etc/' config/Makefile.* || return 1 # Revert waiting for hal, assume hal won't show up when initial connect fails # commented out b/c no hal config'd # patch -R -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/hal-wait.patch" || return 1 libtoolize --force || return 1 aclocal || return 1 autoconf || return 1 automake --add-missing || return 1 # --enable-config-{dbus,hal} switched to --disable # to disable hotplugging and dependencies ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-ipv6 \ --enable-dri \ --disable-dmx \ --enable-xvfb \ --enable-xnest \ --enable-composite \ --enable-xcsecurity \ --enable-xorg \ --enable-xephyr \ --enable-glx-tls \ --enable-kdrive \ --enable-install-setuid \ --disable-config-hal \ --disable-config-dbus \ --enable-record \ --disable-xfbdev \ --disable-xfake \ --disable-xsdl \ --disable-static \ --sysconfdir=/etc/X11 \ --localstatedir=/var \ --with-default-font-path=/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1 \ --with-xkb-path=/usr/share/X11/xkb \ --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb \ --with-dri-driver-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri || return 1 make || return 1 make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install || return 1 rm -rf "${pkgdir}/var/log" || return 1 install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/etc/X11" || return 1 install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/var/lib/xkb" || return 1 # Needed for non-mesa drivers, libgl will restore it mv "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so" \ "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.xorg" || return 1 install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}" install -m644 COPYING "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/" || return 1 }

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[arch-general] WPA2 - How to set with ACX card??
by David C. Rankin 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Listmates, My second Arch box is now complete (well almost:-) This time a desktop box with a zytel wireless lan adapter using the TI acx chipset and its firmware 2 is the acx111_2.3.1.31/tiacx111c16 firmware slice. The card is detected and works fine it think... I can open kwifimanager and it has my access point associated and I can watch the generic packets blip by and watch the strength meter do its thing, but I cannot authenticate :-( My system is WPA, and no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find anything in Arch that would all me to configure the wireless as anything other than WEP. Bummer. Wep isn't allowed within 500 feet of anything I deal with. After spending a little time playing with aircrack, if you haven't already, you will definitely feel the same. Most wep secured wireless networkss can be cracked in less than 30 seconds. (why do you think I'm never without a wireless connection -- no matter where I go;-) So what tools are available to configure this acx111 card to use WPA-TKIP or WPA2? In that other Linux OS, the knetworkmanager utility did a great job with the Atheros bashed card in my laptop, XP has no problems with the card (this box is dual boot) so I know the hardware works fine. Any suggestions? -- 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] libraw1394 and libdc1394 update
by Rick W. Chen 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Hello, I am requesting package updates to libraw1394 and libdc1394 in extra. The new versions v2.0.2 and v2.1.0 respectively have support for the new experimental FireWire stack (not built by default in kernel26), Juju[1]. The old stable stack is still supported by the new packages, so they should still work with kernel26. Attached are the PKGBUILDs for each package, with trivial changes (version and md5sum). [2] shows there is no maintainer for libraw1394 so I'm posting them here. Thanks 1. http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration 2. http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/libraw1394/ -- Rick

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[arch-general] Issue with system time
by Dan Vratil 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Hi, in last few weeks I noticed a serious (for me) problem with my system. It simply does not update the date/time after boot up. In BIOS the time is correct, but when I boot Linux, the system time is set exactly to time when I turned it off last time. It's quite annoying to always have to set up the time manually. In rc.conf I have HARDWARECLOCK set to "localtime" and Time Zone to "Europe/Prague". I was trying to set automatic time sync in KDE System Settings, but it fails to connect to time server. I use KDE 4.2.70, so it might be bug there, but it does not bother me, the main problem is that my system refuses to update (load from BIOS?) time after boot up. Any ideas? Thank you very much Dan -- --------------------------------- Dan Vrátil progdan(a)progdansoft.com ICQ 249163429 Jabber progdan(a)jabber.cz Tel. +420 732 326 870

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