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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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[arch-general] unable to associate wlan0 during network start
by Adam Stokes 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '09

/etc/rc.d/network start fails with Could not associate wlan0 - try increasing WIRELESS_TIMEOUT and check network is WEP or has no security. However, running dhcpcd wlan0 when system is up works. I dont use wep but have wireless mac filters setup on the router and I've increased the WIRELESS_TIMEOUT in /etc/conf.d/wireless. Has anyone run into this recently? specs: 2.6.29-ARCH, x86_64 using iwl3495 driver, intel pro/wireless 3945abg Thanks -- ( adam stokes ) || ( adam.stokes(a)gmail.com )

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[arch-general] synaptics edge scrolling
by Sergey Manucharian 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '09

Hi, With the current xorg-server 1.6.1-1 the vertical scrolling using the edge of touchpad is almost unusable since it's too fast now. It's not possible to adjust it with both gsynaptics and 'Option "HorizScrollDelta"' in the xorg.conf... Thanks for ideas. My computer is ThinkPad R61. Cheers, Sergey

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[arch-general] i686 extra repo - busted?
by pyther 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '09

I'm guessing something is wrong with the extra repo on i686! Did Allan break it? I tried three different mirrors including ftp.archlinux.org R2D2:~ $ sudo pacman -Sl extra extra 3ddesktop 0.2.9-3 extra a2ps 4.14-1 extra a52dec 0.7.4-4 extra aalib 1.4rc5-6 extra abcde 2.3.99.7-1 extra abiword 2.6.8-1 extra abiword-plugins 2.6.8-1 extra abook 0.6.0pre2-1 extra abs 2.3.2-2 extra abuse 0.7.1-1 extra acct 6.3.2-2 extra acidrip 0.14-6 extra acpi 1.4-2 extra acpid 1.0.8-1 extra afterstep 2.2.8-2 extra agg 2.5-2 extra aif 2009.04.08-1 extra aiksaurus 1.2.1-1 extra akode 2.0.2-1 extra akonadi 1.1.1-1 extra alacarte 0.11.10-1 extra allegro 4.2.2-1 extra alltray 0.70-1 extra alpine 2.00-3 extra alsa-lib 1.0.19-1 extra alsa-oss 1.0.17-1 extra alsa-utils 1.0.19-1 extra alsaplayer 0.99.80-2 extra amarok-base 1.4.10-3 This is the whole listing! ~pyther

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[arch-general] Understanding permissions
by Maurício 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hi, I'm using lighttpd as http server, and it complains about permissions when I ask for a file on my public_html directory. Using strace on lighty I get: stat("/home/mauricio/public_html", 0x7fffceb2dcb0) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) However, using ls: ls -ld public_html public_html/index.html drwxr-xr-x 3 mauricio users 4096 2009-04-13 19:41 public_html -rw-r--r-- 1 mauricio users 4075 2009-04-13 19:41 public_html/index.html Since 'r' is there in all users field, should not every user, including 'http' used by lighty, be able to read? Thanks for your help, Maurício

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[arch-general] network WTF
by David Rosenstrauch 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Got a bit of network weirdness going on here. 2 different Arch laptops, an old one and a new one, with completely different hardware (and also i686 vs. x86_64), but both are completely up to date with the latest repos. On the old (i686) one, "iwlist scan" works fine from the command line, as a non-root user. On the new one, no dice - I need to be root to get back results. What makes this even more annoying is that apparently some of the wireless tools I'm using suffer from this restriction as well. So on the old laptop, kwifimanager and knemo show accurate info about the current connection (bit rate, link quality, etc.) while on the new laptop these come up empty. Anyone have any idea what's causing this and/or how to work around it? Surely I don't need to run kwifimanager and knemo as root to do it. I'm guessing there's some obscure setting that's different between the 2 machines that's controlling this, but I have no clue what it could be. TIA, DR

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