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[arch-general] Why do I have 20-ups-nut-device.fdi in my / dir?
by David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. 05 May '09

05 May '09

Listmates, Picking around with mc, I saw a file that looked really out of place. In my / dir, I have 20-ups-nut-device.fdi. Shouldn't that be in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/. I plead the 5th, I don't know how it got there. This is on my x86_64 box. The date and time of the file are: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12367 2008-06-17 08:39 20-ups-nut-device.fdi [20:05 alchemy:/] # pacman -Qo 20-ups-nut-device.fdi error: No package owns 20-ups-nut-device.fdi Dunno? Can somebody take a quick check and see if they have this stray .fdi file in their / directory. It looks like a 'network ups tools' (nut) policy, but why it's in / escapes me. -- 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] freetype2 with enabled tt bytecode interpreter, license issues?
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 05 May '09

05 May '09

Hi, Because it is being a topic of great interest to the licenses of the packages, I question, because I'm not good at anything legal issues: This package with this option enabled, not is problematic in legal terms? http://freetype.sourceforge.net/patents.html Personally in my machine, I recompiled this package without the patch, I prefer the auto-hinting from freetype2, because fonts looks better (at least on CRT), I know that this can be configured with fontconf, but because some programs/libs based on xpdf libs (example poppler*, kpdf), look at headers at compile time instead of using fontconfig I recompile these packages too. Searching in the bug tracker i found this old ticket http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/2033 Citation from ftoption.h: /* Define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER if you want to compile */ /* a bytecode interpreter in the TrueType driver. Note that there are */ /* important patent issues related to the use of the interpreter. */ /* */ /* By undefining this, you will only compile the code necessary to load */ /* TrueType glyphs without hinting. */ /* */ /* Do not #undef this macro here, since the build system might */ /* define it for certain configurations only. */ Thanks for your time. -- 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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Re: [arch-general] org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable no <-- (action, result)
by David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. 05 May '09

05 May '09

On Monday 04 May 2009 13:36:03 you wrote: > [snip] > > I don't know if this has anything to do with your problem, but I've had > difficulty auto-mounting NTFS partitions as read/write. The reason seems > to be that auto-mount autodetects NTFS partitions as using the ntfs driver, > but in order to get full functionality, you need to use the ntfs-3g driver. > Mounting as root, explicitly using the ntfs-3g driver, works. > > HTH, > Dave Moore Yes, I think that is exactly what the problem is. I didn't want 'rw', all I wanted was read-only. So I just created a directory as a mount point and did 'mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb2 /mountpoint'. It worked just fine. I'll play around to find a way to get this (politely put 'dad-gum') hal/dbus/PolicyKit to do what a simple 'mount -t ntfs' had done for years.... -- 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] Laptop Install - 2 questions remain, WPA and Compiz with Radeon Driver
by David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. 05 May '09

05 May '09

Listmates, The laptop install (Toshiba 205D) went great accept where I am stuck with video drivers for my ati card, and the last little nit of getting wifi to start automatically. First the easy one, the wireless: (1) My laptop has an Atheros card and is happily using the madwifi driver. The only problem is that I'm starting it manually and need to know where to put the pieces to have it start automatically. Basically, it takes 3 commands to get my wifi going: ESSID=${1:-skyline} IFACE=${2:-wlan0} iwconfig ${IFACE} essid "${ESSID}" wpa_supplicant -i${IFACE} -Dwext -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d -B >> /var/log/wpa_start.log 2>&1 sleep 2 # This doesn't count as a command dhcpcd wlan0 My question is "Where do I put this stuff to make it happen when I start Arch?? (2) No Compiz with the radeon driver. I know there must be a trick or two that will make this work. Heck, I even got compiz working on the intel card, so I know the ATI card (X1200) will do it (it does it with the fglrx driver on openSuSE). However, I don't know what the tricks are to getting it working on the stock radeon driver. Any other ATI Arch users know any more about this?? Here is my current xorg.conf: # Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/speedo" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts" FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts" InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata" InputDevices "/dev/input/mice" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on" Option "IgnoreABI" "on" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "dri" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "kbd" Identifier "Keyboard[0]" Option "Protocol" "Standard" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbModel" "microsoftpro" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Name" "Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical" Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse[3]" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" Option "Name" "Touchpad" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "Vendor" "Synaptics" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor[0]" VendorName "TOSHIBA" ModelName "TOSHIBA 17IN TRUEBRIGHT" UseModes "Modes[0]" DisplaySize 367 230 HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 60.0 Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" Option "DPMS" Option "PreferredMode" "1440x900" EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" EndSection Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection Device "Device[0]" Identifier "Screen[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" EndSection Section "Device" BoardName "RV350 NP" # BusID "1:5:0" Driver "radeon" Identifier "Device[0]" # Option "GARTSize" "32" VendorName "ATI" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen 0 "Screen[0]" 0 0 EndSection Section "DRI" Group "video" Mode 0660 EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "true" Option "DAMAGE" "true" EndSection -- 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] Function keys not working?
by David Rosenstrauch 05 May '09

05 May '09

Not sure what happened but looks like all of a sudden the function keys (i.e., F1 through F12) are no longer working on my keyboard today. REALLY annoying. Tried using xev and it's responding with weird key codes: F1 - keycode 244 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol) F3 - nothing F11 - keycode 210 (keysym 0x1008ff43, XF86Launch3) Anybody know WTF is up and how to fix? Is this something having to do with the recent upgrade to xf86-input-evdev? Tnx, DR

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[arch-general] kde3 Error: Could Not Determine Resource Status - Kmail??
by David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. 04 May '09

04 May '09

Listmates, Every minute or two I have this large and annoying dialog appear on the screen complainting about something related to kmail. The difficult part about it is it does *not* tell you what it is complaining about. The only thing close to a description it gives is "Could not stat resource". Huh? I have a screenshot of it here: ( 50K ) http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/kde/kontact-err.jpg The text of the error states: <quote> Error while getting folder information. Could Not Determine Resource Status An attempt to determine information about the status of the resource Mail, such as the resource name, type, size, etc., was unsuccessful. Technical reason: Could Not Stat Resource Details of the request: URL: (unknown) Date and time: Sunday 03 May 2009 04:30 pm Additional information: Mail Possible causes: The specified resource may not have existed or may not be accessible. A protocol error or incompatibility may have occurred. Although unlikely, a hardware error may have occurred. Possible solutions: Retry the request and ensure your authentication details are entered correctly. Contact your appropriate computer support system, whether the system administrator, or technical support group for further assistance. Anybody see this before and more importantly, How do I fix it? -- 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] 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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