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[arch-general] howto file missing in intltool
by Lyman 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Hi, I found that the package intltool does not contain the file doc/I18N-HOWTO, which is contained in official release. As this file is supposed to be found locally easily, once it is missing even google can not give out useful hint efficiently. IMHO, this file is vital for the person who is new to gettext/intltool tool-chain (no kidding, more heuristic and important than the manpages). Can anyone here could add this file in next update, please? -- Lyman Li Blog(Chinese): http://lymanrb.blogspot.com Album: http://picasaweb.google.com/lymanrb

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[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.28.1-1
by Tobias Powalowski 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hi guys, new kernel adresses the following things: - bump to latest version - fixed bugs: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12821 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12816 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12820 please signoff for both arches greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] Question on traceroute/mtr
by Viv Diwakar 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi all, When I mtr to an IP I'm seeing the last three hops as having the identical IP address, and packet loss of 25%, 40% and 100% respectively. I'm not sure if I'm interpreting this correctly - does that mean the last hop is basically looping on itself three times? Thanks in advance, cheers Viv Diwakar

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[arch-general] Keyboard repeat in KDE 4
by Leonid Grinberg 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hello, I am experiencing an odd problem with keyboard repeating in KDE. I am running Vanilla KDE 4.1.3 Every once in a while, the keyboard simply stops repeating (by repeating, I mean when I hold a key down, it only sends the keystroke once, so if I hold down "f" it only shows "f" rather than "fffffffffffff"). I have auto-repeat enabled in xorg.conf and the repeat works fine in the virtual terminals. Coupled with this problem is that in systemsettings, the entire configuration for the keyboard is missing. However, in ~/.kde4/share/config/kcminputrc, KeyboardRepeating is set to true. I've also discovered that if I run kcminit, the problem temporarily gets fixed, only to happen again a little while later. Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be causing this? -- Thanks, Leonid Grinberg lgrinberg(a)gmail.com

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[arch-general] xscreensaver broken?
by Guus Snijders 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hey all, mabye i'm doing something wrong, but xscreensaver-demo segfaults on my system: $ xscreensaver-demo (xscreensaver-demo:3073): libglade-WARNING **: Could not load support for `gnome': libgthread: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory xscreensaver-demo: 20:45:46: Gtk-warning: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated xscreensaver-demo: 20:45:46: Gtk-warning: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated xscreensaver-demo: 20:45:46: Gtk-warning: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated Segmentation fault $ pacman -Q xscreensaver xscreensaver 5.08-1 $ pacman -Qo /usr/lib/libgthread.so /usr/lib/libgthread.so is owned by glib 1.2.10-7 Any ideas? mvg, Guus

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[arch-general] new kernel 2.6.27 or 2.6.28
by Anton Achatz 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hello, i have a problem after updating to kernel 2.6.27 or 2.6.28. After updating the kernel i am not able to boot the system. The system doesn' t recognize the boot harddisk sda6. the recommendation to set bootdelay = 8 doesnt help. Does someone know what to do. greetings Toni

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[arch-general] Arch Linux Review on DistroWatch
by Hugo Doria 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090119#feature "Conclusion The "keep it simple" philosophy of Arch Linux really shines through in all aspects of this distribution. It lets the user control the system and doesn't do anything unless told to. It has the speed and convenience of binary with the power of source and is very flexible when it comes to optional dependencies. Being a rolling release, the packages are also reasonably up-to-date. Other than the problem with the Intel video driver, I have not had any issues with the quality of the packages. Still, I have to wonder how well a smaller distribution like this can provide overall stability. Perhaps time will tell. It also remains to be seen how well Pacman will perform after installing and removing thousands of packages. Certainly, Arch Linux isn't for everybody, no distribution is, but it sure is plenty of fun and you learn a lot. If you're the kind of person who likes to fiddle and tweak your system, then definitely give it a shot. Once you have your system up and running the way you want, it's very easy to maintain and it feels great. If you've been tempted to try it out, there is a Wiki page listing how it compares to others. As for my dream distribution, Arch Linux comes pretty darn close." Read the page for full review. -- Hugo

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Re: [arch-general] 2.6.28 to core?
by wain 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hello, Virtualbox modules can't be compiled anymore with 2.6.28. wain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerhard Brauer" <gerhard.brauer(a)web.de> Sent: Wed, January 14, 2009 10:52 Subject:[arch-general] 2.6.28 to core? Hello, seems that all stopper for 2.6.28 are solved. Are there any issues that causes 2.6.28 (and klibc, mkinitcpio) don't went to [core]? Without these the new ISO's couldn't be build... Regards Gerhard ----- End of original message -----

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[arch-general] About ttf-ms-fonts package in extra/
by goodmenzy＠gmail.com 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Hi, Anyone knows anything about ttf-ms-fonts ? `pacman -Ql ttf-ms-fonts ` gives funny result! And the license is another affairs. Being a Linux user, and Archlinux lover, I do not want be sent a lawyer's letter from Micro$oft. Emm, It is strange of that package, the packager name is Archlinux.

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[arch-general] Error with makepkg installing dependency
by Baho Utot 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

When compiling packages using makeworld or my custom script I am getting a number of failures like this: /usr/info/dir exists in both 'glib' and 'gtk' What causes this? Is there a way to fix this without forcing this packages? or better still is there a fix? Thanks

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