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[arch-general] tetex
by Anton Achatz 19 Sep '08

19 Sep '08

Hello, after the latest system update arch changes tetex with texlive. now i have the problem to use some programs which needs tetex as dependency like muttprint or dblatex. Is there a opportunity to run this programs with texlive because tetex isnt more in the repository. thanks toni

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[arch-general] Wireless userspace tools
by Sujith 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

The new tool to interface with mac80211 based wireless drivers is 'iw' [1]. It was started because WEXT (Wireless Extionsions) will be deprecated [2] and 'iw' will be the single tool to configure/manage wireless devices in linux. Currently, I see a PKGBUILD in AUR that is outdated and pointing to the wrong source as well. Though it is currently under heavy development [3] and doesn't implement all the commands that iwconfig supports, iw is where future development will be focused on. I think iw should be part of the core wireless tools in arch. Also, the new regulatory framework for wireless devices is CRDA, initial patches have already been merged into wireless-testing and the only way to choose a regulatory domain from userspace is using 'iw'. Which reminds me, CRDA has to be packaged too. Briefly, CRDA is a userspace database of regulatory domains and is invoked by the kernel as and when needed using udev. Development of CRDA happens on wireless.kernel.org. [4] Just wanted to update the arch developers with all the new wireless stuff that's happening. [1] : http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw [2] : http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/Wireless-Extensions [3] : http://git.sipsolutions.net/?p=iw.git [4] : http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA Sujith -- http://sujith-m.blogspot.com

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[arch-general] netcfg v2.1
by James Rayner 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

netcfg v2.1 is mostly a bug fix release, however there are some important changes and new features. - Remove driver specific hacks/quirks. They now need to be enabled manually using the QUIRKS=() array. - auto-wireless has been moved from net-profiles to a separate daemon net-auto. - A new option (IWCONFIG) to run iwconfig with set arguments before connecting - Various minor fixes Details can be found on the wiki for all these options http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_profiles Development details for netcfg can also be found on the wiki http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Profiles_development

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] signoff: xfsprogs 2.10.1 in i686 [testing]
by bardo 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Paul Mattal <paul(a)mattal.com> wrote: > Please signoff i686. Change log below. Since no dev seems to use it, I can provide basic testing for this package (fsck and such), I use it on one of my virtual machines. It doesn't seem to be in [testing] at all, though. Corrado

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[arch-general] repoman tool
by Andrea Scarpino 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Hi ML, I made a tool for manage your personal archlinux repository: repoman! With repoman you can add, update or remove packages from your personal repo with a simply command line tool. Its gets the repository.db.tar.gz file from your repository; then its gets the tarball of the packages from AUR; build the packages and update the repository database (upload files also!!) All with only one command! project site: http://code.google.com/p/repoman-arch/ repoman help screnshot: http://www.deelab.org/bash/images/repoman_help.png I'll want to know what you think about this :) positive and negative feedback are welcome! Thanks -- Andrea `BaSh` Scarpino Arch Linux Trusted User Linux User: #430842

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[arch-general] taglib-rcc
by Charly Ghislain 09 Sep '08

09 Sep '08

hi, I see we have taglib-rcc in community. I dont know why, but i had it installed for some time. Then, without recent upgrade (still at 1.5-1), it began to get crazy, making my music application hang there: http://pastebin.com/m14e619a9. Reverting to unpatched taglib solved the problem. Maybe someone can confirm that this package is broken - you can test any apps using taglib ( juk, amarok, moc player come to my mind) But i also ask the purpose of this package as i cant find any other depending on it. Why did it enter the repo? If the broken state is confirmed, maybe we should think about removing it. Regards, Charly

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[arch-general] expat and pyexpat versions doesn't match makes apache to segfault
by Alper KANAT 07 Sep '08

07 Sep '08

Hey There, I've just filed a bug report (FS#11422) on flyspray but wanted to notify you.. I write the same things I wrote on the ticket: All necessary information are detailed here: http://www.dscpl.com.au/wiki/ModPython/Articles/ExpatCausingApacheCrash Here's the version information on my Arch Linux box: [02:48] (tunix@raptiye ~)$ strings /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2 |grep expat_ expat_2.0.1 [02:49] (tunix@raptiye ~)$ python Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 8 2008, 21:11:16) [GCC 4.3.2 20080626 (prerelease)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import pyexpat >>> pyexpat.version_info (2, 0, 0) Apache on my production server crashes immediately when I use Trac and some Django apps using sqlite3.. -- Alper KANAT http://raptiye.org

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[arch-general] cpufreqd acpi_temperature
by Stefan Frontzak 07 Sep '08

07 Sep '08

Hello, since the latest update of cpufreqd it seems that the acpi_temperature variable in [Rule] does not have any effect for me anymore. Unfortunately I have no idea how this stuff works so it could be my own fault. I am not even sure if this is related to the cpufreqd upgrade, but it did work before. I have attached my cpufreqd.conf.

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[arch-general] Why there is duplicate dependencies when searching package on the home page
by 甘露(Gan Lu) 07 Sep '08

07 Sep '08

Is this a bug or something?

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Xorg-server 1.5RC6 enters testing
by Emmanuel Benisty 06 Sep '08

06 Sep '08

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:37 AM, Jan de Groot <jan(a)jgc.homeip.net> wrote: > Xorg-server 1.5RC6 (1.4.99.906) enters tesing. This version of > xorg-server includes input hotplugging using hal, better EXA support and > less memory usage. > Note that this version requires an upgrade of all videodrivers. > All videodrivers shipped with X.Org have been rebuilt to reflect this > change. Nvidia drivers don't seem to need a rebuild, while AMD's > catalyst drivers don't support the new X.Org version. Fglrx users should > not upgrade to this version. > > Please give this version of X.Org an extensive test run and report bugs. It may be useful to add an install message to xf86-input-synaptics stating that "tap-to-click" is now disabled by default and that Option "TapButton1" "1" is now needed to keep the old behavior. cheers.

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