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[arch-general] On arch-dev-public: Chromium losing Sync support on March 15
by u34＠net9.ga 26 Jan '21

26 Jan '21

There is a heads-up discussion at https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2021-January/030260.h… . 1. Is it worth asking help from some free software org, since the problem is shared by other distributions? Perhaps google will agree to work with that org, as a representative of the distributions. Or,that a single distribtion will represent the other? 2. I hardly use chromium. Yet, few gov sites here mandate using it. At rare circumstancess, I have to deal with these gov sites. In short, I hardly knows, and don't care, about its Sync feature. 2.1 Can the package built, and run, without whatever is required for the Sync feature? 2.2 In case you will stop maintaining it and no one adopts it, can you upload it to the AUR, and disown it? -- u34

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[arch-general] Why has all Fake-RAID documentation been removed from the RAID wiki?
by David C. Rankin 26 Jan '21

26 Jan '21

Arch, In the past https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RAID had a fantastic section on Fake RAID. I just had a person I refered to the page only to be told there isn't any relevant info there other than use lspci to look for a conroller?? Why has all the relevant information for Fake RAID been removed from the wiki? It is still relevant documentation. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: [arch-general] WINE Networking Issues
by John Briggs 25 Jan '21

25 Jan '21

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 12:26:26PM +0100, Łukasz Michalski via arch-general wrote: > On 1/25/21 11:13 AM, John Briggs via arch-general wrote: > > After a system update on 16th Dec 2020 I discovered I had networking > > problems when I was using WINE. > > I have determined the issue is NOT WINE but something else in the system. > > When I do a system downgrade using the Arch Linux Archives for 13th Dec 2020 > > the networking problems with WINE disappear. > > System upgrade to 14th Dec 2020 WINE networking problems appear. > > > > The only new packages that are upgraded on my system are: > > > > egl-wayland-1.1.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst 14-Dec-2020 11:02 24K > > gtkmm3-3.24.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst 14-Dec-2020 00:28 1M > > python-importlib-metadata-3.3.0-1-any.pkg.tar.z..> 14-Dec-2020 02:46 566 > > xorg-xwayland-1.20.0.r797.g5d73a8b59-1-x86_64.p..> 14-Dec-2020 12:16 898K > > > > The egl-wayland and xorg-xwayland packages do not appear to be causing the > > problem. The gtkmm3 should not raise this type of issue. Close inspection of > > the python-importlib-metadata should not cause any issues either. > > > > The only possible solution I can possible consider is creating a new partition > > and installing the Dec 2020 Arch iso then doing a system upgrade to 13th Dec > > to get a problem free system. > > > > I decided to try the list to see if anyone else may have a solution. > > It would be helpful if you describe what kind of networking problems do you > have. > I usually run the Kindle app. It requires an Internet connection to run correctly. I have ran ping in a WINE console: it resolves the internet address correctly but there is no return from the pings because the dns is working it appears as if I am not receiving the packets. > Is it related to any app run under wine or to specific one? > What are the symptoms? e.g. no connection from app to the Internet, dns not > working... > > Regards, > Łukasz

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[arch-general] WINE Networking Issues
by John Briggs 25 Jan '21

25 Jan '21

After a system update on 16th Dec 2020 I discovered I had networking problems when I was using WINE. I have determined the issue is NOT WINE but something else in the system. When I do a system downgrade using the Arch Linux Archives for 13th Dec 2020 the networking problems with WINE disappear. System upgrade to 14th Dec 2020 WINE networking problems appear. The only new packages that are upgraded on my system are: egl-wayland-1.1.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst 14-Dec-2020 11:02 24K gtkmm3-3.24.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst 14-Dec-2020 00:28 1M python-importlib-metadata-3.3.0-1-any.pkg.tar.z..> 14-Dec-2020 02:46 566 xorg-xwayland-1.20.0.r797.g5d73a8b59-1-x86_64.p..> 14-Dec-2020 12:16 898K The egl-wayland and xorg-xwayland packages do not appear to be causing the problem. The gtkmm3 should not raise this type of issue. Close inspection of the python-importlib-metadata should not cause any issues either. The only possible solution I can possible consider is creating a new partition and installing the Dec 2020 Arch iso then doing a system upgrade to 13th Dec to get a problem free system. I decided to try the list to see if anyone else may have a solution. Regards John

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[arch-general] Fwd: [signoff] [extra] postfix 3.5.9-1 (WHY?)
by David C. Rankin 24 Jan '21

24 Jan '21

Archdevs, Why are we splitting postfix by backend? Currently the package is only 1.5M total. Why would we want to fragment postfix backend capability into separate packages? With 1T+ average drive size the additional fragmentation doesn't make any space savings sense. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [arch-dev-public] [signoff] [extra] postfix 3.5.9-1 Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:27:43 +0100 From: David Runge via arch-dev-public <arch-dev-public(a)lists.archlinux.org> Reply-To: Public mailing list for Arch Linux development <arch-dev-public(a)lists.archlinux.org> To: Arch Linux Development (public) <arch-dev-public(a)lists.archlinux.org> CC: David Runge <dave(a)sleepmap.de> Hi! I have just upgraded postfix to 3.5.9. The package has been split to allow specific installations based on requirements while not pulling in all of the backends at once: postfix postfix-cdb postfix-ldap postfix-lmdb postfix-mysql postfix-pcre postfix-pgsql postfix-sqlite Please do test the integration of the split-out optional dependencies with postfix to see whether everything still works as expected. Best, David -- https://sleepmap.de -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] efibootmgr doesn't change boot order!
by Peter K Haokip 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

I read an forum entry from nearly 6 years ago about am efibootmgr bug that Doesn't let you change the boot order on a multi OS system if you have arch linux as the default OS. Had some users report this as well in other forums. Now i am facing the that problem in my system with arch ubuntu and windows. when i change the boot order , it shows the change 'temporarily' but when i restart it boots the default (Arch linux Grub ) and the change disappears. I faced this issue last month and gave up on it since I couldn't find any detailed resource on this on the net. This list may be my last hope. If anybody could give some direction , would be much appreciated. regards, khaithang39

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Re: [arch-general] On arch-dev-public: Chromium losing Sync support on March 15
by Yuuta Liang 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

This looks great for replacing Google sync. Are there any self-hosted open source sync servers users can directly replace with (Not an extension or so)? This would be great for users who still need native sync when the Chromium APIs were disabled. This is my first time replying to Arch mailing list, so correct me if there's anything wrong. Thanks. On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 10:13:17PM -0600, Don Harper via arch-general wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 07:41:53PM -0600, Don Harper wrote to To General Discussion about Arch Linux: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 07:12:24PM +0000, Mike Cloaked via arch-general wrote to To General Discussion about Arch Linux: > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 6:15 PM Javier via arch-general < > > > arch-general(a)lists.archlinux.org> wrote: > > > > > On 1/20/21 10:02 AM, Geo Kozey via arch-general wrote: > > > > >> ---------------------------------------- > > > > >> From: Eli Schwartz via arch-general <arch-general(a)lists.archlinux.org> > > > > >> Sent: Wed Jan 20 02:09:17 CET 2021 > > > > >> To: <arch-general(a)lists.archlinux.org> > > > > >> Cc: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz(a)archlinux.org> > > > > >> Subject: Re: [arch-general] On arch-dev-public: Chromium losing Sync > > > > support on March 15 > > > > > >> The current maintainer of chromium no longer wishes to be the maintainer > > > > >> -- without this feature, he does not consider Chromium to be a > > > > >> competitive, useful software. Fair enough -- no one is ever by any means > > > > >> forced to maintain anything they don't want to. > > > > > > It would be easier to understand if maintainer explain this themselves. > > > > This is second time he stated plans about dropping chromium because > > > > upstream removed some api from public use. At first time those plans were > > > > aborted after users feedback which showed that removed api isn't crucial > > > > for using the app for them and this time it looks similar. > > > > > > It's ok to stop packaging something that maintainer doesn't like anymore > > > > even without waiting for excuse but stopping it only because lost feature > > > > that most users can deal without just fine is weird unless maintainer > > > > himself relied on it. > > > > > If a chromium user, after the loss of the sync api, would like to > > > transition their setup from one computer to another, such as when a new > > > arch install has been done on a new computer, is there a mechanism to > > > transfer the bookmarks and passwords from one machine to the other if sync > > > is not available? Even now if you rsync the config directory then the > > > browser does work as it did on the original machine - and getting passwords > > > into the new browser on a different machine does not seem to be something > > > that is easy unless a clean profile is started, and the old and new browser > > > synced by logging in to the same account. Can someone say how that would be > > > achieved when sync to the cloud is no longer available? > > One can always use a non-google sync solution. One I have been using for a bit is https://github.com/marcelklehr/floccus which is cross-browser and self-hosted. > > > > > > Yours sincerely > > > > > > G. K. > > > > > Totally agree with Eli, in that the devs are the ones deciding chromium > > > > fate in Arch. > > > > > BTW, another dev has already mentioned he would adopt it, if dropped by > > > > its current maintainer, and keep it without sync if required. So, I guess > > > > it's a matter of time now, to see what'll happen. > > > > > > -- > Don Harper

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[arch-general] Dual monitor issue
by pete 18 Jan '21

18 Jan '21

Evening Archers O am trying to find where KDE Plasma stores the settings for multiple monitors but can not find it yet . I have 2 identical monitors both were working fine now i have lost the panel on the one monitor and can not restore it i have tried all the suggestions i can find so last resort i want to look at the configs for the monitors so which file are the configs stored in please . Thanks Pete

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[arch-general] Configure default bluetooth profile in PulseAudio?
by Uwe Sauter 18 Jan '21

18 Jan '21

Dear all, is it possible to define the default BT profile used when a headset connects to my system? Currently I have to switch from A2DP to HSP/HFP every time I turn the headset on. As I'm mostly using the headset as headset (for webconfs), not headphones, I'd like to change that behavior. I found this article [1] but that seems to automatically switch BT profiles based on the requirements. I don't want that behavior as I prefer static configurations (I want my music to always come from the speaker boxes regardless of whether headphones are available.) Although I will try this out later-on. Any hints? Thanks, Uwe [1] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1248886/how-to-set-default-profile-for-blue…

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[arch-general] Is ntfs module deprecated ?
by SET 16 Jan '21

16 Jan '21

Hi, After today's upgrade : * modprobe ntfs * modprobe: FATAL: Module ntfs not found in directory /lib/modules/5.10.7-arch1-1 * * find /usr/lib/modules/5.10.7-arch1-1 -type f -name "*ntfs*" * <empty result> Should another module be used ? Is ntfs missing ? Deprecated ? Thanks.

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