[arch-general] pm-hibernate not working since update to 3.4.5-1-ARCH

2012-07-19 Thread Arvid Warnecke
Hello,

I have already been used to not beeing able to suspend my MacBook Pro
since the buggy nvidia version which came with 3.4.x kernel. But as of
the latest updates which brought kernel 3.4.5-1 I am not able to use
pm-hibernate anymore.
When looking into /var/log/pm-suspend.log it seems that hibernating went
well: lots of "success" messages and no errors. But when I then start
the MacBook again it does not resume but boots normally. fsck detects
that disks haven't been unmounted orderly, recovers journal and I am
back to a fresh booted system then.

I already looked up the wiki about pm-utils and found something about
adding 'acpi_sleep=nonvs' in /boot/grub/menu.lst. Issues mentioned there
with kernel versions around 2.6, which seems to be long time ago now. I
tried it anyway, but with no effect at all.

Any ideas what might be causing this issue? More fresh bugs in nvidia
302.17-3? 

TIA,
Arvid

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Re: [arch-general] haveged and Secure Cryptography

2012-07-19 Thread Gaetan Bisson
[2012-07-19 22:10:05 -0700] David Hunter:
> I'm sure that it's always going to
> be "random enough", but I often make use of Archlinux in forensic
> environments involving encrypted disks and files or transferring
> things over SSL, so I do need to know if there is even a theoretical
> weakness in my environment in case my tools and methodologies are
> called into question.

There are no known weaknesses as far as I know, but you can always
question the hypothesis that runtime measurements bear a significant
amount of entropy. Now if you are that paranoid you might also want to
avoid kernel-gathered entropy and just get yourself a physical entropy
generating device.

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[arch-general] haveged and Secure Cryptography

2012-07-19 Thread David Hunter
Does anyone know if haveged significantly affects things like
truecrypt, cryptsetup, RSA, or SSL if you happen to leave the daemon
running for long periods of time? I'm sure that it's always going to
be "random enough", but I often make use of Archlinux in forensic
environments involving encrypted disks and files or transferring
things over SSL, so I do need to know if there is even a theoretical
weakness in my environment in case my tools and methodologies are
called into question.

Thanks

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Re: [arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread Jayesh Badwaik
On Thursday 19 Jul 2012 18:44:13 Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
> Jonathan Dlouhy  writes:
> 
> > On 07/19/2012 12:18 PM, Jayesh Badwaik wrote:
> >> On Thursday 19 Jul 2012 17:13:44 Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
> >>> Hi List,
> >>>
> >>> when I want to install a new version from an already installed AUR
> >>> package - do I have to remove the old version first, or do I simply
> >>> follow the same steps as if there would be no old version on my machine
> >>> and pacman takes care of everything?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> You can just install the new version. Pacman takes care of it. But
> >> even better would be to use something like packer/yaourt.
> >
> > packer -Syu --auronly
> 
> Packer must be new somehow, did not hear about it before (only about
> yaourt). So this would render my git-clone of the AUR repo superfluous,
> because it makes AUR packages as easily installable and updatable like
> packages form the official repos?
> 
> 
To answer your question - Yes. But you have to be careful. First do your normal 
system upgrade through pacman

pacman -Syu

and after that update AUR packages. Do not install normal packages through 
packer or yaourt, there have been some problems last time I was reading about 
it.

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Re: [arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread Cheer Xiao
2012/7/20 Christian Hesse :
> Don deJuan  on Thu, 2012/07/19 09:53:
>> On 07/19/2012 09:52 AM, Christian Hesse wrote:
>> > Thorsten Jolitz  on Thu, 2012/07/19 18:44:
>> >> [...] So this would render my git-clone of the AUR repo superfluous,
>> >> [...]
>> >
>> > Oh, wait! Is AUR accessible via git? That would be really great!
>> >
>>
>>  From the wiki:
>>   Git Repo
>>
>> A Git Repo of the AUR is maintained by Thomas Dziedzic providing package
>> history among other things. It is updated at least once a day. To clone
>> the repository (several hundred MB):
>>
>> $ git clone git://pkgbuild.com/aur-mirror.git
>
> Nice!
>
> Though I would prefer a rsync interface. I do not need package history and
> would like to save the disk space...

There is also aur3[1]. It offers metadata (things you see on the
package pages of AUR website) in additional to PKGBUILDs. It doesn't
provide rsync access, but I found 18MB (PKGBUILD + metadata, it's
compressed) is acceptable.

aur3 also has a really neat JSON API, offering full regex searching.

1. http://aur3.org/


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Re: [arch-general] Still Glibc problems

2012-07-19 Thread Norbert Zeh
D. R. Evans [2012.07.19 1742 -0600]:
> Alex Belanger said the following at 07/18/2012 05:27 AM :
> > pacman -Syu --ignore glibc pacman -Su
> 
> > I had the same problem, went to archlinux website and they say exactly what
> > you need to do and why. You shouldn't toy with it yourself, nor use the
> > --force option. Try this, if it doesn't work, they have an in-depth guide
> > too.
> > 
> 
> I have tried this, and there seems to be a catch-22...
> 
> 1. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:usrlib
> 
> 
> 
> If running "pacman -Syu --ignore glibc" gives:
> 
> warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-2
> warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
> 
> ...
> 
> :: The following packages cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
>  binutils  gcc  gcc-libs
> 
> Do you want to skip the above packages for this upgrade [y/N]
> 
> Say "y" to skipping the packages, then install them all using (e.g.):
> 
> 
> 
> But if I do that, I hit the /var/run and /var/lock problem:
> 
> 
> 
> (127/127) checking for file conflicts
> 
> [##]
> 100%
> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
> filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem
> filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem
> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
> [root@shack n7dr]#
> 
> 
> 
> 2.
> https://www.archlinux.org/news/filesystem-upgrade-manual-intervention-required-1/
> 
> So instead of dealing with glibc, I try to deal with the /var/run and
> /var/lock problem first. On my system, these are both symlinks. So, following
> instructions, I do:
> 
> 
> 
> If the symlinks are already in place on your system (which should be the case
> for most people), then you can simply perform
> 
> pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem && pacman -S filesystem --force
> 
> 
> 
> and that gives:
> 
> 
> 
> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
> glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
> 
> 
> 
> So it looks to me that I'm being told, basically, "you have two errors, α and
> β. Before you fix α you must fix β. And before you fix β you must fix α."
> 
> Am I misinterpreting or misunderstanding the instructions? They seem pretty
> clear, and I believe I followed them faithfully.
> 
>   Doc
> 
> -- 
> Web:  http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR
> 

Well, the filesystem instructions are older and applied at the time the glibc
upgrade was not an issue yet.  Combining the two instructions, I would guess the
following should work:

pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem --ignore glibc
pacman -S --force filesystem --ignore glibc
pacman -Sd 
pacman -Su

Note that I did not try this, but it seems to be the logical combination of the
two.  Maybe one of the developers can chime in and confirm that this is the
right strategy.

Cheers,
Norbert


Re: [arch-general] Still Glibc problems

2012-07-19 Thread David Benfell
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On 07/19/12 16:42, D. R. Evans wrote:
> 
> pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem && pacman -S filesystem --force
> 
> 
> 
> and that gives:
> 
> 
> 
> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) glibc: /lib
> exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
> 
> 
> 
Somebody will need to clarify the precise syntax. But it looks to me
like you can't just ignore filesystem here; you also need to ignore
glibc, then--I think--do the glibc upgrade without the --force option
following the filesystem upgrade.

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Re: [arch-general] Still Glibc problems

2012-07-19 Thread D. R. Evans
Alex Belanger said the following at 07/18/2012 05:27 AM :
> pacman -Syu --ignore glibc pacman -Su

> I had the same problem, went to archlinux website and they say exactly what
> you need to do and why. You shouldn't toy with it yourself, nor use the
> --force option. Try this, if it doesn't work, they have an in-depth guide
> too.
> 

I have tried this, and there seems to be a catch-22...

1. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:usrlib



If running "pacman -Syu --ignore glibc" gives:

warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-2
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"

...

:: The following packages cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
 binutils  gcc  gcc-libs

Do you want to skip the above packages for this upgrade [y/N]

Say "y" to skipping the packages, then install them all using (e.g.):



But if I do that, I hit the /var/run and /var/lock problem:



(127/127) checking for file conflicts

[##]
100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[root@shack n7dr]#



2.
https://www.archlinux.org/news/filesystem-upgrade-manual-intervention-required-1/

So instead of dealing with glibc, I try to deal with the /var/run and
/var/lock problem first. On my system, these are both symlinks. So, following
instructions, I do:



If the symlinks are already in place on your system (which should be the case
for most people), then you can simply perform

pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem && pacman -S filesystem --force



and that gives:



error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.



So it looks to me that I'm being told, basically, "you have two errors, α and
β. Before you fix α you must fix β. And before you fix β you must fix α."

Am I misinterpreting or misunderstanding the instructions? They seem pretty
clear, and I believe I followed them faithfully.

  Doc

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Re: [arch-general] Still Glibc problems

2012-07-19 Thread André Gasser
Hello all,

I also experienced initial problems getting the new glibc 2.16.0-2 to
work. In my case, the problem was an older version of lib32-glibc (I
think I had version 2.14.x installed, sorry can't remember exactly).
After enabling the multilib repo in /etc/pacman.conf and doing

sudo pacman -Syu --ignore glibc
sudo pacman -Su

Here is a link to a corresponding forum post:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1131545

Everything was updated well.

HTH,
André


On 07/18/2012 11:10 PM, P .NIKOLIC wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:27:11 +0200
> Tom Gundersen  wrote:
> 
> Pruned
>>
>> You sholud delete the duplicate files from /usr/lib, did you do this?
>> Then it _should_ work...
>>
>> -t
> 
> 
> Hi Tom 
> 
> 
> Well word on the street is it seems to have worked at last
> now i have another problem cropped up for which i will start a new
> thread
> 
> ThanksPete .
> 



Re: [arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread mike cloaked
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jelle van der Waa  wrote:
> On 19/07/12 17:13, Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
>>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> when I want to install a new version from an already installed AUR
>> package - do I have to remove the old version first, or do I simply
>> follow the same steps as if there would be no old version on my machine
>> and pacman takes care of everything?
>>
> Just build a new version of the AUR package and pacman will update it by
> installing the new package.
>

Yes after building from the AUR:
pacman -U path/to/package-compressed-xz-file

Interestingly I have tigervnc installed, that until recently used to
be in AUR - last night when I did pacman -Syu I found this package had
moved to community and obligingly updated to the new version without
me doing anything special - nice!

-- 
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Re: [arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread Christian Hesse
Don deJuan  on Thu, 2012/07/19 09:53:
> On 07/19/2012 09:52 AM, Christian Hesse wrote:
> > Thorsten Jolitz  on Thu, 2012/07/19 18:44:
> >> [...] So this would render my git-clone of the AUR repo superfluous,
> >> [...]
> >
> > Oh, wait! Is AUR accessible via git? That would be really great!
> >
> 
>  From the wiki:
>   Git Repo
> 
> A Git Repo of the AUR is maintained by Thomas Dziedzic providing package 
> history among other things. It is updated at least once a day. To clone 
> the repository (several hundred MB):
> 
> $ git clone git://pkgbuild.com/aur-mirror.git

Nice!

Though I would prefer a rsync interface. I do not need package history and
would like to save the disk space...
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Re: [arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread Don deJuan

On 07/19/2012 09:52 AM, Christian Hesse wrote:

Thorsten Jolitz  on Thu, 2012/07/19 18:44:

[...] So this would render my git-clone of the AUR repo superfluous, [...]


Oh, wait! Is AUR accessible via git? That would be really great!



From the wiki:
 Git Repo

A Git Repo of the AUR is maintained by Thomas Dziedzic providing package 
history among other things. It is updated at least once a day. To clone 
the repository (several hundred MB):


$ git clone git://pkgbuild.com/aur-mirror.git

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository

hth


Re: [arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread Christian Hesse
Thorsten Jolitz  on Thu, 2012/07/19 18:44:
> [...] So this would render my git-clone of the AUR repo superfluous, [...]

Oh, wait! Is AUR accessible via git? That would be really great!
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Re: [arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
Jonathan Dlouhy  writes:

> On 07/19/2012 12:18 PM, Jayesh Badwaik wrote:
>> On Thursday 19 Jul 2012 17:13:44 Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> when I want to install a new version from an already installed AUR
>>> package - do I have to remove the old version first, or do I simply
>>> follow the same steps as if there would be no old version on my machine
>>> and pacman takes care of everything?
>>>
>>>
>> You can just install the new version. Pacman takes care of it. But
>> even better would be to use something like packer/yaourt.
>
> packer -Syu --auronly

Packer must be new somehow, did not hear about it before (only about
yaourt). So this would render my git-clone of the AUR repo superfluous,
because it makes AUR packages as easily installable and updatable like
packages form the official repos?

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten



Re: [arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy

On 07/19/2012 12:18 PM, Jayesh Badwaik wrote:

On Thursday 19 Jul 2012 17:13:44 Thorsten Jolitz wrote:

Hi List,

when I want to install a new version from an already installed AUR
package - do I have to remove the old version first, or do I simply
follow the same steps as if there would be no old version on my machine
and pacman takes care of everything?



You can just install the new version. Pacman takes care of it. But even better 
would be to use something like packer/yaourt.


packer -Syu --auronly


Re: [arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread Jayesh Badwaik
On Thursday 19 Jul 2012 17:13:44 Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
> 
> Hi List, 
> 
> when I want to install a new version from an already installed AUR
> package - do I have to remove the old version first, or do I simply
> follow the same steps as if there would be no old version on my machine
> and pacman takes care of everything?
> 
> 

You can just install the new version. Pacman takes care of it. But even better 
would be to use something like packer/yaourt. 
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Re: [arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread Jelle van der Waa
On 19/07/12 17:13, Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
> 
> Hi List, 
> 
> when I want to install a new version from an already installed AUR
> package - do I have to remove the old version first, or do I simply
> follow the same steps as if there would be no old version on my machine
> and pacman takes care of everything?
> 
Just build a new version of the AUR package and pacman will update it by
installing the new package.


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[arch-general] Updating AUR package with pacman

2012-07-19 Thread Thorsten Jolitz

Hi List, 

when I want to install a new version from an already installed AUR
package - do I have to remove the old version first, or do I simply
follow the same steps as if there would be no old version on my machine
and pacman takes care of everything?

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten




Re: [arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Am 19.07.2012 16:40, schrieb Leonid Isaev:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:58:19 +0300
> Vytautas Stankevičius  wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Tobias Powalowski
>>  wrote:
>>> Am 19.07.2012 09:45, schrieb gt:
 On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 01:07:40PM +0530, gt wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 09:16:57AM +0200, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have a big problem with claws-mail, is it somehow possible to see own
>> posts to mailinglists?
>> I'm using gmail imap and somehow my own posts are not shown.
>> Thunderbird does not have this issue.
>>
>> greetings
>> tpowa
> You don't have a "sent" or "all mail" folder/tag ?
>>> Well yes I have a sent folder.
 EDIT: Maybe this is relevant

 http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Using_Claws_with_Gmail
>>> I used that guide and it does not work as it should with MLs.
>>> greetings
>>> tpowa
>>>
>>>
>> When you send message to mailing list with gmail smtp, you don't
>> receive a copy of your sent mail. It is the same as with webinterface.
>>
>> http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6588
> Ha... I can't even send a mail to myself with default GMail
> webinterface/settings.
>
This works here without problems.

greetings
tpowa

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Re: [arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:05:20 +0200
Tobias Powalowski  wrote:

> > When you send message to mailing list with gmail smtp, you don't
> > receive a copy of your sent mail. It is the same as with webinterface.
> >
> > http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6588
> This is not true sending through webinterface works as tbird works.
> I skip inbox and put new label on MLs and this works just fine.
> So where is claws-mail doing something different?
> 
> greetings
> tpowa
> 

I am not sure how you did that in GMail, but if claws doesn't work with your
config, I'd suggest adding processing rules on (local) Sent in CM (right click
on Sent -> Processing). Then you can set up a rule to match "[arch-" in
subject (or a more generic regexp) to copy your own messages to an appropriate
ML folder or Inbox... You can even colorize your own messages this way.

Best,
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Re: [arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:58:19 +0300
Vytautas Stankevičius  wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Tobias Powalowski
>  wrote:
> > Am 19.07.2012 09:45, schrieb gt:
> >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 01:07:40PM +0530, gt wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 09:16:57AM +0200, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
>  Hi,
>  I have a big problem with claws-mail, is it somehow possible to see own
>  posts to mailinglists?
>  I'm using gmail imap and somehow my own posts are not shown.
>  Thunderbird does not have this issue.
> 
>  greetings
>  tpowa
> >>> You don't have a "sent" or "all mail" folder/tag ?
> > Well yes I have a sent folder.
> >> EDIT: Maybe this is relevant
> >>
> >> http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Using_Claws_with_Gmail
> > I used that guide and it does not work as it should with MLs.
> > greetings
> > tpowa
> >
> >
> 
> When you send message to mailing list with gmail smtp, you don't
> receive a copy of your sent mail. It is the same as with webinterface.
> 
> http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6588

Ha... I can't even send a mail to myself with default GMail
webinterface/settings.

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Re: [arch-general] Quick question about post-MBR gap?

2012-07-19 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> Indeed it is easy to put a gap between the MBR and the first partition
> when partitioning from scratch - the main issue is for anyone with a
> pre-existing (non-linux) partition at the start of the hard drive
> containing an OEM installed Windows system or HPA recovery area or
> similar 

You can make grub just use a pointer (I forget the name) in the MBR
and actually use the start of any partition instead. Have you already
downloaded the grub 2 manual, it is explained in there anyway.
Apologies if I haven't looked hard enough at your mails.

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Re: [arch-general] Quick question about post-MBR gap?

2012-07-19 Thread mike cloaked
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:33 AM, Martti Kühne  wrote:
> last time I installed arch on a virtual machine, I was unable to install 
> grub2.
> one google search later I put the mbr gap of 2MiB back in place and everything
> went smoothly. 2MiB isn't much by today's standards, and if the software says
> it needs it, why not just give it? if you find a way to avoid it, that would 
> be
> great, although I can think of numerous reasons why that shouldn't work.
> just my two cents.
>
> cheers!
> mar77i

Indeed it is easy to put a gap between the MBR and the first partition
when partitioning from scratch - the main issue is for anyone with a
pre-existing (non-linux) partition at the start of the hard drive
containing an OEM installed Windows system or HPA recovery area or
similar - what I have done many times in the past is to shrink the
windows partition in a newly acquired desktop or laptop, and then add
in suitable partitions for the linux needs in the newly available
space in the rest of the disc. However what I have usually not done is
to "move" the Windows/HPA partitions at the start of the drive - on
occasions when I have attempted to move them along a bit (say to make
space for a /boot ext4 partition) then booting Windows can give
messages that it is not entirely happy (sic!) - sometimes Windows
"fixes" itself but occasionally not! I have usually ended up dumping
Windows altogether if that happens and repartitioning the drive from
scratch and putting only linux on it and resorting to using Windows on
other machines. However for some people without access to other
machines to run applications that have no linux equivalent it is vital
to keep a functional Windows system - for example updating many GPS
boxes eg from Garmin can only be done via Windows - similarly to
update (officially) the Android system on a Samsung cellphone is only
realistic using Samsung Kies on a Windows machine. There are many
similar examples of the need to keep Windows. Of course for many
seasoned arch users there is nothing to beat it once it is installed -
but unfortunately there still remain some tasks for which linux cannot
be used. I have also tried using Windows in a VM for such tasks and
have frequently come up against problems that are tough to crack.
Hence a dual boot (or dedicated) Windows machine is for me at least a
necessity even though the majority of my work can be done perfectly
well and efficiently with arch.

Over the past ten years I have done somewhere around 150 linux
installs, and many disc partitioning sessions - but maybe others have
a lot more experience than I have! Having been through a certain
amount of pain at times concerning an attempt to keep Windows working
as well as the linux in a dual boot machine, and now seeing a pretty
major change to the bootlloader coming up it is probably sensible to
read ahead as much as possible, and be as prepared as possible for how
to deal with different install scenarios, but also be prepared for
quite a lot of work to recover if it all goes pear shaped during the
process.

I will certainly be doing what I can in this regard and I will also be
doing test installs on a non-critical machine - but I do have a couple
of machines where keeping Windows is essential - and on those machines
I already also have arch dual booting.  I hope that the move to grub2
gives a minimum of problems during the transition period.

-- 
mike c


Re: [arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread Tobias Powalowski
> When you send message to mailing list with gmail smtp, you don't
> receive a copy of your sent mail. It is the same as with webinterface.
>
> http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6588
This is not true sending through webinterface works as tbird works.
I skip inbox and put new label on MLs and this works just fine.
So where is claws-mail doing something different?

greetings
tpowa

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Re: [arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread Diep Pham Van
Using claws-mail for a year and still do not know that my own posts can
be displayed in thread.

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:16:57 +0200
Tobias Powalowski  wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a big problem with claws-mail, is it somehow possible to see
> own posts to mailinglists?
> I'm using gmail imap and somehow my own posts are not shown.
> Thunderbird does not have this issue.
> 
> greetings
> tpowa
> 


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Re: [arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread Vytautas Stankevičius
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Tobias Powalowski
 wrote:
> Am 19.07.2012 09:45, schrieb gt:
>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 01:07:40PM +0530, gt wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 09:16:57AM +0200, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
 Hi,
 I have a big problem with claws-mail, is it somehow possible to see own
 posts to mailinglists?
 I'm using gmail imap and somehow my own posts are not shown.
 Thunderbird does not have this issue.

 greetings
 tpowa
>>> You don't have a "sent" or "all mail" folder/tag ?
> Well yes I have a sent folder.
>> EDIT: Maybe this is relevant
>>
>> http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Using_Claws_with_Gmail
> I used that guide and it does not work as it should with MLs.
> greetings
> tpowa
>
>

When you send message to mailing list with gmail smtp, you don't
receive a copy of your sent mail. It is the same as with webinterface.

http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6588


Re: [arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Am 19.07.2012 09:45, schrieb gt:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 01:07:40PM +0530, gt wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 09:16:57AM +0200, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a big problem with claws-mail, is it somehow possible to see own
>>> posts to mailinglists?
>>> I'm using gmail imap and somehow my own posts are not shown.
>>> Thunderbird does not have this issue.
>>>
>>> greetings
>>> tpowa
>> You don't have a "sent" or "all mail" folder/tag ?
Well yes I have a sent folder.
> EDIT: Maybe this is relevant
>
> http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Using_Claws_with_Gmail
I used that guide and it does not work as it should with MLs.
greetings
tpowa

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Re: [arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread gt
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 01:07:40PM +0530, gt wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 09:16:57AM +0200, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have a big problem with claws-mail, is it somehow possible to see own
> > posts to mailinglists?
> > I'm using gmail imap and somehow my own posts are not shown.
> > Thunderbird does not have this issue.
> > 
> > greetings
> > tpowa
> 
> You don't have a "sent" or "all mail" folder/tag ?

EDIT: Maybe this is relevant

http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Using_Claws_with_Gmail


Re: [arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread gt
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 09:16:57AM +0200, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a big problem with claws-mail, is it somehow possible to see own
> posts to mailinglists?
> I'm using gmail imap and somehow my own posts are not shown.
> Thunderbird does not have this issue.
> 
> greetings
> tpowa

You don't have a "sent" or "all mail" folder/tag ?


Re: [arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread P .NIKOLIC
On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:16:57 +0200
Tobias Powalowski  wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a big problem with claws-mail, is it somehow possible to see
> own posts to mailinglists?
> I'm using gmail imap and somehow my own posts are not shown.
> Thunderbird does not have this issue.
> 
> greetings
> tpowa
I have not changed any settings here to make it work and i see my own
posts to lists all the time ..so you must have altered a stock setting
somewhere

Pete .


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[arch-general] claws-mail is it possible to see own posts to mailinglist?

2012-07-19 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Hi,
I have a big problem with claws-mail, is it somehow possible to see own
posts to mailinglists?
I'm using gmail imap and somehow my own posts are not shown.
Thunderbird does not have this issue.

greetings
tpowa

-- 
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tp...@archlinux.org




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