Re: [arch-general] Xorg Weirdness
April 23, 2019 9:59 AM, "Storm Dragon via arch-general" wrote: > Unfortunately, on this computer, if I have X started, whatever I type in my > console affects the X > session. So, as I type this message in the console using mutt, it is also > appearing in a leafpad > window in X. Also, when I press keys like alt+left arrow to go back in > firefox, or alt+f2 which I > have bound to a run dialog, it switches to the console. When I switch back to > X, in the case of the > alt+F2 shortcut, the run dialog is opened. That sounds vaguely like your X session has gotten stuck in raw mode. You might try running the following from an xterm: sudo kbd_mode -s -C /dev/tty$(sudo fgconsole) ~Celti
Re: [arch-general] Problems compiling big projects from AUR
April 12, 2019 3:07 AM, "Jeanette C. via arch-general" wrote: > The thing that happens is for the AUR build process to swap massive > amounts of data, grinding the system almost to a halt and finally > failing without much of a reason. Nothing typically source code or > linkage related. Are you using an AUR helper to run the build, or are you running it manually using makepkg? It seems likely to me that your AUR helper is building somewhere under /tmp, which is of course a tmpfs and thus entirely resident in RAM — and thus causing massive and unnecessary swapping. ~Celti
Re: [arch-general] Problems Building Nuvolaplayer-git
On Saturday, November 3, 2018 10:57:53 AM MST, Hunter Jozwiak via arch-general wrote: Hello, [snip] Does anyone who has had experience with Nuvola know of the solution to this problem? Is there a package missing that didn't get added to the dependencies? The issue is an old version of waf that's not compatible with Python 3.7, and not likely to get updated anytime soon, alas. You could try manually updating what Nuvola is using to waf 2.0.7 or later... ...or, if you're using Nuvola for Google or YouTube Music, may I suggest you try Google Play Music Desktop Player[1] instead? [1]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gpmdp/ ~Celti
Re: [arch-general] How to upgrade a postgresql database?
On Friday, August 17, 2018 6:57:18 AM MST, Peter Nabbefeld wrote: This doesn't work for me, because there isn't any folder /opt/pgsql-9.6/bin anymore - all the binaries are in /usr/bin. This implies, there're no two versions of the binaries available, nor any oldir or newdir (for -b / -B parameters). The old binaries in /opt are in the package postgresql-old-upgrade, as the very wiki page you linked states. ~Celti
Re: [arch-general] Where can I 'setterm -blank 5 -powerdown 6' as part of the boot process/systemd startup?
On Fri, 25 May 2018 21:41:06 -0500 "David C. Rankin" wrote: > Where in the boot/systemd startup can I call setterm to re-enable > to normal console blank and powerdown? Put this into /etc/systemd/system/enable-console-blanking.service... ``` [Unit] Description=Enable virtual console blanking and poweroff [Service] Type=oneshot Environment=TERM=linux StandardOutput=tty TTYPath=/dev/console ExecStart=/usr/bin/setterm -blank 5 -powerdown 6 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` ...then do `systemctl enable enable-console-blanking.service`. ~Celti pgpFqbVMjhlns.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [arch-general] Update to 4.15.8 on dual quad-core box locked on ( 3/16) Install DKMS modules, need help resurecting
On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 01:04:14 + Carsten Mattner via arch-general wrote: > Or I actually did post it to the list by accident. > > Please don't flame me for mention ZFS boot environments as a technique > available for FOSS servers. > > On 3/12/18, Carsten Mattner wrote: > > On 3/11/18, David C. Rankin wrote: > > > >> This was a nightmare. It's not a CD problem, it's a problem with > >> the system > >> seeing the CD Label and/or creating the /dev/disk/by-label > >> directory in time for the link to be created. > > > > Hi David, > > > > so in the end you were able to boot off usb, right? > > > > Also, the nightmare you had to work through can be avoided on > > servers where you run illumos or FreeBSD by way of ZFS boot > > environments (BE). Basically, it's like Windows style snapshots of > > core files you can boot, in case stuff goes south. > > > > I didn't post this to the list, since it mentions ZFS, and that > > alone might get some people pissed off. I don't see why anyone should get pissed off. I mean, ArchZFS[1] is definitely a thing that works reasonably well, and the wiki page[2] specifically mentions boot environments and beadm. ~Celti [1]: https://github.com/archzfs/archzfs [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_Arch_Linux_on_ZFS pgpMvSpLP5bNK.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
