[arch-general] systemd and local group membership
Hi, The systemd wiki article says: "Note: Adding your user to groups (optical, audio, scanner, ...) is not necessary with systemd. It might even break the wanted functionality if you do so." What are the the technical reasons for group membership breaking functionality when using systemd? -- Dave.
Re: [arch-general] Personal note
On 15/08/12 at 09:43pm, Tom Gundersen wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Karol Blazewicz > wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> As most devs have done already, I'm going to change my relationship > >> with arch-general. > > > > What is the preferred way to contact you or other devs with questions > > or suggestions (better wording for an announcement etc.)? > > We don't currently have a satisfactory answer to this question. > Hopefully a solution will present itself soon, I know people are > discussing the problem. After all, we DO want useful feedback, and > there IS really good feedback inbeetween all the rest. > > I guess important stuff should still be picked up by someone, > alternatively you could cc the relevant dev (who e.g. wrote the news > item, etc.). > > -t Sadly this does not surprise me at all. I do appreciate your efforts. Mnay tnaks -- Dave.
Re: [arch-general] login fails after update
On 15/07/12 at 08:40pm, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:11:28AM +0100, Dave Morgan wrote: > > > Boot into single user mode and look at /var/log/auth.log. It should > > tell you what the problem is. > > Seemed some things were missing, one of them being login > Which is *very strange* ... > Fortunately I could afford to just dump this system and do > a fresh netinstall - all OK now. > > It was installed something like half a year ago and not used > at all before I tried the upgrade. So I really wonder if the > late 2011 install image followed by a pacman -Syu still works, > as far as I can tell it doesn't, and only a netinstall will. > > Ciao, > > -- > FA > > A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. > It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris > and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) > The most likely reason for /bin/login being missing is that the upgrade was forced. -- Dave.
Re: [arch-general] login fails after update
On 15/07/12 at 08:35P, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > Hello all, > > I did a complete upgrade following the instructions w.r.t. > the /lib symlink, and indeed ended up with pacman -Su saying > 'nothing to do' and /lib being a symlink. > > On rebooting I get the login prompt on tty1..6, but after > entering a login nothing happens (no passwd prompt) and > after a few seconds the screen is cleared and the login > prompt returns. > > Any ideas ? > > -- > FA > > A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. > It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris > and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) > Boot into single user mode and look at /var/log/auth.log. It should tell you what the problem is. -- Dave.
Re: [arch-general] Xfce issues after upgrading - Was: Can't upgrade due to gnupg vs gnupg2
On 31/05/12 at 04:29pm, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 22:51 +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > > On 31/05/12 22:45, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > :: Do you want to cancel the current operation > > > :: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] Y > > > > Say "N" here. > > Thank you, the update is almost ok, but items that were at the right > side of the Xfce panel, moved to the left side and can't be moved back > to the right side. > > Evolution on Xfce changed one color from gray to dark blue, now the > email headers in the overview are unreadable. > > Ciao! > Ralf > The change in the position of the Panel items is exected and covered in the Wiki. -- Dave.
Re: [arch-general] Happy new 2012 year!
On 31/12/11 at 06:27pm, Jonathan Ryan wrote: > Happy new year Arch :D > > jryan Happy New Year!! -- Dave.
Re: [arch-general] Where are kernel files cached now? Not in /var/cache/pacman/pkg? Renamed?
On 12/06/11 at 01:19pm, David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, > > I tagged this to the kernel 2.6.39.1-1 sign-off message, but got > no replies. Where are the kernel packages cached now? In > /var/cache/pacman/pkg I only have: > > 13:16 nirvana:/var/cache/pacman/pkg> ls -1 kernel26-* > kernel26-2.6.38.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > kernel26-docs-2.6.38.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > kernel26-firmware-2.6.33.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > kernel26-headers-2.6.38.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > kernel26-lts-2.6.32.41-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > kernel26-lts-headers-2.6.32.41-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > kernel26-manpages-2.6.35.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > kernel26-manpages-2.6.38-1-any.pkg.tar.xz > kernel26-xen-2.6.37-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz > > Where did kernel26-2.6.39.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz go? > > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- Dave. It's in the same place as always here: kernel26-2.6.39-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-2.6.39.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-docs-2.6.39-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-docs-2.6.39.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-headers-2.6.39-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-headers-2.6.39.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-manpages-2.6.38-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
Re: [arch-general] Bad pyqt 4.8.2-2 package -- on rit?
On 20/01/11 at 03:29pm, David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, > > In upgrading several boxes (both i686 and x86_64) on first attempt, I > get: > > :: File pyqt-4.8.2-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted. Do you want to > delete it? [Y/n] > > Choosing Y and restarting the update works fine. If it were only on > one box, I'd say sure, I got a bad download, but this has happened 3 > times in a row. Looking at mirrorlist, it might be the packages on > rit. Here is my mirrorlist: > > 15:27 archangel:~> noc /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist > Server = ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 > Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 > > > Any other way to narrow it down? pacman.log didn't add anything further. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com Refresh your mirrors "pacman -Syy" and it should be fine. It happened to me momentarily on some UK mirrors. A refresh fixed it. -- Dave.
Re: [arch-general] What should the Arch Security Team be called?
On 17/06/10 at 08:46pm, Ananda Samaddar wrote: > On to the first order of business. As the subject says, what should > security team be called. Hopefully we can get a few suggestions and > then reach a consensus. Arch Linux Security Task Force just sounds like > too much of a mouthful to me. > > I was brooding over this and I thought some sort of acronym that's an > actual word would sound better, so I came up with this: > > 'Arch Response Team for Security' or ARTS. It's a bit cheesy and > cheats a bit to get the acronym but is instantly memorable. I'm aware > arts was also a KDE technology but it has long since been deprecated. > > Ideas? > > Ananda Arch Response Security Engineers? -- Dave.
Re: [arch-general] Burning From Command Line
On 20 May 2010, at 17:26, Carlos Mennens wrote: How do I create a bootable install disk from an .ISO image I downloaded from the Arch site? I would like to know how to do this via CLI only rather than using a front end GUI like Gnome Baker, K3B, or Brasero. Does anyone know the command to burn the image to disk via CLI and what packages I must have in order to do so? Wiki? I'm sure there must be something in there.
Re: [arch-general] Err... Why is gvim now conflicting with vim?
On 07/05/10 at 10:07pm, Philipp wrote: > Excerpts from Robert Howard's message of 2010-05-07 18:46:24 +0200: > > Geez. I guess it's just hard for people like David and myself, in my case a > > loyal Arch user for the better part of a decade, to understand the > > how-dare-you post a question asshole attitude that seems to have built up in > > the mailing lists over the past few years. > > It's even worse on IRC. You don't want to go there, believe me. > If you have thick skin and a lot of time you might get a helpful answer > eventually but it's not for the faint hearted. > -- > > Regards, > Philipp > If that is the case, the real question is why do questions not receive reasonable answers? If the reasonable answer is RTFM then fair enough, but if people simply receive aggressive replies then that's the problem. -- Dave.
[arch-general] Laptop reboots instead of resume from suspend
I'm using an Inspiron 1720, GeForce 8600M GT, Arch i686. If I update to any kernel after 2.6.31.6-1 then the laptop reboots from suspend or hibernate. According to pm-suspend.log the suspend was fine and there are n problems in the other logs. It just reboots. Anyone else seen this, or any suggestions for a fix? -- Dave.
