Re: [arch-general] Wifi challenge with new Lenovo Yoga C740
Hi Leo, did you check "ip l" when booting the arch live image, to see if the interface is really not detected? Did you try unblocking it with rfkill? Maybe there is a hardware switch on your device, or a key combination with fn + f8 or similar? Otherwise, it might be helpful if you'd provide the output of lspci and lsusb, so we can check what the exact wifi model is. Also something like dmesg|grep network or dmesg|grep wifi might be helpful :) If Ubuntu has working wifi, it should be possible with Arch as well :) Greetings, Lukas from Germany
Re: [arch-general] High lag in graphical applications
On 19 September 2019 17:29:05 CEST, hw wrote: > >At least NVIDIA graphics cards can go bad in that they can cause >temporary >hangs, accompanied by log messages, indicating that the GPU is damaged. Where would I find such logs? I couldn't find anything in dmesg so far. >So perhaps if you were to stress-test the graphics card, or if you were >to use >the other card instead, you might be able to see some interesting >results. What kind of stress test comes to your mind?
[arch-general] PC build for hardware video acceleration
Dear community, I want to build a new CPU-focused Arch Linux PC. No requirements for GPU, except for H.265 4K decode, in decent profiles (whatever that means). What hardware is best supported by libraries like VA-API and VDPAU? Are there other relevant libraries? Which libraries are still maintained and up-to-date, which are open source? I see three options right now: 1. High-end Intel CPU (e.g. i9-9900K) w/ integrated HD 630 GPU, or 2. CPU w/o iGPU (e.g. AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X) + dedicated, low-end AMD GPU (e.g. Radeon RX 560) 3. CPU w/o iGPU and low-end NVidia GPU (e.g. GTX 1050) I couldn't find out which setup works best using the wiki and other sources. Maybe anyone could point me to the right direction? What hardware is recommended for good H.265 4K playback on GPU? Thanks in advance, kind regards, L.
Re: [arch-general] External monitors are no longer detected (Intel graphics)
There are *some* issues with intel gpu's and recent kernels. I can't use multiple monitors in most of the cases as the i915 module misinterpret possible resolutions, for example. Also, I remember some issue with external monitors on this list not long ago: https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2019-June/046539.html Even if the OP suspected a faulty HDMI port, this might still be related.
Re: [arch-general] How to connect to iOS DCIM/APPLE* folders for copying items to the Linux PC
On 25 May 2019 15:23:42 CEST, Ralf Mardorf via arch-general wrote: >Hi, > >is there a way to get access to the DCIM/APPLE* folders on an iOS >device, without the need to install GVFS? Would it be possible with an >app that depends on GVFS? > I cant recall my exact configuration, but I was able to mount the media filesystem by clicking the device entry in Thunar. Thunars address bar contained the device's UUID and :0 at the end, changing the :0 to :1 or :2 revealed the media filesystem. I think I had to compile a recent libimobiledevice myself. But now I'm using "PhotoSync" to transfer my photos over WiFi, since even wireless transfer is 3x faster (60 MB/s avg. compared to 20 MB/s) than Apples silly USB 2.0 connection.
[arch-general] vsftpd only works without seccomp
Hi, I've been using vsftpd successfully with implicit SSL several months ago. Now I wanted to use it again (same config file), but it didn't work, clients reported SSL errors. Adding `seccomp_sandbox=NO` to my /etc/vsftpd.conf fixes the error. But I don't want to disable seccomp sandboxing. Any ideas? Regards, L. Rose
[arch-general] RAID10 + dmcrypt/LUKS + ext4: expanding?
Hi everyone, I want to setup a couple of drives using RAID10 with mdadm. On top of /dev/md0, I want to setup one large dmcrypt/LUKS encrypted ext4 volume. As Arch wiki reads, this seems to be possible. But what about expanding that volume later on? RAID#Format_the_RAID_Filesystem recommends calculating the stripe_width value for ext4 based on the number of data disks[0]. When adding a new disk, the number of data disks would increase by one, and expanding both the dmcrypt/LUKS and the ext4 layer should be possible - but what about the stripe width_value? Does it need to be updated? Should it be updated? Is it possible to update the stripe_width value afterwards? Encryption is a must for me, and having the space accessible in one big chunk instead of individual disks would allow more efficient usage and is therefore important for me. So it would be really nice to get some information on this. Thanks in advance! Regards, L. Rose [0]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RAID#Example_3._RAID10.2Cfar2
Re: [arch-general] Can I attach Windows partition space with home without reinstalling?
Am 2017-09-28 17:21, schrieb Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general: Hello, So I have arch installed on a 50GB space, I also have 400 GB as a windows partition, I want to know is there a way for me to delete that windows drives and attach them with either / or /home so that I can use them from Linux without reinstalling? Thanks N Of course you can. Use a partitioning tool (e.g. gparted) from a live USB Stick (e.g. Knoppix) and delete the Windows partition. Everything on the Windows-Partition will be deleted! Then move the / and /home-partitions on your disk so that the free space is next to the partition you want to merge it with (if necessary). Then resize the / or /home-partition to fill the entire free space. Make sure to have a backup of your data, because data loss may occur if failures happen while modifying the partition map or moving the data. Also prepare that this process may take several hours depending of the size of your data and the speed of the disk. Do never interrupt this process, since data loss will be guranteed. Regards, Lukas
Re: [arch-general] xfce4-notifyd issues
Am 24.06.2017 um 08:30 schrieb Jérôme M. Berger: > On 06/23/2017 10:58 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: >> Jun 23 16:55:27 darosedm dbus-daemon[723]: Activating service >> name='org.freedesktop.Notifications' >> Jun 23 16:56:27 darosedm plasma_waitforname[1988]: >> org.kde.knotifications: WaitForName: Service was not registered within >> timeout > Why does it say that it is waiting for org.*kde*.knotifications and not > org.freedesktop.Notifications? I'm betting there is some kind of > configuration conflict between knotifyd and xfce-notifyd. I would grep > for those two strings inside /usr/share/dbus-1/services to check if > there is not a stale service file causing the trouble. > > Jerome I'm using xfce4 with lightdm, everything working fine here.
Re: [arch-general] Cannot reach repositories
Am 13.03.2017 um 22:39 schrieb Peter Nabbefeld: > > Hello, > > getting connection errors when trying to access update repositories, > e.g.: > Fehler: Konnte Datei 'core.db' nicht von mirror.vfn-nrw.de übertragen > : Failed to connect to mirror.vfn-nrw.de port 80: Keine Route zum > Zielrechner > > (Error: Could not transfer 'core.db' from mirror.vfn-nrw.de : Failed > to connect to mirror.vfn-nrw.de port 80: No route to host) > > Kind regards > Peter Did you try ping mirror.vfn-nrw.de? Didn't work for me, so maybe this time it's really the host ^^ ping mirror.vfn-nrw.de PING apollo.vfn-nrw.de (185.97.5.70) 56(84) bytes of data. From juno.vfn-nrw.de (185.97.5.19) icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable From juno.vfn-nrw.de (185.97.5.19) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable From juno.vfn-nrw.de (185.97.5.19) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable ^C --- apollo.vfn-nrw.de ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3024ms pipe 3 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [arch-general] Creating a Radius Ethernet Profile with netctl
Am 02.03.2017 um 20:05 schrieb Guus Snijders via arch-general: > Op 2 mrt. 2017 11:20 schreef "Hunter Jozwiak via arch-general" < > arch-general@archlinux.org>: > > Hi, > > I have a 802.11X connection here at my campus, and I don't know how to > set this up with the netctl utility on the Arch Linux ISO. Are there > guides on accomplishing this? > > > A quick search shows that wpasupplicant can be used for wired also: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Network802.1xAuthentication > > Not a direct guide to netctl, but perhaps you can make it work. > > Also, when I connect normally, there is > a web site that comes up asking for my log on reedentials. How do I > bypass this with netctl if possible, and if not, how do I > authenticate? > > > I think that once you've authenticated, you won't get the webpage. Or > actually; you shouldn't. Once authenticated, you should be fine (afaik). > > > Mvg, Guus Snijders I am afraid you won't get around wpa_supplicant, unless you connect through a connection you authenticated from another device. wpa_supplicant is pretty convenient for command line, though. I used it to connect a Raspberry Pi to my university network using 802.11X. As wpa_supplicant is not included in the arch install iso (I guess) you'd probably want to download the required pacman packages to a usb drive through another machine and then install those packages using pacman within the arch linux install machine. This is best done following article [0], as it watches for dependencies. Probably your university has instructions on how to connect to 802.11X Ethernet using linux command line, mine does. These are usually pretty convenient, since they include all the specific settings for your LAN. [0]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Offline_installation_of_packages signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[arch-general] Pacman: Remove unneded dependencies
Hi, I know, this is probably a very common question, but I couldn't find any information on the pacman wiki article about that, so I have to ask. How can I uninstall all packages on my system, which have been installed as a dependency, and aren't needed any longer? (Because I've uninstalled the dependent package or because the dependent package no longer depends on that dependency) I've read about pacman -Qe, but this lists packages I've explicitly installed and don't want to remove. And please, don't just point to the wiki article, I've checked that already. Thanks in advance, Lukas signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [arch-general] Apple Super Drive and Arch Linux?
Thanks, I'll investigate on that! Am 07.12.2016 um 23:13 schrieb Martin Kühne via arch-general: > Uh, you could check debian's syslog on plug-in and module list to > compare with arch. Maybe they have soe kernel configuration / module > enabled - or some other tool - to make this work? > > cheers! > mar77i
[arch-general] Apple Super Drive and Arch Linux?
Hi, has anyone used the Apple Super Drive external DVD writer with Arch Linux yet? You need to send some magic byte sequence to enable it. The method [0] has worked for me on all debian-based distributions I've used so far, but as I tried it on my Arch Linux today, it didn't work. 1. Super Drive is not visible as /dev/sr0 after being plugged in, only as /dev/bus/usb/001/0xx 2. "sudo sg_raw /dev/bus/usb/001/010 EA 00 00 00 00 00 01" fails with error message "do_scsi_pt: Inappropriate ioctl for device" lsusb lists "Bus 001 Device 010: ID 05ac:1500 Apple, Inc. SuperDrive [A1379]" and dmesg says "usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd". I installed sg3_utils from extra. I suspect Arch Linux being the problem, since it worked on debian before. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Lukas [0]: https://christianmoser.me/use-apples-usb-superdrive-with-linux/
Re: [arch-general] Problem with "geoclue2" update
Am 13.11.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Manuel Reimer: > On 11/13/2016 06:10 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Most likely nothing requires geoclue... >> >> $ pacman -Qo /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue/geoclue.devhelp2 >> $ pacman -Qi geoclue geoclue2 | grep "Required By" >> >> if so remove it >> >> # pacman -R geoclue > > This solved my problem. > > Thank you to everyone for the fast help. After removing "geoclue", the > update of "geoclue2" worked without any problems. > > Manuel I had the same problem, I was just about doing my regular system update, and got the exact same error message as mentioned in the first mail on this thread. Running pacman -Qi geoclue geoclue2 revealed that geoclue is needed by no package, but the conflicting geoclue2 is needed by webkitgtk and webkit2gtk. So removing geoclue2 was no option at first hand, but I went with removing geoclue, which was not needed. After that, I tried to run pacman -Syu again, and no file conflicts were mentioned, so removing geoclue fixed the issue. If anyone else stumbles upon this problem, this might help.
[arch-general] Gedit startup issues
Dear fellow Archers, I'm using XFCE4 on an up-to-date Arch Linux installation I've built from the official downloadable image and by following the instructions on the Arch wiki. The system works fine, but there are still some bugs I want to zap out. First thing is: Sometimes gedit won't start when launching it over the GUI. I've installed it from the package repositories by using pacman, and it works most times, but, sometimes (I can't see any pattern in when it works and when not) it just won't start from the GUI. By GUI, I mean * The XFCE-Applications Menu * By double-clicking a text file that is associated with gedit * By clicking the gedit icon I've attached to docky I've never noticed such issues when launching gedit from the GUI. Furthermore, I didn't see any error messages in dmesg or in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. When the problem appears, it often persists until the next reboot. I have no clue on how to fix it, any ideas are greatly appreciated. It's quite annoying that I can't rely on gedit... Thanks in advance, Lukas
Re: [arch-general] What jobs/tasks is arch the best at?
I've been using Linux since several years, but only prepared distros like Ubuntu, Linux Mint etc. By installing Arch Linux, I learned A LOT of how linux work, although I already knew a lot :D Furthermore, I feel like knowing each service running by name, since I have manually enabled it, so I am much faster in trubleshooting without needing to Google with service delivers e.g. network connections. Am 15.04.2016 um 00:03 schrieb Dragon ryu: > yep. and when install, there will be minimum environment. > Arch is How you make it(tm) > Enjoy. > 2016/04/15 6:10 "Guus Snijders" : > >> Op 14 apr. 2016 22:21 schreef : >>> For example non OS: >>> >>> A hammer is the best to get in a nail. Could use a screw driver, but >>> that is not the best tool for the job/task. >>> >>> Comparing ARCH to other distros in the SAME CATEGORY (not for example >>> against pfSense - one of many distros designed for connection sharing), >>> what jobs/task is it the best at? >> IMHO Arch is very good at: >> - Educating users who want to know how Linux really works >> - pleasing power users in letting them have control over the system >> - being nice to users who don't want to reinstall every few months, just >> because there's a new release >> - people who like to use (b)leading edge software >> >> Or in short: for those who like to stay in control of their systems. >> >> It's less suited for those that have little interest in the O.S. and/or >> reading documentation. >> >> I guess the old UNIX adage can be applied here: >> It is very user friendly. It's just picky who it's friends are. >> >> For me personally, Arch is very good for my home systems. Keeping >> everything up2date is just one command away and rarely breaks stuff. Even >> when something breaks, it's usually a simple fix. >> I myself wouldn't use it @work, mainly because of 3rd party (commercial) >> applications that have a hard time keeping up with the pace of OSS >> development. >> >> My info on other distros is a bit dated. I used debian before switching to >> Arch. In those days Gentoo and LFS were mostly named as options for power >> users, besides freebsd/netbsd. >> Arch looked a bit like Gentoo without the long waits for compiling, with a >> very enthusiastic community and a very nice package manager. ~10 years >> later I'm still using the same installation (though only the pacman log >> proves it ;) ). >> >> Mvg, >> Guus Snijders >>
Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 137, Issue 36
What do you mean by 'Help'? Am 26.03.2016 um 14:53 schrieb Emiel W: Help On Mar 26, 2016 13:00, wrote: Send arch-general mailing list submissions to arch-general@archlinux.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-general or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org You can reach the person managing the list at arch-general-ow...@archlinux.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of arch-general digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: [solved] virt-install conflicting files (Ralf Mardorf) 2. Re: [pacman-dev] Please make the colourised output exactly like that of "pacman-color" (Genes Lists) 3. Re: [pacman-dev] Please make the colourised output exactly like that of "pacman-color" (Maarten de Vries) 4. Strange abs behaviour (Christian Rebischke) 5. Re: Strange abs behaviour (Doug Newgard) 6. Re: Strange abs behaviour (Levente Polyak) 7. Re: Strange abs behaviour (Christian Rebischke) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 13:11:00 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf To: arch-general@archlinux.org Subject: Re: [arch-general] [solved] virt-install conflicting files Message-ID: <20160325131100.0ffbc9b0@utnubu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 07:42:48 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=210539 Thank you for the clarification Eli :). Regards, Ralf -- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 08:32:38 -0400 From: Genes Lists To: General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: Re: [arch-general] [pacman-dev] Please make the colourised output exactly like that of "pacman-color" Message-ID: <69bb0843-ce30-c990-d1d7-844fb0f84...@sapience.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed On 03/24/2016 09:06 PM, Xavion wrote: Hi Allan, I have become old and grumpy since then! .. Quick comment on color - it might be helpful to have a toggle to switch from dark to light terminals. ls uses an environment variable to permit changing the color map - that may be overkill - but a toggle for light vs dark background might be nice. gene -- Message: 3 Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:42:20 +0100 From: Maarten de Vries To: General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: Re: [arch-general] [pacman-dev] Please make the colourised output exactly like that of "pacman-color" Message-ID: < capwpf+xyb2q4xcdb-unqh1sqrfyz1caqqu393irzwnpjgpk...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 25 March 2016 at 13:32, Genes Lists wrote: On 03/24/2016 09:06 PM, Xavion wrote: Hi Allan, I have become old and grumpy since then! .. Quick comment on color - it might be helpful to have a toggle to switch from dark to light terminals. ls uses an environment variable to permit changing the color map - that may be overkill - but a toggle for light vs dark background might be nice. gene ?Shouldn't a terminal configuration use colors that are always readable on the default background color anyway? Then, assuming that you're not overwriting the background color, the only two colors you should avoid are black and white. All the other colors should be fine. Instead of setting the foreground color to black/white you should just use the default foreground color, possibly bold. I assume this is already the case for pacman. -- Maarten? -- Message: 4 Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:17:17 +0100 From: Christian Rebischke To: arch-general@archlinux.org Subject: [arch-general] Strange abs behaviour Message-ID: <20160325171717.GA8917@motoko> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, I have strange abs behaviour maybe you have an idea for this issue: https://paste.archlinux.de/cJN/ I can catch every package via abs except virt-install. Do you have any idea why? greetings chris -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: not available URL: < https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/attachments/20160325/5a090a14/attachment-0001.asc -- Message: 5 Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:23:33 -0500 From: Doug Newgard To: arch-general@archlinux.org Subject: Re: [arch-general] Strange abs behaviour Message-ID: <20160325122333.59420b7a@Scimmia> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:17:17 +0100 Christian Rebischke wrote: Hello, I have strange abs behaviour maybe you have an idea for this issue: https://paste.archlinux.de/cJN/ I can catch every package via abs except virt-install. Do you have any idea why? greetings chris Because virt-install a split package. It's part of the virt-mana
Re: [arch-general] Adding new disks > 2T to system that boots with grub, can GPT be used for new disks?
Unless you want to boot from the new disks, you should be able to use GPT on them. Are you sure you're using GRUB legacy? On 21.03.2016 03:33, David C. Rankin wrote: All, I'm confused by the partitioning wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning). It says: If using GRUB legacy as the bootloader, one must use MBR What about adding disks to this system? Must they be partitioned MBR or can I use GPT on the additional disks. (I haven't used GPT before, so this has me stumped). Current setup is Arch booting from grub (grub2) on 1T raid1 mdadm array. I have a pair of 3T drives I want to add to the system. (as a 3T raid1 mdadm array). I want to use the entire disk in a single partition which is why I want to partition the disks GPT (leaving 100M unpartitioned at the end). Can I use GPT on the new disks, or am I stuck with MBR?
