[arch-general] Smartcard troubles on Arch
Dear Archers, I am trying to get my Gemalto USB Shell Token V2 (GPG-Smartcard-Reader in a USB-Stick) to work on Arch. I've set up Udev in the way I did successfully in Ubuntu 12.04.LTS. However, no success. I am still trying to figure out where the trouble lies. I can never see the card using gpg --card-status But sometimes I see its fields when using pcscs_scan. Possible culprits: pcscd, which sometimes gives errors, gpg's USB support? Has anyone had success in setting up this reader or similar smartcard readers? Or had similar troubles? I would love to hear from you. Best, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] Smartcard troubles on Arch
Hi h8h, have you checked the wiki[1]? What's ``dmesg`` or ``lsusb`` printing out? lsusb sees the reader: Bus 002 Device 025: ID 08e6:3438 Gemalto (was Gemplus) GemPC Key SmartCard Reader I've entered the device id into the udev rule. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GnuPG#Smartcards Well, that is not very extensive ;-) Best, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] How to safe configs to another path than ~
Hi Ralf, how can I safe configurations to another path, instead of using ~? I need this for audio applications, to restore different audio sessions and to get different profiles for some applications. another approach would be to put the config files into a version control system such as git. Using different tags or branches you could check out different configurations. Plus you get a history of all the changes you make. Best, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] pacman error: target not found
Hello Karol, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1185936#p1185936 You can't have both nvidia and nouveau installed, you have to pick one. thank you very much, that helped! I just couldn't figure out myself what was wrong. Best, Mathias
[arch-general] pacman error: target not found
Dear Archers, I've been a happy Arch Linux user for years, but now I'm having trouble updating. Can anyone help? [root@archlinux huber]# pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... [...] :: Starting full system upgrade... :: Replace libwebkit with extra/webkitgtk2? [Y/n] [...] resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... warning: removing 'libgl' from target list because it conflicts with 'nvidia-utils' error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: nouveau-dri: requires libgl=9.0 [root@archlinux huber]# pacman -R nouveau-dri error: target not found: nouveau-dri How do I resolve this? Best, Mathias
[arch-general] Xmonad session fails since upgrade
Dear Archers, I've had a working Xmonad installation since May, I start it via GDM and /usr/share/xsessions/xmonad.desktop as described in Arch wiki. However, since the latest pacman -Syu GDM just tells me it was unable to start the Xmonad session. I've issued xmonad --recompile several times, which didn't help. ~/.xmonad/xmonad.errors is brand new, but empty. my latest related updates: [2011-12-17 11:11] upgraded xmobar (0.13-2 - 0.14-1) [2011-12-17 11:11] Reading package info from stdin ... done. [2011-12-17 11:11] upgraded xmonad (0.9.2-2.1 - 0.9.2-3) [2011-12-17 11:11] Reading package info from stdin ... done. [2011-12-17 11:11] upgraded xmonad-contrib (0.9.2-3 - 0.9.2-4) [2011-12-17 11:28] Running 'pacman -S xmonad-contrib' [2011-12-17 11:29] Reading package info from stdin ... done. [2011-12-17 11:29] upgraded xmonad-contrib (0.9.2-4 - 0.9.2-4) [2011-12-17 11:32] Running 'pacman -S xmonad' [2011-12-17 11:32] unregistering xmonad-0.9.2 would break the following packages: xmonad-contrib-0.9.2 (ignoring) [2011-12-17 11:32] Reading package info from stdin ... done. [2011-12-17 11:32] upgraded xmonad (0.9.2-3 - 0.9.2-3) [2011-12-18 18:48] Running 'pacman -Syu' [2011-12-18 18:48] synchronizing package lists [2011-12-18 18:48] starting full system upgrade [2011-12-18 18:49] unregistering xmonad-0.9.2 would break the following packages: xmonad-contrib-0.9.2 (ignoring) [2011-12-18 18:49] Reading package info from stdin ... done. [2011-12-18 18:49] upgraded xmonad (0.9.2-3 - 0.10-1) [2011-12-18 18:49] Reading package info from stdin ... done. [2011-12-18 18:49] upgraded xmonad-contrib (0.9.2-4 - 0.10-1) [2011-12-18 18:49] upgraded xorg-server-common (1.11.2-2 - 1.11.3-1) [2011-12-18 18:49] upgraded xorg-server (1.11.2-2 - 1.11.3-1) (END) Please advise, Thank you. Best, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] Xmonad session fails since upgrade
Am 18.12.2011 20:01, schrieb Ivan Sichmann Freitas: On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 07:08:50PM +0100, Mathias Huber wrote: However, since the latest pacman -Syu GDM just tells me it was unable to start the Xmonad session. I've issued xmonad --recompile several times, which didn't help. ~/.xmonad/xmonad.errors is brand new, but empty. I've -Syu'ed and (0.10) xmonad still works here. But I start it from .xinitrc instead of using a login manager. It may be more of a GDM/Gnome-issue really: I've just successfully called xmonad --replace, which gave me working Xmonad but a crashed Gnome (which suggested I log out, but I didn't). Best, Mathias
[arch-general] Connochaet OS buildung on Arch technology
Dear Archers, looking at the first stable release from http://www.connochaetos.org I realise they use pacman, archboot and PKGBUILD. Best, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] Connochaet OS buildung on Arch technology
Hi Karol, https://parabolagnulinux.org/news/parabola-gnulinux-is-happy-to-support-our-sister-project-connochaetos/ thanks! Obviously the Arch universe is larger than I had thought :-) Best, Mathias
[arch-general] pacman-g2?
Dear Archers, Joey Hess's tool etckeeper http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/ claims it works with 'pacman-g2'. Does anyone know what kind of pacman version that is? Cheers, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] pacman-g2?
Dear Cédric, Joey Hess's tool etckeeper http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/http://kitenet.net/%7Ejoey/code/etckeeper/ claims it works with 'pacman-g2'. Does anyone know what kind of pacman version that is? Cheers, Mathias Google has a lot of answers to this question. Here is one: http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2008-February/005681.html thank you, yes, that makes things clear. Cheers, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] Spell Checking in Emacs
Hi Steve, When I do any of the emacs commands like ispell-buffer or ispell-region and the like, I keep getting a message in the prompt line of emacs saying Text is read-only That only concerns the contents auf the mini-buffer (where you enter commands). Do you use backspace in the mini-buffer? Do you do 'M-x ispell-change-dictionary' and select a dictionary, and then 'M-x ispell-buffer'? HTH, Mathias
[arch-general] rankmirrors and new mirrrorlist format
Dear Archers, is it true that rankmirrors can't handle mirrorlist urls like ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch? While pacman works fine with this format, rankmirrors produces unreachable URLs. Or am I misunderstanding something here? Rock on, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] rankmirrors and new mirrrorlist format
Hi Erik, Can you post a copy of the output? I'm using reflector and rankmirrors, and I get this: # 2010-08-12 15:33 # generated by reflector # ranked by rankmirrors Server = ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://mirror.yandex.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Yes, it's like this: [hu...@archlinux ~]$ rankmirrors -t /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Querying servers, this may take some time... * * * * * * * * Servers sorted by time (seconds): ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch : timeout ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch : unreachable ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch : unreachable ftp://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch : unreachable http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch : unreachable http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch : unreachable http://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch : unreachable http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch : unreachable These are obviously not reachable URLs, but pacman fills in $repo and $arch from pacman.conf so it's working just fine for me. Yes, pacman is working fine. Should I file a rankmirrors bug? Cheerio, Mathias
[arch-general] Arch Linux in Linux-Magazin 09/2010 (German Edition)
Hi, for those who wanted to be alerted: My short writeup on Arch Linux for Linux-Magazin (German Edition) is freely available online: http://www.linux-magazin.de/Heft-Abo/Ausgaben/2010/09/Frische-Ware Best Regards, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux in Linux-Magazin 09/2010 (German Edition)
Hi Andre, but isn't this part outdated (with xorg 1.8): Wer hätte etwa gedacht, dass die USB-Tastatur nach dem X-Start nur funktioniert, wenn vorher schon der Hal-Daemon läuft? you're right. That was when I installed Arch with X.org 1.7.6 while I was researching the article. But it is an example of dependencies and the like that you have to be aware of with Arch. Best, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux in Linux-Magazin 09/2010 (German Edition)
Hello Stefan, That is not quite correct. New TUs are elected by the other TUs, not by the community. But yes, the discussion is open to all. oh, that is indeed a difference. I'll print an erratum in the next issue. Best, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] Tasks for newbie at online bug squashing (during Archcon)?
Hi, I've seen there will be an online bug squashing with Archers worldwide during Archcon on July 22 and 23 http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=83844. I've set some time apart to join the fun. However, I am an Arch newbie, though long standing Linux user. What will there be for me to do? Can you find me some trivial tasks? [...] Have you taken a look at the following wiki? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getting_Involved Yes I have, but it isn't very specific as far as Bug Days are concerned If you truly don't possess any coding skills (web included), then I think helping out in the wiki would be most appreciated. I have some web coding skills (HTML, CSS, PHP, JS), which have become a bit rusty -- anyone remember the dot com years ;-) Well, let's see. Any suggestions will be appreciated, the more concrete the better. Cheerio, Mathias
[arch-general] Tasks for newbie at online bug squashing (during Archcon)?
Dear Archers, I've seen there will be an online bug squashing with Archers worldwide during Archcon on July 22 and 23 http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=83844. I've set some time apart to join the fun. However, I am an Arch newbie, though long standing Linux user. What will there be for me to do? Can you find me some trivial tasks? Most bugs I find in flyspray are beyond my capabilities -- X.org flaws or missing hardware support. I think I could update simple package builds, or correct a wrong path here and there. Apart from that, I am quite good at writing documentation. Should I comb the Arch wiki? Do I need to have a spare Arch system at hand to test things? Maybe someone could take this newbie by the hand? Cheers, Mathias
Re: [arch-general] Any Arch Users/Developers @ Linuxtag 2010?
Dear Sven-Hendrik, I will attend and I'll even be an exhibitor. Meet me at the linux-gamers booth. I'll be there with at least another Archer. I'll probably be there all the time. great! I'll drop by, probably on Friday. Looking forward to seeing you :-) Mathias
[arch-general] Any Arch Users/Developers @ Linuxtag 2010?
Dear Arch users and developers, will any of you be at the Linuxtag conference and expo in Berlin http://www.linuxtag.org later this week? Would you like to meet? Myself, I am an Archlinux newbie, Best Regards, Mathias
