Re: [arch-general] [VirtualBox] Sudden reboots and freezes with latest kernel
Yes I experanced the same situation yesterday. I ran /etc/rc.d/vbox setup and then reboot, seemed resolved. Except that of of my vm in a saved session can no more resotre, i have to discard and boot as fresh, not hurting much. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Martín Cigorraga martosurf7...@gmail.comwrote: I wonder if anyone else is experimenting sudden reboots and freezes while trying to run VirtualBox with latest kernel. Arch: x86_64 Kernel: [core/kernel26 2.6.35.4-1] DE/WM: both KDE SC 4.5 and Awesome 3. On KDE everytime I want to launch a VM PC reboots all of a sudden, on Awesome simple freezes :S Video driver: [catalyst/catalyst 10.8-2] with xorg-server-backclear 1.8.1.902-1, xvba-video 0.7.3-1 and lib32-catalyst-utils 10.8-2 installed. VirtualBox: [aur/virtualbox_bin 3.2.8-1] v. 3.2.8r64453 /var/log/errors.log tail's: Aug 30 01:51:13 localhost sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation failed Aug 30 01:51:13 localhost sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation failed Aug 30 01:51:25 localhost kernel: vboxdrv: Warning: 2.6.31+ kernel detected. Most likely the hardware performance Aug 30 01:51:25 localhost kernel: vboxdrv: counter framework which can generate NMIs is active. You have to prevent Aug 30 01:51:25 localhost kernel: vboxdrv: the usage of hardware performance counters by Aug 30 01:51:25 localhost kernel: vboxdrv: echo 2 /proc/sys/kernel/perf_counter_paranoid Aug 30 01:53:12 localhost kernel: BUG: scheduling while atomic: VirtualBox/9282/0x0002 Aug 30 01:53:12 localhost kernel: BUG: scheduling while atomic: VirtualBox/9254/0x0003 Aug 30 01:53:12 localhost kernel: BUG: scheduling while atomic: X/8725/0x0003 Aug 30 01:54:34 localhost NetworkManager[3623]: nm_setting_ip4_config_get_dhcp_hostname: assertion `NM_IS_SETTING_IP4_CONFIG (setting)' failed /var/log/kernel.log tail's: Aug 30 01:58:49 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0 Aug 30 01:58:49 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb2): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0 Aug 30 01:58:50 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (sdc5): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0 Aug 30 01:58:50 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (sdc1): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0 Aug 30 01:58:52 localhost kernel: Bluetooth: Core ver 2.15 Aug 30 01:58:52 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 31 Aug 30 01:58:52 localhost kernel: Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized Aug 30 01:58:52 localhost kernel: Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized Aug 30 01:59:07 localhost kernel: fuse init (API version 7.14) Aug 30 02:02:13 localhost kernel: warning: `VirtualBox' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use) I can't seem to find errors in the other log files (kernel, syslog and dmsg). -Martín Un buen antivirus, no debería dejar cargar Windows y sugerir instalar GNU/Linux xD - omar...@#parabola@freenode -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.35.2-1
I also noticed that kernel 2.6.35 wake the fan in my notebook more often. watching sensors output, the fan wakes when temp reached 52°C, then cooled down to 45°C in 30 secs, then fan stops, and the temp soon go up to 50+ in another 30 secs. On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Isaac Dupree m...@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org wrote: On 08/15/10 17:45, David C. Rankin wrote: What type of video card do you have? Intel 945 class -- it's one of the first to get KMS and the support is excellent by now. I never ever get slow graphics (although I don't play games much... IIRC extremetuxracer works fine...) If you can identify anything on your box that seems to influence the idle temps or fan noise Actually, my fan mostly didn't speed up, instead the temp (if this is real) got hotter, so I manually adjusted it up a bit (via some macbook-fan-specific mechanism), but maybe it's the same thing (macbook linux are long known to run the fan a little slower than might be nice, by default, anyway). Check your battery life. My battery life isn't noticeably lower than before, which makes me doubt whether more energy is actually being used (and correspondingly turned into heat). -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
Re: [arch-general] Chroot 32bit under 64bit; Problems with kernel package
There's the line Architecture = auto in the new pacman.conf, maybe you can specify i686 here. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Jordan Windsor jorda...@gmail.com wrote: I'm following the guide available at this URL: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch64_Install_bundled_32bit_system Currently I'm stuck on this step: [r...@archpc ~]# pacman --root /opt/arch32 --cachedir /opt/arch32/var/cache/pacman/pkg --config /opt/arch32/pacman.conf -S base base-devel error: failed to prepare transaction (package architecture is not valid) :: package kernel26-i915-2.6.34.1-1-x86_64 does not have a valid architecture I'm wondering how I should go about getting this chroot working. I'll be using the chroot to compile wine, I was unable to get it working with gcc-multilib. Thanks. -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
Re: [arch-general] How to change gdm greeter theme?
As i know, changing of gdm 2.28 theme was not supported, yet, but this program should help doing some configuring:(like change background, icon, autologin, banner text...) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33884 gdm2setup TIPs: i found i bug of gdm2setup, if /usr/share/images/xsplash directory not existed, gdm2setup will fail to renew the background image. you can simple create this directory to solve this. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Stanislav N. pz...@pozitpoh.is-a-geek.org wrote: On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:19:50 -0500 David C. Rankin drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com wrote: Guys, This used to be easy with gdmsetup, but in gdm 2.30 -- that's gone. I've been to the gnome sites, I've googled it, I've looked through the gdm package and I'm stumped. -- What's the trick? Do the themes for the older version of the greeter even work anymore? If so, how? -- 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 Try gdm-old from AUR -- Stanislav N. pz...@pozitpoh.is-a-geek.org Blog: http://pozitpoh.is-a-geek.org/ Jabber: pz...@pozitpoh.is-a-geek.org -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
Re: [arch-general] mercurial in Extra out of date
Thanks, all Im not realized untill now that not only those packages in AUR could be flaged or commented, but any in the repository. On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Allan McRae al...@archlinux.org wrote: On 07/07/10 13:43, PT M. wrote: On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Dan McGeedpmc...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:33 PM, PT M.pen...@gmail.com wrote: It's been a week since mercurial 1.6 released, extra/mercurial 1.5.4-1 is still in the repository. OMG! Raise the alarm!!! You do realize none of us are full-time around here, right? The maintainer will get to it when he can. Until then, learn to use ABS. calm down calm down ... if I sent this to the wrong place, sorry, i just wanted the maintainer got noticed, maybe i shoud sent to him directly? No. It has been flagged out-of-date on the web interface so the maintainer already knows about it. Allan -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
Re: [arch-general] mercurial in Extra out of date
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Dan McGee dpmc...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:33 PM, PT M. pen...@gmail.com wrote: It's been a week since mercurial 1.6 released, extra/mercurial 1.5.4-1 is still in the repository. OMG! Raise the alarm!!! You do realize none of us are full-time around here, right? The maintainer will get to it when he can. Until then, learn to use ABS. calm down calm down ... if I sent this to the wrong place, sorry, i just wanted the maintainer got noticed, maybe i shoud sent to him directly? I do know abs, and thanks. -Dan -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
Re: [arch-general] Do I need HAL?
$ pacman -Qi hal Name : hal Version: 0.5.14-4 . Required By: gnome-vfs vlc . On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Ananda Samaddar ana...@samaddar.co.ukwrote: On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:35:23 +0200 Guillermo Leira gle...@gleira.com wrote: WOW nice. So HAL is not needed anymore ? Not for X. You may still need it for other things... Allan Most notabaly KDE and Thunar and in gnome with gnome-power-manager to have some special keys support Hi, How can I know if I still need HAL? Best regards, Guillermo Leira You still need it if you're using XFCE. Ananda -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
[arch-general] xterm letters show up with strange bars
In fact this happeded weeks before, maybe after upgrading to xorg1.8, when typing in xterm, it left with each letter with an annoying vertical line. [see the image attached] I believe this has something to do with compiz-wm, if I switch to the other window and switch back, those lines gone, but still appear when new letters typed in. And if I switch to the default Metacity wm, nothing annoying any more. Any people encounter such problem? I switch to urxvt instead as the terminal this days. installed packages: [i686] *compiz-core 0.8.6-2 xorg-server 1.8.1-1 xterm 259-1* -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
[arch-general] mplayer 31428-1 broken without libvpx.so.0
after recent update, mplayer failed to load with such error: $ mplayer mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libvpx.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory this so i think is supposed by libvpx, but: $ pacman -Ql libvpx|grep /usr/lib libvpx /usr/lib/ libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.a only a static lib is supplied. libvpx is about the VP8 Codec which is newly added to ffmpeg and mplayer, but this does this need some fix. -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
Re: [arch-general] mplayer 31428-1 broken without libvpx.so.0
ok i got it, i somehow have libvpx 0.9.0-4 installed (cant remember form where, maybe aur?), with no libvpx.so.0 provided. i reinstall libvpx from extra and everything's fine On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Ng Oon-Ee ngoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:39 AM, PT M. pen...@gmail.com wrote: after recent update, mplayer failed to load with such error: $ mplayer mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libvpx.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory this so i think is supposed by libvpx, but: $ pacman -Ql libvpx|grep /usr/lib libvpx /usr/lib/ libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.a only a static lib is supplied. libvpx is about the VP8 Codec which is newly added to ffmpeg and mplayer, but this does this need some fix. Not that I can provide any help, but this is just a generic works here. [ngoo...@ngoonee-laptop ~]$ pacman -Qi libvpx | grep Version Version: 0.9.0-1 [ngoo...@ngoonee-laptop ~]$ pacman -Ql libvpx | grep /usr/lib libvpx /usr/lib/ libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.a libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.so libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.so.0 libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.so.0.9 libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.so.0.9.0 -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
Re: [arch-general] dualboot?
Python is powerful, easier to learn/read/write(compare to perl), lightful(compare to C++/Java), thats why python is sexy. Dual-boot linuxs is never a problem to grub, i guess that why never any document got such topic detailed, all you need to do is to modify /boot/grub/menu.lst, even not at all, you may press 'C' in grub menu and run into the grub shell, and type commands to boot the the other kernel. On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 5:30 AM, audioslave10152 audioslave10...@gmail.comwrote: Why wouldn't you install both? On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Jeroen Op 't Eynde jer...@xprsyrslf.be wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2010 23:17:42 +0200, John K Pate j.k.p...@sms.ed.ac.uk wrote: Maybe just compare the websites... obviously Python wins! :) At any rate, there's no reason not to install both euphoria and python. If you're planning on sticking with a distribution like Arch that requires you to `look under the hood', you should get used to working with a variety of programming languages. There's no single language which is perfect for every job. yes -- Jeroen Op 't Eynde - jer...@xprsyrslf.be - http://xprsyrslf.be To read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Bottom-posting Steun Jeugdhuis de PUT via Donamail: http://www.donamail.be/default.asp?btnID=iYOviYvW -- Just another system hacker -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
Re: [arch-general] Off-topic: Good laptop to run Arch on?
I have an Acer 4736ZG runs arch fine, nvidia graphic. test the machine with a ubuntu cd is a good idea. On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Gregory Eric Sanderson gzou2...@gmail.com wrote: I have a lenovo thinkpad T500 with optional intel 5100 AGN wireless card and HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-U20N dvd recorder, and overall i'm quite satisfied. But I did get a few quirks : - Graphics card is a switchable intel/ATI gpu, and I had to force the BIOS to only use either ATI or Intel. The open-source drivers don't support the ATI model yet, so I had to go with catalyst which has caused pains each time that I want to upgrade xorg. I haven't tried out the intel card under linux, but from what I read its well supported. -ACPI volume buttons don't work out-of-the-box, had to configure a key event listener and use amixer -Sound when playing a DVD is awfully quiet compared with winDVD, even with the volume at max Otherwise the rest (webcam, wireless, suspend, SD card reader, etc) works fine - On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:30 PM, David Rosenstrauch dar...@darose.net wrote: On 05/22/2010 11:33 AM, Magnus Therning wrote: What laptops should I have a look at? Is there some brand (Dell, HP, ...) that is more Linux friendly than others? My work laptop, a Dell Precision M4400, runs Arch fine. Had to install a few extra kernel modules (e.g., broadcom-wl), but everything else got picked up automagically. HTH, DR -- All musicians are drug addicts, no question about it. The ecstasy we get during a concert is proof enough. yet there is a slight difference between us, the musicians, and the typical 'street-junkie'... Instead of consuming powder, we consume vibrations Will et/ou Gregory Eric Sanderson Turcot Temlett MacDonnell Forbes et/ou Touffa! :) -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
Re: [arch-general] Arch shutdown because of firefox
sounds increadible. ... is your system running some strange scripts ? On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Gaurish Sharma cont...@gaurishsharma.comwrote: On 05/11/2010 08:44 AM, Handsome Cheung wrote: hi all, I am a newbie for ArchLinux. My computer often shuts down suddenly when I browse web site. It brings me to TTY and said The system is going down for system halt NOW!. I found that is because of the crash of flash plugin of firefox. And my question is why the crash of firefox can cause my computer shuts down? PS. my system environment: Arch + awesome, no DE. Thanks! hc Are you using some sort of AutoShutdown schedule? check 'sudo crontab -l' -- Regards, Gaurish Sharma www.gaurishsharma.com -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
[arch-general] Compiz Application Switcher(Ctrl+Tab) crashes X Server
i have quite a standard suite: [xorg18], [testing], intel-dri, Gnome, Compiz. when active Application Switcher of compiz several times(using Ctrl+Tab) in sequence, X server crashes. What I got in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, seemed to be caused by the intel-dri, is it still lack of stability in X 1.8? [ 32338.970] Backtrace: [ 32338.970] 0: /usr/bin/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80deeab] [ 32338.970] 1: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x8048000+0x63c25) [0x80abc25] [ 32338.970] 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb787c40c] [ 32338.971] 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i965_dri.so (0xb6f35000+0x108cf) [0xb6f458cf] [ 32338.971] 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i965_dri.so (0xb6f35000+0x253ec) [0xb6f5a3ec] [ 32338.971] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i965_dri.so (0xb6f35000+0x254ca) [0xb6f5a4ca] [ 32338.971] 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i965_dri.so (0xb6f35000+0xd3bd1) [0xb7008bd1] [ 32338.971] 7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (0xb7489000+0xb06a) [0xb749406a] [ 32338.971] 8: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (0xb7489000+0x34b05) [0xb74bdb05] [ 32338.971] 9: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (0xb7489000+0x375cf) [0xb74c05cf] [ 32338.971] 10: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x8048000+0x216df) [0x80696df] [ 32338.971] 11: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x8048000+0x1a485) [0x8062485] [ 32338.971] 12: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0xb75bab96] [ 32338.971] 13: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x8048000+0x1a071) [0x8062071] [ 32338.971] Segmentation fault at address (nil) [ 32338.971] Fatal server error: [ 32338.971] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting [ 32338.971] [ 32338.971] Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 32338.971] Please also check the log file at /var/log/Xorg.0.log for additional information. -- Arch Linuxer, Pythoner, Geek -- Blog: http://apt-blog.net
