Re: [arch] F-spot in community and extra

2005-10-30 Thread Tom K
Eric Belanger wrote: >On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Andrew Conkling wrote: > > > >>Maybe there's a good reason for this, but I found that f-spot is in >>both extra and community, and the community one seems to have the >>wrong version listed (0.0.13 v. the actual 0.1.3). >> >> > >The f-spot in commun

Re: [arch] X doesn't like my PS/2 optical mouse

2005-10-30 Thread RedShift
Set Option "Protocol" to "Auto" instead of "IMPS/2" Doug Jolley wrote: > Hi -- > > X doesn't seem to like my PS/2 optical mouse. When using it, it > appears to generate spurious characters at the input so that the > cursor movement is real jerky and strange commands get sent to > terminal window

Re: [arch] pacman gcc-fortran problem

2005-10-30 Thread Damir Perisa
Le Monday 31 October 2005 02:55, Dimitrios Apostolou a écrit : | > Total Package Size:   1019.8 MB *impressed* !!! - D -- "Sex at the age of eighty-four is a wonderful experience. Especially the one in the winter." (Milton Berle) pgpTMQ7wHVnEF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [arch] F-spot in community and extra

2005-10-30 Thread Eric Belanger
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Andrew Conkling wrote: > Maybe there's a good reason for this, but I found that f-spot is in > both extra and community, and the community one seems to have the > wrong version listed (0.0.13 v. the actual 0.1.3). The f-spot in community is an old version. It will need to b

[arch] F-spot in community and extra

2005-10-30 Thread Andrew Conkling
Maybe there's a good reason for this, but I found that f-spot is in both extra and community, and the community one seems to have the wrong version listed (0.0.13 v. the actual 0.1.3). Cheers, Andrew -- http://aconkling.blogspot.com ___ arch mailing li

Re: [arch] X doesn't like my PS/2 optical mouse

2005-10-30 Thread Oscar Estrada
Hi Doug, I also have a PS/2 optical mouse and it works great on my laptop, here's my complete xorg.conf file http://linux.mty.itesm.mx/~oestrada/data/files/xorg.conf The differences between your mouse section and mine is that I don't use the Emulate3Buttons option and I use /dev/psaux as Device

Re: [arch] New initscripts wpa patch

2005-10-30 Thread Paul Hoy
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 13:49 +, Baron Horatio von Phydeaux XXXVII wrote: > I made a patch to put wpa_supplicant support into the new initscripts > that just came out. I had made a patch for the version in testing a > while ago and posted it on the forum and filed a bug report hoping that > supp

Re: [arch] Wireless-Profiles - Encryption Key

2005-10-30 Thread Paul Hoy
Hi Phillip, Yeah, I skipped phrakture's scripts, but I was unable to set up wpa support. That's good news that they shortly be included in the standard scripts. Thanks for lettin me know. Paul On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 17:13 +, Philip Dillon-Thiselton wrote: > HALLO!? > > If they are phrakture'

Re: [arch] Wireless on my dell D800

2005-10-30 Thread Leif Thande
Same for the Acer Aspire 1690, just install the ipw2200 module instead. I tried to use /etc/conf.d/wireless but didn't manage to make the connection work, iwconfig always tell me that eth0 is unnassociated. I'm using Kwifimanager instead which works fine, but it would be faster to set it from a sc

Re: [arch] Wireless on my dell D800

2005-10-30 Thread Paul Hoy
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 08:30 +0800, wd wrote: > 1 Install wireless_tools. > > pacman -S wireless_tools > > > 2 Install ipw2100(the wireless modules). > > pacman -S ipw2100 > > Then modify /etc/rc.conf ,add ipw2100 to the MODULES line,and eth1 to the > INTERFACES line,add eth1="dh

Re: [arch] pacman gcc-fortran problem

2005-10-30 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
> The following should work: > pacman -Rd gcc-g77 > pacman -Syu Indeed it worked :-). Thanks. > pacman -S octave > Hold on a minute now, because: > Total Package Size: 1019.8 MB > > Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n] :-) ___ arch mailing list arch@arc

Re: [arch] pacman gcc-fortran problem

2005-10-30 Thread Eric Belanger
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Dimitrios Apostolou wrote: > Damir Perisa wrote: > > Le Monday 31 October 2005 01:16, Dimitrios Apostolou a écrit : > > | [...] > > | error: unresolvable dependencies: > > |gcc-g77: requires gcc=3.4.3 > > > > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/3346 > > > > Thanks, it reall

Re: [arch] pacman gcc-fortran problem

2005-10-30 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
Damir Perisa wrote: > Le Monday 31 October 2005 01:16, Dimitrios Apostolou a écrit : > | [...] > | error: unresolvable dependencies: > |gcc-g77: requires gcc=3.4.3 > > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/3346 > Thanks, it really seems like a bug in pacman. Unfortunately, I removed octave but I

Re: [arch] pacman gcc-fortran problem

2005-10-30 Thread Damir Perisa
Le Monday 31 October 2005 01:16, Dimitrios Apostolou a écrit : | [...] | error: unresolvable dependencies: |gcc-g77: requires gcc=3.4.3 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/3346 - D -- 'It's always a good thing to let a few tales spread, you know. Pour encouragy le-poor encoura-to make everyo

[arch] Wireless on my dell D800

2005-10-30 Thread wd
1 Install wireless_tools. pacman -S wireless_tools 2 Install ipw2100(the wireless modules). pacman -S ipw2100 Then modify /etc/rc.conf ,add ipw2100 to the MODULES line,and eth1 to the INTERFACES line,add eth1="dhcp"(to use dhcp) blow eth0="". 3 Modify /etc/conf.d/wireless a

[arch] pacman gcc-fortran problem

2005-10-30 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
Hello list, I haven't updated my system for some time and today when I run "pacman -Syu" I get the following: :: Replace gcc-g77 with gcc-fortran from "extra"? [Y/n] No matter what I answer, after about 5-10 minutes (!) of heavy disk work I get the following output: error: unresolvable depend

[arch] problem with gdk image viewers

2005-10-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- $ pornview pippo.png ** WARNING **: gdk-pixbuf XPM module lacks XPM data capability ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf-render.c: line 349 (gdk_pixbuf_render_pixmap_and_mask): assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed. ** CRITICAL

Re: [arch] Creating an ABS like CVS repository for AEGIS

2005-10-30 Thread Philip Dillon-Thiselton
OK - now I think my original thought which is that there are four separate CVSROOTs - is that correct? Does cvsup only work if you have separate ROOT rather than modules? Philip Dillon-Thiselton wrote: >Hello all, > >I would still like some one to help explain how ABS works with CVS. The >wa

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Joe Giles
On Sunday 30 October 2005 14:09, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > > Hello, > > Does this means that you have removed all IDE support from the kernel? > > Wouldn't it be better to include support for the simplest system in the > > kernel, so that no initrd would be needed for typical systems? > > > > Than

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Tobias Powalowski
> Hello, > Does this means that you have removed all IDE support from the kernel? > Wouldn't it be better to include support for the simplest system in the > kernel, so that no initrd would be needed for typical systems? > > Thanks, > Dimitris > > ___ > a

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Vinay Shastry
On 10/30/05, Joe Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a side note, the information about how to add the initrd26.img is incorrect > in the documentation. I just updated my test machine and added the initrd > (hd0,0)/boot/initrd26.img like the docs say and it gave me a file not found > in grub. > >

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Mark Rosenstand
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:33:57 +0100, Jaroslaw Swierczynski wrote: > Sorry for my previous answer, I didn't see your last message. > > 2005/10/30, Mark Rosenstand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Err, of course I meant the filesystem containing the modules, > > i.e. /lib. > > That would be the initrd files

Re: [arch] Creating an ABS like CVS repository for AEGIS

2005-10-30 Thread Philip Dillon-Thiselton
Hello all, I would still like some one to help explain how ABS works with CVS. The way I can see it each repo is actually stored in CVS as a module and then the supfiles checkout the contents of that module as desired - is that correct? I now have access to whole CVS root so I can add as many

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Hi > new kernel 2.6.14 went up to testing, some major arch changes were done with > this release. > This kernel replaces the -scsi kernel and introduces full initrd support. > That means that ALL of YOU out there need to modify your bootloaders to use > the initrd, els

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Joe Giles
On Sunday 30 October 2005 11:02, Joe Giles wrote: > On Sunday 30 October 2005 01:37, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > > Hi > > new kernel 2.6.14 went up to testing, some major arch changes were done with > > this release. > > This kernel replaces the -scsi kernel and introduces full initrd support. >

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Jaroslaw Swierczynski
Sorry for my previous answer, I didn't see your last message. 2005/10/30, Mark Rosenstand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Err, of course I meant the filesystem containing the modules, > i.e. /lib. That would be the initrd filesystem which is ext2, the only one that would be supported by the kernel. -- Ja

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Jaroslaw Swierczynski
2005/10/30, Mark Rosenstand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Because that would make it impossible to use anything but ext2 for the > filesystem containing your kernel. I disagree. It's bootloader's problem how to handle the filesystem containing the kernel. > I know some (most?) people use a > seperate /b

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Damir Perisa
Le Sunday 30 October 2005 18:54, eliott a écrit : | I am curious why arch is moving to using initrd anyway. Does anyone | know? to have one kernel instead of a ide and a scsi one. (and to stop confuse sata people with it ;-) - D -- Keep it right when you make it faster. - The Ele

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Joe Giles
On Sunday 30 October 2005 01:37, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Hi > new kernel 2.6.14 went up to testing, some major arch changes were done with > this release. > This kernel replaces the -scsi kernel and introduces full initrd support. > That means that ALL of YOU out there need to modify your boot

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread eliott
Filesystems as modules. ick. I am curious why arch is moving to using initrd anyway. Does anyone know? ~~~ Rohan ~~~ said: > Thats exactly what slackware does. Not a bad idea, IMO. > > Rohan. > > On 30/10/05, Jaroslaw Swierczynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Great job! Why don't you build al

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Mark Rosenstand
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:49:42 +0100, Mark Rosenstand wrote: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:12:09 +0100, Jaroslaw Swierczynski wrote: > > Great job! Why don't you build also filesystems (except ext2 and > > "pseudo filesystems") as modules. > > Because that would make it impossible to use anything but ext

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Mark Rosenstand
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:12:09 +0100, Jaroslaw Swierczynski wrote: > Great job! Why don't you build also filesystems (except ext2 and > "pseudo filesystems") as modules. Because that would make it impossible to use anything but ext2 for the filesystem containing your kernel. I know some (most?) peop

Re: [arch] Purpose of /opt prefixing?

2005-10-30 Thread Mark Rosenstand
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:47:51 -0500, Simo Leone wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 12:54:14AM +0200, Mark Rosenstand wrote: > > Hey guys :) > > > > Would somebody mind explaining the purpose of the /opt prefixing in > > many Arch packages? > > > > I'm just wondering as it's starting to get a bit unh

[arch] X doesn't like my PS/2 optical mouse

2005-10-30 Thread Doug Jolley
Hi -- X doesn't seem to like my PS/2 optical mouse. When using it, it appears to generate spurious characters at the input so that the cursor movement is real jerky and strange commands get sent to terminal windows, etc. X seems to like an ordinary PS/2 roller-ball mouse just fine. When I run F

Re: [arch] Wireless-Profiles - Encryption Key

2005-10-30 Thread Philip Dillon-Thiselton
HALLO!? If they are phrakture's scripts they are obsolete! The standard scipts now have full wireless support and will shortly even included WPA support. Paul Hoy wrote: >Hi Georg, > >Would you be able to post your corrections -- and perhaps your entire >script -- on the wiki. I was never able

Re: [arch] Judd, we need roadmap!!!

2005-10-30 Thread Slash
I would just like to show my support for a 0.7.1 or 0.8 updated iso. There have been quite a few changes since 0.7 which justify a new version so new Archers aren't confused, imo. A minimal FTP install iso or floppies would also be nice. No need to download even the base iso if you're just going to

Re: [arch] Wireless-Profiles - Encryption Key

2005-10-30 Thread Paul Hoy
Hi Georg, Would you be able to post your corrections -- and perhaps your entire script -- on the wiki. I was never able to get the profiles to work, nor could I enable wpa, etc. Thanks, Paul On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 13:21 +, Philip Dillon-Thiselton wrote: > Is this regarding the official wirel

Re: [arch] about c mail-list

2005-10-30 Thread Vinay Shastry
comp.lang.c http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c comp.lang.c++ for c++ :P On 10/30/05, 赵光 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i want to get some good mail-list about c ,who can tell me, > thx > > ___ > arch mailing list > arch@archlinux.org > http://www

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread ~~~ Rohan ~~~
Thats exactly what slackware does. Not a bad idea, IMO. Rohan.On 30/10/05, Jaroslaw Swierczynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Great job! Why don't you build also filesystems (except ext2 and"pseudo filesystems") as modules.--Jaroslaw Swierczynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.archlinux.org | www.juvepolan

Re: [arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Jaroslaw Swierczynski
Great job! Why don't you build also filesystems (except ext2 and "pseudo filesystems") as modules. -- Jaroslaw Swierczynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.archlinux.org | www.juvepoland.com ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mail

Re: [arch] Judd, we need roadmap!!!

2005-10-30 Thread Philip Dillon-Thiselton
Simo Leone wrote: >On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 10:06:51AM -0400, Andrew Conkling wrote: > > >>On 10/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>With the exception of one package improperly installed the last time I >>>tried it; the ftp install will get you the very latest packag

[arch] about c mail-list

2005-10-30 Thread 赵光
i want to get some good mail-list about c ,who can tell me, thx ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch

Re: [arch] Wireless-Profiles - Encryption Key

2005-10-30 Thread Philip Dillon-Thiselton
Is this regarding the official wireless support or phraks ancient efforts? Georg Grabler wrote: >I've lately looked up the wireless scripts again. > >Though, there are still a couple of errors in the scripts, but anyway, as i >got my version working a lot of others did i guess. > >I've found ano

Re: [arch] Judd, we need roadmap!!!

2005-10-30 Thread w9ya
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 10:06:51AM -0400, Andrew Conkling wrote: >> On 10/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > With the exception of one package improperly installed the last time >> I tried it; the ftp install will get you the very latest packages >> without having to install

[arch] KERNEL 2.6.14 IMPORTANT CHANGES UPGRADERS READ THIS

2005-10-30 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Hi new kernel 2.6.14 went up to testing, some major arch changes were done with this release. This kernel replaces the -scsi kernel and introduces full initrd support. That means that ALL of YOU out there need to modify your bootloaders to use the initrd, else you run into a kernel panic. Would

Re: [arch] Judd, we need roadmap!!!

2005-10-30 Thread S. Barret Dolph
On Sunday 30 October 2005 07:39, Attila wrote: > Am Freitag, 28. Oktober 2005 23:59 hackte j l in die Tastatur: > > What is urgent is a 7.1 base CD, with a 2.6.13 or 14 > > kernel because 7.0 talks about devfs, and that makes > > roadkill easy with the upgrade that follows. It will > > be a lot bet

Re: [arch] Judd, we need roadmap!!!

2005-10-30 Thread Attila
Am Freitag, 28. Oktober 2005 23:59 hackte j l in die Tastatur: > What is urgent is a 7.1 base CD, with a 2.6.13 or 14 > kernel because 7.0 talks about devfs, and that makes > roadkill easy with the upgrade that follows. It will > be a lot better for new to Archers if there is a 7.1 > base CD witho