[arch] sysconfig & localstatedir configure options

2006-10-14 Thread Mike McQueen
There is a bug (http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/5586) in Flyspray for the mlocate package, in which the problem described is apparently caused by the lack of '--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var' among the configure options in the package build. I'm curious, since many of Arch's PKGBUILD's don

Re: [arch] KDE Konqueror permissions denied with removable media

2006-08-20 Thread Mike McQueen
On Sunday 20 August 2006 17:52, you wrote: > > > > I don't know how KDE mounts its media, but on gnome we use pmount, > > What relevance does /etc/pmount.allow play in this topic? > Have you added your username to that config file? Sorry, I meant add your device but if it's mounting properly n

Re: [arch] KDE Konqueror permissions denied with removable media

2006-08-20 Thread Mike McQueen
> > > I don't know how KDE mounts its media, but on gnome we use pmount, What relevance does /etc/pmount.allow play in this topic? Have you added your username to that config file? -- /path/to/Truth ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.

Re: [arch] Cups 1.2.1 doesn't work

2006-07-17 Thread Mike McQueen
On Monday 17 July 2006 18:43, Alper KANAT wrote: > I don't have gnome printer setup tool.. What is its package name ? > > Mike McQueen wrote: > > On Monday 17 July 2006 17:58, Alper KANAT wrote: > >> The biggest problem is that I can't see my printer via

Re: [arch] Cups 1.2.1 doesn't work

2006-07-17 Thread Mike McQueen
On Monday 17 July 2006 17:58, Alper KANAT wrote: > The biggest problem is that I can't see my printer via GNOME programs > like gedit etc... > -- I'm curious what happens when you attempt to manage your HP PSC 1110 via the Gnome printer setup tool. Do you get similar results? I know that tool sh

Re: [arch] Videolan 0.8.4a-9 broken?

2006-05-16 Thread Mike McQueen
On Tuesday 16 May 2006 19:00, domanov wrote: > Hi, > > today after a month I upgraded my archbox. Evrething went fine; but > videolan. I got upgraded vlc (0.8.4a-5 -> 0.8.4a-9); it refused to launch > claiming for > > libpostproc.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Ther

Re: [arch] Mouse Pointer Speed

2006-05-14 Thread Mike McQueen
> What if you were to add it rc.local? Does xorg need to be running in order > for that command to work? > AFAIK the xset command won't function properly unless X is running. > I know GDM calls from .xprofile, maybe KDM does too since they're both > derived from XDM? > It must not apply with KD

Re: [arch] Mouse Pointer Speed

2006-05-14 Thread Mike McQueen
On Sunday 14 May 2006 09:39, Rohan Dhruva wrote: > IIRC, ~/.xinitrc is not executed unless you use startx from terminal. > If you use {k,g,x}dm it wont be executed. > Yeah, I suppose that is where I'm having problems as I use KDM. I've got it fixed in KDE by placing a script in ~/.kde/Autostart.

[arch] Mouse Pointer Speed

2006-05-14 Thread Mike McQueen
I have set my mouse pointer speed in Fluxbox using the ~/.fluxbox/startup file using the value show below. I've done something similar for the other desktop environments that I use on my system, which is to say I have several individual settings which all serve to accomplish the same purpose. Is

Re: [arch] what is tha matter with me crond?

2006-05-08 Thread Mike McQueen
On Saturday 06 May 2006 20:00, wtwang wrote: > when i check crond log--/var/log/crond,it reads: > 06-May-2006 23:05 /usr/sbin/crond V3.1 dillon, started > 06-May-2006 23:05 Unable to scan directory /etc/cron.d! > . > what is the matter with it? > thanks! > Seems to be fixed with the latest versi

Re: [arch] what is tha matter with me crond?

2006-05-07 Thread Mike McQueen
On Saturday 06 May 2006 20:00, wtwang wrote: > when i check crond log--/var/log/crond,it reads: > 06-May-2006 23:05 /usr/sbin/crond V3.1 dillon, started > 06-May-2006 23:05 Unable to scan directory /etc/cron.d! > . > what is the matter with it? > thanks! > I can't do much other than confirm the

Re: [arch] disk too fragmented - reiserfs

2006-04-19 Thread Mike McQueen
On Wednesday 19 April 2006 02:17, Rafal Szczepaniak wrote: > First according to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReiserFS: > > "Tail packing, a scheme to reduce internal fragmentation. Tail packing, > however, has a significant performance impact; Namesys recommends > disabling the feature in

Re: [arch] a test-message with unicode chars

2006-04-17 Thread Mike McQueen
On Friday 07 April 2006 17:50, Damir Perisa wrote: > Friday 07 April 2006 21:11, Mike McQueen wrote: > | Bloody Kmail won't show the last three examples. > > i'm using kmail and it shows all of them right. (i copied them out of > gedit where i inputed them with scim) &

Re: [arch] Why ArchLinux make application program launch so slowly

2006-04-13 Thread Mike McQueen
On Thursday 13 April 2006 19:30, Hongxing Soong wrote: > Boot up process is very quick under ArchLinux for not much work to > load,but when > program when loaded in X window(I use gnome 2.14),such as acroread , > kile (need 2 minites or longer) , But I have a Barton 2500+( > 3200+highest) 512MB me

Re: [arch] Freedom of choice ?

2006-04-12 Thread Mike McQueen
On Wednesday 12 April 2006 21:24, Low Kian Seong wrote: > Dear all, > > Can't remember this one correctly, but what happens to the update if we > choose 'n' to replace a certain package with another ? Are you in fact talking about the recent gawk/mawk updates? http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.ph

Re: [arch] a test-message with unicode chars

2006-04-07 Thread Mike McQueen
On Friday 07 April 2006 17:50, Damir Perisa wrote: > Friday 07 April 2006 21:11, Mike McQueen wrote: > | Bloody Kmail won't show the last three examples. > > i'm using kmail and it shows all of them right. (i copied them out of > gedit where i inputed them with scim) &

Re: [arch] a test-message with unicode chars

2006-04-07 Thread Mike McQueen
On Friday 07 April 2006 12:53, Damir Perisa wrote: > me never tried mutt and not much console localisation, so i'm not of > much help on this matter... however, here i thought that it would be > useful to have a message recieved (especially you guys who want to > test but do not use any non-C local

Re: [arch] a test-message with unicode chars

2006-04-07 Thread Mike McQueen
On Friday 07 April 2006 13:11, Stavros Giannouris wrote: > On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 19:53:26 +0200 > > Damir Perisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > me never tried mutt and not much console localisation, so i'm not of > > much help on this matter... however, here i thought that it would be > > useful to ha