Re: [arch] Package cleaning

2007-05-09 Thread dpcarlson
> I need to clarify: we are _NOT_ talking about dropping packages. We > are talking about moving them. > > There is no reason a developer cannot maintain community packages - it > is, in fact, encouraged. (And it is 2 less steps to rebuild the DB > too) > > What we are talking about is the fact

Re: [arch] 0.8 Voodoo ISOs finally released!

2007-03-31 Thread dpcarlson
Tobias Powalowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Archlinux Community, > greetings > tpowa > > -- > Tobias Powalowski > Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) > http://www.archlinux.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank-you! Derek ___ arch mai

Re: [arch] External USB devices

2007-01-24 Thread dpcarlson
"Guillermo A. Amaral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:26:31 Derek Carlson wrote: > > I am experiencing some weirdness booting while an external USB storage > > device is attached. As background (and only because I hope it will give > > a clue as to the exact soft

[arch] Bad slave hard drive blocks booting

2007-01-11 Thread dpcarlson
My son's external hard drive with a bunch of his music had a media failure. I've been trying to extract as many songs as I can, and have been pretty successful so far, but that's not the topic of this thread. The drive was in an external enclosure. To have better access I took the drive out o

Re: [arch] Flattery for Arch

2006-08-29 Thread dpcarlson
>I was surprised to see that Arch is more than 5 years old. And I realized > that I was on it almost at the beginning... I'm glad to see that this > distribution is still running and that it proves it (small) reputation. I read the article to mean that after the last five year consolidation, ther

Re: [arch] X Problems

2006-07-11 Thread dpcarlson
There are at least three options for crafting xorg.conf file listed in the wiki. Which did you use? I have had better luck with running xorgconfig than the others. You might try each method as they will typically yield slightly different results. Tom K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[arch] SAMBA problem after upgrade to Testing?

2006-06-07 Thread dpcarlson
This is anecdotal at this point, but I seem to be having problems with SAMBA after upgrading to the Testing. I cannot see the local network, nor mount network volumes. I am able to boot and access the WAN. I also submitted the inventory as requested, but I did not notice anything suspicious i

Re: [arch] Arch 0.7.2 (Gimmick) Released

2006-05-23 Thread dpcarlson
Cool! Thanks, Judd and the rest of the gang! Judd Vinet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = Hi all, Arch Linux 0.7.2 (Gimmick) is now available for download. This time, we've provided three different ISO images for you to use: an FTP-only image (13mb), a Base-only image (145mb), and

Re: [arch] How often to reboot

2006-03-09 Thread dpcarlson
Many thanks to all who took some time to reply. I've learned a few things and can form a plan. Your consideration of my question is appreciated! From: Kernel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2006/03/09 Thu PM 02:03:51 EST To: "General Dis

Re: [arch] Can I add pacman to slackware?

2006-03-03 Thread dpcarlson
You know, this is a very articulate response. I was almost convinced until I weant back and read: "The recent changes to Arch were executed with such ineptitude" These words are inflamatory and not hepful. The rest just becomes noise. IMHO ===

Re: [arch] Server Donation Drive!

2006-02-24 Thread dpcarlson
There will be a rainy day, someday. Just save it and use it when it's needed. My 2c (and probably worth half of that). From: Judd Vinet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2006/02/24 Fri PM 04:04:31 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], General Di

Re: [arch] Kicker issue with KDE 3.5.1

2006-02-01 Thread dpcarlson
I installed these files, and when pacman reported that they were already installed, did I want to install anyway, I said sure. No avail on this PC. Thx for the advice anyway. From: Tommi Rantala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2006/02/01

Re: [arch] Kicker issue with KDE 3.5.1

2006-02-01 Thread dpcarlson
That's good news! I'll try it tonight too. Thx, Derek From: Kristian Gavran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2006/02/01 Wed PM 03:36:18 EST To: General Discusson about Arch Linux Subject: Re: [arch] Kicker issue with KDE 3.5.1 Kristian Ga

Re: [arch] Kicker issue with KDE 3.5.1

2006-02-01 Thread dpcarlson
This has been a standing issue for awhile. I tried to get some information from the KDE group, but wasn't very successful. In my case, it comes and goes. I've tried some of the tips and tricks I've found on the network, but it never seems to quite go away.

Re: [arch] Thinkpad T22 - Xorg7 Rendering Question

2006-01-23 Thread dpcarlson
Thank-you! I appreciate the reply. I'll compare this to my notes. Nothing jumps out at me right away except the settings for horizontal and vertical. I used more conservative figures than those. You've been very helpful. Derek Fr

[arch] Thinkpad T22 - Xorg7 Rendering Question

2006-01-23 Thread dpcarlson
Greetings, I posted this question to the newbie forum, but no takers. I thought I'd try here. I configured a T22 over the weekend with 0.7.1. Having loaded a couple other desktop systems with the xorg from Testing, I went ahead and did that too. I've run xorgconfig after the upgrade to creat

Re: [arch] windows xp like issues

2006-01-18 Thread dpcarlson
I've stuck with the 1.5 revision after getting some hang-ups with 1.6. My 2 systems using ndiswrapper are regularly up for many days, and sometimes weeks (unless I'm monkeying around with them for other reasons). Could also be related to the cards being supported by ndiswrapper I suppose. The

Re: [arch] windows xp like issues

2006-01-18 Thread dpcarlson
I'm still usng 1.5, having had problems with the subsequent releases. It's an easy package to build. I've not had any problems with my system hanging. I am using an Intel processor, and as I recall, the systems hanging were mostly AMD. =

Re: [arch] patchs

2005-12-06 Thread dpcarlson
It's incumbant upon users of the testing repositories to be informed. You can only feed so much. It's good to have the front page provide some information, but not, in my opinion, details of the work in testing. I think it would work to give a more obvious link to the dev blog. It's just sit

Re: [arch] 0.7.1 PCI problems

2005-11-16 Thread dpcarlson
Hi, Thanks for the advice! I will try to recreate the scenario without doing too much damage and let you know what I learn. I've got a solution that is working at the moment. My sincere thanks for your consideration of my problem. Kind regards. ===

Re: [arch] 0.7.1 PCI problems

2005-11-12 Thread dpcarlson
I've been able to work past these questions. There may need to be some better descriptions written on how to enable ETH0. The souce compilation must have had something to do with changing compilers or header files somewhere. I downloaded the lastest source (once I got the ethernet up and goi

[arch] 0.7.1 PCI problems

2005-11-12 Thread dpcarlson
I'm probably in over my head here, but thought I would post my problem. I have 0.7, upgraded to current running fine on one PC. I'm reasonably familiar with the scritps for configure Arch. On a different PC I thought I would put in 0.7.1 to offer any help I could to testing. I'm stuck on a cou