Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.74-1

2010-10-04 Thread J. W. Birdsong
On 10/04/10 at 07:42pm, Eric Bélanger wrote: > Hi, > > lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.74-1 are now in testing for an upstream > update. Please test and signoff. I couldn't test much the i686 > package except in a chroot so 2 signoffs for i686 would be nice. > Signoff from users are welcome. > > Eric >

[arch-general] [signoff] lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.74-1

2010-10-04 Thread Eric Bélanger
Hi, lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.74-1 are now in testing for an upstream update. Please test and signoff. I couldn't test much the i686 package except in a chroot so 2 signoffs for i686 would be nice. Signoff from users are welcome. Eric Version 2.02.74 - 24th September 2010 ==

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Python rebuild on its way to [testing]

2010-10-04 Thread Allan McRae
On 05/10/10 09:02, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 20:14 +0200, Pierre Schmitz wrote: On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:01:03 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: Just a question on this topic - does the new [staging] mean that [testing] should always be complete (ie. not having any unupdated-for-lib-bump packa

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Python rebuild on its way to [testing]

2010-10-04 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 20:14 +0200, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:01:03 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee > wrote: > > Just a question on this topic - does the new [staging] mean that > > [testing] should always be complete (ie. not having any > > unupdated-for-lib-bump packages)? > > Yes, that wa

Re: [arch-general] Extracting deb packages

2010-10-04 Thread Stefan Husmann
Am 04.10.2010 20:39, schrieb Christian: > Hi, > what is the most easiest and convenient way in the console to extract a .deb > package? > Many thanks, > Christian > > deb2targz

Re: [arch-general] Extracting deb packages

2010-10-04 Thread Marlo Ehrlich
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:39:10 +0200, "Christian" wrote: > Hi, > what is the most easiest and convenient way in the console to extract > a .deb package? You should be able to extract a deb. package with ar: ar xv package.deb -- Marlo Ehrlich

Re: [arch-general] Extracting deb packages

2010-10-04 Thread Andrea Scarpino
On 4 October 2010 20:39, Christian wrote: > Hi, > what is the most easiest and convenient way in the console to extract a .deb > package? > Many thanks, > Christian pacman -S deb2targz $ deb2targz archive.deb -- andreascarpino.it Arch Linux Developer

[arch-general] Extracting deb packages

2010-10-04 Thread Christian
Hi, what is the most easiest and convenient way in the console to extract a .deb package? Many thanks, Christian

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Python rebuild on its way to [testing]

2010-10-04 Thread Pierre Schmitz
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:01:03 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > Just a question on this topic - does the new [staging] mean that > [testing] should always be complete (ie. not having any > unupdated-for-lib-bump packages)? Yes, that was the whole idea; to not break or freeze testing intentionally. -- Pi

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Christian
Hi, On 2010-10-04 at 19:54 Ionuț Bîru wrote: >On 10/04/2010 07:51 PM, Guillaume ALAUX wrote: >> On 4 October 2010 18:47, Christian wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> On 2010-10-04 at 18:42 Guillaume ALAUX wrote: >>> On 4 October 2010 18:37, Christian wrote: > Hi, > > > On 2010-1

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Ionuț Bîru
On 10/04/2010 07:51 PM, Guillaume ALAUX wrote: On 4 October 2010 18:47, Christian wrote: Hi, On 2010-10-04 at 18:42 Guillaume ALAUX wrote: On 4 October 2010 18:37, Christian wrote: Hi, On 2010-10-04 at 18:29 Jan de Groot wrote: On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 17:15 +0200, Christian wrote: I wa

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Guillaume ALAUX
On 4 October 2010 18:47, Christian wrote: > Hi, > > > On 2010-10-04 at 18:42 Guillaume ALAUX wrote: > >>On 4 October 2010 18:37, Christian wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> On 2010-10-04 at 18:29 Jan de Groot wrote: >>> On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 17:15 +0200, Christian wrote: > I wait for about 30 se

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Christian
Hi, On 2010-10-04 at 18:42 Guillaume ALAUX wrote: >On 4 October 2010 18:37, Christian wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> On 2010-10-04 at 18:29 Jan de Groot wrote: >> >>>On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 17:15 +0200, Christian wrote: I wait for about 30 seconds before I login as my user but nothing happens w

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Guillaume ALAUX
On 4 October 2010 18:37, Christian wrote: > Hi, > > > On 2010-10-04 at 18:29 Jan de Groot wrote: > >>On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 17:15 +0200, Christian wrote: >>> I wait for about 30 seconds before I login as my user but nothing >>> happens when I press enter after I have entered my password. >> >>gdm h

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Guillaume ALAUX
On 4 October 2010 18:35, Christian wrote: > Hello, > > > On 2010-10-04 at 17:34 Guillaume ALAUX wrote: > >>On 4 October 2010 17:15, Christian wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> I had to do a reinstall of my machine so I did that and for some reason, >>Gnome doesn't start proprely. I am visually impaired so I

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Christian
Hi, On 2010-10-04 at 18:29 Jan de Groot wrote: >On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 17:15 +0200, Christian wrote: >> I wait for about 30 seconds before I login as my user but nothing >> happens when I press enter after I have entered my password. > >gdm has this annoying change since 2.32 where it requires a

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Christian
Hello, On 2010-10-04 at 17:34 Guillaume ALAUX wrote: >On 4 October 2010 17:15, Christian wrote: >> Hi all, >> I had to do a reinstall of my machine so I did that and for some reason, >Gnome doesn't start proprely. I am visually impaired so I can't see the >screen until I have logged into Gnome

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Jan de Groot
On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 17:15 +0200, Christian wrote: > I wait for about 30 seconds before I login as my user but nothing > happens when I press enter after I have entered my password. gdm has this annoying change since 2.32 where it requires a mouse click on the username to select it for login. Wit

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Paulo Santos
Hello, Christian wrote: > Hi all, > I had to do a reinstall of my machine so I did that and for some reason, > Gnome doesn't start proprely. I am visually impaired so I can't see the > screen until I have logged into Gnome and started Orca, the screen reader for > Gnome. > Here is what I do. >

Re: [arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Guillaume ALAUX
On 4 October 2010 17:15, Christian wrote: > Hi all, > I had to do a reinstall of my machine so I did that and for some reason, > Gnome doesn't start proprely. I am visually impaired so I can't see the > screen until I have logged into Gnome and started Orca, the screen reader for > Gnome. > Her

[arch-general] Question about pacman and installing Gnome

2010-10-04 Thread Christian
Hi all, I had to do a reinstall of my machine so I did that and for some reason, Gnome doesn't start proprely. I am visually impaired so I can't see the screen until I have logged into Gnome and started Orca, the screen reader for Gnome. Here is what I do. pacman -S xorg xf86-video-ati xf86-input

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Python rebuild on its way to [testing]

2010-10-04 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
Just a question on this topic - does the new [staging] mean that [testing] should always be complete (ie. not having any unupdated-for-lib-bump packages)?

Re: [arch-general] RPM Question

2010-10-04 Thread Dan Vratil
- Original message - > On Oct 3, 2010, at 4:59 PM, "Dan Vrátil" > wrote: > > > On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:21:28 -0700, Lew Wolfgang > > wrote: > > > On 10/03/2010 01:29 PM, Dan Vrátil wrote: > > > > On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:19:30 -0700, Lew Wolfgang > > > >   wrote: > > > > > On 10/03/2010 11

[arch-general] KDE and output to two monitors

2010-10-04 Thread Ondřej Kučera
Hello, from time to time I connect my laptop (1280x800) with another display (usually an old 19" at 1280x1024). My preferred configuration is to set both displays to their natural resolution with the laptop display being set to be "left of VGA1". I do this all via KDE system settings. It alw

Re: [arch-general] RPM Question

2010-10-04 Thread Jakob Gruber
On 10/03/2010 02:41 AM, Lew Wolfgang wrote: Hi Folks, New Arch user here. I really like it! Another Arch user recommended it to me after I started noticing quality issues with another of the main distributions. I'm currently working on a test install to see if Arch will function in a v