[arch-general] pacman -Syu -- then tons of kio and kbuildsycoca warnings. Bug or coincidence?

2010-10-08 Thread David C. Rankin
Guys, just updated and got a slew of warning dumped back to konsole: 23:39 nirvana:/srv/http/dl/bugs/kde4> pmsu :: Synchronizing package databases... core 35.6K 117.5K/s 00:00:00 [#] 100% extra

Re: [arch-general] Ghostscript 9.00 hits testing

2010-10-08 Thread David C. Rankin
On 10/08/2010 03:47 PM, Andreas Radke wrote: > It's a major update and probably something with printing and/or > pdfviewer will be broken. > > Please test it. > > -Andy > Good to hear, Ghostscript 8.71 changed the default "strip" size of MMR tiff which broke hylafax (caused it to send blank pag

[arch-general] Ghostscript 9.00 hits testing

2010-10-08 Thread Andreas Radke
It's a major update and probably something with printing and/or pdfviewer will be broken. Please test it. -Andy

Re: [arch-general] Benchmarks (GUI)

2010-10-08 Thread Jan de Groot
On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 22:34 +0800, Ian-Xue Li wrote: > On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 04:32:26PM +0200, Manne Merak wrote: > > Anyone know of some reliable benchmark utilities I can use to > > evaluate display cards? and different drivers (mostly Nvidia on KDE > > 4.5). > You can try glxgears for a start

Re: [arch-general] Xterm urgency hint

2010-10-08 Thread Norbert Zeh
Norbert Zeh [2010.10.08 0942 -0300]: > Hi folks, > > I've just run into a strange problem. In order to highlight terminal > windows that require my attention, I make the application running in the > window beep, and I have set xterm*bellIsUrgent:true. The problem: xterm > seems to simply ignore

Re: [arch-general] Xterm urgency hint

2010-10-08 Thread Norbert Zeh
Nick Jones [2010.10.08 1359 +0100]: > On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 at 09:42:04 -0300, Norbert Zeh wrote: > > I've just run into a strange problem. In order to highlight terminal > > windows that require my attention, I make the application running in the > > window beep, and I have set xterm*bellIsUrgent:t

Re: [arch-general] Benchmarks (GUI)

2010-10-08 Thread Manne Merak
On 10/08/2010 04:35 PM, Lukáš Jirkovský wrote: On 8 October 2010 16:32, Manne Merak wrote: Anyone know of some reliable benchmark utilities I can use to evaluate display cards? and different drivers (mostly Nvidia on KDE 4.5). I know I can install some 3D game or demo and compare FPS, but I

Re: [arch-general] Benchmarks (GUI)

2010-10-08 Thread Manne Merak
On 10/08/2010 04:35 PM, Lukáš Jirkovský wrote: On 8 October 2010 16:32, Manne Merak wrote: Anyone know of some reliable benchmark utilities I can use to evaluate display cards? and different drivers (mostly Nvidia on KDE 4.5). I know I can install some 3D game or demo and compare FPS, but I

Re: [arch-general] Benchmarks (GUI)

2010-10-08 Thread Robert Howard
Phoronix Suite perhaps? Don't know what it uses for graphics test or if it even works on Arch. Benchmarks are lacking for Linux. On Oct 8, 2010 10:29 AM, "Manne Merak" wrote: > Anyone know of some reliable benchmark utilities I can use to evaluate > display cards? and different drivers (mostly Nvi

Re: [arch-general] Benchmarks (GUI)

2010-10-08 Thread Lukáš Jirkovský
On 8 October 2010 16:32, Manne Merak wrote: >  Anyone know of some reliable benchmark utilities I can use to evaluate > display cards? and different drivers (mostly Nvidia on KDE 4.5). > I know I can install some 3D game or demo and compare FPS, but I need > something more focused on basic desktop

Re: [arch-general] Benchmarks (GUI)

2010-10-08 Thread Ian-Xue Li
On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 04:32:26PM +0200, Manne Merak wrote: > Anyone know of some reliable benchmark utilities I can use to > evaluate display cards? and different drivers (mostly Nvidia on KDE > 4.5). You can try glxgears for a start. Or Phoronix Test Suite. -- Li Ian-Xue http://b4283.ath.cx

[arch-general] Benchmarks (GUI)

2010-10-08 Thread Manne Merak
Anyone know of some reliable benchmark utilities I can use to evaluate display cards? and different drivers (mostly Nvidia on KDE 4.5). I know I can install some 3D game or demo and compare FPS, but I need something more focused on basic desktop experience; and must be repeatable with some form

Re: [arch-general] Xterm urgency hint

2010-10-08 Thread Nick Jones
On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 at 09:42:04 -0300, Norbert Zeh wrote: > I've just run into a strange problem. In order to highlight terminal > windows that require my attention, I make the application running in the > window beep, and I have set xterm*bellIsUrgent:true. The problem: xterm > seems to simply i

[arch-general] Xterm urgency hint

2010-10-08 Thread Norbert Zeh
Hi folks, I've just run into a strange problem. In order to highlight terminal windows that require my attention, I make the application running in the window beep, and I have set xterm*bellIsUrgent:true. The problem: xterm seems to simply ignore this setting. I can also go into the xterm menu

Re: [arch-general] nvidia and xorg-server 1.9

2010-10-08 Thread Matthew Monaco
On 10/08/2010 04:14 AM, Ionuț Bîru wrote: On 10/08/2010 03:32 AM, Matthew Monaco wrote: I was following the discussion about holding back xorg 1.9 because of the nvidia driver, but I either missed the end of it, or it was left open. Do the nvidia and nvidia-173xx drivers in [extra] work with 1.

Re: [arch-general] nvidia and xorg-server 1.9

2010-10-08 Thread Markus Golser
I'm wondering if there are any known regressions for h264 playback (vdpau) 64bit nvidia stable

Re: [arch-general] nvidia and xorg-server 1.9

2010-10-08 Thread Ionuț Bîru
On 10/08/2010 03:32 AM, Matthew Monaco wrote: I was following the discussion about holding back xorg 1.9 because of the nvidia driver, but I either missed the end of it, or it was left open. Do the nvidia and nvidia-173xx drivers in [extra] work with 1.9? yes If they do work, either or bot