[arch-general] Bizarre grub drive number switch from (hd1, 5) to (hd2, 5) but no hd2 defined???

Guys, I have managed to get myself in a number of messes over the years, but usually when I figure out what went wrong, I understand why. Here, I'm at a complete loss. I was going to preserve my existing kernel through update and I described in an earlier email. (I'm still on k

Re: [arch-general] VirtualBox_bin 3.12 - slow system freeze on i686, OK on x86_64

On 12/09/2010 04:46 AM, Mauro Santos wrote: > Does the machine where it worked well support VT-x/AMD-V and is it enabled? > > The only relevant info I can remember of is [1] and the link provided by > wonder [2]. Maybe that problem isn't completely fixed or it may be an > unrelated bug. > > [1] h

Re: [arch-general] Howto Preserve Current Kernel through Update?

On 12/11/2010 09:34 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > mkinitcpio -k 2.6.35-dcr \ > -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf \ > -g /boot/kernel26-dcr.img > > mkinitcpio -k 2.6.35-dcr \ > -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf \ > -g /boot/kernel26-dcr-fallback.img \ > -S autodetect Of course that should be 2.6.36-dcr -- David C. R

[arch-general] Howto Preserve Current Kernel through Update?

Guys, I want to keep the current kernel while I upgrade to 2.6.36-2 and where I confused is how to use mkinitcpio to do this. What I think I can do to preserve the current kernel as 2.6.36-dcr is: (1) cp -a /lib/modules/2.6.36-ARCH /lib/modules/2.6.36-dcr (2) mkinitcpio -k 2.6.35-dcr \

Re: [arch-general] Fluxbox broken when launched via qingy

On 12/09/2010 09:09 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > On 12/09/2010 01:48 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: >> On 12/08/2010 09:58 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: >>> >>> Anyone else seeing this and/or have ideas on how to fix? >>> >> >> Sorry DR, I still use kdm to launch flux. Hey, while we are on flux, sho

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] glibc and minimum kernel version

On 12/11/2010 10:49 AM, Allan McRae wrote: Hi, I am in the progress of updating the toolchain and thought it time to review what our minimum required kernel version is for glibc. For those that do not know, assuming a newer kernel allows glibc to have less workarounds compiled in. So it may be

Re: [arch-general] perl 5.12.2 anytime soon? or just going to wait for 5.12.3 or 5.14.1

nvm... I just noticed the thread on -dev-public -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.com

[arch-general] perl 5.12.2 anytime soon? or just going to wait for 5.12.3 or 5.14.1

perl 5.12.2 came out at the end of august... I'm just wondering if we'll be getting it... 5.12.3 should come out... I'd rather never see a stable 5.14.0 because 5.14.1 should follow a month later... and given the current speed of updated perls in arch... -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.co

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] kernel26-lts 2.6.32.27-1

Am Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:49:03 +0100 schrieb Andreas Radke : > Upstream update. Please sign off. > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.27 > > -Andy > Anyone? It's also fixes a vulnerability.