Re: [arch-general] Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs

Am Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:07:00 -0400 schrieb "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" : > Actually It's been a long time since I had actual boot failures with > Arch... And if memory serves it wasn't the updated kernels fault, > though I no longer remember what I'd done... You see, those cases in which a kernel up

Re: [arch-general] Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs

It would appear that on Jun 11, Heiko Baums did say: > Am Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:40:36 -0400 > schrieb "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" : > > > OK so lets see if I understand... I already maintain a manually > > configured grub legacy partition where each of my installed Linux > > have both a chainloader m

Re: [arch-general] Network Config - Fixed IP - ifconfig no longer reports broadcast address?

On 06/11/2011 06:23 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote: On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 12:59 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: Bug or feature? After updating rc.conf to contain the new network configuration for a fixed IP, ifconfig no longer reports the broadcast address. Using the new config of: Bug. Fixed in git

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel26-2.6.39.1-1

On 06/10/2011 10:09 AM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: Hi guys, please signoff 2.6.39 series for both arches. Upstream changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges Signoff both -- But -- Where is the kernel26-2.6.39.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz saved now? Not in /var/cache/pacman/pkg anymore? -- David C

Re: [arch-general] Network Config - Fixed IP - ifconfig no longer reports broadcast address?

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 12:59 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: >  Bug or feature? After updating rc.conf to contain the new network > configuration for a fixed IP, ifconfig no longer reports the broadcast > address. Using the new config of: Bug. Fixed in git:

Re: [arch-general] Network Config - Fixed IP - ifconfig no longer reports broadcast address?

Am 12.06.2011 00:59, schrieb David C. Rankin: Guys, Bug or feature? After updating rc.conf to contain the new network configuration for a fixed IP, ifconfig no longer reports the broadcast address. Using the new config of: interface=eth0 address=192.168.6.14 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.16

[arch-general] Network Config - Fixed IP - ifconfig no longer reports broadcast address?

Guys, Bug or feature? After updating rc.conf to contain the new network configuration for a fixed IP, ifconfig no longer reports the broadcast address. Using the new config of: interface=eth0 address=192.168.6.14 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.6.13 I get: 17:48 archangel:~> ifconfi

Re: [arch-general] blacklisting/MOD_AUTOLOAD - what drove the change?

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 12:44 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, > >  Just curious for the reason behind the changes to blacklisting and > MOD_AUTOLOAD.  What drove the change? > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Going with what upstream does. The module-init-tools already provide blacklisting.

[arch-general] blacklisting/MOD_AUTOLOAD - what drove the change?

Guys, Just curious for the reason behind the changes to blacklisting and MOD_AUTOLOAD. What drove the change? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs

On Friday 10 June 2011 20:44:16 Mauro Santos wrote: > Arch users have lived without the last good known kernel so far and > without an -lts kernel until recently. IMHO it is a lot more advisable > to have an install cd/usb, or even better, a custom install in some > external media that can be used

Re: [arch-general] Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs

Am Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:40:36 -0400 schrieb "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" : > OK so lets see if I understand... I already maintain a manually > configured grub legacy partition where each of my installed Linux > have both a chainloader menu entry to whichever grub that Linux has > installed to /boot on

Re: [arch-general] Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs

It would appear that on Jun 11, Heiko Baums did say: > Am Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:21:17 -0400 > schrieb "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" : > > > Mind specifying for an idiot like me just which package-file-names > > I'd need to use with pacman -U to restore the previous kernel, > > complete with it's module

Re: [arch-general] Dejavu sans mono fonts rendering issue.

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Jan Steffens wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 9:43 AM, mwnn wrote: >> The following .fonts.conf file did the trick: >> ... > The slackware screenshot looks more like: > .. hehe, I must say I did not notice any significant difference aside from font and background

Re: [arch-general] [arch-announce] Deprecation of net-tools

Hi Rémy, On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Rémy Oudompheng wrote: > I will need testers for the various patches I merged from the bug > tracker, notably IPv6. Any comments on the suggested implementation > are welcome. Great to hear that you are working on this! My two cents: I noticed you made

Re: [arch-general] [arch-announce] Deprecation of net-tools

On 2011/6/10 James Rayner wrote: > netcfg has an option that runs ip/iproute with any custom option > (routes, IPs anything), the option is "IPCFG". It may be seen in the > example ethernet-iproute[1]. > > IFCFG is the obscure command you mention, unfortunately it's not too > obscure, as this was

Re: [arch-general] Dejavu sans mono fonts rendering issue.

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 9:43 AM, mwnn wrote: > The following .fonts.conf file did the trick: > > > >   >   >   none >   >   >   >   >   false >   >   >   >   >   hintnone >   >   >   >   >   true >   >   > The slackware screenshot looks more like: rgb true hintsli

Re: [arch-general] EveryDNS compulsory migration to Dyn

On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 10:16 +0800, Abdul Halim wrote: > I can't help but notice that ArchLinux is using EveryDNS for its DNS server. > And since I also use EveryDNS DNS server, what is the plan for > ArchLinux domain administrator since EveryDNS users need to migrate to > Dyn by 31-Aug-2011? > Will

Re: [arch-general] On module blacklisting

Am Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:16:54 +0300 schrieb cantabile : > On 06/11/2011 11:55 AM, Philipp Überbacher wrote: > > Another thing, is it still possible to have the rc.conf network > > stuff as a one-liner or is this new format required? I just need to > > switch between dhcp and a static address from t

Re: [arch-general] On module blacklisting

On 06/11/2011 11:55 AM, Philipp Überbacher wrote: Another thing, is it still possible to have the rc.conf network stuff as a one-liner or is this new format required? I just need to switch between dhcp and a static address from time to time and a one liner is more convenient to comment/uncomment.

Re: [arch-general] On module blacklisting

On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:55:35 +0200 Philipp Überbacher wrote: > Excerpts from Tom Gundersen's message of 2011-06-11 02:22:56 +0200: > > Hi Magnus, > > > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Magnus Therning > > wrote: > > > 1. As I read it, it's only blacklisting that's affected, is that > > >   c

Re: [arch-general] On module blacklisting

Excerpts from Tom Gundersen's message of 2011-06-11 02:22:56 +0200: > Hi Magnus, > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Magnus Therning wrote: > > 1. As I read it, it's only blacklisting that's affected, is that > >   correct? > > Correct. > > >   So MODULES in rc.conf can in the future only be u

Re: [arch-general] Dejavu sans mono fonts rendering issue.

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:26 PM, mwnn wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Rémy Oudompheng > wrote: >> On 2011/6/11 mwnn wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>>   I am unable to configure fonts on my new arch linux system. The >>> fonts from the old slackware installation are similar to >>> http://i.imgur