Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Taylor Hedberg
Sebastian Schwarz, Thu 2011-11-10 @ 16:36:54+0100: > My display comes back with the minimal brightness setting. Also the > XF86MonBrightnessUp (Fn+Up) and XF86MonBrightnessDown (Fn+Down) > buttons stopped working. I can restore the previous brightness level > and the buttons by running: > > c

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread Mauro Santos
On 10-11-2011 22:40, David C. Rankin wrote: On 11/10/2011 04:16 PM, Kirill Churin wrote: localtime is a mess, it were told here zillion times. Maybe you'll better run Windows in virtual machine instead? Thanks Kirill, I have both virtualbox running in Arch, and I also have the original drive

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/10/2011 04:16 PM, Kirill Churin wrote: localtime is a mess, it were told here zillion times. Maybe you'll better run Windows in virtual machine instead? Thanks Kirill, I have both virtualbox running in Arch, and I also have the original drive in this box that boots windows. The other

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread Kirill Churin
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:01 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > It would seem that there are still some issues with this: > http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/09/02/224672.aspx This post is from 2004, and there are no any significant issues mentioned. >  So without an option for "localtime

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/10/2011 02:59 PM, C Anthony Risinger wrote: Yeah I'm really not sure about the jump, ntp should be logging any changes anyway (though I believe it will not change the time if greater than some threshold) ... however, some time ago it was announced that localtime is no longer supported for

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread Guillermo Leira
Hi! > -Mensaje original- > De: arch-general-boun...@archlinux.org [mailto:arch-general- > boun...@archlinux.org] En nombre de David C. Rankin > Enviado el: jueves, 10 de noviembre de 2011 21:44 > Para: General Discussion about Arch Linux > Asunto: Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686

Re: [arch-general] rlocate status

2011-11-10 Thread SanskritFritz
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Leonid Isaev wrote: > On (11/10/11 14:42), SanskritFritz wrote: > -~> I saw rlocate was moved into community in 2008 and again back to aur. I > -~> remember trying it once, but could not compile it. Now it complains > -~> "configure: error: *** rlocate needs kerne

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/10/2011 02:47 PM, Leonid Isaev wrote: OK. On top of my head I would suggest: 1. Play with clocksource (see kernel-parameters.txt). 2. Add "-ddd" to /etc/conf.d/ntpd.conf's NTPD_ARGS variable. 3. See thishttp://twiki.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/KnownHardwareIssues (might need to disable ntpd).

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Nov 10, 2011 2:44 PM, "David C. Rankin" wrote: > > On 11/10/2011 01:55 PM, Mauro Santos wrote: >> >> On 10-11-2011 19:16, David C. Rankin wrote: >>> >>> >>> Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare >>> that to the time returned by "# date". If they are hours apart,

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread Mauro Santos
On 10-11-2011 20:44, David C. Rankin wrote: On 11/10/2011 01:55 PM, Mauro Santos wrote: On 10-11-2011 19:16, David C. Rankin wrote: Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare that to the time returned by "# date". If they are hours apart, then make sure your sysclock

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread Leonid Isaev
On (11/10/11 14:19), David C. Rankin wrote: -~> On 11/10/2011 01:28 PM, C Anthony Risinger wrote: -~> >On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM, David C. Rankin -~> > wrote: -~> >> -~> >> Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare that -~> >>to the time returned by "# date". If

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/10/2011 01:55 PM, Mauro Santos wrote: On 10-11-2011 19:16, David C. Rankin wrote: Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare that to the time returned by "# date". If they are hours apart, then make sure your sysclock is correct and set the hardware clock to you

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/10/2011 01:28 PM, C Anthony Risinger wrote: On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare that to the time returned by "# date". If they are hours apart, then make sure your sysclock is correct and set the

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread Mauro Santos
On 10-11-2011 19:16, David C. Rankin wrote: Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare that to the time returned by "# date". If they are hours apart, then make sure your sysclock is correct and set the hardware clock to your sysclock with "# hwclock -w". Worth checkin

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Leonid Isaev
On (11/09/2011 06:55 PM), Taylor Hedberg wrote: -~> Additionally, after the first reboot following the update (which did not -~> have the aforementioned display problems), I had issues with the display -~> backlight after starting X. Indeed there seems to be a problem with intel graphics. Since 3.

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Mike Bishop
On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 07:55:22PM -0500, Taylor Hedberg wrote: > Since updating to Linux 3.1 yesterday, I've been having strange problems > with the display on my laptop. The first reboot after updating the > kernel went normally, but every subsequent boot since then has had > problems. > > This

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread Richard Schütz
Am 10.11.2011 20:16, schrieb David C. Rankin: Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare that to the time returned by "# date". If they are hours apart, then make sure your sysclock is correct and set the hardware clock to your sysclock with "# hwclock -w". Worth che

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread Leonid Isaev
On (11/10/11 13:16), David C. Rankin wrote: -~> Hmm.. Absolutely no help from the logs on the box that locked: -~> -~> Nov 10 03:20:04 phoenix -- MARK -- -~> Nov 10 03:25:34 phoenix dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.7.124 from -~> 00:11:43:22:50:08 via eth0 -~> Nov 10 03:25:34 phoenix dhcpd: DHCPAC

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread David J. Haines
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 2:28 PM, C Anthony Risinger wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM, David C. Rankin > wrote: >> >>  Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare that >> to the time returned by "# date". If they are hours apart, then make sure >> your sysclock is

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/09/2011 06:55 PM, Taylor Hedberg wrote: Additionally, after the first reboot following the update (which did not have the aforementioned display problems), I had issues with the display backlight after starting X. Just to add to the display discussion... On an x86_64 (with nVidia), aft

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > >  Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare that > to the time returned by "# date". If they are hours apart, then make sure > your sysclock is correct and set the hardware clock to your sysclock with "# > hwclo

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/10/2011 12:56 PM, David J. Haines wrote: On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Richard Schütz wrote: Am 10.11.2011 18:47, schrieb David C. Rankin: tpowa, Upgraded 5 i686 boxes and 2 x86_64 boxes to linux 3.1-4 yesterday night. This morning, one i686 server is dead, other i686 box responded

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread David J. Haines
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Richard Schütz wrote: > Am 10.11.2011 18:47, schrieb David C. Rankin: >> >> tpowa, >> >> Upgraded 5 i686 boxes and 2 x86_64 boxes to linux 3.1-4 yesterday night. >> This morning, one i686 server is dead, other i686 box responded to xterm >> (return input) and then

Re: [arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread Richard Schütz
Am 10.11.2011 18:47, schrieb David C. Rankin: tpowa, Upgraded 5 i686 boxes and 2 x86_64 boxes to linux 3.1-4 yesterday night. This morning, one i686 server is dead, other i686 box responded to xterm (return input) and then locked (ssh connection was left up after login to confirm reboot). Two ot

[arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

2011-11-10 Thread David C. Rankin
tpowa, Upgraded 5 i686 boxes and 2 x86_64 boxes to linux 3.1-4 yesterday night. This morning, one i686 server is dead, other i686 box responded to xterm (return input) and then locked (ssh connection was left up after login to confirm reboot). Two other i686 boxes (under no load) still runni

Re: [arch-general] codecs/codecs64 - what's the scoop? Why the massive difference.

2011-11-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/10/2011 08:09 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote: What you should figure out is that you don't need either of those packages. That's all I needed to know. Thanks Thomas... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] rlocate status

2011-11-10 Thread Leonid Isaev
On (11/10/11 14:42), SanskritFritz wrote: -~> I saw rlocate was moved into community in 2008 and again back to aur. I -~> remember trying it once, but could not compile it. Now it complains -~> "configure: error: *** rlocate needs kernel 2.6 to work". -~> What is the status of this project now, is

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Sebastian Schwarz
Hello, On 2011-11-09 at 19:55 -0500, Taylor Hedberg wrote: > This is a Dell Latitude D620 laptop with the following > graphics-related lines in the lspci output: > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, > 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Re: [arch-general] codecs/codecs64 - what's the scoop? Why the massive difference.

2011-11-10 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 10.11.2011 07:21, schrieb David C. Rankin: > Guys, > > I'm trying to figure out why the i686 codecs package (rm from extra > now in aur) is so massively different from the x86_64 codecs64 package > in aur. The i686 package seems fine, but the x86_64 package seems to be > nothing but a shadow

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Mauro Santos
On 10-11-2011 06:45, Uli Armbruster wrote: * Taylor Hedberg [10.11.2011 01:55]: Since updating to Linux 3.1 yesterday, I've been having strange problems with the display on my laptop. The first reboot after updating the kernel went normally, but every subsequent boot since then has had problems

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Uli Armbruster
* Taylor Hedberg [10.11.2011 13:50]: > Uli Armbruster, Thu 2011-11-10 @ 07:45:11+0100: > > I can confirm this behavior, however I'm not sure if it's software > > related. I have the impression that this happens here only if the > > laptop is cold (e.g. because I carried it around outside in the co

[arch-general] rlocate status

2011-11-10 Thread SanskritFritz
I saw rlocate was moved into community in 2008 and again back to aur. I remember trying it once, but could not compile it. Now it complains "configure: error: *** rlocate needs kernel 2.6 to work". What is the status of this project now, is it usable in archlinux? I find the idea very attractive.

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Taylor Hedberg
Uli Armbruster, Thu 2011-11-10 @ 07:45:11+0100: > I can confirm this behavior, however I'm not sure if it's software > related. I have the impression that this happens here only if the > laptop is cold (e.g. because I carried it around outside in the cold > german autumn). But Taylor's describtion

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Cédric Girard
Have you tried playing with KMS, see if it changes anything enabling or disabling it? -- Cédric Girard

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 10.11.2011 07:45, schrieb Uli Armbruster: > * Taylor Hedberg [10.11.2011 01:55]: >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, >> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) >> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, >> 94