Re: [arch-general] note about beginners guide

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:58 AM, wrote: > In installation chapter we can see: Why not just update it, its a wiki after all.

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] syslinux 4.05-5 does not boot

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Ionut Biru wrote: > On 08/09/2012 01:55 AM, Myra Nelson wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Dave Reisner wrote: >>> On Aug 8, 2012 6:04 PM, "Allan McRae" wrote: On 09/08/12 05:29, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Am 08.08.2012 21:25, schrieb Evangelo

Re: [arch-general] Installation_Guide - fix concerning bootloader config reference

On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 09:14:08PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 08/07/2012 06:51 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Another problem documented is that cfdisk makes a system incompatible > > for grub2 installation since grub2 expects everything to start at sector > > 2048 and cfdisk starts everyth

Re: [arch-general] Installation_Guide - fix concerning bootloader config reference

On 08/07/2012 06:51 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Another problem documented is that cfdisk makes a system incompatible > for grub2 installation since grub2 expects everything to start at sector > 2048 and cfdisk starts everything at sector 63. > Hmm..., I don't know if that bothered grub2. I u

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

Thanks a lot for the package, but unfortunately I'm still experiencing this bug: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=144763 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421577 Because of the rules posted in gentoo's bugs, I thought I could fix this annoyance with polkit 107 but wasn't the case.

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] syslinux 4.05-5 does not boot

On 08/09/2012 01:55 AM, Myra Nelson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Dave Reisner wrote: >> On Aug 8, 2012 6:04 PM, "Allan McRae" wrote: >>> >>> On 09/08/12 05:29, Tobias Powalowski wrote: Am 08.08.2012 21:25, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Tobias P

[arch-general] note about beginners guide

In installation chapter we can see: > Available time zones and subzones can be found in the > |/usr/share/zoneinfo//| directories. > > it's helpful to see the available time zones. To do so, cd to the > directory: > > # cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/ > > then type: > > # ls Why not type just this ? ls

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] syslinux 4.05-5 does not boot

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Dave Reisner wrote: > On Aug 8, 2012 6:04 PM, "Allan McRae" wrote: >> >> On 09/08/12 05:29, Tobias Powalowski wrote: >> > Am 08.08.2012 21:25, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: >> >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Tobias Powalowski >> >> wrote: >> >>> It was just a reb

Re: [arch-general] Screen Scaling Issues

Hello Mathew, > Sorry, I didn't see that you are using fglrx. I think there's a catalyst GUI > or > something with the overscan options. I can't help you there though because > I've > only ever used xf86-video-ati. Additionally, your monitor may have overscan > settings. Unfortunaly i have no ch

Re: [arch-general] Something wrong with firefox/thunderbird driving X cpu usage -> 100%

On 08/08/2012 03:20 PM, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote: > On 08/08/2012 02:34 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: >> Guys, >> >> I have watched this in top for the past week or so. Thunderbird and >> Firefox are causing X cpu usage to shoot upt to between 80-100% on >> simple tasks like scrolling a message list

Re: [arch-general] Something wrong with firefox/thunderbird driving X cpu usage -> 100%

On 08/08/2012 09:33 AM, Adam Sparks wrote: I saw an email just like this like week and made a switch to chromium. There is a difference. Especially when opening a new window, Firefox has some very large spikes. Don't use Thunderbird so I cannot say anything about that. On Aug 8, 2012 6:30 AM, "Th

Re: [arch-general] Screen Scaling Issues

On 08/08/2012 09:46 AM, Alfredo Palhares wrote: > Hello Mathew, > > Excerpts from Matthew Monaco's message of Wed Aug 08 16:21:43 +0200 2012: >> Sounds like an underscan/overscan issue. Try >> >> xrandr --output --set underscan off > > masterkorp ~ $ xrandr --output DFP5 --set underscan off > X

Re: [arch-general] Mime backup program

> Does Google Code have support for pull requests or anything like that? > Not sure if they do, I have been using my own local svn repo. Perhaps with the name change I'll also move the project. Been working on slowly moving away from Google products anyways so this will be good. -- Yesterday i

Re: [arch-general] Mime backup program

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Squall Lionheart wrote: >> 3. Mind switching to version control systems and to GitHub? It’s much >> nicer and a billion times easier for people to contribute. > > I'm currently using google code and they have a source control option, I'll > set that up after a rena

Re: [arch-general] Screen Scaling Issues

Hello Mathew, Excerpts from Matthew Monaco's message of Wed Aug 08 16:21:43 +0200 2012: > Sounds like an underscan/overscan issue. Try > > xrandr --output --set underscan off masterkorp ~ $ xrandr --output DFP5 --set underscan off X Error of failed request: BadName (named color or font does n

Re: [arch-general] Mime backup program

> Following Kwpolska remarks, I suggest waiting a little bit before > writing the PKGBUILD. > Btw, this will only need you 15-30 minutes to write and check > integrity. But as already proposed, I can do it for you if you run out > of time. I agree, lets come back to this after a rename. -- Yes

Re: [arch-general] Mime backup program

> 1. A better name would be a great idea. When I saw “mime backup > program”, I immediately thought of mimetypes, when I shouldn’t. This has been my biggest fear and I have always felt uncomfortable with the name because of that. Unfortunately, I have been trying to come up with something better

Re: [arch-general] Mime backup program

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Kwpolska wrote: > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Squall Lionheart > wrote: >> Hello, >> >> A few weeks ago there was a thread regarding the best "Arch" way of backing >> up /etc and I mentioned that I wrote a backup program that works very well >> for that. I pr

Re: [arch-general] Screen Scaling Issues

On 08/08/2012 07:36 AM, Alfredo Palhares wrote: > Hello, i am having some problems setting up Xorg correctly. > > I have a ATI Radeon 7750 codename "Cape Verde" > VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cape Verde > PRO [Radeon HD 7700 Series] > > I have a problem when i

Re: [arch-general] Mime backup program

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Squall Lionheart wrote: > Hello, > > A few weeks ago there was a thread regarding the best "Arch" way of backing > up /etc and I mentioned that I wrote a backup program that works very well > for that. I promised I would let everyone know when my new version becam

[arch-general] Screen Scaling Issues

Hello, i am having some problems setting up Xorg correctly. I have a ATI Radeon 7750 codename "Cape Verde" VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7700 Series] I have a problem when i start X, on 1920x1080 the screen is not fully used, i get som

Re: [arch-general] Something wrong with firefox/thunderbird driving X cpu usage -> 100%

I saw an email just like this like week and made a switch to chromium. There is a difference. Especially when opening a new window, Firefox has some very large spikes. Don't use Thunderbird so I cannot say anything about that. On Aug 8, 2012 6:30 AM, "Thaddeus Nielsen" wrote: > On Wed, 08 Aug 201

Re: [arch-general] Something wrong with firefox/thunderbird driving X cpu usage -> 100%

On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:34:14 -0500 "David C. Rankin" wrote: > Guys, > >I have watched this in top for the past week or so. Thunderbird > and Firefox are causing X cpu usage to shoot upt to between 80-100% > on simple tasks like scrolling a message list in tbird or simply > opening css menus

Re: [arch-general] Something wrong with firefox/thunderbird driving X cpu usage -> 100%

On 08/08/2012 02:34 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, > > I have watched this in top for the past week or so. Thunderbird and > Firefox are causing X cpu usage to shoot upt to between 80-100% on > simple tasks like scrolling a message list in tbird or simply opening > css menus in firefox. All o

Re: [arch-general] Something wrong with firefox/thunderbird driving X cpu usage -> 100%

On 08/08/2012 08:34 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: Guys, I have watched this in top for the past week or so. Thunderbird and Firefox are causing X cpu usage to shoot upt to between 80-100% on simple tasks like scrolling a message list in tbird or simply opening css menus in firefox. All of this

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

On 08/08/2012 08:30 AM, Tom Gundersen wrote: On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Baho Utot wrote: what if one wants a system not unlike a Unix system? Might be too late, but you could try contacting: . -t They just filed chapter7 Maybe I can pick up a bargin

[arch-general] Something wrong with firefox/thunderbird driving X cpu usage -> 100%

Guys, I have watched this in top for the past week or so. Thunderbird and Firefox are causing X cpu usage to shoot upt to between 80-100% on simple tasks like scrolling a message list in tbird or simply opening css menus in firefox. All of this used to be instantaneous and never cause the cp

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Baho Utot wrote: > what if one wants a system not unlike a Unix system? Might be too late, but you could try contacting: . -t

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

On 08/08/2012 05:50 AM, Jelle van der Waa wrote: On 08/08/12 10:52, Jayesh Badwaik wrote: On Wednesday 08 Aug 2012 09:38:40 Lukas Jirkovsky wrote: Works fine here with the "nearly Poettering-free" system. I'm using KDE networkmanager applet. I tested a system-wide wifi connection and it worked

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

On 8 August 2012 10:52, Jayesh Badwaik wrote: > On Wednesday 08 Aug 2012 09:38:40 Lukas Jirkovsky wrote: >> Works fine here with the "nearly Poettering-free" system. I'm using >> KDE networkmanager applet. I tested a system-wide wifi connection and >> it worked fine. > > Are you able to use KDE wi

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

On Wednesday 08 Aug 2012 11:50:33 Jelle van der Waa wrote: > What if Poettering writes a kernel patch, are you going to stop using > linux then? > The poettering rants are a bit silly, since multiple devs work on > Pulseaudio and Systemd. > > But back on topic, yes you can run KDE fine without Pul

Re: [arch-general] offlineimap + gmail : don't sync anymore

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Kazuo Teramoto wrote: > On 08 Aug 2012 at 06:54:33 -0300, arnaud gaboury wrote: >> can you be more precised please? I know how to remove the crontab. But >> shall I add the second variable in muttrc? >> > > To `offlineimap.conf`. > > Take a look at `/usr/share/offl

Re: [arch-general] offlineimap + gmail : don't sync anymore

On 08 Aug 2012 at 06:54:33 -0300, arnaud gaboury wrote: > can you be more precised please? I know how to remove the crontab. But > shall I add the second variable in muttrc? > To `offlineimap.conf`. Take a look at `/usr/share/offlineimap/offlineimap.conf`. Kazuo Teramoto signature.asc Descrip

Re: [arch-general] offlineimap + gmail : don't sync anymore

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Mantas Mikulėnas wrote: > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: >> You probably set it to sync too often. Stop trying to sync for a day >> or so (and set your frequency lower). Contrary to popular belief, >> being 10 minutes late getting an email proba

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

On 08/08/12 10:52, Jayesh Badwaik wrote: > On Wednesday 08 Aug 2012 09:38:40 Lukas Jirkovsky wrote: >> Works fine here with the "nearly Poettering-free" system. I'm using >> KDE networkmanager applet. I tested a system-wide wifi connection and >> it worked fine. > > Are you able to use KDE without

Re: [arch-general] offlineimap + gmail : don't sync anymore

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > You probably set it to sync too often. Stop trying to sync for a day > or so (and set your frequency lower). Contrary to popular belief, > being 10 minutes late getting an email probably WON'T get you killed > or fired =) Even better, remove it

Re: [arch-general] offlineimap + gmail : don't sync anymore

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:35 PM, arnaud gaboury wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a Mutt+msmtp+offlineimap set up. This has been working very > well for the past weeks. > offlineimap is croned each 3 minutes. > > Since one hour, Mutt is no more receiving incoming emails. I only see > them on the gmail

[arch-general] offlineimap + gmail : don't sync anymore

Hello all, I have a Mutt+msmtp+offlineimap set up. This has been working very well for the past weeks. offlineimap is croned each 3 minutes. Since one hour, Mutt is no more receiving incoming emails. I only see them on the gmail website or on my mobile device. When I run $offlineimap it returns t

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

On Wednesday 08 Aug 2012 09:38:40 Lukas Jirkovsky wrote: > Works fine here with the "nearly Poettering-free" system. I'm using > KDE networkmanager applet. I tested a system-wide wifi connection and > it worked fine. Are you able to use KDE without all the Poettering stuff? -- Cheers and Regard

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

On 8 August 2012 00:10, Tom Gundersen wrote: > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Martin Zecher wrote: >> Yes, please! Putting it in testing may solve my issues with >> networkmanagement applet. > > I didn't put it in testing as I guess it needs some discussion. > However, I committed what I have t

Re: [arch-general] Mime backup program

On 07/08/12||08:59, Squall Lionheart wrote: > Arno and Ashkan, > > > Is there any issue if I install it from your tarball, or shall I create > > first a PKGBUILD. which is normally the safest way. > > Their is no issue with just following the instructions and using the Python > installer, except