Re: [arch-general] busted system after update

2020-11-16 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
Many of use have been there! Earlier this year I overwrote /etc/shadow with pacnew in a moment of madness.

[arch-general] PSA: OpenVPN no longer runs scripts as root

2020-11-10 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
OpenVPN now runs scripts as the user `openvpn`, not as root. This tripped me up recently, because I use the `update-systemd-resolved` script, but it can't do its thing without root. Just thought I'd put this out there in case anyone else was having issues.

Re: [arch-general] adding Polybar to offical Repos

2020-07-22 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
On 2020-07-22 14:54:13, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote: is is possible to include Polybar to the official packages under extra or community? if not could u plz explain? Polybar requires optional modules to be already installed before you compile it. Once built with those, it won't run withou

Re: [arch-general] I3 installation

2019-06-26 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
On 2019-06-26 13:44:41, Khorne wrote: On June 26, 2019 1:42:15 PM GMT+02:00, Ben Oliver via arch-general wrote: On 2019-06-26 17:05:31, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote: Hey Archers, I have a fresh installation now. Can you please guide me to install I3 gaps wm? I have seen sites but they

Re: [arch-general] I3 installation

2019-06-26 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
On 2019-06-26 17:05:31, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote: Hey Archers, I have a fresh installation now. Can you please guide me to install I3 gaps wm? I have seen sites but they are confusing me.. i need detaied step by step instruction please The wiki is quite good: https://wiki.archlinux.org

Re: [arch-general] How long do you make the passphrase for the private key?

2019-06-25 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
On 2019-06-25 09:35:53, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Yes, they exist. https://www.imperialviolet.org/2018/03/27/webauthn.html is a comprehensive introduction that will give you terms to feed Google, and his https://www.imperialviolet.org/2017/08/13/securitykeys.html compares some of the keys then on the

Re: [arch-general] gscan2pdf - could it be included in the official arch repositories?

2017-10-26 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
I can vouch for it too. I have to scan all the mail at work and before we got a printer that scanned to FTP I went through loads and loads of options trying to find some suitable scanning software. Eventually I settled on gscan2pdf because it seemed to be one of the few that could reliably make mu

Re: [arch-general] Good gif recorder

2017-07-16 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
I have a little script in my PATH that does kind of what Nicolas mentioned. I stole it from somewhere but I can't remember the source, sorry. I should probably switch to webm or something but this has worked well for me so far when it comes to just recording 1-6 second UI/UX stuff. http://ix.io/y

Re: [arch-general] Suppressing specific pacman warnings

2017-04-05 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
https://lowendbox.com/ is a good place to shop around on.

Re: [arch-general] Archlinux i3wm i3-scrot copy clipboard

2017-02-21 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
Would this work? bindsym Print exec scrot 'screenshot.png' -e 'xclip -selection c -t image/png $f' (note that this binds it to the print screen key) On 21 February 2017 at 16:38, Maykel Franco via arch-general wrote: > Hi, I love with muy installation. Archlinux + i3wm but I like take > scr

Re: [arch-general] [OT] Favorite/best desktop in archlinux

2016-11-07 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
I agree with all the above. XFCE is my go-to when I need a lightweight and reliable DE. Otherwise I'm strictly a WM guy - tried xmonad, liked it, but then found out that i3 has the setup I was using as default, so I switched. Plain text config files are also nice (although I imagine somewhat limi

Re: [arch-general] fail to export gpg private key

2016-07-06 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
This may or may not be related, but a recent caused lots of permissions errors in my gnupg homedirs. Happened on three machines.

Re: [arch-general] SLiM DM

2016-06-12 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
I used Slim for years only to find out it was abandoned when I tried to use it in a fresh install (and therefore checked the wiki). Moved to LightDM and have not noticed any major difference, but I don't do anything fancy with my login screens...

Re: [arch-general] ML is being sent to Spam by Gmail

2016-06-08 Thread Ben Oliver via arch-general
I have been meaning to write here about this issue too, 70% of ML stuff has been going straight to spam. A way to quickly create filters is to click the little drop down arrow at the top of the message, next to the 'to Foo'. Next to the 'mailing list:' title, there's a button that says 'filter mes

Re: [arch-general] startx on arch vm running on ESXI (when accessed via ssh - do I need a DM?)

2016-03-19 Thread Ben Oliver
I would personally set up VNC and tunnel it over ssh. Tried your approach once and never had much joy.

Re: [arch-general] How much people use Arch Linux

2016-02-19 Thread Ben Oliver
I can only agree with all the above. The nature of Arch, and free software in general, makes it very hard to track the number of users. Commercially, 'number of users' can be a measure of success so people go to great lengths to keep tabs on how many users they have (or they have an even simpler m

Re: [arch-general] Firefox without signature checking

2016-01-02 Thread Ben Oliver
On 2 January 2016 at 20:17, Kyle Terrien wrote: > Hello, > > Are there plans to package a version of Firefox 44 that lets you disable > extension signature checking? > > Background: Firefox is shipping with signature checking for addons. > Right now (in Firefox 43), there is an option to disable

Re: [arch-general] Key not working

2015-12-09 Thread Ben Oliver
On 9 December 2015 at 14:25, Peter O'Doherty wrote: > Yes, the others work. > I just plugged a keyboard in and the arrow works. That seems to suggest a > laptop hardware problem, right? > > I'm far from an expert but that would be my conclusion, yes. Try Ivan's suggestion too, just in case.

Re: [arch-general] Key not working

2015-12-09 Thread Ben Oliver
On 9 Dec 2015 2:12 pm, "Peter O'Doherty" wrote: > > Hi, > I've just done a new arch install on my Dell laptop and have noticed that the right arrow isn't working. And showkeys doesn't respond to the key being pressed. Is there anything else I can try before assuming it's a hardware problem? > > Ma

Re: [arch-general] Problems with movie playback (HTML5)

2015-11-18 Thread Ben Oliver
On 18 November 2015 at 11:01, Marco wrote: > Hi there, > > > After recent update I have problems in HTML5 movie playback. > > > > In Chromium, films on YouTube are buffered but don't want to start at > all. [...] > > In firefox [...] > > System updated with pacman 16.11.2015. > > Anyone seeing si

Re: [arch-general] Mouse buttons not working in X

2015-11-15 Thread Ben Oliver
On 15 Nov 2015 4:56 pm, "Magnus Therning" wrote: > > I've just updated a sligtly neglected machine I have (not upgraded since > mid-September). Thanks to the [ARA][1] I managed to upgrade it in weekly > steps. It all seemed to work fine, and indeed it boots just fine. > There's only one little thi

Re: [arch-general] systemd-networkd and netctl with multiple interfaces

2015-11-11 Thread Ben Oliver
On 11 November 2015 at 09:18, Ludwig Zins wrote: > On 11/11/15 09:47, Bennett Piater wrote: > > Hello! > > I installed Arch on my new Thinkpad T450s over the weekend. > > Everything works well, but I have a question: > > > > I use systemd-networkd to manage my network interfaces and netctl for >

Re: [arch-general] Infinality repositories seems to break upgrade (could not satisfy dependencies).

2015-10-29 Thread Ben Oliver
On 29 October 2015 at 15:46, Christopher Woods wrote: > I actually fixed this by removing the ibfonts-meta-extended, > ibfonts-meta-base, ibfonts-meta-extended-lt, and > ttf-noto-serif-multilang-ib > packages, and then reinstalling ibfonts-meta-base and > ibfonts-meta-extended. > > Worked for me

Re: [arch-general] Infinality repositories seems to break upgrade (could not satisfy dependencies).

2015-10-29 Thread Ben Oliver
On 29 October 2015 at 14:23, Maxim Lacrima wrote: > Hi, > > I use infinality for better font rendering, but looks like it breaks system > upgrade. > > sudo pacman -Syu > :: Synchronizing package databases... > core is up to date > extra is up to date > community is up to date > infinality-bun

Re: [arch-general] weechat installs to /usr/local

2015-08-20 Thread Ben Oliver
On 20 August 2015 at 08:33, Ben Oliver wrote: > > On 20 August 2015 at 07:54, Jagannathan Tiruvallur Eachambadi < > jagannatha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> HI >> >> The weechat package now installs to /usr/local after the recent update. >> Can >>

Re: [arch-general] weechat installs to /usr/local

2015-08-20 Thread Ben Oliver
On 20 August 2015 at 07:54, Jagannathan Tiruvallur Eachambadi < jagannatha...@gmail.com> wrote: > HI > > The weechat package now installs to /usr/local after the recent update. Can > the maintainer look into it. I looked into the PKGBUILD, but there is no > change in the way the package is compile

Re: [arch-general] current flash vulnerabilities - what to do?

2015-07-16 Thread Ben Oliver
On 16 July 2015 at 13:04, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:45:35 -0500, Francis Gerund wrote: > >Just uninstalled flashplugin (really should never have installed > >anyway). can always try gnash later, but I'll try without to see how > >it goes. > > Gnash can't replace the proprietary

Re: [arch-general] no screen grabber

2015-05-22 Thread Ben Oliver
On 22 May 2015 at 20:07, Neven Sajko wrote: > On 22 May 2015 at 21:05, Neven Sajko wrote: > > On 22 May 2015 at 17:26, LoneVVolf wrote: > >> How do I search for a binary screen grabber package? > > > > You should read the General recommendations wiki page to learn about > > the Archlinux ecosys

Re: [arch-general] PyChess Audio

2015-05-08 Thread Ben Oliver
I cannot reproduce the issue I'm afraid, everything works well on my end off a fresh install of pychess. On 8 May 2015 at 08:23, Jan Alexander Steffens wrote: > On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Grady Martin > wrote: > > Hello, all. Does anyone play chess? PyChess is great and seems mostly > fr