Re: [arch-general] root login @ console

2020-11-14 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op za 14 nov. 2020 03:50 schreef Jack Frost via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org>: > Thanks for the tip. There were no pam.d/ files that had pam_tally and > now pacnew files. I am digging through pam man pages to see if I can > figure it out. Someone had to disable root access. I comm

Re: [arch-general] Telinit?

2020-08-17 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
;s still a good idea to restart the running services (or the whole server when the kernel is updated), but in principle you can just continue working while updating and reboot sometime later. Mvg, Guus Snijders >

Re: [arch-general] Permissions Problem possibly

2020-07-06 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
HOME (Where "$ " stands for the user prompt, not to be typed in) mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Doubts with 'apulse'

2020-04-07 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op di 7 apr. 2020 04:21 schreef riveravaldez via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org>: > Hi, if this queries must go to some other specific places (forums, > AUR, etc.) please let me know so I move them there. > > 2. According to [2] «to allow ALSA programs to play while JACK is > running ed

Re: [arch-general] how to upgrade 2017 server ?

2020-01-11 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
bably pre-requisites) and just solve any errors/warnings one at the time. If it really fails or takes too long, use your backup. If the server is in any way important, perhaps restoring the backup to a VM first is an option? Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Issue with 'eject -T'

2019-10-19 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
ould be something useful - does eject (close) work as root? It could be a weird permission issue Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

2019-10-12 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op vr 11 okt. 2019 17:34 schreef William Bevans via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org>: > I agree with you, I think having two base packages works well as it will > help people who want an small container install but also people who just > want a normal install. > People using containers

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

2019-10-09 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
ot deploying an (fully automated) container system. Arch is probably heading in a similar direction as Debian; a (relatively) low installed Base, with derivative distros using the same packages. Just my € 0,02 Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] New install second drive issue

2019-09-16 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op ma 16 sep. 2019 10:45 schreef pete via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org>: > Morning folks > > I have just done a complete new install on a new drive , That is all > working now fine . > > My problem comes when trying to include another drive on the system , > it just refuses to boot fu

Re: [arch-general] User/group name restrictions

2019-05-24 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op vr 24 mei 2019 07:52 schreef Spencer Collyer : > [...] > > > > The following (taken from > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/things-every-hacker-once-knew/) may be > relevant here: > > "The very earliest VDTs, like the ASR-33 before them, could form only > upper-case letters. An interesting hangove

Re: [arch-general] xflock4 and pambase

2019-02-11 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
his is related to the pambase update. [...] > > Should I fix it myself or is a bug report within reason? > Give it a try first; if it works with a correct pam file in place: it's a packaging bug. OTOH, it could be a bug in your config, in that case a bug report is probably unnecessary. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Suspicious activity and slowness ...

2018-12-17 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
about 30%, so it should > > wait for tasks to be executed, instead. > iotop should show which processes cause I/O. > 30% (as average?) appears a little steep, depending on what normal processes are running. Don't forget to check your memory usage... Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

2018-09-17 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
t way, you can easily select any version for testing, without running into dependancy issues for your own system. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

2018-09-17 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
method would be to create a virtual machine for every java version. In the VM case, add some shared storage and have fun. Just remember to freeze at least the java pkg in those vm's... Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

2018-09-15 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
and modify the name. Something like jdk9-custom etc. Then the higher versions won't conflict. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
to have executed by cron, not crontab files. The crontab files are config files, not the executables themselves. So to execute $prog every hour, you can either: edit the crontab and configure the schedule, program, etc *or* you create a script (or symlink) to call $program and place that in cron's "hourly" directory. It looks like you mixed up both options. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Antergoes problem.

2018-08-22 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
problem! > > Could you please post a complete sentence? > I'd guess the helpfulness is appreciated, but an off-list reply would have helped to keep the noise down. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Best way to customize PS1

2018-06-19 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
atter though). With apologies for any sharp undertones. ;) Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Best way to customize PS1

2018-06-19 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
some pacman/$tool bug; /etc/bash.bashrc is in the backupline of the PKGBUILD and has been for a long time at least. Anyway, just restore the file from your backup and/or version control system. Don't have one of those yet? Welcome to the wonderful world of system administration ;). Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Where can I 'setterm -blank 5 -powerdown 6' as part of the boot process/systemd startup?

2018-06-01 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
a try. I installed the service file in /usr/lib/systemd/system > and then enabled it. (I guess I should create a package for it) > Indeed, either a package or place it in /etc. /usr/lib is managed by pacman, so custom files there will cause confusion. Also, systemd has an hierarchy in /etc for exactly this reason... Mvg, Guus Snijders >

Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 163, Issue 29

2018-05-31 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
a form, doesn't mean you should fill it in and then submit... Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Distribution license of package information on the website?

2018-05-30 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
r; if your kitten gets eaten in the process, too bad... Now, if we were talking about commercial software, that might be something else. But AFAIK that has no real place in our repos. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Stronger Hashes for PKGBUILDs

2018-05-09 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
e are *not* very important. The hashes are there for a quick check if the download is complete. Integrity is a job for PGP. Mvg, Guus Snijders >

Re: [arch-general] Interesting Dual Boot Problems

2018-04-10 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
wn? Windows 10 hibernates by default (hybrid shutdown) when powering off. Reboot uses a 'real' shutdown. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Update to 4.15.8 on dual quad-core box locked on ( 3/16) Install DKMS modules, need help resurecting

2018-03-11 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
machine? It's a bit of a long shot, but hard lockups are suspicious. Especially since the CD also acts strangely. Though an overheating CPU could also cause these symptons. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] OpenRA / Mono exceptions

2018-03-05 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op zo 4 mrt. 2018 16:31 schreef Alajos Odoyle : > > On 2018-03-04 13:50, Guus Snijders via arch-general wrote: > > > > Just out of curiosity; could you try deleting the symlink and > LD_preloading > > /usr/lib/libtifinfo.so.5 ? > > > > The current repl

Re: [arch-general] OpenRA / Mono exceptions

2018-03-04 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
link and LD_preloading /usr/lib/libtifinfo.so.5 ? The current replies on the ML are a technically correct, though a bit blunt. If the preload tricks actually works, we could advice the next user a bit better ;). Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] OpenRA / Mono exceptions

2018-03-03 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op za 3 mrt. 2018 18:14 schreef Doug Newgard via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org>: > On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 17:56:52 +0100 > Alajos Odoyle wrote: > > > On 2018-03-02 13:07, Levente Polyak via arch-general wrote: > > > > > > [symlink lib version] > > > > It will do until the fix made it into

Re: [arch-general] Reliability test for hard drives and SSD

2018-03-03 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
simply swap the disks without any downtime. Oh yeah, the replacements were from the same brand, just another model. Superstition? Perhaps, but so far, so good ;). Mvg, Guus Snijders >

Re: [arch-general] Reliability test for hard drives and SSD

2018-03-03 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
y the manufacturer, some testers and perhaps random people who happened to run into a problem. Even if most models will indeed have been discontinued by now. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] php php71 in conflict

2018-01-10 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
sted correct). A quick glance showed that php == php 7.2, so removing the php package /may/ break other applications. Same for the other way around: keeping php and removing php71 may break nextcloud. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] TPlink Touch P5 network printer

2017-12-08 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
good news is these tools are usually unnecessary. Most of the time it's just 9100 printing. Your quicketst route would be to just try it; - connect the printer - look up the IP adress of the router - install & configure cups Do some reading on cups configuration, after that, it's probably 5 minutes work ;). Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Can't install HP Printer driver (hplip)

2017-12-06 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
might want to check the ArchWiki for the details. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] what is happening here?

2017-11-29 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
ge are the first thing that comes to mind. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

2017-11-26 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op 26 nov. 2017 13:15 schreef "Guus Snijders" : Op 26 nov. 2017 10:52 schreef "Alan E. Davis via arch-general" < arch-general@archlinux.org>: To clarify, I have been running the same Arch Linux installation for many months, without a hitch. Until this event. [...] I

Re: [arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

2017-11-26 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
omes to ADE: Can't help there, i'm afraid. I limit my collection to drm-free materials (organised with Calibre). Ps I often used $WINEPREFIX to separate Windows programs from one another. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Thunderbird doesn't show e-mails

2017-10-29 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
he mails are actually there in the mbox file, it'sprobably just a filter. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] RAID10 + dmcrypt/LUKS + ext4: expanding?

2017-10-24 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
orry. Take a *good* look at the Linux MD Raid documentation (not just the ArchWiki) and you'll see that F2 always uses *blocks* in pairs, not disks. That is a major difference between software RAID and hardware Raid. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Server Management Tools

2017-10-12 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
hould be able to handle the small exceptions one can expect; ). At least, that is my preferred modus operandi. Just my two cents. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] IPSEC / L2PT for IOS

2017-10-09 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
that you copy to the iPhone): https://www.brainfart.sg/index.php/2012/05/embedding-certificate-into-openvpn-config/ Openvpn can be confusing, but sometimes a quick Google search pays off ;) Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] gnome fix needed

2017-09-10 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
xorg crashing. But perhaps it's just me...? Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] pacman doesn't show download progress

2017-08-17 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
ng. So it's probably one faulty server behind a load balancer? Seems strange behaviour for a single machine. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] xfce4-notifyd issues

2017-06-26 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op 26 jun. 2017 22:32 schreef "David Rosenstrauch" : On 06/26/2017 03:56 PM, Guus Snijders via arch-general wrote: > [...] > In short: they use dbus permissions for blacklisting. > [...] > > A deny policy (on the KDE notification) for your user should solve the > pro

Re: [arch-general] xfce4-notifyd issues

2017-06-26 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
re (don't have an Arch Linux install handy ATM). A deny policy (on the KDE notification) for your user should solve the problem without hacking through dependencies. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault and (possibly) file system bug while removing gnome-extra

2017-05-14 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
ry errors (where $program tries to read or write memory that isn't his). If there is a problem with the fs, fsck should complain and if possible fix it, not just crash. Try memtest86 (give it a few hours) and see if something comes up. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault and (likely) file system bug while removing gnome-extra

2017-05-14 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
else, but faulty memory is not uncommon and usually my first suspect. You also try a long SMART test of the storage. That could give some insight into possible troube. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] arch health

2017-04-21 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
nly cleanup right before an upgrade. Of course, this in itself does nothing for the packages in the repro, but my users can happily keep working :). The bugged pkg needs a report, of course, but usually someone has already reported it by the time I see it. Mvg, Guus Snijders (With apologies for the messy HTML)

Re: [arch-general] archlinux ext4 recovery file versioning

2017-04-19 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
diskspace and time consumption. If those are not an issue, or acceptable; i've had great results with photorec on some sample machines. Wrt backup: since the server itself wasn't involved, all local backups should be fine. Unless those were on a writable share, of course. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] gpg-agent asks for passphrase after suspend?

2017-04-17 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
e, once my laptop has been suspended. Sounds like reasonable behaviour to me, but I guess it's not what you want. The simple answer would be: try to find out what happens during suspend/wakeup. There's probably something that informs gpg-agent to "forget" the password. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Suppressing specific pacman warnings

2017-04-04 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
ion. > Your issue is a WONTFIX. Well, at least now I know. I think Ely Swartz gave the best option; Use a custom repo for the non-standard pkg's and give it priority. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Suppressing specific pacman warnings

2017-04-01 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
symbols). For real ease, test a few cases, then make a function of it. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Which browser to use? [was: Firefox user data autofill doesn't work as before]

2017-03-09 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
do this, then it won't show up in Extra either. mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] hcidump is missing?

2017-03-08 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
ntained or have been replaced by other tools: hciattach hciconfig hcitool hcidump rfcomm sdptool ciptool gatttool Though it is not very clear what can be used instead. Otoh; perhaps if you rebuild the PKG with the appropriate flags you can get it back. mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] AUR ToS (aka making AUR user names public)

2017-03-06 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
rectly an privacy issue, but I find it scary nonetheless... (especially since they expressed the wish to consolidate the data with other websites such as github). Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Creating a Radius Ethernet Profile with netctl

2017-03-02 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
do I bypass this with netctl if possible, and if not, how do I authenticate? I think that once you've authenticated, you won't get the webpage. Or actually; you shouldn't. Once authenticated, you should be fine (afaik). Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Ping: 100% package loss

2017-02-02 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
provider can help as your current setup appears flaky at best. In the second case, it's probably better to find out how to disable IPv6 on your machine. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] user namespaces

2017-02-02 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
nd only partial relro. What's left then? Swimming naked? Everybody can have his/her hobbies of course. If you really want $feature, what's stopping you from compiling your own kernel? This is ArchLinux; those kind of things is actually made *easy* for it's users... Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Regular service freezes the system

2016-12-16 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
enient time. I think the cgroups can also help here, but that's a bit of longshot for me. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Systemd services start by default

2016-12-08 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
hats concerning... > Maybe someone else has noticed such services running on their systems as > well. I don't remember installing new packages though, only updates. Perhaps pacman remembers; did take a look at the pacman log? Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] abs & sourceforge.net

2016-11-23 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op 23 nov. 2016 23:43 schreef "Ralf Mardorf" : > > On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:01:11 + (GMT), piequiex wrote: > >This is what I got from sourceforge while trying to build some packet. > > Please, don't send emails with that much details. Next time consider to > send a more vague email, with less det

Re: [arch-general] Browsers crashing

2016-10-28 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op 28 okt. 2016 14:17 schreef "Zorro via arch-general" < arch-general@archlinux.org>: > > Hi, > > On my Arch Linux x32 system most (all) browser regularly crash. > > I have tried Firefox, Midori, Xombrero. > > For instance for Xombrero journalctl shows: > > systemd-coredump[6615]: Process 6478 (xom

Re: [arch-general] Implement sql/sqlite database for pacman local database

2016-10-23 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op 21 okt. 2016 21:49 schreef "Eli Schwartz via arch-general" < arch-general@archlinux.org>: > > On 10/21/2016 01:20 PM, Alive 4ever wrote: > [...] road map, it would be better to use > > single sql based database for tracking locally installed packages > > The reason pacman uses a flat file databa

Re: [arch-general] bitcoin-qt out-of-date

2016-09-01 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
unny remark. Arch dev's and TU's are volunteers. I guess (s)he hasn't had an opportunity to update the package yet. Is the current version broken in some way? (Not a dev, just curious). Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Opinions on PowerShell?

2016-08-19 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
ux; it's a nice idea. I actually like it on Windows (especially next to batch/vbscript), and I might play with it a bit on Linux. The idea of managing Windows hosts from a Linux machine is quite interesting. [1] Yes, that was an arbitrary length. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] How to remove secondary display shown in Gnome 3 settings

2016-04-22 Thread Guus Snijders
s some spooky hardware fault or some software (vnc, nx, etc) that "creates" the 2nd monitor. 1 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xrandr Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] What jobs/tasks is arch the best at?

2016-04-14 Thread Guus Snijders
or power users, besides freebsd/netbsd. Arch looked a bit like Gentoo without the long waits for compiling, with a very enthusiastic community and a very nice package manager. ~10 years later I'm still using the same installation (though only the pacman log proves it ;) ). Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-11 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 11 apr. 2016 23:17 schreef "Guus Snijders" : > > Op 10 apr. 2016 21:32 schreef "Serge Hooge" : > [...] > > I recently became an owner of a Thinkpad 770, which rather ancient by > > modern standards and decided to give it a spark of fresh life by > &

Re: [arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-11 Thread Guus Snijders
u checked the integrity of the disc? If you still have it (or can find it), try the md5sum/sha-1sum of the iso, or, failing that, try mounting the cd and then copying files off it. If there are errors and/or unreadable files, any OS will complain loudly (though Windows will mostly complain in it's

Re: [arch-general] System like glue, High IO Wait.

2016-04-04 Thread Guus Snijders
s in my experience. > > > > Best regards, > > Tobias > > That would show on iotop though. I'm not that familiar with iotop, but could it be network traffic? Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] can't balance full btrfs raid6 filesystem

2016-02-22 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 22 feb. 2016 19:48 schreef "Jameson" : > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 1:43 PM Leonid Isaev < leonid.is...@jila.colorado.edu> > wrote: > > > See this: > > > > http://marc.merlins.org/perso/btrfs/post_2014-05-04_Fixing-Btrfs-Filesystem-Full-Problems.html > > > > Basically, when your btrfs is full, ju

Re: [arch-general] mksh-52.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)?

2016-02-21 Thread Guus Snijders
y --refresh-keys (would have been a lot easier :) Or pacman -S archlinux-keyring before the full update ;). (I had the same this afternoon on a sometimes-used system). Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] can't balance full btrfs raid6 filesystem

2016-02-21 Thread Guus Snijders
here are no snapshots. I could try removing subvolumes. I'll try the btrfs list. Out of pure curiosity I took a quick look at the archives of that list and it looked quite promising (though i'm not sure if it was the same OP). If it works, could you post here also? I have a feeling you won't be the last person to run into this situation. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] can't balance full btrfs raid6 filesystem

2016-02-20 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 20 feb. 2016 02:38 schreef "Jameson Pugh" : > > I have a raid6 btrfs filesystem which I filled up, and added a disk to: > > [...] > Despite having removed files, and added the new device, I still can't balance the filesystem: > > >[...] That's actually a known caveat with COW filesystems. Even

Re: [arch-general] Alternative init system proposal

2016-02-09 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 9 feb. 2016 17:52 schreef "Damjan Georgievski" : > > On 9 February 2016 at 17:34, Guus Snijders wrote: > > Op 9 feb. 2016 17:27 schreef "Michał Zegan" : > >> > > > >> Although you have to write > >> unit files, you can start sc

Re: [arch-general] Alternative init system proposal

2016-02-09 Thread Guus Snijders
to implement. PrivateTmp: Does that more then setting $TEMP to a custom value? I'm just being curious here. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] Alternative init system proposal

2016-02-08 Thread Guus Snijders
xperiment with options. Where things work without too much overhead, they could be incorporated into Arch, whereas packages with compatibility problems could be confined to this specific projects repositories. Perhaps I'm being ignorant here and has this approach already been tried. If so, my apologies. Mvg, Guus Snijders

Re: [arch-general] [OT?] Which is most future-proof desktop environment?

2015-12-28 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 28 dec. 2015 16:38 schreef "m.celiesius" : > > XFCE wins. It has all i need. Simple and light. Fluxbox here for the last 10 years or so. I usually have *a lot* of windows open, so I love the tabs. That, plus that it's light and stays out of the way. Not a real desktop, for a more desktop feel

Re: [arch-general] failed retrieving file 'core.db' in "pacman -Syu"

2015-11-30 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 30 nov. 2015 09:14 schreef "mudongliang" : > > > > On 11/30/2015 03:24 PM, Pablo wrote: > > Have you tried another mirror? > I have a notebook which is also archlinux! It can work well. So I think the mirror is OK! > The one which has this problem is a virtual machine in vmware. > I don't do any

Re: [arch-general] Linux still at 4.2, but nvidia and virtualbox compiled for 4.3?

2015-11-24 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 24 nov. 2015 18:42 schreef "João Miguel" : > > > I'm afraid if I'll reboot, there will be problems with the graphics driver. > > Why wasn't the linux package updated alongside these others? > > > > Or am I wrong, and is this harmless? > Boy, I wish I was as cautious as you before updating... I w

Re: [arch-general] Long-term offline Arch system

2015-11-06 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 6 nov. 2015 09:25 schreef "Aron Widforss" : > > Hi, > > I'm going out for a four month hike next spring, and will not bring my > loved XPS with me. It struck me yesterday that being offline for four > months is something pacman and yaourt might not like. How do these > programs handle long-term

Re: [arch-general] how to remove template service from systemd

2015-10-06 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 6 okt. 2015 10:35 schreef "Łukasz Michalski" : > > Hi, > > I have template service for VirtualBox: > > [root@serenity amag_kghm]# cat /etc/systemd/system/vboxvmservice@.service [...] > On of service from this template failed and I removed it. > Now systemctl status vboxvmservice@* shows: > > ● v

Re: [arch-general] crda (more OT)

2015-10-03 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 4 okt. 2015 00:12 schreef "Jens Adam" : > > Oh, while we're doing the OT thing anyway... > > > X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.13; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) > > Linux voyager 3.6.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 12 23:58:58 > > CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Is that a joke or is that reall

Re: [arch-general] Selectively enable bash completion

2015-09-18 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 18 sep. 2015 12:03 schreef "Neven Sajko" : > > Deleting the bash completion files that come with a package > should, I think, harmlessly disable completion for that package. How about just disabling that feature in .bashrc or wherever (sounds like the OP knows this package better then me). Mv

Re: [arch-general] PS/2 Hand Scanner Problems

2015-08-10 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 7 aug. 2015 22:41 schreef "Sean Snell" : > > Excellent suggestion, however it appears that I do not have any PS/2 > keyboards in my stock, so I'll have to grab one from my personal stash when > I go home tonight. > > I'll report back tomorrow! Any results? Mvg, Guus

Re: [arch-general] PS/2 Hand Scanner Problems

2015-08-07 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 7 aug. 2015 16:40 schreef "Sean Snell" : > > Hey everybody! > > I'm dealing with what I believe is a kernel issue, but I'm still learning > so please bear with me. > [...] > The problem: I have a PS/2 hand scanner that works perfectly as a HID in > Windows, verified working on the untouched term

Re: [arch-general] systemd new dependencies impede using OpenRC

2015-07-01 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 1 jul. 2015 15:52 schreef : > > Hi there, > > Not sure whether I should email this mailing list about this problem, > but here goes: > > I've been using OpenRC in Arch Linux for a long time, and uninstalled > systemd, as I don't use anything that requires it. > [snip] > > > Why in the world shou

Re: [arch-general] pacman mirrorlist update

2015-06-18 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 18 jun. 2015 17:34 schreef "Francis Gerund" : > > Hello. > > Just installed update pacman-mirrorlist -20150618-1, installed by pacman as > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew, and there is nothing exotic about my > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist. [...] > Should I again just: > > sudo reflector --verbose -

Re: [arch-general] Add wpa_supplicant to the Group 'Base'

2015-04-28 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 28 apr. 2015 21:04 schreef "Bardur Arantsson" : > > On 28-04-2015 20:39, Daniel Micay wrote: > >> People forget vi(1) is part of POSIX so required on "systems that both > >> support the User Portability Utilities option and define the > >> POSIX2_CHAR_TERM symbol." [ http://pubs.opengroup.org/o

Re: [arch-general] Restoring a Win guest when migrating from one VM to another - Was: pacman's "Depends On"

2015-04-23 Thread Guus Snijders
2015-04-23 20:31 GMT+02:00 Ralf Mardorf : > On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:18:49 +0100, Mauro Santos wrote: >>You should give qemu+kvm+spice a try, I have found that it seems to >>work acceptably even for usb redirection. Bonus points: no more >>trouble after updates and it should work over the network. >

Re: [arch-general] swap and tmpfs

2015-04-23 Thread Guus Snijders
2015-04-23 20:32 GMT+02:00 Ralf Mardorf : > Now I will try /etc/makepkg.conf BUILDDIR=/some/path/outside/of/tmp. > > Building Firefox with 3G RAM and 4G SWAP failed again with > > strip:../../dist/firefox/stYHRibU[.data]: No space left on device > strip:../../dist/firefox/stYHRibU: No space left on

Re: [arch-general] Why does network interface sometimes change name?

2015-04-06 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 6 apr. 2015 17:37 schreef "Felix E. Klee" : > > I am running Arch as a guest in VMware Player on Win7X64. On every odd > boot, the name of the network interface changes. First make sure that vmware always uses the same mac address for this vm. When done, check archwiki for persists nic names.

Re: [arch-general] Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

2015-02-26 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 26 feb. 2015 19:58 schreef "Csányi Pál" : > > 2015-02-26 19:25 GMT+01:00 Sean Greenslade : > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 06:41:24PM +0100, Csányi Pál wrote: > >> I tried these steps by using Gparted too, but at this step Gparted > >> can't read partitions from the during read on > >> > >> /dev/mmc

Re: [arch-general] Fwd: Kernel panic - after upgrade

2015-01-31 Thread Guus Snijders
2015-01-31 21:20 GMT+01:00 Christian Demsar : [...] > At this point, I'd backup configuration files and home directories and > do a full reinstall. Sounds like there's something going terribly wrong. > Hopefully that works... Hmm, I'd first check if dmesg shows SATA error (bus reset, seek failed,

Re: [arch-general] postgresql 9.3 -> 9.4

2015-01-29 Thread Guus Snijders
2015-01-28 20:28 GMT+01:00 Georg Altmann : > Hi, > > There was nothing mentioning a minor realease upgrade or did I miss > something? It's been fun to watch how this thread developed. On the one hand; as admin/owner/root of your machine, you are the one responsible for anything that happens with

Re: [arch-general] Missing fonts in KeePass

2015-01-19 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 19 jan. 2015 04:02 schreef "Sadika Sumanapala" het volgende: > > > There are a number of ways to go about this in your > > ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf, I personally would choose to > > blacklist that font since (based on what I can dig out of it) it > > should never match a query for an app

Re: [arch-general] ca-certificate-utils in testing gives error upon upgrade

2014-11-15 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 15 nov. 2014 05:01 schreef "Savya" : > [File conflict on update] > > I get a message asking me if it's okay to replace ca-certificates-java > with testing/ca-certificate-utils and the same error keeps occurring. > Weirdly, though, the files seem orphaned. I never put them there myself, > and I'm

Re: [arch-general] Preferred CHOST

2014-11-13 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 13 nov. 2014 05:32 schreef "Sean Greenslade" : > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 01:53:25PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > If somebody should fear an attack, than it's wiser even not to > > mention what version of Claws Mail, GTK and what architecture is used. > > This can be done by the account setti

Re: [arch-general] A good time to switch to dash as /bin/sh?

2014-09-26 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 26 sep. 2014 16:34 schreef "Doug Newgard" : [...] > > Instead of theorizing that "many" will do this, give a real world example of where this happens and would have reduced the attack surface of the bug in question. One of the very few examples that sound reasonable, is dhclient. Apparently,

Re: [arch-general] Dell latitude and keyboard problem

2014-09-04 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 3 sep. 2014 23:45 schreef "Sławek Kapłoński" : > > Hello, > > Today I made one more test and work for a while in tty2 (not in xsession) with > vim and there was no any issue with repeating. In similar time in xsession > problem happend at least few times :/ Ok, so there is some hint that it is

Re: [arch-general] Dell latitude and keyboard problem

2014-09-03 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 2 sep. 2014 21:26 schreef "Sławek Kapłoński" : > > Hello, > > I have Arch linux installed on Dell latitude e7440 laptop. Generally almost > everything works fine but I have one annoying problem. When I type something on > keyboard, sometimes (randomly) random key is "blocked" like it was pressed

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