Re: [arch-general] General protections faults / kernel panics with the Apple Magic Trackpad 2

2020-12-01 Thread Merlin Büge
, Merlin On Fri, 6 Nov 2020 06:08:09 +0100, Merlin Büge wrote: > Hi all. > > I think I need some help with debugging an issue I have. > > I recently bought an "Apple Magic Trackpad 2" for reducing strain on my > hand (since I have some RSI[0] issues currently), w

[arch-general] General protections faults / kernel panics with the Apple Magic Trackpad 2

2020-11-05 Thread Merlin Büge
/pointers to what would be wise to test next. If this is likely to be an issue with the Linux kernel and not arch-related (unsure, since I could not reproduce it on other distros), please tell me so and I will post to the kernel bug tracker instead. Thanks! Merlin Büge [0]: https://web.eecs.umich.

Re: [arch-general] dash as default shell?

2020-06-17 Thread Merlin Büge
much faster than bash, moreover > being far smaller there is less chance of bugs. -- Merlin Büge

Re: [arch-general] Many timers now running at boot. How to make them run later?

2019-11-21 Thread Merlin Büge
, then a > randomized delay seems betters. That way, they are not only delayed, they > are also spread out. Yes, with a high probability. They might still run simultaneously sometimes, though. Cheers. > > -- Maarten -- Merlin Büge

Re: [arch-general] Kpartx should be in the repos and archiso for enabling encrypted GPT install

2019-01-13 Thread Merlin Büge
; -DLIBDM_API_COOKIE -l devmapper -o kpartx $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS > *.c gzip kpartx.8 } > > package() { > cd multipath-tools-5c67a8b/kpartx > install -d "$pkgdir/usr/bin" > install -m 755 kpartx "$pkgdir/usr/bin" > install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man8" > install -m 644 kpartx.8.gz "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man8" > } -- Merlin Büge

Re: [arch-general] How can I post on bbs.archlinux.org?

2017-09-30 Thread Merlin Büge
.04.3 LTS" > > [root@moonstudio ~]# date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g' > > cbcc[snip]681f > > [root@moonstudio ~]# logout > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ > > > > The answer is the same, even if you would use an Ubuntu live DVD. > > > > Regards, > > Ralf > > -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

Re: [arch-general] Got segmentation fault after upgrade

2017-02-24 Thread Merlin Büge
ubject, as > an "upgrade" (piequiex's word, not mine). I assumed it was prefaced > by -Sy, since the subject is "segmentation fault after upgrade" rather > than something like "X11 segfaults after fresh install". Oops, I didn't read the pacman log well enough. Sorry for the noise. > > iff -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

Re: [arch-general] Got segmentation fault after upgrade

2017-02-24 Thread Merlin Büge
System_maintenance#Partial_upgrades_are_unsupported -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

Re: [arch-general] Stronger Hashes for PKGBUILDs

2016-12-07 Thread Merlin Büge
ed about that security issue. Or like sivmu said: > A big fat warning about missing validation should automatically be > generated in any package that misses signatures or at least https source > downloads. Regards, Merlin -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

Re: [arch-general] Installation: How to get HDD > LUKS > GPT working in a clean way

2016-12-05 Thread Merlin Büge
to boot GRUB stage 1 on my encrypted machines, and that may work for you > too. As mentioned in my initial post, I have GRUB2 along with (deblobbed) coreboot stored in the SPI flash chip (so no BIOS here). It's very convenient :) Regards, Merlin -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

Re: [arch-general] Installation: How to get HDD > LUKS > GPT working in a clean way

2016-12-02 Thread Merlin Büge
and is better supported all around. btrfs really doesn't > act as a good replacement for logical volumes, in my experience. Having > something with more features than you need is better than trying to > coerce something into working ways it's not really intended. Thanks for your input! I'

Re: [arch-general] Installation: How to get HDD > LUKS > GPT working in a clean way

2016-11-27 Thread Merlin Büge
Hi, > On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 04:48:18PM +0100, Merlin Büge wrote: > > I'm currently installing Arch on my laptop (Thinkpad T400), and have decided > > for a rather unusual partition scheme: A single LUKS container directly on > > the disk (SSD) with a GPT partition tab

Re: [arch-general] Installation: How to get HDD > LUKS > GPT working in a clean way

2016-11-27 Thread Merlin Büge
odify the start-up process a tiny bit so that GPT inside LUKS gets parsed. I just try to strip off unnecessary 'overhead' / layers of my system. > If you were on a system where you could add disks [...] Since it's on my laptop, I don't need that functionality :) Best Regards, Merlin -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

Re: [arch-general] Installation: How to get HDD > LUKS > GPT working in a clean way

2016-11-27 Thread Merlin Büge
0]. Regards, Merlin [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Code_of_conduct#Mailing_lists -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

[arch-general] Installation: How to get HDD > LUKS > GPT working in a clean way

2016-11-27 Thread Merlin Büge
which runs partprobe against the mapped LUKS container) Best Regards, Merlin -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de> [ 418.901967] systemd[423]: dbus.socket: Executing: /usr/bin/systemctl --user set-environment DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/0/b

Re: [arch-general] kde --> xfce how to remove all packages kde

2016-10-30 Thread Merlin Büge
> Hi, I have migrate my archlinux system desktop kde to xfce. > > How to remove all kde packages and dependecy? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman#Removing_packages Regards, mearon -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

Re: [arch-general] Browsers crashing

2016-10-28 Thread Merlin Büge
to boot with it. > Need to figure out how. You could also boot with the current live image and launch memtest from there. When using memtest, best practice is to test each RAM chip alone (i.e. remove the other ones) and let memtest run several (4-8) passes for each chip. Regards, me

Re: [arch-general] Full system backup with rsync

2016-10-17 Thread Merlin Büge
Sorry for the spam. > If you are willing to spend some time reading, here is a good article which > mentions some pitfalls regarding backups. Here is it: http://www.halfgaar.net/backing-up-unix Should go to bed now... Regards, mearon Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

Re: [arch-general] Full system backup with rsync

2016-10-17 Thread Merlin Büge
Typo fix: > -xattrs > -hard-links > -acls Should be of course: --xattrs --hard-links --acls Regards, mearon -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

Re: [arch-general] Full system backup with rsync

2016-10-17 Thread Merlin Büge
commands seem okay to me, not sure if you need something more. If you have a swap file, create it first, so that it gets not scattered on the new drive. Regards, mearon -- Merlin Büge <t...@bluenox07.de>

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation

2016-09-29 Thread Merlin Büge
open source hardware (as mentioned above). Also I'm not getting the point in buying such hardware -- there is some linux distribution preinstalled, but that's it I guess. Or am I missing something? If you want open source hardware, I recommend looking at - the EOMA68 project - Olimex - upcoming Talos Workstat

Re: [arch-general] Error message with full disk encryption

2016-02-13 Thread Merlin Büge
Hi, > As you are shutting down, the filesystem becomes unreadable for the > systemd process, you need to add the shutdown hook to mkinitcpio in > order to have a copy of the initramfs at shutdown time. I thought this was obsolete since mkinitcpio 16? See

[arch-general] Bug? Home (encrypted) unmount error message during shutdown, when using UUID in fstab

2015-11-22 Thread Merlin Büge
n. Before the update, everything went fine - with UUID in my /etc/fstab. I described the issue very detailed here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1580311 I'm not sure if this is a bug, so my question is, should I file a bug report on this? Thank you! Have a nice day :) Merlin