Re: [arch-general] [pkgstats] Patch to allow pkgstats to submit info through a proxy (if this is setted on http_proxy)

2009-12-22 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/12/23 Angel Velásquez : > [«avelasq...@avelasquez-desktop ~»]$ echo $http_proxy > http://localhost:5865 > [«avelasq...@avelasquez-desktop ~»]$ https_proxy=$http_proxy > [«avelasq...@avelasquez-desktop ~»]$ echo $https_proxy > http://localhost:5865 > [«avelasq...@avelasquez-desktop ~»]$ pkgstat

Re: [arch-general] ftp.archlinux.org rate limiting

2009-12-09 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/11/23 Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi : > Phillip Smith wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Could someone share the details of how the 50kbps rate-limit is >> implemented on ftp.archlinux.org? >> >> I know Google gives me plenty of results for rate-limiting with >> ip

Re: [arch-general] Post Install for RAID Configuration?

2009-11-23 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/11/24 Carlos Williams : > The Wiki has a write up (which I have never been able to get working) > on RAID / LVM but this appears to be configured during the > installation of Arch which I have already done. There's also a wiki page to do exactly what you're seeking to do :) http://wiki.archli

Re: [arch-general] Frustrating Dependencies

2009-11-22 Thread Phillip Smith
> Yes, I looked akonadi's Makefile and we can split akonadi package in > akonadi and akonadi-server easy. I'll do some try tomorrow. That would be cool, thanks :)

Re: [arch-general] Frustrating Dependencies

2009-11-22 Thread Phillip Smith
> from digiKam's description: > "Digital photo management application for KDE" > If you don't use KDE, why do you want to use a kde-based application > without KDE dependencies? The KDE part doesn't bother me... It's more the mysql. I do use Gnome, but having KDE as deps doesn't matter to me. It

[arch-general] Frustrating Dependencies

2009-11-22 Thread Phillip Smith
Hi all, So, there's currently a frustrating chain of dependencies: digikam -> kdepimlibs -> akonadi -> mysql So to manage my digital photos, I need a relational database system...! On a desktop system that I don't use for development, it's a bit annoying to have to have mysql taking up space, do

Re: [arch-general] ftp.archlinux.org rate limiting

2009-11-22 Thread Phillip Smith
> *anon_max_rate* >The maximum data transfer rate permitted, in bytes per second, for >anonymous clients. > > > Good luck! Ah, I didn't think about doing it in the daemon... That would definitely be easiest, I think I'll do it this way! :) > You don't need tc to do traffic shaping, you c

[arch-general] ftp.archlinux.org rate limiting

2009-11-22 Thread Phillip Smith
Hi all, Could someone share the details of how the 50kbps rate-limit is implemented on ftp.archlinux.org? I know Google gives me plenty of results for rate-limiting with iptables and tc but I've never had much success with tc, and the ftp.archlinux.org rate-limiting seems to work perfectly... So

Re: [arch-general] archlinuxfr bad virtualbox_bin-3.0.10-1 package

2009-11-16 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/11/17 David C. Rankin : > Guys, > > The archlinuxfr server has a bad virtualbox package on it. There is a lot of > things virtualbox is, but one thing it isn't is an 8 meg package: >. > Probably just a bad rsync... The archlinux.fr repo isn't an official repository... You'd be better off

Re: [arch-general] old firewire stack?

2009-11-14 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/11/14 Dieter Plaetinck : > I'm having big problems with DV-video (firewire) stuff ( see > http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=655692 ) and I was wondering > if the new stack would fix it, but how can I run it? I believe the kernel can only have 1 compiled at a time, so you'll have to c

Re: [arch-general] preferred laptops.

2009-11-04 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/11/4 Eric Jacobs > > So I'm asking you, if you have a laptop, what kind is it? Does arch run > pretty well on it (synaptics, sleep/wake, etc.)? What window manager do you > think works best with the touchpad (I'm using gnome now)? > I've got an old Dell D610 and a new HP dv7. I think if I h

Re: [arch-general] google wave

2009-11-03 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/11/2 Loui Chang > > I agree. It's pretty damned ridiculous. > People on this list can't seem to take a hint. > > Obviously not Seriously people: arch-general != google-wave

Re: [arch-general] google wave

2009-11-01 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/11/2 Loui Chang > On Mon 02 Nov 2009 00:06 +0100, f...@kokkinizita.net wrote: > > For the rest there's been this endless OT chatter of people > > wanting to be invited to Google Wave. > > > > If this is the standard on this group, I will not remain > > much longer. > > I agree. It's pretty d

Re: [arch-general] Installing Arch Linux w/ RAID

2009-10-27 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/10/28 Carlos Williams > > I guess I will just explain what I am doing in detail. If anyone can > please take some time and review my steps in accordance to what you > know to be successful, please let me know. I am so badly trying to get > this working on Arch. > > 1. Boot from the 2009.08 N

Re: [arch-general] Installing Arch Linux w/ RAID

2009-10-26 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/10/27 Carlos Williams > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:06 PM, toomanymirrors > > When you're in the main installer window of the > Arch Linux CD, you you skip the "Install Bootloader" option or do you > select it? The Wiki indicates that I should skip it and do it manually > however my /boot and

Re: [arch-general] We have lost the desktop war. The reason? Windows 7.

2009-10-26 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/10/26 RedShift > Allan McRae wrote: > >> So you posted in both the forums and here... >> >> Seriously, get a blog. >> >> > Yes I did, because I feel the more technical people roam the mailinglists > and the more casual user the forums. I want to hear all the sides. > > "I am talking about th

[arch-general] Package "required by" doesn't look in AUR?

2009-10-07 Thread Phillip Smith
Example: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/fetchmail/ The etrn-poke package in the AUR requires fetchmail, however the page above doesn't list that. Is the AUR not searched for packages that depend on this package or is it a bug?

[arch-general] let's discuss /srv again

2009-10-06 Thread Phillip Smith
(Sorry if this comes through twice, but I can't see any evidence that it has already gone through since originally sending it yesterday. According to the FHS, /srv is for "site-specific" data served by the host: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SRVDATAFORSERVICESPROVIDEDBYSYSTEM IMHO,

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-10-06 Thread Phillip Smith
>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 16:09, Roman Kyrylych wrote: >>> I am looking for hosting that support Arch. >>> Most probably this will be a VPS hosting (because of price) >>> so official Arch Linux support is required. I have 3 Arch VPS' with Linode. They have been excellent, good community, price a

Re: [arch-general] let's discuss /srv again

2009-10-05 Thread Phillip Smith
According to the FHS, /srv is for "site-specific" data served by the host: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SRVDATAFORSERVICESPROVIDEDBYSYSTEM IMHO, this means webapps. The FHS makes specific mention that a distribution must take care not to touch user files in this directory, which in