Re: [arch-general] linux driver bcm4311 failure

2017-01-14 Thread message via arch-general
On 2017-01-02 20:04, Arend van Spriel wrote: On 02-01-17 15:33, message wrote: On 2016-12-30 19:46, message wrote: On 2016-09-17 08:11, message wrote: On 2016-09-09 07:57, Arend Van Spriel wrote: The device is claimed by b43-pci-bridge so I would suggest: blacklist b43-pci-bridge The

Re: [arch-general] linux driver bcm4311 failure

2017-01-02 Thread message via arch-general
On 2016-12-30 19:46, message wrote: On 2016-09-17 08:11, message wrote: On 2016-09-09 07:57, Arend Van Spriel wrote: The device is claimed by b43-pci-bridge so I would suggest: blacklist b43-pci-bridge The wifi card indicator now appears to start after computer switch on (twice in a row

Re: [arch-general] linux driver bcm4311 failure

2016-12-30 Thread message via arch-general
On 2016-09-17 08:11, message wrote: On 2016-09-09 07:57, Arend Van Spriel wrote: The device is claimed by b43-pci-bridge so I would suggest: blacklist b43-pci-bridge This instruction was added as the last line of the configuration file. After reboot, the computer wifi card continues to be

[arch-general] chromeos chroagh buildinfo failure

2016-07-14 Thread message via arch-general
Readers, A bug using chroagh has been posted. Is there another way to use arch via chroot in a chromebook, ideally to replace the ubuntu installation? (https://github.com/drinkcat/chroagh/issues/121) chronos@localhost ~/Downloads/drinkcat-chroagh-18cc180 $ sudo sh -e installer/main.sh -r ar

[arch-general] replace m$ for exclusive archlinux

2016-05-23 Thread message
Readers, Can someone please suggest a suitable wiki web page to help, for removal of m$ (e.g. lenovo ideapad 100s) and installation of archlinux?

Re: [arch-general] wireless driver broadcom b43 random success or failure

2016-04-12 Thread message
From the wiki page: "Each configuration file is named in the style of /etc/modules-load.d/.conf. Configuration files simply contain a list of kernel modules names to load, separated by newlines." Why was the file 'b43.conf' containing only: b43 incorrect? Is not 'b43' the name of the kernel

Re: [arch-general] wireless driver broadcom b43 random success or failure

2016-04-12 Thread message
Mauro Santos Sun, 10 Apr 2016 11:29:06 -0700 You may want to refer to this page for guidance https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_modules#Automatic_module_handling Thanks. Created a 'conf' file (root user): cat > /etc/modprobe.d/b43.conf modprobe b43 Then restarted computer. The module

Re: [arch-general] wireless driver broadcom b43 random success or failure

2016-04-11 Thread message
Dieter Wirz Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:45:07 -0700 echo b43 >> /etc/modules The directory file shows: b43 There is nothing more. The module is not loaded automatically, so I continue to start the wireless driver manually, as described before.

[arch-general] wireless driver broadcom b43 random success or failure

2016-04-09 Thread message
Readers, Can anyone explain if the following 'dmesg' outputs are useful to understand why after start of X session, the wireless driver fails sometimes? The wireless driver does not start automatically and is always started manually with the command (as root): modprobe b43 Below is the dmes

[arch-general] wireless driver broadcom b43 random success or failure

2016-04-09 Thread message
Readers, Can anyone explain if the following 'dmesg' outputs are useful to understand why after start of X session, the wireless driver fails sometimes? The wireless driver does not start automatically and is always started manually with the command (as root): modprobe b43 Below is the dmes

[arch-general] automount failure usb storage

2016-04-05 Thread message
Readers, USB storage media used to appear automatically on the xfce desktop, but not now. From dmesg | tail: uas: probe of 3-1:1.0 failed with error -12 Automount has seemingly failed today. The udev wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev) doesn't make sense to a weak novice like

[arch-general] pacman upgrade confusion

2016-04-04 Thread message
Readers, An announcement (https://www.archlinux.org/news/required-update-to-pacman-501-before-2016-04-23/) states that users must upgrade to pacman501. pacman -S pacman warning: pacman-5.0.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (

Re: [arch-general] mobile phone internet access

2014-10-09 Thread message
On 2014-10-08 12:00, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: Send arch-general mailing list submissions to arch-general@archlinux.org 1. Re: mobile phone internet access (Jesse Jaara) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 7

Re: [arch-general] mobile phone internet access

2014-10-07 Thread message
On 2014-10-06 12:00, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: Today's Topics: 1. Re: mobile phone internet access (Jesse Jaara) 2. Re: mobile phone internet access (Mateus Rodrigues Costa) ------ Message: 1 Date: S

[arch-general] mobile phone internet access

2014-10-05 Thread message
Readers, Having read the web page 'android tethering', I write praying that a novice user is _not_ expected to have root access to a mobile phone, openvpn, android sdk etc. etc.! Currently using an old RPM distribution on another portable computer, internet access via an android mobile phone

[arch-general] wireless tools installation without internet access

2014-09-30 Thread message
Readers, An old portable computer has been installed with archlinux via a CD and was used successfully with ethernet cable internet connection. Now, cable connection is no longer available and it became necessary that various wireless software was not installed. Firmware (ipw2100 for intel w

Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment

2014-04-20 Thread message
On 2014-04-20 12:54, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 20:32:34 +0200 From: Jelle van der Waa Why are you using a custom java and not for example aur/jre or the openjdk packages in the normal repo. There is no

Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment

2014-04-19 Thread message
On 2014-04-19 11:47, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 8 Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:47:21 + From: message the bashrc file was changed: ... export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jre export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin This solved the problem, my

Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment

2014-04-19 Thread message
On 2014-04-19 11:47, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 7 Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:35:16 + From: message Subject: Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment On 2014-04-18 12:35, message wrote: Readers, IBM Java was installed

Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment

2014-04-19 Thread message
On 2014-04-19 11:47, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 8 Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:47:21 + From: message Subject: Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment IBM Java was installed into the directory 'usr/local'

Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment

2014-04-19 Thread message
On 2014-04-19 08:35, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 7 Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:35:16 + From: message Subject: Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment On 2014-04-18 12:35, message wrote: Readers, IBM Java was installed

[arch-general] eye candy wall paper

2014-04-19 Thread message
Readers, For those interested, someone has published some nice gnu/linux logos wallpaper, including Archlinux: https://dspora.org/posts/53049

Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment

2014-04-19 Thread message
On 2014-04-18 12:42, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 8 Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:42:40 +0200 From: Heiko Becker Subject: Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment Am 18.04.2014 14:35 schrieb "message" : Readers, IB

Re: [arch-general] ibm java installation path environment

2014-04-19 Thread message
On 2014-04-18 12:35, message wrote: Readers, IBM Java was installed into the directory 'usr/local': $ /usr/local/java/jre/bin/java -version java version "1.8.0" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxi3280ea-20130422_01) IBM J9 VM (build 2.7, JRE 1.8.0 Linux x86-32

Re: [arch-general] sound in gnome, none in xfce

2014-04-18 Thread message
On 2014-04-13 21:53, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 6 Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 23:06:29 +0200 From: Bjoern Franke Subject: Re: [arch-general] sound in gnome, none in xfce Am 13.04.2014 22:55, schrieb message: Readers, In gnome, sound is

[arch-general] ibm java installation path environment

2014-04-18 Thread message
Readers, IBM Java was installed into the directory 'usr/local': $ /usr/local/java/jre/bin/java -version java version "1.8.0" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxi3280ea-20130422_01) IBM J9 VM (build 2.7, JRE 1.8.0 Linux x86-32 20130419_145797 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled) J9VM - R27_Java827_

[arch-general] sound in gnome, none in xfce

2014-04-13 Thread message
Readers, In gnome, sound is enabled and can be adjusted via the keyboard function keys (e.g. fn + ^). This doesn't work in xfce. What is the cause in this different behaviour and any ideas how to solve please?

Re: [arch-general] display manager dvorak recognition failure

2014-03-29 Thread message
On 2014-03-17 22:59, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:39:58 + From: message Subject: [arch-general] display manager dvorak recognition failure Readers, Initially lxdm, gdm have been installed, but neither

[arch-general] per error

2014-03-28 Thread message
Readers, 'get_iplayer' is a program to extract media from BBC F(/tr)ash streams. After installation of the program, obtained the following error: Can't locate HTML/Entities.pm in @INC (you may need to install the HTML::Entities module) (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/share/perl

Re: [arch-general] graphical display management

2014-03-27 Thread message
On 2014-03-25 15:59, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:15:27 +0100 From: Guus Snijders Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management Ok. Could you try resetting the password for user a? You could do this

Re: [arch-general] graphical display management

2014-03-27 Thread message
On 2014-03-25 15:59, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:49:06 +0100 From: Jakub Klinkovsk? Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management Interestingly, '

Re: [arch-general] graphical display management

2014-03-24 Thread message
On 2014-03-23 18:13, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 5 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:06:12 -0400 From: Mark Lee Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management On 03/20/2014 06:50 PM, Guus Snijders wrote: Op 20 mrt. 2014 18:36 schreef

Re: [arch-general] graphical display management

2014-03-20 Thread message
On 2014-03-20 00:41, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 8 Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:20:28 +0100 From: "Armin K." Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management On 03/19/2014 09:17 PM, message wrote: Readers, According to t

Re: [arch-general] user management error

2014-03-19 Thread message
On 2014-03-18 13:01, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 7 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:30:34 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf Subject: Re: [arch-general] user management error You can't login as user, you log in as root. There seems to be a se

[arch-general] graphical display management

2014-03-19 Thread message
Readers, According to the command 'pacman -Q -e | less', gdm is shown as installed. The command 'startx' doesn't start gdm, but instead the same graphical manager that starts following the test procedure. How to start gdm?

Re: [arch-general] user management error

2014-03-19 Thread message
On 2014-03-18 13:01, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 6 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:53:08 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf Subject: Re: [arch-general] user management error I don't understand you. "su" isn't recognised, but you su to

Re: [arch-general] user management error

2014-03-19 Thread message
On 2014-03-17 22:59, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:50:19 -0400 From: Gerald Stuhrberg Subject: Re: [arch-general] user management error If the directory isn't being mounted, can you please post the content

Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 113, Issue 42

2014-03-18 Thread message
On 2014-03-17 22:59, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 5 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:45:39 -0400 From: Mark Lee Subject: Re: [arch-general] user management error What do you mean the system restarted as root? Do you mean that the system logged you

[arch-general] display manager dvorak recognition failure

2014-03-17 Thread message
Readers, Initially lxdm, gdm have been installed, but neither recognise a dvorak keyboard. How to configure the graphical display manager so that a user can specify the keyboard layout before to enter sign-in credentials? -- digest-mode subscriber; please cc to maintain message thread

[arch-general] user management error

2014-03-17 Thread message
Readers, A previously existing /home directory was mounted into the file system during the installation process; this directory contained files in a directory 'a'. A user was created from the root user account: useradd -M -p [password] -s /bin/bash [username'a'] After reboot, the system is

Re: [arch-general] installation using existing filesystem

2014-03-16 Thread message
Why is it necessary to make a new /home directory within the root system, when a separate /home partition already exists? -- digest-mode subscriber; please cc to maintain message thread

Re: [arch-general] installation using existing filesystem

2014-03-16 Thread message
On 2014-03-16 21:58, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 6 Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:58:03 +0100 From: Karol Blazewicz Subject: Re: [arch-general] installation using existing filesystem Have you read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners

Re: [arch-general] database non-existent error

2014-03-16 Thread message
On 2014-03-16 21:58, arch-general-requ...@archlinux.org wrote: -- Message: 4 Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:06:36 +0100 From: Kacper ?uk Subject: Re: [arch-general] database non-existent error I believe you've wanted to use pacstrap, not pacman :) Sorry, pacman

[arch-general] installation using existing filesystem

2014-03-16 Thread message
Readers, Tried: pacstrap /mnt base Which failed, due missing mountpoint. Similarly with '/' (/proc in use). What is the correct command to instruct installation using the existing filesystem (previously mandriva: /, /boot, swap, /home partitions)? --

[arch-general] database non-existent error

2014-03-16 Thread message
Readers, A little history: previously a mandrake and suse user,just tried mageia that failed and now want to try a different system! Version 20140301dual was downloaded as an iso file then burnt onto a CD. (This was a reason to try: other distributions are getting too big, beyond the typical