Re: [arch-general] cd/dvd burning software

. The only way to get the list was 'screenshot' the file list to the clipboard, open libreoffice and create a page template, paste the lists into it and print that. mick in Glen Innes 2370 On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 08:30, mick howe wrote: > > I didn't make myself clear, there are plenty of adequate pr

Re: [arch-general] cd/dvd burning software

I didn't make myself clear, there are plenty of adequate programs to author and burn the disc out there but everything seems to go out of its way to make printing a file list to go with the disc a massive chore, I mean how hard would it be to make the printable file list? mick in glen innes 2370

[arch-general] cd/dvd burning software

I'm chasing a simple program to burn CD/DVD and print a simple, plain text file list prefer to fit the disc case mick in glen innes 2370

Re: [arch-general] Telinit?

ArchLinux devs found a much more convoluted, obfuscated method of starting the system and setting it up "read to use". Goes with unreadable logs, etc My recollection was that telinit was a mechanism to tell init to change run level such as change from run level 3 (to put it crudely - normal

Re: [arch-general] (no subject)

you have rebooted since update? Every time updates generate a new startup? file I lose network, printing and usb until I do a reboot. Just what you need when doing a backup to a slow usb drive mick in glen innes 2370 On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 18:32, Robin Martijn wrote: > I see that I m

Re: [arch-general] Got a problem with networking.

Originally using the same account name/password on all systems but after latest network issues started I changed passwords on win7 and arch. Made some impact: arch to desktop win10 now works, Laptop to mapped arch directory works, Arch to laptop win10 no, win10 desk to laptop no, win10 lap to

[arch-general] Got a problem with networking.

Systems: Arch / xfce on my main system ( I5, 32gb, 2 + 1tb) I3 laptop 12gb, 1TB lenovo B50-70 dual booting, originally win8.1 & arch, when I upgraded to win10 I broke my arch installation and replaced it with kubuntu because I couldn't face over a week of recreating the arch system. (Ever since

Re: [arch-general] pacman has nothing to do last 5 days

> > This seems weird, what mirror are you using? Maybe the mirror is broken > and you need to update your mirrorlist. > Updated mirrorlist to 2019-10-01 and selected all australian mirrors and then had to disable arnet, now all goodish > P.S. STOP using -Syyuu, since the double y tells pacman to

[arch-general] pacman has nothing to do last 5 days

For the last five days or so it reports nothing to do:- [mick@cave ~]$ pacman -Syyuu :: Synchronizing package databases... core 135.1 KiB 938 KiB/s 00:00 [##] 100% extra1647.8 KiB 2.68 MiB/s 00:01 [##] 100% community

Re: [arch-general] Maria update

> /Emil > > On Fri, 28 Jun 2019, 03:10 mick howe via arch-general, < > arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > >> this mornings update of mariadb failed with this error:- >> Phase 7/7: Running 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES' >> OK >> Could not create the upgrade inf

[arch-general] Maria update

this mornings update of mariadb failed with this error:- Phase 7/7: Running 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES' OK Could not create the upgrade info file '/var/lib/mysql/mysql_upgrade_info' in the MariaDB Servers datadir, errno: 13 what does it mean and how do I fix it mick, freezing in glen innes

Re: [arch-general] broken package stops pacstrap

waddled of to the ArchLinux32 site a grabbed their latest .iso, installation is progressing mick in glen innes On 28 July 2017 at 01:42, Eli Schwartz <eschwa...@archlinux.org> wrote: > On 07/27/2017 08:21 PM, mick howe via arch-general wrote: > > Trying to install arch i686 on my

[arch-general] broken package stops pacstrap

unknown trust :: File /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg/krb5-1.15.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package PGP signature)). How can I get past this crash mick in glen innes

Re: [arch-general] manually configure network

; On 07/12/2017 10:29 PM, mick howe via arch-general wrote: > >> On 13 July 2017 at 01:17, Mrrob <r...@mrrob.info> wrote: >> >> On 13/07/17 07:09, mick howe via arch-general wrote: >>> >>> I've just changed ISP and I can't get the changed configurati

Re: [arch-general] manually configure network

n every restart. > > --Rich > ​I tried it when I first started with linux in 1994​ and now avoid it like the plague, I'd rather do it manually. It was simple until somebody decided I need a string of cascading daemons to do everything. mick stressed out and frustrated in frozen glen innes

Re: [arch-general] manually configure network

On 13 July 2017 at 03:14, Rich <rich-m...@octoxol.com> wrote: > > > On 07/12/2017 09:58 PM, mick howe via arch-general wrote: > >> On 13 July 2017 at 01:17, Mrrob <r...@mrrob.info> wrote: >> >> On 13/07/17 07:09, mick howe via arch-general wrote: >

Re: [arch-general] manually configure network

On 13 July 2017 at 01:17, Mrrob <r...@mrrob.info> wrote: > On 13/07/17 07:09, mick howe via arch-general wrote: > >> I've just changed ISP and I can't get the changed configuration to stick. >> >> I'm using 'static IP address - manual assignment' from Network >&

Re: [arch-general] manually configure network

On 13 July 2017 at 01:17, Mrrob <r...@mrrob.info> wrote: > On 13/07/17 07:09, mick howe via arch-general wrote: > >> I've just changed ISP and I can't get the changed configuration to stick. >> >> I'm using 'static IP address - manual assignment' from Network >&

[arch-general] manually configure network

I've just changed ISP and I can't get the changed configuration to stick. I'm using 'static IP address - manual assignment' from Network configuration wiki page. I need to change my address from 192.168.1.0/24 to 192.168.20.1/24. using iproute2 tools as per wiki I can get everything working

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:58:23 +1200 Jason Ryan via arch-general wrote: > On 21/09/16 at 08:36pm, Dave via arch-general wrote: > >see below > > > >On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:12 PM, Francis Gerund via arch-general < > >arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > > > >> I

Re: [arch-general] Win10 Upgrade makes ArchLinux inaccessible?

On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:20:46 +0200 Tim Ohliger wrote: > 2016-04-29 0:09 GMT+02:00 Zachary Kline : > > > Hi All, > > > > So my laptop upgraded to the latest version of Windows 10 recently, and > > this seems to have undone the hack of replacing the

Re: [arch-general] Alternative init system proposal

much better to fix whats there and mostly works than go through the trauma of getting to grips with a new mostly works tool. mick

Re: [arch-general] Alternative init system proposal

On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 20:51:50 -0600 Doug Newgard <scim...@archlinux.info> wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 02:37:57 +0000 > mick <bare...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 18:30:15 -0700 > > Devon Smith <devo8...@gmail.com> wrote: > >

Re: [arch-general] gtk related packages reported as corrupt and blocking all updates

On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 20:47:23 -0400 Eli Schwartz <eschwart...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/17/2015 08:30 PM, mick wrote: > > for the last few days I have been unable to apply updates. > > > > Pacman reports the following:- > > >

[arch-general] gtk related packages reported as corrupt and blocking all updates

for the last few days I have been unable to apply updates. Pacman reports the following:- (85/85) checking package integrity [##] 100% error: at-spi2-core: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) " is invalid :: File

Re: [arch-general] gtk related packages reported as corrupt and blocking all updates

On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 03:01:19 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:30:59 +0000, mick wrote: > >signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) > > It happened here for deltas. > > https://lists.archlinux.org/piper

[arch-general] ca-certificates update

links. I think the solution might be to create symlinks to the real files, located at /etc/ca-certificates/extracted/cadir instead of linking to link to the files but before I try that I want to be sure I wont break anything. mick

Re: [arch-general] Having trouble understanding UEFI booting

On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:57:10 -0400 Christian Demsar vixsom...@vczf.io wrote: On Wed, Aug 26, 2015, at 10:17 PM, mick wrote: The disk is currently split into 11 partitions partsizecodename [...] 2 260mb EF00 EFI system partition [...] when installing I

Re: [arch-general] Having trouble understanding UEFI booting

it may relate to not having mounted the EFI system partition but I've confused myself so much I'm not sure and thought it better to reach out rather than blunder about and do more damage. On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:17 PM, mick bare...@tpg.com.au wrote: I've been trying to install archlinux

[arch-general] Having trouble understanding UEFI booting

used partitions 9, 10 11. partitions 1 - 8 were on the disc from the windows pre-install and shrunk to make way for linux. A recent operation is affecting my concentration and comprehension so be kind please. mick

Re: [arch-general] error: key A6234074498E9CEE could not be looked up remotely

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 22:11:49 -0500 Genes Lists li...@sapience.com wrote: On 02/11/2015 10:06 PM, mick wrote: The last few days when I try to update (pacman -Syyu) I get the following:- .. error: key A6234074498E9CEE could not be looked up remotely error: required key missing from keyring

[arch-general] packages and configuration required to send e-mails from php.

I'm setting up an apache, php, drupal 7 site and need to be able to send e-mails from the site but getting lost trying to find out what I need as far as system packages, php extensions and how to configure them all. I've tried a couple of scripts for php and they report they have succeeded but

Re: [arch-general] Installing PECL uploadprogress [solved]

On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:30:11 +0200 Nowaker enwuk...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in the process of setting up a Drupal 7.xx site and have com to the point where it recommends using PECL uploadprogress to provide feedback on the progress of file uploads but I'm unable to find any Arch specific

[arch-general] Installing PECL uploadprogress

I'm in the process of setting up a Drupal 7.xx site and have com to the point where it recommends using PECL uploadprogress to provide feedback on the progress of file uploads but I'm unable to find any Arch specific install instructions, only those for .rpm or .deb files. This is the first

[arch-general] Mounting cdrom/dvd stopped working after updates in last week or so

Updates I installed in the last week or so have caused this error message to appear instead of the disk being mounted: Error mounting /dev/sr1 at /run/media/mick/VMDVEC_ESSH_ENG1: Command-line `mount -t iso9660 -o uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=100,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:39:35 -0600 Brendan Long kori...@gmail.com wrote: On 2011-10-27 11:14 PM, Mick wrote: My primary desire for updates is for: 1.) security fixes 2.) bug fixes I don't need to update for new features unless its a feature I need, in which case I am happy to chase

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:56:11 -0500 Dwight Schauer dscha...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Mick wrote: I did make a mistake when I chose Arch. I asked friends on yahoo chat for suggestions for a replacement my then distro when it focused on eye-candy to the detriment

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:49:13 +1000 Mick bare...@tpg.com.au wrote: Following yet another update that has disabled user control of USB sticks, cameras, etc. and blocked user from shutting down from the desktop (in my case xfce4), I am at the end of my tether. Is there some way to be fore

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

. Cherrypicking updates is no sollution, as soname bumps are reality. can clear any of the remaining suspects please do. mick This particular set of problems is caused by the udev update, wich told you everything you need to know after it had been updated. where did it tell, there was nothing

[arch-general] coping with damaging updates

info on how to repair the damage they are set to create. mick

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:45:20 +0200 Martti Kühne mysat...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Mick bare...@tpg.com.au wrote: Following yet another update that has disabled user control of USB sticks, cameras, etc. and blocked user from shutting down from the desktop (in my

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:15:32 +0200 Heiko Baums li...@baums-on-web.de wrote: Am Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:49:13 +1000 schrieb Mick bare...@tpg.com.au: Following yet another update that has disabled user control of USB sticks, cameras, etc. and blocked user from shutting down from the desktop

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:09:48 +0200 Karol Blazewicz karol.blazew...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Mick bare...@tpg.com.au wrote: Is there some way to be fore-warned of these updates coming online and avoid them or be ready with clear info on how to repair the damage

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:24:13 -0500 Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu wrote: On (10/27/11 17:49), Mick wrote: -~ Following yet another update that has disabled user control of USB -~ sticks, cameras, etc. and blocked user from shutting down from the -~ desktop (in my case xfce4), I am

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

, changes to relatively basic functions, like USB sticks, halt/reboot from within GUI. Of course the Arch way forbids a simple script within the package to fix these issues. mick

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

at larger scale administration), and honestly, i'd like to see dbus and other tools that enhance discovery/transparency/communication/free-time embed themselves like a tick in everything possible. this would be fantastic EXCEPT a lot of the new inclusions break things, hence this thread. mick

Re: [arch-general] coping with damaging updates

being broken for a not insignificant number of users and if packages that could be doing the damage where set to require a more assertive update process they could be deferred until users have time to get it right life would be sweeter. mick