Re: [arch-general] Finishing the /usr move

2013-06-01 Thread phani
On Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:15:04 +0530, Genes Lists wrote: I note that /etc/grub.d/xxx all have #!/bin/bash Did I miss something or should these be #!/usr/bin/bash now. they should, but since the filesystem update symlinks /bin -> /usr/bin, things keep working. -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] Finishing the /usr move

2013-06-01 Thread phani
blems encountered. -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] Arch mailing list for subjective discussions

2013-05-19 Thread phani
because simply by existing it would contribute to fragmentation of the available knowledge base. [sorry for the unintended private reply earlier.] -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] Arch mailing list for subjective discussions

2013-05-19 Thread phani
convinced that creating another mailing list would be a good idea overall (fragmentation). but if the general consensus here should be that it would be a good thing, i have the server space and know how to manage one. -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] error during update of qt4 and qt5

2013-03-15 Thread phani
ps it was a mistake of mine, or the mirrors weren't done updating, so i asked here first. i'm sorry if i wasted your time or inbox space. the mistake has already been fixed, btw. -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] error during update of qt4 and qt5

2013-03-15 Thread phani
On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:49:17 +0530, phani wrote: seems both qt versions are trying to provide .desktop files with the same name. what to do about this? from [testing], by the way. -- phani.

[arch-general] error during update of qt4 and qt5

2013-03-15 Thread phani
esigner.desktop exists in both 'qt4' and 'qt5-tools' /usr/share/applications/linguist.desktop exists in both 'qt4' and 'qt5-tools' seems both qt versions are trying to provide .desktop files with the same name. what to do about this? -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mesa 9.1 in testing

2013-02-23 Thread phani
rs to run a wee bit hotter (~3 deg.) after the update, but that may be due to a variety of reasons. (i'm sometimes affected by https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/32025 -- FS#32025 - [linux] 3.6.2 - 3.7.x results laptop 10 degrees warmer.) -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] video display doesn't get refreshed in GIMP, it seems.

2013-01-21 Thread phani
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:06:35 +0530, phani wrote: Unless this is something specific to Arch, I'm pretty much in doubt that anyone can sort this out for you here. The graphics stack is quite complex, so there are a lot of places were things could go wrong. You are probably best off by reso

Re: [arch-general] video display doesn't get refreshed in GIMP, it seems.

2013-01-20 Thread phani
take it to the GIMP users list next, and install openSUSE on bare metal again, to see if that's different. it's certainly something to do with the grapchics stack which, as you point out, is a complex thing :( thanks for your reply, -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] Strange isse with my arch usb install

2013-01-20 Thread phani
024231.html ([arch-dev-public] network interface naming with systemd 197) or this: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1219361 (forum: Index » Kernel & Hardware » systemd-udevd renames network interfaces) -- phani.

[arch-general] video display doesn't get refreshed in GIMP, it seems.

2013-01-20 Thread phani
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU (HT-MCP) clocked at 800.00 MHz Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Whistler LE [AMD Radeon HD 6625M Graphics] X.org: 1.13.1 drivers: ati,radeon,intel tty size: 114x37 -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] update to calibre-0.9.15-1

2013-01-18 Thread phani
On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:16:58 +0530, phani wrote: Alternatively, you could have informed yourself about what *.pyc/*.pyo files are and answered your own question. "RTFM" makes sense to me. "study python packaging before asking the list" does not. that probably came a

Re: [arch-general] update to calibre-0.9.15-1

2013-01-18 Thread phani
On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:14:54 +0530, Alexander Bashmakov wrote: It is common issue when you run as root python program without precompiled pyc/pyo, now pyc/pyo provided by package and conflict with autogenerated. the only thing i ran as root was pacman; certainly not calibre. -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] update to calibre-0.9.15-1

2013-01-18 Thread phani
ld not handle such cases, because that's what using arch means to me. Alternatively, you could have informed yourself about what *.pyc/*.pyo files are and answered your own question. "RTFM" makes sense to me. "study python packaging before asking the list" does not. -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] update to calibre-0.9.15-1

2013-01-18 Thread phani
up things -- unless everything is downloaded & checked, pacman doesn't do anything. weird, but nothing to loose sleep over. some freak accident... -- phani.

[arch-general] update to calibre-0.9.15-1

2013-01-18 Thread phani
es didn't belong to any package. only after moving them from that location somewhere else could the new version of calibre be installed. looks to me as if this is some packaging error. don't know enough about arch packaging though to say what exactly went wrong... -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] Akonadi file content search

2012-10-05 Thread phani
2) it does. i'm not aware of advanced search features, but you might look into the sparqle language, which i think is used for these searches. -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] Iinstallation program

2012-09-27 Thread phani
g used to it, add other repositories from OBS (open build service) to spice things up. for those who are sure they want to undertand at least the basics and take some trouble to get more up-to-date programs & libraries, arch makes life easier by purposely not providing all the hand-holding that others are famous for. -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] testing/systemd 191-1 failed to boot

2012-09-22 Thread phani
l can't do serious harm. it's when a bunch of others decide to take him on again & again that things get out of hand. just keep quiet! -- phani.

[arch-general] fontconfig: 99pdftoopvp.conf

2012-09-06 Thread phani
e. i found that it belongs to cups-filters, which installs it into /etc/fonts/conf.d directly, apparently. am i supposed to do anything about this, or just leave it there? -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] SystemD poll

2012-08-16 Thread phani
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:10:38 +0530, Denis A. Altoé Falqueto wrote: Replace "gold" with "willing and skills to help", and you're right. what strikes me is that pretty much all who have the skills, do the work, and make the decisions in (almost) all the major distros came to the conclusi

Re: [arch-general] SystemD poll

2012-08-16 Thread phani
uld probably be easier to hire a couple dozen qualified developers to create your own customized arch-derived distro. that's an option, of course, if you got the money and want to spend it.\ -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] SystemD poll

2012-08-16 Thread phani
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:05:17 +0530, Nicholas MIller wrote: if we (arch linux users) managed to collect enough money to 'bribe' the devs into doing what we want, this poll might have a point. as it is, forget it. I'd seriously consider giving a good bit for direct influence in how some choic

Re: [arch-general] SystemD poll

2012-08-16 Thread phani
good money for the product. if we (arch linux users) managed to collect enough money to 'bribe' the devs into doing what we want, this poll might have a point. as it is, forget it. -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] Personal note

2012-08-15 Thread phani
from all the feedback, and i'm pretty sure there's a few old archers around who wouldn't mind the extra effort. i would volunteer for that, but i'm very new to arch linux and this mailing list, having come from openSUSE a few months ago. Thank you for your contributions. +1 thanks a lot for this great distro! -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] Lennart Poettering on udev-systemd

2012-08-14 Thread phani
with exactly the same opinions i find here. while this is definitely tiring after a while, i find a mail client that allows to "ignore thread" very helpful. -- phani.

Re: [arch-general] What can be deleted, when not using systemd - was: polkit package upgrade patch

2012-08-12 Thread phani
t needed. Regards, Ralf OT: this is the first discussion of PA, systemd, etc., in my limited experience that didn't lead to ad hominem attacks, stays on topic, and actually provides useful information. great! -- phani.