Re: Install a package to alternative location

2023-08-17 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 10:20:30PM +0200, Jeanette C. wrote: > my system partition is as good as full, so I wonder if there is a safe > method to install packages to alternative locations. The packages in > question are android-studio-system and android-ndk. Do you have space somewhere else ?

Re: Something going wrong with Firefox 116.0.2

2023-08-15 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 11:12:08PM +0200, Robin Candau wrote: > Let's either drop it or focus on the potential Firefox issue initially > stated please. Agreed. I had no idea that this was something 'controversial', hence my question. Ciao, -- FA

Re: Something going wrong with Firefox 116.0.2

2023-08-15 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 05:08:46PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > A pro for Firefox: Brendan Eich left Mozilla > A con for Brave: Brendan Eich owns Brave > I wouldn't use Brave, even if it would be the best browser available, I > even wouldn't use it, if it would be the only browser available.

blas update

2023-06-15 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 08:27:28PM -, Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Felix Yan wrote: > The openblas package prior to version 0.3.23-2 doesnt ship optimized > LAPACK routine and CBLAS/LAPACKE interfaces for compatibility. This > decision has been reverted now, and the ability to choose a

Re: moving /boot

2023-04-07 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 03:41:15PM +, u...@net9.ga wrote: > As far as I remember, what you wrote, including reinstalling syslinux, does > the trick. It's what I did, and it did the trick. > Aren't there wiki articles about these subjects? There are, but they can be confusing. The

moving /boot

2023-04-06 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Hello all, I'm having a problem with updating a laptop: the /boot partition is too small for the new ramfs images. The system uses GPT partioning and BIOS boot using syslinux. /dev/sda1 1M Type = BIOS Boot /dev/sda2 /boot 95M Attributes: LegacyBIOSBootable /dev/sda3 / 93G

Re: netctl problem

2023-03-28 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 06:54:19PM +0200, Óscar García Amor wrote: > > Scanning the available docs, I found out that systemd-networkd > > is enabled by default. Could this be in conflict with netctl ? > > Yes, in fact, I advise you NOT to use netctl and to use systemd- > netword[1] directly.

Re: netctl problem

2023-03-28 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Hi Ralph, > Unless the remote hands are used to precisely editing configuration > files, this might be something where a mistake has been made. We verified the dhcp file, and I'm pretty sure it's okay. My friend may be a linux noob, but he's an experienced engineer and learling fast :-) It's

netctl problem

2023-03-28 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Hello all, Yesterday I assisted (via a text chat) a linux noob to install Archlinux on a laptop. We got so far that the system can boot on its own, and we can login as root. The netctl package is installed. Also the ethernet-dhcp example is copied to /etc/netctl/dhcp and edited for the correct

setting time

2023-01-27 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Hello all, A friend (who is by no means a Linux expert and lives at the other end of the world) is using an Archlinux system that has its date and time completely wrong - the year is 2019. Is using timedatectl set-time a safe way to fix this ? In other words, would a system time jump cause

Re: update warnings

2022-12-14 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 08:46:39PM +0100, mpan wrote: > Since pacman does not warn about cycles, I assume that are misreported > warnings about one of the packages in a cycle being installed before > another. Those are usually not an issue. But we would need to know, what the > messages are

update warnings

2022-12-14 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Hello, A full update gives me a number of warnings about dependency cycles. Can this be safely ignored, or is some special handling required ? TNX, -- FA

Re: [arch-general] ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 mic not working

2022-07-05 Thread Fons Adriaensen via arch-general
On Tue, Jul 05, 2022 at 10:25:14AM +0800, Sadeep Madurange via arch-general wrote: > List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices > card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 0: HDA Analog (*) [] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 6: DMIC (*)

Re: [arch-general] ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 mic not working

2022-07-04 Thread Fons Adriaensen via arch-general
On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 04:29:13PM +0200, Iyán Méndez Veiga via arch-general wrote: > In any case, I have a X1 Yoga Gen 6, which is (apart from the screen and > chasis) equivalent to the X1 Carbon Gen 9 (with an Intel Gen 11), and I have > no issues with the mic or the speakers. Everything