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caused grub to be wiped out? Has anyone experienced a grub
overwrite with XP lately that they have identified a reason for?
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{{Warning| blah
blah}} ) that really help emphasize the critical info. Good work on the HP
box. Nothing worse than hardware that is impossible to use the way you want to...
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ot. Anybody
familiar with this off-hand or any idea where Pete might look to rule-in or
rule-out the different parts of boot that could effect this? Sorry I don't
have more, I just haven't had the need to dissect the boot mount process to
that level before...
I guess you are just lucky :)
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f it is an issue with util-linux on Arch's end, file a report so it gets
fixed before it bites me :)
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On 09/10/2012 05:53 PM, Ondřej Kučera wrote:
Hi,
see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31460.
Ondřej
Thank you :) Seems that openjdk6/swt is still good...
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' 'libxtst')
+depends=('java-runtime>=7' 'gtk2>=2.20.1' 'libxtst')
I have a couple of my children's games that are still openjdk_6 based, so I
was putting off the update. I'll check it out, but I thought I would ask to
see if somebody already knew. Thanks.
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On 09/04/2012 09:14 AM, Allan McRae wrote:
> On 05/09/12 00:03, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> pacman -Syu this morning and groupadd failed while installing git with the
>> following message:
>>
>> ( 28/115) upgrading git
>> [#
r: command failed to execute correctly
It appears to see a min of 100 and a max of 99. That doesn't appear to ever
work.
[confused construction worker] "I've cut it twice and it's still too short?"
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ages for the same
release (same pkgrel=), I don't want to clean the chroot between each package.
I'll see if I can do the same thing with extra-$arch-build.
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On 08/17/2012 10:49 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Guys,
Reading the wiki pages regarding /etc/modules-load.d and /etc/modprobe.d,
is the only difference that makes /etc/modules-load.d to correct place for the
.conf file a lack of options required on module load?
Or put another way, if
name on load, then use
/etc/modprobe.d/.conf
otherwise if just the module name is required, use:
/etc/modules-load.d/.conf?
That was the only difference I saw in their use in the wiki. Anything else?
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On 08/16/2012 11:19 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 08/16/2012 09:59 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Note: Binaries are currently being finished and will be uploaded when
complete. Currently TDE 3.5.13-sru i686 is ready for testing. x86_64 will be
uploaded later today. R14 should be expected within
hen it is incumbent upon us to defer to the wisdom that has brought Arch to
where it is today...
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On 08/16/2012 09:59 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Note: Binaries are currently being finished and will be uploaded when
> complete. Currently TDE 3.5.13-sru i686 is ready for testing. x86_64 will be
> uploaded later today. R14 should be expected within a week.
3.5.13-sru x86_64 pac
ugs can be directly reported at:
http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net. The archwiki for Trinity will be updated
shortly.
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On 08/05/2012 11:03 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> All,
>
> There have been a few noteworthy developments with the Trinity project for
> Arch. There will be essentially 2 versions available. The primary focus of the
> project is currently on TDE 14.0.0 (R14) which is TQt3 b
it did. The lack of a gimp-light caused pacman to fail
to upgrade anything. Thus, the post. The questions wasn't "why isn't gimp-light
in the repos?" or "Is AUR the only place for gimp-light?", the question was
"why/how is scribus looking for it in the first place?"
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y
usage" bugs fixed. There isn't any technical reason why they can't as long as
they focus on performance issues rather then version competition and arguments
like hiding the version number in the 'about' dialog. (yes, that is actually
what mozilla planned to do...)
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#x27;m happy to dump my package and just use it. Anybody know more about this
new 'gimp-light' package that scribus wants?
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On 08/09/2012 08:43 PM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:56 AM, David C. Rankin
> wrote:
>> On 08/05/2012 11:02 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>>>
>>> The whole point is, if you're reading the install guide you don't need
>>> any information
the end. Especially
the bug fixes that talk about correcting "massive memory usage"...
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nature of the install_guide. On
the other hand, what percentage of users are already grub2 experts?
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16:11] upgraded thunderbird (11.0.1-1 -> 11.0.1-2)
[2012-04-26 09:00] upgraded thunderbird (11.0.1-2 -> 12.0-1)
[2012-05-09 16:24] upgraded thunderbird (12.0-1 -> 12.0.1-1)
[2012-06-14 13:39] upgraded thunderbird (12.0.1-1 -> 13.0-1)
[2012-06-19 13:06] upgraded thunderbird (13.0-1 -> 13.0.1-1)
[2012-07-20 11:15] upgraded thunderbird (13.0.1-1 -> 14.0-1)
Oh well, so goes many projects...
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would expect to see if that were the case. I'll
poke around some more and report back with anything that looks promising.
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u are running chromium -- *make sure* you tweak the privacy settings
to that it isn't sending all your browsing information back to its master.
That is the primary reason I do not use it. I know it isn't as bad on Linux as
on windows, but there are still concerns.
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bothered grub2. I used cfdisk, and then installed grub2.
I don't recall a specific error about sectors. For some reason, I think I recall
having to run grub-install more than once. What error would you expect if that
was causing a problem?
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cpu to bat an eye. But
now, it is very pronounced and brings the desktop to a crawl. This box is not
a screamer, but plenty fast, P4 2800/4G/Nvidia 8600GT.
How do I determine what is causing this? X? ff/tb? something else? Any
ideas appreciated. Thanks.
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On 08/07/2012 09:34 AM, Jan de Groot wrote:
> By installing cups-filters. The backends have moved over there.
>
Thanks Jan! I'll see if there are any config changes needed and post back if
there are.
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On 08/07/2012 09:06 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
>
> How do we print to parallel printers now with cups 1.6.x?
>
I guess the question is what will need to be done to integrate cups-filters to
provide parallel print support in cups. Many businesses, mine included, still
have
Guys,
How do we print to parallel printers now with cups 1.6.x?
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On 08/06/2012 06:04 PM, Daniel Wallace wrote:
>> Searching, the only versions I can find are the last version from
>> > /var/abs/extra. Is there a newer code repository somewhere? GIT/SVN?
>> >
> http://projects.archlinux.org
>
Thank you!
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On 08/06/2012 05:29 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 08/05/2012 03:56 PM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
>> I've been working on fixing up AIF. I currently have basic support for
>> syslinux and grub-bios working, part of my aim is getting enough of an
>> understanding of AIF&#x
x27;ll take a look at it. I'm currently
busy with TDE, but I can at least get familiar with the current AIF code to
start.
It looks like the pages have all been ditched. All I can find is:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AIF_Configuration_File
and it doesn't have a link to any of the other pages... :(
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ags
recommended in the Grub2 page.
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from Arch.
Is this a bug? If so, kernel or nvidia? Is it OK just to set Persistence
Mode permanently on boot each time? Where is the best place? /etc/rc.local?
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would probably be a dozen downloads from interested
Archers. Let me know. Thanks!
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e
Beginners_Guide, currently it refers you up several paragraphs that does no
good. That is why I suggested a link to the Beginners_Guide.
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continuation, I'd be
happy to help where I could.
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with an install from the new
2012 media.
That's just a suggestion for readability. Thanks.
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On 08/05/2012 12:04 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Scott, C, gt, Rafel,
>
> Thank you for all you comments. I'll drop a note in the wiki that captures a
> brief set of these considerations and the few steps needed to set up a swap if
> the user desires.
>
Well, I do
On 08/04/2012 11:11 PM, rafael ff1 wrote:
> 2012/8/5 gt :
>> On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 08:46:05PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>> After installing without AIF, I want to update the install wiki to drop a
>>> note
>>> about swa
ap is not recommended, I at
least want to drop that note in the basic install. Thanks.
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On 08/04/2012 10:49 AM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
>> David, you are fairly active on the mailing lists, and it's amusing that
>> > you totally missed the discussions related to the removal of AIF a few
>> > weeks ago.
> More to the point, as a maintainer of a fairly complicated set of packages,
> he should
there is a better way to do things like this.
I'll add to the beginners guide so there is a bit more guidance with the
manual install.
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all.
I just don't understand the logic in ditching a working tool.
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On 08/04/2012 01:20 AM, Jason Ryan wrote:
> On 04/08/12 at 01:17am, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> Guys,
>>
>> What happened to the arch setup autoinstaller script that guided you though
>> the install process?? It was minimal, and worked very well to guide you
>> t
ss with minimal keystrokes and choices
required. Is that installer on the archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall image? If so
where?
(This is an arch client vbox install if that makes any difference...)
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changes to
the init/shutdown system or rc.conf could have done this?
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On 08/02/2012 04:00 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>
> It's like there is some very bad race condition created in X when using gtk
> apps with the nvidia driver?
For what it is worth, I tested a SuSE box with
MozillaThunderbird-14.0-2.1.x86_64 and xorg-x11-7.6-227.1.x86_64. The comb
something similar?
gtk 1.2.10-11
gtk2 2.24.11-2
gtk3 3.4.4-1
linux 3.4.7-1
nvidia 302.17-4
firefox 14.0.1-1
thunderbird 14.0-1
xorg-server 1.12.3-1
xorg-server-common 1.12.3-1
It's like there is some very bad race condition created in X when using gtk
apps with the nvidia driver?
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On 08/01/2012 06:31 PM, Leonid Isaev wrote:
On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:50:45 -0500
"David C. Rankin" wrote:
The only config change I can see in the apcupsd.conf.pacnew is:
LOCKFILE /var/lock -> LOCKFILE /etc/apcupsd
I can't see that causing a segfault, could it?
I don&#
head
by 1. Sounds screwy, but I don't know the system/kernel/bios well enough to
know how else it could have occurred or what even interfaces with the hardware
clock for that matter. System time was fine up until the time of restart...
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version 3.4.7-1-ARCH
(tobias@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.7.1 20120721 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP
PREEMPT Sun Jul 29 20:05:01 UTC 2012
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Inc.
Version: A04
Release Date: 02/09/2005
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^^^
Can you list a depends twice? (i.e.: gegl>=0.1.8 gegl<=0.2)
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Guys,
Does archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall have the dmraid modules and executable
that were missing in archlinux-2011.08.19-netinstall?
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is what I figured. The gimp devs have taken the position that 2.8
is perfect and the only people that prefer 2.6 are low-level users that should
go find a simpler graphics program. I guess I'm one of those. 2.6 was excellent,
2.8 just gives me a headache...
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checksum. Glad I check :) That is the first checksum failure
I've had in a couple of years.
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-netinstall-dual.iso
I'll try again, but can someone else confirm the md5sum for the iso? Thanks.
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building due to package updates (libpng, ffmpeg,
gcc, on-and-on, ...) Literally you can kick off a build in the morning, then
update and have it go to hell in the evening.
It gives you a great deal of respect for the sheer amount of work the Arch
developers put into this disto
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rebuild
until only glibc had files in /lib, then do the first pacman -Syu --ignore glibc
Only experience showed that was the way to go..
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lbox-ext-oracle does not automatically pull in
the Arch versions?
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On 07/22/2012 11:47 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Why was wv2 dropped from extra? Nothing else provides the headers:
>
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/associatedstrings.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/convert.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/dllmagic.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/fields.
On 07/22/2012 04:02 PM, Nicholas MIller wrote:
> If we want it kiss for the End User
> we should leave the file as is
>
KISS for the community is key.
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On 07/22/2012 04:04 PM, Karol Babioch wrote:
> Am 22.07.2012 22:59, schrieb David C. Rankin:
>> > If the systemd benefits outweigh the benefits of the current init and the
>> > time-cost to the community to undergo the change
/include/wv2/wvlog.h
It still builds fine (one glib fix to olestream.h - filed upstream). I was
surprised when I went to install dependencies in a new chroot only to find that
install failed due to no wv2. Can you guys put it back in extra?
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e
any need to change. However, if it is basically a transparent change to me, then
I don't really care. But if it takes 1/2 hour per box to dork with -- then I
don't want to jack with it.
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o open.
(then alt+left, alt+right back and forth hunting down each option in some badly
readable man page)
For those that don't like comments, then please just 'grep -v "^#" old.conf >
new.conf' to get rid of the comments. There is nothing the rest of the users can
t glibc files in it. (no
empty dirs, no links, no nothing) Then you can do the final pacman -Syu
Also, if you attempt to create or update an arch chroot -- make sure you have
no stale repos in pacman.conf. The install will fail and half your system will
be mounted under the chroot dir. There is no way to update an arch chroot with
the glibc 2.15->2.16 update. Just create a new one.
Hope some of this helps..
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tes; (2) is anyone else experiencing this
on project they are working with?
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:56 /opt/trinity/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -d -s 60 -m
artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f
Is there anything that can be adjusted regarding these running processes that
could eliminate the delay?
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install command.
With that one caveat, tde installs completely with the single pacman call.
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utput to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
iec958:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6 - IEC958
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
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On 07/15/2012 05:43 PM, Baho Utot wrote:
> Actually he really needs hal -->Trinity requires it.
>
Tim has a viable replacement in alpha. Upcoming 14.0.0 will still use hal, but
it is on the way out.
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Just a note for those interested in the trinity project,
After the usrlib move, TDE builds fine, including koffice.
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es
to the box that was partially updated. After installing the new packages that
removed all ownership from /lib (except for glibc), the final 'pacman -Su'
completed fine.
Progress is always a bit trying, but all in all, Arch did a good job with the
move.
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x27;t add the note to the wiki. I can, but don't want to do so until
getting any feedback here.
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a week to insure there are not
gotchas. I understand now that this update is an "all or nothing" update. Would
have been nice to have that note as part of the announcement. We will get
through it, it will just be a bit more fun...
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it to work? Since I wanted to delay install of the new kernel and glibc,
should I also have excluded kmod?
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nd not an arch problem. So I like
to confirm first.
If Allan is talking with upstream about it, I'll hold off for now. Let me
know if you want me to file it to make sure it doesn't slip though the cracks.
Happy to do it.
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On 07/08/2012 09:36 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a new build error with tdebase (kdebase) in trinity that I think is
> the
> result of a hardwired path somewhere and some recent gcc change. The error I
> get is:
>
> [ 49%] Built target libkmanpart-mo
t I will expect in the future. As for the original
rpcgen error, that is still in work and I'll keep digging.
I have a much better appreciation of all the hard work you guys put in keeping
Arch the most current distro in use.
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On 07/10/2012 04:12 PM, Mantas Mikulėnas wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:15 PM, David C. Rankin
> wrote:
>> > Guys,
>> >
>> > I have read the recent thread about glibc problems and I am totally
>> > confused about what I am still supposed to have in
to rpcgen or cpp.
I'm left scratching my head. Is it safe for me to downgrade glibc to test?
With all the "it broke my system" threads, I'm somewhat reluctant to try.
What say the experts? What should I check first?
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ited the
following:
+util-linux /bin/login
+util-linux /etc/pam.d/chfn
+util-linux /etc/pam.d/chsh
+util-linux /etc/pam.d/login
+util-linux /usr/bin/chfn
+util-linux /usr/bin/chsh
+util-linux /usr/bin/newgrp
+util-linux /usr/sbin/vigr
+util-linux /usr/sbin/vipw
Was the driver behind it just
orums for different issues in Arch. (I couldn't see why there would be, but
it was confusing enough to point it out)
Thanks for the info and clarification Tom/Pierre, all. Learning occurred.
Looks like the ARM folks have shadow issues to solve as well :)
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force the package.
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icial flying the Arch
Linux trademarked logo, etc
So I guess anyone can create any forum and fly the Arch logo? Sounds like a
"cease and desist" letter would fix that problem.
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m and 1 login
for all forum issues...
Is there some logic that tells us which issues should go to the regular
forum and which go to the ARM forum?
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will wait for the all clear from the devs before forcing. Arch Devs,
when you can confirm a force is the proper way to handle this util-linux
issue, please let us know. I'm just trying to avoid causing myself grief :)
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I ask because I don't want to kill login by forcing
if there is a preferred way to do this What say the experts?
(this has happened on all my boxes..)
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been some change to gcc that would be expected to
cause this type error? I ask to confirm this before I start hacking the TDE
build files on my end. Has anyone else seen this issue pop up lately?
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th
with dmraid and with archroot in the past couple of weeks.
Like I said, a smarter guy will have to help with the exact message, but
hopefully a remake of the initramfs will straighten your modules.dep problem out.
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lete reboot of the system before
minecraft_server in particular would run again.
I wondered how widespread the disruption would be, but just judging from my 2
boxes -- I knew it would be fairly widespread.
My setup was with dcron and ntp.
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together. Setting up a separate user
to run skype with and preventing it from snooping is just plain smart. Simple
solution, well written up.
Thanks for your help and explanation!
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r}/sys"
>
>
> Allan
Ooh, you're good :)
That was it -- works like a charm now.
... just how did the little ',ro' come to cause such a problem?
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': Read-only file system
error: could not commit transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (transaction aborted)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
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und" -- works! But, attempting to make a call, I
get an immediate "Problem with Audio Playback" and the call closes.
I have set ~/.pulse/client.conf to "autospawn = no" and it make no
difference. Any ideas?
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the past. I have a disk that is getting flaky. Maybe this is just a hardware
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