Re: [arch-general] Increase console size regardless of screen size

2017-08-27 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 27-08-2017 17:28, Storm Dragon via arch-general wrote: > I am using an Odroid XU4 with which is an ARM machine. So it uses uboot. > I did uncomment a larger screen setting in the boot.txt file and did > mkscr to compile it. Here is the line from boot.txt: You are using Arch Linux ARM, which is

Re: [arch-general] kernel-install in archlinux

2017-06-22 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 22-06-2017 15:20, Damjan Georgievski wrote: > Unfortunately that's not enough, other hooks (which are unknown) can > update the initramfs, and I can't hook on /boot/initramfs-* since it's > not part of any package. I suppose the question is if any of the official packages provide a hook that do

Re: [arch-general] kernel-install in archlinux

2017-06-22 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 22-06-2017 12:58, Damjan Georgievski via arch-general wrote: > Is there any plan for moving ArchLinux to the kernel-install infrastructure[1] > > I've seen some talk about it from a year ago, but the discussion seems > to have died off. > > My personal use case is to have a hook that self-sign

Re: [arch-general] Samsung NVMe set up

2017-06-21 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 21-06-2017 19:51, Alan E. Davis via arch-general wrote: > For the NVMe drive, I see that it is *up to* 3.2 GB/s, or 3200MB/s, and > this may be "up-to" that speed.. You should always be aware of the up to claims but it should be achievable, even if it is only for large sequential reads. Anothe

Re: [arch-general] xfce4-notifyd issues

2017-06-21 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 21-06-2017 20:16, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > On 06/21/2017 03:07 PM, Bjoern Franke wrote: >> Am 21.06.2017 um 14:17 schrieb David Barri via arch-general: >>> Broke for me recently too. I had to add this to my .xinitrc: >>> >>> systemctl --user start xfce4-notifyd.service >>> >> >> Which DE are

Re: [arch-general] arch health

2017-04-20 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 20-04-2017 23:37, Carsten Mattner wrote: > Bug has been reported in Arch's tracker and there's a companion > bug from someone else about ffmpeg2.8. It makes sense to report > in Arch first because arch has published 3.3 in testing and maybe > ffmpeg's version scheme is just convoluted and 3.3 is

Re: [arch-general] arch health

2017-04-20 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 20-04-2017 20:21, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Have you reported the bug? If yes and the dev decides that it should be >> reverted to a previous version there is a way to do it, see: >> man pacman | grep -A1 epoch > > For the sake of completeness: > > "Upstream or Arch? > [snip] > If Arch is not res

Re: [arch-general] arch health

2017-04-20 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 20-04-2017 18:56, Carsten Mattner via arch-general wrote: > If I may suggest a pain point: arch needs good support for > revoking packages and replacing with the previous version > if regressions are encountered. Case in point ffmpeg 3.3. > 3.2.4 was fine and 2.8.11 is also fine but 3.3's muxer

Re: [arch-general] Update to Linux 4.10.1-1 Broke Bind9 /etc/named.conf never reached on startup

2017-03-12 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 12-03-2017 14:00, David C. Rankin wrote: > All, > > After update to Linux 4.10.1-1, Bind9 cannot connect to 127.0.0.1#953. This > server has been flawless with Bind for 4 years. Now, for example attempting to > sync zones: It seems other people also have noticed problems: https://bbs.archli

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] AUR ToS (aka making AUR user names public)

2017-03-06 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 06-03-2017 12:45, Henrik Danielsson via arch-general wrote: > 2017-03-06 12:53 GMT+01:00 Mauro Santos via arch-general < > arch-general@archlinux.org>: > >> On 06-03-2017 11:20, Henrik Danielsson via arch-general wrote: >>> 2017-03-06 11:18 GMT+01:00 Ralf Ma

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] AUR ToS (aka making AUR user names public)

2017-03-06 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 06-03-2017 12:13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 11:53:34 +0000, Mauro Santos via arch-general wrote: >> I think the point here is not so much privacy, as I believe everyone >> recognizes that the information that was asked for (the full list of >> usernames) is

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] AUR ToS (aka making AUR user names public)

2017-03-06 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 06-03-2017 11:20, Henrik Danielsson via arch-general wrote: > 2017-03-06 11:18 GMT+01:00 Ralf Mardorf : >> >> Privacy is a principle. You seem not to understand the difference >> between giving somebody data with the formal permission to use this data >> and data that simply is available for eve

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] AUR ToS (aka making AUR user names public)

2017-03-05 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 05-03-2017 13:35, Lukas Fleischer wrote: > Hi, > > I was recently contacted by a Polish researcher asking for a list of AUR > account names. I did not expect this to be controversial but a couple of > Trusted Users raised concerns on IRC, so I decided to move this to the > public mailing list a

Re: [arch-general] NILFS: A filesystem designed to minimize the likelyhood of data loss

2017-01-09 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 09-01-2017 15:39, Alexander Rath wrote: > Hello! > > I'd like to share a link to this description/tutorial about NILFS2: > https://forum.manjaro.org/t/nilfs-a-filesystem-designed-to-minimize-the-likelyhood-of-data-loss/15091 > > Did anybody try to install Arch on a NILFS2-formatted partition?

Re: [arch-general] Getting freeze on early start with linux 4.9-1 kernel.

2016-12-26 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 26-12-2016 02:54, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > On 12/24/2016 10:33 AM, Mauro Santos via arch-general wrote: >> What other distros do is recommend a 1GB /boot or changing the >> configuration to reduce the number of older kernels installed[1]. People >> have c

Re: [arch-general] Getting freeze on early start with linux 4.9-1 kernel.

2016-12-24 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 24-12-2016 14:14, Carsten Mattner wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Mauro Santos via arch-general > wrote: >> On 23-12-2016 13:58, Carsten Mattner via arch-general wrote: >>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 1:59 PM, fredbezies via arch-general >>> wrote: >&

Re: [arch-general] Getting freeze on early start with linux 4.9-1 kernel.

2016-12-23 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 23-12-2016 13:58, Carsten Mattner via arch-general wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 1:59 PM, fredbezies via arch-general > wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I'm facing an annoying bug with linux 4.9-1 kernel on my 6 or 7 years >> old Toshiba Laptop. When I try to make it boot on with linux 4.9-1 >> kernel

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Preparing OpenVPN 2.4.x - possible incompatible changes

2016-11-29 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 29-11-2016 17:00, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote: > Em novembro 29, 2016 14:38 Christian Hesse escreveu: >> >> We need root privileges at initialization phase, no? Privileges are >> dropped >> to nobody/nobody when initialization sequence completed. >> >> If we can make things work with non-root syst

Re: [arch-general] Supermicro cd/dvd inst error: ARCH_201603 device did not show up after 30 seconds

2016-10-10 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 10-10-2016 23:49, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 10/10/2016 03:26 PM, LoneVVolf wrote: >> Check these 2 options in the AMI Bios : >> >> Advanced Chipset Control > Northbridge >> Set IOMMU MODE to 1 GB >> (unless you have an agp videocard in this system, then it should be set to >> "AGP >> present"

Re: [arch-general] How to set up a virtual network / NAT for libvirt?

2016-10-09 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 09-10-2016 18:38, Peter Nabbefeld wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been told that I cannot bridge multiple networks using WLAN (as WDS > would not have been implemented correctly on all devices), but I've to > use a virtual network, brobably with NAT, but I cannot find sufficient > advice, neither i

Re: [arch-general] Arch GNU/Linux install for beginners and new users

2016-09-22 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 23-09-2016 01:06, Francis Gerund via arch-general wrote: > Hi Maurio, > > Thank you for your opinion. In regard to your postulate, if my freedom > ends where the others starts, then it would seem that the reverse is also > true, that the freedom of others ends where my freedom starts. > Yes

Re: [arch-general] Arch GNU/Linux install for beginners and new users

2016-09-22 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 22-09-2016 23:10, Francis Gerund via arch-general wrote: > Hi D C, > > Freedom of speech means being able to say whatever you want to say, without > interference from sel-appointed sidewalk supervisors or other members of > the Peanut Gallery. > > HTH. > . > All nice and well, but don't forg

Re: [arch-general] Arch GNU/Linux install for beginners and new users

2016-09-22 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 22-09-2016 17:26, Zachary Kline wrote: > > How does one define “third-party installer?” By my reading, the TalkingArch > project, which makes the installation process accessible to the visually > impaired, could qualify, as it isn’t released by the official Arch > maintainers. This would be

Re: [arch-general] Arch GNU/Linux install for beginners and new users

2016-09-22 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 22-09-2016 16:47, Francis Gerund via arch-general wrote: > Note that all of these are regarded as separate distros and will NOT be >> supported by Arch in the forums, mailing lists, or IRC. >> > > > While Antergos is indeed a separate distribution (but very close to raw > Arch), the Archtect A

Re: [arch-general] Supermicro cd/dvd inst error: ARCH_201603 device did not show up after 30 seconds

2016-09-21 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
Have you tried with the latest install ISO? You also seem to have physical access to the hardware, any special reason why you have to use optical media instead of a usb flash drive? -- Mauro Santos

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] i686 and SSE2

2016-09-18 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
I'm not sure enforcing sse3 or later for AMD64 hardware is the best course of action. > egrep "^model name|^flags" /proc/cpuinfo model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 s

Re: [arch-general] Opinions on PowerShell?

2016-08-19 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 19-08-2016 16:05, Sebastiaan Lokhorst via arch-general wrote: > 2016-08-19 16:28 GMT+02:00 Mauro Santos via arch-general < > arch-general@archlinux.org>: >> >> Make no mistake, they are after profits and do whatever it takes to keep >> the money flowing >>

Re: [arch-general] Opinions on PowerShell?

2016-08-19 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
P Fingerprint <https://leefuller.io/pgp/>: * > 4ACAEBA4B9EE1B3A075034302D5C3D050E6ED55A > > On 19 August 2016 at 15:28, Mauro Santos via arch-general < > arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > >> On 19-08-2016 14:27, Stephen E. Baker via arch-general wrote: >>

Re: [arch-general] Opinions on PowerShell?

2016-08-19 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 19-08-2016 14:27, Stephen E. Baker via arch-general wrote: > As a PowerShell user, it certainly has it's place, but it's place is > pretty niche in the linux world, so +1 for the AUR. Given that it comes from Microsoft they must have some agenda to fulfill, I'd rather not touch this even with a

Re: [arch-general] Announcing pacpak

2016-07-10 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 10-07-2016 13:18, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > Hello, > > On 07/10/2016 01:59 PM, LoneVVolf wrote: >> My personal preference though is for AL community to treat flatpak >> similar as derivative distros. >> >> something like : flatpak is unsupported on Arch linux, ask the flatpak >> creat

Re: [arch-general] packer vs packer-io

2016-06-23 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 23-06-2016 15:04, Andre "Osku" Schmidt via arch-general wrote: > Hmm, > > so Archlinux has packer[0] that provides an executable named `packer` and > now there is packer-io[1] that changes the upstream executable from > `packer` to `packer-io`. > > Now i have a Makefile that runs packer-io[1]

Re: [arch-general] kudos to Arch for packing keepassx 0.4.4-2

2016-06-21 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 21-06-2016 18:28, Jérôme M. Berger wrote: > I was'nt aware of keepassx2 until you mentionned it, but it appears > unable to import my keepassx db. So yay, thanks for keeping the legacy > keepassx… I was also unaware of keepassx2 but for me it seems to have imported my "old" database witho

Re: [arch-general] Where did the touch pad tapping go?

2016-06-17 Thread Mauro Santos via arch-general
On 17-06-2016 06:52, Javier Vasquez via arch-general wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Kyle Terrien wrote: >>> Javier Vasquez via arch-general wrote: >>> ... >>> >>> https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/xf86-input-synaptics.install?h=packages/xf86-input-synaptics >>