Re: [arch-general] Pacman for user-only packages
Yes , you can set up a local repo, packer (aur manager) also has config for custom folder. Pacman -U package rolls back to chosen package. you could download PKGBUILD and use makepkg and pacman to manage it yourself. Many possibilities w pacman Bob
Re: [arch-general] Inkscape fails to open svg files
Hi,could you open inkscape from terminal and see what is the output is when you save.best regardsBob From: Murari To: General Discussion about Arch Linux Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2015 6:08 AM Subject: [arch-general] Inkscape fails to open svg files Hi all, An update between the 17th of May and the 1st of June seems to have broken Inkscape's ability to open existing svg files on my computer. Any svg I open (including stock files off the internet) cause Inkscape to crash with "Inkscape encountered an internal error and will close now". I even created a new, test svg consisting only of a few shapes and text, but I can't open it again after saving. Has anyone else seen anything like this? Thanks!
Re: [arch-general] AUR, ABS and outdated/orphaned packages
Great work, Michael! From: Michael Beasley To: General Discussion about Arch Linux Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 5:50 AM Subject: Re: [arch-general] AUR, ABS and outdated/orphaned packages On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:38:17PM -0500, Eli Schwartz wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Michael Beasley > wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > I've taken some time to make updated PKGBUILDS and related scripts for a > > few packages > > that are marked as "Maintainer: Orphaned" and haven't been updated in a > > while. How would I go about > > submitting or getting these updated approved for testing and possibly > > applying for maintainership? > > > > The wiki explicitly states not to upload to the AUR if any version exists > > in the official package database, > > so I figured it would be best to ask before I get started off on the wrong > > foot. > > > > Thanks all, > > Michael Beasley > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > Version: GnuPG v2 > > > > iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJVePrDAAoJEH1e/jLR/gR71LEH/3L6fi+iVqMeowf21XgNayDI > > F/eLaWsirWMPeXV8bxczXaQdsqoukc1+sZZ/Px18L4FGvnS/Br0RioWfi5r8kPo6 > > Nstt0QHsLOy5wxOmJ/272l2FLD1Vo/NIyI4XSFEec5+BIJO/+mYF/boKOHQ4G6jM > > jxHXFczvEin5R3hBPagolT4/7WAjcpdiMEt3z7QV501swy0JtPzq6u1nAnJaRewm > > s7E+kh4WekUKw2pbbJCbihG5u0BqLc1ilft+uwHKjtFwZBeP3XyFK/71dG6UQOJR > > Hugo3NfQbhUtDZo2zjOU+2jjWMVbTdso4HmNIEmXcFbHhVZMi/x3L68joztLlV0= > > =Itwf > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > If the package is in the repositories, just flag them as out of date. They > should get updated by the Arch maintainers. > If they are in the AUR, file an orphan request (unless they are already > orphaned), then adopt them from their page on the AUR. Once you are the > maintainer, you can then update them freely. > > -- Eli Schwartz Sounds great, I guess I'll send an email to the last packagers; some of them have flag dates from months ago. Thanks, Michael Beasley
Re: [arch-general] i3 and .zprofile
Hi,I use xfce4 with i3 (dual session)in my i3 config I just start urxvt, in my .xinitrc I just have: exec startxfce4I can start xterm or xfce4-terminal also as I need.in my .Xresources : #include ".Xresources.d/xterm"#include ".Xresources.d/urxvt-unicode" and the configs in the .Xresources.dI used to start from lightdm, but now I just use tty, from there I login and .xinitrc takes over.Bob From: Stefan Tatschner To: arch-general@archlinux.org Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [arch-general] i3 and .zprofile On Di, 2015-10-27 at 10:18 +, Alfredo Palhares wrote: > Have you tried changing your default shell the "old fashined way"? > > $ chsh /usr/bin/zsh > > Then re login. I have done that a long time ago. :) My shell is set to /bin/zsh instead; but since that line appears in /etc/shells as well, it should imo be fine. Stefan
Re: [arch-general] [OT?] Which is most future-proof desktop environment?
I use i3 with xfce4 session, It took me a while to figure out, but in the session and startup dialog for xfce4 you canchoose a display chooser on login, I disable all xfce4 sessions except xfce4-panel and xfsettingsd, install i3 with urxvt and all the plugins for urxvt (tabs, perls etc). In my ~/.cache/session I have the sessions xfce4 and i3 beneath eachother.So now when login from tty, the display chooser appears (when checked in xfce4 session and startup manager) with i3 or xfce4 as wm.The xfce4 is only xfce4, the i3 is in combination with the xfce4 whisker menu, and 2 panels with mainly xfce4 features. Also took a while to make the i3 config as I want, but to be honest, with this setup I am 10x times more productive.Switching workspaces, with dual monitor setup , the second monitor almost feels as overkill.Especially with laptop or 1 screen, things are super. So for me i3 and xfce4
