Re: [arch-general] probs. with easynews mirror

2008-09-26 Thread Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.
same here On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:20 PM, David Rosenstrauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Anyone know what's up with the easynews pacman mirror? Every file access > that pacman attempts fails like this: > > error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.easynews.com : > Success > >

Re: [arch-general] anyone had problems with archlinux-2008.06-ftp-i686.iso?

2008-09-26 Thread Chris Brannon
"Aaron Griffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree. At the very least, we can offer an alternate "accessibility" > version which would have tools like this for blind users and the like. > > Chris, what software do you need, or think others may need, when it > comes to things like this? Thank y

[arch-general] probs. with easynews mirror

2008-09-26 Thread David Rosenstrauch
Anyone know what's up with the easynews pacman mirror? Every file access that pacman attempts fails like this: error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.easynews.com : Success Anyone know the cause and/or who to contact over there to get it fixed? It's usually a great mir

[arch-general] GTK+-2.14.3,xfce4-session ha rd to quit

2008-09-26 Thread 无可救药
every time i logout , i have to wait long time until xfce4-session to quit. do you guys have such problem?

Re: [arch-general] anyone had problems with archlinux-2008.06-ftp-i686.iso?

2008-09-26 Thread Adam Vogt
To me, it looks like the drive is having difficulties reading the cd, which should be unrelated to your customizations. A solution might be to try different media, drive combinations for reading or writing. If those are not available, you can also try installing arch from within your current d

Re: [arch-general] anyone had problems with archlinux-2008.06-ftp-i686.iso?

2008-09-26 Thread Thomas Bächler
Aaron Griffin schrieb: I wonder whether we should have those packages on the CD by default. It is especially difficult for a blind person to use a computer, and we force you to remaster the image yourself before you can use it. Worth a thought. I agree. At the very least, we can offer an altern

Re: [arch-general] anyone had problems with archlinux-2008.06-ftp-i686.iso?

2008-09-26 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Thomas Bächler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Brannon schrieb: >> >> I'm new to Arch. The other day, I downloaded the ISO mentioned in the >> subject >> line. I remastered the image, because I needed some extra programs. I'm >> blind. I added a screenreader

Re: [arch-general] anyone had problems with archlinux-2008.06-ftp-i686.iso?

2008-09-26 Thread Thomas Bächler
Chris Brannon schrieb: I'm new to Arch. The other day, I downloaded the ISO mentioned in the subject line. I remastered the image, because I needed some extra programs. I'm blind. I added a screenreader and a text-to-speech engine to the ISO, so that I could have spoken feedback during the in