Re: [arch-general] xorg package not found...

2009-02-10 Thread Zack
You need xorg-server xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-synaptics(for laptops) xf86-video-$brand xorg-xinit(if you want to use startx) xterm(not required, can be useful) I guess the xorg meta package was never put back. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Preston C. wrote: > I ran th

[arch-general] xorg package not found...

2009-02-10 Thread Preston C.
I ran the command, pacman -S xorg , and it tells me that it is not found. It then asks if I want to install the whole group, which consists of around 10 xorg and xf86 packages. Thanks for any help.

Re: [arch-general] configuring ALSA...

2009-02-10 Thread Preston C.
> The pound sign (#) generally means whatever is after it on that line is a > comment. :) I think I am starting to see that, :-).

Re: [arch-general] configuring ALSA...

2009-02-10 Thread Andrew Przepioski
Instead of openning nano, I would do $ echo "options snd-pcsp index=2" >> /etc/modprobe.conf But if you insist on using nano, just append it at the bottom. # # /etc/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels) # options snd-pcsp index=2 The pound sign (#) generally means whatever is after it on that line i

Re: [arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread Preston C.
Thanks Andrew. Yes I have moved on to the next step, :-). On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:08 AM, Andrew Przepioski wrote: > Dang, archlinux.org is not loading for me. It must be down... because there > is actually a sticky on this that has to do with klibc. Anyhow, the sticky > pretty much said that yo

[arch-general] configuring ALSA...

2009-02-10 Thread Preston C.
Hi again. I am writing this time because I am not exactly sure where to put a line in a file? -first I run this: nano /etc/modprobe.conf -then I need to add this: options snd-pcsp index=2 I am not sure where to put this- options snd-pcsp index=2 ? When I open the file using nano there are only t

Re: [arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread Andrew Przepioski
Dang.. I took too long to type this up, haha! Looks like you already solved it. Good job. :P On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Andrew Przepioski wrote: > Dang, archlinux.org is not loading for me. It must be down... because > there is actually a sticky on this that has to do with klibc. Anyhow,

Re: [arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread Andrew Przepioski
Dang, archlinux.org is not loading for me. It must be down... because there is actually a sticky on this that has to do with klibc. Anyhow, the sticky pretty much said that you could delete all of those.. Of course, instead of deleting, I recommend moving it to another directory or renaming it. If

Re: [arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread Preston C.
It worked! Now hopefully the rest of the installation will go well. Thank you both again.

Re: [arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread Preston C.
Thanks, will give it a shot.

Re: [arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread Zack
I just noticed that too, I was going to link the news article. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:27 PM, BinkyTheClown wrote: > Btw, it seems the site is down =( > > 2009/2/11 Zack > > rm /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm >> pacman -Su >> >> It's under the news section on the Arch homepage :) >> >> >> Zack >>

Re: [arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread BinkyTheClown
Btw, it seems the site is down =( 2009/2/11 Zack > rm /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm > pacman -Su > > It's under the news section on the Arch homepage :) > > > Zack > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Preston C. wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:09 AM, BinkyTheClown >> wrote: >> > Please giv

Re: [arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread Zack
rm /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm pacman -Su It's under the news section on the Arch homepage :) Zack On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Preston C. wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:09 AM, BinkyTheClown wrote: > > Please give us the exact error to know what package(s) are failing to > > install.

Re: [arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread Preston C.
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:09 AM, BinkyTheClown wrote: > Please give us the exact error to know what package(s) are failing to > install. Thank you for your help. I don't know how I could do that. I have my AL system up and running in another room, and am using this computer to communicate. I down

Re: [arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread BinkyTheClown
Please give us the exact error to know what package(s) are failing to install. 2009/2/11 Preston C. > I am following the Beginner's Guide to try and get AL installed, and > have come across a problem. I made it to the part about updating the > system, before the installation of ALSA and X. > > H

[arch-general] exists in filesystem...

2009-02-10 Thread Preston C.
I am following the Beginner's Guide to try and get AL installed, and have come across a problem. I made it to the part about updating the system, before the installation of ALSA and X. Here is the problem: Two nights ago I ran pacman -Syu . For some reason it did not install properly, possibly be

Re: [arch-general] Xorg MTRR error in ASUS eee pc 900ha

2009-02-10 Thread Ricardo Hernandez
Thanks for the reply, indeed i'm trying xmonad so HAL is really to much for what i need, although that's not really a problem persee, i started hal and the mouse and keyboard works, so X works too. My question now is why the MTRR error still appears 2009/2/10 kludge > if you don't intend to use

Re: [arch-general] Xorg MTRR error in ASUS eee pc 900ha

2009-02-10 Thread kludge
if you don't intend to use hal at all, i posted this thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=61697 on the forums detailing how to rebuild xorg-xserver without it as a dependency. that way you can remove the hal package and still run x. it doesn't leave an orphaned libhal.so.1 floating

[arch-general] [signoff] pptpclient 1.7.2-2

2009-02-10 Thread Daniel Isenmann
Hi, please signoff for both architectures. I can't test it because I don't use it. Following bug was fixed: [pptp-1.7.2-1] try to use /bin/ip instead of /usr/sbin/ip FS#11939 (http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11939) Cheers, Daniel

Re: [arch-general] Xorg MTRR error in ASUS eee pc 900ha

2009-02-10 Thread Andrew Przepioski
So I am guessing you have a new problem on hand, you're able to start X, but your mouse and keyboard are not working because the hal daemon is not started, correct? Since I am using a WM and no filemanager, hal is not so useful. This is how I setted-up X on my EeePC, which is the exact same model

Re: [arch-general] Xorg MTRR error in ASUS eee pc 900ha

2009-02-10 Thread Ricardo Hernandez
I "solved" the problem...really i found that this problem is not fatal. My bad was that i didn't start HAL and the server didn't respond to any commands. The error stil appears so any suggestion is welcome. In one try i "harcoded" the MTRR values, that Xorg show in the error, in /proc/mtrr. And th

Re: [arch-general] Xorg MTRR error in ASUS eee pc 900ha

2009-02-10 Thread Andrew Przepioski
I was able to produce a very smilar error message by removing xterm. xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2): no program named "xterm" in PATH Specify a program on the command line or make sure that /usr/bin is in your path. waiting for X server to shutdown error setting MTRR (base = 0xc00

Re: [arch-general] lxc containers in kernel

2009-02-10 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Tuesday 10 February 2009 14:42:54 Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > lxc containers(krb5_get_init_creds_password) will be the first mainline Oops. Thats a clipboard paste gone wrong. Sorry! :( Read that as lxc.sourceforge.net. -- Shridhar

[arch-general] lxc containers in kernel

2009-02-10 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
Hello, lxc containers(krb5_get_init_creds_password) will be the first mainline containers to offer functionality similar to solaris zones. They aim to go mainline completely in 2.6.29 and lot of code is already is place. See http://lxc.sourceforge.net/lxc.html. Although lot of functionality is