Re: [arch-general] [PATCHES] About /var/run/ and /var/lock/ checks in daemons

2009-02-11 Thread Jan de Groot
On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 05:51 -0200, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote: > Hi people! > > I interested to make Arch Linux suitable for use with a /var/run and > /var/lock that are mounted as tmpfs. But this also helps, in the case > that not mounted as tmpfs, to make more simple "purge function" for > the

Re: [arch-general] [PATCHES] About /var/run/ and /var/lock/ checks in daemons

2009-02-11 Thread Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote: > Hi people! > > I interested to make Arch Linux suitable for use with a /var/run and > /var/lock that are mounted as tmpfs. But this also helps, in the case > that not mounted as tmpfs, to make more simple "purge function" for > these directories at rc.sysinit step. >

[arch-general] [PATCHES] About /var/run/ and /var/lock/ checks in daemons

2009-02-11 Thread Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
Hi people! I interested to make Arch Linux suitable for use with a /var/run and /var/lock that are mounted as tmpfs. But this also helps, in the case that not mounted as tmpfs, to make more simple "purge function" for these directories at rc.sysinit step. In my case this is "just for fun!", but o

Re: [arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Preston C.
Figured it out, thanks for the help.

Re: [arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Preston C.
> Add hal to the daemons array at the bottom of /etc/rc.conf. Starting hal > will take care of starting dbus, and acpid if you have it installed. > So this is what the daemons array looks like: DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond alsa) After I add hal it should look like this?: DAEMONS=(syslog-

Re: [arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Paulo Santos
Preston C. wrote: I think I have got it this time, :-). Here are the questions: I would like to use input hotplugging. So, I need to configure it. Are these the correct commands to run, in this order: # pacman -S xf86-input-evdev # usr/sbin/groupadd -g 81 dbus # usr/sbin/useradd -c 'System mess

Re: [arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Zack
Add hal to the daemons array at the bottom of /etc/rc.conf. Starting hal will take care of starting dbus, and acpid if you have it installed. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Preston C. wrote: > I think I have got it this time, :-). Here are the questions: > > I would like to use input hotpluggi

Re: [arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Preston C.
I think I have got it this time, :-). Here are the questions: I would like to use input hotplugging. So, I need to configure it. Are these the correct commands to run, in this order: # pacman -S xf86-input-evdev # usr/sbin/groupadd -g 81 dbus # usr/sbin/useradd -c 'System message bus' -u 81 -g db

[arch-general] (no subject)

2009-02-11 Thread Zack
Downloading xorg-server xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-synaptics xf86-input-keyboard xf86-video-intel xorg-xinit ttf-dejavu and xterm used to be about a 30 mb download, with 91 packages to install. I just did it today, and it the download was in the low 20s, and there were only about 60 packages. Did

Re: [arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Preston C.
Ok my mistake, apparently it is best to enable hotplugging, if you want to be able to change peripherals while the computer is on, and then have hal start during boot so that hotplugging is enabled. I guess the question is can my computer work with hotplugging? I have a ps2 mouse and a ps2 keyboard

Re: [arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Preston C.
> It's not really necessary, no. Take a look at > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_input_hotplugging > Section 6.6 tells you how to turn it off, but I recommend you to read the > introduction part to understand what Xorg input hotplugging is about. > > Installing is pretty straight forward.

Re: [arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Paulo Santos
Preston C. wrote: I am working on the beginners guide and have read some information on input hotplugging, and was wondering if it was really necessary to do Step 3- section B in the Beginners Guide? It's not really necessary, no. Take a look at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_input_h

Re: [arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Preston C.
> I haven't had a look at the beginner's guide, but here is what you should > know: > > If you are running hal and have an english layout - you should have to > do nothing at all. > If you're not using an english layout, you need to tweak some hal config files > If you're not running hal, you need

Re: [arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Preston C. wrote: > I am working on the beginners guide and have read some information on > input hotplugging, and was wondering if it was really necessary to do > Step 3- section B in the Beginners Guide? > > If so, I don't really understand exactly what commands

[arch-general] Step 3: Configure X- B: Input hotplugging

2009-02-11 Thread Preston C.
I am working on the beginners guide and have read some information on input hotplugging, and was wondering if it was really necessary to do Step 3- section B in the Beginners Guide? If so, I don't really understand exactly what commands to run and which order to run them? Thank you for any help.

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] HTML email will be rejected

2009-02-11 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:04:09AM -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote: > Hello all, > I am writing to inform you that I have changed all the Arch lists to > reject HTML formatted email. Please send messages in plain text only. > > Note: This is true of all lists, but I am only sending this message to > th

Re: [arch-general] HTML email will be rejected

2009-02-11 Thread RedShift
Aaron Griffin wrote: Hello all, I am writing to inform you that I have changed all the Arch lists to reject HTML formatted email. Please send messages in plain text only. Note: This is true of all lists, but I am only sending this message to the higher trafficked lists. Cheers, Aaron Good r

[arch-general] foomatic 4.0.0 hits testing

2009-02-11 Thread Andreas Radke
New Foomatic 4.0.0 has hit the testing repo. The ppd pkg got dropped, a new nonfree package has been added. See the announcement for major changes, esp. pdf printing workflow. http://forums.linux-foundation.org/read.php?21,8139,8139#msg-8139 Please report if you can still print with your favorite

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

2009-02-11 Thread Damjan Georgievski
Is modprobe.conf used on arch in the presence of /etc/modprobe.d/ ? On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 08:25, Preston C. wrote: >> The pound sign (#) generally means whatever is after it on that line is a >> comment. :) > I think I am starting to see that, :-). > -- damjan

Re: [arch-general] cdrecord instead of wodim

2009-02-11 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 07:29:10PM +0100, Avramucz Péter wrote: > Hi! > > What would you say to a wodim -> cdrecord transition? I have a bug > here: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13181 . > And Joerg Schilling wrote me, that cdrecord is still developed. So, > what do you say? http://bbs.archlinux

Re: [arch-general] cdrecord instead of wodim

2009-02-11 Thread Pierre Schmitz
Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 19:29:10 schrieb Avramucz Péter: > Hi! > > What would you say to a wodim -> cdrecord transition? I have a bug > here: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13181 . > And Joerg Schilling wrote me, that cdrecord is still developed. So, > what do you say? Before this will be di

Re: [arch-general] cdrecord instead of wodim

2009-02-11 Thread Lukáš Jirkovský
The main problem is in my opinion licensing. Some parts of cdrecord code are CDDL and some are GPL but these licenses are not compatible.

Re: [arch-general] cdrecord instead of wodim

2009-02-11 Thread Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
Avramucz Péter wrote: > Hi! > > What would you say to a wodim -> cdrecord transition? I have a bug > here: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13181 . > And Joerg Schilling wrote me, that cdrecord is still developed. So, > what do you say? > > Long discusion. But for example in my system can't write

Re: [arch-general] cdrecord instead of wodim

2009-02-11 Thread Xavier
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Avramucz Péter wrote: > Hi! > > What would you say to a wodim -> cdrecord transition? I have a bug > here: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13181 . > And Joerg Schilling wrote me, that cdrecord is still developed. So, > what do you say? > Why a transition again? In

Re: [arch-general] cdrecord instead of wodim

2009-02-11 Thread RedShift
Avramucz Péter wrote: Hi! What would you say to a wodim -> cdrecord transition? I have a bug here: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13181 . And Joerg Schilling wrote me, that cdrecord is still developed. So, what do you say? What is there to say? You're free to install any software you like on

[arch-general] cdrecord instead of wodim

2009-02-11 Thread Avramucz Péter
Hi! What would you say to a wodim -> cdrecord transition? I have a bug here: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13181 . And Joerg Schilling wrote me, that cdrecord is still developed. So, what do you say?

Re: [arch-general] HTML email will be rejected

2009-02-11 Thread Loui Chang
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 07:02:38PM +0100, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:04:09 -0600 > Aaron Griffin wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I am writing to inform you that I have changed all the Arch lists to > > reject HTML formatted email. Please send messages in plain text only. > > >

Re: [arch-general] HTML email will be rejected

2009-02-11 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:04:09 -0600 > Aaron Griffin wrote: > >> Hello all, >> I am writing to inform you that I have changed all the Arch lists to >> reject HTML formatted email. Please send messages in plain text only. >> >> Note: This i

Re: [arch-general] HTML email will be rejected

2009-02-11 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:04:09 -0600 Aaron Griffin wrote: > Hello all, > I am writing to inform you that I have changed all the Arch lists to > reject HTML formatted email. Please send messages in plain text only. > > Note: This is true of all lists, but I am only sending this message to > the hig

[arch-general] HTML email will be rejected

2009-02-11 Thread Aaron Griffin
Hello all, I am writing to inform you that I have changed all the Arch lists to reject HTML formatted email. Please send messages in plain text only. Note: This is true of all lists, but I am only sending this message to the higher trafficked lists. Cheers, Aaron

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

2009-02-11 Thread Loui Chang
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:09:02PM -0800, Andrew Przepioski wrote: > Dang.. I took too long to type this up, haha! Looks like you already solved > it. > > Good job. :P Everybody here please stop sending html emails to the list. Send your emails in plain text only. Thank you. Oh and stop top post

[arch-general] [signoff] ndiswrapper / ndiswrapper-utils 1.54-1

2009-02-11 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Hi please signoff for both arches, greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tp...@archlinux.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

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

2009-02-11 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Zack wrote: > I guess I should have read your email better. If you install the whole xorg > group, which is the xorg meta package, you will probably get everything you > need, maybe a little extra. > Arch Linux doesnt have meta packages for a quite while. Thats w

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

2009-02-11 Thread Preston C.
I have the Beginners Guide pulled up. It does not say what to do in this situation. Thank you both for the advice. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 02:49:53AM -0500, Preston C. wrote: >> I ran the command, pacman -S xorg , and it tells me that i

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

2009-02-11 Thread Zack
I guess I should have read your email better. If you install the whole xorg group, which is the xorg meta package, you will probably get everything you need, maybe a little extra. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Zack wrote: > You need xorg-server xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard > xf86-inp

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

2009-02-11 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 02:49:53AM -0500, Preston C. wrote: > 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. xorg is a group. you can choose wh