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

2009-02-12 Thread Jan de Groot
On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 20:42 -0200, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote: > I know that Arch Linux don't support these directories as tmpfs or > "all > empty" by default, but with these trivial patches to rc-script can > support it. > Not only this is usefull for "tmpfs", maybe for other things. Having ini

Re: [arch-general] HAL issues

2009-02-12 Thread Jan de Groot
On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 15:11 -0800, Zack wrote: > This will likely fix the problem for you. Put this in > /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf and restart hal, /etc/rc.d/hal restart. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Remem

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Cristian Wilgenhoff
Hello Preston, here you have :) http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.09/README/appendix-a.html(173) http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/180.29/README/appendix-a.html(lastest) and legacy is for AGP cards... cyaa

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
Thanks pyther. The forums do seem to be more active.

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread pyther
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:43:11 -0500, "Preston C." wrote: > Thanks Alessandro. Do you know if I should remove libgl for the > nvidia-utils ? Yes you should remove libgl for nvidia-utils. From my understanding both nvidia and ati provide their own libgl libraries, thus the conflict. BTW you shoul

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
Thanks Alessandro. Do you know if I should remove libgl for the nvidia-utils ?

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Alessandro Doro
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:27:41PM -0500, Preston C. wrote: > > nvidia (kernel module) and nvidia-utils. > > These are the latest drivers for the newer cards. > > > > While my card was released in the past 3-4 years, it seems, I do not > know if it would fall under the new category. That is why I

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
So I tried the command "pacman -S nvidia" and it said that nvidia-utils conflicts with libgl. Then is asked me if I wanted to remove libgl? Any help here is appreciated.

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
> nvidia (kernel module) and nvidia-utils. > These are the latest drivers for the newer cards. > While my card was released in the past 3-4 years, it seems, I do not know if it would fall under the new category. That is why I am thinking of going with 173xx driver. Just don't know what to do? Than

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
>> I have a GeForce 7600 GS. I do not know which command to run because I >> do not know which driver to use. Should I use nvidia-96xx or >> nvidia-173xx or nvidia ? Thanks. I am thinking it is the 173xx, but wanted to be sure. It does not tell me exactly in the Beginners Guide or the Nvidia page i

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Alessandro Doro
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 09:38:15PM -0500, Preston C. wrote: > I have a GeForce 7600 GS. I do not know which command to run because I > do not know which driver to use. Should I use nvidia-96xx or > nvidia-173xx or nvidia ? Thanks. nvidia (kernel module) and nvidia-utils. These are the latest drive

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Zack
You could search for which models each driver supports, and try the one(s) that support yours. Use whichever works best and just uninstal what you don't use. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Preston C. wrote: > I have a GeForce 7600 GS. I do not know which command to run because I > do not know

Re: [arch-general] foomatic 4.0.0 hits testing

2009-02-12 Thread Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
Andreas Radke wrote: > 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 c

Re: [arch-general] HAL issues

2009-02-12 Thread Leonid Grinberg
Hello, Thanks, but, as I said, I had followed the instructions on the Wiki, which were exactly what you sent. It still does not work. Is there anything else that might be causing the issue? -- Leonid

[arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
I have a GeForce 7600 GS. I do not know which command to run because I do not know which driver to use. Should I use nvidia-96xx or nvidia-173xx or nvidia ? Thanks.

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

2009-02-12 Thread Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
RedShift wrote: > 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 directori

Re: [arch-general] HAL issues

2009-02-12 Thread Zack
This will likely fix the problem for you. Put this in /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf and restart hal, /etc/rc.d/hal restart. A search through the forums will find similar posts. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:01

[arch-general] HAL issues

2009-02-12 Thread Leonid Grinberg
Hello, I just upgraded to networkmanager 0.7, which comes with a hal upgrade. Following this new upgrade, I am unable to mount devices from Dolphin as I used to be able to -- it now gives me a "PermissionDeniedByPolicy mount-removable-extra-options no" error. I followed the instructions on [1] but

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

2009-02-12 Thread Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
Jan Spakula wrote: > Excerpts from Jan Spakula's message of Thu Feb 12 09:22:00 +0100 2009: > >> Excerpts from Jan de Groot's message of Thu Feb 12 08:59:41 +0100 2009: >> >>> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 05:51 -0200, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote: >>> I interested to make Arch Linux su

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

2009-02-12 Thread Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
Jan de Groot wrote: > 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 si

Re: [arch-general] kernel-2.6.28 & pccard problem

2009-02-12 Thread Rumen Yotov
On (10/02/09 08:56) Rumen Yotov wrote: > On (05/02/09 20:10) Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > > On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:54:17 +0200 > > Румен wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > Dieter Plaetinck написа: > > > > On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 16:02:53 +0200 > > > > Rumen Yotov wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > >>

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

2009-02-12 Thread Damjan Georgievski
> 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. This could also help to run the root filesyst

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

2009-02-12 Thread Nicolas Bigaouette
I also have these as tmpfs: /var/cache/songbird /var/cache/firefox /var/lock /var/log /var/run /var/tmp /tmp I created a simple daemon to sync the files. I don't need patching: just add it to the daemon array. I don't care about all except for logs. Here is the small daemon: #!/bin/bash now=`date

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

2009-02-12 Thread Jan Spakula
Excerpts from Jan Spakula's message of Thu Feb 12 09:22:00 +0100 2009: > Excerpts from Jan de Groot's message of Thu Feb 12 08:59:41 +0100 2009: > > On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 05:51 -0200, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote: > > > I interested to make Arch Linux suitable for use with a /var/run and > > > /var

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

2009-02-12 Thread RedShift
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. In my cas

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

2009-02-12 Thread Jan Spakula
Excerpts from Jan de Groot's message of Thu Feb 12 08:59:41 +0100 2009: > On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 05:51 -0200, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote: > > 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