Re: [arch-general] Weird acpid issue

2009-02-18 Thread Leonid Grinberg
OK, the problem is definitely with ACPI -- I just tried it with a completely different app, and it failed as well (while running "xset dpms force off" manually from the command line worked). Might this be an upstream bug?

Re: [arch-general] [ARCH-GENERAL] alsaplayer gtk2 interfacelost?

2009-02-18 Thread Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
Javier Vasquez wrote: > On 2/15/09, Eric Bélanger wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Jeffrey Parke >> wrote: >> >>> Javier Vasquez wrote: >>> --- >> I don't think it's built with the gtk2 interface. Submit a bug >> report/feature request. >> >> >

Re: [arch-general] [ARCH-GENERAL] alsaplayer gtk2 interfacelost?

2009-02-18 Thread Javier Vasquez
On 2/15/09, Eric Bélanger wrote: > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Jeffrey Parke > wrote: >> Javier Vasquez wrote: >>> >>> --- > > I don't think it's built with the gtk2 interface. Submit a bug > report/feature request. > Well, I have time until now, but I believe some one already filed a bug

Re: [arch-general] Weird acpid issue

2009-02-18 Thread Leonid Grinberg
The backlight stays on. I am going to try a different command (a much more visible one); if it gets run correctly each time, then it's xset's fault; else, acpid's. 2009/2/18 Thayer Williams : > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Leonid Grinberg wrote: >> After many hours of searching, I still can

Re: [arch-general] Weird acpid issue

2009-02-18 Thread Thayer Williams
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Leonid Grinberg wrote: > After many hours of searching, I still cannot figure it out. The > problem is definitely not in the xset dpms force off command -- it's > in the fact that ACPI simply stops realising that the lid is closed. > Is there anything that can be

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Preston C.
> You can, and mount(8)¹ is very exhaustive. > Assuming your HD is formatted with some kind of MS filesystem (fat/ntfs) > you can tweak the mount options to set the ownership of the files. > > ¹ In short: man mount Will definitely look over it. I would imagine that the external hdd is formated with

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Alessandro Doro
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 06:29:37PM -0800, Preston C. wrote: > I just wanted to see if I could mount the hard drive and access it as > user, which I couldn't. You can, and mount(8)¹ is very exhaustive. Assuming your HD is formatted with some kind of MS filesystem (fat/ntfs) you can tweak the mount o

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Preston C.
> +1 > If you dont like it unsubscribe. +2 Yes, as someone else mentioned above there aren't many stupid questions when it comes, except maybe for pyther's self-rightous flaming, lol! The problem I was having got solved, thanks to the very generous and understanding people on this mailing list. N

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Preston C.
> > Please! Please! Please, search first and if searching fails, please use the > forums. I'm sick of your noob questions polluting my Inbox. The forum is > the more appropriate place for such questions, but as redshift stated use a > search engine first! > > Cheers, > ~pyther > I did search, the w

Re: [arch-general] closed bugs, open comments?

2009-02-18 Thread Loui Chang
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 03:27:16PM -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote: > Out of curiosity - how many people here also believe that the bug > tracker is for help? I am honestly interested, as this could be the > source of confusion here - the above is actually the way things SHOULD > work - forums, newsgrou

[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.28.6-1

2009-02-18 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Hi guys, new kernel adresses the following things: - bump to latest version 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 dig

Re: [arch-general] closed bugs, open comments?

2009-02-18 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Baho Utot wrote: > Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 04:46:19PM -0500, Baho Utot wrote: >> >>> >>> Nicolas Bigaouette wrote: >>> I totally second that. It is really frustrating as a bug reporting user to end the discussion

Re: [arch-general] closed bugs, open comments?

2009-02-18 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Baho Utot wrote: > Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 04:46:19PM -0500, Baho Utot wrote: >>> >>> Which is why I don't submit bug reports anymore. >>> >> >> Instead of +1'ing this could you provide examples instead? >> > > No not really, as I a

Re: [arch-general] closed bugs, open comments?

2009-02-18 Thread Baho Utot
Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 04:46:19PM -0500, Baho Utot wrote: Nicolas Bigaouette wrote: I totally second that. It is really frustrating as a bug reporting user to end the discussion like this. It really looks like a "shut-up and stop annoying us" thing... I know

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Attila
On Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2009 18:22 Sergey Manucharian wrote: > I confirm the problem. So, how to mount an external HDD during the > system start-up? This is only an idea of mine but i haven't test it. Take a look in the subirs (by-id, by-label, by-path and by-uuid) of /dev/disk especially the c

Re: [arch-general] xterm and xorg-apps

2009-02-18 Thread Andrew Przepioski
On 2/18/09, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Andrew Przepioski > wrote: >> On 2/18/09, Andrew Przepioski wrote: >>> On 2/18/09, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:19:18PM -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Andrew

Re: [arch-general] xterm and xorg-apps

2009-02-18 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Andrew Przepioski wrote: > On 2/18/09, Andrew Przepioski wrote: >> On 2/18/09, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:19:18PM -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Andrew Przepioski wrote: > To me, when I w

Re: [arch-general] xterm and xorg-apps

2009-02-18 Thread Andrew Przepioski
On 2/18/09, Andrew Przepioski wrote: > On 2/18/09, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:19:18PM -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Andrew Przepioski >>> wrote: >>> > To me, when I was googling about xterm trying to >>> > determine why xorg-apps wa

Re: [arch-general] xterm and xorg-apps

2009-02-18 Thread Andrew Przepioski
On 2/18/09, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:19:18PM -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Andrew Przepioski >> wrote: >> > To me, when I was googling about xterm trying to >> > determine why xorg-apps was included, what feature is included with >>

Re: [arch-general] xterm and xorg-apps

2009-02-18 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:19:18PM -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Andrew Przepioski > wrote: > > To me, when I was googling about xterm trying to > > determine why xorg-apps was included, what feature is included with > > xterm that makes it need xorg-apps, I couldn

Re: [arch-general] xterm and xorg-apps

2009-02-18 Thread Andrew Przepioski
On 2/18/09, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Andrew Przepioski > wrote: >> To me, when I was googling about xterm trying to >> determine why xorg-apps was included, what feature is included with >> xterm that makes it need xorg-apps, I couldn't find anything > > Might be he

Re: [arch-general] xterm and xorg-apps

2009-02-18 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Andrew Przepioski wrote: > To me, when I was googling about xterm trying to > determine why xorg-apps was included, what feature is included with > xterm that makes it need xorg-apps, I couldn't find anything Might be helpful to use namcap in cases like this (gmai

Re: [arch-general] xterm and xorg-apps

2009-02-18 Thread Andrew Przepioski
On 2/18/09, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:05:49AM -0800, Andrew Przepioski wrote: >> How come xorg-apps is a dependency for xterm? Been a lil' curious for >> awhile and have tried figuring it out, but found nothing so I figured >> I would ask here. > > As of xterm 230 part

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:03:08 +0100 wrote: > An external drive can be rather reliably identified and always mounted > at the same place using udev. > > This is somewhat problematic on arch linux tough. > For some reason the devices seem not to be created before > mount runs although udev runs bef

Re: [arch-general] Weird acpid issue

2009-02-18 Thread Leonid Grinberg
After many hours of searching, I still cannot figure it out. The problem is definitely not in the xset dpms force off command -- it's in the fact that ACPI simply stops realising that the lid is closed. Is there anything that can be done?

Re: [arch-general] xterm and xorg-apps

2009-02-18 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:05:49AM -0800, Andrew Przepioski wrote: > How come xorg-apps is a dependency for xterm? Been a lil' curious for > awhile and have tried figuring it out, but found nothing so I figured > I would ask here. As of xterm 230 part of the xterm package is koi8rxterm from Debian

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Sergey Manucharian
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:31:13 -0300 Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto wrote: .. > If it is always connected, I would put a line on /etc/fstab so it is > mounted as any other ordinary partition. For some reason this does not work for me - when I restart the computer my external USB HDD

[arch-general] xterm and xorg-apps

2009-02-18 Thread Andrew Przepioski
How come xorg-apps is a dependency for xterm? Been a lil' curious for awhile and have tried figuring it out, but found nothing so I figured I would ask here.

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Patrick Brisbin
On 02/18/09 at 02:31pm, Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Sergey Manucharian wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:03:08 +0100 > > wrote: > > > > .. > > > >> An external drive can be rather reliably identified and always mounted > >> at the same place u

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Sergey Manucharian wrote: > On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:03:08 +0100 > wrote: > > .. > >> An external drive can be rather reliably identified and always mounted >> at the same place using udev. >> >> This is somewhat problematic on arch linux tough. >> For some

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Sergey Manucharian
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:03:08 +0100 wrote: .. > An external drive can be rather reliably identified and always mounted > at the same place using udev. > > This is somewhat problematic on arch linux tough. > For some reason the devices seem not to be created before > mount runs although u

Re: [arch-general] Ruby 1.9 upgrade and some more

2009-02-18 Thread Kessia 'even' Pinheiro
I sent a mail right now for him, i'was clean up the build tree. Thanks for remember me. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:29:28PM -0300, Kessia 'even' Pinheiro wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm doing a recompile of ruby for version 1.9. The needed a

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread pyther
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:45:27 -0600, "Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr." wrote: > I do not believe that this type of reply should be allowed here. There are > no stupid questions when it comes to linux. Please refrain from polluting > my > inbox with your insulting replies. > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:37

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Leonid Grinberg
Pyther, RedShift et al, Without meaning to start a flame war, your complaints are a bit unjustified. Yes, the question is a pretty basic one and is answered in other places. Yes, it's probably prudent to try and ask search engines, forums, etc. But the OP has no way of knowing what's a "n00b ques

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:37 PM, pyther wrote: > >I'm sick of your noob questions polluting my Inbox. IMHO, this reaction is a little over the top, isn't? Your point is valid, but your tone is a little too harsh to make the massage be efective. I could also claim that your rant is filling my inbo

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr. wrote: > I do not believe that this type of reply should be allowed here. There are > no stupid questions when it comes to linux. Please refrain from polluting my > inbox with your insulting replies. > +1 If you dont like it unsubscribe. --

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.
I do not believe that this type of reply should be allowed here. There are no stupid questions when it comes to linux. Please refrain from polluting my inbox with your insulting replies. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:37 AM, pyther wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:39:46 -0500, "Preston C." > wrote

Re: [arch-general] Ruby 1.9 upgrade and some more

2009-02-18 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:29:28PM -0300, Kessia 'even' Pinheiro wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm doing a recompile of ruby for version 1.9. The needed are, in that order: > > - recompile ruby to version 1.9 (no change) > - recompile vi and vim [applying the new patch's until version 108, > arch today on

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread pyther
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:39:46 -0500, "Preston C." wrote: > Got it! It was /sdc . Thanks. Please! Please! Please, search first and if searching fails, please use the forums. I'm sick of your noob questions polluting my Inbox. The forum is the more appropriate place for such questions, but as redsh

Re: [arch-general] Ruby 1.9 upgrade and some more

2009-02-18 Thread Kessia 'even' Pinheiro
I forgot, need recompile gvim too, obvious. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Kessia 'even' Pinheiro wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm doing a recompile of ruby for version 1.9. The needed are, in that order: > > - recompile ruby to version 1.9 (no change) > - recompile vi and vim [applying the new patch's

[arch-general] Ruby 1.9 upgrade and some more

2009-02-18 Thread Kessia 'even' Pinheiro
Hi all, I'm doing a recompile of ruby for version 1.9. The needed are, in that order: - recompile ruby to version 1.9 (no change) - recompile vi and vim [applying the new patch's until version 108, arch today only apply 65] and applying a patch for make compatible with ruby1.9, it's done already.

Re: [arch-general] cdrecord instead of wodim

2009-02-18 Thread Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
Joerg Schilling wrote: > dev=ATAPI is a dirty trick that was needed in 2001 because the linus kernel > guys have been unable to fix their kernel panics with PC-Card connected > writers. > > Just use the _official_ SCSI address syntax. There is no need to specify > anything additional. dev=1,0,0 or

Re: [arch-general] how to mount external hdd

2009-02-18 Thread hollunder
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:26:37 +0100 RedShift wrote: > Preston C. wrote: > > I think that this is a simple question. How do I mount an external > > hard drive before I log into my desktop? Thanks > > > > > > You have been asking all these newbie questions while these have been > widely covered b