Re: [arch-general] [off-topic] Surviving without X

2009-03-30 Thread Maurí­cio
Do you think it's possible to live without X, replacing framebuffer for it, using packages available for arch? > Just curious why would you want to not use x on > a daily basis? No serious reason. There are many nice X applications. Most things I like to do in a computer, however,

Re: [arch-general] Surviving without X

2009-03-30 Thread Gerald Otter
On 21:10 Mon 30 Mar , Maurí­cio wrote: > Do you think it's possible to live without X, replacing framebuffer > for it, using packages available for arch? (...) > > You can use fbgs from fbida package to see pdf's, and a browser > like w3m-graphics or links-g. And yes, it is

Re: [arch-general] [also off-topic] Surviving without X

2009-03-30 Thread Maurí­cio
Also use the mplayer with the FB, but i dont like. =D Many graphics make me confused =D Best regards, Lucas Saliés Brum P.S.: Você é do Brasil? Sim. Brasileiro, nascido e criado. Se quiser perguntar alguma coisa fique à vontade: briqueabra...@yahoo.com

Re: [arch-general] Surviving without X

2009-03-30 Thread Maurí­cio
Do you think it's possible to live without X, replacing framebuffer for it, using packages available for arch? (...) You can use fbgs from fbida package to see pdf's, and a browser like w3m-graphics or links-g. And yes, it is possible. >> mplayer also has a fb output plugin

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] ttf-ms-fonts (WAS: Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH] New feature: files verification)

2009-03-30 Thread Allan McRae
Loui Chang wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 04:39:23PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Pierre Schmitz wrote: Am Montag, 30. März 2009 12:17:07 schrieb Thomas Bächler: I say we drop it, as it does not meet Arch's packaging standards. Yes, if

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] ttf-ms-fonts (WAS: Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH] New feature: files verification)

2009-03-30 Thread Loui Chang
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 04:39:23PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > > Am Montag, 30. März 2009 12:17:07 schrieb Thomas Bächler: > >> I say we drop it, as it does not meet Arch's packaging standards. > > > > Yes, if we cannot package it the way

Re: [arch-general] Surviving without X

2009-03-30 Thread Sentinel
saving the polar bears is another aspect :)) Less energy usage, less polution ... Tom Felipe Tanus wrote: Hi, Saving memory may be relative... you can also think that you aren't use 100% of your PC if you have 2GB memory and uses only 300k :) []'s 2009/3/30 ianux

Re: [arch-general] libsoup 2.26.0-1 dependencies in [testing]

2009-03-30 Thread Jan de Groot
On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 22:48 +0200, JM wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed that libsoup in [testing] depends on gconf, is that really > necessary? Libsoup is a dependency for some desktop-agnostic applications > such as Midori (through its dependency on libwebkit) or hardinfo (currently > in AUR). > > R

Re: [arch-general] libsoup 2.26.0-1 dependencies in [testing]

2009-03-30 Thread JM
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote: > > JM wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I noticed that libsoup in [testing] depends on gconf, is that really > > necessary? Libsoup is a dependency for some desktop-agnostic applications > > such as Midori (through its dependency on libwebki

Re: [arch-general] libsoup 2.26.0-1 dependencies in [testing]

2009-03-30 Thread Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
JM wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed that libsoup in [testing] depends on gconf, is that really > necessary? Libsoup is a dependency for some desktop-agnostic applications > such as Midori (through its dependency on libwebkit) or hardinfo (currently > in AUR). > > Regards, > JM > > Hi, There are tw

[arch-general] libsoup 2.26.0-1 dependencies in [testing]

2009-03-30 Thread JM
Hello, I noticed that libsoup in [testing] depends on gconf, is that really necessary? Libsoup is a dependency for some desktop-agnostic applications such as Midori (through its dependency on libwebkit) or hardinfo (currently in AUR). Regards, JM

Re: [arch-general] Surviving without X

2009-03-30 Thread Felipe Tanus
Hi, Saving memory may be relative... you can also think that you aren't use 100% of your PC if you have 2GB memory and uses only 300k :) []'s 2009/3/30 ianux > Le Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:03:37 -0600, > Sergey Manucharian a écrit : > > > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:29:46 +0900 > >

Re: [arch-general] Computer blocking due to kernel <-> userspace incompatibility?

2009-03-30 Thread Thomas Bächler
RedShift schrieb: Is it possible a computer gets stuck (not responding to keyboard, the only way to bring it back alive is a hard reset) because of a incompatibility between the kernel and userspace? The cursor is still flickering though, that is what leads me to believe it's software crash, n

[arch-general] Computer blocking due to kernel <-> userspace incompatibility?

2009-03-30 Thread RedShift
Hello list Is it possible a computer gets stuck (not responding to keyboard, the only way to bring it back alive is a hard reset) because of a incompatibility between the kernel and userspace? The cursor is still flickering though, that is what leads me to believe it's software crash, not a h

Re: [arch-general] HAL mount options

2009-03-30 Thread Preston C.
I don't know if this will help you, http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL#HAL_and_hotplugging . You have probably already read through it, but I had a problem yesterday and someone suggested reading this. I ended up using fstab, instead of HAL. I don't know if you need a line in fstab? It seems

Re: [arch-general] Surviving without X

2009-03-30 Thread ianux
Le Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:03:37 -0600, Sergey Manucharian a écrit : > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:29:46 +0900 > Juan Diego wrote: > > > mplayer also has a fb output plugin > > mplayer does good job with "-vo aa" or "-vo caca", personally I prefer > "aa" ;) > mplayer -vo vesa/fbdev/svga/sdl may do th

Re: [arch-general] Surviving without X

2009-03-30 Thread Sergey Manucharian
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:29:46 +0900 Juan Diego wrote: > mplayer also has a fb output plugin mplayer does good job with "-vo aa" or "-vo caca", personally I prefer "aa" ;)

Re: [arch-general] Solved: VirtualBox

2009-03-30 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:30:01 +0200 Thomas Bächler wrote: > Manne Merak schrieb: > >> Well, first thing to try is upgrading Vbox. > >> 1.6 is quite old. > >> The latest version is 2.1.4 or something afaik. > >> > >> Dieter > >> > >> > > Solved. Enabled VT-x and disabled ACPI. > > I don't have

Re: [arch-general] Solved: VirtualBox

2009-03-30 Thread Thomas Bächler
Manne Merak schrieb: Well, first thing to try is upgrading Vbox. 1.6 is quite old. The latest version is 2.1.4 or something afaik. Dieter Solved. Enabled VT-x and disabled ACPI. I don't have the possibility to enable VT, but I remember that Linux and ACPI had problems sometimes in old V

Re: [arch-general] (no subject)

2009-03-30 Thread Alessandro Doro
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 04:07:58PM +0200, Jon Kristian Nilsen wrote: > 010010010111011001110111001100100111001001100011011001101110011100110111011010010111001001110110001100010011 Flawed crypto setup :)

Re: [arch-general] Solved: VirtualBox

2009-03-30 Thread Manne Merak
Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:03:26 +0200 > Manne Merak wrote: > > >> Thomas Bächler wrote: >> >>> Manne Merak schrieb: >>> Hi all, I am new to ArchLinux, a longtime OpenSUSE and Slax user looking for a change. Before I commit I usually want to try

Re: [arch-general] VirtualBox

2009-03-30 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:03:26 +0200 Manne Merak wrote: > Thomas Bächler wrote: > > Manne Merak schrieb: > >> Hi all, I am new to ArchLinux, a longtime OpenSUSE and Slax user > >> looking for a change. > >> Before I commit I usually want to try with a LiveCD or > >> VirtualBox. Cant find a LiveCD

Re: [arch-general] (no subject)

2009-03-30 Thread Jon Kristian Nilsen
010010010111011001110111001100100111001001100011011001101110011100110111011010010111001001110110001100010011 On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Lucas Salies Brum wrote: > What a hell is that? > > 2009/3/30 RedShift > > > Agus Setiawan wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> -

Re: [arch-general] VirtualBox

2009-03-30 Thread Manne Merak
Thomas Bächler wrote: > Manne Merak schrieb: >> Hi all, I am new to ArchLinux, a longtime OpenSUSE and Slax user looking >> for a change. >> Before I commit I usually want to try with a LiveCD or VirtualBox. Cant >> find a LiveCD and VirtualBox booting the ISO gives a Kernel Panic. >> Anyone that

Re: [arch-general] (no subject)

2009-03-30 Thread Lucas Salies Brum
What a hell is that? 2009/3/30 RedShift > Agus Setiawan wrote: > >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Agus Setiawan >> http://mysetiawan.net >> >> >> > Censorship by the governments? Conspiracy theories please. > > > Glenn

Re: [arch-general] (no subject)

2009-03-30 Thread RedShift
Agus Setiawan wrote: -- Regards, Agus Setiawan http://mysetiawan.net Censorship by the governments? Conspiracy theories please. Glenn

Re: [arch-general] (no subject)

2009-03-30 Thread ludovic coues
2009/3/30, xq : > -- > > Yogi Berra - "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." >

[arch-general] HAL mount options

2009-03-30 Thread Edgar Kalkowski
Hi! Until now I used /etc/fstab to mount my usb memory stick but I would like to switch that task to hal now to be able to use the cool removable devices widget of plasma. The problem is that I defined some options in /etc/fstab and cannot get hal to use the same options. The fstab line look l

Re: [arch-general] Surviving without X

2009-03-30 Thread hollunder
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:47:50 -0400 Lucas Salies Brum wrote: > I only use the X when I draw or watch a video, rather well, as saving > memory. > > There is a very interesting package that can watch videos without FB, > only in text mode, it is called aaxine and cacaxine. > Also use the mplayer wi

Re: [arch-general] VirtualBox

2009-03-30 Thread Thomas Bächler
Manne Merak schrieb: Hi all, I am new to ArchLinux, a longtime OpenSUSE and Slax user looking for a change. Before I commit I usually want to try with a LiveCD or VirtualBox. Cant find a LiveCD and VirtualBox booting the ISO gives a Kernel Panic. Anyone that can help me? I think I booted the L

Re: [arch-general] VirtualBox

2009-03-30 Thread Alexandre Bique
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Manne Merak wrote: > Hi all, I am new to ArchLinux, a longtime OpenSUSE and Slax user looking > for a change. > Before I commit I usually want to try with a LiveCD or VirtualBox.  Cant > find a LiveCD and VirtualBox booting the ISO gives a Kernel Panic. > Anyone t

Re: [arch-general] VirtualBox

2009-03-30 Thread Juan Diego
what about archie? it is a gnu/linux distribution (livecd) based on arch On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Manne Merak wrote: > Hi all, I am new to ArchLinux, a longtime OpenSUSE and Slax user looking > for a change. > Before I commit I usually want to try with a LiveCD or VirtualBox.  Cant > find

[arch-general] VirtualBox

2009-03-30 Thread Manne Merak
Hi all, I am new to ArchLinux, a longtime OpenSUSE and Slax user looking for a change. Before I commit I usually want to try with a LiveCD or VirtualBox. Cant find a LiveCD and VirtualBox booting the ISO gives a Kernel Panic. Anyone that can help me? Manne

Re: [arch-general] Surviving without X

2009-03-30 Thread Lucas Salies Brum
I only use the X when I draw or watch a video, rather well, as saving memory. There is a very interesting package that can watch videos without FB, only in text mode, it is called aaxine and cacaxine. Also use the mplayer with the FB, but i dont like. =D Many graphics make me confused =D Best re

[arch-general] (no subject)

2009-03-30 Thread xq
-- Yogi Berra - "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

[arch-general] [signoff] mdadm-2.6.9-1

2009-03-30 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Hi http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10651 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9122 both states raid is broken for more complex setups. According to my earlier mail about assembling raid arrays i wrote a new hook and install file. It uses mdassemble.static from mdadm tarball which is smaller than mdadm.