[arch-general] kde4.2.96 - konqueror web profile went nuts rendering my page?

2009-07-10 Thread David C. Rankin
Listmates, My site always renders well in konqueror -- that is ,,,until tonight. Now it looks like it is doubling the width of the menu images causing strange, but cool, results: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/kde4/konquerorWebBrwsWhacko.jpeg Any thoughts? -- Dav

Re: [arch-general] Broke my system again - device-mapper & readline conflict - best way to fix?

2009-07-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On Friday 10 July 2009 08:41:36 pm Baho Utot wrote: > On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 19:26 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: > > Listmates, > > > > I have more fun in store for this weekend. After testing > > dmraid-1.0.0rc15, I had downgraded a number of packages that were installed > > from testing bac

Re: [arch-general] libtiff dependency broken - x86-64

2009-07-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On Friday 10 July 2009 10:30:01 pm Allan McRae wrote: > David C. Rankin wrote: > > On Friday 10 July 2009 09:55:40 pm David C. Rankin wrote: > > > >> listmates, > >> > >>Attempted update yields libtiff dependency problem: > >> > >> [21:52 alchemy:/home/david] # pacman -Sy -u > >> :: Synchron

Re: [arch-general] libtiff dependency broken - x86-64

2009-07-10 Thread Allan McRae
David C. Rankin wrote: On Friday 10 July 2009 09:55:40 pm David C. Rankin wrote: listmates, Attempted update yields libtiff dependency problem: [21:52 alchemy:/home/david] # pacman -Sy -u :: Synchronizing package databases... kde-unstable is up to date kdemod-legacy is up to date

Re: [arch-general] libtiff dependency broken - x86-64

2009-07-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On Friday 10 July 2009 10:06:41 pm David C. Rankin wrote: > On Friday 10 July 2009 09:55:40 pm David C. Rankin wrote: > > listmates, > > > > Attempted update yields libtiff dependency problem: > > > > [21:52 alchemy:/home/david] # pacman -Sy -u > > :: Synchronizing package databases... > > k

Re: [arch-general] libtiff dependency broken - x86-64

2009-07-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On Friday 10 July 2009 09:55:40 pm David C. Rankin wrote: > listmates, > > Attempted update yields libtiff dependency problem: > > [21:52 alchemy:/home/david] # pacman -Sy -u > :: Synchronizing package databases... > kde-unstable is up to date > kdemod-legacy is up to date > core is up t

[arch-general] libtiff dependency broken - x86-64

2009-07-10 Thread David C. Rankin
listmates, Attempted update yields libtiff dependency problem: [21:52 alchemy:/home/david] # pacman -Sy -u :: Synchronizing package databases... kde-unstable is up to date kdemod-legacy is up to date core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date archlinuxfr is up to

Re: [arch-general] Broke my system again - device-mapper & readline conflict - best way to fix?

2009-07-10 Thread Baho Utot
On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 19:26 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: > Listmates, > > I have more fun in store for this weekend. After testing > dmraid-1.0.0rc15, I had downgraded a number of packages that were installed > from testing back to there normal versions but had left dmraid-1.0.0rc15 and

Re: [arch-general] New Page added to wiki - Add_New_Partitions_To_Existing_System

2009-07-10 Thread Baho Utot
On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 12:40 -0300, Guilherme M. Nogueira wrote: > I was just wondering... > what happens if one of the drives in the lvm array goes dead? > > > It dies

[arch-general] Broke my system again - device-mapper & readline conflict - best way to fix?

2009-07-10 Thread David C. Rankin
Listmates, I have more fun in store for this weekend. After testing dmraid-1.0.0rc15, I had downgraded a number of packages that were installed from testing back to there normal versions but had left dmraid-1.0.0rc15 and device mapper from testing. Everything was working fine.

Re: [arch-general] e1000e 2.6.30.1 kernel massive packet loss

2009-07-10 Thread Dan McGee
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Caleb Cushing wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: >> You can try booting with the nomsi kernel option. If that helps (and if it >> doesn't), can you please open an upstream bug report? > > out of curiousity since I downgraded using pacman

Re: [arch-general] e1000e 2.6.30.1 kernel massive packet loss

2009-07-10 Thread Caleb Cushing
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > You can try booting with the nomsi kernel option. If that helps (and if it > doesn't), can you please open an upstream bug report? out of curiousity since I downgraded using pacman -U ... would my fallback kernel be 2.6.30.1 or? I'm not sure

Re: [arch-general] e1000e 2.6.30.1 kernel massive packet loss

2009-07-10 Thread Caleb Cushing
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > You have to break that thing pretty hard to not provide DNS. Actually, I > couldn't get dnsmasq to not transmit DNS via DHCP even when I wanted to. well... 8.09.1 has an option to disable. but my as I've said in the other thread I've configu

Re: [arch-general] e1000e 2.6.30.1 kernel massive packet loss

2009-07-10 Thread Thomas Bächler
Caleb Cushing schrieb: my router doesn't provide my dns I have a dns server running locally (which is why dhcpcd isn't supposed to overwrite resolv.conf). the fact that the packet loss immediately went away when I downgraded and I didn't have a problem until I actually loaded the new kernel. (my

Re: [arch-general] e1000e 2.6.30.1 kernel massive packet loss

2009-07-10 Thread Caleb Cushing
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Aaron Griffin wrote: > Are you sure this is related to this machine? With this issue and the > resolv.conf issue (it being empty) you reported, my gut says something > is whacked with your router. my router doesn't provide my dns I have a dns server running locally

Re: [arch-general] e1000e 2.6.30.1 kernel massive packet loss

2009-07-10 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Caleb Cushing schrieb: >> >> in addition to my resolv.conf issues. I notice a severe packet loss >> 20-30% between me an my local router. downgrading to the 2.6.30.0-5 >> kernel seems to fix it. anyone aware of driver problems with the >> e10

Re: [arch-general] e1000e 2.6.30.1 kernel massive packet loss

2009-07-10 Thread Thomas Bächler
Caleb Cushing schrieb: in addition to my resolv.conf issues. I notice a severe packet loss 20-30% between me an my local router. downgrading to the 2.6.30.0-5 kernel seems to fix it. anyone aware of driver problems with the e1000e driver in that kernel? The only upstream change between 2.6.30

[arch-general] e1000e 2.6.30.1 kernel massive packet loss

2009-07-10 Thread Caleb Cushing
in addition to my resolv.conf issues. I notice a severe packet loss 20-30% between me an my local router. downgrading to the 2.6.30.0-5 kernel seems to fix it. anyone aware of driver problems with the e1000e driver in that kernel? -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com

Re: [arch-general] /etc/resolv.conf continuously wiped since yesterday

2009-07-10 Thread David Rosenstrauch
Caleb Cushing wrote: So the question isn't "why is it getting overwritten", but rather "why is it getting overwritten with incorrect values that are making my DNS lookups fail". Try performing an nslookup on some site and see which DNS servers your system is getting configured to use. Once you

Re: [arch-general] /etc/resolv.conf continuously wiped since yesterday

2009-07-10 Thread Caleb Cushing
> So the question isn't "why is it getting overwritten", but rather "why is it > getting overwritten with incorrect values that are making my DNS lookups > fail". > > Try performing an nslookup on some site and see which DNS servers your > system is getting configured to use.  Once you know which s

Re: [arch-general] /etc/resolv.conf continuously wiped since yesterday

2009-07-10 Thread Caleb Cushing
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Aaron Griffin wrote: > This is correct. There should be .head and .tail files you can add > which are automatically merged (check the docs). But more to the point > - why are you putting values from dhcpcd.conf into resolv.conf? I was showing you how dhcpcd.conf

Re: [arch-general] makepkg security

2009-07-10 Thread Square
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:00:47PM -0400, Daenyth Blank wrote: > I don't think that should really be the default, personally. Sudo has > been fine, I don't know of anyone having an actual issue with misuse. I agree with the idea that it should be up to the user to secure their system. I went ahead

Re: [arch-general] VTs are unusable (too dim) after X starts

2009-07-10 Thread didier gaumet
No progress here on the front with radeon driver in non framebuffer mode, but I have succeeded with non framebuffered vesa and with framebuffered radeonfb VTs: Vesa driver does not exhibit the same problem but is not accelerated and defaults on this PC to 1280x1024, which is a 5/4 format that does

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on Freerunner

2009-07-10 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:20:52 -0400 Jaime Oyarzun Knittel wrote: > Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > > Hi, > > When you install Arch on a device such as the freerunner, nokia > > n800, (t-mobile G1/2/3 ?) do you still have the ability to > > make/receive phone calls and sms'es? I'm looking for the perfec

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on Freerunner

2009-07-10 Thread Jaime Oyarzun Knittel
Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > Hi, > When you install Arch on a device such as the freerunner, nokia n800, > (t-mobile G1/2/3 ?) do you still have the ability to make/receive phone > calls and sms'es? I'm looking for the perfect personal organizer > (linux with extensive userland so I can run/do everyt

Re: [arch-general] makepkg security

2009-07-10 Thread Allan McRae
Aaron Griffin wrote: On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:01 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote: Aaron Griffin schrieb: I agree. The question is not about makepkg security, but about sudo security. And frankly, sudo is a security desaster in its default configuration. Any suggestions for changing

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on Freerunner

2009-07-10 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:11:24 +0200 "Stefano Z." wrote: > GREAT! > I've a n800 , but i prefere to wait some more packages will become > available :) > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Giovanni Scafora > wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > I just noticed this project [1], It's awesome. :-) > > What do

Re: [arch-general] /etc/resolv.conf continuously wiped since yesterday

2009-07-10 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > IIRC, resolv.conf is supposed to get automatically overwritten by your DHCP > client, as a result of the new DHCP & DNS info it receives when it initiates > a network connection. This is correct. There should be .head and .tail files yo

Re: [arch-general] makepkg security

2009-07-10 Thread Daenyth Blank
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 04:01, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Our policy is usually to ship whatever upstream ships. IMO, a good default > would be to set sudo to require the root password (not the user password) > and not cache any passwords at all. I strongly disagree with this. That's a disaster on a m

Re: [arch-general] /etc/resolv.conf continuously wiped since yesterday

2009-07-10 Thread David Rosenstrauch
IIRC, resolv.conf is supposed to get automatically overwritten by your DHCP client, as a result of the new DHCP & DNS info it receives when it initiates a network connection. So the question isn't "why is it getting overwritten", but rather "why is it getting overwritten with incorrect values

Re: [arch-general] New Page added to wiki - Add_New_Partitions_To_Existing_System

2009-07-10 Thread David Rosenstrauch
Guilherme M. Nogueira wrote: I was just wondering... what happens if one of the drives in the lvm array goes dead? That can be a problem, depending how your LVM is configured. If you have a logical volume that spans multiple disk drives, then the file system on that volume can get corrupted

[arch-general] /etc/resolv.conf continuously wiped since yesterday

2009-07-10 Thread Caleb Cushing
since a reboot/updates yesterday my /etc/resolv.conf has been getting wiped (when it happens I lose all dns). I don't know why. does anyone have any ideas what might be going on? # A sample configuration for dhcpcd. # See dhcpcd.conf(5) for details. # Inform the DHCP server of our hostname for DD

Re: [arch-general] New Page added to wiki - Add_New_Partitions_To_Existing_System

2009-07-10 Thread Guilherme M. Nogueira
I was just wondering... what happens if one of the drives in the lvm array goes dead? -- Malformed message exception => Guilherme M. Nogueira => http://nirev.org/

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on Freerunner

2009-07-10 Thread Jaime Oyarzun Knittel
Alper KANAT wrote: > Hey There, > > I've never heard of BeagleBoard. As a user of it, have you tried playing HD? > I really would like to have one if can play various formats of digital video > and of course on Arch! > > Cheers! > I tried the Angstrom distribution, connected to a DVI-capable mo

Re: [arch-general] makepkg security

2009-07-10 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:01 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Aaron Griffin schrieb: >>> >>> I agree. The question is not about makepkg security, but about sudo >>> security. And frankly, sudo is a security desaster in its default >>> configuration. >> >> Any suggestions for changing / shipping a better

[arch-general] [signoff] iwlwifi-4965-ucode 228.61.2.24-1

2009-07-10 Thread Thomas Bächler
New upstream release, please test and sign off. I also remove the ABI version 1 ucode, which should not be needed anymore with recent kernels. This is the original E-Mail from the Intel wifi mailing list: Version 228.61.2.24 of uCode for Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN is now available for dow

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on Freerunner

2009-07-10 Thread Stefano Z.
GREAT! I've a n800 , but i prefere to wait some more packages will become available :) On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Giovanni Scafora wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just noticed this project [1], It's awesome. :-) > What do you think about? > Cheers, > > [1] http://archmobile.org/trac/wiki/AFR > > --

Re: [arch-general] makepkg security

2009-07-10 Thread Thomas Bächler
Aaron Griffin schrieb: I agree. The question is not about makepkg security, but about sudo security. And frankly, sudo is a security desaster in its default configuration. Any suggestions for changing / shipping a better default config file? I know little about the security implications of this