Re: [arch-general] Automount

2009-12-19 Thread Baho Utot
On Saturday 19 December 2009 15:29:58 Robert Howard wrote: > Make sure that the permissions are set correctly for console kit via the > KDE system settings applet. This was my problem with automount awhile > back. I don't understand what your saying. I looked at the KDE systems app and I don't s

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-19 Thread Frédéric Perrin
Le samedi 19 à 22:59, Dieter Plaetinck a écrit : >> You've never installed Debian/Ubuntu with a preseed.cfg file that >> answer all the questions for you (or, at your option, as many or as >> few questions as you wish)? You've never used FAI (Fully Automated >> Installed) either? > > I have used FA

Re: [arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

2009-12-19 Thread Frédéric Perrin
Le vendredi 18 à 10:24, RedShift a écrit : > Things like enumerating all hardware > devices, configuring a network interface, drawing a window, ejecting > the CD-ROM drive, getting notified about new hardware plugged in, > etc... It's different on every operating system.

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-19 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:43:17 +0100 Frédéric Perrin wrote: > You've never installed Debian/Ubuntu with a preseed.cfg file that > answer all the questions for you (or, at your option, as many or as > few questions as you wish)? You've never used FAI (Fully Automated > Installed) either? (Well, I ha

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-19 Thread Robert Howard
I always liked the Arch installer from the 0.7 days. I used to be able to setup an entire system in less than ten minutes and be ready to do work. The latest Arch installer makes it take more like fifteen minutes instead. Of course, that older Arch didn't have to cope with initcpio or any other ear

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-19 Thread Frédéric Perrin
Le jeudi 17 à 20:35, Dieter Plaetinck a écrit : > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:33:22 -0500 > Denis Kobozev wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Dieter Plaetinck >> wrote: >>> did that guy actually say that point and click visual installers >>> are a time *saver* ?? is he out of his mind? >> >>

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-19 Thread fons
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 02:26:56PM -0600, Jonathan Temple wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:47 AM, David C. Rankin > wrote: > > > Personally, I don't think all the money in the world would be worth > > sacrificing the niche Arch has carved out for itself in the Linux > > community... > > I agre

Re: [arch-general] Automount

2009-12-19 Thread Robert Howard
Make sure that the permissions are set correctly for console kit via the KDE system settings applet. This was my problem with automount awhile back. On Dec 19, 2009 12:50 PM, "Abdullah Zainul Abidin" < abdullah.zai...@gmail.com> wrote: I did this to solve my mount permission problem caused by hal

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-19 Thread Jonathan Temple
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:47 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > All depends on what the ultimate goals for the distro are. Me? I wouldn't > change a thing. I like Arch the way it is and I hope it stays like this > until I'm old and gray (sh... I'm getting there ;-) > > I don't think Arch should try to k

Re: [arch-general] Thunderbird bugging with Lightning + Enigmail

2009-12-19 Thread Magnus Therning
On 18/12/09 12:30, Thomas Jost wrote: > Le 18/12/2009 08:33, Magnus Therning a écrit : [..] >> That's the add-on I'm using at home. Do note that the reports of >> incompatibility between lightning and enigmail are fully true, i.e. have >> both add-ons enabled and you'll loose some text in your me

Re: [arch-general] Automount

2009-12-19 Thread Abdullah Zainul Abidin
I did this to solve my mount permission problem caused by hal. Solution was to add “session optional pam_ck_connector.so” to “/etc/pam.d/login”. That was the tip found on this thread. But I don't use kde & kdm though. Using xfce. No login manag

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-19 Thread Andrew Allen Barkley
On 02:47 Sat 19 Dec, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 12/18/2009 01:40 AM, Jonathan Temple wrote: > >On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:50 PM, David C. Rankin > > wrote: > >> > >>Seriously, I like the Arch installer just fine, but I can tell you that the > >>Ubuntu/SuSE install rating most likely come from th

Re: [arch-general] Automount

2009-12-19 Thread Baho Utot
On Saturday 19 December 2009 08:51:08 Baho Utot wrote: > New install using the latest USB install image. > > I am having trouble with automounting in KDE both usb and dvd/cd roms > > This is the error from an error dialog box > > Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":

[arch-general] Automount

2009-12-19 Thread Baho Utot
New install using the latest USB install image. I am having trouble with automounting in KDE both usb and dvd/cd roms This is the error from an error dialog box Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.9" (uid=1000 pid=4563 comm="kded [kdeinit] --new-startup) int

Re: [arch-general] Thunderbird bugging with Lightning + Enigmail

2009-12-19 Thread Thomas Jost
Le 19/12/2009 10:00, David C. Rankin a écrit : > On 12/18/2009 06:30 AM, Thomas Jost wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I'm the maintainer of the enigmail package on AUR, and I've contributed >> x86_64 builds of Enigmail since the 0.95.7 release. >> >> The .xpi on the website is built using the AUR package,

Re: [arch-general] Thunderbird bugging with Lightning + Enigmail

2009-12-19 Thread David C. Rankin
On 12/18/2009 06:30 AM, Thomas Jost wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm the maintainer of the enigmail package on AUR, and I've contributed > x86_64 builds of Enigmail since the 0.95.7 release. > > The .xpi on the website is built using the AUR package, so both are good ;) > > Thomas, Thank yo

Re: [arch-general] Thunderbird bugging with Lightning + Enigmail

2009-12-19 Thread David C. Rankin
On 12/18/2009 01:33 AM, Magnus Therning wrote: Go tohttp://enigmail.mozdev.org/download/index.php you'll be able to put in the combination "linux (x86_64)" and "Thunderbird 3.0" (thanks to a fellow Arch user it seems :-) That's the add-on I'm using at home. Do note that the reports of incompat

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-19 Thread David C. Rankin
On 12/18/2009 01:40 AM, Jonathan Temple wrote: On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:50 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: Seriously, I like the Arch installer just fine, but I can tell you that the Ubuntu/SuSE install rating most likely come from the fact that the gui installers they employ are easy on the e