Re: [arch-general] [PATCH 1/2] kill_everything: Reduce number of -f tests

2010-09-07 Thread Victor Lowther
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Dave Reisner wrote: > Instead of checking for the existance of a file in /var/run/daemons on > every iteration, handle the null case by setting nullglob. The shopt > call is done inside a subshell as to not bother the environment since we > may be going to runlevel

Re: [arch-general] [PATCH 01/48] Bashification of initscripts

2010-09-07 Thread Victor Lowther
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Dave Reisner wrote: > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 10:32:28PM +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote: >> Am 30.06.2010 23:47, schrieb Victor Lowther: >> > Despite efforts to make the initscripts POSIX, we use bash 4.0 features. >> > >> > Bashifying this framework should result in

Re: [arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

2010-09-07 Thread Auguste Pop
i tried to add myself into the sudo group to avoid possible future problems and found out that sudo group does not even exist. i will just ignore this and keep granting sudoer privilege by user.

[arch-general] [PATCH 2/2] rc.sysinit: Reduce number of calls to /bin/rm

2010-09-07 Thread Dave Reisner
Take full advantage of /bin/rm accepting multiple arguments. We still use two calls to separate the recursive from the non-recursive call. --- rc.sysinit |5 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit index b25f7ac..0af84de 100755 --- a/rc.sysi

[arch-general] [PATCH 1/2] kill_everything: Reduce number of -f tests

2010-09-07 Thread Dave Reisner
Instead of checking for the existance of a file in /var/run/daemons on every iteration, handle the null case by setting nullglob. The shopt call is done inside a subshell as to not bother the environment since we may be going to runlevel 1 only temporarily. --- functions |4 +++- 1 files chang

Re: [arch-general] [PATCH 01/48] Bashification of initscripts

2010-09-07 Thread Dave Reisner
On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 10:32:28PM +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 30.06.2010 23:47, schrieb Victor Lowther: > > Despite efforts to make the initscripts POSIX, we use bash 4.0 features. > > > > Bashifying this framework should result in about a 30% speedup, assuming no > > IO latency and that al

Re: [arch-general] [PATCH 01/48] Bashification of initscripts

2010-09-07 Thread Dave Reisner
On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 09:51:59PM -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > > Am 30.06.2010 23:47, schrieb Victor Lowther: > >> Despite efforts to make the initscripts POSIX, we use bash 4.0 features. > >> > >> Bashifying this framework should result i

Re: [arch-general] [PATCH 01/48] Bashification of initscripts

2010-09-07 Thread Victor Lowther
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 30.06.2010 23:47, schrieb Victor Lowther: >> Despite efforts to make the initscripts POSIX, we use bash 4.0 features. >> >> Bashifying this framework should result in about a 30% speedup, assuming no >> IO latency and that all programs we

Re: [arch-general] [Packages] [dbus-core] DeveloperWiki:CoreSignoffs wiki needs update

2010-09-07 Thread Tom Gundersen
dbus 1.4.0 has been released (), so the problem should be solved when that is moved to core (so no need for using the development version). -t

Re: [arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

2010-09-07 Thread Mario Figueiredo
On 07-09-2010 20:19, David C. Rankin wrote: Thanks guys, I guess I'll transition to sudo from wheel or just implement the sudo group in addition to wheel so I can use it in the future changing a decade+ of mental inertia that says wheel. It is funny how we really are creatures of habit :

[arch-general] digital camera not showing as mass storage device

2010-09-07 Thread Matthew Monaco
I can get my digital camera to work with libgphoto stuff like shotwell, but for months now it simply won't show up as a mass storage device. Am I missing a kernel module or something? I loaded usb-storage. I downloaded the Ubuntu 10.10 beta live CD, plugged the camera in, and it popped up fine

Re: [arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

2010-09-07 Thread Matthew Monaco
On 09/07/2010 03:13 AM, Allan McRae wrote: On 07/09/10 16:22, David C. Rankin wrote: Guys, Got the sudo update with the new sudoers file, Noticed new %sudo group designation along with the traditional %wheel: ## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command # %sudo ALL=(ALL)

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] device-mapper/lvm2 2.02.73-1

2010-09-07 Thread Florian Pritz
On 06.09.2010 19:29, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Upstream update, please sign off. > x86_64 signoff -- Florian Pritz -- {flo,bluewi...@server-speed.net signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] openvpn 2.1.3-1

2010-09-07 Thread Florian Pritz
On 06.09.2010 08:36, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Upstream update, please sign off. > i686 signoff -- Florian Pritz -- {flo,bluewi...@server-speed.net signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [arch-general] [PATCH 01/48] Bashification of initscripts

2010-09-07 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 30.06.2010 23:47, schrieb Victor Lowther: > Despite efforts to make the initscripts POSIX, we use bash 4.0 features. > > Bashifying this framework should result in about a 30% speedup, assuming no > IO latency and that all programs we call also take zero time. :) I just pushed the patches - I

Re: [arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

2010-09-07 Thread David C. Rankin
On 09/07/2010 05:10 AM, Magnus Therning wrote: On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 08:13, Allan McRae wrote: On 07/09/10 16:22, David C. Rankin wrote: Guys, Got the sudo update with the new sudoers file, Noticed new %sudo group designation along with the traditional %wheel: ## Uncomment to allow members

[arch-general] Failed to upgrade!!

2010-09-07 Thread Madhurya Kakati
hi, When i tried to run "sudo pacman -Syu" today got the following output. [pa...@papuldesktop ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date catalyst is up to date multilib is up to date :: Starting full system upgrad

Re: [arch-general] Failed to upgrade!!

2010-09-07 Thread Madhurya Kakati
problem solved :D manually reinstalled lib32-hal from AUR.

Re: [arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

2010-09-07 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Mauro Santos wrote: > On 09/07/2010 11:52 AM, Ty John wrote: > >> Huh. I always wondered what 'wheel' meant. > > I always though that it had to do with being at the wheel, as in command > or in control of things. > > -- > Mauro Santos > Exactly, even I thought the

Re: [arch-general] The principle behind MSN & Yahoo invisible scanners?

2010-09-07 Thread Mauro Santos
On 09/07/2010 01:14 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > (I always end up asking the question of: "Why would anyone ever > use yahoo or msn to begin with?" But, to each his own...) > That has a very simple reason, I guess some people come from windows, much like I did, we all have friends/acquaintances/

Re: [arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

2010-09-07 Thread Mauro Santos
On 09/07/2010 11:52 AM, Ty John wrote: > Huh. I always wondered what 'wheel' meant. I always though that it had to do with being at the wheel, as in command or in control of things. -- Mauro Santos

Re: [arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

2010-09-07 Thread Ty John
On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:10:18 +0100 Magnus Therning wrote: > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 08:13, Allan McRae wrote: > > On 07/09/10 16:22, David C. Rankin wrote: > >> > >> Guys, > >> > >> Got the sudo update with the new sudoers file, Noticed new %sudo > >> group designation along with the traditional %

Re: [arch-general] Unable to stop/restart network daemon if NETWORK_PERSIST=yes

2010-09-07 Thread Florian Pritz
On 07.09.2010 06:43, Konor John wrote: > Hello! If NETWORK_PERSIST=yes (in /etc/rc.conf) i can't stop/restart network > daemon: > > :: Skipping Network Shutdown > > against > > :: Stopping Network > > It's seems not good http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2010-August/015737.h

Re: [arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

2010-09-07 Thread Magnus Therning
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 08:13, Allan McRae wrote: > On 07/09/10 16:22, David C. Rankin wrote: >> >> Guys, >> >> Got the sudo update with the new sudoers file, Noticed new %sudo group >> designation along with the traditional %wheel: >> >> ## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any c

Re: [arch-general] Something is wrong with xbindkeys

2010-09-07 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 29.08.2010 15:52, schrieb 大熊: > I use xbindkeys under kde4 (start xbindkeys with kde's autorun), add some > hotkeys: win+a, win+c, win+h, win+j, ... > When kde4.4, All are OK. > Few days ago I upgraded to kde4.5 , So something is wrong: When I just enter > desktop, some keys( win+h, win+j) wou

Re: [arch-general] Unable to stop/restart network daemon if NETWORK_PERSIST=yes

2010-09-07 Thread Cédric Girard
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Konor John wrote: > Hello! If NETWORK_PERSIST=yes (in /etc/rc.conf) i can't stop/restart > network daemon: > > :: Skipping Network Shutdown > > against > > :: Stopping Network > > It's seems not good > Is this not what this option is intended for ? -- Cédric Gira

Re: [arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

2010-09-07 Thread Allan McRae
On 07/09/10 16:22, David C. Rankin wrote: Guys, Got the sudo update with the new sudoers file, Noticed new %sudo group designation along with the traditional %wheel: ## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command # %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL Any reason that we would want a sudo g