Re: [arch-general] Source control on /etc

2012-02-22 Thread Alfredo Palhares
Hello Don, Excerpts from Don deJuan's message of Thu Feb 23 07:35:52 +0100 2012: > What is considered the Arch way to have version control over the configs > in /etc? I would like to be able to see at least a few changes back in > my config history at the minimum. I too keep my /etc directory

[arch-general] Source control on /etc

2012-02-22 Thread Don deJuan
What is considered the Arch way to have version control over the configs in /etc? I would like to be able to see at least a few changes back in my config history at the minimum. I have seen the package etckeeper and it does not seem to really fully be setup to work with pacman. Both AUR packag

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-22 Thread mercator
Thanks Jesse, I'm afraid there's no wifi switch in BIOS. Actually, BIOS options related to LAN/WLAN are as follows: LAN powersaving: disable Embedded WLAN Device Radio: enable Network Interface Controller(LAN): enable LAN/WLAN Switching: enable Wake on LAN: enable I tried to toggle these options

Re: [arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

2012-02-22 Thread David C. Rankin
On 02/22/2012 06:01 PM, Lukas Fleischer wrote: > This happens if you don't provide all the necessary information when > starting a thread. Noted, I actually thought to do it but forgot to type it. (parentism) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

2012-02-22 Thread rara8avis
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 05:53:32PM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 02/22/2012 03:44 PM, rara8a...@aol.com wrote: > > Try two digit numbers: 00 03 * * * and is your directory /etc/cron-daily or > > /etc/cron.daily? > > > > it's dcron, and on my box the updatedb file is in cron.daily: > > 17:

[arch-general] tab completion is mucking up prompt spacing - started a week or so ago - any ideas?

2012-02-22 Thread David C. Rankin
All, I have always used the following prompt because it provides and immediate cut-n-paste for ssh or rsync directory information: User: PS1="\[\e[0;37m\]\A\[\e[1;34m\] \h:\w> \[\e[0m\]" Root: PS1="\[\e[1;34m\][\[\e[1;31m\]\A \[\e[1;34m\]\h\[\e[0;31m\]:\w\[\e[1;34m\]] # \[\e[0m\]" Lately

Re: [arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

2012-02-22 Thread Lukas Fleischer
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 05:54:49PM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 02/22/2012 03:49 PM, Lukas Fleischer wrote: > > > > `man 5 anacrontab`. > > > > [17:51 providence:/home/david/tde/bld/trinity-tqtinterface] # man 5 anacrontab > No manual entry for anacrontab in section 5 > > Bummer :) > >

Re: [arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

2012-02-22 Thread David C. Rankin
On 02/22/2012 03:49 PM, Lukas Fleischer wrote: > > `man 5 anacrontab`. > [17:51 providence:/home/david/tde/bld/trinity-tqtinterface] # man 5 anacrontab No manual entry for anacrontab in section 5 Bummer :) This box still has dcron on it. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

2012-02-22 Thread David C. Rankin
On 02/22/2012 03:44 PM, rara8a...@aol.com wrote: > Try two digit numbers: 00 03 * * * and is your directory /etc/cron-daily or > /etc/cron.daily? > it's dcron, and on my box the updatedb file is in cron.daily: 17:48 providence:~/tde/bld/trinity-tqtinterface> l /etc/cron.daily/ total 36 drwxr-x

Re: [arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

2012-02-22 Thread Lukas Fleischer
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 03:26:40PM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, > > What is the best way to set the cron.daily items to run at 3 am. > Currently they run at 3 pm which is a pain. I have checked the > cron.daily entries and the other /etc/cron.x directories, but I > can't find a time set

Re: [arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

2012-02-22 Thread rara8avis
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 03:26:40PM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, > > What is the best way to set the cron.daily items to run at 3 am. > Currently they run at 3 pm which is a pain. I have checked the > cron.daily entries and the other /etc/cron.x directories, but I > can't find a time set

Re: [arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

2012-02-22 Thread Thanasis Georgiou
On Feb 22, 2012 11:26 PM, "David C. Rankin" wrote: > > 0 3 * * * /root/cron/cron-daily How about 0 15 * * *? > > Is this where this needs to go? > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- Thanasis Georgiou

[arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

2012-02-22 Thread David C. Rankin
Guys, What is the best way to set the cron.daily items to run at 3 am. Currently they run at 3 pm which is a pain. I have checked the cron.daily entries and the other /etc/cron.x directories, but I can't find a time setting anywhere. I have checked man crond and crontab, but I didn't find a

[arch-general] apache 2.4

2012-02-22 Thread Genes MailLists
Hi Does anyone know what the plans might be for apache 2.4 in testing? Thanks! gene

Re: [arch-general] /var/run should not be contained in the package file list.

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Feb 22, 2012 7:05 PM, "Leonid Isaev" wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:33:24 +0100 > Tom Gundersen wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Leonid Isaev wrote: > > > The package-owner it 'filesystem'. But I disagree with the proposal because > > > > I'm not really sure what you are disag

Re: [arch-general] /var/run should not be contained in the package file list.

2012-02-22 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:33:24 +0100 Tom Gundersen wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Leonid Isaev wrote: > > The package-owner it 'filesystem'. But I disagree with the proposal because > > I'm not really sure what you are disagreeing with... > > > (1) /var/run is a symlink, not a separat

Re: [arch-general] /var/run should not be contained in the package file list.

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Leonid Isaev wrote: > The package-owner it 'filesystem'. But I disagree with the proposal because I'm not really sure what you are disagreeing with... > (1) /var/run is a symlink, not a separate FS and (2) initscripts should > accomplish the minimum required oper

Re: [arch-general] /var/run should not be contained in the package file list.

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Gundersen
2012/2/22 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) : > 2012/2/22 Allan McRae : >> On 22/02/12 12:24, 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) wrote: >>> Due to /var/run now is a tmp filesystem, so the path /var/run/* should >>> not be packaged anymore. Instead, rc.script should take care aware >>> create needed /var/run stuff. Otherwise, t

Re: [arch-general] /var/run should not be contained in the package file list.

2012-02-22 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:55:53 +0800 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) wrote: > 2012/2/22 Allan McRae : > > On 22/02/12 12:24, 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) wrote: > >> Due to /var/run now is a tmp filesystem, so the path /var/run/* should > >> not be packaged anymore. Instead, rc.script should take care aware > >> create

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-22 Thread Jesse Jaara
Your BIOS migt contain a wifi swich Sent from my phone. Sorry for any spelling mistakes

[arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-22 Thread mercator
Hi guys, After switching from Linux Mint to Archlinux, my wireless card refused to show up in lspci. It DOES worked fine under Linux Mint, but Below is my output of 'lspci -vnn |grep Broadcom' : 10:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (