[arch-general] arch with sata drives

2012-03-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
So far as I can tell, it works fine and arch has no problem with amd K8 machines either. I have Tim Brennan's talking arch installed on a 1.5TB sata disk and that was something debian couldn't do. Slackware also had no problem with the sata drive either. --

Re: [arch-general] archroot - proper way to Start Over? (rm -r $CHROOT/$USER)?

2012-03-02 Thread David C. Rankin
On 03/02/2012 04:48 PM, C Anthony Risinger wrote: > IIRC makechrootpkg used to create an overlay/union before starting, > which would keep your original root intact. if you put your builds on > a btrfs filesystem i believe makechrootpkg will snapshot the fs before > starting (i know im mixing mkar

Re: [arch-general] Gringotts, alternatives?

2012-03-02 Thread Martin Zecher
Nice, I didn't know encfs. With servicemenu-encfs-kde4 it works wonderfully. On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 08:35, Maciej Mazur wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I use LastPass to store passwords and combination of EncFS ( > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/EncFS ) and

Re: [arch-general] archroot - proper way to Start Over? (rm -r $CHROOT/$USER)?

2012-03-02 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 4:31 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > > Guys, > >  What is the best way to clean a chroot without doing another mkarchroot? > >  In the chroot I have /root and /david. With Trinity there are 2 different Qt > dependencies that can be used Qt3 and TQt3. I have built a set of packa

[arch-general] archroot - proper way to Start Over? (rm -r $CHROOT/$USER)?

2012-03-02 Thread David C. Rankin
Guys, What is the best way to clean a chroot without doing another mkarchroot? In the chroot I have /root and /david. With Trinity there are 2 different Qt dependencies that can be used Qt3 and TQt3. I have built a set of packages on Qt3, not I want to rebuild starting with TQt3. I don't want

Re: [arch-general] Gringotts, alternatives?

2012-03-02 Thread Magnus Therning
On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 10:00:27AM -0500, Taylor Hedberg wrote: > If all you need to store securely are text files, and you are a Vim > user, you can use Vim's built-in Blowfish encryption support. > > :set cryptmethod=blowfish > > Then use the :X command to set a key and encrypt the current

Re: [arch-general] Gringotts, alternatives?

2012-03-02 Thread Manolo Martínez
On 03/02/12 at 10:00am, Taylor Hedberg wrote: > If all you need to store securely are text files, and you are a Vim > user, you can use Vim's built-in Blowfish encryption support. > > :set cryptmethod=blowfish > > Then use the :X command to set a key and encrypt the current buffer. I didn't

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Myra Nelson
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:32, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 02.03.2012 18:22, schrieb Tom Gundersen: >> Assuming you have ext[234] in your MODULES array in mkinitcpio.conf, >> then yes, that's the reason :-) (you pasted your MODULES array from >> rc.conf above, which is not involved in mkinitcpio). I

Re: [arch-general] renaming files

2012-03-02 Thread Corrado Primier
Il 02 marzo 2012 00:13, pete ha scritto: > I have some 350 picture files  with names  along the lines of > "IMG_7127 EOS-1D Mark III copy.jpg"    i would like to rename them all > to more like "IMG_7127.jpg"  i have tried a few times tonight and cant > get my head around it anyone got a script tha

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 02.03.2012 18:22, schrieb Tom Gundersen: > Assuming you have ext[234] in your MODULES array in mkinitcpio.conf, > then yes, that's the reason :-) (you pasted your MODULES array from > rc.conf above, which is not involved in mkinitcpio). If, on the other > hand, you don't have any fs modules in m

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 02.03.2012 18:12, schrieb Myra Nelson: > Back to my original question. > > my box -> HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems usb > usbinput fsck numlock" > > new box ->HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems usb > usbinput fsck" > > Modules in my rc.conf -> MODUL

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Myra Nelson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:12, Myra Nelson wrote: >> First off, sorry for causing so much noise. That was not my intent. Don't think you caused any :-) >> my box -> HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems usb >> usbinput fsck nu

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Myra Nelson wrote: > > cp: warning: source file > `/lib/modules/3.2.9-1-ARCH/kernel/fs/ext4/ext4.ko.gz' specified more > than once > > What causes this warning? Does it need to be fixed? Is the error > something I've done or is it in the hooks from mkinitcpio? > >

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Myra Nelson
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:12, Myra Nelson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 08:19, Tom Gundersen wrote: >> On Mar 2, 2012 3:09 PM, "Thomas Bächler" wrote: >>> >>> Am 02.03.2012 14:58, schrieb Simon Perry: >>> > I have removed ext4 from my MODULES line, and removed the filesystems >>> > hook in ord

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Myra Nelson
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 08:19, Tom Gundersen wrote: > On Mar 2, 2012 3:09 PM, "Thomas Bächler" wrote: >> >> Am 02.03.2012 14:58, schrieb Simon Perry: >> > I have removed ext4 from my MODULES line, and removed the filesystems >> > hook in order to get rid of the dupe message. >> >> If you don't hav

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Simon Perry wrote: > Something clearly changed in order to make this warning appear. I used > to have ext2 and ext4 in my MODULES line, and autodetect and filesystems > in my HOOKS. Never used to get a warning about ext4 being included > twice, regardless of my lack

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Simon Perry
On 02/03/12, C Anthony Risinger wrote: | ... respectively. i make backups so often that i should really have a | little alias or something ... then again, `cp` does backups itself, | maybe should leverage that, meh. I normally stick to the "if I have the last working one there, and I can load it

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Simon Perry wrote: > On 02/03/12, C Anthony Risinger wrote: > > | i guess you missed the "make a backup copy of your old > | initramfs-linux.img" part?  you should have been able to simply edit > | you bootloader on the fly, and use the old copy. > > Yep, dumb mist

Re: [arch-general] Gringotts, alternatives?

2012-03-02 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Taylor Hedberg wrote: > > If all you need to store securely are text files, and you are a Vim > user, you can use Vim's built-in Blowfish encryption support. > >    :set cryptmethod=blowfish > > Then use the :X command to set a key and encrypt the current buffer. n

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Simon Perry
On 02/03/12, C Anthony Risinger wrote: | i guess you missed the "make a backup copy of your old | initramfs-linux.img" part? you should have been able to simply edit | you bootloader on the fly, and use the old copy. Yep, dumb mistake. :( Forgot to put it in /boot ... -- Simon Perry (aka Pezz

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Simon Perry
On 02/03/12, Thomas Bächler wrote: | Which I told you in my first reply. Apologies for missing this after reading: "Actually, except for 'atl1', all those module specs are unnecessary." In the subsequent message... Not blaming you at all, but jesus - Captain Smug alert. -- Simon Perry (aka P

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Simon Perry wrote: > On 02/03/12, Thomas Bächler wrote: > > | Actually no. But you can make a backup copy of your old > | initramfs-linux.img and compare lsinitcpio -a output for the old and new > | one. > > It's a lot of output to parse and diff accurately. comm -

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 02.03.2012 16:45, schrieb Simon Perry: > Filesystems hook is necessary if you want to leave MODULES bare. Which I told you in my first reply. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Simon Perry
On 02/03/12, Thomas Bächler wrote: | Actually no. But you can make a backup copy of your old | initramfs-linux.img and compare lsinitcpio -a output for the old and new | one. It's a lot of output to parse and diff accurately. Nevertheless, be glad you didn't bet (even though I provided no counte

Re: [arch-general] Gringotts, alternatives?

2012-03-02 Thread Taylor Hedberg
If all you need to store securely are text files, and you are a Vim user, you can use Vim's built-in Blowfish encryption support. :set cryptmethod=blowfish Then use the :X command to set a key and encrypt the current buffer. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 02.03.2012 15:35, schrieb Simon Perry: > On 02/03/12, Thomas Bächler wrote: > > | Actually, except for 'atl1', all those module specs are unnecessary. > > Booting is scary. > > If I take out all the modules except atl1, leave my hooks as is, and my > machine doesn't boot after a mkinitcpio +

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Simon Perry
On 02/03/12, Thomas Bächler wrote: | Actually, except for 'atl1', all those module specs are unnecessary. Booting is scary. If I take out all the modules except atl1, leave my hooks as is, and my machine doesn't boot after a mkinitcpio + reboot - will you buy me a slab of beer? ("Slab" is the A

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 02.03.2012 15:24, schrieb Simon Perry: > On 02/03/12, Tom Gundersen wrote: > > | Unless you have ext2/3, as those are now aliases for ext4. > > Cheers, that explains it. > > Example: http://pastebin.com/f760JeFA > > So, in order to make things "nice", I should just use the filesystems > hook

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Simon Perry
On 02/03/12, Tom Gundersen wrote: | Unless you have ext2/3, as those are now aliases for ext4. Cheers, that explains it. Example: http://pastebin.com/f760JeFA So, in order to make things "nice", I should just use the filesystems hook, and not specify ext2 or ext4 in the modules line? -- Simon

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Mar 2, 2012 3:09 PM, "Thomas Bächler" wrote: > > Am 02.03.2012 14:58, schrieb Simon Perry: > > I have removed ext4 from my MODULES line, and removed the filesystems > > hook in order to get rid of the dupe message. > > If you don't have the filesystem hook, and you don't have ext4 it in > MODUL

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 02.03.2012 14:58, schrieb Simon Perry: > I have removed ext4 from my MODULES line, and removed the filesystems > hook in order to get rid of the dupe message. If you don't have the filesystem hook, and you don't have ext4 it in MODULES, ext4 will be missing from the initramfs and you won't be a

Re: [arch-general] mkinitcpio

2012-03-02 Thread Simon Perry
On 02/03/12, Myra Nelson wrote: | I don't think this is significant enough to warrant a bug. Since the | linux-3.2.6-1 kernel updates ( I don't remeber which version of | mkinitcpio, sorry), I've been getting the following warning when | mkinitcpio runs during the kernel install: | | cp: warning:

Re: [arch-general] Gringotts, alternatives?

2012-03-02 Thread Maciej Mazur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I use LastPass to store passwords and combination of EncFS ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/EncFS ) and Dropbox to store rest of secure stuff (and keep it synchronized across computers) - -- Maciej Mazur -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: G

Re: [arch-general] Gringotts, alternatives?

2012-03-02 Thread Magnus Therning
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:28, Alexandre Ferrando wrote: > On 2 March 2012 11:17, Magnus Therning wrote: >> 1. How do I get the data out of the gringotts vault?  Is there any >> other application that can read it and help me pull everything out? >> (I suppose I can always move the vault over to a

Re: [arch-general] Xulrunner as makedepend while eclipse is installed

2012-03-02 Thread Ionut Biru
On 03/02/2012 12:01 PM, Alexandre Ferrando wrote: > Because of [ 0 ] now eclipse and xulrunner packages conflict. I > maintain two AUR packages [ 1 ] that need xulrunner at build time and > I also have installed eclipse. > > I know building that packages in a clean chroot can be a solution but >

Re: [arch-general] Gringotts, alternatives?

2012-03-02 Thread Alexandre Ferrando
On 2 March 2012 11:17, Magnus Therning wrote: > 1. How do I get the data out of the gringotts vault?  Is there any > other application that can read it and help me pull everything out? > (I suppose I can always move the vault over to a Ubuntu box and > extract it there, but I'd rather avoid that i

Re: [arch-general] Xulrunner as makedepend while eclipse is installed

2012-03-02 Thread Karol Blazewicz
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Alexandre Ferrando wrote: > Because of [ 0 ] now eclipse and xulrunner packages conflict.  I > maintain two AUR packages [ 1 ] that need xulrunner at build time and > I also have installed eclipse. > > I know building that packages in a clean chroot can be a soluti

[arch-general] Gringotts, alternatives?

2012-03-02 Thread Magnus Therning
Gringotts has stopped working with a not completely uncommon error: ***MEMORY-ERROR***: [10817]: GSlice: failed to allocate 1008 bytes (alignment: 1024): Cannot allocate memory Given the time since the last release I'd be surprised if it's fixed any time soon. Also, I've never been extremely

[arch-general] Xulrunner as makedepend while eclipse is installed

2012-03-02 Thread Alexandre Ferrando
Because of [ 0 ] now eclipse and xulrunner packages conflict. I maintain two AUR packages [ 1 ] that need xulrunner at build time and I also have installed eclipse. I know building that packages in a clean chroot can be a solution but I'm afraid that is not what I can assume they will do about al

Re: [arch-general] renaming files (SOLVED)

2012-03-02 Thread pete
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:16:06 +0100 Florian Pritz wrote: > On 02.03.2012 00:13, pete wrote: > > Hi folks > > > > Bit sort of off topic but hopefully ok > > > > I have some 350 picture files with names along the lines of > > "IMG_7127 EOS-1D Mark III copy.jpg"i would like to rename them >