[arch-general] systemd and fancontrol

2012-10-22 Thread siriusb
Hi All, I've just switched to systemd from initscript and I can't resolve an issue: fancontrol fails to run at boot time, but it works properly when manually started. Logs: UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUBJOB DESCRIPTION colord.service loaded failed failed Manage, Install and

Re: [arch-general] Modify installed package version

2012-10-22 Thread Gaetan Bisson
[2012-10-23 10:35:56 +0530] gt: > Alternatively can I rename the package directory inside > /var/lib/pacman/local/ and %VERSION% string inside the desc file to > achieve the same? Sure you can. But what exactly are you trying to achieve? Avoid upgrading a specific package? The IgnorePkg option of

Re: [arch-general] Modify installed package version

2012-10-22 Thread Matthew Monaco
On 10/22/2012 11:05 PM, gt wrote: > Hey guys > > is there a way to modify an installed package's version using pacman, > instead of upgrading the package. That is, only change the version in the > database, but don't actually upgrade a package. > > Alternatively can I rename the package directory

[arch-general] Modify installed package version

2012-10-22 Thread gt
Hey guys is there a way to modify an installed package's version using pacman, instead of upgrading the package. That is, only change the version in the database, but don't actually upgrade a package. Alternatively can I rename the package directory inside /var/lib/pacman/local/ and %VERSION% str

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-22 Thread Rafael Beraldo
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 22.10.2012 17:57, schrieb Nelson Marambio: > > I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish the > > connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull an IP address by calling > > dhcpcd. > > I can't count the number of

Re: [arch-general] autofs issue after location change

2012-10-22 Thread Martin Panter
On 22/10/2012, Genes MailLists wrote: > I had used one of my autofs mounts last night on my laptop. This > morning I put it to sleep and moved to a different location where that > nfs server is not available. > > I am fully updated to testing repo (as of last night anyway :-) ). > >

Re: [arch-general] Leafnode and Systemd

2012-10-22 Thread Dave Reisner
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:34:20AM +0100, Whiskers wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:40:23 -0400 Dave Reisner wrote: > > >On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:19:37PM +0100, Whiskers wrote: > >> Thank you to all those who responded :)) > >> > >> I now have Leafnode-2 up and running smoothly with systemd. >

Re: [arch-general] Leafnode and Systemd

2012-10-22 Thread Whiskers
On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:40:23 -0400 Dave Reisner wrote: >On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:19:37PM +0100, Whiskers wrote: >> Thank you to all those who responded :)) >> >> I now have Leafnode-2 up and running smoothly with systemd. >> >> I have created these files: >> >> $ cat /etc/systemd/system/l

Re: [arch-general] Leafnode and Systemd

2012-10-22 Thread Dave Reisner
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:19:37PM +0100, Whiskers wrote: > Thank you to all those who responded :)) > > I now have Leafnode-2 up and running smoothly with systemd. > > I have created these files: > > $ cat /etc/systemd/system/leafnode.socket > [Unit] > Description=Leafnode NNTP Socket >

Re: [arch-general] Strange network problem

2012-10-22 Thread Dave Reisner
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:15:18PM +, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > Hello all, > > I've got a strange problem with a machine that had a fresh install > three weeks ago. Nothing new has been installed on it since then. > > About one time in four, after that machine has been booted, a ssh > to it (o

[arch-general] Strange network problem

2012-10-22 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Hello all, I've got a strange problem with a machine that had a fresh install three weeks ago. Nothing new has been installed on it since then. About one time in four, after that machine has been booted, a ssh to it (on a LAN) fails with 'no route to host'. Using ip link and ip addr on it shows e

Re: [arch-general] Leafnode and Systemd

2012-10-22 Thread Whiskers
Thank you to all those who responded :)) I now have Leafnode-2 up and running smoothly with systemd. I have created these files: $ cat /etc/systemd/system/leafnode.socket [Unit] Description=Leafnode NNTP Socket [Socket] ListenStream=119 Accept=yes [Install] WantedBy=socket

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-22 Thread Gaetan Bisson
[2012-10-22 17:57:30 +0200] Nelson Marambio: > I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish > the connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull an IP address by > calling dhcpcd. This 10-second sleep is flaky. Instead, after you've started wpa_supplicant, run `wpa_cli -a /p

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-22 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 22.10.2012 17:57, schrieb Nelson Marambio: > I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish the > connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull an IP address by calling > dhcpcd. I can't count the number of reasons why this is a bad idea. I've looked into this topic years

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-22 Thread Ray Kohler
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Nelson Marambio wrote: > Dear list, > > I try to write a small shellscript that (dis-)connects me with / from the > WLAN of my university. > > I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish the > connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull

[arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-22 Thread Nelson Marambio
Dear list, I try to write a small shellscript that (dis-)connects me with / from the WLAN of my university. I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish the connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull an IP address by calling dhcpcd. My question (in context of the

Re: [arch-general] Is it proper that I add some material about raspberry pi on Arch over the Archwiki?

2012-10-22 Thread Victor Silva
2012/10/22 Karol Blazewicz > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Øyvind Heggstad > wrote: > > Just a small sidenote here: > > > > archlinux does not support arm. > > Yup. > The Czech R-Pi article I linked to has a note at the very top that > says (in English ;P) "Support for the ARM architecture is

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] WARNING: changes to screen in testing

2012-10-22 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 14:13:22 -0400, Dave Reisner wrote: > Surely there's a way to tell screen to look in a different place > for sockets. Figure out the command to do so and advertise it in > a post_upgrade message as a crutch until the user can restart > their screen sessions. Or symlink ol

Re: [arch-general] neo - german keyboard layout

2012-10-22 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 16:32:04 +0200, G. Schlisio wrote: > thanks for answering. > i added keymap to mkinitcpio, but where can i adjust the used > layout? before the hdd is decrypted (like, say, while entering the > password) it cannot access the /etc/vconsole.conf so there needs to > be an other

Re: [arch-general] neo - german keyboard layout

2012-10-22 Thread G. Schlisio
Am 22.10.2012 08:50, schrieb Geert Hendrickx: On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 22:16:22 +0200, G. Schlisio wrote: hi list, i played around with neo2, an alternative kbd layout optimized for german. in my kde environment. the main concept of neo is using meta keys to shift between layers. for me, the meta

Re: [arch-general] neo - german keyboard layout

2012-10-22 Thread Damjan Georgievski
> For X11 and Linux console this is completely separate. > > For the console, you configure the keymap in /etc/vconsole.conf, and you > add "keymap" to the HOOKS line in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf to have it loaded > early in the initrd to enter your encryption pw. > > For X11 you either use KDE's keyboa

[arch-general] autofs issue after location change

2012-10-22 Thread Genes MailLists
I had used one of my autofs mounts last night on my laptop. This morning I put it to sleep and moved to a different location where that nfs server is not available. I am fully updated to testing repo (as of last night anyway :-) ). (i) pacman hung (tho I understand from

Re: [arch-general] Arch on SSD!

2012-10-22 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 22.10.2012 12:57, schrieb Mauro Santos: > On 22-10-2012 10:57, Paul Gideon Dann wrote: >> I always use the form /dev/mapper/vg-lv, though. The /dev/vg/lv form >> sometimes isn't available in early boot. I think it depends of udev, and >> has >> certainly broken for me in the past. >> >> Pau

Re: [arch-general] Arch on SSD!

2012-10-22 Thread Mauro Santos
On 22-10-2012 10:57, Paul Gideon Dann wrote: > I always use the form /dev/mapper/vg-lv, though. The /dev/vg/lv form > sometimes isn't available in early boot. I think it depends of udev, and has > certainly broken for me in the past. > > Paul > Would /dev/vg/lv be as reliable as /dev/mapper/

Re: [arch-general] Is it proper that I add some material about raspberry pi on Arch over the Archwiki?

2012-10-22 Thread Karol Blazewicz
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Øyvind Heggstad wrote: > Just a small sidenote here: > > archlinux does not support arm. Yup. The Czech R-Pi article I linked to has a note at the very top that says (in English ;P) "Support for the ARM architecture is provided on http://archlinuxarm.org/";

Re: [arch-general] Is it proper that I add some material about raspberry pi on Arch over the Archwiki?

2012-10-22 Thread Øyvind Heggstad
On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:17:50 -0200 Victor Silva wrote: > Guys some time ago I got a Pi. I know there is much to be done with > it, so far I`ve installed arch on it, running a seed box at the > moment. The idea would use the power of archwiki to have people > sharing information and having cool id

Re: [arch-general] Arch on SSD!

2012-10-22 Thread Paul Gideon Dann
On Monday 22 Oct 2012 10:34:48 Mauro Santos wrote: > Or better yet, use UUID, I've been using UUIDs for a long time and they > never failed me, while every once in a while I see people with problem > when using /dev/sd*, I don't recall seeing people with problems when > using lvm though, maybe thos

Re: [arch-general] Arch on SSD!

2012-10-22 Thread Mauro Santos
On 22-10-2012 03:51, John Hutchison wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 02:11:23AM +0100, nailz wrote: >> but should the LVM partition be marked as ext4 in fstab? > > According to few sources (gentoo wiki, linuxconfig.org) on how fstab > should be: they have the LVM volumes labeled as ext4 (or whatev