Re: [arch-general] Dual boot Arch with Windows 10

2019-05-26 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 27/05/19 at 11:08am, Ram Kumar via arch-general wrote: > Hello Archers, > I am planning to install Arch on a dual boot with windows 10. But i have > read online that on a dual boot with windows 10, the bootloader will > disappear after a windows update and can be cured only by using a live usb.

Re: [arch-general] Contributions to the wiki - Are user contributions a thing of the past?

2017-08-23 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 23/08/17 at 08:54pm, David C. Rankin wrote: Archdevs, When I see an wiki page that is unclear or could benefit from a small addition, for the past 7+ years I've tried to do my part, and I was happy to do so. But, consistently, for the past year or so, any user contributions to the wiki are

Re: [arch-general] Cannot post to Forums - Bad HTTP_REFERER??

2017-03-12 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 12/03/17 at 02:52pm, David C. Rankin wrote: All, Attempting to post details to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=224028 from FF 45.8esr, I get: Bad HTTP_REFERER. You were referred to this page from an unauthorized source. If the problem persists please make sure that 'Base URL' is

Re: [arch-general] Inquiry about research paper

2017-02-21 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 21/02/17 at 06:44pm, Maxwell Anselm via arch-general wrote: Not about systemd, but about your request. This is the wrong list for such a request and apart from this, it's the wrong time to ask those questions. You are years too late with those questions. I agree. This would be better suite

Re: [arch-general] Acount banned in the wiki and also #archlinux-wiki

2017-01-03 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 03/01/17 at 07:35pm, Diego Viola via arch-general wrote: Because I noticed the #bitcoin community about a troll disrupting the following article/discussion and spreading lies/FUD about bitcoin. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Talk:Bitcoin This kind of operator abuse is getting ridiculou

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-10-02 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 02/10/16 at 09:51am, David C. Rankin wrote: The maintenance requirements were no greater or less than any of the constituent pages. This is not true. Regardless of what the true motivations for the current Arch devs are in removing the Beginner's Guide, I would recommend it be restored (ev

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-09-22 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 22/09/16 at 08:16pm, Kyle Terrien via arch-general wrote: On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:00:53 +1200 Jason Ryan via arch-general wrote: Then we are in agreement; the goal is to provide people with what they need and to encourage them to explore in more depth, or for edge cases, the official

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-09-22 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 22/09/16 at 05:55pm, Kyle Terrien via arch-general wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:16:27 +1200 Jason Ryan via arch-general wrote: Arch has from the start been clear about its goals and intentions. I'll quote from a section of the wiki that people seem much less familiar with: ”Whereas

Re: [arch-general] Arch GNU/Linux install for beginners and new users

2016-09-22 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 22/09/16 at 04:50pm, Francis Gerund via arch-general wrote: Rather than telling us how our community *should* work, why don't you make some effort to learn how it actually *does* work? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Code_of_conduct#Arch_ Linux_distribution_support_ONLY /J -- http://

Re: [arch-general] Arch GNU/Linux install for beginners and new users

2016-09-22 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 22/09/16 at 03:40pm, Francis Gerund via arch-general wrote: 3) Please do not criticize, ridicule, or discourage others from trying to answer questions or provide other support, regardless of who is requesting help, or how they "got here". Rather than telling us how our community *should* w

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-09-21 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 22/09/16 at 08:47am, Martin Kühne via arch-general wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Everybody is able to participate at the Arch wiki... Ralf touches a very intriguing argument here, which might just boil this thread down to "telling others how to structure their

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-09-21 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 22/09/16 at 04:49am, mick wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:58:23 +1200 > Jason Ryan via arch-general wrote: > > > On 21/09/16 at 08:36pm, Dave via arch-general wrote: > > >see below > > > > > >On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:12 PM, Francis Gerund via arch

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-09-21 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 21/09/16 at 09:53pm, Kyle Terrien via arch-general wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:58:23 +1200 > Jason Ryan via arch-general wrote: > > On 21/09/16 at 08:36pm, Dave via arch-general wrote: > > >see below > > > > > >On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:12 PM, Fran

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-09-21 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 21/09/16 at 10:46pm, Francis Gerund via arch-general wrote: Where have the the most recent versions of the "real" Beginner's Guide been saved? And how can they be retrieved (maybe using git, for example)? You can see an old revision here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Beginners

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-09-21 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 21/09/16 at 08:36pm, Dave via arch-general wrote: see below On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:12 PM, Francis Gerund via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: I believe this change will only serve to alienate potential new users, I strongly agree. This will only alienate new users th

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-09-20 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 20/09/16 at 01:58am, David C. Rankin wrote: On 09/20/2016 12:00 AM, D C via arch-general wrote: TBH, the main install guide looks almost identical to the beginner guide that I used about two years ago, check it out. We should consider the beginner's guide again -- it was invaluable to new

Re: [arch-general] Mutt Compile-time Configuration

2016-08-19 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 20/08/16 at 02:09am, Thibaut Marty wrote: On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 01:39:28AM +0200, Bruno Pagani wrote: I think that the packager just didn’t see this addition and only bounced the pkgver. There is an open ticket about this: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/50445. This would be surprising,

Re: [arch-general] about mrelendig's, scimmia's, and dreisner's behavior

2016-08-10 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 11/08/16 at 08:06am, fnodeuser wrote: this is about the task hiding and their unacceptable behavior as members of the arch linux team. Reading the logs for #archlinux, it looks like their behaviour was entirely acceptable and even commendable. I certainly wouldn't have put up with your pue

Re: [arch-general] about mrelendig's, scimmia's, and dreisner's behavior

2016-08-10 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general
On 11/08/16 at 04:08am, fnodeuser wrote: i came here to contribute. And your “contribution”; anonymous, inarticulate and completely unsubstantiated, is completely worthless. Won't fix. Closing. /J -- http://jasonwryan.com/ GPG: 7817 E3FF 578E EEE1 9F64 D40C 445E 52EA B1BD 4E40 signature

Re: [arch-general] GTK2 GUIs became a PITA after upgrade

2016-04-13 Thread Jason Ryan
On 13/04/16 at 04:23pm, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Reminds me of Bill Hick talking to people who are in advertising or marketing. "No really, there's no rationalization for what you do, and you are Satan's little helpers, OK?" This seems to fit good to some upstream developers too. Maybe this is asking

Re: [arch-general] NOTE: Intel users: don't install lastest Xorg 1.18.2 update. Whole desktop freeze after while of using.

2016-03-12 Thread Jason Ryan
On 12/03/16 at 08:17pm, Tomasz Przybył wrote: Hello I was affected serious issue from lastest Xorg update 1.18.2 (current in testing). Whole desktop freeze. Keyboard and mouse not working. Only pressing while power btn shutdown device. Reverting to 1.18.1 is safe. FS#48549: https://bugs.archli

Re: [arch-general] AUR Packages no longer visible from Archlinux

2016-02-29 Thread Jason Ryan
On 29/02/16 at 08:17pm, Marshall Neill wrote: After all yaourt is used by most everyone… Patently false. /J -- http://jasonwryan.com/ GPG: 7817 E3FF 578E EEE1 9F64 D40C 445E 52EA B1BD 4E40 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [arch-general] Please update to OpenVPN 2.3.8

2015-09-12 Thread Jason Ryan
On 12/09/15 at 10:25am, Florent M wrote: Please update openvpn package to 2.3.8 asap. Our best people are leaping into action. Remain at your desk, we'll contact you when the procedure is complete. /J -- http://jasonwryan.com/ GPG: 7817 E3FF 578E EEE1 9F64 D40C 445E 52EA B1BD 4E40 signa

Re: [arch-general] mutt and gnupg

2014-12-22 Thread Jason Ryan
On 22/12/14 at 02:27pm, Leonid Isaev wrote: On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 10:45:45AM +1300, Jason Ryan wrote: Yes, but you do need to move to GPGME (or at least that was the only way I restored that functionality). Why? Where is it written? (or at least that was the only way I restored that

Re: [arch-general] mutt and gnupg

2014-12-06 Thread Jason Ryan
On 06/12/14 at 10:36pm, Magnus Therning wrote: On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 09:55:22AM -0600, Troy Engel wrote: On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 3:53 AM, Magnus Therning wrote: > So, is there some way to configure mutt to go straight to the > gpg-agent, without any warning messages on startup? I fought with

Re: [arch-general] Check for update in script

2014-09-12 Thread Jason Ryan
On 11/09/14 at 10:06pm, Yamakaky wrote: pacman provides a `checkupdates` script, see /usr/bin/checkupdates for how it works. Wow, I didn't know this one, thanks ! pacman -Ql pacman | awk -F/ '/bin/ {print $4}' /J -- http://jasonwryan.com/ [GnuPG Key: B1BD4E40] pgpuT2uicQOda.pgp Descri

Re: [arch-general] Upgrade systemd 208-11 -> systemd-210-3 - suspend issue

2014-03-09 Thread Jason Ryan
On 09/03/14 at 08:58pm, Friedrich Strohmaier wrote: Hi all, I run a Lenovo x200 which usually is put on the docking station with lid closed. after the Upgrade of systemd-208-11 -> systemd-210-3 while booting it immediately suspends when systemd somehow reaches suspend.service at startup. - If

Re: [arch-general] systemd-nspawn/systemd-networkd/

2014-03-05 Thread Jason Ryan
On 05/03/14 at 09:22pm, arnaud gaboury wrote: Hi, I do not consider myself as a Linux expert, but rather an advanced user. I am running Arch for a few years now, with a clean setting environment and no major breakage. I am a great fan of systemd functionallities, but I waste my time the past tw

Re: [arch-general] SystemD poll

2012-08-21 Thread Jason Ryan
On 22/08/12 at 04:23am, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote: > On 22.08.2012 02:48, Felipe Contreras wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Sven-Hendrik Haase > >wrote: > >>On 22.08.2012 02:10, Felipe Contreras wrote: > >>>On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Patrick Murphy > >>>wrote: > Could you give

Re: [arch-general] Think twice before moving to systemd

2012-08-15 Thread Jason Ryan
On 15/08/12 at 08:38am, Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Jason Ryan wrote: > > On 15/08/12 at 04:01am, Felipe Contreras wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:51 AM, Jason Ryan wrote: > >> > On 15/08/12 at 03:35am, Felipe Contreras wrote: &g

Re: [arch-general] Think twice before moving to systemd

2012-08-14 Thread Jason Ryan
On 15/08/12 at 04:01am, Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:51 AM, Jason Ryan wrote: > > On 15/08/12 at 03:35am, Felipe Contreras wrote: > > >> I just became aware that Arch Linux plans to switch to systemd, and > >> this worries me for several rea

Re: [arch-general] Think twice before moving to systemd

2012-08-14 Thread Jason Ryan
On 15/08/12 at 03:35am, Felipe Contreras wrote: > Hi, > > I just became aware that Arch Linux plans to switch to systemd, and > this worries me for several reasons. > > snip I am running it on both my home machines and my work laptop. I have full encryption on all three devices and LVM and Raid1

Re: [arch-general] New dual install iso -- Where the heck is arch-setup??

2012-08-04 Thread Jason Ryan
On 04/08/12 at 08:43pm, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 08/04/2012 10:49 AM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > >> David, you are fairly active on the mailing lists, and it's amusing that > >> > you totally missed the discussions related to the removal of AIF a few > >> > weeks ago. > > More to the point, as a maintai

Re: [arch-general] New dual install iso -- Where the heck is arch-setup??

2012-08-03 Thread Jason Ryan
On 04/08/12 at 01:17am, David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, > > What happened to the arch setup autoinstaller script that guided you though > the install process?? It was minimal, and worked very well to guide you > through. > Even helpful with raid installs after your arrays were assembled and > pa

Re: [arch-general] Country Name (ISO-3116) Issues

2012-07-02 Thread Jason Ryan
On 02/07/12 at 07:20am, Zero Cho wrote: > > Thanks for your support. You're right. This is not intended to be a > political debate, so I have been using a neutral word, Taiwan, rather than > other more official but sensitive, less common name. It's the fact that ISO > is not reflecting how most of

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-21 Thread Jason Ryan
On 21/06/12 at 06:13pm, Paul Gideon Dann wrote: > On Thursday 21 Jun 2012 09:44:03 D. R. Evans wrote: > > Extract from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf (sorry about any possible wrapping issue): > > > > MODULES="dm_mod" > > ... > > HOOKS="base udev mdadm_udev lvm2 autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems > > usb

Re: [arch-general] Installing to RAID .. cannot reboot

2012-06-20 Thread Jason Ryan
On 20/06/12 at 04:10pm, D. R. Evans wrote: > D. R. Evans said the following at 06/20/2012 11:27 AM : > > I have carefully followed the RAID instructions at: > > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_RAID_and_LVM#RAID_installation > > > > I have not used LVM, just RAID. I have double

Re: [arch-general] "The Canterbury Distribution"

2011-03-31 Thread Jason Ryan
On 31/03/11 at 10:44pm, Leandro Costa wrote: > it's just www.gentoo.org left !! > Cue joke about them compiling their media release... -- Jason Ryan http://jasonwryan.com/ pgp80uLmEMvAK.pgp Description: PGP signature