Re: [arch-general] Smartcard troubles on Arch

Hi h8h, > have you checked the wiki[1]? What's ``dmesg`` or ``lsusb`` printing out? lsusb sees the reader: Bus 002 Device 025: ID 08e6:3438 Gemalto (was Gemplus) GemPC Key SmartCard Reader I've entered the device id into the udev rule. > [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GnuPG#Smartcards

[arch-general] Smartcard troubles on Arch

Dear Archers, I am trying to get my Gemalto USB Shell Token V2 (GPG-Smartcard-Reader in a USB-Stick) to work on Arch. I've set up Udev in the way I did successfully in Ubuntu 12.04.LTS. However, no success. I am still trying to figure out where the trouble lies. I can never see the card using gpg

Re: [arch-general] [Classroom] Beginners Guide to Package Maintenance

Wait, > manfred and I have both decided that we are going to finally be having > this class. We'll be doing the first class on Sunday, September 14th at > 17:00 UTC.=20 September 14th is Saturday, and Sunday is the 15th -- which is it to be? Best, Mathias

Re: [arch-general] How to safe configs to another path than ~

Hi Ralf, > how can I safe configurations to another path, instead of using ~? > > I need this for audio applications, to restore different audio sessions > and to get different profiles for some applications. another approach would be to put the config files into a version control system such as

Re: [arch-general] pacman error: target not found

Hello Karol, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1185936#p1185936 You can't have both nvidia and nouveau installed, you have to pick one. thank you very much, that helped! I just couldn't figure out myself what was wrong. Best, Mathias

[arch-general] pacman error: target not found

Dear Archers, I've been a happy Arch Linux user for years, but now I'm having trouble updating. Can anyone help? [root@archlinux huber]# pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... [...] :: Starting full system upgrade... :: Replace libwebkit with extra/webkitgtk2? [Y/n] [...] resolving

Re: [arch-general] Xmonad session fails since upgrade

Am 18.12.2011 20:01, schrieb Ivan Sichmann Freitas: On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 07:08:50PM +0100, Mathias Huber wrote: However, since the latest "pacman -Syu" GDM just tells me it was unable to start the Xmonad session. I've issued "xmonad --recompile" several times, whic

[arch-general] Xmonad session fails since upgrade

Dear Archers, I've had a working Xmonad installation since May, I start it via GDM and "/usr/share/xsessions/xmonad.desktop" as described in Arch wiki. However, since the latest "pacman -Syu" GDM just tells me it was unable to start the Xmonad session. I've issued "xmonad --recompile" several

Re: [arch-general] Connochaet OS buildung on Arch technology

Hi Karol, > https://parabolagnulinux.org/news/parabola-gnulinux-is-happy-to-support-our-sister-project-connochaetos/ thanks! Obviously the Arch universe is larger than I had thought :-) Best, Mathias

[arch-general] Connochaet OS buildung on Arch technology

Dear Archers, looking at the first stable release from http://www.connochaetos.org I realise they use pacman, archboot and PKGBUILD. Best, Mathias

Re: [arch-general] pacman-g2?

Dear Cédric, >> Joey Hess's tool etckeeper >> >> claims it works with 'pacman-g2'. Does anyone know what kind of >> pacman version that is? >> >> Cheers, Mathias >> >> > Google has a lot of answers to this qu

[arch-general] pacman-g2?

Dear Archers, Joey Hess's tool etckeeper claims it works with 'pacman-g2'. Does anyone know what kind of pacman version that is? Cheers, Mathias

Re: [arch-general] Spell Checking in Emacs

Hi Steve, > When I do any of the emacs commands like ispell-buffer or > ispell-region and the like, I keep getting a message in the prompt > line of emacs saying > "Text is read-only" That only concerns the contents auf the mini-buffer (where you enter commands). Do you use backspace in the mini

Re: [arch-general] rankmirrors and new mirrrorlist format

Hi Erik, Can you post a copy of the output? I'm using reflector and rankmirrors, and I get this: # 2010-08-12 15:33 # generated by reflector # ranked by rankmirrors Server = ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server =

[arch-general] rankmirrors and new mirrrorlist format

Dear Archers, is it true that rankmirrors can't handle mirrorlist urls like ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch? While pacman works fine with this format, rankmirrors produces unreachable URLs. Or am I misunderstanding something here? Rock on, Mathias

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux in Linux-Magazin 09/2010 (German Edition)

Hello Stefan, > That is not quite correct. New TUs are elected by the other TUs, not > by the "community". But yes, the discussion is open to all. oh, that is indeed a difference. I'll print an erratum in the next issue. Best, Mathias

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux in Linux-Magazin 09/2010 (German Edition)

Hi Andre, > but isn't this part outdated (with xorg 1.8): > > "Wer hätte etwa gedacht, dass die USB-Tastatur nach dem X-Start nur > funktioniert, wenn vorher schon der Hal-Daemon läuft?" you're right. That was when I installed Arch with X.org 1.7.6 while I was researching the article. But it is

[arch-general] Arch Linux in Linux-Magazin 09/2010 (German Edition)

Hi, for those who wanted to be alerted: My short writeup on Arch Linux for Linux-Magazin (German Edition) is freely available online: http://www.linux-magazin.de/Heft-Abo/Ausgaben/2010/09/Frische-Ware Best Regards, Mathias

Re: [arch-general] Tasks for newbie at online bug squashing (during Archcon)?

Hi, I've seen there will be an online bug squashing with Archers worldwide during Archcon on July 22 and 23 . I've set some time apart to join the fun. However, I am an Arch newbie, though long standing Linux user. What will there be for me to do

[arch-general] Tasks for newbie at online bug squashing (during Archcon)?

Dear Archers, I've seen there will be an online bug squashing with Archers worldwide during Archcon on July 22 and 23 . I've set some time apart to join the fun. However, I am an Arch newbie, though long standing Linux user. What will there be

Re: [arch-general] Any Arch Users/Developers @ Linuxtag 2010?

Dear Sven-Hendrik, > I will attend and I'll even be an exhibitor. Meet me at the linux-gamers > booth. > I'll be there with at least another Archer. I'll probably be there all > the time. great! I'll drop by, probably on Friday. Looking forward to seeing you :-) Mathias

[arch-general] Any Arch Users/Developers @ Linuxtag 2010?

Dear Arch users and developers, will any of you be at the Linuxtag conference and expo in Berlin later this week? Would you like to meet? Myself, I am an Archlinux newbie, Best Regards, Mathias