Re: [arch-general] rEFInd package being neglected by maintainer.

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 6:01 PM David Runge wrote: > On 2020-04-07 12:54:18 (-0500), mike lojkovic via arch-general wrote: > > rEFInd has had multiple versions came out, and the mainter has been > > neglecting to update it for nearly two years. Is there an eta or talk >

Re: [arch-general] rEFInd package being neglected by maintainer.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 6:55 PM mike lojkovic via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > rEFInd has had multiple versions came out, and the mainter has been > neglecting to update it for nearly two years. Is there an eta or talk of > changing the maintainer for that

[arch-general] rEFInd package being neglected by maintainer.

rEFInd has had multiple versions came out, and the mainter has been neglecting to update it for nearly two years. Is there an eta or talk of changing the maintainer for that package? Pretty sure, it builds find as an aur alternative has been up for awhile.

Re: [arch-general] A few out of date packages

t; and not as listed 200210 plus refind-efi was not released 191112 but > 181112 and I didn't even check any other numbers besides those two. > > cheers, > Levente > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.11.4/ > https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.5.0/releasenotes/ > > refind-efi has now been released and the source tarball can be obtained from http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.11.5/refind-src-0.11.5.tar.gz/download -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

h time as base-extras may be available. > > Thanks for mentioning linux-firmware - I just added kernels and a few > other items to my own, but I missed that one > Possibly intel-ucode would be very useful for many installs as well? -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] A few out of date packages

The refind update is probably easy to integrate. It's mostly just fixing one bug with a workaround. On Wed, May 22, 2019, 6:06 PM Genes Lists via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > On 5/19/19 6:08 PM, Genes Lists via arch-general wrote: > > > Firstly, a big thank you for those wh

Re: [arch-general] Arch on NVMe ssd

Just follow the arch wiki on nvme. It's probably not optimal for your specific ssd, but it's close enough. On Wed, May 22, 2019, 10:49 AM Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > Em maio 22, 2019 12:42 Daurnimator escreveu: > > On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 01:34, Gian

Re: [arch-general] announce libraries in provides=()

Suggesting pacman add some portage style features for dependency resolution and packaging? Modifying packages on a local system to fix bugs caused by versions of packages? On Thu, May 16, 2019, 3:10 AM Erich Eckner via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESS

Re: [arch-general] VirtualBox 6 on 4.20 - Anybody seeing guests become unresponsive after several hours?

Last I was aware VirtualBox has some stability issues with KDE. Maybe, try Cinnamon or one of the lighter weight desktops. On Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 8:28 PM David C. Rankin On 01/03/2019 12:52 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > > Maybe check if the volume where your VM's disk is stored is running out > o

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

On 07/30/2018 12:32 PM, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi David, > >> Foxtrot Mike wrote: >>> I want to use the Arch system as a Remote Desktop node. The Arch >>> system would use a login manager (such as lightdm) to authenticate >>> users from Windows Domain. On

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

On 07/29/2018 10:01 PM, Chris Warrick via arch-general wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 19:07, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general > wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Currently we have around 10 employees who develop software using Visual >> Studio. The idea is to install the de

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

On 07/28/2018 02:52 AM, cyelae via arch-general wrote: > On 2018-07-27 19:07, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Currently we have around 10 employees who develop software using Visual >> Studio. The idea is to install the development tools on the Wi

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

On 07/27/2018 11:17 PM, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote: > Em julho 27, 2018 14:46 Foxtrot Mike via arch-general escreveu: >> >> The issue with x2go and ltsp is that I'll have to separately manage >> username and passwords for local Linux login. The solution that I

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

On 07/27/2018 10:16 PM, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote: > Em julho 27, 2018 14:07 Foxtrot Mike via arch-general escreveu: >> >> Here are the major tasks: >> >> 1- Ask LightDM to use Windows Domain (Kerberos) authentication. I am >> a little confused. There are su

[arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

Hi all, Currently we have around 10 employees who develop software using Visual Studio. The idea is to install the development tools on the Windows Server system, and to have all the developers connect to the server over RDP using low-end low-power computers. The server is pretty beefy though.

Re: [arch-general] Password managers implementing org.freedesktop.secrets?

You can look into KeePass. On Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 3:57 PM Peter Nabbefeld wrote: > > Hello, > > the only password managers I found documented to implement > org.freedesktop.secrets are kwallet and gnome-keyring. Does somebody > know any others, probably GTK-based? I'm using XFCE4, so I'd like to

Re: [arch-general] Why no git --depth=1 option for makepkg?

It would be extremely nice to have shallow clone support for some packages. The Unreal git repo requires pulling down 20 gigabytes for a build, taking maybe a half hour each time. On Mar 3, 2018 1:53 AM, "Adam Levy via arch-general" < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > Hi > > I recently came ac

Re: [arch-general] Intel microcode - latest version not loading

I downloaded it from. I've put it at https://filebin.net/q3s5in117kp7mkut/microcode-update-guidance.pdf if you want to see it. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Intel microcode - latest version not loading

uary Intel also released a PDF with available and planned > microcode > > updates. The original now asks for a login, but this is a mirror: > > > > http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/systemsw/security/ > microcode-update-guidance_02122018.pdf > > > > > > Original location: > > https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/ > 02/microcode-update-guidance.pdf > > That's excellent information. Apparently, my 8 year old Core2 may soon be > getting its first MCU! > -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] ddcutil not working with nvidia card

On 01/23/2018 09:43 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: On 1/23/2018 8:02 AM, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general wrote: I tried googling this error, but didn't find anything helpful. So I tried using xbacklight instead. It didn't give any positive results either, even when I provided differ

[arch-general] ddcutil not working with nvidia card

Hi all, With my AMD card, I was able to set my monitor's (ViewSonic VA2249, connected via DVI) brightness and contrast from command line using: ddcutil --display 1 setvcp 12 20 Later on, I swapped AMD card with an NVIDIA one (using nvidia 387.34-20). I tried using ddcutil with this new card as

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

Wow. I could have sworn that email was right at the top of my archlinux folder when i fired up my email client earlier today. Now it's no where. Perhaps an unlucky coincident. Peace. On 01/12/2018 09:32 PM, Bruno Pagani via arch-general wrote: > Le 12/01/2018 à 17:25, Foxtrot Mike

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

out what I thought to be 'network manager is not actually the network manager, as exlained by Mr Eli. Thanks for the explanation. No offence meant. And none taken. Peace. On 01/12/2018 07:57 PM, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > On 01/12/2018 08:48 AM, Foxtrot Mike via arch-gener

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

Hi, I use arch with i3wm. Been using for around 3 years. Still lovin it. Dont really need a network manager when netctl can handle my wifi pretty nicely. Actually I prefer typing over mouse-ing, so I would always prefer a tool like netctl over mouse-driven tools such as network manager. Peace.

Re: [arch-general] [Solved] Switch from AMD GPU to nvidia GPU

s guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA/Troubleshooting Foxtrot Mike via arch-general mailto:arch-general@archlinux.org>> schrieb am Sa., 30. Dez. 2017, 18:54: Hi all, I was using amd r7 260x card without any problem with 'amdgpu' module. Now I want to install my new nvidia card (105

[arch-general] Switch from AMD GPU to nvidia GPU

Hi all, I was using amd r7 260x card without any problem with 'amdgpu' module. Now I want to install my new nvidia card (1050ti). I assumed that installing 'nvidia' package from pacman would be enough to be able to use my new GPU. (Apparently not). The nvidia related  packages installed on my

Re: [arch-general] Clone a block device using 'cat'

On 12/16/2017 01:03 AM, Maciek Borzecki wrote: > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:37 PM, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general > wrote: >> Note: This is not an Arch related question. I tried asking this question >> elsewhere, but didnt get any useful response. In the past I have receive

[arch-general] Clone a block device using 'cat'

Note: This is not an Arch related question. I tried asking this question elsewhere, but didnt get any useful response. In the past I have received very helpful responses on this mail list so I am posting this here in the hope that someone would be willing/able to help me out. Hi, I am able to

[arch-general] Is there anything keeping the refind version back?

refind-efi, in the repo, is at 10.8-1. The package has been flagged out of date for 2 months now. The current release is 0.11.1.

Re: [arch-general] Cinnamon desktop and keybindings

When I get my system backup, I'll email you on how to configure custom keybindings for Cinnamon. You basically just write a bash script and call it when the key combo is pressed. On Aug 29, 2017 9:27 PM, "beest" wrote: > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 02:24:59AM +0200, Jeanette C. via arch-general > wr

Re: [arch-general] Please update the Cinnamon packages

Might he be waiting on Linux Mint 18.2 to be released before updating? (all of the major bugs should be fixed by then) On Jun 21, 2017 11:39 PM, "Marcelo "Marc" Ranolfi via arch-general" < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > Good morning, > > With Cinnamon 3.4.2 released 2 days ago, the version

Re: [arch-general] ReadyDLNA/MiniDLNA doesn't work behind wireless

ied interface(s) for the server running minidlna for the OP. I wonder what the latter line actually is for that file in the problem machine? -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] How to "decorate" a package build?

to the official build. So long users know to run ff instead of the stock version I can't see a problem with that? -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] AUR ToS (aka making AUR user names public)

I really, don't want to make it any easier for someone to spam me based on correlations between account names. On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 4:39 AM, Martin Kühne via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Guus Snijders via arch-general > wrote: > > Op 6 mr

Re: [arch-general] About linux 4.8 and 4.9...

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191121 -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] NILFS: A filesystem designed to minimize the likelyhood of data loss

As far as I'm aware BTRFS would be a better choice. Believe it's getting close to release. On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Alexander Rath wrote: > Am Montag, 9. Jänner 2017 17:20:49 CET schrieb Sean Greenslade: > >> On January 9, 2017 7:39:26 AM PST, Alexander Rath < >> alexander.r...@posteo.ne

Re: [arch-general] Gufw broken by large update.

It's not working for me either. Is gufw written in python? I know python was updated to 3.6 today, breaking a few packages till they get updated for 3.6. On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 8:02 PM, Alonzo Gomez via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > Hi. > > Gufw was working (xorg only, not u

Re: [arch-general] New kernel repo

iously unofficial and thus unsupported. > It seems that the repo at http://arch.miffe.org/x86_64/ contains the linux-mainline package which looks up to date. -- mike c

[arch-general] STM32 compilation on ArchLinuxARM

TL;DR; I need a way to install arm-none-eabi-gcc on Raspberry Pi (Arch Linux ARM) using pacman or from source. Hi guys, First of all, I know that this mailing list entertains questions and information related to Arch Linux, not Arch Linux ARM. Since I have received valuable suggestions on this

Re: [arch-general] minidlna problems

On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 6:55 PM, SET wrote: > Le dimanche 4 décembre 2016 17:17:02 CET Mike Cloaked via arch-general a > écrit > : > > The version current in arch is minidlna 1.1.6-1 but perhaps the comment > > earlier in the thread about version 2.x is a heads-up for when

Re: [arch-general] minidlna problems

On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Peter Nabbefeld wrote: > Hello Mike, > > I cannot find any important differences between Your files and mine. I've > tested VLC, and if this is broken, the test doesn't have any relevance, so > I need some other client first. > > Ki

Re: [arch-general] minidlna problems

cess the files with the media. eg in my case on my little media server: $ ls -l /home total 8 drwx-- 2 alarm alarm 4096 Feb 22 2016 alarm drwxr-xr-x 6 mike mike 4096 Jun 6 20:57 mike then the minidlna.service file is: $ cat /etc/systemd/system/minidlna.service [Unit] Description=minidl

[arch-general] Package updates for Long out of Date packages - comment

it can be brought up to date for both i686 as well as x86_64. -- mike c

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

I'm in favor of the merge as well. For beginners there are plenty of Youtube videos that cover common desktop setups. That should be more than enough for users who are first learning how to setup a Linux distro. On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 6:06 AM, Dario Giovannetti via arch-general < arch-general@arc

Re: [arch-general] Mirror issue

ce. > I have just made a connection to that mirror without any problem at all - if you are still unable to connect then it may be a problem for a limited set of users from specific routes to that site? -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Not being able to upgrade system because of catalyst-hook

[SOLVED] Thanks for your help. FINALLY, I got catalyst working. I took many hours though. Here is what I tried (giving as much detail as possible to help others): > 2016-09-13 10:39 GMT+02:00 G. Schlisio : > What about version 15.9-12? It adds a patch to make it compatible with > Linux 4.7 > >

Re: [arch-general] Not being able to upgrade system because of catalyst-hook

On 09/13/2016 01:42 PM, Sebastiaan Lokhorst via arch-general wrote: > 2016-09-13 10:39 GMT+02:00 G. Schlisio : > >>> You should update the catalyst-hook package manually. The latest version >>> supports Linux 4.7. >> >> this is misleading, as there is no upgrade. >> > > What about version 15.9-12

[arch-general] Not being able to upgrade system because of catalyst-hook

Hi all, For almost a month, I have been unable to upgrade my system (# sudo pacman -Su), apparently because catalyst-hook won't work with Linux 4.7. I thought that in a few weeks atmost, catalyst-hook would be 'upgraded' to support Linux 4.7, but still no luck. I am a beginner, so may be I am

Re: [arch-general] bitcoin-qt out-of-date

I just wish rEFInd would get an update. It's been out of date for close to 10 months now. I'm just wondering if having more than one maintainer on a package would help lighten the load. The maintainer of rEFInd has 221 other packages, so it's understandable that something might slip through on occa

Re: [arch-general] Laptop cooling fan does not work

Those temps do look a bit high. Especially, considering you're not overclocked or pushing the system hard. Try cleaning the fans out, and switching to the proprietary driver. I've always had issues with the nouveau driver. On Aug 26, 2016 5:30 AM, "Rodrigo Rivas via arch-general" < arch-general@ar

Re: [arch-general] very out of date packages

There's a refind-efi package up on the aur as well.

[arch-general] MSI AMD R7 260x fan speed with AMDGPU

Hi all, I have a little problem with my R7 260x because of which I must check if the fan is working at startup. If it isn't, I give the fan a little push with my finger so it starts working. The fan gets jammed every fortnight or so (I didn't send the fan for repair or warranty claim because I'

[arch-general] Problem with MATLAB libraries

Hi all, I have MATLAB 8.6 (2015b). If I install MATLAB in the default directory (/usr/local/MATLAB), everything works fine. However, I want to install MATLAB on a different partition (/mnt/Software). I installed MATLAB on Software parition successfully, but when I try to run matlab, I get this

Re: [arch-general] rEFInd has been out of date for awhile.

I emailed him awhile back, and haven't heard back. On Aug 5, 2016 3:58 PM, "Mike Cloaked via arch-general" < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 7:38 PM, mike lojkovic via arch-general < > arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > >

Re: [arch-general] rEFInd has been out of date for awhile.

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 7:38 PM, mike lojkovic via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > Hey everybody, > > > refind-efi package in extra has been flagged out of date for about 6 > months. The latest version is 0.10.3. There is refind-efi-bin > <https:/

[arch-general] rEFInd has been out of date for awhile.

Hey everybody, refind-efi package in extra has been flagged out of date for about 6 months. The latest version is 0.10.3. There is refind-efi-bin in the aur. I'm just wondering if there are any plans to continue supporting rEFInd officially?

Re: [arch-general] System like glue, High IO Wait.

n about your hardware and possibly diagnostics from log files before people might be able to suggest what the problem is. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Alternative init system proposal

investigation or not. Users who wish to volunteer to do the work can of course make themselves known. -- mike c

[arch-general] Can't install AppArmor on linux-grsec kernel

Hi I installed linux-grsec kernel on my Arch system a few days back for improved security. My next step is to sandbox internet-facing applications such as firefox, thunderbird, torrent client, etc. However, it seems like grsecurity patchset doesn't have application sandboxing capability (Do

Re: [arch-general] Kali rt2800usb driver on Arch for wireshark tcp capture

On 1/13/2016 10:55 PM, Joakim Hernberg wrote: On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:13:23 +0800 Fulcrum Mike wrote: It seems like I have a fake Alfa AWUS036H with Ralink Chipset. Anyway, I dont think the problem is related to hardware since Kali system can capture TCP data with this same adapter. For

Re: [arch-general] Kali rt2800usb driver on Arch for wireshark tcp capture

On 1/13/2016 6:01 AM, Giacomo M wrote: On 1/10/2016 11:12 PM, Fulcrum Mike wrote: On 1/11/2016 5:59 AM, Ivan wrote: On Mon, 11 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote: On 1/11/2016 3:54 AM, Ivan wrote: On Mon, 11 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote: On 1/11/2016 12:25 AM, Ivan wrote: On Sun, 10

Re: [arch-general] Kali rt2800usb driver on Arch for wireshark tcp capture

On 1/11/2016 5:59 AM, Ivan wrote: On Mon, 11 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote: On 1/11/2016 3:54 AM, Ivan wrote: On Mon, 11 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote: On 1/11/2016 12:25 AM, Ivan wrote: On Sun, 10 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote: On 1/10/2016 4:59 PM, Fulcrum Mike wrote: FYI Kali

Re: [arch-general] Kali rt2800usb driver on Arch for wireshark tcp capture

On 1/11/2016 3:54 AM, Ivan wrote: On Mon, 11 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote: On 1/11/2016 12:25 AM, Ivan wrote: On Sun, 10 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote: On 1/10/2016 4:59 PM, Fulcrum Mike wrote: FYI Kali live system is also using rt2800usb driver and yet it worked fine. I'l

Re: [arch-general] Kali rt2800usb driver on Arch for wireshark tcp capture

On 1/11/2016 12:25 AM, Ivan wrote: On Sun, 10 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote: On 1/10/2016 4:59 PM, Fulcrum Mike wrote: FYI Kali live system is also using rt2800usb driver and yet it worked fine. I'll use rtl8187 driver on Arch soon and see what happens. Regards On 1/10/2016 4:20 PM,

Re: [arch-general] Kali rt2800usb driver on Arch for wireshark tcp capture

On 1/10/2016 4:59 PM, Fulcrum Mike wrote: FYI Kali live system is also using rt2800usb driver and yet it worked fine. I'll use rtl8187 driver on Arch soon and see what happens. Regards On 1/10/2016 4:20 PM, Ivan wrote: On Sun, 10 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote: Hi everybody I spent

Re: [arch-general] Kali rt2800usb driver on Arch for wireshark tcp capture

FYI Kali live system is also using rt2800usb driver and yet it worked fine. I'll use rtl8187 driver on Arch soon and see what happens. Regards On 1/10/2016 4:20 PM, Ivan wrote: On Sun, 10 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote: Hi everybody I spent days trying to get my Alfa AWUS036H work

[arch-general] Kali rt2800usb driver on Arch for wireshark tcp capture

Hi everybody I spent days trying to get my Alfa AWUS036H work with Wireshark on Arch Linux. It captured all sorts of fancy protocols, but no tcp. I booted Kali linux on the same PC and followed the same procedure for data capture and this time everything worked. I could see http requests to

Re: [arch-general] plasma 5 crashing

me 3d rendering info specifically when the system has a problem indicated by the fact that the rendering is falling back to the swrast_dri driver. Any chance this report relates to failed graphics drivers which may originate in bugs in the mesa/plasma/X etc code - but at least some initial info showing where there is a problem may point to where to look for more problems so narrow down where the initial failure occurs? -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] DHCP server package orphaned

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:55 AM, LoneVVolf wrote: > >> >> If you mean the dhcp package, the orphaning must have been temporarily . > Felix Yan is now mentioned as maintainer. > > LW > Excellent. -- mike c

[arch-general] DHCP server package orphaned

Having seen that the dhcp server package has been orphaned yesterday, hopefully this will be picked up and maintained as it is a pretty important standard package for a server. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] systemd new dependencies impede using OpenRC

arch linux operating system. Please move any further systemd rants to some other channel. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Why does network interface sometimes change name?

c:72:b9:32:45:30", NAME="eno1" SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="4c:72:b9:32:45:32", NAME="eno2" If you want to associate a specific nic to a name chosen by you then this may help. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] filesystem update

7;m > running a single user setup it's fine) > > However I'm curious whether the directory should be left as it is, or if > it's "allowed to play with" > > cheers > Try bind mounting your "other" location to /home -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] pacman security when importing new keys?

s > > I guess you can verify fingerprints from the list at https://www.archlinux.org/master-keys/ -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [extra] Dropping ocaml packages

dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: kdeedu-kalzium: requires ocaml I guess it needs to be maintained else there may be problems with updates to kde in the future? -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] NFS server broke after reboot - *urgent* need help

nstalling that did not by itself fix anything > either. > > Thank you for your help. > > Is this Fedora bug related? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183992 -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] NFS server broke after reboot - *urgent* need help

ny case, it is possible you are having a similar problem, are you > sure the interfaces nfs-server is set to listen on are up? > This is now reported at https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43647 so hopefully some enlightenment will appear there to help too. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] CUPS : can't get driver list since last update

> before > on the second host). > > Please consider a fix. > > Thx. > Possibly related to the longish running thread at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=189261 -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] gnupg 2.1 not stable

Just to add a link showing the need for help for the gnupg developers it may be worth having a quick look at https://gnupg.org/blog/20141214-gnupg-and-g10.html -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Changes to microcode updates

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 23.10.2014 um 21:58 schrieb Mike Cloaked: > > Oct 23 15:41:56 localhost kernel: CPU0 microcode updated early to > revision > > 0x1b, date = 2014-05-29 > > > > Does this mean that the quoted early update has

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Changes to microcode updates

up-to-date microcode? Or does delegating the task to the kernel when efistub loading produce a correctly working processor with the intended new microcode at the early stage of booting the kernel? Thanks -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Changes to microcode updates

clude the change needed for the rEFInd boot manager. So this works fine. It is presumed that the latest microcode for the CPU in this machine is dated correctly as 2014-05-29. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Changes to microcode updates

work. It would be nice to see verification that early microcode loading has been successful using all the main bootloaders/bootmanagers, as well as direct efistub boot. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Changes to microcode updates

s Rod will respond. > > [1] https://sourceforge.net/p/refind/discussion/general/thread/7da6cd81/ > > > It would seem that there might be some problems with this microcode update apart from the issues with bootloaders. See 1) https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/18/218 2) https://bugs.launchpad

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Changes to microcode updates

n there is also a thread on this topic on the arch forum at: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=188252 -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Messed up {g,u}id for uuidd

addition I have /usr/bin/nologin in the passwd file though that should not matter. Did you have any backup copies of the original files before making your merge changes? Retrieval of the backup copies would at least allow a comparison to be made before you made the merge. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] EFI-GPT : GRUB won't load

a > length) > Boot0001* USB Hard Drive (UEFI) - USB DISK 2.0 > > I am hereby requesting help to solve this issue. > > Thank you. > It is possible that the thread at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=177356 may help? -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Gummiboot and EFISTUB booting irregularities

> legacy mode. > > [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub#Preliminary_requirements > > There is no need to do that. I don't have any bios grub partition and there is no need to run grub in legacy mode when using it as a backup for uefi efi stub boot. You can do it as a grub standalone boot - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#GRUB_Standalone -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Gummiboot and EFISTUB booting irregularities

kernel. Having that as a fallback boot method should allow you to boot a kernel if it turns out that your machine is affected by the efi stub loader bug. Then simply wait for the next kernel or rebuild your kernel as per the previous post and check if that helps. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] odd problem with NetworkManager and wired

s were left with some file crud. Can you delete your wired connection in the kde nm gui, and start a new one? -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] systemd 215 + filesystem 2014.07-1 => problems booting?

this now at https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41097 -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Kernel updated to 3.14.5-1. Now my Lenovo IdeaPad hangs on boot...

se I > > get hit with it again. > > > > I haven't found anything useful on this silly bug so I'd say this is > > your best option if you would like to avoid booting a liveCD every time > > it happens. > > > > Rather than keep an old kernel around,

Re: [arch-general] Kernel updated to 3.14.5-1. Now my Lenovo IdeaPad hangs on boot...

gt; > Did so, now. Now I'm on 3.14.4, again. System boots without any problems. > > But why can't I use the current kernel? Does someone here successfully > boot 3.14.5 via efistub? Bug in kernel? Or maybe bug in kernel > configuration? > > Greetings, > > Manuel > > -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Installing Archlinux alongside Ubuntu on a Windows 8 UEFI laptop

fault system. Of course you have the choice to use different boot managers, and gummiboot and grub will in principle be able to boot all three OSes once set up. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Optimizing boot

es are difficult to interpret. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] KDE update and baloo

and files are in the mail area - but once that is complete then it is suggested that it works extremely well. -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Thank you

ion, > even with the high number of upgrades. > Definitively one of the best distro out there, thanks to its very > dynamic and reactive dev community. > > Thanks to all and HNY. > -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] Intel SNA artifacts in Firefox

anyone else is seeing this? You are far from alone! See the thread at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=167939 -- mike c

Re: [arch-general] remote poweroff with systemd

it but is there a reason why this would not work? -- mike c

[arch-general] Updating KDE whilst logged in causes loss of background wallpaper image

ating from a text console without being logged in to the graphical desktop does not cause the issue to happen. There is a workaround in the first comment in the report link above in case anyone gets caught by this. -- mike c

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