[arch-general] WPA2 - How to set with ACX card??

Listmates, My second Arch box is now complete (well almost:-) This time a desktop box with a zytel wireless lan adapter using the TI acx chipset and its firmware 2 is the acx111_2.3.1.31/tiacx111c16 firmware slice. The card is detected and works fine it think... I can open kwifimanager an

Re: [arch-general] Why both fonts.dir and fonts.scale?

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 18:58, David C. Rankin wrote: > Listmates, > >        Picking through the font configuration, I have run across a curiosity, > why do > the font directories have both a fonts.dir file and a fonts.scale file. The > page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_Font_Configu

Re: [arch-general] WPA2 - How to set with ACX card??

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:22 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > Listmates, > >        My second Arch box is now complete (well almost:-) This time a desktop > box > with a zytel wireless lan adapter using the TI acx chipset and its firmware 2 > is the acx111_2.3.1.31/tiacx111c16 firmware slice. The car

Re: [arch-general] WPA2 - How to set with ACX card??

David C. Rankin schrieb: Listmates, My second Arch box is now complete (well almost:-) This time a desktop box with a zytel wireless lan adapter using the TI acx chipset and its firmware 2 is the acx111_2.3.1.31/tiacx111c16 firmware slice. The card is detected and works fine it think...

Re: [arch-general] thinkpad t61 and not able to adjust brightness

Hm, strange, works fine here on t61p , standard archlinux kernel, nothing out of the ordinary. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Michael Schaefer wrote: > I've similar problem here with my X60s. > > echo 'up' >! /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness > > works fine but using the hotkeys has no effect. I now re

Re: [arch-general] Are there sets for installing apache?

2009/4/21, David C. Rankin : > David Rosenstrauch wrote: >> David C. Rankin wrote: >>> Listmates, >>> >>> I installed apache2 with pacman -S apache, but all I got was >>> apache2 itself. >>> Is there a set of packages that will install all of the modules as well? >> >> Many of them come install

Re: [arch-general] WPA2 - How to set with ACX card??

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 07:25:56PM +1000, James Rayner wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:22 PM, David C. Rankin > wrote: > > Listmates, > > > >        My second Arch box is now complete (well almost:-) This time a > > desktop box > > with a zytel wireless lan adapter using the TI acx chipset and

Re: [arch-general] WPA2 - How to set with ACX card??

James Rayner wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:22 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: Listmates, My second Arch box is now complete (well almost:-) This time a desktop box with a zytel wireless lan adapter using the TI acx chipset and its firmware 2 is the acx111_2.3.1.31/tiacx111c16 firmware sl

[arch-general] Issue with system time

Hi, in last few weeks I noticed a serious (for me) problem with my system. It simply does not update the date/time after boot up. In BIOS the time is correct, but when I boot Linux, the system time is set exactly to time when I turned it off last time. It's quite annoying to always have to set u

Re: [arch-general] Issue with system time

Dan Vratil wrote: Hi, in last few weeks I noticed a serious (for me) problem with my system. It simply does not update the date/time after boot up. In BIOS the time is correct, but when I boot Linux, the system time is set exactly to time when I turned it off last time. It's quite annoying to

Re: [arch-general] Issue with system time

David Rosenstrauch wrote: Dan Vratil wrote: Hi, in last few weeks I noticed a serious (for me) problem with my system. It simply does not update the date/time after boot up. In BIOS the time is correct, but when I boot Linux, the system time is set exactly to time when I turned it off last ti

Re: [arch-general] Issue with system time

you could also try setting the hardware clock to the system time with # hwclock --systohc - Original Message From: Dan Vratil To: General Discusson about Arch Linux Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:34:17 PM Subject: [arch-general] Issue with system time Hi, in last few weeks I noti

Re: [arch-general] Issue with system time

On Wednesday 29 April 2009 16:53:44 David Rosenstrauch wrote: > David Rosenstrauch wrote: > > Dan Vratil wrote: > >> Hi, > >> in last few weeks I noticed a serious (for me) problem with my system. > >> It simply does not update the date/time after boot up. In BIOS the > >> time is correct, but when

Re: [arch-general] thinkpad t61 and not able to adjust brightness

> I've similar problem here with my X60s. > > echo 'up' >! /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness > > works fine but using the hotkeys has no effect. I now realized that xev > doesn't return a keycode for FN+HOME and FN+END at all. FN only gives a > keycode as well as HOME and END on its own do. > > However, i'

Re: [arch-general] Setting xkb options (xkb_symbols) via hal?

> Judging from my findings on the interwebs it is possible to pass options > for the X11 keyboard via hal's policies.  This seems very useful for > system-wide keyboards settings.  However, I'm having problems making them > stick. > > I can do the setup via xkbcomp, and the relevant line is > >  xk

Re: [arch-general] Issue with system time

Dan Vratil schrieb: Hi, in last few weeks I noticed a serious (for me) problem with my system. It simply does not update the date/time after boot up. In BIOS the time is correct, but when I boot Linux, the system time is set exactly to time when I turned it off last time. It's quite annoying t

Re: [arch-general] WPA2 - How to set with ACX card??

David Rosenstrauch wrote: > James Rayner wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:22 PM, David C. Rankin >> >> netcfg, it's in core and is recommended on the Wireless Setup page... >> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg > (Also from David Heistand) My preference is wpa_auto:

[arch-general] Help understanding which interface OpenOffice is using?

Listmates, I have installed openoffice-core on my x86 box and I am trying to understand what user interface it is using and how to change it if I can. I suspect the very block like interface and large menu and menubar fonts are the result of the GTK interface oo on arch uses by default. (

Re: [arch-general] Help understanding which interface OpenOffice is using?

I've OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome and OOo integrates nicely with my GNOME. -- Abhishek

Re: [arch-general] Help understanding which interface OpenOffice is using?

David C. Rankin wrote: Listmates, I have installed openoffice-core on my x86 box and I am trying to understand what user interface it is using and how to change it if I can. I suspect the very block like interface and large menu and menubar fonts are the result of the GTK interface oo o

Re: [arch-general] Policykit, uid like a service, and gid like a user

On 2009-04-28 23:42, Magnus Therning wrote: I noticed after installing policykit that it created a new user and group (both called policykit). The thing that surprised me was the uid was 102 while the uid was 1001. Should a system service like that really have a uid below 1000 (like other service

Re: [arch-general] Help understanding which interface OpenOffice is using?

David Rosenstrauch wrote: If you look at my desktop snapshot Umm ... I meant *this* desktop snapshot: http://darose.net/DaroseDesktop.png DR

Re: [arch-general] Help understanding which interface OpenOffice is using?

David Rosenstrauch schrieb: Try installing kdemod3-gtk-qt-engine. It makes Gnome/GTK apps use your KDE settings. Its configuration screen gets added into the KDE control center under Appearance & Themes -> GTK Styles and Fonts. You might as well use gtk-qt-engine from the extra repo. I pref

Re: [arch-general] Help understanding which interface OpenOffice is using?

Thomas Bächler wrote: David Rosenstrauch schrieb: Try installing kdemod3-gtk-qt-engine. It makes Gnome/GTK apps use your KDE settings. Its configuration screen gets added into the KDE control center under Appearance & Themes -> GTK Styles and Fonts. You might as well use gtk-qt-engine from

[arch-general] [signoff] kernel-2.6.29.2-1

Hi update to latest version, please signoff for both arches greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tp...@archlinux.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [arch-general] Setting xkb options (xkb_symbols) via hal?

Damjan Georgievski wrote: Judging from my findings on the interwebs it is possible to pass options for the X11 keyboard via hal's policies. This seems very useful for system-wide keyboards settings. However, I'm having problems making them stick. I can do the setup via xkbcomp, and the relevan

Re: [arch-general] WPA2 - How to set with ACX card??

Thomas Bächler wrote: > David C. Rankin schrieb: >> Listmates, >> >> My second Arch box is now complete (well almost:-) This time a >> desktop box >> with a zytel wireless lan adapter using the TI acx chipset and its >> firmware 2 >> is the acx111_2.3.1.31/tiacx111c16 firmware slice. The card i

Re: [arch-general] Help understanding which interface OpenOffice is using?

David Rosenstrauch wrote: > David Rosenstrauch wrote: >> If you look at my desktop snapshot > > Umm ... I meant *this* desktop snapshot: > http://darose.net/DaroseDesktop.png > > DR > The holy grail -- a workable dark theme! Cool look. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 O

Re: [arch-general] Setting xkb options (xkb_symbols) via hal?

>>>  xkb_symbols   { include >>> "pc+gb+inet(evdev)+level3(ralt_alt)+level3(enter_switch)+compose(menu)" >>> }; ... >> so extrapolated from that, it should be something like >> gb >> compose(menu) > > Yes, that much I got working.  But I'm failing to add the level3 settings > (ralt_alt and enter_sw

Re: [arch-general] Policykit, uid like a service, and gid like a user

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 23:42, Magnus Therning wrote: > I noticed after installing policykit that it created a new user and group > (both called policykit).  The thing that surprised me was the uid was 102 > while the uid was 1001.  Should a system service like that really have a uid > below 1000

Re: [arch-general] WPA2 - How to set with ACX card??

Thomas Bächler wrote: > David C. Rankin schrieb: >> Listmates, >> >> My second Arch box is now complete (well almost:-) This time a >> desktop box >> with a zytel wireless lan adapter using the TI acx chipset and its >> firmware 2 >> is the acx111_2.3.1.31/tiacx111c16 firmware slice. The card i

Re: [arch-general] Policykit, uid like a service, and gid like a user

Damjan Georgievski wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 23:42, Magnus Therning wrote: I noticed after installing policykit that it created a new user and group (both called policykit). The thing that surprised me was the uid was 102 while the uid was 1001. Should a system service like that really h