Re: [arch-general] p11-kit

2014-12-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 23:07:27 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Am I the only one who noticed something "unusal" when running > $ grep p11-kit $HOME/.xsession-errors > ? > > I cared about https://www.archlinux.org/news/ca-certificates-update/ . I get tons of "p11-kit: certificate with distrust in loc

Re: [arch-general] Missing fonts in KeePass

2014-12-16 Thread P. A. López-Valencia
On 11/12/14 13:44, Sadika Sumanapala wrote: Hi, Does anyone using KeePass missing/not showing fonts? There are missing fonts in some dialog boxes (file open dialog, font dialog :) The latest gsfonts package contains fonts with different names to the ones used previously for almost 15 years.

Re: [arch-general] p11-kit

2014-12-16 Thread Kyle Terrien
On 12/16/2014 04:13 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I never add one and they don't belong to a package: > # pacman -Qo [...].pem error: No package owns [...].pem > > Can I delete them? I don't think you're supposed to. They are created when the certificate packages are installed. From my understandin

Re: [arch-general] MediaWiki extension and fix pull request

2014-12-16 Thread Dario Giovannetti
Honestly, I think if the Cite extension had been installed from the first years of the ArchWiki or so, it's very likely that today it would be used extensively and we would feel it like an indispensable tool. However, what we are instead doing is use plain inline links, e.g.: Lorem ipsum dolor

[arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Sebastiaan Lokhorst
Hello everyone, Since more than a year now, fdisk (provided by util-linux) has had GPT support. This theoretically makes gdisk a duplicate of fdisk, and we could replace gdisk with fdisk. Now, I'm not asking to drop gdisk or anything like that, but in an effort to clean up the Beginners' guide of

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Bardur Arantsson
On 2014-12-16 19:58, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Since more than a year now, fdisk (provided by util-linux) has had GPT > support. This theoretically makes gdisk a duplicate of fdisk, and we could > replace gdisk with fdisk. > > Now, I'm not asking to drop gdisk or anything l

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Jakub Klinkovský
On 16.12.14 at 20:15, Bardur Arantsson wrote: > On 2014-12-16 19:58, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > Since more than a year now, fdisk (provided by util-linux) has had GPT > > support. This theoretically makes gdisk a duplicate of fdisk, and we could > > replace gdisk with f

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Patrick Burroughs (Celti)
On 2014-12-16 19:58, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote: > So, now my question: is there anyone who has had bad experiences with > fdisk and GPT partitions, where gdisk was superior? Or any other objections > why we should keep gdisk instructions in the Beginners' guide? The only shortcoming I've run acros

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Bardur Arantsson
On 2014-12-16 20:23, Jakub Klinkovský wrote: > On 16.12.14 at 20:15, Bardur Arantsson wrote: >> On 2014-12-16 19:58, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> Since more than a year now, fdisk (provided by util-linux) has had GPT >>> support. This theoretically makes gdisk a duplicate

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread David J. Haines
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:40:48PM -0700, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote: > > The only shortcoming I've run across is fdisk is less capable than > gdisk with hybrid MBRs and can't do GPT->MBR conversion at all. The > former is not something a Beginner's Guide user should be touching, in > my opin

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Bardur Arantsson
On 2014-12-16 20:40, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote: > I had to use MBR on a relatively recent machine because the > supposedly-UEFI firmware refused to even recognise GPT disks, let > alone boot from them. It's still relevant. Interesting. Care to name-and-shame said firmware? (I don't necessar

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Patrick Burroughs (Celti)
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Bardur Arantsson wrote: > On 2014-12-16 20:40, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote: >> I had to use MBR on a relatively recent machine because the >> supposedly-UEFI firmware refused to even recognise GPT disks, let >> alone boot from them. It's still relevant. > > Int

[arch-general] RFC on a WIP detailed class outline on static typing

2014-12-16 Thread Sam Stuewe
Hello everyone! I have been working on "A Gentle Introduction to Static Typing" to be taught in the Arch Classroom for a little while now, and I am hoping to get some more feedback on the detailed outline I have before we set a date for the class. The class is meant to only be an hour or two lo

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Eli Schwartz
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Bardur Arantsson wrote: > > Speaking from complete ignorance... do significant numbers of people > still use MBR for non-obsolete platforms/machines? > > Regards, > My laptop is the ~10 years old Dell Inspiron B130. On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Bardur Arants

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Jeremy Audet
> Speaking from complete ignorance... do significant numbers of people > still use MBR for non-obsolete platforms/machines?​ Until this spring, I used a ~7 year old Dell Precision M4300 laptop. I only got rid of it because I work from home these days and have no need for a laptop at all, and I kne

[arch-general] LXDE on boot

2014-12-16 Thread John Dey
Hi, I have installed openbox and lxde on a Raspberry Pi and configured to automatically start on boot. When I login (GUI), I get a blank screen with a cursor. Not the usual LXDE screen with panel at bottom. When I right click on mouse, I am given options--some of the applications will start

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Neven Sajko
On 16 December 2014 at 20:52, David J. Haines wrote: > gdisk is also capable of placing new partitions at the end of a block of > empty space without having to do manual calcuation of the start sector. > I personally find this behavior invaluable. I'm curious why do you allocate partitions to the

Re: [arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

2014-12-16 Thread Stefan Höck
> Until this spring, I used a ~7 year old Dell Precision M4300 laptop. Same here. I installed Arch for the very first time this summer on old hardware to make sure that I did not ruin my running Linux installations. Trying it in VirtualBox would probably have been a better option, but this seemed