Hi David,
> the update tonight (an hour ago), failed to start dhcpd4. I can't
> ping the box, I have to log in locally and I find the network
> interface enp5s0 'down' - that's not happened since Arch was
> installed.
Did it reboot because of that update?
If so, could the damage have been caused
Hi Radek,
> I discovered that the issue has nothing to do with xdg-desktop-portal.
> Other D-Bus activated services also does not start.
Does this help?
Note: The user configuration is expected to contain include
/etc/sway/config.d/* in order to apply configuration snippets from
drop
Hi David,
> [[ $1 =~ ^([^.]{1,3})[.]([^.]{1,3})[.]([^.]{1,3})[.]([^.]{1,3})$ ]]
...
> [[ $1 =~ ^([^.]{1,3})[.]([^.]{1,3})[.]([^.]{1,3})[.]([^.]{1,3})/(.*)$ ]]
...
> $ ipsa 38.0.0.0/8
...
> parsed the IP as 38 0 0 0/8 (with the "/8") instead of 38 0 0 0
I doubt your understanding is correct. I th
Hi Ralf,
> > the test finally completes after 40 seconds
...
> In any case, it is not a problem for me, as I have JavaScript
> activated anyway.
I'm not sure why you're mentioning JavaScript; I too have it enabled.
The 40 seconds is not due to a lack of JavaScript, but the assumption of
a faster
Hi,
> Anubis from Techaro. This runs a small program, that does “expensive”
> operation in the browser. It’s nothing for normal users
Visiting the Arch Linux wiki, my browser achieves 2.8 kH/s at
difficulty 4, and the test finally completes after 40 seconds.
This matches other Anubis-wrapped sit
Hi L.Y,
> 1. An enthusiastic and dedicated AUR package maintainer has been
>diligently maintaining a package.
> 2. One day, he wakes up to find that the package he maintains has been
>incorporated into the official repository, while the AUR repository
>he maintained has been disabled.
Hi,
Lucie wrote:
> However, having a TTL on everything can hinder people looking for help
> on BBS and other channels. If someone posts a solution using the
> pastebin service with a TTL, someone later down the road would just
> hit a 404 when looking for answers to the same issue.
I've been bit
Hi David,
> debug1: Connecting to valkyrie [192.168.6.14] port 6661.
...
> debug1: connect to address 192.168.6.14 port 6661: Connection refused
Is sshd listening on that interface and port?
As root, say by using sudo, run:
lsof -i @192.168.6.14:6661
You can drop the :6661 to remove the fil
Hi Dan,
> But powertop --auto-tune worked wonders, and very quickly.
Others should be careful as this can stop things working, e.g. the USB
mouse and keyboard can auto-suspend and not resume. A re-plug fixes.
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Hi,
David wrote:
> You have 12 cores at dead-idle (400MHz) and 8 cores at 1400MHz or
> less.
A slightly longer pipeline will summarise a bit.
awk '/^cpu MHz/ {print int($4 / 10) * 10}' /proc/cpuinfo |
sort -V | uniq -c
Running something similar on the OP's output gives an example:
Hi Aaron,
> fonts are universal and can be used anywhere, including X, Wayland,
> and Terminals.
See ‘font formats’ in setfont(8).
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Hi David,
Óscar wrote:
> As far as I know, you can perfectly replace png2ico with imagemagick
There's also ppmtowinicon(1) and pamtowinicon(1) from netpbm.
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Hi,
> I would love to see this happen since there's a rise of aarch64
> laptops.
Another data point... The Pi 4 was used by the Raspberry Pi Foundation
as their desktop machine and the Pi 5 is significantly more powerful
still. An official NVMe extension board will join the others already
availa
Good evening, Frank.
> my build in mic stopped working. It produces only random noise
Given you're using Pipewire, is
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#Troubleshooting of any use?
Or that page in general?
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Hi Ralf,
> > why doesn't pacman change the permissions at package upgrade?
...
> Custom, unusual permissions may be required for a user's system.
Yes.
> IMO permissions are similar to configurations. New configurations are
> required from time to time, but you don't want that a package upgrade
Hi Ralf,
> ...my Arch Linux /boot, which contains the kernels, is part of the
> root directory instead of being its own partition. IOW hundreds of
> unused GiB are available.
I thought I was old-fashioned for not using LVM and encrypting disk
data, e.g.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/
Hello Polarian,
> The issue with this however is that ext4 can't detect when bits have
> rotted as there is no checksumming.
Could we have a little bit of quoted context in a reply.
I'm unclear what ‘this’ is above, for example, though I'm generally
interested. Yes, I could go an explore the lis
Hi Pete,
> warning: could not get file information for
> usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyr
> ate_limiter-3.1.0.dist-info/
Do you see that run of question marks in the terminal or is it just some
artefact of pasting the warnings into email?
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Hello Polarian,
> Firstly, please offlist if you are correcting someone
A public correction is sometimes the correct act.
If X corrects Y wrongly then mailing X and Y offlist to explain leaves
lurker Z believing the faulty correction. Also others who spot the
mistake may either waste time also
Hi Aaron,
> so I don’t know what your point was.
You originally wrote:
> Note that it is convention for commands that should be ran with sudo
> to be prefixed with a # .
That is wrong as it suggests
# sudo ...
but root, as indicated by PS1='# ', would not need to sudo.
My reply tried to e
Hi tippfehlr,
> > PS1='$ ' for commands run by the user, PS1='# ' for those run by root.
> > sudo is run by the user so it should be '$ '.
>
> ... and to run a command as root, you need to use 'sudo' as a user.
sudo is one method.
> # command
>
> and
>
> $ sudo command
>
> are functionally the s
Hi Aaron,
> Note that it is convention for commands that should be ran with sudo
> to be prefixed with a # .
That sounds a little mixed up.
PS1='$ ' for commands run by the user, PS1='# ' for those run by root.
sudo is run by the user so it should be '$ '.
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Hi David,
>With the `enable` instead of `enabled` fail2ban didn't spit out any
> errors or complain, so there wasn't anything visible pointing me to my
> screw-up...
>From a quick glance, fail2ban uses Python's configparser module in two
passes, each time looking for a set of things it knows.
Hi David,
The original version of this email was rejected by the list.
I've contacted postmaster as the bounce suggested.
So I'll keep it brief and include you as a recipient.
You've used ‘enable = true’ but it should be ‘enabled’.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fail2ban#Enabling_jails
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Hi David,
>I've configured fail2ban following the wiki, it is running, and
> I've enabled jails in /etc/fail2ban/jails.local
Try jail.local; no ‘s’.
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Hi,
An email from not...@aur.archlinux.org arrived recently. The first in
ages. The body was a simple
The package jitsi-meet-electron [1] was adopted by xiota [2].
[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/jitsi-meet-electron/
[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/xiota/
I went to add
Hi Sadeep,
> Following is the result of journalctl | grep gcat:
...
> Nov 16 09:22:09 asciimx network[809]: Starting network profile
> 'wlp0s20f3-gcat'...
> Nov 16 09:22:25 asciimx network[809]: Failed to bring the network up for
> profile 'wlp0s20f3-gcat'
Is there anything interesting between
Hi Sadeep,
> I added the following to /etc/udev/rules.d/99-avrprogrammer.rules and
> restarted the machine:
>
> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="16c0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="05dc",
> GROUP="uucp", MODE=="0666"
Have you browsed https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Udev ?
It may have some useful tips
Hi Polarian,
> The second issue I want to bring up is the issue of gmail (and also
> sometimes outlook emails) spamming my emails.
Just to say I may be out of date but I take ‘to spam’ to mean to send
spam rather than classing ham as spam and spam-bucketing the email. :-)
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Hello Vasile,
> $ sudo ddcutil setvcp 60 0x1b
> Display not found
I'd look at the source of the ddcutil program to see what conditions can
make it print ‘Display not found’ as that might give a clue as to what
particular step is failing.
There's also looks to be lots of documentation o
Hi,
Regarding cutting power to the USB stick, as well as physically pulling
it out, it may be possible to ‘turn it off and on again’ by software.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.16/driver-api/usb/power-management.html#usb-port-power-control
https://github.com/mvp/uhubctl#readme
Hi u34,
> Isn't it better to also turn the USB stick power off and on?
> The stick could have its own, builtin, cache. Doesn't it? Perhaps it
> is, too, reading from its cache, not from its permanent storage?
True.
Could it have a store of power, e.g. capacitor, which takes a while to
discharg
Hi Ralf,
> I want to check the integrity of USB transferred, saved files by using
> a tool, without manually clearing cached data manually.
Why do you want to avoid manually clearing the cache?
The problem with clearing the cache is it is the cache for every device.
It is better to simply umount
Hi Markus,
> > a$ pacman -Qq >a.all
> > a$ pacman -Qqe >a.explicit
> >
> > b$ pacman -S --asdeps --needed > b$ pacman -S --asexplicit --needed
> Make that last line
>
> $ pacman -D --asexplicit < a.explicit
+1. Thanks.
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Hi LW,
> While that will probably work I feel it's error-prone and to much work.
>
> Maybe this is an X-Y problem.
> Why is having to answer the N-providers-for-X questions a problem ?
I explained the X of X-Y earlier and thought it was accepted as clear.
- How to reproduce the packages install
Hi Ralf,
> [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ beep -l300 -f750 --verbose --debug
> beep: Verbose: evdev: driver_detect 0x562c898210c0 (nil)
> beep: Verbose: lib: could not open(2)
> /dev/input/by-path/platform-pcspkr-event-spkr: Permission denied
As an aside, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PC_speaker#
Hi FA,
I've some general ideas. Others will have better comments on your
particular questions.
> Also the ethernet-dhcp example is copied to /etc/netctl/dhcp and
> edited for the correct interface (enp0s25).
Unless the remote hands are used to precisely editing configuration
files, this might b
Hi LW,
> A possible workaround could be to identify the virtual provides and
> choose a sensible provider for them.
>
> Those sensible choices would be entered in a set F that will be
> installed with --asdeps BEFORE set E.
Ah, that's given me an idea.
On machine A, I could ‘pacman -Qqd’ to get
Hi LW,
> > If I wanted to duplicate the packages from one machine to another
> > then I'd like the method to not alter the source machine, preserve
> > my choices, and that some packages weren't explicitly wanted.
> > In other words, duplicate.
...
> ...could you explain what you do want to achiev
Hi LW,
> Incase you don't want those questions, check which package you prefer
> to provide that dependency, change it's install reason to explicit and
> regenerate the list.
That seems like a bit of a bodge though. If I wanted to duplicate the
packages from one machine to another then I'd like
Hi alistair,
> if i do "ip addr show" and "ping google.com" it definitely shows me
> i'm connected to my network and the Internet.
Is it a wired or wireless connection?
> but looking at my network icon on the system tray it says i'm not
> connected to any AP.
What desktop is it? Do you know wh
Hi Storm,
> Fortunately a change has been pushed to Fenrir's master branch that
> works around the issue.
Probably
https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir/commit/cd421712f5b4d0a8ddb1deba115dee1b87bd14d7
for those following the topic.
> I have never reported any issues with the kernel, and I'm not sure
Hi Storm,
> $ sudo cat /dev/vcsa
> cat: /dev/vcsa1: No such device or address
That error is errno ENXIO, see errno(3).
One view of the kernel source code has vcs_open() return that errno
under some conditions, but I can't help more than that.
https://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v6.0.9/drivers/tty/v
Hi Storm,
> Also, interestingly, screen gives an error when I launch it now. It
> did not used to do this, but it flashes up an error that I can't
> review because it's gone as quickly as it appears.
screen(1) details a ‘lastmsg’ command, e.g. ‘Ctrl-A : lastmsg’, though
it may be the last message
Hi ogarcia,
> > your mails are single-handedly flooding my list mbox - please be
> > mindful of others when interacting with mailing lists, perhaps
> > collate your emails into fewer.
>
> you could criticize Polarian for some things, but complaining that you
> get a lot of mail on a mailing list i
Hi,
> > > Now who told tar and ps that they don't need the dash? ;-)
> >
> > Someone who created the dash to show the argument contained optional
> > options rather than a filename. If they're not optional then the
> > dash isn't required. :-)
>
> I'll give that to you for tar, but the options
Hi,
> well, maybe.
My point was to show it's subjective.
> Now who told tar and ps that they don't need the dash? ;-)
Someone who created the dash to show the argument contained optional
options rather than a filename. If they're not optional then the dash
isn't required. :-)
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Hi u34,
> I think long command line options are more readable compared to short
> one. There fore, I suggest:
I think the short one-letter names combined into a single ‘-’ are more
readable, as I suspect do many others accustomed to their decades-long
use across all Unix commands, so I suggest t
Hi pete,
> > > but now every time i open an terminal i get the following
> > >
> > > egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
>
> Interesting thing if i callup an xterm and su to root the call
> another xterm from there i do not get the warning on as a user
Finding the minimum nee
Hi Paul,
> Can anyone provide assistance in finding and fixing what's calling this
> program?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Session_lock might be useful in lieu of
replies from others.
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Hi Ralf,
> You are a bunch of arrogant, self-absorbed jack asseses.
...
> Randall DuCharme (Radio AD5GB)
> Powered entirely by Open Source software.
My guess is this isn't the real Randall DuCharme, visible on LinkedIn
and in previous years on Arch's mailing lists. CC-ing ‘Randy DuCharme
’ is al
Hi Paul,
Mikau wrote:
> For specifics about how to write systemd service files, read
> systemd.service(5)
And the Arch Linux wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd#Writing_unit_files
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Hi Piscium,
Second attempt, the first went to the old list address.
> What I posted before was just a short snippet. In
> the link below there is a trace for leafpad, available for 7 days.
> https://we.tl/t-BAbO60lnGN
>
> > I suggest using the simplest X client you can which shows the issue,
> >
Hi Piscium,
> I have two Arch desktops.
>
> Desktop #1: MSI motherboard, Nvidia graphics with proprietary driver,
> Xfce on top of openbox.
> Desktop #2: Dell, Intel graphics, Xfce on top of openbox.
>
> If I run
> strace
> where could be for example Mousepad or Emacs, and move the
Hi Mark,
> > Also, compare the output of fc-list(1) on each machine?
>
> It looks like this might be the culprit. I aggressively went through
> the working machine and removed any font that wasn't present on the
> non-working machine. Now, neither machine works!
Progress! How did you remove th
Hi,
> What about the list of installed packages? Are there any notable
> differences? Maybe make a diff on the output of pacman -Q :)
Also, compare the output of fc-list(1) on each machine?
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Hi Neven,
I disagree with some of what's been said on this thread and think it
could mislead others, so I'm piping up...
> Greg Minshall wrote:
> > fwiw, for people writing code: a friend suggested something like
> > this: first try user's configured locale (environment variables).
> > if that fa
Hi David,
Looking at your http://darose.net/ServerCrash20220209.png, are you aware
of https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt which has
detail on what it means? Though it looks to me like at least one line
of output has been trampled.
Also, one Google'd suggestion was a real-t
Hi,
> Liberapay uses Stripe or PayPal under the hood, so you are using the
> same but adding another actor in the middle.
Perhaps the day will come when https://btcpayserver.org is run, a
Lightning invoice can be generated, and Arch Linux holds its treasury
outside of the fiat system. ;-)
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Hi David,
> /* Moves console cursor `lines` up */
> void console_cursor_move_up(unsigned int lines)
> {
> printf("\x1B[%dF", lines);
> }
It's a shame the code isn't using terminfo(5) so it's portable to
different terminals, including older ones, and less misleading in its
choice of function
Hi Rivera,
> Superficial symptoms are a general slowness. I'm using just IceWM and
> `startx` to initialize the GUI, and even logging into my account
> previous to that takes almost a minute to get done.
Once logged in, run ‘LC_ALL=C dstat -tap’ and leave it to settle down
with nothing happening.
Hi DR,
> I realize that emails that have lines larger than that are violating
> spec, but there's no real harm in allowing them in - since I'm already
> using good spam filtering, and especially if I know that I'm losing
> legit emails because of this.
You're encouraging their spread.
Take a stan
Hi DR,
> fetchmail: SMTP error: 550 maximum allowed line length is 998 octets,
> got 1047
That's a very long-standing rule on SMTP.
> bounces+11930396-d424-darose=darose@sendgrid.meetup.com
...
> I'm not sure what, if anything, has changed recently to start causing
> this.
Have they somethi
Hi Ralf,
> $ curl -sSvg -L
> https://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/Y/YE/YEWENBIN/Goo-Canvas-0.06.tar.gz
> >foo.tar.gz
> * Trying 46.43.35.68:443...
That's a different IP address than what I get.
$ dig +short @8.8.8.8 search.cpan.org.
cdn-fastly-sni.cpan.org.
dualstack.j.sni.gl
Hi Ralf,
> That's what I did. I replaced a PKGBUILD's
> http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/Y/YE/YEWENBIN/Goo-Canvas-0.06.tar.gz
> by
> https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/Y/YE/YEWENBIN/Goo-Canvas-0.06.tar.gz
> so I removed the search and migrated from http to https.
>
> However, using the sea
Hi Philippe,
> I didn't find info in the wiki ; I pretty sure my method to search is
> bad but...
Doesn't
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tty#Add_additional_virtual_consoles
cover what you're trying to do?
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Hi Antonio,
> I'll just point out that this number is completely meaningless, for
> the simple reason that it counts *pkgnames* and not *pkgbases*.
> So, for instance, firefox-developer-edition contributes almost 100
> packages to the total count.
Would an accurate count of how many pkgbases are
Hi Billy,
> I don't mean to be rude.
...
> LET US (community) HELP YOU!
Please stop SHOUTING, for that's how it reads. For emphasis, either
work on the choice of words to better convey your meaning or apply
*stress* indicators.
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Hi Christopher,
> Politics is also a factor and some people are afraid to "step on
> others' toes" by updating their packages for them.
How it worked in Dept. 1271 at Bell Labs, i.e. where Unix was born and
raised, was the last one to touch a program ‘owned it’. So, add an
option to grep(1) and
Hi Paul,
> Has anyone been able to figure out how to disable the Ctrl-W shortcut
> in Firefox?
Not me, but Ctrl-Shift-T immediately afterwards to re-open the
just-closed tab often restores the text too. When it fails to do so
tends to coincide with a high resulting loss. :-(
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Hi Javier,
> I'm wondering if there's a way to repopulate all of it (and more, like
> composer information) with MusicBrainz gathered metadata instead.
It may be listed at
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_applications/Multimedia#Audio_tag_editors
but I've no suggestion as to which, sorry.
Hi David,
> Why the informative text output from a package manager should use
> anything other than basic terminal capabilities seems to fly in the
> face of the Arch KISS philosophy.
As long as it's querying terminfo(5) to check for the capability and
using the escape sequence presented there if
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