Re: Any though of having archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync check for iptables and recommend rule?

2023-09-21 Thread Simon Perry
nux-keyring-wkd-sync fail filling the logs due to a firewall issue have that information at their disposal. You propose all of this to workaround something you're actively doing / blocking. Please don't do any of this Arch, it'd be creating a mess for the rest of us who adhere to sane defaults. -- Simon Perry (aka Pezz)

Re: systemd 254 - How will we disable soft-reboot?

2023-08-03 Thread Simon Perry
On 2023-08-03 09:59 PM, Andy Pieters wrote: even if there is no such switch, you can always choose the power-down system and do a cold boot. Indeed, and even so, I haven't read anything saying that soft-booting will be mandatory. -- Simon Perry (aka Pezz)

Re: systemd 254 - How will we disable soft-reboot?

2023-08-03 Thread Simon Perry
end of the universe. I admit I don't fully grasp the implications of this, but I have no problems with what I've read. I dual-boot between Windows 11 and Arch and I don't see how any of this affects anything. Perhaps you could detail how you believe this will be a problem? -- Simon Perry (aka Pezz)

Re: Secure_Boot

2023-07-18 Thread Simon Perry
store procedure on a second NUC that still had screen output. Ouch. I have a Dell Mini that I'm going to be setting up SB on soon, I'll heed your warning for sure. -- Simon Perry (aka Pezz)

Re: Secure_Boot

2023-07-17 Thread Simon Perry
On 2023-07-17 11:16 PM, solsTiCe d'Hiver wrote: And it would be best to backup those keys before deleting them. There is a command to do so on the same wiki page, a few paragraphs below. Also, I'm not sure how useful those backup keys are if your system is bricked. -- Simon

Re: Secure_Boot

2023-07-17 Thread Simon Perry
p you getting into the BIOS. Nevertheless, any sane board will let you leave the factory keys installed (or reset to them). Even on my shitty MSI board I wasn't affected by this with no keys, but you're right, it's good to point out. -- Simon Perry (aka Pezz)

Re: Secure_Boot

2023-07-17 Thread Simon Perry
s. P.S. Always use --disable-shim-lock when installing grub -- Simon Perry (aka Pezz)

Re: Microphone is not working with Microsoft Teams

2023-03-13 Thread Simon Perry
from turning my sound card off. Great default though. --- Simon Perry

Re: Microphone is not working with Microsoft Teams

2023-03-13 Thread Simon Perry
On 2023-03-14 01:21 AM, Lukas Rose wrote: Now, I simply installed all the packages mentioned on the arch wiki pipewire page The fact that you have to go to a wiki page to get your audio working the way you want it speaks volumes (no pun intended). --- Simon Perry

Re: Microphone is not working with Microsoft Teams

2023-03-13 Thread Simon Perry
on of Teams and there's no device options in the interface itself (like the web version in general) so it seems to rely on your default devices in pulse. I'm not even sure why pipewire exists, another layer on top of the hot mess that is Linux audio. --- Simon Perry

[arch-general] Can someone step in and fix this?

2021-11-02 Thread Simon Perry via arch-general
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/71587 The maintainer hasn't responded in ages and it seems like a simple dep addition. Cheers. -- Simon Perry

[arch-general] Orphaned community package

2021-03-10 Thread Simon Perry via arch-general
Hi gang, I was wondering what the best avenue would be to request an update to a community package which no longer has a maintainer? The package in question is: https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/libsidplayfp/ Cheers. -- Simon Perry