Pacman doesn't work!

When I try
pacmac -Suy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.nethat.com : Not logged in
error: failed to synchronize core: Not logged in
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from ftp.nethat.com : Not logged in
error: failed to synchronize extra: Not logged in
error: failed retrieving file 'unstable.db.tar.gz' from ftp.nethat.com : Not logged in
error: failed to synchronize unstable: Not logged in
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from ftp.nethat.com : Not logged in
error: failed to synchronize community: Not logged in
error: failed to synchronize any databases
Running Don't Panic, just installed today!

Yep, sorry you guys are FAST!!!
Changed to the one you mentioned and now:
sudo pacman -Suy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.ibiblio.org : Connection timed out
error: failed to synchronize core: Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from ftp.ibiblio.org : Connection timed out
error: failed to synchronize extra: Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'unstable.db.tar.gz' from ftp.nethat.com : Not logged in
error: failed to synchronize unstable: Not logged in
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from ftp.ibiblio.org : Connection timed out
error: failed to synchronize community: Connection timed out
error: failed to synchronize any databases
Is it just my luck?

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[Solved] Localtime is messed up, and pacman doesn't work anymore

Hi everyone,
I'm quite new to Arch Linux but I've succeded so far in installing the base system, setting up my wifi card (wasn't easy) and installing xfce4. When I first installed everything seemed to work fine (wifi, dropbox, pacman, etc.) but I noticed that my time doesn't reflect the current local time. I've selected America/Montreal in rc.conf and through "Orage Globaltime" in xfce4 but both return the UTC instead of the localtime. Also, when I try to get the UTC from Orage, it returns my localtime instead (Montreal)...
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Password:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.us.leaseweb.net : Connection time-out
^C (keeps on getting time-outs if I don't interrupt)
Some info on my system:
General info: as stated above, internet over wifi (wlan0) works, pacman times-out and the local time is off.
$ uname -a
Linux giga-arch 3.5.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Aug 26 08:15:06 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux ---(today's Sept 3, ~10:35am)---
$ cat rc.conf
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network crond)
TIMEZONE="America/Montreal"
$ ip addr
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 84:c9:b2:00:41:e3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.0.179/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global wlan0
inet6 fe80::86c9:b2ff:fe00:41e3/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
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[2012-09-02 16:31] starting full system upgrade
[2012-09-02 18:16] Running 'pacman -S ntop'
[2012-09-02 18:17] installed rrdtool (1.4.7-2)
[2012-09-02 18:17] installed geoip-database (20120808-1)
[2012-09-02 18:17] installed geoip (1.4.8-2)
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[2012-09-02 18:17] ==> If you attempt to run ntop as a daemon without setting a password, a
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[2012-09-02 18:17] installed ntop (5.0-2) <------------ At this point pacman worked, but the time wasn't right (it was ~22:17)
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[2012-09-03 04:43] synchronizing package lists
[2012-09-03 04:45] Running 'pacman -S ntp'
[2012-09-03 04:51] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2012-09-03 04:51] synchronizing package lists
[2012-09-03 04:51] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2012-09-03 04:51] synchronizing package lists
[2012-09-03 06:00] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2012-09-03 06:00] synchronizing package lists
[2012-09-03 06:30] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2012-09-03 06:30] synchronizing package lists
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Thanks!
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WonderWoofy wrote:I think you may find relevant information here. I ahve seem many of these threads in the forums lately. Are you dual booting w/ another operating system... in particular, one that uses localtime for the hardware clock (and there is only one that does this).
Thanks I'll look at that entry. Still I'd like to point out that this page clearly says that the timezone is to be set in rc.conf, which is a bit confusing. I must've followed this guide to get to my current configuration. I am dual booting with multiple other systems (xubuntu, win7, puppy, crunchbang) so from what I've read win7 might be the problem, but I haven't started it since i installed arch and my time has been off from the start.
Should I simply use NTP now that pacman is working again?
Thanks
Last edited by miek (2012-09-03 17:41:56)

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Hi everyone, I just installed archlinux on my very old 400Mhz Dell Latitude, but now pacman won't do anything, I can't sync, I can't install anything, ... The install did have some issues, but I'm not sure if that is causing this
The output from 'pacman -Sy'
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to synchronize core:
error: failed to synchronize extra:
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Can you help me?
Last edited by Zuliani (2008-04-16 05:43:26)

error: failed to synchronize core:
error: failed to synchronize extra:
error: failed to synchronize community:
error: failed to synchronize any databases
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debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: HoldPkg: glibc
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debug: opening database 'core'
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debug: config: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
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debug: adding new server to database 'core': protocol 'ftp', server 'locke.suu.edu', path '/linux/dist/archlinux/core/os/i686'
debug: adding new server to database 'core': protocol 'ftp', server 'ftp.belnet.be', path '/mirror/archlinux.org/core/os/i686'
debug: serverlist flushed for 'core'
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: registering sync database 'extra'
debug: opening database 'extra'
debug: opening database from path '/var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/'
debug: config: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server to database 'extra': protocol 'ftp', server 'locke.suu.edu', path '/linux/dist/archlinux/extra/os/i686'
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:: Synchronizing package databases...
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debug: failed to sync db: [0]
debug: returning error 51 from alpm_db_update : unexpected error
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debug: unregistering database 'core'
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debug: unregistering database 'extra'
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Pacman doesn't work properly

Hi,
Wen I try upgrade my systeme with pacman, he sais me:
no update found.
Okay fine, but my system isn't updated from many time already. If I try to install a package, pacman downlad packages and I recieve answere like
alsa-lib: /usr/include/alsa/seqmid.h exists in filesystem
alsa-lib: /usr/include/alsa/sound/ainstr_fm.h exists in filesystem
alsa-lib: /usr/include/alsa/sound/ainstr_gf1.h exists in filesystem
alsa-lib: /usr/include/alsa/sound/ainstr_iw.h exists in filesystem
alsa-lib: /usr/include/alsa/sound/ainstr_simple.h exists in filesystem
alsa-lib: /usr/include/alsa/sound/asound_fm.h exists in filesystem
For any files in any packages...
Yaourt too dosen't work.
I searched some answers but I did not find anything about that...
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Okay, so the both command are returned that:
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loading package data... done.
checking dependencies... done.
cleaning up... done.
checking 100% done
and after that:
wget: /usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
wget: /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo exists in filesystem
errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[root@blabla ~]
Just, the errors messages is for any files who pacman try to replace by the packages file's (so for every packages I have that).
I really think the pacman's database is broken. Exist a possibility to restor it?
Last edited by professor (2007-11-30 22:06:57)

Doesn't work Internet on the new installed Archlinux

I have a router 10.0.3.1 on gentoo and I have file sever on archlinux 10.0.3.2 in my office network.
I installed on 10.0.3.56 clear archlinux and now want to install some packages,but pacman doesn't work
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ping to the google.ru from 10.0.3.56 going properly too, but traceroute stoping on the 10.0.3.1
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search vodoline.loc
nameserver 10.0.3.1
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acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
acl Safe_ports port 110 # POP3
acl Safe_ports port 25 # SMTP
acl Safe_ports port 53 # DNS
acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
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acl media url_regex -i \.avi$ \.mpg$ \.mpeg$ \.mp3$ \.3gp$ \.mov$ \.wav$ \.wm$ \.swf$
acl BANNERS url_regex "/etc/squid/banners"
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http_access allow accepted
http_access allow zaharov all
http_access allow bask all
http_access deny BANNERS
http_access deny media
http_access allow LOCAL
http_access deny all
http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
http_reply_access allow all
visible_hostname Local Proxy Server
forwarded_for off
coredump_dir /var/cache/squid
httpd_accel_host virtual
httpd_accel_port 80
httpd_accel_with_proxy on httpd_accel_uses_host_header on
here is iptables
#!/bin/sh
#clear all chains
iptables -F INPUT
iptables -F OUTPUT
iptables -F FORWARD
iptables -A OUTPUT -m limit --limit 3/minute --limit-burst 3 -j LOG --log-level 6 --log-prefix "ACC_IN:"
iptables -A OUTPUT -o ppp0 -s 10.0.3.0/255.255.255.0 -p tcp --sport 80 -j ACCEPT
#iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -s 10.0.3.0/24
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iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
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iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -p tcp --destination-port http -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -p tcp --destination-port 45689 -j ACCEPT
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iptables -A FORWARD -s 10.0.3.2 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -s 10.0.3.3 -j ACCEPT
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iptables -P FORWARD DROP
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here is iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:pop3
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:http
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:45689
Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- 10.0.3.0/24 anywhere tcp dpt:20003
ACCEPT all -- archserver anywhere
ACCEPT all -- 10.0.3.3 anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere 10.0.3.0/24 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT icmp -- 10.0.3.0/24 anywhere
ACCEPT tcp -- 10.0.3.0/24 anywhere tcp dpt:https
ACCEPT tcp -- 10.0.3.0/24 anywhere tcp dpt:aol
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
LOG all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 3/min burst 3 LOG level info prefix `ACC_IN:'
ACCEPT tcp -- 10.0.3.0/24 anywhere tcp spt:http

any ideas?

Install Telnet? "pacman -s telnet" doesn't work...

Trying to search to see if telnet is available for install, but doing "pacman -s telnet" as implied in manpage doesn't work, it just thinks its bad syntax.
Also would like to have some information about it before installing (if its possible). As in the BSD-world, its usually very simple to read the info in the ports-tree about the packet to be installed, before you do it.
Here its just "pacman blabla" and hope for the best.
What I'd like to know is if telnet, if it now is available for install, will just install the client and not the server.
Anyway wont be open from the router, but I dont want any telnet server, just the client.
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Dusty wrote:
Seb74 wrote:
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/quote]
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Dusty
Not quite, doing
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Sudo doesn't work anymore, not permitting me to enter password

Since two days, sudo doesn't work for me anymore. When I do
sudo any_command
I get:
Sorry, try again.
Sorry, try again.
Sorry, try again.
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
I updated my server two days ago, but I cannot say whether it's related to my problem.
Here's the result of doing
tail /var/log/sudolog
as root (su works):
Oct 13 12:35:33 : kalasusi : 3 incorrect password attempts ; TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/etc; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/ls
Here's the result of doing
tail /var/log/auth.log
as root (the last new lines after trying sudo again with my normal user):
Oct 13 14:52:59 myserver sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname=kalasusi uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/pts/1 ruser=kalasusi rhost= user=kalasusi
Oct 13 14:53:05 myserver sudo: kalasusi : 3 incorrect password attempts ; TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/kalasusi ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/ls
For some background info, the sudo troubleshooting guide identifies such a problem (the third Q&A):
Q) Sudo never gives me a chance to enter a password using PAM, it just
says 'Sorry, try again.' three times and exits.
A) You didn't setup PAM to work with sudo. On Redhat Linux or Fedora
Core this generally means installing sample.pam as /etc/pam.d/sudo.
See the sample.pam file for hints on what to use for other Linux
systems.
The only problem is that I didn't change anything from the Arch stock configuration of /etc/pam.d/sudo, and it used to work. Here's the result of
cat /etc/pam.d/sudo
on my system:
#%PAM-1.0
auth required pam_unix.so
auth required pam_nologin.so
Something else that comes into my mind that might be connected with the problem is that at some point while doing maintenance on the server, I received the following error:
Authentication token manipulation error.
Unfortunately I don't remember in what context it was or whether the problem started afterwards. I believe though the problem is either that or the update, because those are the two extraordinary things that happened on the server since the problem started.
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Last edited by kalasusi (2010-10-13 23:20:14)

[2010-10-11 22:08] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2010-10-11 22:08] synchronizing package lists
[2010-10-11 22:10] starting full system upgrade
[2010-10-11 22:12] Generating locales...
[2010-10-11 22:12] en_US.UTF-8... done
[2010-10-11 22:12] en_US.ISO-8859-1... done
[2010-10-11 22:12] Generation complete.
[2010-10-11 22:12] upgraded glibc (2.12.1-1 -> 2.12.1-2)
[2010-10-11 22:12] upgraded binutils (2.20.1-3 -> 2.20.1-4)
[2010-10-11 22:12] upgraded libmysqlclient (5.1.50-1 -> 5.1.51-1)
[2010-10-11 22:12] upgraded logrotate (3.7.8-1 -> 3.7.9-1)
[2010-10-11 22:12] upgraded mysql-clients (5.1.50-1 -> 5.1.51-1)
[2010-10-11 22:13] upgraded mysql (5.1.50-1 -> 5.1.51-1)
[2010-10-11 22:13] upgraded php (5.3.3-1 -> 5.3.3-2)
[2010-10-11 22:13] upgraded php-cgi (5.3.3-1 -> 5.3.3-2)
[2010-10-11 22:13] upgraded php-gd (5.3.3-1 -> 5.3.3-2)
[2010-10-11 22:13] upgraded php-mcrypt (5.3.3-1 -> 5.3.3-2)
[2010-10-11 14:19] Running 'pacman -S apache'
[2010-10-11 14:21] installed apr (1.4.2-1)
[2010-10-11 14:21] installed unixodbc (2.3.0-1)
[2010-10-11 14:21] installed apr-util (1.3.10-1)
[2010-10-11 14:21] installed apache (2.2.16-1)
[2010-10-11 14:28] Running 'pacman -S php-apache'
[2010-10-11 14:28] installed php-apache (5.3.3-2)
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[2010-10-12 19:48] removed php-apache (5.3.3-2)
[2010-10-12 19:51] Running 'pacman -Rns apache'
[2010-10-12 19:51] removed apache (2.2.16-1)
[2010-10-12 19:51] removed apr-util (1.3.10-1)
[2010-10-12 19:51] removed unixodbc (2.3.0-1)
[2010-10-12 19:51] removed apr (1.4.2-1)
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[2010-10-12 20:01] installed php-fpm (5.3.3-2)
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[2010-10-12 13:46] Running 'pacman -Rns php-fpm'
[2010-10-12 13:46] removed php-fpm (5.3.3-2)
[2010-10-12 13:46] removed libevent (1.4.14b-1)
As you can see, I installed (and removed) apache and nginx, as I was testing their performance. I don't think it's related to this issue, but I'm adding this here for the sake of completeness.
Last edited by kalasusi (2010-10-13 23:26:13)

Lirc doesn't work (Lifeview FlyVideo 98FM LR50) SOLVED

Hi. (Solution below).
I've a problem with lirc. My card used to work with exactly the same configuration for years (first on Slack, then Ubuntu).
That's what I've done (btw it's my first day with Arch, and I'm impressed):
cp /usr/share/lirc/remotes/life-view/lircd.conf.flyvideo /etc/lircd.conf
[root@greblushq greblus]# uname -r
2.6.19-ARCH
[root@greblushq greblus]# pacman -Q | grep lirc
lirc 0.8.0.20061009-2
lirc-utils 0.8.0.20061009-2
i'm loading the bttv module this way:
modprobe bttv card=56 radio=1 pll=1
(I've added bttv lirc_dev lirc_gpio to the rc.conf MODULES and lircd to DAEMONS, also options bttv card=56 radio=1 pll=1 went to /etc/modprobe.conf, but doing this manually should be the same)
then
modprobe lirc_dev
modprobe lirc_gpio
[root@greblushq greblus]# /etc/rc.d/lircd start
:: Starting LIRC Daemon [DONE]
now, when i start irexec (as a normal user or root) and then irw, it's starting, but irw doesn't show buttons i press and it's... not working.
One thing that bothers me is the lack of lifevideo among the drivers supported by lircd (lircd --drivers=help).
I was trying to recompile it with configure --with-driver=flyvideo and lirc builds fine, but I'm unable to build lirc-utils (no linux.h header). What's strange they're compiled --with-driver=all so flyvideo should be compiled-in.
What should I do? Were there any changes I'm simply not aware of, or I'm doing something wrong?
---SOLVED---
Finally I have it working.
Something must have changed in the recent kernels. My card isn't automatically detected when loading bttv module (and never was), so I was loading the module as above, with card=56 modprobe option. It was working, but recently (2.6.19) mode2 -d /dev/lirc0 showed that there was nothing going on when buttons were pressed.
I started fiddling with different card ids and with card=35 mode2 outputed some keycodes. That was it.
All I had to do, was to generate a new lircd.conf using irrecord. Now it works even better than before (i can press buttons when the remote is in an arbitrary position).
lspci says it's 01:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11), the card is a flyvideo 98 with fm tuner.
Now i've a perfectly working Arch installation (lirc was the last thing missing from my previous distro).
Automatically generated lircd.conf file:
begin remote
name flyvideo
bits 8
eps 30
aeps 100
one 0 0
zero 0 0
gap 199963
toggle_bit 0
begin codes
1 0x18
2 0x04
3 0x14
4 0x1C
5 0x02
6 0x12
7 0x1A
8 0x06
9 0x16
0 0x1E
POWER 0x00
FULL_SCREEN 0x08
CHAN_PLUS 0x09
CHAN_MINUS 0x19
SQUARE 0x17
MUTE 0x1B
MOUSE_MODE 0x10
ENTER 0x01
DOWN 0x13
UP 0x0E
ESC 0x0B
RETURN 0x03
VOL_PLUS 0x05
VOL_MINUS 0x1D
MENU 0x0C
RIGHT 0x15
INC 0x0A
DEC 0x0D
end codes
end remote

Did you try to build it directly from the source from the lirc site? or did you recompile it with abs? abs should normally not give any problem.
I recommend srcpac to make updates easy.
This is really neat .
Here's what I've done:
1. first, to be absolutely sure i've what i need I ran abs to get the build system files.
2. installed srcpac, then added:
conf_lirc=('#--with-driver=all#--with-driver=flyvideo#')
conf_lircXutils=('#--with-driver=all#--with-driver=flyvideo#')
to the srcpac.conf, srcpac -So shows that the substitutions are correct.
srcpac -Sb lirc went fine, but lirc-utils failed:
/var/abs/extra/system/lirc-utils/src/lirc/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c:35:26: error: linux/config.h: No such file or directory
make[5]: *** [/var/abs/extra/system/lirc-utils/src/lirc/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.o] Error 1
I found on Google that linux/config.h should be replaced by linux/autoconf.h, after this change it builds, but still lircd --driver=help shows only the default driver (no flyvideo) and it doesn't work.

[solved] My Optical Drive doesn't work.

Hello, first i should thank the community for the awesome job they've made on arch linux and everything around it.
Secondly, i installed arch linux two days ago, it was my first attempt and it seems to work flawlessly with gnome, compiz, etc. i even managed to master pacman and yaourt.
But i have a little issue my optical doesn't work in gnome, i can't even see it on the devices. (It worked great on the installation). Any ideas?
Last edited by 1lj4z1 (2011-03-25 17:36:20)

OK, so start with creating a mount point, like
sudo mkdir -p /media/dvd
-- and then feed your drive with a disk, and see what happens. (I suppose it will mount it automatically, but lets see...)
Edit: Just in case your system needs a cdrom directory, you can create a symlink to your /media/dvd, like this:
sudo ln -s /media/dvd /media/cdrom
Last edited by bohoomil (2011-03-25 14:27:53)

[Solved]pacman doesn't like ' =' in depends for pure package

Trying to install the pure programming language package available here.
$ makepkg -s
==> Making package: pure 0.60-1 (Tue Aug 12 19:22:57 EDT 2014)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
error: target not found: llvm<=3.4
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
PKGBUILD file:
# -*- shell-script -*-
# Contributor: Mikko Sysikaski mikko.sysikaski at gmail dot com
# Updated by Stephen Diehl - [email protected]
# Maintainer: Alastair Pharo asppsa at gmail dot com
# Maintainer: Albert Graef <[email protected]>
pkgname=pure
pkgver=0.60
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Pure is a modern-style functional programming language based on term rewriting."
arch=("i686" "x86_64")
license=('GPL3')
url="http://purelang.bitbucket.org/"
depends=('llvm<=3.4' 'gmp' 'mpfr' 'readline')
makedepends=('make' 'gcc')
optdepends=("pure-docs: online documentation"
"w3m: access to help in interactive mode"
"emacs-pure-mode: editing Pure files from Emacs"
"texmacs-pure: embedding Pure sessions in TeXmacs")
groups=(pure-complete pure-base)
source=("https://bitbucket.org/purelang/pure-lang/downloads/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
"https://bitbucket.org/purelang/pure-lang/downloads/llvm-3.3-tools.tar.bz2")
md5sums=('4bbd7cf05ce913814f02675c58aeaa23'
'0a3c4154e7d20f1d078d994ec47be1b7')
build() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr --without-elisp --without-texmacs --enable-release
make || return 1
# check that the interpreter is working
make check || return 1
package() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install || return 1
# llc in LLVM 3.4 is broken; these will work with both LLVM 3.3 and 3.4
cd $srcdir/llvm-3.3-tools/$CARCH
cp llc opt $pkgdir/usr/lib/pure || return 1
I have installed for now by simply removing the
<=3.4
requirement but only out of frustration. I'm at a loss as to why pacman would be complaining, I see the bit about 'LLVM 3.4 is broken' but for one, 3.4 is already installed from [extra] and for two, 3.3 ought to meet the criteria. All help/explanation appreciated.
Last edited by luisrayas3 (2014-08-18 20:06:03)

luisrayas3 wrote:
isn't it?? I would consider 3.4.2 == 3.4 from a versioning perspective and therefore also 3.4.2 <= 3.4
edit: also worth noting that it does work anyhow with 3.4.2
Nope, doesn't work that way. Try it yourself.
% vercmp -h
usage: vercmp <ver1> <ver2>
output values:
< 0 : if ver1 < ver2
0 : if ver1 == ver2
> 0 : if ver1 > ver2
% vercmp 3.4.2 3.4
1

Direct Rendering doesn't works with radeon

Hi everybody,
I have a Radeon 7000. Then, I want to use the open-source driver.
But it doesn't works...
[nicolas@SonyVaio ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture,
GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shadow,
GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar,
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_logic_op,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels,
GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color,
GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture,
GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object,
GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels,
GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once,
GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture,
GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SGIX_shadow,
GL_SGIX_shadow_ambient, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess
visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x27 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x28 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
0x29 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2a 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
See my /etc/X11/xorg.conf :
# Copyright 2004 The X.Org Foundation
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# The X.Org Foundation BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of The X.Org Foundation shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from
# The X.Org Foundation.
# Refer to the xorg.conf(5x) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
# This loads the font modules
# Load "type1"
# Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
Load "dri"
EndSection
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules"
EndSection
# Server flags section.
Section "ServerFlags"
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
# Option "NoTrapSignals"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.
# Option "DontVTSwitch"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
# Option "DontZap"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><KP_>/<KP_> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
# Option "Dont Zoom"
# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.
# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"
# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.
# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"
# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.
# Option "DisableModInDev"
# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).
# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"
EndSection
# Input devices
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# These are the default XKB settings for Xorg
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""
# Option "XkbDisable"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
# Option "XkbVariant" "fr"
EndSection
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.
# Option "Resolution" "256"
# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.
# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"
# Mouse wheel mapping. Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons 4 & 5,
# horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7. Change if your mouse has more than
# 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids to avoid
# conflicts.
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
# Other input device sections
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices. This is for example only. Refer
# to the xorg.conf man page for a description of the options.
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse2"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball"
# Driver "magellan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
# Driver "spaceorb"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen0"
# Driver "microtouch"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen1"
# Driver "elo2300"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
# Monitor section
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 31.0 - 50.0
# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 43-75
EndSection
# Graphics device section
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
# Standard VGA Device:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.
# Chipset "generic"
# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.
Driver "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.
# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"
# VideoRam 256
# Clocks 25.2 28.3
EndSection
# Device configured by xorgconfig:
Section "Device"
Identifier "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]"
Driver "radeon"
#VideoRam 8192
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
# Screen sections
# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
# ServerLayout sections.
# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.
Section "ServerLayout"
# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"
# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.
Screen "Screen 1"
# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0666
EndSection
I precise I loaded my modules : dri, radeon, ati_agp and intel_agp.
Any ideas ?
Thanks

For Radeon 7000, you need to:
pacman -S xf86-video-ati
You need to load those modules in /etc/rc.conf:
MODULES=(agpgart via-agp)
And in xorg.conf:
Driver "radeon"

Wired internet doesn't work, even after fresh install?

So i'm fairly new to the linux stuff, but for some reason I cannot get my wired internet (eth0) to work. Bear with me because I've got a decent tale to give to fill you in:
After successfully installing archlinux for the first time, I was able to get the internet and everything working, but my boot manager was messed up. So I got a friend to fix that problem for me and I started updating my system through pacman. After successfully updating and changing the pacman mirror files I started downloading/installing gnome (and gnome-extra). I left it overnight and when I woke up in the morning all hell broke loose. After rebooting my computer and logging back into arch I found a number of my bash commands no longer worked (ifconfig, iwconfig, halt, shudown, reboot, dhcpcd, just to name a few I remember) so I had to manually turn off my labtop. At that point I decided to reinstall linux.
After reinstalling linux my network troubles began and from that point on I can no longer connect to the pacman servers and my eth0 times out upon booting into linux every time (for those of you wondering, yes I did change in rc.conf the eth0="dhcp" like I was supposed to). I get a transient failure or something of the likes. The wierdest thing is this:
When trying to reinstall linux using the ftp install I can configure my network (step 0), but when I get to trying to connect to a server and downloading the packages I fail to connect to the servers! Can someone please tell me what is going on?
Just for a few more backgrounds, I am installing arch64 on an intel core-duo processor with it dual-booting with windows vista ultimate. I don't think any of this is the problem considering I had it working once up a time, but now for some reason it doesn't work so i'm hoping for my wiser archlinux users to help me out.
EDIT: In a new turn of developments it seems my wired connection is now malfunctioning. Although just 5 hours ago at a friends house (when I was still having linux network problems) it worked just fine. My network card is a Intel(r) PRO/1000 PL card. Can my linux half screw up my windows half ethernet card and vice versa?
Just tried to uninstall and then reinstall my ethernet card and my wired connection still doesn't work. Any suggestions?
Last edited by evilviper77 (2008-04-12 18:27:18)

Well after many hours of toil, it seems that it has now decided to work. Still have no clue why my wired connection failed for that duration of time, but whatever. Archlinux is installed and running fine so I suppose all ends well.

[Solved]Brightness control doesn`t work anymore

Hi!
I`ve made my 3rd update of Arch since installation, and... where previous two succeeded, the third one failed. It messed up my system
The problem is, i cannot change brightness any more through my function keys (and since i`m using Openbox as my DE, i cannot change it at all ). The brightness now is so low that i can barely see what i am typing. And it is not only in my Arch, it also messed up Windows and everything else: grub, bootup screen where i can select bios properties - everything. I ran xev and now i see that FN+Right/Left are not detected anymore as brightness keys. It says:
FocusOut event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor
FocusIn event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor
KeymapNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
However, FN + Win + Right/Left are now detected as brightness control function keys
KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
root 0x13c, subw 0x0, time 521221, (348,-43), root:(1219,884),
state 0x40, keycode 233 (keysym 0x1008ff02, XF86MonBrightnessUp), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
But pressing them doesn`t work either. I thought that it was xfce4-power-manager problem, but changing to gnome-power-manager didn`t help either.During the update pacman also upgraded kernel to latest version.
Any ideas?
P.S. My notebook is Acer Aspire 7720g with Nvidia 8600M GT. I tried solutions from this topic: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=73889 but none worked for me... The problem is that the system is completely unusable at this point, since i barely see anything on the monitor, and that sucks
Last edited by K0tuk (2009-06-27 08:02:56)

I can't see what you did in Arch affecting your windows installation at all. If you try to boot into windows and increase the brightness (since most laptops store the brightness level of the laptop as it was set, on battery, at least my 2 laptops do), does the new brightness level "stick" for all things? If so, the only issue you have is to re-map the function keys properly, and to configure a script or something to increase/decrease lcd brightness. You can make a simple script that echoes a value into your /proc/acpi/video/LCD/brightness file (the file path will vary, so it may be under UVGA or so). If, however, it doesn't increase again, it may very well be a hardware issue, and not a software (since, as I said above, it's highly unlikely that an Arch update has affected Windows in any way).
Last edited by lswest (2009-06-26 12:28:04)

KEYBOARD DOESN'T WORK IN ALL JAVA APPS

I think there are a bug with Java,
but some keys of my French keyboard doesn't work with ALL Java APPS (Solaris Management console...), but work fine with all other apps.
When I use Xsun, there are no problem, all keys work, but with Xorg, some keys doesn't work. (Only in Java Apps).
I had got this bug with Sun Solaris 10 and Sun Solaris 11 (6/05 Express)
This is a very nasty bug, I have got a PS/2 keyboard.
Willits

Enable multilib repo in /etc/pacman.conf , pacman -Syy and pacman -S flashplugin
Last edited by Halcyon22 (2010-09-14 13:34:53)

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