[SOLVED] Backlight getting on my nerves

So I bought a laptop a little over a year ago and didn't expect everything to work out of the box. Especially since it has one of the fancy Nvidia Optimus labels on it.
Anyway i have literally tried everything from installing nvidia driver(which doesn't allow me to start x) to placing boot parameters to trying less minimal distros like Linux Mint and nothing has worked.
Hardware:
lspci gives
lspci
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev a1)
As you can see the Nvidia isn't listed as a VGA compatble device even if the driver is installed.
Also xrandr only lists one provider
xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 1
Provider 0: id: 0x46 cap: 0xb, Source Output, Sink Output, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 4 associated providers: 0 name:Intel
Basically i have tracked the problem down to the kernel module i915 trying to control backlight via /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/ but the brightness controlling file is in /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight.
I tried to tell acpid via handlers to use the other file but X seems to automatically set a kernel for the hotkeys which i can't seem to overwrite. Does anybody have a clue on how i could tell X to change the correct file?
Thank you for your help!
Last edited by maxo (2013-12-13 10:48:15)

@ HalosGhost Thanks. My brain sometimes gets ahed of my fingers.
Basically, I for some reason decided to look at the driver again. I looking at my Xorg config, it was pretty empty as Xorg autoconfigures pretty well nowadays.
Anyway in the manual pages for intel (man intel), there is this bad boy.
Option "Backlight" "string"
Override the probed backlight control interface. Sometimes the automatically selected backlight interface may not corre‐
spond to the correct, or simply most useful, interface available on the system. This allows you to override that choice by
specifying the entry under /sys/class/backlight to use.
Default: Automatic selection.
It seems the automatic selection always went for acpi_video0 instead of intel_backlight. As such if you change your
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
such that it looks like this
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
EndSection
It works perfectly fine. Hope this helps a few ppl and thanks for the help!
Last edited by maxo (2013-12-13 10:56:21)

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ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libefreet_trash.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstfft-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_con.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_ipc.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeo.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXp.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_avahi.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstbase-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstrtsp-0.10.so.0.25.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libedje.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libBulletMultiThreaded.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libethumb.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeeze.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstnetbuffer-0.10.so.0.25.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libefreet_trash.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeio.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstrtsp-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXp.so.6.2.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libefreet_mime.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0.25.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libembryo.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libBulletDynamics.so.2.82 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstvideo-0.10.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libefreet_mime.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_input.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libBulletWorldImporter.so.2.82 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libConvexDecomposition.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstpbutils-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_input_evas.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstapp-0.10.so.0.25.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libedje.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeet.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libevas.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libraw_r.so.10 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeldbus.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libBulletWorldImporter.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstvideo-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libConvexDecomposition.so.2.82 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeo.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libbluetooth.so.3 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstnetbuffer-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libBulletSoftBodySolvers_OpenCL_Mini.so.2.82 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libephysics.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libLinearMath.so.2.82 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstriff-0.10.so.0.25.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libraw.so.10 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstcdda-0.10.so.0.25.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libefreet_trash.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libefreet.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libBulletSoftBody.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_ipc.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstbase-0.10.so.0.30.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstcontroller-0.10.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeeze.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libHACD.so.2.82 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0.30.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstsdp-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libluajit-5.1.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstriff-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_evas.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_imf.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_audio.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_fb.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstrtp-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libemotion.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstcdda-0.10.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeldbus.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeo.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgsttag-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeina.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libXp.so.6 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstcheck-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstinterfaces-0.10.so.0.25.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstsdp-0.10.so.0.25.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstcdda-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libephysics.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libemotion.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libbluetooth.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_con.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_audio.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstnet-0.10.so.0.30.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_imf_evas.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libraw_r.so.10.0.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libraw.so.10.0.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstapp-0.10.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libBulletMultiThreaded.so.2.82 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libGIMPACTUtils.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libethumb_client.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libephysics.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libBulletXmlWorldImporter.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstapp-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libeio.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libecore_x.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libethumb_client.so.1.9.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstsdp-0.10.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstbase-0.10.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libBulletCollision.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstfft-0.10.so.0.25.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libBulletFileLoader.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libgstcheck-0.10.so is empty, not checked.
what I have tried so far:
pacman -Syyf <packagename> which tells me invalid option
I tried -Ssy
I am running arch linux 64bit on an HP pavillion g6?
Last edited by RaptorAnon (2014-03-30 07:02:05)

Kartious wrote:
It is good to see your system working now, though I tend to frown against reinstalling the entire system. Fixing the issue though sometimes tedious and frustrating can be one of the best ways for you to learn about your system and a fresh install doesn't teach you anything (apart from learning the tools to install Arch better I guess..). Which in your case, some knowledge is much needed seeming that you were executing commands without even knowing what they even do...
Gummiboot is just a bootloader and shouldn't effect any of the libraries listed in your first post so it is still unknown why this issue has happened. You didn't even mention anything you did previous to your error nor posted any logs so no one could help you properly.
Anyhow if you feel your problem Is fixed, It would be great if you marked the thread as solved.
It's alright I wanted to change the partition order anyway.
nevertheless next time I will be sure to look into the problem further.

[SOLVED] Duplicity getting 'stuck' when attempting to restart a backup

Hey all,
After a backup attempt failed partway through (first-time full backup) with this error:
AsyncScheduler: scheduling task for asynchronous execution
No handlers could be found for logger "paramiko.transport"
AsyncScheduler: a previously scheduled task has failed; propagating the result immediately
AsyncScheduler: task execution done (success: False)
Backend error detail: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1391, in <module>
with_tempdir(main)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1384, in with_tempdir
fn()
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1354, in main
full_backup(col_stats)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 500, in full_backup
globals.backend)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 399, in write_multivol
(tdp, dest_filename, vol_num)))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/asyncscheduler.py", line 151, in schedule_task
return self.__run_asynchronously(fn, params)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/asyncscheduler.py", line 215, in __run_asynchronously
with_lock(self.__cv, wait_for_and_register_launch)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/dup_threading.py", line 100, in with_lock
return fn()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/asyncscheduler.py", line 207, in wait_for_and_register_launch
check_pending_failure() # raise on fail
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/asyncscheduler.py", line 191, in check_pending_failure
self.__failed_waiter()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/dup_threading.py", line 201, in caller
value = fn()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/asyncscheduler.py", line 183, in <lambda>
(waiter, caller) = async_split(lambda: fn(*params))
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 398, in <lambda>
async_waiters.append(io_scheduler.schedule_task(lambda tdp, dest_filename, vol_num: put(tdp, dest_filename, vol_num),
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 296, in put
backend.put(tdp, dest_filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/backends/sshbackend.py", line 191, in put
raise BackendException("sftp put of %s (as %s) failed: %s" % (source_path.name,remote_filename,e))
BackendException: sftp put of /tmp/duplicity-9_jssu-tempdir/mktemp-uqQRIn-42 (as duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol41.difftar
.gpg) failed: Server connection dropped:
BackendException: sftp put of /tmp/duplicity-9_jssu-tempdir/mktemp-uqQRIn-42 (as duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol41.difftar
.gpg) failed: Server connection dropped:
the process keeps getting stuck when I try to restart it. There's almost no CPU use and no useful error messages. Here's the output (the version and parameters are included) with -v debug:
Using archive dir: /root/.cache/duplicity/1498ef4c9557164d69523e5aec4c78ce [83/4524]
Using backup name: 1498ef4c9557164d69523e5aec4c78ce
Import of duplicity.backends.sshbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.rsyncbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.botobackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.webdavbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.hsibackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.localbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.ftpsbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.giobackend Failed: No module named gio
Import of duplicity.backends.ftpbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.cloudfilesbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.u1backend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.tahoebackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.imapbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.gdocsbackend Succeeded
Main action: inc
================================================================================
duplicity 0.6.18 (February 29, 2012)
Args: /usr/bin/duplicity --use-agent -vdebug --encrypt-key YYYYYYYY --sign-key XXXXXXX --full-if-older-than 60D --exclude /mn
t/backup/bfd-training-data --exclude /mnt/backup/fsarchiver --exclude /mnt/backup/media --exclude /mnt/backup/usapparel --asyn
chronous-upload /mnt/backup scp://[email protected]//backups/homeserver
Linux homeserver 3.0.29-1-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 23 09:41:11 CEST 2012 x86_64 AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3400+
/usr/bin/python2 2.7.3 (default, Apr 24 2012, 00:00:54)
[GCC 4.7.0 20120414 (prerelease)]
================================================================================
Using temporary directory /tmp/duplicity-OjWCPd-tempdir
Registering (mkstemp) temporary file /tmp/duplicity-OjWCPd-tempdir/mkstemp-GZ2ieI-1
Temp has 490532864 available, backup will use approx 60293120.
Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
41 files exist on backend
2 files exist in cache
Extracting backup chains from list of files: ['duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.manifest.part', 'duplicity-full-signat[51/4524]
0507T060530Z.sigtar.part', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol1.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol2.difftar.g
pg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol3.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol4.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.2
0120507T060530Z.vol5.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol6.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol7.d
ifftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol8.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol9.difftar.gpg', 'duplicit
y-full.20120507T060530Z.vol10.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol11.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T0605
30Z.vol12.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol13.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol14.difftar.gp
g', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol15.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol16.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.
20120507T060530Z.vol17.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol18.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol
19.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol20.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol21.difftar.gpg', 'du
plicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol22.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol23.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.2012050
7T060530Z.vol24.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol25.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol26.diff
tar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol27.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol28.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity
-full.20120507T060530Z.vol29.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol30.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T06053
0Z.vol31.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol32.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol33.difftar.gpg
', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol34.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol35.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.2
0120507T060530Z.vol36.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol37.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol3
8.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol39.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol40.difftar.gpg', 'dup
licity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol41.difftar.gpg']
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.manifest.part is not part of a known set; creating new set
File duplicity-full-signatures.20120507T060530Z.sigtar.part is not part of a known set; creating new set
Ignoring file (rejected by backup set) 'duplicity-full-signatures.20120507T060530Z.sigtar.part'
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol1.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol2.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol3.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol4.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol5.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol6.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol7.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol8.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol9.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol10.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol11.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol12.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol13.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol14.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol15.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol16.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol17.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol18.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol19.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol20.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol21.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol22.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol23.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol24.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol25.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol26.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol27.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol28.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol29.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol30.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol31.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol32.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol33.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol34.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol35.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol36.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol37.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol38.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol39.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol40.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol41.difftar.gpg is part of known set
Found backup chain [Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012]-[Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012]
Last full backup left a partial set, restarting.
Last full backup date: Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012
Collection Status
Connecting with backend: SftpBackend
Archive dir: /root/.cache/duplicity/1498ef4c9557164d69523e5aec4c78ce
Found 0 secondary backup chains.
Found primary backup chain with matching signature chain:
Chain start time: Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012
Chain end time: Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012
Number of contained backup sets: 1
Total number of contained volumes: 41
Type of backup set: Time: Num volumes:
Full Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012 41
No orphaned or incomplete backup sets found.
RESTART: Volumes 41 to 42 failed to upload before termination.
Restarting backup at volume 41.
Registering (mktemp) temporary file /tmp/duplicity-OjWCPd-tempdir/mktemp-Fx_YTQ-2
^CRemoving still remembered temporary file /tmp/duplicity-OjWCPd-tempdir/mktemp-Fx_YTQ-2
Removing still remembered temporary file /tmp/duplicity-OjWCPd-tempdir/mkstemp-GZ2ieI-1
INT intercepted...exiting.
Does anyone have some experience with this? It's a fairly good sized backup (well, for me at least) so I'd really hate to have to start over every time one fails!
Thanks,
Scott
Last edited by firecat53 (2012-05-08 18:23:19)

Ok, solved-ish. There were actually 3 issues:
1. There's a problem in the 0.6.18 new python paraminko ssh internals that was preventing it from uploading more than about 1GB at a time, possibly because it's reusing the same ssh connection which some webhosts will kick off after a certain time or amount.
2. The --num-retries parameter wasn't being read by the ssh backend
3. There's a bug in some encryption validation code that had to be removed before a 'resume backup' operation would work correctly (it won't read the GPG encryption key correctly).
So I reverted to 0.6.17 and removed a previously applied patch from the code found here.
So far it seems to be working. The dev who answered me on Launchpad said that there's a memory leak with 0.6.17 so watch out when doing any backups over ~100GB or so.
Scott

[SOLVED] Trouble getting initrd-image to work

Hello everyone
I'm trying to get plymouth to work and for that reason I'm messing with initrd images for the first time in my life.
I had no issues generating the image, but once I rebooted, nothing happened. It looks like lilo fails to load the image since I'm not getting the 'Loading initrd-blahblah.img........' message, although I'm not getting any error messages either. Basically it just loads kernel and boots normally like it's never heard of initrd images.
These are the lines I've changed in/etc/mkinitcpio.conf. Everything else is default.
MODULES="radeon"
HOOKS="base udev plymouth autodetect sata filesystems"
COMPRESSION="lzma"
running mkinitcpio.conf, no errrors there
# mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img
:: Begin build
:: Parsing hook [base]
:: Parsing hook [udev]
:: Parsing hook [plymouth]
:: Parsing hook [autodetect]
:: Parsing hook [sata]
:: Parsing hook [filesystems]
:: Generating module dependencies
:: Generating image '/boot/initrd-2.6.35.4-ck1.img'...SUCCESS
/etc/lilo.conf:
lba32
boot=/dev/sdb
compact
prompt
timeout=50
default=2.6.35.4-ck1
read-only
root=/dev/sdb1
image=/boot/kernel-2.6.35.4-ck1
label=plymouth
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.35.4-ck1.img
append="quiet splash sata_nv.swncq=1 pci=nomsi snd-hda-intel.model=3stack snd-hda-intel.probe_mask=1 powernow-k8.vcore_list=1125,1125,825"
running lilo shows error message but I've been getting it since I installed arch, and it has been working fine nevertheless.
# lilo
/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Added 2.6.35.4-ck1 *
Added plymouth
Added nokms
Added bootchart
Also I think it might be relevant to point out that I'm building my kernels by hand (no PKGBUILDs or anything).
Any ideas will be appreciated
EDIT: solved. forgot to enable support for initramfs/initrd in kernel
Last edited by pussi (2010-09-17 06:47:47)

In the future you should never post valid IP addresses.
If you use DHCP addressing then the IP addresses are assigned automatically from the DHCP server. Your router contains a DHCP server that is used to provide local IP addresses to devices that share an IP address via NAT. You should not use a manual IP address on such a network unless it happens to be a local IP address. And it you do then the IP address must be in the range of IP addresses served by your router. Different routers serve different address ranges. Yours is serving in the range of 10.0.1.2 to 10.0.1.199. Your router currently assigns your machine the address of 10.0.1.2.
If you configure Network preferences to use DHCP with manual addressing then you can assign your computer the 10.0.1.2 address that is presently assigned by the router. The gateway IP address and network mask will still be assigned automatically by your router.
When you set up port forwarding the IP address to which the ports are forwarded should be the IP address used by your machine - 10.0.1.2 in the above example.
If your modem also has a built-in router then you must disable it. There should only be one active router in your network. It can be either the Airport Extreme or your modem's built-in router but not both. If you use your modem's built-in router then the IP addresses involved will no longer be in the 10.0.1.xxx range.

[Solved] Issue getting Bluetooth to work in Gnome.

So, having just installed Arch successfully for the first time after using Ubuntu/Mint Distro's for about a year I'm starting to move around in the exiting world of Arch Linux, but still having some issues setting a few things up.
One of these issues is setting up my Bluetooth dongle, it doesn't seem to work, or rather the Gnome Bluetooth menu doesn't want to turn itself on.
I've got a generic USB 3.0 PCI card, with a USB hub connected to it, and the USB dongle connected to the hub. (Only way I can use my bluetooth headphones in the whole house), so at first I thought it was the PCI card or maybe a USB issue.
Tested a USB HDD on the regular USB ports of my machine and it pops up no problem. So it's not a USB issue. Tested it with the secondary USB 3.0 port of my PCI card and again, no problem it works.
Then I tested the journalctl -f command, and while plugging the USB dongle in (to the hub) i got this message:
des. 28 11:15:34 localhost systemd[548]: Starting Bluetooth.
des. 28 11:15:34 localhost systemd[548]: Reached target Bluetooth.
So, something is obviously happening, but there is still no reaction in the Gnome menu. I'm new at this, so chances are there is something obvious Ive missed, please enlighten me.
Last edited by Exodus111 (2013-12-29 12:25:31)

Hey Muito Obrigado for the help, I tried it and its still the same.
Pulse Audio is for sound, but I don't have an issue connection my Bluetooth headphones, at least I don't think so, as I have yet to try.
My issue is getting the USB dongle to even register in the Gnome menu.
When I go to it the slider is always Off, moving it to On doesn't change anything the rest of the menu is still grayed out.
EDIT:
Sorry I just noticed this. In the menu it says Bluetooth is disabled but If I unplug the dongle it says No Bluetooth adapter found. So how do I enable it?
Thanks again.
Last edited by Exodus111 (2013-12-29 07:46:50)

IPad syncing issues getting on my nerves... suggestions?

When I first got my iPad 3G 64GB, I decided to sync as a new device and auto sync apps. Okay, but that put 22 pages of apps on my device and I was forced to spend at least a couple hours culling them down to just to fit the ones I want on the iPad... about 160.
Spent a good portion of the day yesterday filling up my iPad with comics and movies, and suddenly it gave a sync error. ***. So I try syncing and it recognizes it as a new iPad again, and deletes all my movies and tv shows. double ***.
Then I notice the syn apps tab is getting ready to put every single app back on my iPad once again, all 22 pages worth, so I hit the check box and stopped the sync apps function. It asks me if I want to delete all 160 apps, and of course I say no.
So then it goes to back up. A couple hours later it finishes, and this morning when I go to sync again, the syn apps box is empty, so now my apps won't sync properly. triple ***.
Is there anyway to fix this without putting everything back onto my iPad and deleting all the hours of work I spent on putting the comics there? How do I get the iPad to understand "yeah... well, I really DO want to sync apps, but don't add the unchecked apps in the list and put them on my device again... and don't delete the ones already there and replace with the whole setup all over again?"

Okay, but that put 22 pages of apps on my device and I was forced to spend at least a couple hours culling them down to just to fit the ones I want on the iPad... about 160.
Did you do this by deselecting the apps under the Apps tab for your iPad sync preferences with iTunes followed by a sync, which removes the deselected apps from your iPad, or did you remove the apps direct from your iPad?
After Sync Apps is selected under the Apps tab for your iPad sync preferences, it must remain selected. If deselected followed by a sync, all apps will be removed from your iPhone.
With Sync Apps selected, you can remove an app from your iPad by deselecting the app under the Apps tab for your iPad sync preferences followed by a sync. To re-install an app later, reselect the app under the Apps tab followed by a sync. After downloading a new app with iTunes on your computer, the app will be selected automatically under the Apps tab for your iPad sync preferences.

[SOLVED] Cannot get japanese fonts working in console

First time with Arch. Did a clean install yesturday with Plasma as my choice of GUI.
I have everything work, except for getting Japanese font support in consoles.
First, fonts worked inside Dolphin, but looked terrible. So I added the infinality repos and installed infinality-bundle, infinality-bundle-multilib, ibfonts-meta-base, and ibfonts-meta-extended.
This was probably overkill, but fonts look perfect in both my file manager and applications, but still no support in console, konsole, uxterm, or yakuake terminals.
Then I made sure both "en_US.UTF-8" and "ja_JP.UT8" inside of /etc/locale.gen were uncommended and then ran "locale-gen" as root to generate the locales. After a reboot the fonts still wont work, the appear as ? in console.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by lolihunter (2015-05-08 16:51:07)

After a lot of messing around, I finally got it to work.
Not only did "en_US.UTF-8" and "ja_JP.UT8" need to uncommented, but also "en_US.ISO-8859-1" and "ja_JP.EUC-JP".
Running "sudo locale-gen" then returned:
Generating locales...
en_US.UTF-8... done
en_US.ISO-8859-1... done
ja_JP.EUC-JP... done
ja_JP.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
As expected. Oddly enough, the output of "locale" has not changed at all, but now japanese fonts show up correctly in shell and terminals, even without a reboot!

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