[Suggestion] Downloadable Arch Wiki snapshot

It would really be handy to be able to burn the current "snapshot" of the Wiki to CD/DVD, so it would be at hand if you're trying to get a new installation connected to the Internet (laptops and wifi come to mind) and don't have another connected computer at that physical location.

i know this is an old topic, but i searched for new informations and found nothing. i'd like to be able to download the whole archlinux wiki for backup reasons. you may say there is the arch-wiki-docs package, but it's only a collection of html pages, with no source code, no discussions and no revisions. for those concerned about bandwidth usage, we can use bittorrent. what do you think?
EDIT: sorry, i've just seen the sticky topic...
Last edited by fturco (2010-07-21 18:32:21)

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Any normal way to download Arch wiki?

Hi guys!
I know there's a package that contains Arch wiki, but pages in that packages are ugly and seem to lack graphics. Anyway, it's not appropriate. Is there any way I can download Arch wiki completely just as it is on the Web and save it, say, on CD-R to use as help when doing some Arch installations on other machines? So I'll be able to click on links in that pages and everything will work and look like I'm surfing the Web.

mento wrote:
sand_man wrote:I bet there is some kind of firefox plugin that can save websites in that way but I don't know if it is appropriate to do so.
"Scrapbook+" should do the trick. If I remember it correctly, there was an option in "capture page as" to follow links and save these pages too (four should be enough). Even if all other web sites except the arch wiki are blocked, it will result in a huge chunk of data, because everything would be saved, like all languages, all discussions, all revisions, even all obsolete media files and so on. Not to mention the amount of generated traffic, which should be a lot higher than the official docs with 7.5 MB. It could work (maybe), but without asking if this is okay, it would make you a dick.
1. It would be nice if the links were converted for local use.
2. How do you search this thing? You can browse it from cover to cover, use the index page, 'html2text + grep' it, but it's not very user-friendly ;P

[Solved] Downloading arch wiki

How can i install the arch wiki on my system so that i can refer it, when i am offline. After downloading how to access it..??
Last edited by creative2innovative (2011-08-19 18:10:04)

pacman -Ss arch-wiki
The answer is also elsewhere in the forums, but, umm, I can't find it. (Yeah, I'm shoddy mod aren't I?)
Here we go: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=94201
Yay me!
So yes, next time search the forums. Protip, Google can search the forums too.
Edit2: It's a sticky. Somebody shoot me.
Last edited by fsckd (2011-08-19 18:05:25)

Downloadable Arch Wiki

Just wondering, is there anywhere I can download a copy of the Arch Wiki? It'd be bloody handy on those occasions when I don't have a (working) net connection

Since searching the index.html isn't quite as successful as the real wiki-search, here is a small script to search through all the pages:
#!/bin/bash
cd /usr/share/doc/arch-wiki/html/
for i in $(grep -li $1 *)
do
STRING=`grep -m1 -o 'wgTitle = "[[:print:]]\+"' $i`
LEN=${#STRING}
let LEN=LEN-12
STRING=${STRING:11:LEN}
LOCATION="/usr/share/doc/arch-wiki/html/$i"
echo -e " \E[33m$STRING \E[37m$LOCATION"
done
If searching is too slow for your needs, you can disable case insensivity by omitting the "i"-option in the beginning of the loop.
I also added some clickabilty according to
[wiki]Rxvt-unicode#Clickable_URLs[/wiki]
Together with a pattern to fit html-documents, the entry in my .Xdefaults-file looks like
URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher
URxvt.urlLauncher: firefox
URxvt.matcher.button: 1
URxvt.matcher.pattern.1: \\bwww\\.[\\w-]\\.[\\w./?&@#-]*[\\w/-]
URxvt.matcher.pattern.2: (\\/[-_\\w\\d]+)+\\.html

PDF for the Arch Wiki?

Hello, I would like to suggest the arch wiki would have a pdf version so that users with no present connection can just read the pdf if they are up to something...Would it be nice? I know that the wiki is constantly updated but we can release updated versions monthly or weekly of the pdf containing the latest updates...:)
Last edited by kaola_linux (2008-12-25 07:02:34)

u_no_hu wrote:
Any body can wget the whole wiki recursively(excluding the external pages/user pages,talk etc) and tar it up and upload it on some file sharing site.
Wont that be much better than having this discussion over and over?
tomk wrote:The wiki, like most Arch things, is a community effort. If you, and possibly others, would like to take on the task of converting the wiki to pdf, and keeping the pdfs in sync as the wiki changes, please go ahead. If others are interested, maybe they will post here.The arch dev team contributes to the wiki like everyone else, but we certainly wouldn't have the time to do this alongside our existing work.
There are many who wish their ideas to get implemented but few who are working .......
I would like to have the wiki in pdf, i am going to try to make a pdf version, but u_no_hu you also could try something yourself? The community is there for you and you are there for the community, you also could help with bugtracing, bug fixing, community projects (yaourt), working on the wiki, every program that is use and isn't in the Wiki i'll try to add a wiki about it

[SOLVED] Arch Wiki/Documentation for download?

Is there a way to download entire wiki or something like that, to read it offline? I've tried to set to printable version but nothing changes and seems that I have to download every page, one by one...
Thanks.
Last edited by jjforums (2012-08-10 16:52:18)

That's pretty cool. Except that you're effectively reading an older version of the wiki.
$ firefox /usr/share/doc/arch-wiki/html/index.html
It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it doesn't really make any sense (to me) why you'd be using a bleeding-edge distribution where you need the internet to download updates from (just like any other Linux distribution or OS, including Windows). Setting up an internet connection from the console is really not as difficult as it sounds. Then you can just run:
$ elinks wiki.archlinux.org
Now if you were in a remote place with very little bandwidth to spare, or the only available ISP is with a fixed GB/month contract... then it could make sense, because these websites are compressed, talking up a fraction of bandwidth of what it would (probably) take to browse them online.
The biggest disadvantage is that you're reading an older snapshot.

Scrolling Synaptic Touchpad Problem (Arch Wiki didn't solve it)

Good to the whole Arch's community.
First of all to appear, I am codebuster and am new in this community and in this magnificent distro that I have been charmed with for his simplicity and performance. Always I had begun for behind the topic of the configuration of Arch's installation, but consulting his magnificent tips and coming to the official information it me has been possible. I have everything working of correct form except the function of scroll of my touchpad Synaptic (function that I use always and that really I throw enough in lack). I have followed the steps indicated so much in the Wiki (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics) as in numerous forums of linux in inet but I have not managed to make it work, for what I resort to you to seeing if someone can throw something of light.
Let's begin.
PC: Acer Aspire 5610
Distribution: ArchLinux updated a today.
Desktop: XFCE
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GO 7300 (proprietary Drivers: NVIDIA Driver Version:256.35)
Driver: xf86-input-synaptics-1.2.2-2
hardinfo
Name PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
Type Mouse
Bus 0x11
Vendor 2
Product 0x1
Version 0x0
Connected to isa0060/serio/input0
cat /proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0001 Version=0000
N: Name="PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio4/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event5
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3
xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 256.35 (buildmeister@builder101) Wed Jun 16 19:25:59 PDT 2010
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dri2"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "G72M [Quadro NVS 110M/GeForce Go 7300]"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Xorg.0.log
[ 18.827]
This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
[ 18.828]
X.Org X Server 1.8.1.902 (1.8.2 RC 2)
Release Date: 2010-06-21
[ 18.828] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 18.828] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.34-ARCH i686
[ 18.828] Current Operating System: Linux arch-live 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 5 21:03:38 UTC 2010 i686
[ 18.828] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/2cf26781-3ca3-4654-8b83-37ea60864aab ro
[ 18.828] Build Date: 21 June 2010 11:54:27AM
[ 18.828]
[ 18.829] Current version of pixman: 0.18.2
[ 18.830] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 18.830] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 18.830] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 26 15:21:50 2010
[ 18.909] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 18.909] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 18.962] (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
[ 18.962] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 18.962] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 18.963] (**) | |-->Device "Card0"
[ 18.963] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 18.963] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 18.963] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 18.963] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 19.052] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 19.052] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 19.063] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 19.063] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 19.063] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 19.064] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 19.064] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 19.064] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 19.064] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 19.064] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 19.064] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 19.064] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 19.064] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 19.064] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 19.064] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 19.064] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 19.064] (**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[ 19.064] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 19.064] (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 19.064] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 19.064] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 19.064] (II) Loader magic: 0x81e9d00
[ 19.064] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 19.064] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 19.064] X.Org Video Driver: 7.0
[ 19.064] X.Org XInput driver : 9.0
[ 19.064] X.Org Server Extension : 3.0
[ 19.088] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:01d7:1025:0090 nVidia Corporation G72M [Quadro NVS 110M/GeForce Go 7300] rev 161, Mem @ 0xd1000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/16777216
[ 19.088] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[ 19.088] (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[ 19.088] (II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[ 19.088] (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[ 19.088] (II) "record" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[ 19.088] (II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
[ 19.088] (II) "dri2" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[ 19.088] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 19.141] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 19.175] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.175] compiled for 1.8.1.902, module version = 1.2.0
[ 19.175] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 3.0
[ 19.176] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 19.176] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 19.176] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 19.187] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.187] compiled for 1.8.1.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 19.187] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 19.187] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 3.0
[ 19.187] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 19.187] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 19.187] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 19.188] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.188] compiled for 1.8.1.902, module version = 1.13.0
[ 19.188] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 19.188] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 3.0
[ 19.188] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 19.188] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 19.189] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 20.431] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 20.431] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 20.431] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 20.431] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 256.35 Wed Jun 16 19:21:24 PDT 2010
[ 20.431] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 20.431] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 20.432] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 20.441] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.441] compiled for 1.8.1.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 20.441] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 20.441] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 3.0
[ 20.441] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 20.441] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 20.441] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 20.441] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 20.441] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 20.441] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 20.441] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 20.441] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 20.442] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 20.451] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.451] compiled for 1.8.1.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 20.451] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 3.0
[ 20.451] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 20.451] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 20.452] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 20.560] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 20.560] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 20.560] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 20.620] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 256.35 Wed Jun 16 18:59:34 PDT 2010
[ 20.625] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 20.625] (++) using VT number 7
[ 20.629] (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
[ 20.645] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 20.646] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 20.654] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 20.675] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.675] compiled for 1.8.1.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 20.675] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 20.675] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 20.675] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 20.676] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 20.694] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.694] compiled for 1.8.1.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 20.694] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 20.694] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 20.694] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 20.694] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 20.744] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 20.744] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 20.744] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 20.744] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 20.744] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
[ 20.744] (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
[ 20.744] (II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
[ 22.341] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce Go 7300 (G72) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 22.341] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
[ 22.341] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.72.22.58.30
[ 22.341] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[ 22.341] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[ 22.341] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce Go 7300 at PCI:1:0:0:
[ 22.341] (--) NVIDIA(0): LPL (DFP-0)
[ 22.341] (--) NVIDIA(0): LPL (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 22.341] (--) NVIDIA(0): LPL (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
[ 22.355] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
[ 22.355] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 22.355] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 22.355] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
[ 22.355] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 22.355] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
[ 22.355] (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 22.356] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 800
[ 22.356] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (98, 96); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[ 22.356] (--) NVIDIA(0): option
[ 22.356] (==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
[ 22.356] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 22.358] (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
[ 22.371] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI display change hotkey events enabled: the X server is new
[ 22.371] (II) NVIDIA(0): enough to receive ACPI hotkey events.
[ 22.371] (WW) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: Error: Unable to find the brightness file path under
[ 22.372] (WW) NVIDIA(0): /proc/acpi/video. The NVIDIA X driver will not be able to
[ 22.372] (WW) NVIDIA(0): respond to ACPI brightness change hotkey events.
[ 22.372] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 23.783] (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
[ 23.817] (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized OpenGL Acceleration
[ 23.831] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[ 23.831] (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized X Rendering Acceleration
[ 23.851] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
[ 23.851] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 23.858] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[ 23.858] (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
[ 23.859] (II) Loading extension XINERAMA
[ 23.859] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 23.859] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 23.860] (II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 23.860] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 23.860] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia
[ 23.860] (==) RandR enabled
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 23.860] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 23.864] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[ 24.465] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event4)
[ 24.465] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 24.465] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[ 24.466] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 24.483] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 24.483] compiled for 1.8.0, module version = 2.4.0
[ 24.483] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 24.483] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 9.0
[ 24.483] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 24.483] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[ 24.491] (II) Power Button: Found keys
[ 24.491] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 24.491] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 24.491] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 24.491] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 24.491] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 24.579] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event5)
[ 24.580] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 24.580] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[ 24.580] (**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
[ 24.587] (II) Video Bus: Found keys
[ 24.587] (II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
[ 24.587] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 24.587] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 24.587] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 24.587] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 24.593] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[ 24.594] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 24.594] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 24.594] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[ 24.600] (II) Power Button: Found keys
[ 24.600] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 24.600] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 24.600] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 24.601] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 24.601] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 24.602] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event1)
[ 24.602] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 24.602] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event2)
[ 24.602] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 24.602] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[ 24.602] (**) Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[ 24.611] (II) Sleep Button: Found keys
[ 24.611] (II) Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 24.611] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 24.611] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 24.611] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 24.611] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 24.613] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event8)
[ 24.613] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 24.619] (II) config/udev: Adding input device MosArt Optical Mouse (/dev/input/event7)
[ 24.619] (**) MosArt Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 24.619] (**) MosArt Optical Mouse: always reports core events
[ 24.619] (**) MosArt Optical Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
[ 24.631] (II) MosArt Optical Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
[ 24.631] (II) MosArt Optical Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 24.631] (II) MosArt Optical Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 24.631] (II) MosArt Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 24.631] (II) MosArt Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 24.631] (**) MosArt Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 24.631] (**) MosArt Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 24.631] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "MosArt Optical Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
[ 24.631] (**) MosArt Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 24.631] (**) MosArt Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 24.631] (**) MosArt Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 24.631] (**) MosArt Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 24.631] (II) MosArt Optical Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 24.632] (II) config/udev: Adding input device MosArt Optical Mouse (/dev/input/mouse1)
[ 24.632] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 24.638] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[ 24.638] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 24.638] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[ 24.638] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 24.651] (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[ 24.651] (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 24.651] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 24.651] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 24.651] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 24.651] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 24.652] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event6)
[ 24.652] (**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 24.652] (**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[ 24.652] (**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
[ 24.664] (II) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Found 3 mouse buttons
[ 24.664] (II) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Found relative axes
[ 24.664] (II) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Found x and y relative axes
[ 24.664] (II) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Configuring as mouse
[ 24.664] (**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 24.664] (**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 24.664] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: MOUSE)
[ 24.664] (**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 24.664] (**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 24.664] (**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 24.664] (**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 24.664] (II) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: initialized for relative axes.
[ 24.665] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 24.665] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
10-evdev.conf
# Catchall classes for input devices
# We don't simply match on any device since that also adds accelerometers
# and other devices that we don't really want to use. The list below
# matches everything but joysticks.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev pointer catchall"
MatchIsPointer "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev tablet catchall"
MatchIsTablet "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev touchscreen catchall"
MatchIsTouchscreen "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
EndSection
10-synaptics.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
EndSection
Good, I believe that this is quite, if you need more information tell to me and it will make it come near.
Excuse me for my poor english,Thanks in advance and best regards.
codebuster.
Last edited by codebuster (2010-07-26 14:44:07)

kgas wrote:
there is no need to include the synaptics option. here is mine and works fine (Acer Aspire 5738G)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dri2"
Load "extmod"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "G98M [GeForce G 105M]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
¡¡¡¡ Thanks a lot for the info !!!
I remove all the Synaptics entries in the xorg.conf and worked fine with the /dev/input/mice option (in the Arch Wiki was # commented, the device, was /dev/psaux, and my mouse in hardinfo was recognized as PS/2 Synaptic for that I thought that it was the correct option ).
Only one question, now I have set the scrolling mode with two fingers, ¿do you know how to activate one finger scrolling? I tried with these options in Mouse section but doesn't work for me:
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" # enable vertical scroll zone
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "false" # enable horizontal scroll zone
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "false" # vertical scroll anywhere with two fingers
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "false" # horizontal scroll anywhere with two fingers
¡ Many, many thanks and my best regards !
codebuster.
Last edited by codebuster (2010-07-26 08:26:55)

Why is the https protocol used on all pages of arch wiki & forums ?

I don't know if it's true, but I heard that the https protocol requires more server resources than http, maybe because the server has to encrypt the data before sending it to the client. Therefore, as far as I know, https is usually used only on web pages containing login forms, and others that transmit sensitive data. I'm not complaining about the wiki or forum performance, they're loading fast, but is there a reason for using https on all pages of arch wiki and arch forums ? Shouldn't https be used only for logins to the wiki and forums, and http for all other pages, just like archlinux home page ?
Last edited by Chrys349 (2011-10-14 00:14:54)

I don't know the specific reasons as far as Arch is concerned, but there is a trend... See for example the HTTPS Everywhere extension. Many sites started offering or forcing https (including Google.) This can help avoid censorship and eavesdropping, two things that are on the rise too in many countries.

Images on Arch wiki

Uploading images to the Arch wiki seems to be forbidden for normal users.
Why is that?
All in all, the wiki seems to contain very few images.
Is that an explicit rule?

karol wrote:Yup, only some icons got uploaded.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/He … nt_content
Ok, that page confirms it's an official policy, but it doesn't explain why.
Is server space an issue?
Or is it to ensure that users of text-based browsers can see all information on the wiki?
karol wrote:What exactly did you want to include?
For one thing, I was wondering in general why the wiki articles are not decorated with the occasional screenshot or diagram etc. like in most other wikis.
For another, I would really like to use the following two images in feature comparison tables (example) in the wiki, where otherwise the words "Yes" and "No" would appear:
It would just make it so much easier for the reader to get an instant overview of the information contained in the table at a glance, as well as to find a specific piece of information in it.
Using the relevant html magic, it should be possible to make sure that browsers which can't show images will continue to show the words "Yes" and "No" in their place.

Add Persian Language to Arch wiki

Hi there
I am a persian and asking developer a request
We are 10 people to translate arch wiki for persian users
and want to work inside wiki.archlinux.org
please open a article for this language with ( RTL ) right to left language support
I don't know where I should say this offer but I hope you help me
then I will help thousands Persian people that wana install arch linux
Thank you very much
I am amateur for translate Persian to English so forgive my poor English and my bad grammar
But I'm good at translate English to Persian
Last edited by eMan (2010-11-06 21:10:33)

The web master of the Persian Arch Linux website http://archlinux.ir/ recently contacted us with a similar request. Are you working together?
As I said to him:
pointone wrote:
Note that we are moving away from a single international wiki.archlinux.org. See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=95360 for details. Please
consider hosting a fully-internationalized wiki at http://wiki.archlinux.ir/ instead. This will allow you to keep the user interface, system messages, templates, etc. in Farsi, and generally simplifies maintenance in the long run.
If this is not a viable option, please read Help:i18n and Help:Editing and begin translating articles. We will add an appropriate i18n language link once pages exist.
See the Hebrew pages (e.g. Main Page (עברית)) for right-to-left examples. You must use:
<div style="direction: rtl;">
within the wikitext.

Ibuilding a web-site with intit. Today I found out their SiteBuilder software is not Mac compattable. They suggest downloading FireFox. I am running Mac OS X 10.4.11. Is there an older version of FireFox that I can download? Where can it be found?

I am building a web-site with intit. Today I found out their SiteBuilder software is not Mac compatable. They suggest downloading FireFox. I am running Mac OS X 10.4.11. Is there an older version of FireFox that I can download in order to build my site?

This is the last version of Firefox which will work with PPC Macs. <br/> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

HT5839 After having installed OS X v10.9.1 on my computer, the apple store purchases suggests downloading 10.9 update or the full OS X installer. Do I need to do that?

After having installed OS X v10.9.1 on my computer, the apple store purchases suggests downloading 10.9 update or the full OS X installer. Do I need to do that?

Are these shown in the App Store's Updates page? If not, then you don't need them. You could download the full Mavericks installer application if you want to create a bootable USB flash drive installer or just to keep handy should you need it (store it in your Downloads folder.)

Compatibility issue with outgoing server; they suggest downloading Thunderbird. Any suggestions?

My internet provider says there is a compatibility issue with outgoing server and suggest downloading Thunderbird. Any comments?

Not without some details from you.
What version of OSX
Who is the mail provider
If not iCloud mail what type is it (POP or Imap)
That's a start.

Download Arch Packages without Pacman

I have dial up Internet so downloading Arch packages through Pacman is not realistic. I would like to download the .pkg.tar.gz files from another computer (that has cable) and then install them locally with Pacman on this computer. I know how to accomplish all of this except the initial download of the packages on the other computer. I will not be able to use Arch on the other computer so is there any way for me to download packages from within Windows? I can find the packages I need by searching for them from here: http://www.archlinux.org/packages ,but the only links that are given from each package are to other websites that do not contain Arch binaries. Is there any way to download Arch packages outside of Arch and without Pacman?
Thank you very much
Last edited by Kienja Kenobi (2007-08-25 21:31:48)

Kienja Kenobi wrote:I have dial up Internet so downloading Arch packages through Pacman is not realistic. I would like to download the .pkg.tar.gz files from another computer (that has cable) and then install them locally with Pacman on this computer. I know how to accomplish all of this except the initial download of the packages on the other computer. I will not be able to use Arch on the other computer so is there any way for me to download packages from within Windows? I can find the packages I need by searching for them from here: http://www.archlinux.org/packages ,but the only links that are given from each package are to other websites that do not contain Arch binaries. Is there any way to download Arch packages outside of Arch and without Pacman?
pacman get them from the mirrors, so you can do the same.
But you'll have to do the dependencies resolving yourself instead of letting pacman doing it. So good luck with that.
Edit : hell, I'm tired, what I said previously was crazy..
Just do this on your arch box :
pacman -Sp <package>
Then transfer that output to the box with internet, download all the packages, and transfer them back.

Vagrant - Cannot download arch core packages

Hello,
I am trying to set up an archlinux Vagrant box on my mac and am having some trouble. I cannot any core packages that come directly from an arch mirror. I have tried switching the default kernel server to the uwaterloo one (as I am in waterloo) and I cannot download them from there. I also tried a number of servers and cannot download packages from anywhere. I can however download all non core packages (packages that aren't from one of the core arch package servers). The vagrant file has been made by other people and I have verified that it works on their computers. I can also use wget to resolve the host.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
Edit:
I let the package manager finish trying to download all files from pacman -Syu and it failed every file. It returned the error failed to commit transaction (download library error) at the end
Edit 2:
I have tried a different Vagrant box that has been confirmed working and I still have no access to the packages
Edit 3:
Apparently the subnetwork I was on (School network -> Work subnetwork) blocks the packages? doesn't really make sense since my desktop is on the same network and can download the packages fine. Switched the school network and it works.
Last edited by Dacotah (2015-03-11 15:40:12)

To respond to ewaller's suggestions:
Neither Ctrl + Alt + F12 elicits a response, nor Ctrl + Alt + F1-F6.
In my best attempt at trying to provide more information, I've used my android to take a video of the laptop starting up, up to the blank black screen, hopefully it can be of use. On a mildly related note, I think it's weird that I can see myself in the reflection of the screen once it goes black, but I'm trying to fix my laptop here, so bear with me
Video is .3gp format, usual mobile video format, VLC can play it.
http://goose.honk-honk.org/files/2011-0 … 15_708.3gp
If I can get away without having to do a reinstall, then I'd prefer not to, as the installation seemed to go off without a hitch. But if it appears that's what the actual issue is, I can certainly reinstall.
Thanks.

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