Arch Linux

[viking60]

http://www.hiprank.com/arch-linux-vs-sl ... ows-7.html

[dedanna1029]

Now if they'd just fix mplayer to work with pulseaudio, I myself would do real good. As it is, been staying in Fedora just for that reason.

[viking60]

What do you mean? I have mplayer working with pulseaudio!

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.:[ thomas@viking60-server : 11:50:06 : ~ ]:.
:) pacman -Q mplayer pulseaudio
mplayer 31774-1
pulseaudio 0.9.21-8


[dedanna1029]

I've uninstalled it and reinstalled it, tried the version in AUR, everything. That situation still hasn't resolved. It won't even show up in Pulseaudio's Volume Control-->Applications.

[viking60]

Do you have any specifics? Examples? It could be a hardware thing of course.

[dedanna1029]

Yeah. In two threads here (there may be more mentions than this).

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=448

viewtopic.php?p=3030#p3030

[viking60]

OK the news here then I guess, is that it cannot be a bug. Then I would have the problem too. Lemme know if you would like to see some of my settings.
I think I described how I got it to work in that second link (removing and reinstalling tovid).

[dedanna1029]

I didn't have tovid installed until long after I had mplayer installed. I install mplayer right off the bat after any installation of a Linux OS. It can't be tovid. The issue started long before I had tovid installed. Didn't install tovid until you had the issue with gtkrecordmydesktop.

[dedanna1029]

It appears I have a full system upgrade here in Arch, and I have no clue how to answer the question at the end here:

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# powerpill -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                     35.4K   63.9K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
 extra                   458.9K  308.8K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
 community               380.3K  276.8K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
 archlinuxfr              15.9K   44.0K/s 00:00:00 [######################] 100%

:: The following packages will be downloaded:
   [core]
     dhcpcd-5.2.7-1 [0.05 MiB]
     dnsutils-9.7.1.P2-1 [0.80 MiB]
     filesystem-2010.07-1 [0.00 MiB]
     gcc-4.5.0-7 [14.66 MiB] gcc-libs-4.5.0-7 [0.55 MiB]
     gcc-objc-4.5.0-7 [6.14 MiB]
     iana-etc-2.30-1 [0.19 MiB]
     kernel26-2.6.34.3-1 [22.19 MiB]
     kernel26-docs-2.6.34.3-1 [5.38 MiB]
     kernel26-headers-2.6.34.3-1 [3.73 MiB]
     kernel26-manpages-2.6.34.3-1 [1.97 MiB]
     pacman-mirrorlist-20100808-1 [0.00 MiB]
     psmisc-22.12-1 [0.07 MiB] rpcbind-0.2.0-2 [0.02 MiB]
     sqlite3-3.7.0.1-1 [0.33 MiB]
     util-linux-ng-2.18-3 [1.26 MiB]
   [extra]
     consolekit-0.4.1-4 [0.07 MiB]
     farsight2-0.0.21-1 [0.17 MiB]
     ffmpeg-24460-2 [3.07 MiB]
     flashplugin-10.1.82.76-1 [5.73 MiB]
     gdm-2.30.4-2 [0.93 MiB] gnupg2-2.0.16-2 [1.32 MiB]
     libcups-1.4.4-2 [0.26 MiB]
     libnice-0.0.13-1 [0.24 MiB] libva-1.0.4-1 [0.11 MiB]
     miro-3.0.3-1 [4.11 MiB]
     network-manager-applet-0.8.1-1 [0.68 MiB]
     networkmanager-0.8.1-1 [0.61 MiB]
     nvidia-256.44-1 [2.11 MiB]
     nvidia-utils-256.44-1 [14.07 MiB]
     psiconv-0.9.8-7 [0.19 MiB]
     python-beaker-1.5.4-1 [0.05 MiB]
     python-mako-0.3.4-3 [0.09 MiB]
     transmission-gtk-2.04-1 [0.53 MiB]
     udisks-1.0.1-5 [0.14 MiB] upower-0.9.5-1 [0.08 MiB]
     vlc-1.1.2-2 [6.63 MiB] vlc-plugin-1.1.2-2 [0.04 MiB]
     xdelta3-3.0z-1 [0.15 MiB]
   [community]
     beautiful-soup-3.1.0.1-3 [0.05 MiB]
     devede-3.16.9-1 [1.92 MiB]
     ffmpegthumbnailer-2.0.3-1 [0.07 MiB]
     frostwire-4.20.8-1 [16.30 MiB]
     lmms-0.4.7-1 [7.74 MiB]
     perl-gtk2-trayicon-0.06-5 [0.01 MiB]
     perl-xyne-arch-2010.08.06.1-1 [0.08 MiB]
     pingus-0.7.3-1 [10.02 MiB]
     volwheel-0.2.8-1 [0.03 MiB]
     youtube-dl-2010.08.04-1 [0.02 MiB]

:: Number of Packages:              49
:: Total Download Size:     134.96 MiB
:: Total Installed Size:    527.28 MiB

:: Proceed with download? [Y/n] y
--> Reflecting... retrieved 45 mirrors.

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--> successfully downloaded farsight2-0.0.21-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                               
--> successfully downloaded psmisc-22.12-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                   
--> successfully downloaded xdelta3-3.0z-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                   
--> successfully downloaded vlc-plugin-1.1.2-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                               
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--> successfully downloaded rpcbind-0.2.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                 
--> successfully downloaded libnice-0.0.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                 
--> successfully downloaded filesystem-2010.07-1-any.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                             
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--> successfully downloaded gdm-2.30.4-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                     
--> successfully downloaded pacman-mirrorlist-20100808-1-any.pkg.tar.gz                                                                                     
--> successfully downloaded perl-gtk2-trayicon-0.06-5-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                       
--> successfully downloaded dhcpcd-5.2.7-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                   
--> successfully downloaded dnsutils-9.7.1.P2-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                             
--> successfully downloaded python-mako-0.3.4-3-any.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                               
--> successfully downloaded consolekit-0.4.1-4-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                               
--> successfully downloaded udisks-1.0.1-5-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                   
--> successfully downloaded volwheel-0.2.8-1-any.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                 
--> successfully downloaded python-beaker-1.5.4-1-any.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                             
--> successfully downloaded gcc-libs-4.5.0-7-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                 
--> successfully downloaded perl-xyne-arch-2010.08.06.1-1-any.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                     
--> successfully downloaded network-manager-applet-0.8.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                   
--> successfully downloaded beautiful-soup-3.1.0.1-3-any.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                         
--> successfully downloaded libcups-1.4.4-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                 
--> successfully downloaded sqlite3-3.7.0.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                               
--> successfully downloaded ffmpegthumbnailer-2.0.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                       
--> successfully downloaded transmission-gtk-2.04-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                         
--> successfully downloaded util-linux-ng-2.18-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                             
--> successfully downloaded psiconv-0.9.8-7-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                 
--> successfully downloaded iana-etc-2.30-1-any.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                   
--> successfully downloaded devede-3.16.9-1-any.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                   
--> successfully downloaded vlc-1.1.2-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                     
--> successfully downloaded gnupg2-2.0.16-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                 
--> successfully downloaded lmms-0.4.7-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                     
--> successfully downloaded networkmanager-0.8.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                           
--> successfully downloaded gcc-objc-4.5.0-7-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                 
--> successfully downloaded ffmpeg-24460-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                   
--> successfully downloaded flashplugin-10.1.82.76-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                         
--> successfully downloaded frostwire-4.20.8-1-any.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                               
--> successfully downloaded nvidia-256.44-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                 
--> successfully downloaded pingus-0.7.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz                                                                                                   
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Download Results:
gid|stat|avg speed  |path/URI
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 34|  OK|   4.6KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/youtube-dl-2010.08.04-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
 46|  OK|  89.0KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/farsight2-0.0.21-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 13|  OK|  12.8KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/psmisc-22.12-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 37|  OK|  23.2KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/xdelta3-3.0z-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 30|  OK|   4.7KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/vlc-plugin-1.1.2-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
  5|  OK|  12.7KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/libva-1.0.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 42|  OK|   2.2KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/rpcbind-0.2.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 26|  OK|  16.3KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/libnice-0.0.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
  1|  OK|     302B/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/filesystem-2010.07-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
 14|  OK|   5.0KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/upower-0.9.5-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
  6|  OK|  52.9KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/gdm-2.30.4-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 18|  OK|     133B/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/pacman-mirrorlist-20100808-1-any.pkg.tar.gz
 17|  OK|     763B/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/perl-gtk2-trayicon-0.06-5-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 47|  OK|   2.7KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/dhcpcd-5.2.7-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 35|  OK|  28.2KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/dnsutils-9.7.1.P2-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 33|  OK|   3.1KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/python-mako-0.3.4-3-any.pkg.tar.xz
  3|  OK|   2.4KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/consolekit-0.4.1-4-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 45|  OK|   4.3KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/udisks-1.0.1-5-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 39|  OK|     816B/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/volwheel-0.2.8-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
 22|  OK|   1.4KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/python-beaker-1.5.4-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
 32|  OK|  14.1KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/gcc-libs-4.5.0-7-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 16|  OK|   2.1KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/perl-xyne-arch-2010.08.06.1-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
  4|  OK|  16.5KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/network-manager-applet-0.8.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 12|  OK|   1.1KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/beautiful-soup-3.1.0.1-3-any.pkg.tar.xz
  9|  OK|   5.7KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/libcups-1.4.4-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 48|  OK|   5.5KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/sqlite3-3.7.0.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 43|  OK|   1.0KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/ffmpegthumbnailer-2.0.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 29|  OK|   7.8KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/transmission-gtk-2.04-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
  7|  OK|  16.4KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/util-linux-ng-2.18-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 20|  OK|   2.5KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/psiconv-0.9.8-7-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 28|  OK|   2.4KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/iana-etc-2.30-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
 36|  OK|  23.5KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/devede-3.16.9-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
 10|  OK|  62.7KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/vlc-1.1.2-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 38|  OK|  12.5KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/gnupg2-2.0.16-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 27|  OK|  64.3KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/lmms-0.4.7-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 44|  OK|   4.9KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/networkmanager-0.8.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 41|  OK|  41.0KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/gcc-objc-4.5.0-7-i686.pkg.tar.xz
  2|  OK|  19.3KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/ffmpeg-24460-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 21|  OK|  35.2KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/flashplugin-10.1.82.76-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 40|  OK|  93.4KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/frostwire-4.20.8-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
 24|  OK|  12.0KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-256.44-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 15|  OK|  56.1KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/pingus-0.7.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 11|  OK|  29.4KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/kernel26-docs-2.6.34.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 23|  OK|  80.0KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/gcc-4.5.0-7-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 25|  OK|  10.3KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/kernel26-manpages-2.6.34.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 31|  OK|  72.9KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-utils-256.44-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 49|  OK|  19.8KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/kernel26-headers-2.6.34.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
  8|  OK| 113.2KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/kernel26-2.6.34.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
 19|  OK|  20.3KiB/s|/var/cache/pacman/pkg/miro-3.0.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz

Status Legend:
 (OK):download completed.

:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace musicmanager with community/gogglesmm? [Y/n]

Edit: I went ahead and went for it, and we be having issues already:

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gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
(31/50) upgrading networkmanager                                                               [#######################################################] 100%
(32/50) upgrading network-manager-applet                                                       [#######################################################] 100%
New optional dependencies for network-manager-applet
    gnome-bluetooth: for PAN/DUN support
(33/50) upgrading nvidia                                                                       [#######################################################] 100%
/tmp/alpm_zzia1D/.INSTALL: line 3: depmod: command not found
/tmp/alpm_zzia1D/.INSTALL: line 8: rmmod: command not found
In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.
(34/50) upgrading pacman-mirrorlist                                                            [#######################################################] 100%
warning: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew

This should be fun on reboot. Not.

[viking60]

No big problem:) If you do:

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# reflector -l 8 -r -o /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

It will pick the 8 most updated mirrors and sort it by speed.
You may have to edit the mirror list file and correct the arch (i686 or x86_64) at the end of each mirror line.
Like this: sudo nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

You might want to copy /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew to /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist first tho...

[dedanna1029]

Had already done all that. That's not what I was referring to. The issue was nvidia. The upgrade totally borked. gdm, nvidia, X totally hosed. See the sticky bug.

[viking60]

Quiet from me now beacause I am installing Arch on a laptop here again. X and gdm + gnome, I managed immediately this time. And then I scratched may head cursing for an hour or two, why the hell I couldn't ssh into that box.
The answer? I had forgotten to punch a ":" in /etc/hosts.allow
So I punched ssdh ALL in stead of the correct

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sshd: ALL

It is always the easy stuff that gives you trouble, because you do not concentrate as much with it, as you do with the complicated stuff.

Want to tweak my resolution now that can be interesting....