Arch Linux

[dedanna1029]

Wondering where this is, and hoping elinks-git from AUR will work for my weather.bash script:

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# pacman -S elinks
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (3): gc-7.1-1 [0.35 MB]  tre-0.8.0-1 [0.09 MB]  elinks-0.13-1 [0.70 MB]

Total Download Size:    1.13 MB
Total Installed Size:   4.24 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
 gc-7.1-1-i686           357.0K  260.7K/s 00:00:01 [######################]  30%
:: Retrieving packages from community...
 tre-0.8.0-1-i686        444.2K   26.5K/s 00:00:17 [######################]  38%
error: failed retrieving file 'elinks-0.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from ftp.jaist.ac.jp : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'elinks-0.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.datacenter.by : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'elinks-0.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.kernel.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'elinks-0.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.uk2.net : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'elinks-0.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from ftp.hosteurope.de : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'elinks-0.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.rit.edu : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'elinks-0.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'elinks-0.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.yandex.ru : Not Found
warning: failed to retrieve some files from community
error: failed to commit transaction (Not Found)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

[viking60]

Try Powerpill

[dedanna1029]

What I did was install elinks-git from AUR. Was just curious on elinks itself.

[dedanna1029]

dcopserver is not starting on desktop load, and I am not finding any dcopserver files in /home - I am wondering how to manually start it to test to see what's wrong - only one of my KDE apps will run with it not running.

Thanks.

[dedanna1029]

Never mind, found it - it needs xorg-iceauth to start, which had gone away with orphans. Reinstalled it, and all's well now. Thanks anyway.

[dedanna1029]

Just curious - is there a way to skip using ramdisk on boot?

Thanks.

[viking60]

Well the obvious answer would be that you should not create one in the first place - if you don't want it

Arch does not have a /dev/ram so we must use /etc/fstab to create ramdisks. The most important thing to remember about a ramdisk is that it is stored in RAM and thus volatile. Anything stored on a ramdisk will be lost if the computer completely seizes up, or loses power. Therefore, it is necessary to save the contents of your ramdisk to the harddrive if you want to save them.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ramdisk

[dedanna1029]

Okay then, I don't have one because I didn't create one. I'm wondering then, why am I seeing this in dmesg? Maybe you can help me learn about this please?

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--->Unpacking initramfs...
Freeing initrd memory: 1672k freed

Is that not what initramfs is (I'm sorry to sound like an idiot here), is ramdisk?

Edit: Use google, K.

This technical article introduces initramfs, a Linux 2.6 feature that enables an initial root filesystem and init program to reside in kernel memory cache, rather than on a ramdisk, as with initrd filesystems.

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/Linu ... RAM-disks/

Now I get it.

[dedanna1029]

HOLY FRIK! The KDE4.5.4-1 update!!!!!!

Look at all these!

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python2-2.7.1-2 [8.50 MB]  blender-2.49b-2 [12.41 MB]  cvs-1.11.23-6 [0.48 MB]  gdm-2.32.0-3 [0.95 MB]  hyphen-2.7.1-1 [0.01 MB]
               initscripts-2010.07-2 [0.01 MB]  kdeaccessibility-colorschemes-4.5.4-1 [0.00 MB]  kdeaccessibility-iconthemes-4.5.4-1 [3.10 MB]
               qca-2.0.3-1 [0.45 MB]  kdelibs-4.5.4-1 [12.42 MB]  oxygen-icons-4.5.4-1 [24.41 MB]  kdebase-runtime-4.5.4-1 [5.82 MB]
               kdeaccessibility-kmag-4.5.4-1 [0.09 MB]  kdeaccessibility-kmousetool-4.5.4-1 [0.04 MB]  kdeaccessibility-kmouth-4.5.4-1 [0.35 MB]
               kdeadmin-kcron-4.5.4-1 [0.17 MB]  kdeadmin-ksystemlog-4.5.4-1 [0.41 MB]  kdeadmin-kuser-4.5.4-1 [0.18 MB]
               kdebindings-python-4.5.4-1 [2.97 MB]  kdeadmin-system-config-printer-kde-4.5.4-1 [0.04 MB]  kdeartwork-aurorae-4.5.4-1 [0.07 MB]
               kdeartwork-colorschemes-4.5.4-1 [0.00 MB]  kdeartwork-desktopthemes-4.5.4-1 [0.93 MB]  kdeartwork-emoticons-4.5.4-1 [0.06 MB]
               kdeartwork-iconthemes-4.5.4-1 [11.01 MB]  kdepimlibs-4.5.4-1 [2.81 MB]  kdebase-workspace-4.5.4-1 [62.75 MB]
               kdegraphics-libs-4.5.4-1 [0.57 MB]  kdeartwork-kscreensaver-4.5.4-1 [0.56 MB]  kdeartwork-sounds-4.5.4-1 [1.28 MB]
               kdeartwork-styles-4.5.4-1 [0.04 MB]  kdeartwork-wallpapers-4.5.4-1 [75.43 MB]  kdeartwork-weatherwallpapers-4.5.4-1 [7.35 MB]
               kdebase-lib-4.5.4-1 [0.10 MB]  kdebase-dolphin-4.5.4-1 [0.60 MB]  kdebase-kdepasswd-4.5.4-1 [0.16 MB]  kdebase-kdialog-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]
               kdebase-kfind-4.5.4-1 [0.08 MB]  kdebase-keditbookmarks-4.5.4-1 [0.09 MB]  kdebase-konqueror-4.5.4-1 [1.26 MB]
               kdebase-konsole-4.5.4-1 [0.31 MB]  kdebase-kwrite-4.5.4-1 [0.06 MB]  kdebase-plasma-4.5.4-1 [0.13 MB]  kdeedu-libkdeedu-4.5.4-1 [0.19 MB]
               kdeedu-blinken-4.5.4-1 [0.54 MB]  kdeedu-cantor-4.5.4-1 [0.32 MB]  kdeedu-data-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdeedu-kalgebra-4.5.4-1 [0.30 MB]
               kdeedu-kalzium-4.5.4-1 [3.96 MB]  kdeedu-kanagram-4.5.4-1 [0.59 MB]  kdeedu-kbruch-4.5.4-1 [0.80 MB]  kdeedu-kgeography-4.5.4-1 [5.16 MB]
               kdeedu-khangman-4.5.4-1 [0.68 MB]  kdeedu-kig-4.5.4-1 [1.63 MB]  kdeedu-kiten-4.5.4-1 [2.56 MB]  kdeedu-klettres-4.5.4-1 [2.50 MB]
               kdeedu-kmplot-4.5.4-1 [0.82 MB]  kdeedu-kstars-4.5.4-1 [8.47 MB]  kdeedu-ktouch-4.5.4-1 [1.53 MB]  kdeedu-kturtle-4.5.4-1 [0.24 MB]
               kdeedu-kwordquiz-4.5.4-1 [1.05 MB]  kdeedu-marble-4.5.4-1 [14.07 MB]  kdeedu-parley-4.5.4-1 [4.45 MB]  kdeedu-rocs-4.5.4-1 [0.20 MB]
               kdeedu-step-4.5.4-1 [0.50 MB]  kdegames-libkdegames-4.5.4-1 [8.75 MB]  kdegames-bomber-4.5.4-1 [0.42 MB]  kdegames-bovo-4.5.4-1 [0.12 MB]
               kdegames-granatier-4.5.4-1 [1.08 MB]  kdegames-kajongg-4.5.4-1 [0.75 MB]  kdegames-kapman-4.5.4-1 [1.48 MB]
               kdegames-katomic-4.5.4-1 [0.59 MB]  kdegames-kbattleship-4.5.4-1 [0.83 MB]  kdegames-kblackbox-4.5.4-1 [0.10 MB]
               kdegames-kblocks-4.5.4-1 [1.16 MB]  kdegames-kbounce-4.5.4-1 [1.75 MB]  kdegames-kbreakout-4.5.4-1 [1.62 MB]
               kdegames-kdiamond-4.5.4-1 [3.98 MB]  kdegames-kfourinline-4.5.4-1 [0.27 MB]  kdegames-kgoldrunner-4.5.4-1 [1.83 MB]
               kdegames-kigo-4.5.4-1 [1.16 MB]  kdegames-killbots-4.5.4-1 [0.93 MB]  kdegames-kiriki-4.5.4-1 [0.12 MB]
               kdegames-kjumpingcube-4.5.4-1 [0.09 MB]  kdegames-klines-4.5.4-1 [1.03 MB]  kdegames-libkmahjongg-4.5.4-1 [1.84 MB]
               kdegames-kmahjongg-4.5.4-1 [0.62 MB]  kdegames-kmines-4.5.4-1 [0.60 MB]  kdegames-knetwalk-4.5.4-1 [0.76 MB]  kdegames-kolf-4.5.4-1 [0.71 MB]
               kdegames-kollision-4.5.4-1 [0.21 MB]  kdegames-konquest-4.5.4-1 [0.30 MB]  kdegames-kpatience-4.5.4-1 [2.78 MB]
               kdegames-kreversi-4.5.4-1 [0.36 MB]  kdegames-ksame-4.5.4-1 [0.17 MB]  kdegames-kshisen-4.5.4-1 [0.12 MB]  kdegames-ksirk-4.5.4-1 [3.85 MB]
               kdegames-kspaceduel-4.5.4-1 [0.18 MB]  kdegames-ksquares-4.5.4-1 [0.08 MB]  kdegames-ksudoku-4.5.4-1 [1.29 MB]
               kdegames-ktron-4.5.4-1 [0.33 MB]  kdegames-ktuberling-4.5.4-1 [3.97 MB]  kdegames-kubrick-4.5.4-1 [0.10 MB]  kdegames-lskat-4.5.4-1 [0.85 MB]
               kdegames-palapeli-4.5.4-1 [1.67 MB]  kdegraphics-gwenview-4.5.4-1 [1.67 MB]  kdegraphics-kamera-4.5.4-1 [0.04 MB]
               kdegraphics-kcolorchooser-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdegraphics-kgamma-4.5.4-1 [0.04 MB]  kdegraphics-kolourpaint-4.5.4-1 [1.07 MB]
               kdegraphics-kruler-4.5.4-1 [0.10 MB]  kdegraphics-ksnapshot-4.5.4-1 [0.14 MB]  kdegraphics-okular-4.5.4-1 [1.18 MB]
               kdemultimedia-dragonplayer-4.5.4-1 [0.37 MB]  kdemultimedia-ffmpegthumbs-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdemultimedia-juk-4.5.4-1 [0.59 MB]
               kdemultimedia-kioslave-4.5.4-1 [0.19 MB]  kdemultimedia-kmix-4.5.4-1 [0.29 MB]  kdemultimedia-kscd-4.5.4-1 [0.20 MB]
               kdemultimedia-mplayerthumbs-4.5.4-1 [0.03 MB]  kdenetwork-filesharing-4.5.4-1 [0.27 MB]  kdenetwork-kdnssd-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]
               kdenetwork-kget-4.5.4-1 [1.45 MB]  kdenetwork-kopete-4.5.4-1 [5.05 MB]  kdenetwork-kppp-4.5.4-1 [0.50 MB]  kdenetwork-krdc-4.5.4-1 [0.44 MB]
               kdenetwork-krfb-4.5.4-1 [0.32 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-bball-4.5.4-1 [0.05 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-binary-clock-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-blackboard-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-bookmarks-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-bubblemon-4.5.4-1 [0.10 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-calculator-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-charselect-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-libs-4.5.4-1 [0.38 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-comic-4.5.4-1 [0.05 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-community-4.5.4-1 [0.05 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-dict-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-eyes-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-fifteenpuzzle-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-filewatcher-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-frame-4.5.4-1 [0.08 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-fuzzy-clock-4.5.4-1 [0.03 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-incomingmsg-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-kdeobservatory-4.5.4-1 [0.09 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-kimpanel-4.5.4-1 [0.07 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-knowledgebase-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-kolourpicker-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-konqprofiles-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-konsoleprofiles-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-lancelot-4.5.4-1 [0.29 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-leavenote-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-life-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-luna-4.5.4-1 [0.15 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-magnifique-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-mediaplayer-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-microblog-4.5.4-1 [0.04 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-news-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-notes-4.5.4-1 [0.04 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-nowplaying-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-paste-4.5.4-1 [0.04 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-pastebin-4.5.4-1 [0.03 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-plasmaboard-4.5.4-1 [0.03 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-previewer-4.5.4-1 [0.07 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-qalculate-4.5.4-1 [0.07 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-rememberthemilk-4.5.4-1 [0.04 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-rssnow-4.5.4-1 [0.05 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-showdashboard-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-showdesktop-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-social-news-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-spellcheck-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-systemloadviewer-4.5.4-1 [0.03 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-timer-4.5.4-1 [0.03 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-unitconverter-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-weather-4.5.4-1 [0.04 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-applets-weatherstation-4.5.4-1 [0.06 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-applets-webslice-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-runners-audioplayercontrol-4.5.4-1 [0.03 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-runners-browserhistory-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-runners-characters-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-runners-contacts-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-runners-converter-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-runners-datetime-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-runners-katesessions-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-runners-konquerorsessions-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-runners-konsolesessions-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-runners-kopete-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-runners-mediawiki-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-runners-spellchecker-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-wallpapers-mandelbrot-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-wallpapers-marble-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-wallpapers-pattern-4.5.4-1 [0.09 MB]  kdeplasma-addons-wallpapers-virus-4.5.4-1 [0.03 MB]
               kdeplasma-addons-wallpapers-weather-4.5.4-1 [0.03 MB]  kdesdk-cervisia-4.5.4-1 [0.49 MB]  kdesdk-kompare-4.5.4-1 [0.40 MB]
               kdesdk-dolphin-plugins-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdesdk-kapptemplate-4.5.4-1 [0.74 MB]  kdesdk-kate-4.5.4-1 [0.88 MB]
               kdesdk-kbugbuster-4.5.4-1 [0.28 MB]  kdesdk-kcachegrind-4.5.4-1 [0.28 MB]  kdesdk-kdeaccounts-plugin-4.5.4-1 [0.00 MB]
               kdesdk-kdepalettes-4.5.4-1 [0.00 MB]  kdesdk-kioslave-4.5.4-1 [0.37 MB]  kdesdk-kmtrace-4.5.4-1 [0.05 MB]
               kdesdk-kpartloader-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdesdk-kprofilemethod-4.5.4-1 [0.00 MB]  kdesdk-kstartperf-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]
               kdesdk-kuiviewer-4.5.4-1 [0.03 MB]  kdesdk-lokalize-4.5.4-1 [0.55 MB]  kdesdk-poxml-4.5.4-1 [0.12 MB]  kdesdk-scripts-4.5.4-1 [0.17 MB]
               kdesdk-strigi-analyzer-4.5.4-1 [0.01 MB]  kdesdk-umbrello-4.5.4-1 [2.06 MB]  kdetoys-amor-4.5.4-1 [0.17 MB]
               kdetoys-kteatime-4.5.4-1 [0.10 MB]  kdetoys-ktux-4.5.4-1 [0.11 MB]  kdeutils-ark-4.5.4-1 [0.23 MB]  kdeutils-kcalc-4.5.4-1 [0.10 MB]
               kdeutils-kcharselect-4.5.4-1 [0.07 MB]  kdeutils-kdf-4.5.4-1 [0.20 MB]  kdeutils-kfloppy-4.5.4-1 [0.06 MB]  kdeutils-kgpg-4.5.4-1 [0.86 MB]
               kdeutils-kremotecontrol-4.5.4-1 [1.07 MB]  kdeutils-ktimer-4.5.4-1 [0.15 MB]  kdeutils-kwallet-4.5.4-1 [0.31 MB]
               kdeutils-okteta-4.5.4-1 [0.50 MB]  kdeutils-printer-applet-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdeutils-superkaramba-4.5.4-1 [0.23 MB]
               kdeutils-sweeper-4.5.4-1 [0.02 MB]  kdewebdev-kfilereplace-4.5.4-1 [0.49 MB]  kdewebdev-kimagemapeditor-4.5.4-1 [0.17 MB]
               kdewebdev-klinkstatus-4.5.4-1 [0.29 MB]  kdewebdev-kommander-4.5.4-1 [0.22 MB]  lzo2-2.04-1 [0.08 MB]  wireless_tools-29-4 [0.07 MB]
               networkmanager-0.8.3-0.20101130 [0.56 MB]  paprefs-0.9.9-6 [0.04 MB]  perl-datetime-0.66-1 [0.07 MB]  pm-utils-1.4.1-1 [0.04 MB]
               python-3.1.3-1 [7.54 MB]  udisks-1.0.2-1 [0.14 MB]  whois-5.0.9-1 [0.02 MB]  xinetd-2.3.14-6 [0.08 MB]

I've done that big and bigger updates, but dang!

[dedanna1029]

I'm going to uninstall lm_sensors. Updates tonight did not fix the sound card failing on boot issue.

Edit: But not without running sensors-detect first.

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Found `SMSC LPC47M172 Super IO Fan Sensors'                 
    (but not activated)

Not activated? Any clue? Thanks.

[dedanna1029]

Also, not knowing much about these things, how do I stop this message?

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# modprobe eeprom
--->WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.

[dedanna1029]

One last question (I'm sorry to flood here, but I'm racing with 'em).

How can I fix this so I can send it on up to AUR fixed?

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# gdm2setup
  File "/usr/bin/gdm2setup", line 43
    from gdm2.gdm2setup import GDM2Setup
                                       ^
--->TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

Here is gdm2setup executable, with line 43 noted with an arrow:

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#!/usr/bin/python

# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU Library General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110-1301,  USA

# GDM2Setup
#     by Garth Johnson (growlf@BioCEDE.com)
#     original code by Nick Glynn (exosyst@gmail.com) 
#     A simple setup for GDM2, now that Ubuntu seems to be missing this functionality due
# to omissions within the newer Gnome version included in Karmic Ubuntu and others.
#
# This is GPL2 so fix it and tell us what/where and why

import gtk
import os

if __name__ == "__main__":
    ###TODO: check that xsplash IS installed - for some reason it is not always there
    if os.geteuid() != 0:
        dlg = gtk.Dialog("GDM2 Setup", None, gtk.DIALOG_MODAL | gtk.DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
                      (gtk.STOCK_OK, gtk.RESPONSE_ACCEPT))
        dlg.set_border_width(10)
        dlg.vbox.set_border_width(10)
        dlgLabel = gtk.Label("This program needs to be run as root.\nTry again with using either\nsudo or gksudo")
        dlgLabel.set_justify(gtk.JUSTIFY_CENTER)
        dlgLabel.set_line_wrap(True)
        dlg.vbox.pack_start(dlgLabel)
        dlg.show_all()
        dlgResult = dlg.run()
        dlg.destroy()
    else:
---->from gdm2.gdm2setup import GDM2Setup

      # Start the app up
      app = GDM2Setup()
      app.window.show()
      gtk.main()

It's quite reminiscent of the

gtkpacman issue

- appears to be the same sort of error (not fixed with python updates) - we had a huge python update tonight. On this thing, it updated to 2-2.7.1-2, then on to 3.1.3-1, all in one shot.

Code: Select all

:) pacman -Q python
python 3.1.3-1

Thanks.