bash's blog http://www.deelab.org/bash "Life is binary, one or zero, life or death" Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:05:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 MySQL 5.1.44 is out, but… http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/02/mysql-5-1-44-is-out-but/ http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/02/mysql-5-1-44-is-out-but/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:52:50 +0000 bash http://www.deelab.org/bash/?p=454 …still I cannot update it.

The problem is with Akonadi: it does not start with MySQL 5.1.43 and does not start with the new MySQL release too.

I reported this on bugs.kde.org three weeks ago (#225333); others people confirmed this issue (#226960) and I think that Akonadi developers are working on it, logs do not help too much.

So, seems that we will skip this minor release too. Stay tuned.

]]> http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/02/mysql-5-1-44-is-out-but/feed/ 0 KDE SC 4.4RC3 in [testing] http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/02/kde-sc-4-4rc3-in-testing/ http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/02/kde-sc-4-4rc3-in-testing/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:46:12 +0000 bash http://www.deelab.org/bash/?p=447 Probably you already know, but I had not enough free time to write this first. Anyway the point is that the last KDE release candidate is waiting for you in [testing] ([kde-unstable] is dropped).

There are no big changes, only fixes; KDE devs want to be sure everything build and work.

If you already are using KDE with virtuoso backend, you should read this thread on arch-dev-pulic mailing list.

Have a good update!

]]> http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/02/kde-sc-4-4rc3-in-testing/feed/ 0 [kde-unstable] KDE SC 4.4RC2 http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/01/kde-unstable-kde-sc-4-4rc2/ http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/01/kde-unstable-kde-sc-4-4rc2/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:24:34 +0000 bash http://www.deelab.org/bash/?p=407 They released it, we packaged it!

Yesterday KDE developers tagged the 2nd Release Candidate and today we released the Arch Linux packages into [kde-unstable]…nearly there, 4.4.0 will be out soon!

The x86_64 packages are already on [kde-unstable] whereas I am still uploading i686 packages, they will be in the mirrors tonight. ;)

The packages are built with libpng 1.4.0 and libjpeg 8, so you can update easy without any problems.

As ever, please report any bugs. Thanks!

]]> http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/01/kde-unstable-kde-sc-4-4rc2/feed/ 6 GMail as default KDE mail client http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/01/gmail-as-default-kde-mail-client/ http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/01/gmail-as-default-kde-mail-client/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:42:34 +0000 bash http://www.deelab.org/bash/?p=402 It’s more simple and fast then you think:

  • Open System Settings -> Default Applications -> Email Client
  • Check “Use a different email client“
  • type the following: /usr/bin/rekonq https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=%t&su=%s&%u

Where instead of /usr/bin/rekonq, you must type the path to your favorite browser. %t is the destinatary, %s is the subject and %u is the full mailto URL (needed if you want to add the body too).

Kheers!

]]> http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/01/gmail-as-default-kde-mail-client/feed/ 5 [kde-unstable] KDE SC 4.4 RC1 http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/01/kde-unstable-kde-sc-4-4-rc1/ http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/01/kde-unstable-kde-sc-4-4-rc1/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:38:06 +0000 bash http://www.deelab.org/bash/?p=382 Ok, here we are. The first official KDE 4.4 packages for Arch Linux are ready. We will move the package to [extra] only when the 4.4 stable will be released. So, if you want to try the new KDE you need to enable the [kde-unstable] repository. Run the update with this steps:

  1. Add [kde-unstable] to pacman.conf (up [testing])

    2. [kde-unstable]
    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

  2. Exit KDE
  3. Stop KDM
  4. Backup your ~/.kde4 directory
  5. Run pacman -Sy qt
  6. Run pacman -Su
  7. Start KDM
  8. Report any bugs!

Arch Linux changes:

  • Removed the Sesame backend from Soprano, now we will use the Virtuoso backend and this avoids the Java dependence
  • Nepomuk enabled by default
  • Qt-Phonon replaced by Phonon from kdesupport
  • New packages:
    • kdeedu-cantor
    • kdeedu-rocs
    • kdegames-granatier
    • kdegames-kigo
    • kdegames-papeli
    • kdepim-akonadiconsole
    • kdepim-blogilo
    • kdeplasma-addons-applets-blackboard
    • kdeplasma-addons-applets-kimpanel
    • kdeplasma-addons-applets-knowledgebase
    • kdeplasma-addons-applets-opendesktop-activities
    • kdeplasma-addons-applets-plasmaboard
    • kdeplasma-addons-applets-qalculate
    • kdeplasma-addons-applets-spellcheck
    • kdeplasma-addons-applets-webslice
    • kdeplasma-addons-runners-audioplayercontrol
    • kdeplasma-addons-runners-kopete
    • kdeplasma-addons-runners-mediawiki
    • phonon-gstreamer
  • Packages removed:
    • kdelibs-experimental replaced by kdelibs
    • kdeaccessibility-kttsd
    • kdepim-kpilot
    • kdeutils-kdessh
    • kdewebdev-kxsldbg
  • Fixed dependencies

Note: [19/01/2010] This repo will be unusable until KDE 4.4 RC2. DON’T USE IT.

]]> http://www.deelab.org/bash/2010/01/kde-unstable-kde-sc-4-4-rc1/feed/ 6 [MySQL] I did the crap! http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/11/mysql-i-did-the-crap/ http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/11/mysql-i-did-the-crap/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:09:45 +0000 bash http://www.deelab.org/bash/?p=379 Hi all,
Ok, I confirm, I was jealous about Allan: after the “he broke it!” everyone know him. I wanted to be more popular, and maybe with my last crap I did.

I changed configuration, pid and sock file path in MySQL; I was pretty sure that change didn’t broke anything except php, but…I failed.
Yesterday I lost the whole day trying to fix this and in the night I found the solution: the problem was mysql set sock file path to /tmp/mysql.sock by default, I need to pass the option in configure. Don’t ask me why, but I thought that move sock file in a new location was a minor change and setting the new path into my.cnf was enough.
mysql 5.1.41-2 is already in [extra] and will fix everything (qt applications, mysql-python, etc…).
At least, with this “little story”, I’ll remember to put every package in [testing] first!

Happy update :)

]]> http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/11/mysql-i-did-the-crap/feed/ 4 SVN tunneling through HTTP proxy http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/11/svn-tunneling-through-http-proxy/ http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/11/svn-tunneling-through-http-proxy/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:36:34 +0000 bash http://www.deelab.org/bash/?p=367 I don’t know in your university, but in mine I still cannot use version control system cause we have an HTTP proxy and only HTTP traffic is allowed.
I want my system to be ever up-to-date and sometime this means to use development software. Today, for example, I wanted to build KDE from SVN.

Usually set http-proxy-host and http-proxy-port into ~/.subversion/server was enough, but today with this method I got a nice “Permission denied“.

The alternative method is to setup an SVN tunneling through the proxy:
First, you need perl-libwww from [extra] repository and perl-net-proxy from AUR.
Open a terminal and launch:
$ connect-tunnel -P proxyhost:proxyport -T 10234:svnhost:svnport
Now, keep connect-tunnel running and checkout svn in this way:
$ svn co svn://localhost:10234/svntrunk

All should works. Good luck!

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]]> http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/10/gnulinux-day-2009-salug/feed/ 0 Sleepy: an usefull Amarok script http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/10/sleepy-an-usefull-amarok-script/ http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/10/sleepy-an-usefull-amarok-script/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:02:21 +0000 bash http://www.deelab.org/bash/?p=352 Ok ok, I am strange I know. I like to go to sleep listening to music, but I like to stop the music after a while too.
Because of this I run a command before get up from my seat:
$ sleep 20m; amarok -s; exit
Today I was looking for new apps on kde-apps.org when I looked at sleepy.
What’s sleepy? Is an Amarok 2.x script, like the old Nightingale that was for Amarok 1.x.
This script allows you to shutdown/hibernate/suspend the PC after the N song or after N minutes. I love this!
I don’t know why but this script didn’t allow to stop Amarok without shutdown or suspend the PC. I did a patch that add this feature.
Obviously, you can find the PKGBUILD on AUR ;)

EDIT: Author released 0.7.1 which include my patch.

Goodnight!!!

]]> http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/10/sleepy-an-usefull-amarok-script/feed/ 1 [kde] 4.3.2 in [extra] http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/10/kde-4-3-2-in-extra/ http://www.deelab.org/bash/2009/10/kde-4-3-2-in-extra/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:36:28 +0000 bash http://www.deelab.org/bash/?p=347 Hi kde users, KDE 4.3.2 will be released in the next hours as told in Release Schedule so Pierre and I bumped the ours KDE version in [extra] repository. Have a nice update!

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