March 2007 - CRUX - lists.crux.nu

repo problem
by Markus Sonderegger 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Hi there, how can i get the current sources from the iso repo? I tried "git clone git://crux.nu/system/iso.git" and got the 2.1 sources. Regards Markus

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Contrib ports in Crux 2.3
by Chris Pemberton 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Perhaps a line could be added to the Crux handbook explaining that although the contrib ports are disabled by default, they can be easily enabled my renaming /etc/ports/contrib.rsync.inactive to /etc/ports/contrib.rsync. This could save idiots like me some time - I was crawling the Crux website looking for a good contrib.rsync or contrib.httpup file - not realizing that "disabled" means that there is a perfectly good "disabled" file sitting in /etc/ports/ already. And thanks to the Crux developers for this great 2.3 release. I guess the best compliment I can give is that I find this 2.3 release as good if not better than the previous releases! Thanks Chris

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Crux 2.3 nVidia install issues
by Chris Pemberton 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hello, There are two nVidia drivers available at the nVidia website: one version is for "newer" cards and the second is for "legacy" cards. In my case, my GeForce 3 Ti200 is considered "legacy". The Crux port located in /usr/ports/opt/nvidia addresses the "newer" nvidia cards only. In Crux 2.2, I always manually downloaded the latest LEGACY driver and installed it manually. This worked every time. I was, up until yesterday, using Crux 2.2 with updated kernel 2.6.20.3 and the latest legacy nVidia module. Last night I tried out Crux 2.3 - which comes with kernel 2.6.20.3 installed. I manually downloaded the legacy driver; yet it failed to compile every time. After MUCH hair-pulling I've found a way to get the LEGACY nvidia drivers to compile and install in Crux 2.3. This patch: www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=86689 fixes the compile problem. I have no idea why a patch is needed, but it allowed the legacy kernel module to compile cleanly and install in Crux 2.3 with kernel 2.6.20.3. So, would it be possible to have a nvidia-legacy port added to opt? Thanks Chris

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Problem viewing PS-file with gv
by Markus Heinz 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

Hello, I have a PS file which has been created with cdlabelgen 3.6.0-1. I want to view it with gv 3.6.2-1 and ghostscript 8.15.4.1. The file is only partially displayed and then gv shows the waiting cursor forever. No error message is diplayed. But I can print the file with the lpr command using ghostscript and hplip. Any ideas how I can view the file with gv? I have uploaded the file for testing purposes to this location: http://home.arcor.de/markusheinz/crux.ps The file displays normally with gimp. I have the same problem before and after updating from Crux 2.2 to Crux 2.3. Regards, Markus

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Kernel Problem
by Markus Sonderegger 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Hi there, I've just updated my crux2.2 to crux2.3 and spend some hours now at a 2.6.20.3 kernel problem. This damn image don't boot. I get following error message: "Please append a correct "root=" boot option" Kernel panic .... I switched back to my old 2.6.18.6 image and everything went fine again. My lilo.conf: lba32 install=text prompt boot=/dev/sda image=/boot/vmlinuz1 label=lk6.20.3 root=/dev/sda1 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=lk6.18.6 root=/dev/sda1 read-only Someone know how to solve this problem? Regards

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[ANNOUNCEMENT] CRUX 2.3 final released!
by Matt Housh 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Greetings, CRUXers! The CRUX team is pleased to announce the release of CRUX 2.3 (haha, we released before Duke Nukem Forever!) at long last. For the release highlights/changes, see the ChangeLog at http://crux.nu/~sip/crux-2.3/ChangeLog - after that, have a look at the handbook (http://crux.nu/Main/Handbook2-3) and the release notes (http://crux.nu/Main/ReleaseNotes2-3) CRUX 2.3 is currently only available for download via BitTorrent but http/ftp/rsync mirrors will be available soon. Enjoy! Download (torrent): http://crux.nu/files/crux-2.3.torrent

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A request for your input.
by lmth＠deakin.edu.au 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

Hello My name is Lara Thynne and I am a PhD candidate at Deakin University Australia. I am currently researching the boundary between work and leisure activities directly related to the open source community and open source program development. As part of this I am running a survey at the following address. https://dcarf.deakin.edu.au/surveys/oss/ The survey is completely confidential and looks at your views and motivations to use Open Source software and to participate in the community. It will only take a five to ten minutes to complete and your contact details will not be recorded. You can withdraw your participation at any stage. I sincerely apologize for the spammish nature of this e-mail - I don't mean to abuse this list. I am trying to collect responses from as many open source developers and users as possible and a mailing list like can be the only way to reach many developers. Thanks again Lara P.S The program that I am using is open source, of course (www.phpsurveyor.org)

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alsa-driver
by Markus Sonderegger 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hi, I just updated my alsa-driver ports and can't insert the modules at boottime anymore. dmesg get following message: snd_hda_codec: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_hda_bus_new snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_hda_build_pcms snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_verbose_printk snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_hda_codec_new snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_hda_queue_unsol_event snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_hda_calc_stream_format snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_hda_suspend snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_hda_resume snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_hda_build_controls snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_request_irq What's the problem? Regards, Markus

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A couple of 2.2->2.3rc1 quirks
by Fredrik Rinnestam 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

I did a fresh 2.2 install on a spare box to see if i'd come across any issues when updating it to 2.3. First off, the 2.2 install was very straight forward with very few extra packages. only slim and openbox was installed. The initial upgrade with a 2.3-cd went well and i only observed a few issues: after rejmerging and reconfiguring xorg, X won't start: Fatal server error: "could not open default font 'fixed'" I had to mkfontdir & mkfontscale manually. Also, xorg.rsync is not included on the cd. rc.d/net gets overwritten which could cause problems, atleast for headless systems. -- Fredrik Rinnestam

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Contrib members.
by pitillo 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hello, at irc channel was a talk about the needed of new contrib members. Someone proposed to make a query in channel's topic and I made one directly on channel. Why wait to people became to be one contrib member? Why not recruit members? Core/dev members or contrib with experiencie can take a look to private repos, look for ports that are not in contrib and try to talk to maintainer to propose him to became a contrib member and maintain that port in contrib. With time and experiencie may be he can give a hand to other contrib members who maintain lot of ports. Also can be added to contrib a few "interesting/well done" ports from private repos. Only an idea. I hope it can be discussed here and we can read opinions or another suggestions. (on irc channel did not get any of them). Sorry if this is a crazy idea. Reegards. Learning bit by bit. - pitillo -

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