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tadvrat

  • Joined Apr 26, 2014
  • definition of "cheeky" : "impudent or irreverent, typically in an endearing or amusing way." My stress was on "typically in an endearing... way. So I was cheeky after all.

    Probably I should uninstall libre and try the in-house calligra.

    Peace.

  • Sorry for being cheeky, but wouldn't it be good if you can kind of sandbox a stable release of libreoffice and place it in kcp? It would also save you and everyone else good amount of bandwidth.

    Thanks for your prompt reply.

  • Is there any way to withhold the update of Libreoffice during every update? I do use it, but feel it is sufficient to update every two months or so as the updates are a bit large to justify the added features and bug fixes. Kindly advice.

  • I think it does look promising. Should I retain the change?

    :: Synchronizing package databases...

    --2014-07-20 23:09:02-- http://mirror3.layerjet.com/kaos/core/core.db

    Resolving mirror3.layerjet.com (mirror3.layerjet.com)... 176.9.53.178, 2a01:4f8:150:73a6::2

    Connecting to mirror3.layerjet.com (mirror3.layerjet.com)|176.9.53.178|:80... connected.

    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

    Length: 57204 (56K)

    Saving to: ‘/var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db.part’

    100%[=============================================================================================================>] 57,204 90.9KB/s in 0.6s

    2014-07-20 23:09:04 (90.9 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db.part’ saved [57204/57204]

    --2014-07-20 23:09:04-- http://mirror3.layerjet.com/kaos/main/main.db

    Resolving mirror3.layerjet.com (mirror3.layerjet.com)... 176.9.53.178, 2a01:4f8:150:73a6::2

    Connecting to mirror3.layerjet.com (mirror3.layerjet.com)|176.9.53.178|:80... connected.

    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

    Length: 207791 (203K)

    Saving to: ‘/var/lib/pacman/sync/main.db.part’

    100%[=============================================================================================================>] 207,791 138KB/s in 1.5s

    2014-07-20 23:09:06 (138 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/pacman/sync/main.db.part’ saved [207791/207791]

    --2014-07-20 23:09:06-- http://mirror3.layerjet.com/kaos/apps/apps.db

    Resolving mirror3.layerjet.com (mirror3.layerjet.com)... 176.9.53.178, 2a01:4f8:150:73a6::2

    Connecting to mirror3.layerjet.com (mirror3.layerjet.com)|176.9.53.178|:80... connected.

    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

    Length: 174497 (170K)

    Saving to: ‘/var/lib/pacman/sync/apps.db.part’

    100%[=============================================================================================================>] 174,497 136KB/s in 1.3s

    2014-07-20 23:09:08 (136 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/pacman/sync/apps.db.part’ saved [174497/174497]

    :: Starting full system upgrade...

  • I'm running Kaos installed on my hd. I'm connected directly to the internet (ADSL Modem). I have no proxy servers and stuff like that.

  • Well, I don't know what to make of this after I do sudo pacman -Syu :

    :: Synchronizing package databases...

    error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Failed to connect to mirror3.layerjet.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    core is up to date

    error: failed retrieving file 'main.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Failed to connect to mirror3.layerjet.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    error: failed retrieving file 'main.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    main is up to date

    error: failed retrieving file 'apps.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Failed to connect to mirror3.layerjet.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    error: failed retrieving file 'apps.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    apps is up to date

    But interestingly, the Octopi does not tell me anything.

  • Yes, I did. As you can see, I entered the default options (so, N for the first and Y for the second). The cache is around 4.2gb and I was scared I would have to download all of it again!

    Cache directory: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/

    :: Do you want to remove ALL files from cache? [y/N]

    Database directory: /var/lib/pacman/

    :: Do you want to remove unused repositories? [Y/n]

    removing unused sync repositories...

  • pacman.conf

    #

    # /etc/pacman.conf

    #

    # See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

    #

    # GENERAL OPTIONS

    #

    [options]

    # The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.

    # If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.

    #RootDir = /

    #DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/

    #CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/

    #LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log

    HoldPkg = pacman glibc pacman-helpme

    #XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

    #XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o

    #CleanMethod = KeepInstalled

    #UseDelta = 0.7

    Architecture = auto

    # Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup

    IgnorePkg =

    #IgnoreGroup =

    #NoUpgrade =

    #NoExtract =

    # Misc options (all disabled by default)

    #NoPassiveFtp

    #UseSyslog

    Color

    #TotalDownload

    CheckSpace

    VerbosePkgLists

    ILoveCandy

    # By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring

    # trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.

    SigLevel = Never

    LocalFileSigLevel = Never

    #RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

    #

    # REPOSITORIES

    # - can be defined here or included from another file

    # - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here

    # - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files

    # - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages

    # have identical names, regardless of version number

    # - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo

    #

    # Repository entries are of the format:

    # [repo-name]

    # Server = ServerName

    # Include = IncludePath

    #

    # The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and

    # uncommented to enable the repo.

    #

    [core]

    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

    [main]

    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

    [apps]

    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

    # An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for

    # tips on creating your own repositories.

    #[custom]

    #Server = file:///home/custompkgs

    mirrorlist

    #

    # KaOS repository mirrorlist

    #

    # Germany

    Server = http://mirror3.layerjet.com/kaos/$repo

    # United States

    Server = http://mirror.dacentec.com/kaosx/$repo

    Server = http://kaosx.us/repo/$repo

  • after mirror-check

    Checking core main apps...

    [core] is synced.

    [main] is synced.

    [apps] is synced.

    After sudo pacman -Syy

    :: Synchronizing package databases...

    error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Failed to connect to mirror3.layerjet.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    core is up to date

    error: failed retrieving file 'main.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Failed to connect to mirror3.layerjet.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    error: failed retrieving file 'main.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    main is up to date

    error: failed retrieving file 'apps.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Failed to connect to mirror3.layerjet.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    error: failed retrieving file 'apps.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    apps is up to date

    :: Starting full system upgrade...

    resolving dependencies...

    looking for inter-conflicts...

    I'm not comfortable to do the third bit unless you lead me step by step :

    Thanks.

  • This is what I get when I do sudo pacman -Syu. Any help would be deeply appreciated.

    :: Synchronizing package databases...

    error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Failed to connect to mirror3.layerjet.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    core is up to date

    error: failed retrieving file 'main.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Failed to connect to mirror3.layerjet.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    error: failed retrieving file 'main.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    main is up to date

    error: failed retrieving file 'apps.db' from mirror3.layerjet.com : Failed to connect to mirror3.layerjet.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    error: failed retrieving file 'apps.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80: Network is unreachable

    apps is up to date

    :: Starting full system upgrade...

    resolving dependencies...

    looking for inter-conflicts...

  • @demm : thanks for the info. I didn't check the last time the package was updated. I apologize for it.

    @anika200 : thanks for seconding the software. I did make use of it when I was on Kubuntu. I sort of miss it.

  • I could not find BasKet Note Pads in your repository. Do you have a plan to include it? I know there are alternatives but I'm enamoured by something specific to KDE.

  • KaOS is my main distro. Though, off and on, I use Elementary OS. EOS comes with 'Preload' preloaded, which makes applications open in a snap. I wonder if there is such a thing in KaOS.

  • Yes, I found them to have been already installed. I did a reinstall too but with no luck.

    I instead installed soundKonverter, converted the wma files to ogg and Amarok had no difficulty in playing them.

    Thanks, nevertheless.

  • I am not able to play wma files in Amarok, although I am able to in VLC. Is there anything I should do to make it work in Amarok?

  • Yes, installing gst-plugins-bad worked! Although gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins didn't. Just for your info : the media-center hasn't been functioning from the day one (it still isn't). I shall post this again in the appropriate section though. I thought I shall do it here, just in case you can find some connection.

    Many thanks! I am truly enjoying this slick distro!! Good luck!

  • Sorry to have put you off!

    By last update I meant the update that I had done a couple of days back, when the pacman threw up a message telling me that gstreamer0.10-good-plugins and the current update are in conflict. That's the reason I continued on this thread.

    Meanwhile, as suggested by you, I checked if the mp3 files that I tried to play could play in smplayer. Yes, it did! Meanwhile, Amarok & Juk plays ogg files.

    So, what is that I should do so that Amarok plays mp3 files? I reinstalled Amarok too but with no luck. This is the cli o/p ( I have not included the "amarok --debug" o/p as it is pretty lengthy :

    [tadvrat@kaos ~]$ amarok

    Object::connect: No such signal org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceAdded(QString)

    Object::connect: No such signal org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceRemoved(QString)

    amarok(4660)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:

    QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action

    amarok(4660)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:

    **********************************************************************************************

    ** AMAROK WAS STARTED IN NORMAL MODE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE DEBUGGING INFORMATION, PLEASE USE: **

    ** amarok --debug **

    **********************************************************************************************

    [tadvrat@kaos ~]$ "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

    <lfm status="failed">

    <error code="6">

    No user with that name was found

    </error>

    </lfm>

    "

    Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing.

  • Since the last update, I've not been able to play any audio files in Amarok. I did uninstall clementine along with gstreamer0.10-good-plugins as outlined above, but with no luck. Any help will be deeply appreciated.

  • I hear the infinality fonts makes the fonts and their rendering look much better. Would it be difficult to include that in octopi?