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>   1. Parabola + Linux-Libre + AMD A8 5550M Power Management Issue
>      (Boris Valkovsky)
>   2. Can't install (Abdorhman Ayman)
>   3. Re: Can't install (Jorge Araya Navarro)
>   4. qt5-declarative and qtchooser conflicting during update (Dan T.)
>   5. Re: qt5-declarative and qtchooser conflicting during update
>      (Megver83)
>   6. Re: Can't install (Jorge Araya Navarro)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:21:30 +0300
>From: Boris Valkovsky <lissovbk at riseup.net>
>To: assist at lists.parabola.nu
>Subject: [Assist] Parabola + Linux-Libre + AMD A8 5550M Power
>	Management Issue
>Message-ID: <1475688090.19853.13.camel at riseup.net>
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>Hello everyone!
>
>I am a newbie in Arch-based GNU + Linux distros, so I would like to ask
>your advice on a peculiar problem with my laptop.
>
>This device utilizes a AMD A-8 5550M quad-core CPU, and overheating
>problem arises if I am using GNU Linux-libre kernel (I tried ones from
>3.14 to 4.7). The processor reacts to any task by maxing out his
>frequency, and the only way I found to prevent overheating is locking
>the CPU speed as low as possible.
>
>Under Trisquel GNU/Linux-libre I used _cpufreq-set_ to set the upper
>frequency limit to 1.4 GHz for each of CPU cores. However, I was not
>able to found _cpufrequtils_ in Parabola's repositories.?
>
>My current solution is running this from the root account:
>
>echo "1400000" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
>echo "1400000" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
>echo "1400000" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
>echo "1400000" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
>
>Then I just log out from root and go to my usual account.
>
>However, i cannot find a way to make this setting persistent (and maybe
>not requiring logging into root), for Parabola does not react on
>/etc/rc.local file even if it is set executable.
>
>Could you please give me a hint about how to lock the CPU max frequency
>persistently? If you need any additional information - I am ready to
>provide it.
>
>Thank you very much for your attention to my question.
>Have a good day and please excuse my bad English.
>
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 05:35:10 +0200
>From: Abdorhman Ayman <abdorhman.ayman at gmail.com>
>To: assist at lists.parabola.nu
>Subject: [Assist] Can't install
>Message-ID:
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>Hi everyone,
>
>in a nutshell, I bought a second-hand Acer Aspire 3050 laptop, which
>came
>with a busted USB out-let (the place which I use to plug-in any usb
>device), I don't know exactly what's wrong with it, apparently it can
>produce electricity (because it works fine when I plug a device that
>only
>needs power like a cell phone charger) but it can't be used to connect
>a
>device that needs to communicate with the OS.
>
>this busted usb causes an error to appear in any gnu/linux distro, but
>it
>boots fine eventually, but in Parabola, it can't boot, it shows this
>error
>then says: waiting 30 seconds for device to appear, then after those 30
>seconds, it says that I may fix this manually, then it expects me to
>type
>something.
>
>can someone please help me, is there a way to tell Parabola to override
>this USB out-let?
>
>if someone is interested in helping me, I can take a photo and attach
>it.
>
>respectfully
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>Message: 3
>Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 23:26:53 -0600
>From: Jorge Araya Navarro <elcorreo at deshackra.com>
>To: Abdorhman Ayman <abdorhman.ayman at gmail.com>
>Cc: assist at lists.parabola.nu
>Subject: Re: [Assist] Can't install
>Message-ID: <87bmy6tl9e.fsf at abril.charola>
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>Hello!
>
>Try to blacklist the root usb module of the Linux kernel from another
>distro so you can boot in with
>Parabola.
>
>$ sudo su
># echo 'install usb_common /bin/true' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
>
>El jueves 27 de octubre del 2016 a las 0335 horas, Abdorhman Ayman
>escribi?:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> in a nutshell, I bought a second-hand Acer Aspire 3050 laptop, which
>came
>> with a busted USB out-let (the place which I use to plug-in any usb
>> device), I don't know exactly what's wrong with it, apparently it can
>> produce electricity (because it works fine when I plug a device that
>only
>> needs power like a cell phone charger) but it can't be used to
>connect a
>> device that needs to communicate with the OS.
>>
>> this busted usb causes an error to appear in any gnu/linux distro,
>but it
>> boots fine eventually, but in Parabola, it can't boot, it shows this
>error
>> then says: waiting 30 seconds for device to appear, then after those
>30
>> seconds, it says that I may fix this manually, then it expects me to
>type
>> something.
>>
>> can someone please help me, is there a way to tell Parabola to
>override
>> this USB out-let?
>>
>> if someone is interested in helping me, I can take a photo and attach
>it.
>>
>> respectfully
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>
>--
>? Pax et bonum.
>Jorge Araya Navarro
>https://es.gravatar.com/shackra
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 22:12:00 +0000
>From: "Dan T." <public at autistici.org>
>To: assist at lists.parabola.nu
>Subject: [Assist] qt5-declarative and qtchooser conflicting during
>	update
>Message-ID: <099a20b1-8a0d-8b0f-5d60-dc268ebb455b at autistici.org>
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>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to update my software but pacman tells me that the
>qt5-declarative and qtchooser packages are conflicting. It asks me
>whether to remove qtchooser and the default option is 'no' so I don't
>remove it and thus I cannot update.
>
>What is the recommended course of action here?
>
>Thanks,
>Dan
>
>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:16:20 -0300
>From: Megver83 <megver83 at openmailbox.org>
>To: assist at lists.parabola.nu
>Subject: Re: [Assist] qt5-declarative and qtchooser conflicting during
>	update
>Message-ID: <be33654f-2d40-5fd0-1adf-266faf1b0ebd at openmailbox.org>
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>Can't u change the default option to "yes"? That conflict happened to
>me, and I said "yes", and everything went fine.
>
>El 28/10/16 a las 19:12, Dan T. escribi?:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm trying to update my software but pacman tells me that the
>> qt5-declarative and qtchooser packages are conflicting. It asks me
>> whether to remove qtchooser and the default option is 'no' so I don't
>> remove it and thus I cannot update.
>> 
>> What is the recommended course of action here?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
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>Message: 6
>Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:46:01 -0600
>From: Jorge Araya Navarro <elcorreo at deshackra.com>
>To: Abdorhman Ayman <abdorhman.ayman at gmail.com>
>Cc: assist at lists.parabola.nu
>Subject: Re: [Assist] Can't install
>Message-ID: <DC28EEDF-AC05-4074-94F0-96B0D02137A2 at deshackra.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
>Well, this situation seems ugly.
>
>Hope someone on the list can guide us on how to recover the logs so we
>can take a look at the error.
>
>El 28 de octubre de 2016 15:16:48 GMT-06:00, Abdorhman Ayman
><abdorhman.ayman at gmail.com> escribi?:
>>both Grub step and "copy live dvd apps/desktop" fails for no reason.
>>
>>"How does this failure looks like?"
>>umm, will, as you know, Parabola CLI installation isn't disgined to
>>persistently show a log, it just shows you what happens while it
>>happening,
>>then it hides it, so I couldn't read what the error was.
>>I tried using the beginners' guide (available though the wiki) to
>>install
>>manually, but I couldn't pass the partition table step, it needs an
>>advanced user, and I don't have anytime to learn anything right now.
>>
>>"Man, if you didn't understand what I instructed, then you cannot say
>>"it
>>didn't work", it is just misleading."
>>
>>you're probably right.
>>
>>respectfully
>>
>>On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 7:12 AM, Jorge Araya Navarro
>><elcorreo at deshackra.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> How does this failure looks like?
>>>
>>> El viernes 28 de octubre del 2016 a las 0033 horas, Abdorhman Ayman
>>> escribi?:
>>>
>>> > Hi,
>>> > when using "Parabola installation CLI" the Grub step fails for no
>>reason,
>>> > what to do?
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 9:52 PM, Abdorhman Ayman <
>>> abdorhman.ayman at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Success!
>>> >> I did 2 things: I used another USB flash memory, and I used the
>>2GB
>>> >> Parabola-Mate version instead of the 600MB non-Mate version, one
>>of them
>>> >> must've been the reason it failed the first time.
>>> >>
>>> >> as for your question, I have no idea what that means :) sorry,
>I'm
>>not
>>> >> techy, I just opened a terminal, and copy > paste the commands
>you
>>gave
>>> me,
>>> >> I been using Gnu/Linux since I was 11 or 12 years old (I'm almost
>>18
>>> now),
>>> >> but I've always been a typical point-and-click user, I just
>>started
>>> >> learning about computer science and OSs a few weeks ago, so, I
>>still
>>> have a
>>> >> long way to go.
>>> >>
>>> >> respectfully
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Jorge Araya Navarro <
>>> >> elcorreo at deshackra.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Hopefully you did, but just to double check: you mounted the
>>partition
>>> >>> where Parabola's /etc directory is and you changed the
>>corresponding
>>> file
>>> >>> there, right?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> El 27 de octubre de 2016 8:08:45 GMT-06:00, Abdorhman Ayman <
>>> >>> abdorhman.ayman at gmail.com> escribi?:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Hi,
>>> >>>> Thanks for your help, but it didn't work :(
>>> >>>> I used the non-Mate 600MB version, maybe if I used the Mate 2GB
>>> version
>>> >>>> it will work?! I will try and get back to you.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> respectfully
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Jorge Araya Navarro <
>>> >>>> elcorreo at deshackra.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>> Hello!
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Try to blacklist the root usb module of the Linux kernel from
>>another
>>> >>>>> distro so you can boot in with
>>> >>>>> Parabola.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> $ sudo su
>>> >>>>> # echo 'install usb_common /bin/true' >>
>>> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> El jueves 27 de octubre del 2016 a las 0335 horas, Abdorhman
>>Ayman
>>> >>>>> escribi?:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> > Hi everyone,
>>> >>>>> >
>>> >>>>> > in a nutshell, I bought a second-hand Acer Aspire 3050
>>laptop,
>>> which
>>> >>>>> came
>>> >>>>> > with a busted USB out-let (the place which I use to plug-in
>>any usb
>>> >>>>> > device), I don't know exactly what's wrong with it,
>>apparently it
>>> can
>>> >>>>> > produce electricity (because it works fine when I plug a
>>device
>>> that
>>> >>>>> only
>>> >>>>> > needs power like a cell phone charger) but it can't be used
>>to
>>> >>>>> connect a
>>> >>>>> > device that needs to communicate with the OS.
>>> >>>>> >
>>> >>>>> > this busted usb causes an error to appear in any gnu/linux
>>distro,
>>> >>>>> but it
>>> >>>>> > boots fine eventually, but in Parabola, it can't boot, it
>>shows
>>> this
>>> >>>>> error
>>> >>>>> > then says: waiting 30 seconds for device to appear, then
>>after
>>> those
>>> >>>>> 30
>>> >>>>> > seconds, it says that I may fix this manually, then it
>>expects me
>>> to
>>> >>>>> type
>>> >>>>> > something.
>>> >>>>> >
>>> >>>>> > can someone please help me, is there a way to tell Parabola
>>to
>>> >>>>> override
>>> >>>>> > this USB out-let?
>>> >>>>> >
>>> >>>>> > if someone is interested in helping me, I can take a photo
>>and
>>> attach
>>> >>>>> it.
>>> >>>>> >
>>> >>>>> > respectfully
>>> >>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> >>>>> > Assist mailing list
>>> >>>>> > Assist at lists.parabola.nu
>>> >>>>> > https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/assist
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> --
>>> >>>>> Pax et bonum.
>>> >>>>> Jorge Araya Navarro
>>> >>>>> https://es.gravatar.com/shackra
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my
>>brevity.
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ? Pax et bonum.
>>> Jorge Araya Navarro
>>> https://es.gravatar.com/shackra
>>>
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