Seems like it is in that people are comming out as being an ArchLinux user. So I might as well do that too. Since some months I have arch installed on my laptop and I am quite happy so far. I even have submitted some packages to AUR (the ArchLinux User Repository) which is dead easy.
My first two packages were spacenavd and libspnav which I needed to maintain the spacenavigator device support for KOffice (see corresponding blog post).
My last arch package I submitted was the libwpg package which is needed to compile the Word Perfect Graphics (wpg) import filter for Karbon. This filter was implemented by Ariya Hidayat in a GSoC projects some time ago. What triggered me to create the package now was that I fixed compilation of the filter and a bug causing the filter not to produce valid xml files. Now it works nice again:
WPG file opened in Karbon
Doing the wpg package finally triggered my motivation to update the spacenavigator packages, as there were new versions available on sourceforge.
Now the spacenavigator plugin does also work with the new xorg-server I installed recently with a system upgrade. One thing to note is that I needed a hal fdi file so that the xorg-server does ignore the spacenavigator device when plugged in.
Tags: ArchLinux, KOffice, Spacenavigator, WPG
18.04.2009 at 13:39 |
“Since some months”
Argh! It’s “For some months”! Why does everyone on the internet get this wrong?
18.04.2009 at 13:59 |
Maybe because not everyone on the internet has english as his/her mother tongue? But thanks anyway I am always willing to improve my english. Do you volunteer to proofread my future posts before I post them on the net? That would be awesome. I apologize for any errors you may find in this reply.
19.04.2009 at 09:28 |
Congratulations for becoming the latest “Aaron Seigo buttboy”
So you use ArchLinux and KDE4. I guess you deserve a cookie to celebrate this?
How about a half-baked one? That way it will be just like KDE4 series.
19.04.2009 at 13:44 |
@jaham
Cheers from another Arch user. We are well on our way for world domination!
@ I Love
Fuck you.
20.04.2009 at 13:49 |
I installed Arch on my dads work laptop some time ago and I really like it too. I’m very close to switching my main laptop from Kubuntu to Arch, just need to find some spare time to do the switch.
@I Love
Get a life. You’re pathetic.
24.07.2009 at 03:38 |
Hi, just posting to let you know that I just commited some changes to spacenavd which among other things make the fdi policy file unnecessary.
It’s on svn currently, but I’ll make a new release soon.
24.07.2009 at 21:42 |
That’s great! Thanks for your work on spacenavd. Very appreciated!