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moire

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Registered: 2006-01-07

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hwd: not found in sync db

Just did a fresh Arch64 0.7.2 installation. Maybe I'm missing something really obvious here. I just did pacman -Syu. All my other packages have installed nicely but pacman can't find hwd in the sync db. Did I screw something up? Is there a hwd package for Arch64?

gs

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From: UK

Registered: 2004-03-06

Posts: 147

Re: hwd: not found in sync db

No, that's right. It's not there.

lshwd is available, though.

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phrakture

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Registered: 2003-10-29

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Re: hwd: not found in sync db

If you plan on using hwd at boot, it's no longer needed.  use MOD_AUTOLOAD instead

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AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

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Re: hwd: not found in sync db

I remember that hwd fails to build on x86_64. It was something with the monitor part.

phrakture

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Re: hwd: not found in sync db

I remember that hwd fails to build on x86_64. It was something with the monitor part.

Oh, yeah, good point - the code to read the EDID from the graphical hardware is written in assembly (LRMI or LPMI or something - "Protected Mode" from the DOS days).

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AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

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Re: hwd: not found in sync db

Is the project still activly developed? Who is/was the developer? Can we expect changes to make it compile on our architecture or should we try to leave that part(patch/sed whatever)?

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

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Re: hwd: not found in sync db

ddcxinfo-arch is the problem. It's a dependency fro hwd.

AndyRTR

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Registered: 2005-10-07

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Re: hwd: not found in sync db

I was able to build hwd when removing ddcxinfo dep. But Xorg configuration part won't work for x86_64. Is it worth to upload it to extra without the xorg part?

I guess it would be better to wait and see if we can get ddcxinfo-arch fixed before.

kozaki

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From: London >. < Paris

Registered: 2005-06-13

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Re: hwd: not found in sync db

AndyRTR > I guess so, yes as soon as hwd can provides hardware & modules conf information in a nice output. Below is hwd output on Arch-0.8 x86, and I can't think about something so nice/compact/accurate (just compare this with lspci, or more funny, Everest output on Wiwi )

kernel 2.6.19-ARCH
CPU & Cache  : Processor 0 is AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ 2000MHz, 512 KB Cache
Sound:
       Sound card   : Acer Labs Inc.|M5455 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device
       ALSA module  : snd-intel8x0
       Command Line : modprobe snd-intel8x0
       To setup and configure ALSA check at:    http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Alsa%20setup
Xwindows:
       Video Card   : nVidia Corp.|GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)
       Monitor      : Generic Monitor
       H kHz        : 28.0-96.0
       V Hz         : 50.0-75.0
       Xserver      : Xorg
       Xmodule      : vesa
       Mouse        : Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse
       XType        : PS/2
       Device       : /dev/psaux
       Command Line : xorgcfg -textmode (configure tool to setup vga card, monitor, and mouse).
                    : modprobe ohci_hcd
Hard Drivers (one of your drivers as sample):
       Drive(ide)   : Maxtor 6B160P0 (HD) 163939MB / 8192KB cache
       Device       : /devhdd
       Command Line : mount /devhdd /mnt/<directory>
Floppy disk:            No disk.
USB System:
       Module       : ohci_hcd
       Command Line : modprobe ohci_hcd
USB Driver:             No driver.
USB Printer:            No printer.
Scanner:            No scanner.
Ethernet card:
       Ethernet     : Acer Labs Inc.|M5263 Ethernet Controller
       Module       : tulip
       Interface    :   eth0
       Command Line : modprobe tulip ; dhcpcd   eth0
[...]

Doesn't look that good?

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rasat

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Registered: 2002-12-27

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Re: hwd: not found in sync db

Is the project still activly developed? Who is/was the developer?

I developed it but the search engine (lshwd) and ddcxinfo-arch by z4ziggy. Hwd is a front end. Before lshwd hwd used kudzu(??), Red Hat hw detect and it's auto x configure. What I have (or had) in mind is to use hwdetect as search engine but not got time to study how to read the information with hwd.

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