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[user@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
:: Synchronizing package databases...
downloading core.db...
downloading extra.db...
downloading community.db...
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (28): filesystem-2012.2-2 gnutls-3.0.13-2 gsm-1.0.13-7 keepassx-0.4.3-2 libid3tag-0.15.1b-7
libieee1284-0.2.11-4 libmodplug-0.8.8.4-1 libpng-1.5.9-1 lxde-icon-theme-0.0.1-2
lxrandr-0.1.2-2 menu-cache-0.3.2-2 ntp-4.2.6.p5-3 openbox-3.5.0-5 opencore-amr-0.1.2-2
p11-kit-0.11-1 perl-encode-locale-1.03-1 perl-file-listing-6.04-1 perl-html-tagset-3.20-3
perl-http-cookies-6.01-1 perl-http-date-6.01-1 perl-http-message-6.03-1
perl-http-negotiate-6.01-1 polipo-1.0.4.1-2 sudo-1.8.4-1 taglib-1.7-4 transmission-gtk-2.50-1
unzip-6.0-6 vlc-2.0.0-3

Total Download Size: 16.91 MiB
Total Installed Size: 68.83 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 1.30 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages from core...
downloading filesystem-2012.2-2-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading sudo-1.8.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
downloading p11-kit-0.11-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading gnutls-3.0.13-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading gsm-1.0.13-7-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading libid3tag-0.15.1b-7-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading libieee1284-0.2.11-4-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading libmodplug-0.8.8.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading libpng-1.5.9-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading ntp-4.2.6.p5-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading opencore-amr-0.1.2-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading perl-encode-locale-1.03-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading perl-http-date-6.01-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading perl-file-listing-6.04-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading perl-html-tagset-3.20-3-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading perl-http-message-6.03-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading perl-http-cookies-6.01-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading perl-http-negotiate-6.01-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading taglib-1.7-4-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading transmission-gtk-2.50-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading unzip-6.0-6-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading vlc-2.0.0-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
:: Retrieving packages from community...
downloading keepassx-0.4.3-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading lxde-icon-theme-0.0.1-2-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading lxrandr-0.1.2-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading menu-cache-0.3.2-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading openbox-3.5.0-5-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading polipo-1.0.4.1-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz...
checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
checking available disk space...
upgrading filesystem...
upgrading p11-kit...
upgrading gnutls...
upgrading gsm...
upgrading keepassx...
upgrading libid3tag...
upgrading libieee1284...
upgrading libmodplug...
upgrading libpng...
upgrading lxde-icon-theme...
upgrading lxrandr...
upgrading menu-cache...
upgrading ntp...
upgrading openbox...
upgrading opencore-amr...
upgrading perl-encode-locale...
upgrading perl-http-date...
upgrading perl-file-listing...
upgrading perl-html-tagset...
upgrading perl-http-message...
upgrading perl-http-cookies...
upgrading perl-http-negotiate...
upgrading polipo...
You should create a config-file now, an example is located in /etc/polipo/.
If you don't create a config-file, polipo will use its defaults.
upgrading sudo...
upgrading taglib...
upgrading transmission-gtk...
upgrading unzip...
upgrading vlc...
New optional dependencies for vlc
libbluray: for Blu-Ray disks
oss: for OSS audio
[user@myhost ~]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.2.6-2-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   117   117   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0/152772341
  5 Retired_Block_Count     0x0033   100   100   003    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours_and_Msec 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       6656h+25m+20.860s
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       170
171 Program_Fail_Count      0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Erase_Fail_Count        0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct  0x0030   000   000   000    Old_age   Offline      -       4
177 Wear_Range_Delta        0x0000   000   000   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
181 Program_Fail_Count      0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
182 Erase_Fail_Count        0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   001   129   000    Old_age   Always       -       1 (0 127 0 129 0)
195 ECC_Uncorr_Error_Count  0x001c   117   117   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0/152772341
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0033   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
231 SSD_Life_Left           0x0013   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
233 SandForce_Internal      0x0000   000   000   000    Old_age   Offline      -       448
234 SandForce_Internal      0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       384
241 Lifetime_Writes_GiB     0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       384
242 Lifetime_Reads_GiB      0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       2496

[user@myhost ~]$

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