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TonisiusHow do I get framebuffer support for ubuntu-server00:16
Tonisiusjust noticed I installed ubuntu but I don't need gnome or other services, or should I use the desktop version, but disable gnome?00:17
Tonisiushow do I go about this, I want framebuffer support, and a resolution of about 800x600 properly00:17
sommerTonisius: add vga=791 (for 1024x768) to the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.1st00:18
sommernot sure which number is 800x600 :)00:18
Tonisiushmm, well that's a start00:19
sommerTonisius: are you wanting to install a gui?00:20
Tonisiusnot really00:20
TonisiusI just want more lines to fit on my vmware screen than the standard00:20
Tonisiusand I don't want to have the gui, I don't really need it00:20
TonisiusI just need to administrate some server stuff for my windows system to test LAMP stuff00:20
sommerah, yep the vga parameter will give you that00:20
Tonisiusawesome00:21
Tonisiusjust not sure where in the config I should put the vga param00:21
sommerif you edit /boot/grub/menu.1st you should see a line that starts with kernel... just add vga=791 to the end00:22
sommerthere's a kernel line for each one installed... so there's at least 2 one normal and one recovery00:22
Tonisiusok, cool00:23
Tonisiusnow I just noticed I didn't download the ubuntu-server, damn... and it's a 500mb download00:23
Tonisius*sigh* thank you for your help, I'll do that once I get ubuntu-server downloaded00:23
sommerTonisius: you're welcome00:23
Tonisiushmm, any ideas on how to switch back to the GUI on the ubuntu 7.10 when CTRL+ALT is used to go back to the main OS?00:24
TonisiusI tried CTRL+ALT+F7 and it didn'[t get me back in00:24
sommernot sure, but I think if you click on the icon in the top left of the title bar it will give you the option00:25
marcreichelthi there01:08
marcreicheltI have a question: I installed Ubuntu 7.10 in an emulator (VirtualBox), installed all updates, rebooted, installed Apache2 and then tried to access Apache2 via IPv601:08
marcreicheltbut it doesn't work - Apache2 does not listen on tcp601:09
marcreicheltoh: I installed Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop, not Server (but that should be the same here, or?)01:09
marcreicheltthis problem is reproducible for my productional desktop system01:11
marcreicheltdoes anybody have a clue what is wrong here?01:15
marcreicheltI'm downloading 8.04 Desktop right now and will test it there, too - and will create a new bug report if the bug is there, too01:30
marcreicheltgood night01:30
nxvlis alternate CD in expert mode spected to be so slow?02:42
nxvlthe instalation is taken an hour, and i'm configuring languages02:42
lqsowh: hi05:24
owhlqs: Hi, sorry, got called to the phone. I'm on hold at the moment, so I may get called away/05:39
ScottKFYI backport of the clamav just in Hardy is in ubuntu-clamav PPA for all other releases.05:47
Tuv0khttp://www.iaps.com/2008-server-reliability-survey.html06:14
owhTuv0k: Yeah, it was sent to the U-S list.06:24
Tuv0kthe ubuntu stat makes me mad06:30
owhTuv0k: There is no need to get mad.06:32
Tuv0kI was a lil over the top :)06:32
owhTuv0k: I'll say :)06:36
_rubenhmm .. nasty .. irssi clears your scroll back on server dis/reconnect :-/06:56
KenSentMeIs there any tool on Ubuntu that can connect to a MS SQL and read out the SQL?08:12
_rubenKenSentMe: freetds08:14
_rubenfor example: tdsodbc, which is in main08:14
KenSentMe_ruben, let me tell what i want. I got a MS SQL database on my host and i need to have a ascii sql database dump. Is that possible with any tool in the repos and without programming?08:15
henkjanKenSentMe: Aquadatastudio is a nice GUI for databasemanagement08:17
henkjanKenSentMe: last time i used it it was free for personal use08:17
_rubensqsh - commandline SQL client for MS SQL and Sybase servers08:17
\shKenSentMe, actually it's even difficult to get an ascii sql dump from mssql via their tool already08:17
KenSentMeWe are going to let a new website built and the new builder wants some insight in the current (ms sql) database08:18
_rubenhenkjan: do you see any (stalled) connections from my ip (84.244.141.35) on the nl.archive rsync daemon?08:19
_rubenhenkjan: its giving me max connections reached08:19
henkjan_ruben: ask Jeeves_. As of 1 april i've a new job, and so no longer root access on nl.archive08:21
_rubenhenkjan: ah, didnt know that .. still at bit or smth completely diff ?08:22
KenSentMehenkjan, going to try aquadatastudio08:23
henkjan_ruben: something complete different. Closer to my house08:28
henkjanno more trafficjams :)08:28
henkjan10 minutes cycling instead of 1+ hour by car08:29
_rubenhenkjan: hehe, nice08:29
henkjanmore time for the kids :)08:29
_rubenhenkjan: also quite important, when you have 'em that is ;-)08:29
KenSentMehenkjan, could you help me out a bit with aquadatastudion?08:31
Jeeves__ruben: just a sec08:32
Jeeves__ruben: No connections on the rsync-daemon08:33
_rubenJeeves_: debmirror crapped out for some reason, wanted to resume this morning, gave me those errors08:34
_rubenJeeves_: hmm, let me try again08:34
_ruben@ERROR: max connections (4) reached -- try again later08:34
_rubenrsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1383) [receiver=2.6.9]08:34
_rubenhmm .. perhaps its debmirror trying to connect more than 4 time simultaneously08:35
henkjanKenSentMe: long time ago i used it. but feel free to ask08:35
Jeeves__ruben: That would be useless08:36
_rubenJeeves_: the odd thing is, it does seem to download *something*08:37
KenSentMehenkjan, i entered my database user, pass,  host and db name at startup and now im in some tree view. I got 3 branches: databases, management and security, when i open databases i then see the name of the db i entered. So everything seems to be working correctly. Do you know if it's possible to export the contents of the database to ascii sql?08:38
_rubenJeeves_: it seems it does download the various 'Release' files, but fails on downloading the 'Release.gpg' files .. with http it works just fine though08:42
henkjanKenSentMe: select your database. right mouse click -> tools -> export data08:46
KenSentMehenkjan, ok, i didnt see that option earlier. It gives the option to export 1 table or 'Export from SELECT'. Is there a SELECT query to enter so i get all tables at once?08:54
henkjanKenSentMe: dbatools - storagamanager has backup functionality08:58
KenSentMeOk, let me check that, thanks09:00
krautmoin09:02
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_rubenhmm .. kinda surprised that postfix/dovecot/procmail default installation (tasksel) uses mbox files for storage and not maildirs or anything09:21
henkjanhmm, openpanel looks like a good replacement for webmin09:26
_rubenhenkjan: a beta release after ~2 years .. speedy development :p09:38
henkjanread the blog, that states something about the 'release early' mantra09:42
_rubenexpected a philosophy (htf is that spelled?!) like that :-)09:43
hubuntuGuys, what is the easiest way to build a Local Installation server for an Installfest09:43
hubuntueither using PXE or any other boot method or as an internal mirror09:43
_rubenhubuntu: im currently using debmirror to create me a local mirror .. i dont care for pxe or anything (yet)09:44
_rubenam gonna look into creating a preseeded usb stick tho09:45
hubuntu_ruben, what is really the advantage of a mirror over PXE?09:46
hubuntuI mean using PXE as boot (with the CD for instance)09:46
hubuntuCOuld not it be possible to have both?09:46
juliuxto install a huge number of pcs booting over pxe and getting the installer via the network is a good system09:47
juliuxbut you don' t need a local mirror09:47
hubuntuWe are having a continetal wide Install Fest in LatinAmerica and I'm going to make a how-to on making this server and put it in their wiki so everyone cabn implement it in their local event09:47
_rubenhubuntu: they're 2 different things really: PXE is way of initiating an install, local mirror is to save on bandwidth and increased speed09:47
juliuxif the server is connected to the internet apt-proxy is enough09:47
hubuntuthat is if you have goods bandwidth09:47
juliuxif you use apt-proxy the first download is slow the second comes from the cache;)09:48
juliuxthe advantage is that you don' t need 60gb harddiskspace09:48
hubuntuIn Ecuador the problem is that people do not have access to good bandwidth and I doubt that anyone (besides the ISPs) have good speed between the 24th and the 26th enough to donwload the 40GB mirror for Ubuntu09:48
hubuntuI have used apt-proxy or apt-cache I think09:49
hubuntubut can PXE installation and local mirro installation be an option given from the same server?09:49
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_rubenpxe can use any mirror (public or local), and the use of a local mirror instead of public doesnt require pxe, like i said: two different things09:51
hubuntuOk. But given that the resources are very limitated is it an idea to have, say an apt-proxy mirror AND a PXE server using the CD (inserted in the server) as an installation option? Is that at all possible?09:55
hubuntu_ruben? juliux?09:58
hubuntunow in another  note... Anyone know where to find an updated list of mirrors? The RC release notes need to be done10:05
juliuxhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors10:07
hubuntuthanx10:07
hubuntuis that updated on real time? Like the ones that seems to be up to date is actually up to date (thinking of the RC coming today...)10:09
juliuxi have no idea if it is realtime10:10
_rubenhubuntu: why bother with pxe if you'll be putting in an cd anyways ?10:13
hubuntusome machines do not have a working CD drive, then we can use a PXE install server and boot those machines from PXE10:16
hubuntuor use a floppy.. you never know what you will find...10:17
hubuntuin poor countries the type of resources and hardware can be outdated and partially working10:18
hubuntuwe have to take this into consideration when making the server10:18
hubuntuAnd of course I will use Ubuntu server ;)10:18
_rubenbe sure to have plenty of netboot floppy disks .. since booting from pxe isnt available on all hardware10:19
hubuntuand now that I think about it anyone here speaking Spanish? I made a presentation on "Ubuntu for (servers and) human beings" looking at the server capabilities that 8.04 gives10:19
hubuntuthanks _ruben for the tips and suggestions. I will definitely come around later this weekend for some advice10:20
_rubendos cervesa is as far as my spanish skills go10:20
\shguys, what about nic bonding for hardy, actually is it changed from /etc/network/interfaces with ifenslave , or are there now any magic udev rules to setup bonding10:21
hubuntudos cervezas ;)10:22
_rubenhubuntu: i know how to say it, not spell it :p10:24
hubuntuif we just think about the highlights is there anything I'm forgeting If I take in account: Debian roots, 7 automated install profiles, Likewise giving us kerberized AD, Ebox giving us control ;) , iSCSI, ufw, virtualization stuff (kvm, vmware, jeos), AppArmor & SELinux, no GUI recommendations, explanations of the LTS cycles and related stuff and (update, install, support). Is there anything I'm forgetting here?10:28
hubuntuforgot to mention xen, vzopen, vbox, qemu, paralells but they are in the presentation10:29
hubuntuAnyone ideas on anything else I can add, mention?10:32
_rubeni guess you got most bases covered with that list, then again, im just an ordinary (and rather fresh, in ubuntu terms) user10:33
KamilionHowdy, I just finished building a new system to be used as a server on a AMD 780G board, with 2 SATA drives. Looking through the motherboard manual, it says it supports RAID, but after doing some reading of google results, it's "fakeraid" and various sites say I shouldn't bother with it and instead recommend something called "md0". Does anybody have a couple minutes to spare to bring me up...10:38
Kamilion...to speed on how I should set the partitions up?10:38
Deeps_Kamilion: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40846110:40
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hubuntuwell.. although I have used the server edition since 6.06 I am rather new and have very basic experience myself in terms of use and configurations. Isn't that the idea of Ubuntu Server: Give you the oportunity to just get the job donbe easily, but also the flexibility if you REALLY want or need some advanced features?10:41
Deepsthe keywords you're needing if searching is "mdadm" (thats the tool you use to create and configure md devices)10:41
KamilionOkay, and there was also another option for "LVM" -- what's that and why should I / shouldn't I use that?10:42
DeepsLVM allows you to create easily resizable partitions10:42
Deepsor rather, easily resizable volumes10:43
Deepsthat can span multiple partitions10:43
Deepsso if you're doing RAID0 on 2 disks, and think you might add 2 more disks later, you can LVM initially, and then when you get your 2 new disks, you can expand the volume to encompass the 2 new disks10:43
KamilionAhh, so it's like windows's dynamic volumes?10:43
Deepsi have no idea what windows dynamic volumes do, heh.10:44
KamilionSo in that case, I set up LVM at the bottom layer and mdadm over that?10:44
Deepslast i saw, you had to make a volume dynamic to put it in a windows raid array10:44
Deepsno, other way around10:44
Kamilionor is there an easier way to do mirroring?10:44
Deepsif you're wanting to do raid1, i'd avoid lvm entirely10:44
KamilionAnd set up another array later if more drives are added?10:44
Deepsyep10:45
KamilionCool, sounds good. That's just the information I was looking for. Thank you very much, Deeps.10:45
Deepshappy to help :)10:45
KamilionCan the ubuntu-server disc set up the md stuff for me? I messed around with the LVM stuff a bit but I didn't quite understand it.10:46
Kamilion(I'm using the april 14th daily 64bit ubuntu-server disc, by the way.)10:47
Deepsif you've installed your system already without mdadm, you can do it on the installed system10:48
Deepswithout any need to reinstall10:49
KamilionI've just been reinstalling over and over, trying to figure it out on my own, actually.10:50
Kamilionended up with a 12GB system partition without all the goodies so far, with nothing but openssh-server installed10:51
Deepsif you're happy to reinstall, it should give you an option to build with software raid10:51
Kamilionyeah, I remember that option being there, I'm firing up the installer now.10:52
Deepsif not, you need to make multiple md device, as i believe it mirrors partitions, rather than entire disks10:52
Deepsperonally, i'd recommend shelling out for a more expensive "enterprise grade" hardware raid card if your data's important10:52
Deepsor more accurately, dont treat raid as a backup solution10:53
_rubenthats where raid+lvm comes into play .. make 2 md's .. one small one for /boot .. and one big one (the rest) which will be used for lvm and put all your actual data on lv's in the lvm10:53
Kamilion"Physical volume for RAID" is what I'm wanting, correct?10:53
_rubenyes10:53
Deeps_ruben: surely that then defeats the point of separate partitions for separate mountpoints?10:53
_rubenafter that you'll have an extra option to configure your raid10:53
_rubenDeeps: why?10:54
KamilionYeah, that's what I was missing, _ruben. Thanks.10:54
Deepsif you have 1 big lvm spanning your 5 partitions, you're mounting that one big lvm as /10:54
_rubenDeeps: different partitions versus different logical volumes .. dont see that much of a difference10:54
Deepsoh, i misread what you said10:55
_rubenDeeps: i didnt say one big lv, but one big vg (tho i didnt mention vg explicitly i admit)10:55
Deeps"put all your actual data on lv's in the lvm" i see :)10:55
_ruben(vg = volume group = windows' dynamic disk, lv = logical volume = volume within a windows dynamic disk)10:55
KamilionOkay, so I want a seperate boot and swap, a small root / and then the rest of the drives partitioned out for software RAID, is what I'm thinking.10:55
KamilionBackup's not going to be a problem, we've got a bluray burner on order.10:56
_rubenKamilion: when bothering with software raid, i'd put everything on software raid, not just parts10:56
Kamilionso just set a single partition on both drives, full 250GB and everything should 'just work' ?10:56
_rubenno, 2 partitions per drive .. one for each raid mirror (one for /boot and one for the lvm vg)10:57
_rubenyou cant boot from lvm on swraid directly10:57
_rubenyou need /boot to be on non-lvm in that case10:58
DeepsI'm in agreement with ruben, and apologies for any earlier confusion, I'm not a big fan of using mdadm, and haven't touched it much for a few years now.10:58
Kamiliondon't think I'm going to be using LVM since all it appears to do for me is allows me to resize the volume pool, and I'm pretty sure that's not going to be nessicary10:58
Kamilionyeah, okay, now I'm getting all confused... *laughs*10:59
KamilionLet me start over.10:59
DeepsIf you use LVM, it saves you the hassle of haivng to make multiple md raid devices10:59
KamilionI've got a brand new 780G system with a Be-2400 and 8GB of ram, with two maxtor 250GB harddrives that I'd like to enable mirroring on in case one of the drives dies. What's the current best course for doing so?11:00
Deepson a 250gb disk, put 500mb aside for /boot, and then make a big partition, raid1'd11:00
KamilionSwapfile, swap partition, swap on raid, swap not on raid?11:00
Deepsthen within that big partition, make it LVM, and make multiple volumes within that lvm to act as your different partitions11:01
_rubenraid+lvm is a *big* improvement over raid when it comes to setting it up11:01
_ruben*especially* when using more than 2-3 partitions11:01
DeepsI'm converted, in the case of linux software raid at least, anyway.11:01
Kamilionwell, this is literally a $350 system11:01
Kamilionit's probably going to be running samba, asterisk, and maybe doing some network routing.11:02
Deepsthats an impressive setup for $35011:02
* Deeps rubs hands with glee at the prospect of being stateside in august11:02
KamilionI already had the two maxtor 250GBs11:02
Deepshope the euro carries on getting stronger11:02
Kamilionthe motherboard was $89, the be-2400 was $108, and the ram was $79 each for two 2x2GB muskin kits.11:03
Kamilion*mushkin11:03
Kamilionplus some cheap generic microatx case.11:04
_rubenwhy 8G of ram btw? .. sure, ram is dirt cheap, but still ;)11:04
KamilionI was hoping on using a ramdisk for some stuff.11:04
Deepscunning11:04
_rubenah11:05
_rubenfair enough then :)11:05
KamilionAnd as you said, it was cheap and it maxed out the board.11:05
Kamilionplus the BE-2400's the 45 watt model... The whole thing is freaking *silent*.11:05
Deepsniice.11:06
Kamilioncouldn't belive how quiet the maxtor 250GBs ended up to be.11:06
DeepsI need to build me something small silent and cheap to replace my current tv laptop11:06
Kamilionit's literally quieter than my Flash-only terminal client11:06
_rubenlunchtime .. bbiab11:06
Deepsnice11:06
Kamilion(for some reason, the flash chip makes little noises when it's accessed, heh)11:06
KamilionPlus it's got the radeon 3200HD IGP (based on the 2400HD)11:07
Kamilionwith HDMI out, which is nice, but it's DVI or HDMI, not both, sadly.11:08
Deepsmm11:08
KamilionAnyway, back to the disk setup...11:09
KamilionI'm still a bit confused on what I should do for an 'optimum' setup... I read a bunch of howtos and stuff already, but most of them were years old for ubuntu 5 and 611:09
hubuntufor creating a local mirror would you recommend apt-mirror or apt-proxy? Thinks that we are going to use both Gutsy AND Hardy.. what uis the best option?11:10
Kamilionso far, the forum link you gave me earlier is the newest I've run across from april 07, and I figure not much has changed between gutsy and hardy11:11
DeepsKamilion: for an optimum setup, buy a proper hardware raid card :p11:11
Deepsalternatively, what ruben described11:11
KamilionUhh, considering a hardware raid card would be more expensive than the computer itself, I don't think I wanna go that route. The data's not terribly important, but it's best if it doesn't just go kaput when the drive eventually fails in the office it ends up in11:12
KamilionIt will have regular backups to an external bluray burner as well, but as far as I know the drive's on backorder11:13
KamilionOkay, so lemme get this straight then.... Leave some room for /boot (one drive or both?), set up the rest as a raid1, and then run LVM over that?11:14
KamilionWith a setup like that, what do I do about swap?11:15
Deeps/boot on both drives in a raid mirror11:15
Deepslvm on both drives in a raid mirror11:16
hubuntuan apt-mirror and apt-proxy server: what is the difference really? What do the one do that the other doesn't?11:16
hubuntuor do they give apt in different ways?11:16
Deepsswap... dunno, could have 2 swaps outside of your lvm/raid groups11:16
Kamilionso swap should be outside of the raid in a seperate partition?11:16
Deepsyeah i guess11:16
* Kamilion grins11:17
KamilionGood enough for me.11:17
Kamilionso grub will be able to find /boot within the raid, but not the LVM, correct?11:17
Kamilionso I end up with RAID( [/boot], [ lvm( [ext3] ) ]), swap?11:19
Deepslvm( [ext3 /home], [ext3 /var], etc.)11:20
KamilionAllrighty, I think I got it now. Thanks.11:20
Deepsinfact no, heh11:20
Deepsyou'll end up with11:20
DeepsRAID(boot), RAID(LVM([ext3 /home], [ext3 /var], etc.)), swap11:21
KamilionAhhhh, okay.11:21
KamilionThat really makes it crystal clear to me now. :D11:21
Deepstheoretically, RAID(boot) will be md0 containing hda1 and hdb1, RAID(LVM) will be md1 containing hda2 and hdb211:22
Deepsswap you can make 2 i guess, one on each disk11:22
KamilionMakes sense.11:23
Kamilionin that case I should be able to get away with 2 6GB swap partitions11:23
Kamilion(and yeah, I know, if one of the drives fails and I have pages on swap the whole system will die horribly)11:23
Kamilion.... Actually, screw it. The system's got so much ram that swap is unlikely to be used, so i'll just set up a 12GB /swapfile11:25
Kamilionthe performance difference between a swapfile and a swap partition shouldn't make much of a difference for a light duty server like this.11:26
KamilionDeeps, Thanks so much for your help in getting me up to speed on this in less than an hour.11:26
Kamilion_ruben, Thanks to you as well for your valuable input.11:26
KamilionAFK while I bang on the server to go set that up.11:26
n6rejhow do I tell swat or samba who the admin user is?11:29
n6rejnm figured it out11:32
_rubenKamilion: i wouldnt put seperate swap partitions on each drive, i'd put em either within the lvm or on a raid1 .. when one drive fails and you have stuff swapped out, you dont want to lose ur swapped memory11:49
_rubeni usually put within the lvm, for the sake of easyness, speed isnt too much of an issue, since my boxes hardly ever touch the swap11:49
Kamilionyeah, I'm gonna set up a swapfile on the LVM for /xen11:49
_rubeni'd go for swap partition, not file11:49
Kamilionis it really going to make a difference?11:50
KamilionI seriously doubt it's even going to be hitting swap on dom011:50
_rubenprobably not, i just prefer having my swap in a partition over having a file for it somewhere11:52
KamilionI've been running linux since slack 1.5 back in '95, progressed through debian -> LFS -> Gentoo -> ubuntu, and I've honestly not noticed a difference between a swapfile and swap partitions as long as the swapfile is created right after mkfs.11:53
_rubencould very well be11:54
_rubenfor me its slack4 / debian woody with short side step to gentoo / suse / ubuntu11:55
KamilionSo far, ubuntu's been the easiest box I've had the pleasure of using.11:55
KamilionGot sick of manual compiling with LFS after the learning experiance of how everything worked, so I switched to gentoo between 2004-late 2007 when all the project BS started and the ebuilds slowed to a trickle, so I grabbed 7.10 just before 8.04 was started, and I've been on hardy ever since.11:57
_rubenthe one thing i liked about suse is YaST, but thats about it ;-)11:57
KamilionAnd I wasn't a ricer with gentoo, I just used CFLAGS = -Os -pipe. I just enjoyed the useflags.11:58
Kamilionnot everything needs to be compiled with mysql support XD11:58
Kamilionbut I eventually got sick of messing around with all that, and just switched to ubuntu because it really does 'just work'.12:00
KamilionI havn't had to delve into any config files other than a simple xorg problem on my old laptop getting stuck at 800x600 but that was as easy as a fbset -x and copying the output into the monitor section of xorg.conf.12:00
Shrugzanyone know of a good flash editor? for debian?12:01
KamilionThat's pretty impressive for an old keyboard cowboy.12:01
Shrugz  /ubuntu12:01
KamilionShrugz: Compiling flash into SWF, or an actual visual editor?12:01
KamilionI don't know about a GUI editor myself, but I know there's a bunch of commandline tools to build SWF files.12:02
KamilionActually, now that I think about it, doesn't blender have flash support now?12:04
ShrugzKamilion a actual visual editor. i found a kde one but it was only the source not a .deb file12:04
Kamiliongive synfig a shot then12:04
Kamilionshould be in universe.12:04
Kamilionand avidemux does well for authoring FLVs12:05
Shrugzsynfig12:05
Shrugzok12:05
Shrugzis it in the sudo apt-get12:05
Shrugz?12:05
Kamilionyeah12:05
Kamilionkeep in mind that macromedia flash works pretty well in wine as well, if all else fails.12:06
Shrugzmy windows emulators are pissing me off12:06
Shrugzwine and crossover12:06
KamilionI said pretty well.... not perfect... ;)12:06
KamilionKtoon might work as well.12:07
Kamilionf4l's another option12:07
KamilionI think they have a GUI now12:08
Shrugzwhy does synfig12:08
Shrugzsound like a dosser12:08
ShrugzLoL12:08
ShrugzThe following extra packages will be installed:12:08
Shrugz   ffmpeg (0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4)12:08
Shrugz   imagemagick (6.2.4.5.dfsg1-2ubuntu1)12:08
Shrugz   libdv-bin (1.0.0-1ubuntu1)12:08
Shrugz   libgtk1.2 (1.2.10-18)12:08
Shrugz   libgtk1.2-common (1.2.10-18)12:08
Shrugz   libimlib2 (1.3.0.0debian1-4build1)12:08
Shrugz   libswscale1d (0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4)12:09
Shrugz   libsynfig0 (0.61.06-2)12:09
Shrugz   libxml++2.6c2a (2.20.0-0ubuntu1)12:09
Shrugzdamn12:09
Shrugzsorry for the flood12:09
Shrugzbut damn12:09
Shrugzthats not all really needed is it12:09
KamilionGTK's the gui toolkit, imagemagick converts between various graphic formats, ffmpeg creates flv12:09
Shrugzi do all that stuff on vistachitty12:10
KamilionDunno much about it myself, I just googled for it and got back http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=43508012:11
KamilionWell, the server just came up with RAID+LVM.12:13
KamilionThanks Deeps and _ruben. I'll dig further into mdadm and lvm myself now that I've got it basically working.12:14
Shrugzyou know ZeroDay Kamilion?12:14
Shrugzi dunno if he runs that on the ubuntu server12:14
KamilionPerson/place/thing?12:14
Shrugzaka chris randolph12:14
KamilionNope12:14
Shrugzhe helped with implimenting the java platforms12:14
Shrugzinto ubuntu12:14
KamilionI don't hang around IRC much anymore... 15 years of it has burnt me out.12:14
Shrugzme too12:14
Shrugzlol12:14
Shrugzi used to run on here under many names u might remember12:15
Shrugzhave u always ran the same nick man?12:15
Kamilionyep.12:15
Shrugzi thought that was u12:15
Shrugzlol12:15
Shrugz<Mad12:15
Shrugzthe one and only12:15
KamilionFreenode, EFnet, Oper on Axenet, previous oper on nintendorks12:15
Shrugzmy first nick bro12:15
Shrugzi am the 1 of the original mad's12:16
KamilionAh, right on... I vaguely remember that nick12:16
Shrugzi always went by that12:16
Shrugzwell if u had the key term at the end that sums up deranged programmer and begins with the letter H12:16
Shrugzyou would know12:16
Shrugzbro12:16
Shrugzlol12:16
KamilionI know too many deranged programmers these days. Got a job at NASA.12:16
Shrugzyou know what i meant by the word H12:19
Shrugzright12:19
Shrugzat the end of my mad name12:19
Kamilionnot offhand right now, I've been up for 2 days reading and my eyes are tired and watery12:19
KamilionMadHatter?!12:19
lamontsommer: "do not config" is the default only if there is already a /etc/postfix/main.cf12:24
lamontiric12:24
lamontiirc, even12:24
sommerlamont: cool, I assume you're talking about the conversation between me and mathiaz?12:31
lamontyeah12:33
sommerah, ya I just had one of those "wasn't there a bug like this before" moments, but mathiaz straightened me out12:34
hubuntuanyone tested ebox? Does it make heavy changes in conf files by default or what?12:36
KamilionI was looking at it earlier myself but I havn't tested it yet.12:37
Kamilionbut I think it does indeed do heavy config changes -- it even warns not to have the services configured beforehand cause it'll eat 'em12:38
edneymatiashi!14:18
edneymatiasmorning all!14:18
edneymatiascan someone help me with lvm?14:19
_rubenedneymatias: someone might if you'd state a more detailed question :)14:19
edneymatiasok..just to see if someone is listening14:19
edneymatias:D14:19
edneymatiasthank you14:19
edneymatiasfirst of all...it isn't a question about ubuntu server...but relates to lvm...14:20
edneymatiasso...i posted in ubuntu channel...but no way...so14:20
edneymatiasi did a manual install of the lvm using the default cd...without the alternate cd14:21
edneymatiasso...i loaded the md-mod14:21
edneymatiasinstalled lvm214:21
edneymatiasdid the partitioning14:21
edneymatiasubiquity recongnized the partitions and allowed me to specify the mounting points14:23
edneymatiasand installed everything14:23
edneymatiasaffter installation completed i chrooted to the new system and install lvm packages14:24
edneymatiasand reboot just to see the machine hanging14:24
edneymatiasjust after detecting devices...just before mouting root filesystem14:24
edneymatiasfinally the question is....what am i missing?14:25
edneymatias:D14:25
_rubenthe default cd doesnt support lvm out of the box??14:25
edneymatiasnop14:25
_rubenguess lvm is less of an 'issue' for desktops indeed14:26
_rubenonly using server myself14:26
_rubenso wouldnt know14:26
_rubencould be that the initrd lacks some lvm stuff or smth14:26
edneymatiasi see...and agree....it just sounded possible to do like that...i can 't figure out why it doesn't work14:27
edneymatiasso...14:27
edneymatiasin some version ubuntu droped the lvm-commont package14:27
edneymatiasnow it's just lvm214:27
sommeredneymatias: is the lvm partition listed in /etc/fstab?14:28
edneymatiasand there isn't /etc/init.d/lvm script14:28
edneymatiasyes they are14:28
edneymatiasit seems udev handles the dm-mod loading and vgscan stuff14:29
sommeris dm_mod loaded?  lsmod | grep dm_mod14:29
edneymatiasour debian server do that throught the init.d script14:29
edneymatiasthat's something i can't check...if dm_mod is loaded14:30
edneymatiascouse i can't get a prompt when i boot the machine14:30
edneymatiasbut...looking in udev...there's a script supposed to do that...i guess14:30
sommeredneymatias: is there an error when it doesn't mount the lvm partition?14:31
edneymatias65-dmsetup.rules14:31
edneymatiasbooting in single mode it hangs just after detecting the discs...14:33
edneymatiasno error message...none i can see from the messages14:33
sommeredneymatias: you might try editing /etc/fstab and using the path to the device instead of the uuid number... /dev/mapper/lvm-volume-name14:35
edneymatiasyes fstab is using the uuid14:35
edneymatiassommer...while i was writing here ....it droped to busybox14:36
sommeryou'll probably need to boot from a cd and enter the recovery mode14:37
edneymatiasand it's what you said...no dm-mod loaded...14:37
edneymatiasi needed just wait a bit more14:37
edneymatias:)14:37
edneymatiasbut...how i fix it?14:39
sommeredneymatias: you'll need to boot from a cd, then edit the file... at least that's my idea, it could be wrong :)14:40
edneymatiaswhich onde?14:40
edneymatiaswhich one?14:40
sommeredneymatias: /etc/fstab see my comment above14:41
edneymatiasno no...ok...i saw14:41
edneymatiasbut...the problem is the dm-mod not loading14:41
sommeredneymatias: then edit /etc/modules and add dm_mod to the bottom, but if the machine went to busybox it probably wouldn't load dm_mod14:42
sommermy thought was that it somehow got the uuid number wrong, so if you change fstab to the device name it might work14:43
edneymatiasok i try change the fstab first14:43
sommerother than that, I'm really not sure what else you can do... without a more detailed error message14:43
edneymatiaswhen it went to busyboxy it showed /dev/mapper/vg0-root doesn't exist...14:44
sommerthat's to be expected since busybox isn't a full environment14:45
edneymatiashummm..not a clue indeed14:45
sommerat least that's what I'd expect14:45
_rubenprobably lacks the lvm kmods in the initrd14:48
edneymatiashumm...when i install lvm2 it updates the initrd14:48
edneymatiasi think14:49
_rubenhmm .. in that case the module load / be loadable in the busybox env14:49
_rubenand/or changing fstab might do the trick14:49
edneymatiasi'll try both...14:50
\shedneymatias, did you just install it from an alternate cd without manual configuring the LVM devices (but with an already lvm partitioned HD?)14:50
edneymatiasnop...installed from the default cd (no alternate) and manually install lvm and did the partitioning14:51
* \sh had yesterday the bugger that the d-i installer recognized the lvm in general but never installed lvm2 because you have to actually enter the lvm device somehow...14:52
\shin the d-i partitioner that is...14:52
edneymatiassh...the ubiquity alread recognized the partitions...and installed everything except the lvm package14:53
edneymatiasbut before reboot the system i chrooted and did it myself14:54
* \sh don't know anything about ubiquity ;)14:55
\shs/don't/doesn't/14:55
edneymatiasi think it work the same way14:55
\shedneymatias, na...14:55
edneymatiasbasically14:56
edneymatias;)14:56
\shedneymatias, but recognizing as in "Yes, this partition can contain LVM mappings" and "Yes, I want to mount special lvm mappings" is different though...recognizing doesn't give lvm2 package at all, at least in d-i...mounting or adding lvm mappings but pulls lvm2 package in14:57
\shedneymatias, that's why I asked...14:58
edneymatiasok...but it just recongnized and allowed me to map only after i also installed the lvm2 package in the live cd enviroment14:59
edneymatiasi installed, loaded the modules...run vgscan and vgchange...the way it's supposed to do in booting time14:59
edneymatiasi guess14:59
\shedneymatias, ah ok...so it's something different then...without having lvm2 package installed, imho ubiquity running on live-cd won't recognize the mapping in general but knows about the LVM partition id (via parted)15:00
edneymatiassorry if i confused you...english isn't my default language15:00
edneymatias:)15:00
\shedneymatias, /me 's german so I understand you very nicely...I didn't catch it, that you are not using the alternate installer cd :)15:01
edneymatiasyeah...now i'm downloading it...but...it would be if i don't have to...15:03
edneymatiasanyway editing fstab and change from uuid to device name doesn't work15:03
edneymatiasi will try to edit /etc/modules15:04
edneymatiasok...any other idea? :P15:21
edneymatiasediting modules didn't solve15:22
_rubenedneymatias: made sure the lvm mods are avail in ur initrd ?15:23
edneymatiaswell...it's like i said...installing lvm2 triggered initrd update..but i'm not really sure...how can i check that and how can i update it?15:25
mdzjdstrand: ping re: bug 21781515:26
ubotuLaunchpad bug 217815 in linux "Installation stalls randomly until a key is pressed" [Critical,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/21781515:26
jdstrandmdz: pong15:26
mdzjdstrand: trying to get a handle on how serious this bug is15:27
_rubenedneymatias: either by trying to load the module (modprobe) while in the busybox prompt .. or check the files within the initrd file15:27
mdzjdstrand: can you answer any of the questions I put into the report?15:27
jdstrandmdz: sure15:27
edneymatiasok ...modprobe fails on busybox15:27
jdstrandhere or there?15:27
mdzjdstrand: there15:27
jdstrandmdz: np15:27
jdstrandmdz: updated15:36
* lamont wonders if the nagios-plugins overwrites nagios-plugins-extra on upgrade bug is already uploaded/fixed, or if that's still pending15:41
mathiazsoren: how do you specify to use a virtio disk in libvirt ?15:42
sorenmathiaz: Replace:15:42
soren<target dev='hda'/>15:43
sorenwith15:43
soren<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>15:43
mathiazsoren: ok - IIUC this is something that the guest will see15:43
mathiazsoren: it doesn't matter if on the host it's a qcow2 or a lvm snapshot ?15:44
sorenRight.15:45
sorenThat's orthogonal.15:45
mathiazsoren: on the host, it will use /dev/vda ?15:45
mathiazsoren: s/host/guest/15:45
sorenmathiaz: Yeah.15:45
mathiazsoren: or /dev/sda ?15:45
sorenmathiaz: You shouldn't need to worry about that, though.15:45
sorenvda.15:46
mathiazsoren: well - I specify in my preseed which disk should be used to install the system15:46
sorenmathiaz: Ah... right, gotcha.15:46
mathiazsoren: I've just noticed that I've always used /dev/sda, even if target dev was set to hda15:46
mathiazsoren: also for the shutdown fix, acpid should install in the guest so that it works correctly ?15:47
nxvlsoren: i was looking for you, which vm did you recomend, just for testing purposes15:49
nxvlsoren: so i don't need to virtualize a production server, just to run old stable releases for bug confirmations15:50
sorenmathiaz: Yeah.15:50
sorennxvl: If you have the hardware to use kvm, that's what I'd recommend.15:50
nxvlsoren: and what's the hardware tu use kvm?15:51
edneymatiasok..got it...just runned update-initramfs ...it's seems that just installing lvm2 isn't enough...even if dpkg shows that it's updating initrd image15:52
nxvls/tu/to15:53
edneymatiasanyway thank you all, _soren_, sommer and sh15:53
edneymatiasthank you!15:53
mathiaznxvl: you need a recent processor that supports virtual extension15:53
mathiaznxvl: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KvmVirtManagerEtc#head-d7a80833891a883a0a469750c9fa04ab8a16e48a15:54
nxvlmathiaz: so my 1.8 Mhz Core 2 Duo is what i need?15:55
mathiaznxvl: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KvmVirtManagerEtc#head-d7a80833891a883a0a469750c9fa04ab8a16e48a15:56
nxvloh! i already see the link15:56
* nxvl HUGS mathiaz and soren 15:56
mathiazsoren: I've got a kvm/libvirt problem: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7409/16:06
seisendoes anybody know how to fix this problem with exim4: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/63634/16:06
sorenmathiaz: Yeah, don't do that.16:06
mathiazsoren: hum... I used to work16:07
mathiazsoren: *it* used to work16:07
sorenmathiaz: YEs. I fixed it :)16:07
sorenmathiaz: It's due to the different bios that comes into play when you use virtio.16:08
sorenmathiaz: It doesn't support more than one boot device.16:08
mathiazsoren: hum... That breaks my iso testing in a vm16:08
mathiazsoren: If I boot from an iso, on a reboot it reinstall ?16:08
sorenbrb16:09
nxvloh men! the raid array on the backup fs is f*ck'd16:10
nxvlbbl16:10
sommerokay, I'll stay here16:12
sommer:)16:12
nxvl:D16:13
edneymatiassee ya...thank you all16:20
darthanubishttp://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04/16:21
darthanubishttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/RC16:21
nxvlsoren: on "OS Variant" they should be some old stable releases os an "old Ubuntu" variant16:23
sorenThat's just "generic26" :)16:23
Jeeves_darthanubis: Hmm. The mirror's aren't up to date yet16:26
darthanubisguess its rolling out slowly16:27
Jeeves_I guess it's a bit of a mess :)16:27
darthanubisI just got an iso16:27
sorenmathiaz: You'll have to "manually" tell it which device to boot from.16:27
darthanubisnot its not there16:28
sorenmathiaz: Sorry.16:28
darthanubisits off an on16:28
mathiazsoren: ok - what are the other value for the on_reboot option ?16:29
mathiazsoren: If the vm could power off on reboot after the install that would help me16:29
darthanubisIts still being synced to all the mirros though.16:29
sorenmathiaz: destroy, I think.16:29
sorenmathiaz: Yes, that seems to be accurate.16:31
soren(looking at the code, not by testing it)16:31
mathiazsoren: ok - I'll give it a try then16:31
nxvlsoren: i think i'm having problems with network manager16:49
sorennxvl: How so?16:50
nxvlevery time i run kvm i lost networks conection16:50
nxvli'm using a wireless conection16:50
nxvland have already add iface vnet0 inet manual16:50
nxvlto interfaces16:50
nxvlalso i've got an error because i don't have qemu installes16:51
nxvlsoren: nevermind, it's working now16:54
LeChacalI remote access into my server/cluster and i want to run something that will take several days to finish but when i start the job remotely when i log out the process is stopped. Is there a way that I can run in it so that it will keep running after I have logged out remotely. The only thing I could think of was to set the process to start with an 'at' command but is there another way?18:28
ivoksscreen18:29
ivoksapt-cache show screen18:29
LeChacalscreen looks like reading the description that it freeze the process until you resume it, or am i wrong?18:32
ivoksyou are wrong18:34
ivoksyou start screen with a command 'screen'18:35
ivoksthen start your program and detach it with ctrl+a+d18:35
ivokslogout and enjoy in life18:35
ivoks2 days later, run screen -r18:35
ivoksand you'll be in the session your left with ctrl+a+d18:36
ivokshttp://kb.iu.edu/data/acuy.html18:36
LeChacalok thank you i will be trying this soon18:37
ivoksnp18:37
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Theo__How I give  the user "www-data" root priviledges?(I have php files in a password-protected directory that i want to execute with root pirvs)18:48
ivoksyou really don't want to add admin privileges to www-data user18:49
Theo__i do18:49
ivoksforget that idea, try with different aproach18:50
Theo__lol18:50
ivoksreally18:50
Theo__i have the files in password-protected directory18:50
ivokscause, php allows you to write files on disk18:50
Theo__excuse me?18:50
ivoksif www-data is root, then anyone accesing your web site will be able to delete all your data18:50
Theo__how?18:51
ivokshow what?18:52
Theo__Could they do that even if i do not have any php file in that directory?18:52
ivoksjust forget that idea18:52
ivoksyou could work something out with sudo, maybe18:52
Theo__hmm18:53
Theo__i want to exec this with php: shell_exec('eject cdrom1')18:53
ivoksthen add www-data to cdrom group18:54
ivoksand that's it18:54
Theo__i tryed18:54
Theo__and it doesnt work18:54
ivoksrestart apache18:54
Theo__just a second18:54
Theo__wow!18:56
Theo__worked18:56
ivoksof course it worked18:56
Theo__i added it to cdrom 2 days ago and forgot to restart18:56
Theo__thanks man/lady18:57
Theo__my stupid mistake18:57
ivoksman :)18:57
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=== IoFran___ is now known as leonel
mathiazsoren: I think I've already mentionned that, but I do a reboot in hardy guest it shuts down instead of rebooting19:16
sorenmathiaz: Yes, you mentioned that. Did you file a bug? I forget.19:17
mathiazsoren: nope - I will file a bug now19:19
elventearHello. I have some VPN connections that I want to bring up when the server starts. Should I put them in the interfaces configuration file or run them as init scripts?19:29
elventearOne of the VPNs uses pptp, which can go in the interfaces easily, IIRC. The other uses vpnc, so is it possible to put the latter in the interfaces config as well?19:30
elventearOr better yet, just write a script and link it to my interface using post-up19:31
ivokselventear: i would suggest putting it in rc.local19:31
ivoksjust be sure to change #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash in /etc/rc.local - it wold save couple of years of your life :D19:32
mathiazsoren: done - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kvm/+bug/21932619:32
ubotuLaunchpad bug 219326 in kvm "a reboot issued from the guest shutdowns the guest instead of rebooting it" [Undecided,New]19:32
elventearivoks: Thanks. I'll look into using rc.local19:33
sorenmathiaz: Lovely. Thanks.19:33
ivoksmathiaz: that happend to me in feisty too, but i discovered that kernel crashed19:33
mathiazivoks: when did it crash ?19:33
mathiazivoks: I see Halting system on the console19:34
ivoksoh... that's not it then, sorry19:34
Theo__hello19:44
Theo__I added the user  "www-data" to group cdrom so a php script can eject the drive "cdrom". I have a second drive called cdrom1 and the php script and the user do not work for this reason: "eject: unable to open `/dev/scd1'". The root user can eject without problems. What should i do to get it to eject?19:51
sommerTheo__: probably change permissions on /dev/scd1 to allow the cdrom group to access it19:55
Theo__how do i do that?19:57
sommersudo chgrp cdrom /dev/scd1 should do it19:58
Theo__wow19:59
Theo__thanks. That did the trick19:59
sommerTheo__: party! you're welcome19:59
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The_kernelHi, I'm having issues with sysklogd not starting.20:12
The_kerneland the sudo /etc/init.d/sysklogd start doesn't start it.20:12
Zorg95hi, I am just deciding which distribution to choose as dom0 for xen deployment - I have a very good experience with ubuntu, but i am a bit afraid about kvm as No1 virt technology in hardy... anyone knows about planned xen status at hardy?20:31
zulKvm is the prefered over xen20:37
Zorg95I see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/20401020:43
ubotuLaunchpad bug 204010 in xen-3.2 "networking not working" [Undecided,Confirmed]20:43
Zorg95looks like it will not be a good idea20:44
nxvlmathiaz: thank you for the scripts on Bug #18961620:45
ubotuLaunchpad bug 189616 in dovecot "connection problems under load with hardy dovecot" [Undecided,Incomplete] https://launchpad.net/bugs/18961620:45
* nxvl HUGS mathiaz 20:45
elventearHello. I am trying to setup a VPN connection using PPTP. Does anybody have any idea on how to make it reconnect when it is disconnected?20:54
Zorg95yeah, according to launchpad and mailing lists, debian etch would be a much better for xen21:06
mathiazsoren: I'm trying to install an lvm partition on /dev/vda - it fails21:10
mathiazsoren: apparently partman-lvm doesn't recognise /dev/vda5 as a valid partition to install lvm on it21:10
sorenmathiaz: I know. I'm supposed to upload a fix later today.21:13
sorenmathiaz: Or you could do it?21:13
soren:)21:13
mathiazsoren: great - do I need to file a bug ?21:13
sorenmathiaz: It's already there, and there's already a debdiff. It just needs to be uplaoded.21:14
sorenhttps://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lvm2/+bug/20501121:14
ubotuLaunchpad bug 205011 in lvm2 "LVM2 doesn't recognise 'virtio' virtual disks (/dev/vd*)" [High,In progress]21:14
sorenmathiaz: It's tested and works as expected.21:14
mathiazsoren: hum... I was looking under debian-installer21:15
sorenmathiaz: Ah. Nope, it's an lvm2 bug. It only accepts a predefined set of block devices, and virtio wasn't one of them.21:15
mathiazsoren: I can sponsor the upload21:17
mathiazsoren: uploaded21:27
brewmasterhey all, i have exim mail server, how can i delete all messages older than, say, 100 days from the command line?21:31
brewmasternobody here?21:45
darthanubis!patience21:46
ubotuThe people here are volunteers, your attitude should reflect that. Answers are not always available. See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcGuidelines21:46
ScottKleonel: I talked to jdstrand and he suggested assuming your previous debdiff's have already been applied.23:16
jdstrandleonel: I am not sure what your question was, but just so I know it was communicated right-- I think a single debdiff with all the patches is the way to go, as we have not prepared the upload yet.  ie one upload fixes them all23:18
ScottKjdstrand: Thanks for clarifying.  I thought you said the opposite.23:18
jdstrandScottK: np :)23:19
jdstrandreally, I'd be happy with either as I know people work hard on these, but it would be easier to process23:19
LMJhi23:28
darthanubis!ask23:45
darthanubishi23:45

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