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smoserbug 419306 affects uec/ec2 images00:06
uvirtbotLaunchpad bug 419306 in python-boto "boto.utils.get_instance_userdata() hangs for a long time if no userdata is provided" [High,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/41930600:06
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orudiescreen -r00:17
orudieThere is a screen on:00:17
orudie        16365.pts-5.njnode      (06/09/09 02:01:52)     (Attached)00:17
orudieThere is no screen to be resumed.00:17
orudiehow can i reattach to this screen ?00:17
giovaniorudie: read the manpage -- you've been asking a ton of questions answered in documentation00:24
giovaniscreen -dr will detach an attached screen, and resume it on the local terminal00:24
orudiesorry giovani00:26
orudieyou have been really helpful all day00:26
orudie:)00:26
orudiei have done a lot today00:26
orudiethanks for your help00:26
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AlysumHi - Ive been looking at this http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-802-201:01
Alysumand when I do a $ sudo apt-get install apache2 -s01:01
Alysumit wants to REMOVE apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php5 php501:01
Alysumwhat is going on there ?01:01
Alysumprefork and php5 are essential01:01
Alysumanyone?01:03
Alysum205 members in this chat room surely someone can help me out lol01:03
Alysumcome on guys01:04
giovaniAlysum: this is a community support channel, it's dinner time in the US, please don't complain that way01:05
Alysumlol its an international room01:06
giovaniclearly if someone was around who wanted to/could help, they would01:06
giovaniso you complaining that you're not receiving free help in minutes is absurd01:06
giovaniyou asked the question literally 2-3 minutes before you started complaining01:06
giovanican you pastebin the full output from the command you ran?01:09
giovaniuh, wait a second01:10
giovanithis is not an update to 2.001:10
giovaniit's an update to 2.201:10
giovaniyou seem to be trying to upgrade the wrong packages01:10
slangasekAlysum: is there a reason you're not using "apt-get upgrade" to install all the applicable security updates?01:11
slangasekor even "apt-get dist-upgrade" (which is sometimes needed for kernel security updates in particular)?01:11
slangasekNote that the USN states: "In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes."01:11
giovanislangasek: also note that he's upgrading the wrong packages for the USN01:13
giovaniand has disappeared01:13
giovaniafter demanding help within minutes01:13
giovanihow courteous01:13
slangasekhe's still in the channel01:13
slangasekand installing the wrong packages is secondary to running the wrong command entirely01:14
giovaniit's not the "wrong command" to manually upgrade a single package01:15
giovanirather than upgrading everything01:15
giovaniit may not be a recommended method, but it's definitely used widely in practice01:16
giovaniwhat is relevant to his question is that he's updating different packages than the USN he's supplying is talking about01:16
slangasekit's definitely not a method I recommend01:16
slangasekand if you use the method I do recommend, the problem goes away.01:16
giovaniheh01:16
giovaniexcept when you want to selectively upgrade packages01:16
giovaniwhich you do in a production environment01:17
orudiewhich port is used by verne.freenode.net ?01:18
giovaniorudie: I don't follow you? -- port 6667 is standard for irc01:18
orudiegiovani, i'm trying to /server add in irssi01:19
orudiewith the following command01:19
AlysumIm never confident doing upgrades on ubuntu 8.0401:19
cefbtw: to avoid getting the wrong package, I ALWAYS run the standard upgrade with -s (eg: apt-get -s upgrade /or/ apt-get -s dist-upgrade) to see what it wants to install in the way of packages, and then if I want to pick and choose, I have the correct list.01:19
giovaniAlysum: do you run apache2 or apache2.2?01:19
Alysumas it's a live server - you're worried it will break things01:19
orudiegiovani, /server add -auto -address verne.freenode.net -network freenode01:19
giovaniorudie: ok, and?01:20
Alysumapache 2.2 Ive just upgraded apache2.2-common and php501:20
giovaniAlysum: then why are you trying to install apache2?01:20
slangasekgiovani: there is no package called apache2.2 in Ubuntu 8.04 (or elsewhere), 'apache2' *is* the correct package name01:20
orudiegiovani, /server add -auto -address verne.freenode.net -network freenode01:20
orudiegiovani, Irssi: Not enough parameters given01:21
Alysumyes silly me I should upgrade just the package not the whole apache I realise as it uses worker by default and not prefork01:21
slangasekAlysum: however, you are more likely to break things by trying to hand-pick parts of the security updates than by installing all the related packages with apt-get dist-upgrade01:21
giovaniorudie: this is not an irssi support channel01:21
slangasekAlysum: at the very least, that would show you which binary packages the system says should be upgraded01:21
Alysuma dist upgrade on 8.04 will it upgrade it to 8.10 ?01:21
slangasekno01:22
cefAlysum: and if you do want to hand-pick, run a full upgrade in simulation mode (-s, as above) and you will see what it wants to do01:22
Alysumyes Im familiar with -s01:22
slangasek"dist-upgrade" means "do an upgrade that allows packages to be installed and removed as necessary to satisfy dependencies"01:22
slangasekin this case, apt-get upgrade should work also01:22
Psi-JackSam-I-Am: ping!01:23
Alysumok Im going to do an upgrade and pray :)01:27
slangasekwell, I certainly advise you to take note of the output and ask more questions if anything you see concerns you01:28
Alysumok well it says it will upgrade apache2 and Im using 2.201:32
slangasekyes, that's normal01:32
Alysumdoest say anything about removing mpm-prefork which is good01:32
Alysummost of the packages are stuff I dont use except opsview01:32
AlysumIm doing an AMI backup anyway01:33
AlysumIm also confused with mysql-server [5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10] (5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty-updates)01:36
Alysumit's really really 5.0 ?01:37
Alysumthen why is the packaged named 5.1 ?01:37
NCommanderAlysum, long story :-/01:38
slangasekAlysum: the package name is "mysql-server".  The version number is "5.1.30really5.0[...]" because version numbers have to always be incrementing, so this is one of the few options available for rolling it back when a developer decides the new upstream version isn't ready.01:38
Psi-JackUmmm.01:39
Psi-JackYuck!01:39
Alysumso when it will actually be 5.1 it will be called 5.2 ubuntu? :p01:39
Psi-JackThat's all I can say about using such a versioning method.01:39
slangasekAlysum: no, in Ubuntu 9.10 it will be "5.1.37-1ubuntu2". :)01:39
NCommanderPsi-Jack, well, there are epochs which let you use lower version numbers, but it can break syncing packages to Debian.01:40
Alysumbtw when is the next LTS release due ?01:40
slangasekwhat you're seeing there is an artifact of a one-time decision to roll back the version01:40
NCommanderAlysum, there are packages with much worse version strings01:40
slangasekAlysum: 10.04 is slated to be the next LTS01:40
Psi-JackAlysum: Well, since the current one us 8.04, I'd say.. 10.0401:40
Alysumok01:40
NCommanderAlysum, another one you can get like that is: 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.124.0ubuntu201:41
Alysumthen why isnt that mysql-server upgrade available to 8.04 ?01:41
Psi-JackAlysum: Because it's stable as of 8.0401:41
Psi-JackSecurity patches are all that go into LTS01:42
NCommanderAlysum, once a distribution is released, newer versions of packages are not released to it except in very rare cases, or via backports.01:42
Alysumso the jaunty one isnt as stable?01:42
AlysumI dont understand why have LTS then lol01:42
AlysumLTS means more stability and only important upgrades ?01:42
NCommanderAlysum, something like that. The only upgrades in an LTS fix bugs, or security fixes01:42
NCommanderLTSes also are supported for 3 years on desktop, five years on server01:43
NCommandervs 18 months for normal releases01:43
Psi-JackYeah, which support means almost jack didly squat usually. heh01:43
AlysumI have 7 ubuntu servers from 8.04LTS, 8.10 to 9.0401:43
slangasekPsi-Jack: pardon?01:43
Alysumam I doing the right thing?01:44
NCommanderPsi-Jack, support for an LTS, or support for a stable release01:44
NCommanderAlysum, generally, I'd keep them all on the last LTS unless you need something for a newer version. Don't need to upgade once every six months :-)01:44
Psi-JackWhich can be a bad thing, not upgrading every 6 months. ;)01:45
AlysumIm also wondering whether I should go back to Debian so I dont have to upgrade all the time...01:45
NCommanderAlysum, LTS's release on the same timeframe as Debian's normal releases01:45
NCommanderAlysum, just use LTS releases for servers.01:45
slangasek/roughly/ the same timeframe01:45
Alysumso 9.10LTS will be similar to Debian 5?01:46
Psi-Jack10.04 you mean?01:46
Alysumsorry yes01:46
NCommanderAlysum, closer to what will be Debian 601:46
NCommanderSince we branch off sid, and Debian plans to freeze in December01:46
Alysumwell there is no date set for Deb 601:46
Alysumso surely 10.04 wont be LTS by then01:47
NCommanderAlysum, the freeze date is going to be December 2009, unless things have hcanged since debconf01:47
Alysumok I see01:47
NCommanderAlysum, *sigh*, LTS releases are every two years, or every four releases.01:47
Alysumok01:47
NCommanderSo 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 10.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS, etc.01:47
slangasekthere's been no committment to a 12.04 LTS01:48
slangasektwo years is an estimate, not a promise01:48
AlysumI guess this is not the right place to open a can of worms Ubuntu LTS vs Debian :)01:48
Psi-JackI dunno. Personally, I couldn't run the same server exactly specced for 2 full years witout upgrading. That's /very/ long wait times between major important upgrades.01:48
cefNCommander: actually that's not strictly true.. it's currently that way, and they plan to keep it that way, but it's been acknowledged that it's not a 'hard and fast' rule.01:48
NCommanderPsi-Jack, define important upgrades01:48
Psi-JackNCommander: What version of OpenLDAP comes with 8.04?01:49
AlysumIn my case it' just a LAMP server01:49
NCommanderPsi-Jack, 2.4.901:49
* NCommander had to look it up01:50
Psi-JackPrecisely, with a very bad version of BerkeleyDB and there's been MAJOR and important changes in OpenLDAP between 2.4.9 and 2.4.17.01:50
NCommanderPsi-Jack, then request a backport01:50
Psi-JackShow-stopper issues resolved in between , too.01:50
cefPsi-Jack: in my case, it's the reverse.. as long as there is security updates, then I'm fine. I've had countless small upgrades break major and important servers before through version creep01:50
Alysumone thing that is missing in Ubuntu8.04LTS is subversion1.6.101:51
Psi-JackBleh, it's all about git.01:52
Psi-JackOne thing that's missing and this looks quite intentional.01:52
Psi-JackIs linux-igd for 8.04 specifically.01:52
NCommanderAlysum, 1.5 is available for Hardy01:52
Psi-Jacklinux-igd was in 7.10, 7.04, and is in 8.10, 9.04, but specifically skipped 8.04 outright, and to this day, still no backport exists for it.01:53
AlysumNCommander:  yes and we want subversion 1.6!01:53
NCommanderAlysum, request a backport for it then :-P01:53
Psi-JackAnd as you said, under rare occasions, backports are made.01:54
NCommanderPsi-Jack, its made when a user requests it, and a backporter ACKs it01:54
NCommanderPsi-Jack, linux-igd was deleted from Hardy intentionally01:54
NCommanderThe comment was "unmaintained, broken with current kernel, removed in Debian"01:54
NCommanderA new version was published in Debian after Hardy, and that was auto-imported into Intrepid it seems01:55
ArmourHi all.. I  am configuring a DNS server, I am not a pro on this. I have seen in many tutorials that people use server.domain.loca.l on the entries for the local zone. I did not use that nomenclature I just used  server.domain. Would that make difference at all?01:59
Bilgederp02:00
giovaniArmour: nope, it's arbitrary02:03
giovani.local is an accepted standard though02:03
slangasekusing .local conflicts with the use of mdns02:03
cefthe main thing is you don't want it to clash with anything that's proposed or current02:03
Armourgiovani: I am also setting up the server for LDAP+SAMBA... so maybe .local could be better02:04
slangasekwhile this was an arbitrary limitation imposed on the world by the mDNS inventors, it does mean that .local should be avoided in practice for DNS02:04
cefArmour: might be, simply cos it'll most likely be what the tutorials also use, and avoids config issues02:04
Armourcef: I see.  I think I will try to go by the book, since this is my first linux DNS I configure02:06
giovanislangasek: I disagree ... DJ Bernstein is an advocate of using .local in DNS02:06
slangasekDJ Bernstein is an advocate of all kinds of insane things02:06
giovaniMicrosoft also lists it as a best practice for internal networks02:06
giovaniand they're a pioneer of mDNS02:06
giovaniwhile these clearly aren't RFCs, they aren't negligible either02:07
slangasekno, those are both negligible02:07
slangasekthe only things that count are a) the RFCs, b) real-world interop problems02:07
giovaniArmour: take your advice from whom you like02:07
slangasekif you use .local as a DNS domain, you will have interop problems with avahi02:07
Psi-Jackslangasek: Actually, I had exactly the opposite.02:07
Psi-JackI /had/ problems by /not/ having .local in DNS02:08
Armourall right.... I already have it configured without the .local I been having some resolution problems internally on the network but that might also be a rookie problem. I am going to think it over and maybe I change it to .local02:12
ArmourThank you all for the quick response02:12
ArmourI changed all to domain.local and got a bad owner name error (check-names)02:22
Armourso I guess did not like it02:22
orudiei just set up irssi proxy , how would i connect to it with xchat ?02:33
Psi-JackOi, well that was fun.02:39
Psi-JackFirst my UPS goes nuts and rings out non-stop, then freenode detected I had an open proxy, which I didn't know about.02:39
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giovaniPsi-Jack: an unknown open proxy? how'd that happen?04:06
Psi-Jackgiovani: Ehh, installed hapv, and didn't know Debian default config was to have it publically open.04:32
twbI hate how openssh-server does that, too04:33
twbI wish debconf would prompt you to optionally add an AllowedUsers list04:33
Psi-JackUgh, I'd hate that, myself. heh04:34
Psi-JackSane safe defaults, are fine, outright open and vulnerable, is not.04:35
twbPsi-Jack: you would just pick "no, fuck off" which would be the default in debconf04:35
twbssh defaults to listening to connects from anywhere, from anyone.  That'd be safe if the system didn't have users on it with stupidly weak, unchanging passwords :-/04:35
Psi-JackThat's why you setup password policies.04:36
Psi-JackThat's easy.04:36
twbTrue04:36
Psi-JackAnd not openssh's job, either. :)04:36
Psi-JackAnyway, I'm tired, and heading off to bed. Night.04:36
twbUsually the scenario is one server and a bunch of Windows desktops & users, plus one administrative account that we use to ssh into remotely.04:37
twbI guess nobody has bothered to force the Windows users to have strong passwords on those sites04:37
Psi-JackBleh. I rarely deal in WIndows anymore.04:37
Psi-JackHome and Work, small handful of Windows, the rest, Linux and OSX04:37
Psi-JackAnyway, I'm off. ;004:37
twbHey, so out of curiosity I tried to apply my LTS desktop build procedure to 9.04, the latest release.04:54
twbI get this: + auth-client-config -a -p lac_ldap ==> Error in updating the file: 'pam_account' not found04:54
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eeguy_I'm running ubuntu server 9.04 and I'm trying to recompile the latest openldap with openssl support. configure can't seem to find my TLS/SSL no matter what I do. I've recompiled and installed openssl from both tarball, and ubuntu source, using both make install and checkinstall. I always get the errors of: configure: error: Could not locate TLS/SSL package06:53
eeguy_the two lines before that are 1: checking for SSL_library_init in -lssl... no and 2: checking for ssl3_accept in -lssl... no06:53
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twbeeguy_: the default OpenLDAP package should be compiled with SSL support.06:56
eeguy_yeah, it's compiled with gnutls06:56
twbIs this a problem?06:56
eeguy_which is broken, and has support issues with the openldap project06:57
twbHave you reported this on launchpad?06:58
eeguy_I'm pretty sure it's been reported.. I was chatting with a guy on the openldap channel last night that's tried to take this up several times06:58
eeguy_I have been trying to work with them to get this running... doesn't seem like they like supporting gnutls at all, and  have been forced into it by debian06:59
twbDebian (and Ubuntu) doubtless use gnutls because it is illegal for them to distribute binaries of openldap that link against openssl.07:01
cefeeguy_: you've installed the libssl-dev packages?07:02
twbhttp://bugs.debian.org/42838507:04
eeguy_no.. that might be the missing link.. I installed all the other dependencies.   is libssl openssl?07:04
cefafaik, it's the dev libs you need07:05
eeguy_I'll give it a shot.. thanks. I've been searching all over for that07:07
Boohbahtwb: and which license prevents that? openssl and openldap are distributed under BSD-style licenses07:20
* Boohbah reads the bug07:21
twbBoohbah: looks like the problem is that lots of OTHER programs, which are GPL, use openldap and thus link to openssl indirectly.07:23
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mattgyverwhen booting my computer, it reboots at "Starting Samba Daemons" it just goes into an infinite loop.  Anyone know why?08:26
twbNo, but try putting set -x at the top of /etc/init.d/samba08:27
twbIt might actually finish the samba step and then hang in the next part.08:28
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uvirtbot`New bug: #423579 in amavisd-new (universe) "Spam hangs amavisd" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42357909:35
bigbrovarhi guys am trying to configure sudo so that admin members can only install and upgrade their system and nothing more .. hence sudo will only be used when with apt-get and aptitude10:20
bigbrovarof cus root user would still have absolute powers :)10:20
acalvoHi10:41
acalvoI want to install the mailman package10:41
acalvobut I don't want to install apache also, I've a dedicated server with apache10:41
acalvois there any chance to just install mailman?10:41
acalvoor is it any other way to install mailman and point to my mail server instead of the local server?10:41
acalvos/local server/localhost10:41
ghostlinesdoes anyone have any experience recovering mp3 files with foremost?12:17
uvirtbot`New bug: #423653 in openvpn (universe) "Openvpn + rkhunter + postfix = openvpn client not able to start " [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42365312:22
mattgyverwhen i try to boot my server, it resets itsself at "Starting Samba Daemons", and goes into an infinite loop.  Any ideas?12:25
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acalvoI want to install the mailman package, but I do not want to install the apache or other web stuff. I want to use another machine which is configured as a web server. Is it any chance to use install only the mailman package? or I can install the mailman package on the web server and point it to use my mail server?12:53
nijabaDaviey: mir bug #423667 filed12:53
uvirtbot`Launchpad bug 423667 in ubuntu-server-tips "[MIR] fortunes-ubuntu-server" [Medium,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42366712:53
nijabaacalvo: not possible AFAIK.  Mailman web interface is required on the same machine unless I have missed something12:54
acalvothat's what I've believed12:56
acalvoso bad then12:56
alexmacalvo: nijaba is right, mailman needs the CGI and SMTP scripts on the same host13:08
acalvook, thank you both13:08
acalvoany other software that offers mailing lists?13:08
alexmsympa13:08
acalvomaybe with a LDAP plugin?13:08
nijabaacalvo: check out sympa13:08
nijabaalexm: :)13:08
acalvotwice13:08
acalvoshould be good then13:08
acalvoweb dependent too?13:08
alexmacalvo: and sympa is written in Perl not Python, just in case that is a plus for you ;)13:09
acalvoit is13:09
nijabaacalvo: for ldap and mailman, check out: http://nicolas.barcet.com/drupal/fr/mmldap13:09
alexmit is for me, but I learnt about sympa too late13:09
alexmacalvo: don't know whether it's web dependent or not13:10
acalvoI'll check it now13:10
acalvoand thanks, nijaba, cleanest way to create lists based on ldap searches13:10
acalvo:D13:10
nijabaacalvo: been using it since 2005 with no problems so far :)13:11
acalvowow13:11
acalvosympa depends on a lot more packages!13:11
acalvomainly mysql and sendmail13:11
acalvoso same problem, I want to use another mysql server and I've already configured dovecot, so no sendmail installed neither13:12
nijabaDaviey: FFe file as well bug #42367813:13
uvirtbot`Launchpad bug 423678 in ubuntu-server-tips "[FFe]] fortunes-ubuntu-server" [Medium,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42367813:13
alexmacalvo: dovecot deals both with MTA and MDA part?13:14
acalvodovecot acts as LDA and MDA13:14
acalvoand MTA, yes13:14
acalvopostfix relays on dovecot13:14
Davieynijaba: great!13:15
alexmyou can use postfix as MTA working together with dovecot ad MDA, it's a standard procedure on ubuntu server, see the server guide13:15
acalvoyes, I've did it13:15
garymcHi im trying to connect to a server which i just re installed. Now when i try to ssh to it it says host key verifcation failed13:15
garymchow do i fix this13:15
acalvobut the sympa package is trying to install sendmail13:15
acalvois it really needed?13:15
acalvosince I've already have a MTA and MDA13:16
alexmacalvo: ah, ok... it shouldn't13:16
alexmmaybe a bug13:16
alexmor maybe the package knows only to deal with sendmail13:16
acalvocould be13:17
alexmacalvo: deps say.. sendmail (>= 8.9) | mail-transport-agent13:17
acalvoso, yes, it needs sendmail as MTA13:17
alexmand postfix should fulfill mail-transport-agent13:17
acalvoI think I've to use majordomo again13:18
acalvoI don't really like it13:18
acalvono admin UI13:18
acalvojust cmd13:18
acalvofew options13:18
acalvoetc13:18
alexmacalvo: sendmail (>= 8.9) | mail-transport-agent means sendmail or MTA13:19
acalvobut it will install it13:19
garymcok nevermind fixed itg13:19
Davieynijaba: slightly modded the bug description.13:19
alexmacalvo: there's something else that maybe triggering sendmail13:19
nijabaDaviey: sure...  on which one, FFe or MIR?13:19
Davieynijaba: FFe.13:19
acalvoConf sendmail-base (8.14.3-6 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)13:20
acalvoConf sendmail-cf (8.14.3-6 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)13:20
acalvoConf sendmail-bin (8.14.3-6 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)13:20
acalvoConf sensible-mda (8.14.3-6 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)13:20
acalvoConf sendmail (8.14.3-6 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)13:20
alexmacalvo: i just tried in a jaunty and it doesn't install sendmail for me :P13:20
Davieynijaba: There are two scripts in the package, one by me, and the other kirkland13:20
acalvo:O13:20
Davieynijaba: RE, MIR13:20
acalvoI don't get it then13:20
acalvothat's the packages list to be installed: doc-base libappconfig-perl libarchive-zip-perl libcgi-fast-perl libconvert-binhex-perl libcrypt-ciphersaber-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl13:21
acalvo  libfcgi-perl libfreezethaw-perl libintl-perl libio-stringy-perl libmd5-perl libmime-charset-perl libmime-encwords-perl libmime-perl libmime-tools-perl13:21
acalvo  libmldbm-perl libmsgcat-perl libmysqlclient15off libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl libtemplate-perl libuuid-perl libxml-libxml-common-perl13:21
acalvo  libxml-libxml-perl libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-sax-expat-perl libxml-sax-perl m4 make mhonarc mysql-common perl-suid procmail sendmail13:21
acalvo  sendmail-base sendmail-bin sendmail-cf sensible-mda13:21
alexmacalvo: are you sure that you have postfix installed?13:21
nijabaDaviey: ah, sorry, I only noticed one :(13:21
acalvoalexm: err... no13:21
acalvoyou're right13:21
alexm:)13:22
acalvotried on the bad server13:22
acalvoehehehe13:22
acalvothank you alexm, too many hours working can trick your mind13:22
Davieynijaba: /usr/bin/<-- wrapper script, mainly for checking locale and presenting a valid motd, or default if not found.13:23
alexmacalvo: anytime :)13:23
nijabaDaviey: ah, right13:23
* alexm goes to lunch now13:23
nijabaDaviey: did you modify the mir accordingly?13:23
alexmacalvo: let me know how the sympa install is going, i'm very interested13:24
acalvook, one sec13:24
Davieynijaba: no, happy to.. but didn't want to edit it if it was your WIP13:24
nijabaDaviey: please feel free13:25
alexmacalvo: i meant how it works after installing it ;)13:26
acalvojajaj I know13:26
acalvothank you!13:26
alexmok, then see you again soon13:26
Davieynijaba: updated13:29
nijabaDaviey: thanks :)13:30
Davieynijaba: wait and see what MIR team say :)13:30
nijabaDaviey: MIR should not be a problem, FFe might...13:31
Davieynijaba: surely, the fact that it is already in the archives makes some difference?13:32
Davieyi thought FFe would be trivial, but MIR the challenge :S13:33
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nijabaDaviey: the critical point is not the package itself, but the fact that we want to install it by default13:33
Davieynijaba: Isn't that a -server team choice?13:34
nijabaDaviey: that needs to be validate by the release team once feature freeze is active13:35
Davieyahh13:36
nijabaDaviey: we got already a review by lool on the MIR.  Thanks lool13:36
Davieylool: \o/13:36
lool:)13:40
loolDaviey, nijaba: Actually I missed something; you guys wrote that it builds a pot during build, but grepping the build log for pot doesn't yield anything and pkgstriptranslations doesn't find any either13:46
loolCould yo umake sure you generate an up-to-date .pot during build as to allow Rosetta to pick an always fresh one13:46
Davieylool: yeah, the pot generation is currently manually done :(13:47
loolShould be updated in each build and a .pot needs to be in the source dir at end of build13:47
loolCurrently it wont be picked up by rosetta13:47
Davieylool: ok.. i'm adding your previous suggestions upstream as we speak13:48
loolUsually we do that in the packaging13:49
Davieylool: the packaging is in the upstream project :)13:49
loolOh ok13:49
pavel question. i set up irssi with a proxy module, the proxy is running but i am having trouble connecting14:02
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dmacnuttdoes openldap have an email list distribution list function?14:04
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pmatulispavel: try in #irssi14:34
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mattgyverTransferring Multiple files via sftp from my computer, to my server within my LAN, is resetting the server, does anyone know why?14:42
mattgyverThis is not a problem from outside my lan14:42
pmatulismattgyver: check logs?14:43
mattgyverpmatulis, i havent yet, which one would you suggest looking at?14:43
pmatulismattgyver: force another "error" and then 'ls -ltr /var/log' is a trick14:44
mattgyvercool14:45
pmatulismattgyver: can also start sshd like '/usr/sbin/sshd -dd', check man page for what that does14:46
mattgyvergreat14:46
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alvinWeird, I enabled Intel VT in the bios and kvm still says it's disabled in the bios.15:47
alvinWell, it'll have to wait till next week15:51
heath|workHow do you disable a user password. Someone enabled it by passwd, but I need it disabled15:58
geniiheath|work: (sudo) passwd -i 0 username16:14
heath|workcool. thanks genii16:15
geniinp16:15
pavelis anyone here familiar with connecting to irssi proxy with xchat from a remote computer ?16:25
giovanipavel: nope, but #irssi might16:34
Psi-JackOi. Setting up VPN with OpenVPN is such a pain!16:53
guntbert!version17:08
ubottuTo find out what version of Ubuntu you have, type « lsb_release -a » in a !shell - To know the available version of a package, « apt-cache policy <package> »17:08
FluxDHi, is there any difference on the new ubuntu concerning apt-get? It gives me new errors about dependancies which the older versions didnt have?17:24
FluxDWhy does apt-get install ubuntu-desktop give me dependancies error?18:04
Psi-JackWhy would you be doing that on a server?18:11
FluxDPsi-Jack, its because the latest desktop version avaialble is 8.04 lts so I thought I would install 9.04 server with gui18:18
jarthello18:21
FluxDhi18:22
Psi-JackFluxD, Well, X is not supported on a server platform, nor Ubuntu-Server.18:22
Psi-JackYou have absolutely no reason to install X on a real server.18:22
Psi-JackNo good reason, for sure.18:22
FluxDPsi-Jack, I have done this before, after installing server version I did apt-get install ubuntu-desktop and I had gui thru nx18:22
FluxD8.10 and 8.0418:23
guntbertFluxD: what do mean by "latest desktop version avaialble is 8.04 lts" ?18:23
Psi-JackFluxD, Again. X is not supported for servers.18:24
Psi-JackFluxD, You need #ubuntu for that.18:24
Psi-JackBecause it's /not/ supported, here.18:24
danielgianniHi guys, someone uses HAL on ubuntu server? I tried but ended up giving up and returning to the autofs automount cdrom18:24
Psi-JackFluxD, Nor is it supported by Canonical themselves.18:24
Psi-JackAnd there's still never any good reason to install X on a server.18:25
FluxDokay so the place where my dedicated server is hosted has several options for OS, and the latest "gui" version is 8.04 lts but server is 9.04, Like I used to do in the past apt-get install ubuntu-desktop worked fine thru nx18:25
FluxDPsi-Jack, I know but I dont want to use 8.0418:25
Psi-JackSo what?18:25
Psi-JackWhy the fsck do you need X on a server?18:25
Psi-JackWhy?18:25
Psi-JackName one doubtfully good reason.18:26
FluxDIts a remote box, and the person using it needs a gui18:26
guntbertFluxD: wouldn't it be easier/safer to ask the hoster to add 9.04 desktop to the choices?18:26
FluxDguntbert, they keep saying wait and wait18:26
FluxDits been like 5 months now18:26
Psi-Jackguntbert, There's no reason to use a desktop distribution for a server ;)18:26
danielgianniI am developing a routine upgrade of the system when it recognizes a cdrom with certain files will copy these files and run them, so I have to capture the event automounting18:26
FluxDPsi-Jack, still doesnt answer the question why apt-get would throw dependancies error?18:27
Psi-Jackdanielgianni, Sounds like ancient tech. You heard of networking?18:27
FluxDnever has done it in the past?18:27
Psi-JackFluxD, you have failed to provide any good reason to install X.18:27
FluxDWhy should it matter what I do with my dedicated server?18:28
Psi-JackYou're time is up.18:28
Psi-JackStop asking here.18:28
FluxDWho are you to say that?18:28
Psi-JackGo to #ubuntu for any desktop related questions.18:28
FluxDit was an apt-get question on ubuntu server18:28
FluxDnot a desktop question18:29
Psi-JackNo, it's not.18:29
Psi-JackIt's a desktop question.18:29
Psi-JackX is not supported by Server, nor Canonical.18:29
Psi-JackShall I get an op for you?18:29
guntbertPsi-Jack: I don't want to get into a "fight" over this - but if you have a remote host, that needn't be a "server", does it?18:29
Psi-Jackguntbert, He's asking for support on getting Ubuntu-Server, with Desktop support.18:30
Psi-JackThats not supported, period.18:30
FluxDYes I need an op18:30
Psi-Jack!ops @ FluxD18:30
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about ops @ FluxD18:30
jarthi, i'm thinking of setting up an ubuntu 9.04 64-bit postgresql production database server.  am i crazy?  should i be using like, 32-bit 8.04 lts?18:30
danielgianni Psi-jack :D I live im Brazil, you are heard of Brazilian networks?   :D18:30
Psi-Jackjart, No, that's fine.18:30
Psi-Jackdanielgianni, Yeah, I hear they know how to do it sometimes.18:30
PiciPsi-Jack: ?18:30
Psi-JackPici, Aha! Cool.18:30
guntbertPsi-Jack: no doubt about this - indeed, you were questioning my advice to use desktop distro on the remote host :-)18:31
PiciPsi-Jack: Er, Why did you cal for ops?18:31
Psi-Jackguntbert, Oh. Because you can use a desktop environment locally.18:31
Psi-JackPici, FluxD insisting to ask for desktop support for Ubuntu Server.18:31
jartPsi-Jack: thanks for the reassurance :)18:32
guntbertPsi-Jack: I see you point clearly :-)18:32
FluxDPici, I asked why apt-get install ubuntu-desktop would throw me dependancies error. and Psi-Jack keeps saying tis a desktop question.18:32
Psi-Jackguntbert, Precisely.18:32
jarti've been using 9.04 64 on my desktop and it's been working out really well for me and my software.  i just have this fear that a year down the road when upgrading everything is going to go hay-wire ._.18:33
Psi-JackRunning X on a server is a memory hog, inefficient, and not meant for server use. It will more than likely crash the server, and make it useless.18:33
danielgiannithis solution that I'm trying To develop exactly to locations where the Internet is not available and there are technicians with necessary skills. Unfortunately this is the reality of much of Brazil18:33
PiciFluxD: Well, ubuntu-desktop is not a part of the server release, hence support for it is in #ubuntu18:33
FluxDPici, someone there told me to ask it here18:33
FluxDcoz I am technically on ubuntu server18:33
jarthas anyone had problems running 64-bit 9.04 in production?18:33
Psi-Jackjart, Nope. No problems.18:34
PiciFluxD: You just asked if there was a channel for ubuntu server, we didn't know any of the specifics of your question when you were told about this channel.18:34
* Psi-Jack grins.18:34
FluxDokay18:34
Psi-JackLesson learned? Ask your specific question, not ask to ask.18:35
FluxDNo I didnt18:35
FluxDI think you seioulsy have some issues...18:35
danielgianniexcuse me but I think my settings should be more related to development on Linux than any type of configuration18:46
danielgiannithanks for all18:47
Skaaghow do I reset a serial device with stty?19:45
SkaagI think I've somehow managed to put it in a weird state19:45
pmatulismattgyver: did you figure out the disconnects/19:45
KillMeNowhttp://stsdas.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/gethelp.cgi?stty19:46
KillMeNowthat help skaag19:46
Skaagdoesn't help19:47
SkaagI have the man page for stty19:47
Skaagthe device is /dev/ttyS019:47
SkaagI need to reset it19:48
Skaagthe weird thing, it works if I connect it to a windows machine19:48
Skaagbut under linux, I am unable to recreate the same settings that exist in the windows machine19:48
KillMeNowyea, sorry man...  not much help there19:48
Skaagand the funny thing is that in Windows I did not change a thing except for the terminal speed, which I set to 1520019:48
ruben23hi20:06
ruben23can i setup a server that well remote install on a network the OS of a  client PC.20:07
ruben23eithere windows or linux20:07
ruben23like the OS and install application are image on to the server.20:07
nick125ruben23: Look at PXE20:08
ruben23PXE....? only..20:09
KillMeNowyea PXE boot to a image server20:09
KillMeNowWindows calls it WDS20:09
KillMeNowthere are other opensource projects like FOG that have it as well20:10
geniiruben23: I like to use this as a gude: https://wiki.koeln.ccc.de/index.php/Ubuntu_PXE_Install20:10
Psi-JackSam-I-Am, Ping!20:11
ruben23ok very nice..i will look into that20:11
Sam-I-AmPsi-Jack: pong20:12
Psi-JackSweet!20:13
Psi-JackSam-I-Am, You never did email me that LDAP stuff. ;)20:13
Sam-I-AmPsi-Jack: because its going to take a while to remove company-specific stuff out of it20:13
Sam-I-Ami can't just send it along :/20:13
Psi-JackAhhhh20:13
Psi-JackOkay. ;)20:13
Sam-I-Amits probably 50+ pages of docs20:13
Psi-JackWell, at least you didn't forgot. hehe20:13
Sam-I-Amprobably more...20:14
Psi-JackYikes! 50+ pages?20:14
Sam-I-Amplus all the ldifs20:14
Sam-I-Amwell, its very detailed docs... what you do, what you should expect to see, how to verify it worked, etc.20:14
Psi-JackI see. Well,then, that's cool. ;)20:14
Psi-JackUgh, I'm so hating Pages.20:15
Psi-JackWorst Document Editor ever.20:15
Sam-I-Ami kinda like latex20:15
Psi-JackKinky20:15
* KillMeNow puts fingers up to his ears and sings "LA LA LA LA LA LA"20:16
Sam-I-Amheh20:17
Sam-I-AmPsi-Jack: i'm sorta changing jobs in a week or two... hopefully get some time to de-funk the docs after that.20:17
Psi-JackSam-I-Am, Curious. Do you have like a personal weblog or something you could publish that to as you go along? ;)20:18
Sam-I-Amit'll be going somewhere20:18
* Psi-Jack nods.20:18
Sam-I-Ami... just dunno where20:18
Psi-JackHeh, I registered psi-jack.info, a while back, and just haven't put up like an interface yet.20:18
ruben23i seen on an ubuntu pro--->Clonezilla and DRBD... but the sample is linux OS on client PC only..20:19
Sam-I-Ammaybe i should find a place on community.ubuntu or something20:19
Psi-JackKinda looks cool though when my email is me@psi-jack.info ;)20:19
ruben23are there others....like counter part to windows of RIS/ghost20:19
mathiazbdmurray: hey - reading https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage/Charts20:37
mathiazbdmurray: it seems that setting the importance of the bug is late in the process20:37
mathiazbdmurray: whereas https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Importance states "The importance of the bug should be set as soon as possible. "20:38
bdmurraymathiaz: Do you have a patch? ;-)20:38
Sam-I-Ammathiaz: how long should i wait for a response to bug 423252 ... seems kinda important :/20:39
mathiazbdmurray: well - I can draw something over my screen and take a picture ;)20:39
uvirtbot`Launchpad bug 423252 in glibc "NSS using LDAP on Karmic (alpha 4) breaks 'su' and 'sudo'" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42325220:39
mathiazbdmurray: however it seems that setting importance is one of the first thing to do?20:39
mathiazbdmurray: is that an accurate view of the process?20:40
mathiazbdmurray: in which case the chart should be updated20:40
bdmurraymathiaz: are the charts accurate?  no they are rather old and should be updated20:40
mathiazbdmurray: oh ok - so the Importance wiki page is up-to-date20:40
bdmurraymathiaz: Do you have any ideas on how to fit in set importance asap in the chart?20:41
mathiazSam-I-Am: now that alpha5 is out of the door, devs may have more time to debug the issue20:41
Sam-I-Amk20:41
mathiazSam-I-Am: keeping debugging it is of course welcome20:41
Sam-I-Amwell, yeah... havent had much luck though20:41
Sam-I-Amstrace and ld_debug havent been very useful20:42
mathiazbdmurray: it seems that the importance should be set before requesting information20:42
mathiazbdmurray: noting that the importance can be updated once more information is provided20:43
bdmurraymathiaz: okay, thanks20:43
mathiazbdmurray: where are you grease monkey scripts?21:07
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sorenmathiaz: It's the launchpad-gm-scripts project on Launchpad21:14
bdmurraymathiaz: there is actually a ppa of a firefox extension now too21:15
sorenmathiaz: I have a branch of it that takes care of configuring them as well, if you're interested.21:16
sorenmathiaz: lp:~soren/launchpad-gm-scripts/launchpad-gm-scripts.easyinstall21:16
guest2Hello, I have been working with ubuntu server for a week now and I have one concern. Namely, my nvidia graphics card in the server is creating a lot of noise and normally this would be remedied by installing nvidia's drivers, but they are failing. Can you help me?21:29
sorenguest2: What kind of noise? Physical, audible noise?21:31
guest2soren: yes, from the fan.21:32
sorenguest2: So to get it to make /less/ noise, you have to use it /more/ (by installing X, etc.)?21:33
* soren shakes his head at modern graphics cards21:33
* ScottK would go with removed the card and use ssh.21:34
guest2soren: will installing X degrade performance21:34
orudiesdf21:38
guest2ScottK: is there a way to disable the GPU because I might need the card later.21:38
ScottKNo idea.21:38
guest2thanks21:40
sorenguest2: Well, it uses ram and a few cpu cycles here and there. The point is that it serves no useful purpose.21:41
qman__I keep a bunch of legacy nvidia cards around just for my servers to avoid that problem21:41
qman__fanless21:42
sorenguest2: It's silly to have to run an X server with the only purpose of quieting the graphics card.21:42
sorenI do actually have an AMD machine in my office that is really noisy. I never considered it might be the graphics card's fault.21:42
guest2It is a home server21:42
sorenIt's my first machine in a decade that has anything other than Intel graphics.21:43
qman__if it's AGP, you can ebay a fanless card on the cheap21:43
guest2PCI21:43
giovanijust as cheap for PCI21:43
qman__PCI express?21:43
giovani$10-1521:43
guest2will the ubuntu server install break if I replace graphic cards21:44
qman__nope21:44
giovaninot at all21:44
qman__I've moved ubuntu server installs to completely different machines without issue21:44
qman__as long as the hardware's supported there will be no problem21:44
guest2and what command will completely undo "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-180"21:44
firecrotchguest2: sudo apt-get purge nvidia-glx-18021:45
qman__sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-glx-180 && sudo apt-get autoremove21:45
qman__my only real recommendation is to not go older than about a riva 128, and not go newer than geforce 7 series21:47
qman__anything in that range will be hassle free21:47
SkaagI have a problem with my eth0 using driver 'bridge' and a device called peth0 using the real 'tg3' driver...21:48
qman__oh, and avoid 7200LEs and 6200TCs, they leech system RAM21:48
guest2i was using a 8600 gts that was lying around21:49
qman__I even have a Vanta LT, but the framebuffers run a little slow on that one21:52
daxrocEvening all21:52
daxrocAny one know if libmp3lame and libx264 should be available on 8.1021:53
qman__they should be, but why 8.10?21:55
giovanidaxroc: should be ...21:55
giovaniit's easy enough for you to check from the system21:55
daxrocgiovani: I found the packages via the web repositories but apt-get and aptitude fail to install ?21:57
guntbert!info libmp3lame 8.1021:58
ubottu'8.10' is not a valid distribution: dapper, dapper-backports, hardy, hardy-backports, intrepid, intrepid-backports, jaunty, jaunty-backports, karmic, karmic-backports, kubuntu-backports, kubuntu-experimental, kubuntu-updates, medibuntu, partner21:58
giovanidaxroc: do you have universe enabled?21:58
giovanibecause those packages aren't in main, afaik21:58
guntbert!info libmp3lame intrepid21:58
ubottuPackage libmp3lame does not exist in intrepid21:59
giovani!info libmp3lame0 intrepid21:59
ubottulibmp3lame0 (source: lame): LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder. In component multiverse, is optional. Version 3.98-0.0 (intrepid), package size 129 kB, installed size 328 kB21:59
giovani!info libx264-59 intrepid22:00
ubottulibx264-59 (source: x264): x264 video coding library. In component multiverse, is optional. Version 1:0.svn20080408-0.0ubuntu1 (intrepid), package size 274 kB, installed size 648 kB22:00
giovaniso you need multiverse22:00
giovaniand there they are22:00
daxrocgiovani: appreciate it thanks22:00
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guest2How come when i update or upgrade the server, this happens: The following packages have been kept back:22:10
guest2  linux-image-server linux-restricted-modules-server linux-server22:10
qman__guest2, that's because a kernel update is a _Big Deal_, and should be held until you have the time to manually install them and test22:13
guest2I do, so how can i update it22:14
qman__to install the new kernel, just  sudo apt-get install  them22:14
guest2i did but i get the same message22:14
qman__if you still get the message then they didn't install for one reason or another22:15
ScottKguest2: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade22:15
uvirtbot`New bug: #423996 in mysql-dfsg-5.0 (main) "package mysql-server 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: il sottoprocesso pre-installation script ha restituito un codice di errore 1" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42399622:16
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uvirtbot`New bug: #424007 in mysql-dfsg-5.0 (main) "package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42400722:45
gregor2005 i have a softwareraid1 with one damaged drive22:47
gregor2005i removed it from the raid and now the device switched to read-only22:47
gregor2005when i switch to readwrite it switched back seconds later22:48

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