[00:27] <MTecknology> In /etc/hosts I added this line - "127.0.0.1 connect.kalliki.com" - but dig connect.kalliki.com still shows 192.168.1.5
[00:37] <jiboumans> MTecknology: afaik, dig uses your dns at all times
[00:39] <MTecknology> oh..
[00:42] <MTecknology> jiboumans: alrighty, thanks :)
[00:52] <histo> okay figured out why my server was locking up. I had to set the acpi=off in grub to solve the issue on a dell optiplex 170l
[00:52] <histo> running karmic with all upgrades installed.
[05:43] <Carter> hello
[05:46] <Carter> i just installed the 9.10 release(64 bit) and i am having trouble getting to the desktop environment...i logged in but i am at the command prompt..this is my first attempt with linux
[05:46] <persia> You installed the 9.10 release of Ubuntu Server?
[05:46] <Carter> yes
[05:47] <persia> By default, there isn't a Desktop Environment.
[05:47] <Carter> thats what i thought because i did startx and it wanted to install
[05:47] <persia> Yeah :)
[05:47] <Carter> then everywhere i wiki's said the distro comes with it
[05:47] <persia> You can install Ubuntu Desktop on the machine, but it's generally recommended to run headless.
[05:47] <Carter> ahh
[05:47] <persia> (for a server)
[05:48] <persia> So you might install Ubuntu Desktop on some workstation you use for management, and then install Ubuntu Server on several machines you're managing from there.
[05:49] <persia> Just because that saves the resources (ram, disk, processor) required to run a desktop environment on a server.
[05:49] <Carter> ok..thanks i might give that a try
[05:49] <Carter> well its mostly going to just be a web server
[05:49] <persia> Yeah, then it doesn't really need a desktop :)
[05:50] <persia> I think most folk generally just use ssh+byobu to access/manage their servers, and have a richer client envronment somewhere else.
[05:51] <Carter> yeah ive done a lot of window server environments so i am used to the gui's
[08:43] <da65> any help pages on how to set up my dedicated server for irc?
[08:46] <sherr> da65: A search for "irc +server +ubuntu" finds a few pages.
[09:11] <da65> sherr: ty, looking at inspircd, looks good
[12:10] <nightrid3r> i need an smtp that will relay based on user/pass and uses ssl
[12:17] <Anirban> what amount of RAM shld I have on my server to send 35,000 emails of 500kb size per day ?
[12:18] <persia> How fast do you want to send them?  All at once, or one every couple seconds?
[12:19] <Anirban> persia : one every couple of seconds
[12:19] <persia> How often do you plan to process the mail queue?
[12:19] <Anirban>  will use ubuntu server
[12:19] <Anirban> everyday 35,000 email , to different clients , its email marketing
[12:20] <persia> How often do you plan to process the mail queue?
[12:21] <Anirban> twice or thrice per day
[12:22] <persia> OK.  So if it's thrice a day:
[12:22] <persia> You want to process about 12000 mails in the queue, which is going to be about 6GB.
[12:23] <persia> And you want about 256-512MB for the base system.
[12:23] <persia> So, for best performance, I'd recommend 7 or 8 GB.
[12:23] <persia> If you process more often, you need less RAM.
[12:24] <Anirban> actually I am not very clear abt processing ... whats email processing ...
[12:25] <Anirban> persia: can u plz explain a bit
[12:25] <persia> You may want to investigate how mail servers work a bit more before engaging in this plan.
[12:26] <persia> I don't think I can explain enough in the time I'm willing to commit to make sure you have the knowledge you need to be successful.
[12:26] <nightrid3r> i need an smtp that will relay based on user/pass and uses ssl
[12:27] <persia> nightrid3r: Does postfix not work for you?
[12:28] <nightrid3r> right, i'll look into that
[12:47] <Anirban> which one do u rcmd for an email server postfix / sendmail ?
[12:50] <persia> postfix is the recommended mailserver for Ubuntu.
[13:03] <Anirban> persia : actually I am planning to setup a null client email server .  only one/ two person will log in to that server , draft the email and press the SEND button
[13:05] <persia> Generally it's easier to compose mail somewhere else and send through a server than compose on a server, but either use postfix and some text-based client, or pick a different mailserver.  I know of none that match that description.
[13:09] <Anirban> persia : We will use roundcube as email drafting software on server
[15:59] <albech> will running rsync daemon on the machine copying from speed up the delta process?
[16:06] <areay> hi all... none of my clients could log on yesterday, i traced the problem to an nfs error: "lockd: cannot monitor <client>" from the server, and "lockd: server <server> not responding, still trying" from the clients. literally after logging into gdm all i'm left with is a cursor and a brown background... i've tried a 'dpkg-reconfigure nfs-kernel-server', i've tried upgrading the server and clients to fix the problem... unfortunate
[16:06] <areay> ly the only way i'm even able to log anyone in is unmounting the nfs home directories and remounting individual users' home directories using sshfs (not a sustainable solution)... anyone have any ideas on how i can get my nfs working again?
[16:12] <areay> using jaunty on the server and karmic on the clients btw... not sure if that's affecting anything
[16:16] <slick666> Hello all I've tried to install the linux-image-virtual package and it keeps failing to install for me
[16:16] <slick666> I was wondering if anyone here has had problems with that package as well
[16:16] <ChmEarl> slick666,  yes - recently wrestled with it
[16:17] <slick666> did you get it eventually?
[16:17] <ChmEarl> yes - there is a collision when the extract happens
[16:17] <ChmEarl> what is the err msg pls?
[16:18] <slick666> one sec, got to scroll back
[16:18] <slick666> Done.
[16:18] <slick666> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.31-20-virtual_2.6.31-20.57_amd64.deb (--unpack):
[16:18] <slick666>  trying to overwrite '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-server', which is also in package linux-image-2.6.31-20-server 0:2.6.31-20.57
[16:18] <slick666> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
[16:19] <ChmEarl> slick666,  yes exactly my err too
[16:19] <slick666> did you have to remove linux-image-server?
[16:19] <ChmEarl> check dpkg -l linux-image*
[16:19] <slick666> kk
[16:20] <ChmEarl> see if you have any older versions of server kernel
[16:20] <slick666> lol, 1 sec I got to post this
[16:20] <ChmEarl> yes or no is OK
[16:21] <slick666> yes
[16:21] <ChmEarl> so you have 31-20 and version?
[16:21] <slick666> 19, 17, 16, 15, 14
[16:21] <ChmEarl> ok good. Here's my recipe
[16:22] <ChmEarl> you want reboot the VM into an older server kernel
[16:23] <ChmEarl> then since the image-virtual install is colliding you need to first remove it:apt-get remove linux-virtual linux-image-virtual
[16:24] <ChmEarl> then remove the latest linux-image-server (specify version), then reinstall the virtual stuff
[16:24] <slick666> ok, cool
[16:24] <slick666> thanks
[16:24] <ChmEarl> that worked for me... its great as long as you have fast internet
[16:25] <ChmEarl> make sure when you uninstall linux-image server that you give exact version
[16:25] <slick666> will do
[16:25] <slick666> thanks again
[16:26] <ChmEarl> np - feliz sabado
[18:05] <katol> hello, i need to install a most recent version of apache on hardy but it says it is already the "newest version"
[18:05] <katol> may i use a dpkg from another version or something like that?
[18:07] <qman__> katol, you will have to install a backported version
[18:07] <qman__> if you haven't already, enable the backports repository
[18:07] <qman__> if the version you want isn't backported, you'll have to backport it yourself, find someone else who has backported it on the web, or compile from source
[18:08] <qman__> or upgrade to a newer release
[18:09] <katol> qman__: nice, I didn't knew about the backports repository. it should work for this case, thank ou very much :)
[18:09] <katol> *you
[19:21] <david_> Looking for name resolution help for linux to windows. I'm running samba. ping machinename -resolves to an external IP address. nmblookup machine name returns the correct internal ip address. What's up?
[19:22] <david_> machinename is the correct name of a Windows XP machine on the internal network.
[19:23] <alex_joni> maybe it's defined in /etc/hosts ?
[19:28] <Ninjix> david_: what do you see when you tail your samba logs?
[19:30] <david_> checked it's not hosts file on has 2 127 entries. It coming from my local DNS proxy server. How do I get it to do name resolution via samba before DNS?
[19:33] <persia> Does the lucid linux-image-server support EFI & GPT?
[19:34] <persia> (or does anyone have any pointers I could use to try to find out?)
[19:37] <sherr> david_: Samba has DNS specific options in the smb.conf file.
[19:38] <sherr> Samba will go various places in a specified order to resolve names.
[19:38] <sherr> But it is not a DNS server.
[19:39] <sherr> I have had a few runs in with name resolution with Samba/windows/dns/dhcp ... painful sometimes. I have to return to it ...
[19:40] <Aison> hello, I installed ubuntu-server on my old P4. I built-in some SATA Controller and SATA drive
[19:40] <Aison> installation worked without any problems
[19:41] <Aison> but now the machine don't boot?!? the bios detects the drive but claims that it's not bootable
[19:42] <Aison> any ideas what meight be the problem?
[19:42] <sherr> Aison: Ubuntu 9.10 server?
[19:43] <Aison> yes
[19:43] <sherr> Can you try pressing SHIFT just before you would expect booting to start - see if you get the Grub menu (assuming grub2)
[19:44] <sherr> If you can get the Grub2 menu - maybe go to the lernel line and "e" to edit, and take off the "quiet splash" options.
[19:44] <sherr> *kernel line*
[19:44] <david_> The name resolve order in my smb.conf is: name resolve order = wins host lmhosts bcast. It does resolve correctly through nmblookup -just not thourg the regular ping command.
[19:45] <Aison> I don't get the menu, because the bios says, the device is not bootable.
[19:45] <sherr> Aison: Not sure then. maybe boot from CD and try a "fix system"?
[19:46] <sherr> david_: but "ping" doesn't use WINS
[19:46] <sherr> david_: sorry ... this is windows "ping" I guess?
[19:48] <sherr> "host" in smb.conf means use standard *nix name resolution i.e. DNS, hosts file etc.
[19:48] <sherr> But my brain hurts when I try and think this stuff through sometimes! As I said, I have had trouble with this myself ...
[19:51] <david_> Mine also. I gues the real problem is that my DNS server returns an IP for a local machine name instaed of failing -my backup software would then try a samba name lookup. Since it getting an external IP address from the DNS server my ping fails. Thanks for the attempt.
[19:52] <david_> I can put an entry in the hosts file and all works fine. Just a pain from a maintenance standpoint.
[19:53] <sherr> david_: My laptop is called "thera" and is in my laptop hosts file. I can http browse it. If I try and browse "http://thera" on another machine (with no hosts file entry) it does to DNS and returns an internet company thera.com (IIRC).
[19:54] <sherr> Have a look at : dnsmasq
[19:54] <sherr> It is a) a DNS server b) DHCP server.
[19:54] <sherr> It can server /etc/hosts via DNS and DHCP records via DNS - maybe of use.
[20:04] <david_> Thanks for the tip -now you have me thinkinhg that I can add the entry to my firewall hosts file and accomplish the same thing. Thanks!