[00:33] <Doonz> hey guys. Im trying to get apache2 to listen on a different port. But it will not work other than on port 80. no firewalls or anything blocking me
[02:11] <qman__> Doonz, two things must be changed
[02:12] <qman__> Add your port to /etc/apache2/ports.conf
[02:13] <qman__> and then configure your site to listen on said port, <Virtualhost *:[port]>
[02:34] <NoobFukaire> I've read in places that xen isn't supported on the latest LTS (lucid)
[02:34] <NoobFukaire> is that the case?
[02:42] <paul_whipp> newbie question: I've set up and run EC2 instances on us-east-1 with ec2-run-instances command but when I try to start a ap-southeast-1 ami I get "Client.InvalidAMIID.NotFound: The AMI ID 'ami-ea1e60b8' does not exist". How do I switch zones so I can run this instance there?
[02:52] <paul_whipp> It seems the only ubuntu amis I can launch are in us-east-1. Is this something in my config?
[06:07] <knolls> after i installed xubuntu-desktop grub doesn't give me options on bootup it just runs memtest86
[06:08] <ScottK> knolls: Xubuntu is off topic for this channel.  Try #xubuntu.
[06:09] <knolls> well my original installation was ubuntu-server, and my problem may not be related to me installing xubuntu-desktop
[06:10] <knolls> just wondering if anyone has seen this problem
[06:13] <ScottK> Did you try running update-grub?
[06:14] <vsd20c_> anyone know the difference to private and public cloud? is it just Internet connectivity?
[06:27] <KurtKraut> vsd20c_, usually, yes.
[08:45] <caution> how can I create several screen sessions, each running a command on startup?
[08:46] <caution> rephrased: how can I create several screen sessions on startup with each running a command?
[10:31] <JasonLeschnik_> Hey all
[10:31] <JasonLeschnik_> Have many Ubuntu Server admins moved to *BSD?
[11:34] <qman__> I saw 10.10 is up on the site, but the torrents aren't working
[11:34] <qman__> I get
[11:34] <qman__> rejected by tracker - Requested download is not authorized for use with this tracker.
[11:34] <qman__> Problem connecting to tracker - [Errno 101] Network is unreachable
[11:40] <remix_tj> qman__: i think is too early to get the torrent dowloading
[11:48] <yann2> mmmh is seems that nagios-nrpe-server is in main and is missing an UFW profile
[11:48] <yann2> (lucid)
[11:49] <yann2> is that a bug or a wishlist?
[12:52] <xfaf> working toay?
[13:16]  * RoyK rarely works on sundays
[16:35] <cipher__> anyone been able to upgrade yet?
[16:36] <cipher__> arg..
[16:37] <shauno> haven't tried, to be honest; I imagine most the servers are hating life right now
[16:37] <padhu> cipher__: wait for short time
[16:38] <cipher__> just need it to get my myhtv back
[16:38] <demonspork> so you already upgraded?
[16:40] <cipher__> my desktops yes
[16:40] <cipher__> but server isn't ready
[17:05] <xperia> hello to all. i am having big problems with installing/removing the package "proftpd". as first i cant remove it after the install as it breaks everytime with the error message "debconf: DbDriver "config": could not open /var/cache/debconf/config.dat". Reinstalling dont want to work too. can anybody help me with this problem ?
[17:08] <xperia> i have installed it first that way "sudo apt-get install proftpd" but after some seconds it stopped with installing the packages and outputed some error messages. it looks like i needed to install "proftpd-basic"
[17:40] <qman__> xperia, your problem is not directly the proftpd package, but rather your debconf system
[17:40] <qman__> something is wrong with the package manager
[17:41] <qman__> I don't know exactly how to fix it, but that file is a part of the package manager, and until that problem is resolved, you will not be able to install, remove, upgrade, or otherwise change packages
[17:42] <xperia> hmmm but before i installed proftpd everything worked. i checked now the directory "/var/cache" with ls -la and i dont have any debconf/config.dat dir and files there
[17:43] <qman__> try this
[17:43] <qman__> sudo mkdir /var/cache/debconf; sudo touch /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
[17:44] <qman__> what most likely happened is that something broke prior to or during the install of proftpd
[17:44] <qman__> not as a direct result of the proftpd package
[17:44] <qman__> but some other issue
[17:45] <xperia> qman__; thanks a lot. will try it out. think i removed it manually this dir and file some days agao
[17:47] <xperia> qman__: you are great it worked awesome ;-) thanks a lot man !
[17:48] <alex88> hi, i'm trying to mount a samba share
[17:48] <alex88> with smbfs
[17:48] <xperia> just need now some good howto for proftpd-basic. the one in the community help wiki is not very helpfull
[17:50] <alex88> i has no pass and command "sudo mount -t smbfs //192.168.0.193/LaCie /media/samba/" says "Unable to find suitable address."
[17:50] <alex88> O.o..sorry
[17:52] <enquora> do-release-upgrade isn't seeing 10.10. There's something I need to change to allow upgrading an LTS version to non-LTS, isn't there?
[17:54] <alex88> enquora: command line?
[17:55] <enquora> yes
[17:55] <alex88> sudo do-release-upgrade ?
[17:56] <enquora> alex88: no upgrades available.
[17:57] <alex88> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MaverickUpgrades tried this?
[17:57] <enquora> I remember needing to change something when running 8.04 to recognize non-LTS upgrades, but I've forgotten what
[17:58] <alex88> that page shows how
[17:58] <enquora> alex88: "no new release found"
[17:58] <enquora> want to perform a network upgrade
[17:59] <alex88> edited /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades etc?
[18:00] <enquora> that is probably it
[18:01] <hggdh> yes, this is it
[18:02] <alex88> i've told you to read that page..why you haven't done those steps?
[18:03] <enquora> I've read the page and don't see any reference to that
[18:03] <enquora> ok, there it is
[18:04] <alex88> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MaverickUpgrades#Network Upgrade for Ubuntu Servers (Recommended)
[18:19] <ruben23> hi guys i tried to used modprobe on my ubuntu-server but  i get this error------------> http://pastebin.com/yWjsdsb8
[18:20] <qman__> those are only warnings, not errors
[18:20] <qman__> they do not prevent your command from running, they are simply informing you of incorrect settings
[18:22] <ruben23>  qman__:  what should be the right way..?
[18:23] <qman__> as the warnings say, alsa-base does not follow the new convention of naming all config files .conf, and /etc/modprobe.conf is also a deprecated way of setting things
[18:23] <qman__> it's not important in the current release, but doing things that way in future releases may not work
[18:38] <ruben23> hi guys how about this are there any serious issue with this..?---->http://pastebin.com/1SR57gZc
[18:40] <qman__> no, just a runlevel inconsistency
[18:40] <qman__> made obsolete with upstart anyway
[19:04] <Pilif12p> How can i see how much ram my server has?
[19:07] <qman__> Pilif12p, free -m will show memory usage statistics in megabytes
[19:08] <Pilif12p> ok
[19:15] <Bilge> I'm still running 8.04 LTS
[19:15] <Bilge> How safe/easy is it to migrate to the next LTS?
[19:16] <Bilge> I'm kinda interested in moving on to PHP 5.3 and I imagine that first upgrading my distro is the best way to achieve that
[19:16] <qman__> make sure you have a good backup
[19:16] <`jpg> Heya.
[19:16] <qman__> I've upgraded two servers, both with problems
[19:16] <qman__> not unsolvable, but be prepared to work on them
[19:17] <`jpg> Does maverick include a xen dom0 kernel?
[19:17] <Bilge> What kind of problems did you have?
[19:17] <qman__> one of them, the graphics completely broke
[19:17] <qman__> took me a while to get a picture back
[19:17] <qman__> my torrentflux install also completely broke
[19:18] <Bilge> Wait what
[19:18] <Bilge> This is a server distribution
[19:18] <qman__> yes
[19:18] <qman__> I had no video output
[19:18] <Bilge> The graphics? :)
[19:18] <qman__> out of range
[19:19] <qman__> it took me a while and lots of searching to fix it
[19:19] <qman__> a combination of KMS, grub2, and plymouth
[19:20] <qman__> just be prepared in case something goes wrong, that's all I'm saying
[19:20] <qman__> set aside plenty of time to work on it
[19:20] <Bilge> I think that's the key thing
[19:20] <qman__> and have good backups
[19:20] <Bilge> I do have backups but that won't help if I need to reinstall the entire system
[19:20] <Bilge> And it will be a huge pain in the ass to do that since it's all encrypted and stuff
[19:21] <Bilge> Speaking of which I don't even know if I remember the encryption keys ;p
[19:21] <Bilge> up 358 days
[19:24] <qman__> wait a week :)
[19:25] <qman__> then you can have a year of uptime
[19:25] <qman__> servers are probably overloaded anyway
[19:25] <qman__> they usually are around release time
[19:39] <detrix> I just installed server edition on my desktop.  I need some guidance with setting up the interface with eth0
[19:40] <qman__> detrix, see `man interfaces` and the networking section in the server guide
[19:41] <detrix> I have the general idea of how to do it, but its not working
[19:42] <qman__> in that case, pastebin your /etc/network/interfaces file, and explain what isn't working
[19:44] <detrix> the computer with the server can't get on the internet yet.  but I will type it all in, in pastebin
[19:44] <detrix> !pastebin
[19:45] <xperia> hello to all. i am trying to get phpbb3 on my ubuntu server to work but for some reason i just get a empty site with no content. the apache/php server just call the one site index.php and nothing else.
[19:45] <xperia> i have installed phpbb3 as follow: "sudo apt-get install phpbb3" "sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpbb3/www /var/www/phpbb" "sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart" "http://localhost/phpbb"
[19:45] <xperia> what could be the problem that phpbb3 is not working like it should. looks like a apache config problem!
[19:45] <qman__> also, a little information about your network will be helpful, how you get to the internet, your routing/DHCP situation, etc
[19:46] <qman__> xperia, apache is probably configured to ignore symlinks, and that's a bad idea even if it isn't
[19:46] <qman__> the package should have installed another site configuration file
[19:46] <qman__> or, if not, you should install one
[19:47] <qman__> ls /etc/apache2/sites-available/
[19:48] <xperia> qman__: okay thinked also that way. have only this files here "default" and "default-ssl"
[19:48] <xperia> will check the vhost files then in default
[19:48] <qman__> if it didn't create a site for you, create one yourself, using the directory /usr/share/phpbb3/www
[19:49] <qman__> and a site alias, as demonstrated in the default site with the /doc
[19:49] <qman__> allowing symlinks like that is a considerable security risk, as you might imagine
[19:50] <qman__> you need a <Directory /blah> block for apache to render the files
[19:50] <xperia> qman__: one thing that i just dont understand if symlinks are ignored why i am able then to call the index.php file still
[19:51] <qman__> they might not be ignored
[19:51] <qman__> depending on the options set
[19:53] <qman__> what might be happening, is that apache can see all the files but PHP is being prevented from interacting with them
[19:54] <qman__> in any case, it's good policy to do it the way I explained, and it will probably solve the problem
[19:54] <detrix> Ok, here is the pastbin:  http://paste.ubuntu.com/510296/    I have a linksys router.  I have assigned an IP to each compute in my local net.
[19:54] <qman__> detrix, ok, what is the DHCP lease range set on your router?
[19:55] <xperia> qman__: yeah i guess also that something with php is probably the problem. this are btw the vhost lines http://paste-bin.com/view/8962ebcf
[19:56] <detrix> All the router shows is address starting at:  192.168.1.100.  My desktop though has been assigned staticly though at 192.168.1.10
[19:57] <qman__> detrix, ok, what I was getting at is that you don't want to statically assign addresses within the range, so you're ok there, and that one reason it may be failing is if that address is in use
[19:58] <qman__> detrix, what command did you use to restart networking?
[19:58] <detrix> nope. I have used this address for many years with this router.     sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[20:01] <qman__> detrix, that makes it a big more puzzling then
[20:02] <qman__> also, for future reference, as sysv scripts are being replaced by upstart scripts, that method won't work in the future, use 'sudo service networking restart' (and similar)
[20:02] <detrix> qman__, so the interfaces file is fine?
[20:02] <qman__> yes, the configuration you showed is fine
[20:02] <qman__> might be something up with the dhclient, not sure exactly
[20:03] <qman__> I'm assuming you installed with dynamic and then changed to static
[20:03] <detrix> this is my first time playing with this.  how do I check the dns server. on the computer?
[20:03] <qman__> DNS wouldn't have any effect on this, it depends on this working first
[20:04] <detrix> I did not see the option to do the static. maybe I will try to re-install.
[20:04] <qman__> I'd try rebooting first
[20:04] <qman__> sometimes, it's the magic fix
[20:04] <detrix> ;)
[20:05] <detrix> but I have. for a moment I thought it did fix it.  but nope
[20:05] <qman__> what's the output of `ifconfig -a` look like?
[20:05] <qman__> don't have to copy it verbatim, just note which interfaces exist and what addresses they have, if any
[20:06] <detrix> you want this is pastebin as well
[20:06] <qman__> just telling me is fine
[20:08] <detrix> it shows eth0: with the right address of 192.168.1.10.  it also show:  eth1_rename LInk  and lo:
[20:09] <qman__> do you have two cards installed?
[20:09] <detrix> yes.
[20:09] <detrix> ones on the motherboard, the other is a pci card
[20:10] <qman__> ok
[20:10] <qman__> what bothers me about that is eth1_rename
[20:10] <qman__> it should just be eth1
[20:11] <qman__> look at their MAC addresses
[20:11] <qman__> make sure they're not all 0s, and that they're not identical
[20:11] <detrix> I am also seeing something fishy.  of eth0: it shows for H
[20:11] <detrix> for HWaddr I get  ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[20:11] <qman__> for both?
[20:11] <detrix> no
[20:12] <qman__> which interface?
[20:12] <detrix> for eth1: I get a 6c:f0:49:72:e9:c9
[20:13] <qman__> I have a feeling that eth0 either has the wrong driver, or has failed
[20:13] <detrix> I am going to try to reboot one more time
[20:13] <detrix> I will also pull out eth1
[20:13] <qman__> before you do
[20:13] <qman__> remove the file
[20:14] <qman__>  /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
[20:14] <qman__> then shut down, remove your extra NIC, and start back up to see what you hav
[20:14] <qman__> e
[20:16] <detrix> when I did shutdown -t 0 now:  a recovery menu came up....why???
[20:17] <qman__> you didn't specify what to do
[20:17] <qman__> I suggest using `sudo poweroff`
[20:18] <qman__> but you'd have to specify -h for halt, -r for reboot, etc
[20:19] <detrix> ok. I like poweroff better
[20:19] <detrix> pulling eth1
[20:20] <detrix> powering back up
[20:21] <SaberUK> http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/techspecs/whatsnew # eta on this being updated for 10.10?
[20:22] <detrix> qman__, well, that seems to have fixed it.  I was able to ping www.google.com
[20:23] <detrix> qman__, thanx very much
[20:24] <detrix> qman__, have a great day.
[20:24] <qman__> no problem
[20:59] <tomsdale__> my hd fell on the ground recently. Everything seems to be working but is there some physical check I could do to verify there are non problems?
[21:03] <guntbert_> tomsdale__: I suggest you ask in ##hardware
[21:11] <xperia> can somebody explain me why phpbb3 is not working after installing in ubuntu ? i just get a blank page when i call the index.php file
[21:13] <NoobFukaire> is it just me or all the virtual machine tools completely broken with the latest up to date lucid system?
[21:14] <NoobFukaire> I mean the kvm stuff
[21:14] <NoobFukaire> I can create a new vm
[21:14] <NoobFukaire> but attempting to clone it fails, no matter if I'm using qemu-img or virt-clone or whatever
[21:14] <NoobFukaire> it's just fucked
[21:14] <guntbert> !language | NoobFukaire
[21:15] <NoobFukaire> so is that an acknowledgment
[21:16] <guntbert> NoobFukaire: no, its an admonishment - mind how you say things please
[21:16] <NoobFukaire> sorry cuntbert, I'll be more careful in the future
[21:18] <guntbert> NoobFukaire: but as to your question: sorry, I never used kvm ....
[21:59] <oxicarus> omg. so many people in this channel. guess i have a great chance of finding a solution to my issue. guys. look. i'm just the regular user, no 'advanced guru' or anything even remotely close :p i have this ubuntu server, i did apt-get install *apache2* *php5* *mysql* (sort of, you get the drill). now, the parsing of .php files works fine,, but(!) ONLY on root (/var/www/), when i put an .php file in ~user/public_html/, the php file will not parse correctly 
[22:01] <xperia> hmmm why do you want it having in "~user/public_html/"
[22:01] <xperia> i have all my vhosts in /var/www
[22:03] <xperia> i need to go see you all next time.
[22:08] <MTecknology> I really didn't think this EC2 thing through...
[22:08] <MTecknology> I have 55min (less) and no idea what to do with it
[22:09] <Patrickdk> terminate it :)
[22:09] <MTecknology> Patrickdk: but I like playing with it
[22:10] <Patrickdk> hehe
[22:10] <Patrickdk> but it's not so fun to forget to kill it and get a nice bill
[22:10] <MTecknology> Patrickdk: i bet
[23:11] <detrix> I get the following message when I log in:   system information disabled due to load higher than 1   I am running the server, and the desktop on the same machine.  How do I get it to show the system info for higher loads?
[23:14] <nnnnn> is there an easy way to block regions from accessing a website your hosting"?
[23:15] <eboyjr> Any good ways of installing 10.10 server without a monitor?
[23:16] <eboyjr> or keyboard :p
[23:17] <yann2> depends on the server, I use ELOM on sun servers
[23:17] <yann2> and iDrac on dell servers
[23:18] <eboyjr> Its a dell but I don't have iDrac since it's actually supposed to be a desktop computer
[23:19] <eboyjr> I had an idea of using ssh from the livecd.. don't know how I would start it though
[23:20] <eboyjr> Sounds like it would be too complicated though, I'll just wait for some peripherals
[23:27] <vsd20c> looking for ubuntu server administration guides any recommendations?